Chapter 1710 (2/2)
His senses were blocked, but Randidly felt the emotions of the population below clearly. Tellus must also have experienced a fair amount of time dilation since he had last been there, because a decade seemed to have passed. The small sputtering emotions of infants and babies were everywhere. The planet was rebuilding and expanding from the huddled groups of survivors in the Central Region.
Aether flowed freely, partially due to the heavy donations Randidly had made to stabilize the situation on the planet. With the high ambient energy, new Styles were flourishing. To Randidly’s developed senses, the half-formed images were like clumps of mist clinging to the shadow of a sloping meadow. They were insubstantial and feeble, clinging to the dew cooled grass, yet they added a profound sense of wonder to the planet he was trying to absorb.
I’m one of you, Randidly responded. His Nether Array began to hum. The dark energy of connection and memory began to amplify his memories of that place. The struggles of the tournament, forcefully being made to acknowledge taking the lives of other, earning his first real subordinates… leaving, and then returning. Fighting against the Wights until Randidly had to bury hundreds of fellow spear-users along the backs of the Hallat River...
Within his Soulspace, the Dreamcatcher of the Long Night began to shine with a bright light. Thin threads of gleaming spider silk shot out of the Dreamcatcher and anchored themselves at different points of the Nether Ritual. Randidly was somewhat stunned that the Dreamcatcher activated in this way, but then he gripped those new anchors and pulled.
Space shuddered. Randidly could feel surprise from both Claudette and Velio Dunn as Tellus shifted a noticeable amount. A tremor ran through Randidly; that movement came with a commiserate stab of agonizing pressure at the base of his throat. Still, to have such a step forward, Randidly would gladly endure more pain than that.
His eyes blazing, Randidly tugged again. Now that he knew that the connections were stable, he did not hold back at all and pulled Tellus with every ounce of his being. Those memories continued to strengthen those glowing threads. Yet at the same time, more significance flowed into the Alpha Cosmos. A stifling sense of fullness and suffocation filled him. More and more significance forced itself down his throat.
This… because of everything I’ve done there… the accumulation of significance within me… I cannot fit- Randidly felt tears forming in the corners of his eyes. He had yanked Tellus to partially within him, aligning with his significance, but now he felt something… catch. And with a planet halfway absorbed-
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Congratulations! Your Skill Yyrwood Flesh of Yggdrasil (L) has grown to Level 392!
Congratulations! Your Skill Yyrwood Flesh of Yggdrasil (L) has grown to Level 393!
Something within Randidly’s carefully constructed Nether Array tore as physical sensations forcefully reasserted themselves within his body. He was tumbling through space, but the agony of feeling a planet expanding within his Crossroads of the Alpha Cosmos, before it was totally absorbed, meant that Randidly’s thoughts were a frantic mess.
But he did hear Velio Dunn laughing from above. “You can’t blame me for that! You were taking too long… you aren’t just allowed to stall out forever, Mr. Ghosthound~”
Randidly’s collarbone had cracked and flecks of bone had torn through the soft muscles of Randidly’s back, but as he was tumbling downward those wounds rapidly began to knit themselves back together. Velio Dunn had clearly not used even a scrap of an image in that strike, but still, Randidly felt good that he hadn’t been seriously injured by the cheap shot.
The gradual sting of him falling into Tellus’ atmosphere is what eventually woke him up and refocused his attention. Randidly’s tail had again been barely stabilizing the tattered remnants of his Nether Array, but even it couldn’t keep it up indefinitely. The complex spiral of physical and energy movements was gradually analyzed and sort by Randidly’s high Intelligence.
He whipped his arm around with enough force to briefly neutralize the gravity of Tellus and reached for the array again. The planet trembled, teetering between crashing back into its perch upon the Nexus Ways and sliding the rest of the way into Randidly’s mostly full Alpha Cosmos.
Randidly gripped… and blessedly enough portions of the array remained that everything didn’t unravel underneath the pressure. The reinforcements from the Dreamcatcher of the Long Night remained anchored. His memories pulsed. Significance was howling around Randidly as being that much closer to the physical planet meant that it could spiral up around his body and grip him.
Influence +6!
Influence +6!
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Once more that state of tension spread through his muscles. His limbs rapidly grew rigid and he began falling toward the surface of Tellus. But to Randidly’s surprise, the pain within his body shifted to something entirely different. Rather than burning and grinding on its way into his body, the significance of Tellus seemed to be gripping Randidly’s Crossroads of the Alpha Cosmos… and forcing it wide open so the planet could roll forward.
Randidly groaned. The effect was good, but the experience-
Congratulations! Your Skill Stigma of the Stillborn Phoenix (L) has grown to Level 371!
But the significance within the world was determined. There is a foe? Then let us fight and kill this transgressor. We shall teach them the power of a determined spear user.
RUMBBBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEE
There was another huge spatial quake. Randidly’s straining Willpower, with the significance of Tellus forcing the passage open, finally pulled the planet over that last hump. Then that significance became a battering ram of pressure that forced the planet the rest of the way forward. A shiver ran through his body and the planet in front of Randidly vanished.
Influence +7!
Influence +7!
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Randidly’s expression was distorted as he hung in the empty space. I know I said I would experience pain to speed up the process, but uuuugggghhhh….
Congratulations! Your Skill Stigma of the Stillborn Phoenix (L) has grown to Level 372!