Chapter 280, 1/3

The void of area gained ten million claws, fractally spiraling out of Nothanganathors lengthy physique as he undulated within the form of infinity, his head stilled at his middle, one eye obvious Purple, the opposite a bloody wreck. Nothanganathor was doing a dance. An Infinite Dance. In an offhanded type of approach, Erick acknowledged that his infinity image was the identical as Earths image for Infinity. This was not too fascinating of a reality, as a result of apparently the image was the identical in many alternative cultures.

Erick had not seen Nothanganathor begin dancing. He simply was; he was already dancing, this entire time. Nothanganathor preferred attacking like that, Erick mirrored. Establishing himself as having finished one thing. The white bastard was a grasp of Institution Magic.

Erick may play that recreation, too, however first he went by way of the method of understanding the assault so he may higher counter it.

Nothanganathors fractal claws prolonged out into infinity, or a minimum of the infinity inside this contained area, at this Mercury-distance from the Purple/Burning-White solar. Nothanganathors claws clipped Valkyrie after Valkyrie, although most of them had discovered how you can be leaves on the wind, bending away from assaults and Siphoning these assaults in flip. Most of them escaped, however the churn was getting deeper. Tougher to evade. Nothanganathor had Established himself as an Inevitability.

Erick wasnt affected in any respect. In truth, the magic stayed away from him. That had implications as to how this was working, as a result of the assault wasnt avoiding Erick. It merely didn’t have an effect on him.

Nothanganathor wasnt utilizing Malevolence, immediately. Not a lot, anyway. He was Mana Altering it to Void and increasing it outward with resons.

Based mostly on these info, Erick deduced that this magic was targeted on all forces that have been topic to time. Nothanganathor had finished that as a result of this assault may damage him, too, as a result of it was simply that damaging, and he was extra enthusiastic about whittling down Ericks forces than preventing him head-on.

Greater than that, although, Nothanganathors fractal claws have been laced with Malevolence on the sides, and each strike towards a Valkyrie was a little bit of mana grafted again onto Nothanaganthor. This, then, was one other of Nothanganathors personal mana siphon assaults. This was him utilizing his Signal of Energy to steal from others.

That was the trick.

He regarded like he was attacking every thing, however actually he was Draining every thing Apart from that black planet down there with Everbless and others. That was actively being prevented.

This was a [Void Claw] enhanced with some ritualistic dancing and his Signal of Energy. That Signal of Energy was the one cause that it was hurting the Valkyries as an alternative of the Valkyries preventing again towards it, and Siphoning it aside.

Erick simply wanted to interrupt up the ability and permit the Valkyries to Siphon as soon as once more, after which this [Infinite Claw Dance], or no matter, can be a giant, massive mistake on Nothanganathors half. He was unfold out far and wide, in spite of everything. That a lot floor space made him a simple goal.

Erick spoke, [Counter

Nothanganathor stopped dancing instantly, as though he had never been dancing at all.

Looked like he didnt want that particular spell broken.

He moved on to other attacks.

He was in five places at once, and all of them were half-illusions and half-truths. Each of them was casting a different magic. One was doing something nuclear. Another was doing something penetrative. Another was doing some sort of grand ice magic. Another touched the void, and shattered infinity like breaking the iced surface of a pond. The other turned to nothing at all, and lunged at Erick, seeking to swallow him whole.

Erick stepped through time.

The nuclear attack was a beam that Nothanganathor swept across the void. It was more aimed at the Valkyries than at Erick. Erick opened a portal and swallowed Nothanganathors attack to aim it right back at him.

That Nothanganathor vanished, and so did that Erick.

The penetrative attack had Nothanganathor throwing out lances the sizes of moons, each of them differently-shaped, each carrying different horrors upon them. Fungus, eldritch tentacles, bones and eyes, souls twisted into horrors. Ten of them shot from the white serpents body, tearing toward Erick, and Erick could not move out of the way or else they would each strike a different Valkyrie and then infect those million-strong Weavers that the Valkyries linked to. So Erick conjured targets for the lances, summoning souls out of nothing, like slimes. The spears struck those slime souls and detonated their curses. Erick [Grand Reincarnation]d the cursed souls and despatched them onto their new lives, cleansed.

