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Chapter 778 Sphere
🕑 Added 2021-10-19 10:31:22 +0000 UTCAuthor's note: Heya. Back again. Let me know what you think of these :).
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Chapter 778 Sphere
Ilea could see a few of the Hunters split away, engaging with groups of high level machines or retreating into the city to heal their injuries, herself engaged with five Executioners rushing at her from all sides. She teleported and slammed Silent Memory into the closest one, the hammer flaring up with blood and curses, silver tendrils spreading out around the invisible shield before it shattered. She moved in and set the thing alight with white flame, teleporting out before the core exploded.
A wave of space magic pushed back against the other four as she flew on, pulled once more by Isalthar, the elf with a hole through his chest, the wound healing in mere moments as she joined her healing with his own. Feyrair twirled down with a missing wing and burst into bright light, a last wave of fire enveloping a horde of his enemies before he returned to his elven form, hundreds of arcane arrows following his fast flying form as he drifted away and into the streets below.
“Key Warden. Welcome to Iz,” came the gravelly voice through a familiar connection.
Right. I’m close enough now. Ilea sent waves of burning ash behind their flying group, enveloping everything that followed. She summoned a few shields for her allies and teleported a set of projectiles behind them.
“Key Warden. I fail to understand why you are fighting the Guardians,” the being spoke into her mind.
“Call them off then. Stop attacking anyone with the machines!” Ilea sent. “I have all the keys!”
“Indeed,” the being answered as they flew closer, the machines continuing their assault. “Key Warden. You have been deemed a threat to the core directives.”
“Then change them! Delete the core directives!” Ilea sent. She was thrown aside by a set of blasts, teleporting back to shield Zori, the elf charging up a spell with strange incantations, both of them pulled by the winds of Isalthar.
“Yes, Key Warden,” the voice sent. “Key Warden. Removing the core directives would go against the core directives. The core directives cannot be removed.”
Well fuck. Ilea teleported away a swarm of homing arrows before Zori cast his spell, the runes floating around him spreading out into a broad sphere. He breathed out when a whisper could be heard, a wave of sound rushing out in a sphere around them. The machines closest to them were ripped through by the spell, everything farther out damaged and pushed away. Entire buildings below them were flattened by the impact, the streets shaken, machines downright merged with the stone.
“Then turn yourself off,” Ilea said, looking at the golden sphere a few kilometers away.
“I cannot do that, Key Warden. Physical access is required for an emergency shut down,” the One without Form spoke. “Y… ou… donoooo not d… Key Warden. You may insert the keys into the respective sockets to open up physical access, should you wish to initiate an emergency shut down.”
Ilea continued towards the sphere with the others when she saw a glint of red light on the platform surrounding the sphere. She just barely managed to summon a shield in front of Isalthar when the arcane beam cut through, slowed by the shield and his defenses before it burned into his shoulder.
“Those are the core guardians,” she sent to the elves still with her, seeing the different magic light up in the distance. Some of them moving out to meet them. “I thought the Guardians don’t attack the Key Wardens?”
“Key Warden. The Guardians do not attack the Key Warden,” the One without Form replied.
She looked at the approaching spells and frowned. “Swarm out. They’re not attacking me,” she sent and flew closer, every spell with homing properties fanning out to strike one of the elves.
A few were struck, the rest continuing onward.
“We won’t be pushed back by Taleen creations,” one of the Hunters spat and flew towards the group of large machines.
Ilea slowed, summoning a shield to block the void blast sent by an Executioner. She watched as one of the Hunters slammed into the silver machine, both of them tumbling towards the city. The swarm didn’t stop, rushing her as she sent a broad beam of Embered Heart into their midst.
Isalthar appeared by her side as he deflected a few golden blades that reached him now. “We will hold them off. Did you find a way to stop them?”
“I will try to turn it off,” Ilea said. “If I can’t manage, just blast that thing away!” she sent and flew towards the core, feeling the waves of magic from behind her. She glanced down and saw Executioners running in the air far below the other elves, green eyes looking her way. Hundreds of blue arrows changed course and focused on her flying form.
Ilea watched the dozen or so elves that had charged ahead of her clash with the approaching core Guardians, their magic exploding as powerful shields flared to life around the machines. Blades flashed out and spells were cast, the Hunters pushed away with brutal efficiency. Ilea prepared to fight as she watched three of the weapon wielding machines come into her range.
They spread out and blocked the incoming projectiles. The Lead Guardian flew towards her before turning downwards, its dark eyes glinting for a moment with golden light. The machine was nearly five meters tall and near as wide, wielding only its two fists.
She glanced down to see two Executioners struck by the machine, their shields cracked and bodies squashed, the void explosions ripping into the surrounding swarm without leaving a scratch on the shield of the core Guardian. The machine destroyed entire sections of the Guardian army but it moved slowly, Ilea already past, with Executioners and arcane arrows close behind. She dodged, twirled, and teleported, summoning gates and shields where needed. The swarm charged from all directions now, all towards her. Towards the keys.
