Chapter 404: {To the Vaults} (1/2)

Chapter 404: {To the Vaults}

"This is it" Valera hovered over a cocoon of thickly woven grey aseous clouds, this was a far more solid structure, as if someone had taken the cloud matter and turned it into thread to spin and weave with

The cocoon was just big enough to contain one large person, and Valera kneho that was: Aldrich She could sense it fro around the cocoon in shi+ waves of pure blue

In this direy, the blue of iven Valera the connection she needed to pinpoint Aldrich's presence She had lost track of how long she had spent traveling

It was most definitely more than a month But after a month, she simply lost track of time It was easy to do for her Vampires like her that lived for many centuries, if not an eternity, had an innate capacity tolike an active hibernation A necessary adaptation for long lived creatures to prevent their etfulness and, in extrehly, Valera guessed, she could have spent several years traveling, rey cloud in this infinite dark expanse But to find Aldrich, her love, she would spare no effort No, rather, it was simply necessary

Still, this place was…odd, to say the least When Valera looked around, she saw a vast network of grey cocoons all connected together in a massive web The web spanned far into the horizon to the point where she ala structure could be infinite

There must have been thousands, no millions of cocoons here, but Valera paid no heed to any of theerous to try and mess with them to wake up ithin

All she cared about was Aldrich

But hoas she going to get him out?

Valera knelt down atop the cocoon, feeling the ained proper color as the mana infused back into her

In the first place, she had little idea where thisfrom, but she did not complain

The fact that it was here was a Godsend With it, Aldrich could teleport the part was the i here

Aldrich was in a 'doriven to him Liches and undead could enter dor in toraves or whatnot It was a form of hibernation to reset the mind and counter Immortalic Rot

But somehow, Aldrich had been forced into a dormant state Normally, Valera could awaken hih the cocoon

However -

Valera tentatively sunk her hand into the cocoon It yielded surprisingly easily She felt her hand sink into what felt like water Sensing no hare into a deep space far larger than what the cocoon showed froe dih it was hard to tell, Valera could sense that the further she went down, the stronger her link with Aldrich became

If Valera dove down fully, swam into the heart of this cocoon, then she deterain and forcibly awaken his to consider, though What if there were threats within? What ithin in the first place? Would she actually be able to awaken hied to uaranteed that she could get out?

Valera shook her head All her doubts, questions, and fears dissipated

The man she loved needed her

That was all the reason she needed

Without hesitation, Valera sunk into the cocoon

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"Arghh! When is this going to end!?" Falco hunkered down behind a metal crate, hands over his head His Aztech Enervator-2 was out of his hands, dangling froun barrel to his wrist port