The Nothanganathors that did the ice magic and the infinity-breaking magic merely vanished, misplaced to the phantasm. The ice and void-cracking assaults had been too ephemeral to work, apparently. These Ericks ceased to be; unneeded.

The shadowy Nothanganathor tried to eat Erick, however Erick simply dodged.

The shadowy factor twisted to rejoin Nothanganathor, repositioning.

It was one Erick and two Nothanganathors

Erick realized, proper earlier than it occurred, what was about to occur. The shadowy Nothanganathor bit into the true Nothanganathor, after which flowed into that wound like poisoned energy. Nothanganathors whiteness shadowed over, and he grew to become as shiny as an eclipse.

Erick had finished just a little fuck up.

That shadowy factor had not been an assault. It had been a serious buffing magic, made all that a lot stronger as a result of Nothanganathor had provided it to Erick, first. It was some wonky hospitality/weird-thinking that made that type of factor work in any respect, however it labored fairly effectively. On the plus aspect, it had most likely been poison for Erick to take that into himself, anyway, so there was by no means an choice to simply accept that type of assault/buff within the first pla

Wait.

It was a poisoned buff.

Buffs on Veird have been all the time dangerous except they have been made by masters of magic, and even then you definitely didnt wish to do Buffing Magic in any respect, nearly on a regular basis. However right here Nothanganathor was, utilizing main Buffing Magic on himself.

You fucker! Erick mentioned, realizing a fact. You poisoned buffing magic for all of Veird, didnt you!

Laughter echoed within the void and Nothanganathor joyfully declared, YES! He Declared, NOW D

Erick squeezed a complete phrase and energy between letters, asserting, [Animadversion].

IE! Shit.

A pin of purple magic shot out of Nothanganathor like an arrow launched. It was the dimensions of a world. It vanished. It appeared inside Erick, ephemeral and on the identical time massive sufficient for Erick to think about it like standing atop a really pointed pillar ten instances the dimensions of his personal physique. This pillar was already placing at his coronary heart.

After which, paradoxically, his silver protect of thorns caught the spellwork earlier than it ever entered his physique. The assault materialized as an arrow and Erick returned the world-sized arrow, taking pictures it again at novelhall.com

The purple arrow vanished once more after which reappeared

A complete third of Nothanganathors multi-Jupiter lengthy, shadowed-white physique, merely buckled. His backbone tore out backward, spreading flesh in all places. Nothanganathor roared in ache.

Erick nearly attacked, however he wasnt going to take the bait of getting in some straightforward assaults, even when it actually, actually didnt appear to be bait. He let his [Animadversion] protect dissipate, for it was largely damaged anyway and he didnt need Nothanganathor to deprave it with a trick

Nothanganathors shadowed physique cut up away from him, taking his harm with it, and Nothanganathor was entire. He regarded exhausted, although, and he didnt accumulate all of the flesh that he had simply misplaced. The Valkyries feasted as an alternative, their numbers multiplying.

Nothanganathor had misplaced perhaps just a few Earths of size, however it wasnt that a lot. Possibly 10% of his size?

Additionally, Erick was greater now, for some cause.

That black planet down there, the place Fallopolis fought Ozzy and Everbless, appeared smaller now, and by rather a lot. Erick had already ripped out Nothanganathors eye as soon as and gained some measurement out of that, however now he was rather a lot greater.

Nothanganathor glared at Erick, opening each eyes. It appeared the shadow magic dispersal had wiped away all his accidents.

The white bastard roared, Do you will have any thought how lengthy Ive been saving that one! You shouldnt have been in a position to do this!

One thing clicked.

That had been an arrow, hadnt it. Like an actual fucking arrow.

Erick roared again, You even stopped the event of bows and arrows?!

After all I did! Have you learnt what number of highly effective spells are tied to arrows!

Each of them realized one thing necessary on the identical time.