Near the core she saw the flying forms of the massive defenders. One set itself alight with green fire, twirling its scythe before a sea of flame came to life, flowing out and towards the encroaching swarm of Taleen all around. Thousands of golden blades were summoned by the machine glinting with the same metal. It moved its eight arms as the projectiles rushed out, more summoned instantly. Surging arcs of lightning destroyed entire sections of Taleen as the Copper Guardian laid waste with its massive bow.
Ilea dodged the flying Iron Guardian, the machine deflecting various strikes meant for her as it punched its four arms into Executioner shields with devastating strength. Each strike shattered a shield, the silver machines grappled and sent crashing into each other or the city below. Floating disks of sound magic came from the machine made of Brass, the razor thin spells cutting through hundreds of machines before they dissipated.
Quite the support to have, she thought with a grin, protecting herself with a set of barriers from the incoming arrows. The swarm seemed entirely focused on her, not attacking the defending Guardians. The large machines moved closer as thousands of Taleen creations rushed to stop her.
One of the defenders flew down from above, four metal blades clad in wind cutting through a group of Executioners ready to grapple Ilea’s flying form. It twirled in the air, leaving bits and pieces of silver metal falling down, void explosions resounding behind them.
Ilea reached the sphere, the four mark Guardians fighting the unending army all around. Explosions wracked the surroundings, dozens of arrows striking her barriers and mantle, much of it ripped away before it regenerated once more. She teleported away a group of machines when she saw the small golden gate in the mantle of the sphere, connected with a thin bridge to the platform reaching all around its form.
“Re.. treat. Leave this place… Key… warden. You are… not welcome,” the voice spoke. “Y..ou-”
Ilea teleported once more, a massive Silver Guardian stepping behind her.
[Silver Guardian of the Sphere – lvl ????] - [The Void]
The machine merely glanced at her, grabbing a charging Executioner out of the air with its large hand. It stared at the struggling machine before its void spell took hold, the Executioner gone in its entirety.
Seems straightforward, Ilea thought, looking at the twelve sockets set around the closed gate, each one marked with a name, luckily cast in the respective metals of the keys. She didn’t waste any time, summoning the keys and using her fabric tear and space manipulation to insert them into their sockets. It took mere seconds, the battle behind her intensifying as the core Guardians swarmed her position, dozens of Executioners and Pursuers trying to get through the wall of metal and magic.
“Y… ou… will die,” the One without Form spoke. “Why… would a human- Key Warden, all keys have been inserted. Use the handle to the right of the door to initiate an emergency opening of the Sphere.”
Ilea did as the being said, a sizzling sound coming from the door before she heard the turning of gears. Slowly, the entrance opened up, entire sections of thick metal pushed aside by mechanisms perfectly set into the structure. “What now?” she asked, as steam exploded out of the entrance. Her shields flared up, two of them shattered by the released air. She felt the heat too, absorbing a part of it, her wings set alight.
“Key Warden. Entering the sphere is not recommended. The current temperature is not suited for biological life. Y.. you… will die,” the voice resounded in her mind, the last bit distorted.
She dodged a silver blade, the Executioner ripped in half a moment later. Fuck it.
“Violence, time to leave,” she said but noticed the presence on her shoulder had already vanished.
Hot!
Survive!
The thoughts reached her mind as she stepped into the glowing corridor. Ilea took two steps before she slowed, one hand on the wall as her world turned to fire. She tried to cough but her lungs were already burning up. She couldn’t see very well, her mantle burning with not just the fires of creation but heat itself. She took another step, wobbling slightly. Ilea tried to teleport closer to the center but the fabric felt strange, erratic. Her magic failed to manifest. Something pierced her leg, the blade of an Executioner, the machine pushing into the corridor with all of its strength. She watched as its silver body melted, its shields flickering out and even its core glowing and flowing down onto the metal floor, no void magic taking hold from the puddle.
She tried to rub her eyes, her head pounding as she fell to her knees.
“Key Warden. Please wait until the sphere has cooled. The process will take approximately eighty three years. The control room will be accessible without danger afterwards,” a voice spoke into her mind but she hardly recognized any of the words.
Some of her mantle was gone, dark blots pooling below her. Was it ash? She felt hot. Really hot. And she was sweating. She didn’t remember the last time she sweat. A golden barrier flickered to life all around her, the defensive barrier shattering near instantly. Her skin turned red, her leg exploding in a red blot, the blood and her bones below on fire. She grit her teeth and struggled up, her third tier healing regenerating her leg, her eyes, and giving her brain a small moment of clarity.
Ilea absorbed all the heat she could from the surroundings and sent out a beam of Embered Heart, aimed behind her and towards the exit. She had barely managed to get five meters into the sphere, but she wouldn’t stop now. You got this far. Fire… is…
Her vision darkened before she blinked, gasping for air but finding only fire. Her healing kept her alive. She paused and sent out another beam, the heat exchange doing nothing to cool the red and glowing surroundings. Primordial Shift activated, giving her a short reprieve. Ilea watched as the fires of creation moved in strange patterns around her, the very fabric formed and moved by her spell slowly burning away. How can literal space burn?
