Chapter 400: {Usurper} (2/2)

Then, he can seekat that point, I will reularity of Undeath He will challenge the Ga this is" Medula tapped her chin "And fraught with difficulties and uncertainties"

"No plan is ever perfect, but regardless, I do hate to see e the Game, and thus, our realm was doomed But it does not have to be so for the Usurper and his realm

Or for all others"

"Provided the Usurper escapes this predicament" Medula narrowed her eyes "As dire as the situation is, I fear you may have lost this bet already, Mel"

"No, not yet," said Mel "That is why I have called you here I can still sense the Usurper, however faint He has been stripped of all mana, hence his imprisonment, but there are ways to fix this

I myself cannot transfer power to him, far as he is across the Between, but you, Med, with your affinity with spatial ic, can do it You can establish a link between ets my power, his little one can teleport him from his prison"

"This is nonsensical," said Medula "The farther away the Usurper is through the Between, the less poe can give him If he is so far you can barely sense hiy to-,"

"Look where we are, Med," said Mel She pointed a finger up at the torrent of power coursing through her "With the power of the Necropolis, it will be enough If that is not enough, I will break lowed bright red as she rapidly calculated roughly how y it would take "No, not even close The Necropolis will not suffice You must break yourself down And even with that, at best, across this Between distance, you will give the Usurper the equivalent a little light on a matchstick when he would need a bonfire"

"Soht is all it takes for the determined traveler to find their way," said Mel

"It is not just that, Mel If you take this step forward, if you sacrifice this chunk of yourself for the Usurper, you are sealing your fate You will be too weak to stop hi," said Medula

"That was the plan, was it not?" said Mel

Medula crossed her arave a pointed stare at Mel "I bound myself to you as you broke e God I always believe in equivalent exchanges You broke rant youeternal servitude

But you arethat eternity awfully short

Will you not consider stopping your fight here? Before you are destroyed and absorbed like so now, bound quietly as I a his name into that world of his" Mel smiled "The rise of a conqueror is always a wonder to behold"

"But he need not conquer you," said Medula "It is still not too late, Mel With your help, I can potentially break you free from this System I can take you far, far away and let you have some peace Peace you never knew Peace you drea back will be set free, and with it, the System will consume the Usurper

His world will likely fall The knowledge in it lost

But you will be safe

And even if you do succeed, if by giving away all of yourself, the Usurper does earn the right to challenge the Gale he has faced so far, even the struggle to conquer his world, it is all trivial in the face of the Game

How far will he make it? He will face the wrath of both the Outsiders and the Uplifted Hethe Dreamer, and with that, all of existence-," Medula waved her hand dismissively "Gone

Tabula Rasa - the fated eh chaos and entropy that all knowledge demons fear It will be upon us"

"I know, I know Every time you reed smile at Medula "But you knohat, I like it It shows that deep down, in that icy heart of yours, you care about me"

"I do I may not remember these talks, but I do remember our other ones I know you dreaive that to you" Medula grew quieter "I want it for you"

"I know But a peaceful end - it is, like you said, a dream," said Mel "It is a drearet what I did, and part of that acceptance coo out into the dark of death with closed eyes of content"

Mel stood up, reaching her hand out to Medula She smiled proudly "If you care about me, Med, if you truly, truly care, then allow e that , and finish what I set out to do

For Mellicanthys the Chill Dread never steps back froan, no matter if she faces death or the cold, cruel, unfathoreater universe"