Nothanganathor preferred to take credit score.

And.

He would thus be topic to the outcomes of that credit score.

Erick fired off maybe his only assault but, Stopping progress isnt within the portfolio of a God of Magic!

Actuality itself pressed down on Nothanganathor, crunching scales and breaking horns, however Nothanganathor turned the strike, roaring, Cultivating progress is actually inside my purview!

The truth crush slid off of Nothanganathor.

Erick resumed his argument by way of [Luminous Beam]s.

– – – –

Fallopolis spun and twirled away from Oozy, who wielded a hammer that glowed with silver and gold.

Usually, getting hit was not an issue for her, however Fallopolis had discovered her lesson about Oozys infinite provide of weapons as soon as already, after which just a few extra instances as a result of she wasnt used to dancing with somebody with infinite assets

The hammer got here down in a world-cracking blow that was like unto a god touching the blackened planet. The world broke, and Purple crammed within the gaps. Fallopolis escaped anyway, flowing across the damaged pillars of Everbless that caught out of the black floor like frozen lightning. Her physique was a rush of Darkness; eyes open, mouths consuming, fangs biting.

Oozy pursued, wielding approach too many trinkets. His armor was an artifact that made him invisible to every thing however direct sight. He discarded the hammer he had used twice to assault, neither blow hitting Fallopolis, and the hammer broke within the discard. He reached into one of many damaged aerial roots of Everbless and pulled out an arch of wooden and a bundle of arrows.

Melemziargos voice whispered into Fallopoliss every thing.

Lifekiller Arrows.

So, lesser variations of the Absolute Demise that Nothanganathor had shot at Erick, and which Erick had mirrored.

Nothanganathor shouldnt have had any of these arrows, however in fact he did, since Melemizargo had had them in his armory, again within the Painted Cosmology. Nothanganathor most likely had worse arrows, too.

Not going, however it’s doable. The actually dangerous stuff was set to interrupt if it ever bought free.

Erick actually shouldnt have been capable of replicate a type of Large Arrows, although, in response to Melemizargo, however the Wizard of Benevolence was rising stronger off of this battle with Nothanganathor. Melemizargo was involved with that, for any of 100 causes. If Erick was rising, was he a risk? Sure, but in addition no. If Nothanganathor was simply main Erick on, then was this a defective combat? Sure it was, if that was the case, however in His opinion, Nothanganathor was really attempting, and had been attempting this entire time.

Fallopolis merely hated arrows; that was her response to these splinters of wooden, tipped with loss of life. It was a a lot less complicated response. She had by no means fought an precise archer earlier than, however thats what Oozy was. He was an archer from a time way back on Veird, when archery was a small pastime that had skilled a small increase in reputation, after which light away into oblivion in favor of [Bolt] and [Beam].

Because it had many instances over the centuries! That bastard, Nothanganathor! I’ll rip his soul aside eternally! Melemizargos hatred burned rather a lot hotter than Fallopoliss. He roared in the back of her thoughts, I attempted to get individuals to invent bows and arrows so many instances!

Melemizargo stretched a tendril of Fallopolis far to the correct of the battlefield and opened a maw, proper as Oozy launched his arrow. Immediately, Darkness poured forth, scouring the land for kilometers upon kilometers with [The Breath of Melemizargo].

The arrow didnt appear to care about that. It punched by way of Darkness and lightweight and sky and actuality, burying itself

Melemizargo created a coronary heart inside Fallopoliss physique and the arrow burrowed into that coronary heart. Melemizargo discarded the guts and it exploded into Annihilation. Fallopolis was already shifting to intercept three extra arrows, every of them flashing purple and aimed toward Erick. Would these arrows aimed toward Erick have finished something to him? Toothpicks towards a world-sized dragon greater than 100 worlds away? No, most likely not. However, Fallopolis intercepted the assault anyway.

