149 A Gif (2/2)
Living Dimension: 1.02 Trillion/4.30 Trillion
Mass: 441,867 pounds(200,427.5 kilos~) | Height: 12'3(3.73 meters)
Damage Res - 98.5% | Dimensional Res - 49.25%
Phys Dam Bonus – 491,001% | Damage Bonus – 40%
Event Horizon – 20,000 + (100% of your total health)/min
I turned the status towards Kessiah, and I gloated,
”Read it and weep.”
She stared at it as I made it visible to her with a thought. She tilted her head at Torix, ”I thought you said it was only 9 mill Torix.”
Torix walked over, glancing at the status. He shook his head, ”Absurd. Those stats make no sense whatsoever.”
He walked over towards a wall, channeling mana into a gemstone, ”42,000 endurance...He's not even level 6,000.” He turned to me, ”You weren't joking when you said that was all you put your points into.”
Althea pressed her head against my arm, ”Don't worry about them. They're just jealous. Mine's a lot like yours.”
She opened her status.
Althea Tolstoy(Level 5,000)
Strength – 24,246 | Constitution – 334 | Endurance – 456
Dexterity – 13,905 | Willpower – 450 | Intelligence – 450
Charisma – 4,397 | Luck – 201 | Perception – 9,678
Health: 910,098/910,098 | Health Regen: 15% of total health every 30 seconds
Stamina: 143,098/143,098 | Stamina Regen: 2,347/sec
Mass: 894 pounds(405) | Height: 6'7(2.01 meters)
Damage Res - 95% | Phys Dam Bonus – 874,032% | Critical Damage Bonus – 135% | Damage Bonus: 55%
Immaterial: Ignores rigidity of matter. Grants 100% armor penetration.
Etorhma's Sorrow: Health regen continues for 30 seconds after death. If health is above zero, revive with 50% of maximum health.
I raised an eyebrow at her bonus physical damage, ”Damn. You're over twice as strong as me. How did you get so much health?”
She rolled her eyes, ”I have a tree that gives me one health for every percent I get in bonus physical damage. I wouldn't fuss too much about it either. You're only, like, what? Maybe a thousand times tankier than me?”
I shrugged, ”Ah yeah, you do rely on passives for most of your survivability. They work pretty well though. You should show me that tree. I can show you a few of mine too.”
She pursed her lips, ”Yeah, sure. Just keep in mind that those ice grenades would've done me in easily if it wasn't for you getting rid of the fire.”
I weighed my hands back and forth, ”Eh, you do more damage than me. Tradeoffs.”
Kessiah turned her eyes at Althea's status. She didn't say anything, but she crossed her arms, and her eyes dilated. It shocked her seeing Althea's strength and other stats. I wasn't the only one that got bonuses from trees after all.
We finished with the dick swinging contest before Torix turned to us. He looked between everyone, ”Do you all have what you need?”
We nodded. Torix clapped his hands together, sparks tracing between each palm, ”Then to Giess we go.”
Torix placed grasped his fingers together, the mana collapsing. It dispersed through the room in a wave of darkened mana. As it passed through me, vertigo sent me off balance. I looked around, noticing my vision close in at the sides.
I entered a state of mind like tunnel vision. I stretched right after, and time slowed down. This lasted many minutes. How long exactly, I couldn't tell you. It could've been an eternity or a single moment. I couldn't tell the difference.
A coldness raced up my back. My hair stood on end. Stuck in place, a crack in space-time appeared in front of me. A familiar eye bored its gaze into my head. I wanted to wince, but I was frozen in place. It wrapped a formless arm around me, and it pulled my massive bulk with ease.
It was a servant of Etorhma.
I fell through a dark haze. I remember the deep cold from last time. Now it was a light chill against my skin. I stayed awake during the travel, my body more resilient than before. I couldn't move, however. Frozen in place, I wondered if Ajax felt this way before his execution.
After several minutes, the mist faded. I hovered in space, my body weightless. All around me, asteroids circled around a series of planets. Two nearby stars cast a glare over a portion of my vision. Covering part of those red suns, Etorhma hovered.
Alien and bizarre, he chose a different form this time. Like a giant arachnid, he had eight legs and eight eyes. They took no definite place on his body, instead deciding to move on his skin. Plates and scales moved as he shifted, unable to make a pure form.
The eyes floated down, glancing at me. As they set on me, life returned to my limbs. I could move and breath, though there was no air here. As I adjusted to movement, Etorhma spoke. His voice was gentle yet undeniable,
”You...he is gone. I see no timelines of his return either...You slew him, as was determined by fate.”
I shook my head, ”I got lucky.”
The limbs on him moved and shifted as his voice radiated across the vast cosmos, ”You think of your victory as a product of chance? Humble, but misguided. It makes no difference. You have done as I asked. You followed your destiny, and so you deserve a reward fitting.”
I shook my hands, ”You know what? I'm good. I don't really want anything.”
The eyes on the body of scales and plates scattered out, ”You wish for nothing then?”
I nodded, ”Yes. I just want everything to go on like it was before you grabbed me out of wherever I was.”
An invisible force pulled me towards Etorhma. He was bigger than I thought. Much, much bigger. He grew in my vision like I was falling towards a planet. The eight eyes broadened until a single eye consumed my entire view. Once I was close enough to touch him, I hovered over his pupil.
It was like a vast ocean of darkness below me.
His voice transmitted into my ears,
”You...you are different.”
I turned at a slow place like jewelry in a display case,
”You are no longer mortal. You are neither living nor dead. You are matter given a mind...No, a real space given purpose...I cannot comprehend you. You are the first creature to elude my understanding.”
I crossed my arms while floating around, ”Alright, that's cool. Can you stop spinning me around?”
I snapped into place, facing his pupil, ”And you are the first to deny my gifts. Do you not wish for the powers that Yawm obtained? They would suit you well.”
I pressed my hands together, ”Your runes put him in a tight spot. That's why I don't want them. Please don't do anything like that.”
Etorhma pulled me away. I fell back from his eye, the speed unbelievable. His planetary sized body shrunk back into my view. His eyes squinted at me, ”I do not leave those that serve me without rewards.”
He reached out with one of his legs. It neared me, becoming the size of a mountain. With precision he should lack at his size, he tapped my forehead. It was like an endless wall thumping me.
”I'll give you a gift.”
A rush of knowledge poured into my head. The dimensional cipher became clearer as if pieces of a puzzle were clinking together. I looked at the cipher on my arm. The precise lines altered into messy scribbles. Well not quite, but they seemed mediocre by comparison.
I looked up at Etorhma, ”What did you do?”
His formless minion wrapped an arm around me, pulling me backward. Etorhma chuckled then spoke,
”You wish for nothing at this very moment. I gave you the knowledge to create what you desire when the time comes.”
I made an X with my arms, ”Please no.”
The stars behind Etorhma dampened as Etorhma's voice shook space, ”There is no reason to fear me. I do not lead any astray. I guide those that enact change. You decide the change you commit. Goodbye, Harbinger.”
He pointed at me with one of his spider legs, ”May fortune favor you.”
His formless minion pulled me through the haze. Minutes later and I returned to the runic room. The others waited in place, stunned by Torix's magic. I idled with them, frozen in place. Within a few seconds, space minimized. It no longer magnified.
The room thudded against something, dust falling from the ceiling. The crystals embedded in the walls drained, no longer glowing. I lightened, but the air grew heavy and pressured. I grasped my hands looking around,
”What the fuck just happened?”
Torix gasped, ”Finally it's over...We're here. We're at Giess.”