pappabearbooks Chapter Seven Hundred And Twenty Nine – 729
Chapter Seven Hundred And Twenty Nine – 729
Chapter Seven Hundred And Twenty Nine – 729
Fiendforge is level 99!
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Fiendforge is level 116!
Master Tier!
You Gain:
+Decrease Significance Consumed In Forging!
+500 REI
+300 EVA
Congratulations!
You Have Tempered Your Body!
You Have Formed: Crescian Colossus Body!
+500 STR
+400 VIT
+400 END
+300 AGL
+200 DEX
Congratulations!
You Have Tempered Your Mind!
You Have Formed: Vaulted Night Mind!
+500 PER
+400 INT
+400 WIL
+300 INE
+200 ALA
Congratulations!
You Have Tempered Your Spirit!
You Have Formed: Symphonic Spirit!
+500 WIL
+400 INT
+400 RES
+300 AFI
+200 INE
Felix woke to an immediate agony that seized his entire Body. Remnants of power threaded across his core space, tingling as they were integrated into his Skills, cores, or otherwise sucked up by his ravenous Hunger. His Mind and Spirit were no better, each aching as if from a hundred wounds.
Cautiously, he sat up. Or at least he tried to—the Strength of his new Body propelled him up onto his feet and very nearly back onto his face, were it not for his increased Agility as well. His entire...everything felt like it had grown. Expanded beyond any realm he’d known before.
He brought up his stats.
STR:8064
PER:6051
VIT:5474
END:4314
INT:5957
WIL:10873
AGL:4626
DEX:3892
Harmonic Stats
Resonance (RES): 4703
Intent (INE): 7892
Affinity (AFI): 13470
Resilience (REI): 7686
Evasion (EVA): 4800
Might (MIG): 3100
Alacrity (ALA): 3500
Felicity (FEL): 10112
“Holy fucking hell,” he whispered. “My stats...how long was I out?”
Long Enough.
Frowning at the ghostly silhouettes nearby, Felix opted instead to flare his Sovereign of Flesh. His Body sheathed itself in thick, midnight scales that clinked like metal across his chest and arms, and his claws grew to proper ebon talons that he slammed into Siva’s stupid face.
She flinched...and the barrier flexed.
You Are A Fiendish, Awful Child. You Will Not Take My Aid, Will You?
"What gave you that idea?” he sneered, looking for a new angle of attack. If he could break through the barrier—
I Can Halt This War. Stop My Little Brother From Attacking You And Yours.
"You mean the one that defaced your Shrine and is stealing power from it now? Yeah, I'm sure he'll listen."
If You Refuse To See Reason, Nevarre, Then You Must Witness The Truth.
In a sudden flash from the ghostly silhouette, Felix's Mind was cast back as the world rippled around him.
It shattered.
“Nah,” he said. “Hard pass.”
Crown fragments in either hand, he punched down into the Seal, and a stentorian crack ripped through the earth as the ground below him cratered.
OURANIC BARRIER ENGAGED!
SUBORDINATE SEAL IS—
The Seal remained untouched, but a tone rang out that cut through the Hierophant’s Authority. It screeched, its measures stilled.
STOP!
He pulled his hands back and punched again. Silver hands tried to stop him, but they were cast aside by a burgeoning light from his fists...and his hooked blade.
Hail Inheritor!
Improper Resonance Detected.
You Hold The Crown.
The Nym Answer.
Wha—?
Congratulations!
You Have Received A Temporary Boon!
Willpower Bolstered Against Territorial Enthrallment!
Felix’s fists shook as a rarefied vibration thrummed through the fragments, spiraling up his arms and down into the Seal before him. Harmony rang out, a complex symphony that filled his chest and soothed his aching Aspects all at once. Dissonance came below, a counterpoint to the uplifting rhythms, deep and asynchronous and packed with an undeniable power.
Cease Your Meddling!
Silver hands found his throat and lifted him up with immense Strength...but his fists were connected to the Seal now and would not move.
Enough You Petulant Whelp!
The Nym Are Lost!
They Will Remain So!
Stop, Or I Will End You!
Silver threads wound around his head and arms, tightening until they cut into his scales and drew dark blood from the flesh beneath. The silhouette flashed, it's form sharpening into something far more ferocious and unnatural. Her true form. It burned into his Mind.
The Song of Absolution is level 101!
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The Song of Absolution is level 122!
Void Sanctuary is level 109!
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Void Sanctuary is level 124!
“If...you could kill me,” Felix choked out. “You would’ve done it already.”
Empyrean Embrace!
His bolstered Will latched onto the threads that covered him and tore them apart, turning them into brilliant silver smoke that poured into Felix’s open maw. Essence and significance flowed within him, filling his core space to bursting as he fell back to the ground.
Synergy Detected!
Armored Skin (R) Resonates With The Song Of Absolution (L)!
Do You Wish To Combine?
Yes!
Power stolen from Siva flowed out of him, fueling the combination with such speed that Felix was startled.
More, however, was always better.
Empyrean Embrace!
Siva shrieked as Felix’s Master Tier Skill tore at her barrier and her projection just beyond it.
You Are Not Allowed!
Felix didn’t bother to respond. Silver smoke poured into him, pouring into his core space only to be funneled directly into the swirling Skills in his chest.
“Watch me!” he snarled.
He lifted his hands, suddenly free from the Seal, and slammed them home again. A spark of multicolored Mana sprang from the contact, and the Shrine pulsed.
Siva screamed.
Shadows crawled across the Shrine beyond the barrier, familiar shapes he’d seen before. With Avet. Siva was trying to transport her Shrine away.
“You’re not going anywhere,” he said. “Empyrean Embrace!”
He flared his empowered Will, focusing his Intent into a sharpened claw that he latched onto the barrier and everything beyond. The true Seal ignited with multicolored light, lines tracing back beyond the barrier and into the Shrine itself, where stone turned molten and the silver pool boiled.
Felix roared, and the shadows pulled inward and vanished with a deafening boom. Siva was gone...but the Shrine remained.
Combination Complete!
Armored Skin (R) Has Combined With The Song Of Absolution (L) To Become Lay Of The Unfallen (D)!
Level is maintained!
Lay of the Unfallen (Divine), level 122!
You have withstood the blows of Divinity and emerged, scarred but alive. Again and again you have risen from mortal injuries, unrepentant and undefeated. A chorus of Harmony and Dissonance sings in your blood, and it is the song of triumph. All resistances doubled. Protection increases slightly per Skill level.
New Title!
Nemesis of the Silver Weaver (Divine)!
Your actions have earned you the immortal enmity of the Goddess Siva! Beware! Factions friendly to the Goddess of Fortune will regard you with increased distrust, and all Oaths sworn to you are sundered.
ERROR!
Title: Bondbreaker Active!
Your Oaths Cannot Be Touched!
“Nemesis?” Felix scoffed. He stretched his shoulders and felt something pop in his spine. “Get in line.”
Ahead, a complicated array spread across the floor, surrounding the pool at the center like an open flower. He reached out, but no invisible wall met his fingertips. The barrier was gone.
Beyond it all, the Shadowgate loomed.