Three extra hearts intercepted these three extra arrows, and now Fallopolis was above Oozy, blackening the sky along with her flowing ooze physique. [Avatar of Melemizargo] was solely half below her management, which was the one cause she had survived this lengthy. She often had full management of her Avatar physique, however not when Her God was this near the battle, when He was this targeted on this battle. Fallopolis was an ooze-shaped avatar, although, that may very well be pulled in 100 methods without delay, if Her God wished it.

She had fought this fashion for a really very long time, although, every time she completely wanted to win, and he or she was good at being an ooze. She may do that for an age, if wanted.

The precise string of occasions that led to her being an individual who grew to become an ooze to combat, and Oozy of the Purple being an ooze that had grow to be an individual, have been unknown to her, however it was most likely Destiny, like the identical Destiny written into the sky above. Melemizargo grumbled about how he didnt like that, due to the implications, no matter they may be. That entire dungeon of thought was too deep for her to discover proper now.

She targeted on the combat

There, under her, Oozy floated in his Purple armor, nocking one other arrow onto the string of his bow. This one was tinged with sensible gold.

Fallopolis felt Melemizargo fade away as he mentioned to her along with her personal mouths, Goddeath Poison.

Fallopolis vowed to not get hit.

Oozy grinned beneath his helmet, after which pointed previous Fallopolis, to Erick, greater than half a photo voltaic system away. He fired the arrow, and it multiplied to a thousand bolts that flew quicker than gentle.

Fallopolis nearly tried to cease the arrows

Melemizargo stopped her from interfering of their flight path, for any of 100 causes. To the touch that stuff even with ones magic is to be contaminated.

The Goddeath Poison arrows sailed on, into the sky and past.

Did any of them have any hope of reaching Erick in any respect? The possibility was not zero.

It didnt matter proper now. Fallopolis had 50 extra arrows of doubtful origin flying at her, anyway. Oozy was firing a hailstorm at her, and none of those ones have been Goddeath. With a howling twist, Fallopolis spun herself into an array of black beams that additional twisted down at Oozy and on the floor under him. Arrows exploded into a whole bunch of colours, indication that a whole bunch of arrows had been fired at her, too, which was bizarre as a result of she solely noticed 50. The very air and floor caved into itself within the passing of her magics. She solely managed to tear Oozys cape from his shoulders.

Fallopolis hadnt seen that cape earlier than it was destroyed, both.

Oozy grew to become simpler to see along with her magical senses, however a number of arrows appeared already lodged in her flesh. She pulsed the arrows away and restored the components of her that have been breaking. A minimum of these items wasnt Goddeath Hopefully it wasnt Goddeath. That stuff needed to be ready forward of time for a particular god

Ah.

She was most likely contaminated now. Would Her God ever communicate to her once more?

Oozy grinned and put one other cape on his shoulders. Like a shattering of a mirror, Oozy multiplied throughout the battlefield

Everbless peeked out from one of many white aerial roots, like a boy peeking by way of a crack in a door, sticking pink leaves by way of the opening. He did that approach an excessive amount of.

Fallopolis opened up with a pillar of Blackfire that slammed into Everblesss eyes and traveled all over them, to his most important physique far, far within the distance. His most important physique exploded in Blackfire. He screamed and targeted on placing that fireplace out

Every little thing in all the photo voltaic system turned completely sensible as the sunshine of the battle between Erick and Nothanganathor erupted in additional [Luminous Beam]s. The sky was brighter than ten thousand suns.

Fallopolis hunkered down below the lingering energy of Her God, whereas Everbless burned below the sunshine and Oozy screamed in ache.

After which Shivraa was there, at Fallopoliss aspect, saying, You let Goddeath arrows previous you, and in you.

She was blocking the Mild for Fallopolis with an aura of ten million mana.

Fallopolis recovered, saying, I attempted, rattling you!

Your loyalty is famous, Shivraa mentioned, It’s not your fault. You have been simply raised this fashion.

I’ve finished a lot extra for that man than you’ll ever know.

Shivraa appeared unconcerned in regards to the destruction, whilst the highest layers of her physique evaporated like ice below a [Flamethrower] spell. Is that you just talking, or your god?

Each!

Melemizargo was again.

Oh thank Him.

Nothanganathor twisted into infinity, his lengthy physique curling this fashion and that, his gaze leveled at Erick. Someway he had gotten between Erick and the solar. He was backlit, shadowing the solar, casting Erick into that shadow. Claws got here out, vibrating from each scale and backbone of his lengthy physique, carving throughout Infinity, ripping edges rimmed in Purple, reaping Valkyries and Ericks flesh. The Erased One carved a fractal into Ericks flesh. Each kilometer of Ericks black scale and pores and skin and membranous wings grew to become a ritual circle.

Erick screamed.

Oppression crushed him from each angle. He felt no up, or down, or gentle, or darkish. All was Purple. All was an anvil and hammer on the identical time, pressuring Erick right into a mould that Nothanganathor desired.

Nothanganathor carved deeper, saying, The one reward for good work is extra work, so grow to be the last word workhorse for the Darkish, Erick.

Nothanganathor launched a pulse of Purple that annihilated each Valkyrie inside half of the photo voltaic system and obliterated half of Ericks physique. The remainder of Ericks physique quickly adopted.

Erick knew ache.

In that ache, Erick realized greater than he had ever recognized.

He accepted the Purple for what it was; an expression of hatred for an unjust universe.

Nothanganathor screamed, NO!

However Erick was already headed Elsewhere.

– – – –

Hovering above a blackened land, Fallopolis witnessed sun-sized waves of Purple cascading like fractal claws throughout the airless sky, and he or she knew terror. Energy flowed out of Nothanganathor and energy drilled into Erick. Carving. Winnowing. A wing went flying, adopted by the tail and half of his neck and all of his decrease physique.

Erick stood earlier than a blast furnace, and perished.

Fallopolis didnt usually get afraid of issues that have been a lot bigger than herself, however once you watched one thing the dimensions of a planet come aside in bits and items, you bought scared

There may be nothing to concern, for I’m right here, and you might be positive. Erick will both die or transcend this trial. It is advisable go away earlier than the wave reaches you. Seize Shivraa and Oozy. Everbless dies hiding from salvation.

Shivraa howled at Fallopoliss aspect as she witnessed the loss of life of her King and the eradication of half of her military. Fallopolis wasnt certain which affected her extra. She went numb, floating there, eyes extensive and her complete icy-body thawing, as if she was in full shock. She most likely was.

The military that remained past the portals far, far past the battlefield, managed to kill themselves and retreat again to Veird, quicker than flight was doable. These portals shut.

After all, none of them may bodily see any of that in any respect. Time was wonky, and lightweight and energy have been shifting quicker than bodily doable for these with the Sight to See what may very well be seen.

Oozy had a extra regular response as a result of he was separated from every thing, apart from his very new connection to Melemizargo. He was principally a new child, who may solely see the pink and white glows within the air, forged from the solar. He had no thought what to make of something, however he was afraid of why Shivraa was terrified. He caught on to Fallopoliss concern, as effectively.

There was barely any time to assume. There was completely no time to clarify something.

Fallopolis swirled with darkness, increasing and wrapping up each of her targets

Out of the blue a white department invaded the working, grown from a suddenly-there aerial root. The department unfold out uninteresting pink leaves and a tiny spattering of roots into the middle of the place Fallopolis was already working her magic.

Everbless was attempting to come back alongside for the experience.

Darkness was already swirling. The tunnel again to Veird was already opening. Fallopolis had the choice to abort her magic, and it by no means would have labored with the larger aerial root impeding the area, however then the aerial root snapped off, leaving a red-leafed, white sapling floating subsequent to Oozy. Oozy didnt appear to grasp the sapling, and Shivraa didnt care about something proper now. Oozy grabbed the sapling to his chest anyway, like grabbing an uprooted bush.

Fallopolis may already inform the sapling was Everbless, and it was both going to interrupt the ritual to get them again to Veird, or it was going to come back alongside for the experience.

Positive. He can come.

Return to me, Fallopolis.

And that’s what Fallopolis did, collapsing area and ripping an insensate Shivraa, an ignorant Oozy, and a seemingly-contrite Everbless by way of a tunnel of Darkness.

Every little thing clawed at Fallopolis.

Every little thing was Black.

Fallopolis was the one factor standing between the annihilation of that Darkish and her cargo, held inside her physique. Her presence was the one factor that solidified the best way ahead, right into a tunnel that continued on eternally

The outlet behind them was nonetheless open, held uncovered by ripping Purple claws.

Shit.

It was going to catch

Detour.

The black tunnel branched off each which approach, and Fallopolis raced down one in every of them.

The Purple adopted.

Fallopolis briefly dropped right into a world of chaos that roared again at her with gibbering mouths and tumors untold. She screamed again at them, louder and stronger than any of them. The wrongness of the brand new world recoiled and the world turned intelligible with stone and timber and Darkness within the woods forward. A portal opened up earlier than her and he or she adopted by way of the hidden horrors, defending her cargo.

The portal shut behind her and he or she was again within the tunnels between slices of Infinity.

The Purple clawed open the tunnels behind her, resuming the chase.

She veered off into one other detour.

This world was mirrors and reflections and he or she was joined by ten thousand variations of herself, all of them carrying cargo onward into halls of Darkness. Purple burst out of the mirrors, clawing her approach.

She misplaced the Purple within the confusion of all of it.

4 extra detours later Fallopolis spat out of a gap of Darkness within the air, touchdown atop the white pillar of Ascendant Mountain, on Veird. The outlet closed up behind her as Melemizargo himself grasped the air the place the outlet had been, showing like His True Self, majestic and Darkish. He threw the portal away, again into Infinity, and Fallopolis knew the trail to the massive battle was misplaced to her.

There was no approach again to the massive battle.

Fallopoliss half was finished, anyway.

Erick was both useless, or not

Melemizargo demanded of her, My cargo.

Fallopolis spilled out of herself, her [Avatar of Melemizargo] falling away, peeled aside by her insistent God.

She grew to become a lot smaller as she crashed onto the white stone underfoot, like a shell discarded.

Everblesss sapling wormed out of Oozys grip and tried to plant into the white stone, however Melemizargo whipped the Purple factor right into a sphere of Darkness, taking a number of the floor with it. Everbless twisted his type right into a tiny tree, his roots gathering these stones to his physique, the place he suspended himself amongst that particles like an impostor of Yggdrasil, who was most likely protected and floating inside Benevolence Itself

Oozy all of the sudden retched out Purple onto the bottom. Purple Sparks traveled this fashion and that, however Melemizargo descended his complete clawed hand onto the whole thing of the Ascendant Mountain platform. Fallopolis briefly questioned if this was her Finish, because the world turned Darkish.

But it surely was an Ephemeral Darkish. They weren’t crushed.

Melemizargos hand and claws grew to become ephemeral and shiny with Darkness, slamming down on the Purple and eradicating it.

After which Melemizargo went to work within the Darkness of His personal making.

He reached into the Valkyrie, into Ericks captain of his military, and Shivraa cried out in soul-torture.

She fainted.

Melemizargo pressed additional into Shivraas soul, reaching, twisting. Shivraa thudded this fashion and that, as if buffeted by invisible winds. Melemizargos eyes opened within the Darkish as he stared into Shivraas soul, and

Rozeta stepped to the aspect, wanting like a shiny white human wrought lady, singular within the Gloom of Melemizargo. She stared up on the white eyes within the Darkish. Her voice was insistent, but even, What are you doing, father?

The truth that I’m doing this in any respect implies that Erick has failed. He has not returned from his loss of life. We’re splitting up the Valkyries amongst ourselves. I’m taking Shivraa.

After which Shivraa opened her eyes, and so they have been full of sunshine. She was a Shade now.

Her Brightness appeared clouded to Fallopolis, although. Stuffed with confusion and madness.

She didn’t voice that opinion. She resolved herself to cull Shivraa later, after she had served her function, although part of her was dissatisfied that Melemizargo was doing this in any respect. She didn’t voice that opinion, both.

Melemizargo ignored Fallopolis as He mentioned to His daughter, You have already got the entire Weaves of the entire remaining Valkyries. Break up them up nonetheless you care to separate them. Everbless is alsoMine.

Contained in the Darkness of the sphere that contained Everbless, Everblesss Purple leaves and white physique turned Black, with solely cracks of sunshine showing within the smallest of areas, within the twist of bark, or on the sides of a leaf.

Rozeta mentioned nothing. She simply stared.

Melemizargo instructed Fallopolis, Put together to repel Paladins.

Fallopolis prayed for 2 issues in that second.

She prayed for Ericks return.

And he or she prayed silently, so very silently, that Her God wasnt going insane once more.

Melemizargos full weight fell upon Fallopolis as he turned his eyes towards her.

Fallopolis splattered.

Melemizargos voice known as her again from oblivion. Fall in line or fall eternally, Fallopolis.

Fallopolis got here again collectively, returned to life. She tried to face. She ended up on her knees, which was as a lot as she may do. Together with her head pressed towards the stone, she mentioned, Sure, My God.

Stop your insanity, Father, Rozeta mentioned, There wont be any paladins coming this fashion, for if Erick is gone, then we should do what we should. I’ll start dispensation of the Valkyries now, after which

The sky twisted and spilled with fractals.

One thing occurred.

Fallopolis had no thought what occurred, however from one second to the subsequent, she had been witnessing the entire breakdown of every thing Erick had tried to construct, after which she was laid out on the bottom once more. When she regained her senses however her physique was nonetheless numb, she noticed the world had modified.

The sky, which had been an phantasm of blue and clouds and solar, was damaged, revealing the black adamantium of the shell of the subsequent layer above them.

Melemizargo was alive, however his physique was splashed throughout the land past Ascendant Mountain, like hills of black scales vaguely resembling a dragon, with one arm and one leg raised up within the air.

Blood was in all places.

Rozeta was in metallic items on the bottom subsequent to Fallopolis.

Shivraa was gone.

Everblesss cage was gone, and so was the nascent World Tree.

Fallopolis was alone with Oozy.

Every little thing was silent, apart from the respiration of her comatose god.

That had been the Fractal Fairy, hadnt it, Fallopolis thought, as she managed to rise to her knees, and no additional. She steadied herself upon the bottom, every thing nonetheless spinning. After which the complete gravity of the scenario really struck her like a sudden vanishing of the bottom underfoot.

The bottom was nonetheless there, however was it, actually?

Fallopolis shouldnt have been shocked at how straightforward it was to smash every thing that Erick had ever constructed. Shades had been ruling Veird for 1400 years earlier than Erick got here alongside, however there had been many such potential Ericks earlier than him. Shades had usually known as individuals Fires of the Age.

And but, none of them have been actual Fires.

Not like Erick.

And now the Fireplace was gone, and the shadowolves had come out.

Fallopolis had toppled her honest quantity of cities and in any other case by eradicating one key particular person right here or there, so this stage of breaking shouldnt have been a shock. In each breaking, many issues occurred, all reasonably quick. First got here the frantic reestablishing of no matter norms individuals may grasp, then got here the true upheaval because the earlier existence merely didnt work anymore and folks began to understand that reality, after which got here dissolution and establishing of latest social norms. That’s what occurred in each breaking, give or take any tens of hundreds of particular variables.

And but the bottom nonetheless existed in all these eventualities.

Did the bottom exist anymore?

Fallopolis misplaced her sense of self for a protracted second.

Moments handed.

All of the Valkyries are gone, arent they? Oozy requested, his voice stuffed with sorrow.

Fallopolis was nonetheless gathering herself. She wasnt certain how you can reply Oozys query.

So, she was sincere, Yeah. Most likely. The Fractal Fairy had enchanted that entire magic to by no means be corrupted, and each single god right here simply tried to deprave it.

Silence.

Oozy softly mentioned, You most likely may have held out for a short time with them.

Most likely.

What occurs now?

I dont know.