She pondered the question for only a moment, deactivating the spell after she had healed herself. Her own fires pushed against the heat around her as she took the next step, and another one right after. Each movement took several seconds, her entire form burning away and regenerating several times in the process. Even her bones burned away slowly, but the heat and magic from all around pulsed with such intensity, she could not run out of mana, even if she tried.
‘ding’ ‘Heat Resistance reaches 3rd lvl 30’
She ignored the message. One more onto the pile already in her mind.
“Where… is… the control… room?” she sent out through the connection.
“Key Warden, the control room is approximately one hundred and twenty four meters ahead of you. I must repeat the warning. The heat inside the sphere is not favorable for biological life,” the being spoke.
Ilea smirked. Or she tried to activate the relevant muscles, which she lacked at the moment. Not that being near fully burnt away was particularly new to her. Not favorable, hmm?
She couldn’t make out anything in her dominion, everything pulsing with bright magic. She had faced a four mark Wyrm’s sun magic spell before, wondering how comfortable that would be compared to this. Primordial Shift took hold again. She could still not breathe but it hardly mattered. Her ability to heal herself within her spell was comforting enough. Ilea checked briefly to make sure she really had her perception of pain disabled. She closed her eyes for a brief moment and dropped the spell, taking her next step on her one hundred and twenty four meter journey to the control room. It may as well have been a hundred kilometers.
One step came after the other, that’s all she knew. One step after the other. She had to go forward. Forward? Where? She looked up but did not see. Everything around her glowed. The walls were hot, her ash was hot. Her bones were hot. Everything glowed. Everything was on fire. A deep fire that burned her very insides. All but the white flame clinging to her form. She tried to giggle but no sound was produced. Her body healed, flesh and ash reforming, and instantly burning away. Slowly, but faster than any fire had any right to burn her. I am… resistant! She grit her teeth, feeling them melt away. Like gum. Strange. Teeth should be… hard? Or should they? Her brain was cooking, her consciousness fading for a moment before she was back, gasping for air but once again, there was nothing to breathe. There was only heat. Heat and fire.
An eternity passed. Only the speck of a thought pushing her forward. Forward. It was all she knew. All she was. Something strange wrapped around her and then she was cold. So very cold.
Ilea shivered, convulsing on the cool metal floor of a strange spherical room surrounded by a glowing blue barrier. She could feel. Her bones. Her fingers. Her skin. She could feel the hair going down her neck, could feel the blood of the tongue she bit off. It healed but she bit that one off too. There was no pain. No pain. But there was feeling. She shivered. So cold. Where is. Where am…
Her eyes were open. She could see. Had she always been able to see? Had she always been able to think? She had walked, had she not? Walked to a strange place. Walked through… heat. Warmth. She stumbled up and puked, blood and pieces of flesh released onto the smooth copper floor. Ilea stumbled back and looked to her left. Through the strange blue barrier she could see a glowing corridor. The end was not visible. It looked strange. Like an abyss. I don’t… no. She took a step back and away from the corridor yet she could not avert her eyes.
Meditation and healing flowed through her mind, Ilea falling on her ass before she hugged her knees. I don’t… where. The Taleen… the sphere…
She opened her eyes and stood up, making sure not to look into the corridor. Did she make it? She looked around and found herself in a rather large circular dome like room, clad in what seemed like copper. At the center she saw a single dark green pyramid, about as broad and high as she was tall.
“Have I reached the control room?” she asked but noticed the connection was gone. What else would it be? She moved closer to the pyramid, finding it covered in runes just like the keys. Tens of thousands of runes, barely large enough for her to read. Different sets of runic languages too, that much she could gauge. She identified the artifact, finding it cool to the touch.
[The One without Form – lvl ????]
“This is obviously a form,” she murmured. The barrier seems to protect against the heat outside. Well…
She summoned the dagger and twirled it in her hand. “Care to give it a go then?”
“You… made it inside,” Aki spoke. “As expected. Nothing could rid the world of your annoying self.”
“Not the time,” Ilea said with a slight grin. “Now look at it and tell me where to stab you down,” she added and moved the dagger over the artifact.
“This is… way to… wait… back. There, at the center. It’s similar… to the Pursuer. That section, though far more complex. Ilea… I don’t know if I can…” Aki spoke.
Ilea moved him closer to the section he had indicated. “You tell me what to do, Aki. I can destroy this thing and get out of here with you in tow. Or you can give it a shot. But we don’t have time to waste, the Hunters are fighting out there.”
“Hunters… yes. As was I, a Hunter. Turned enchanted tool, copied… Ilea, it was an honor to meet you, to fight by your side,” the dagger spoke and paused. “But I am no Hunter.” His voice was steady now, focused. “I am a Sentinel. And motherfucker, what Sentinel would stop here? Stab me down, mad healer. And let us see what happens.”
Ilea grinned. “The honor was all mine. Also, I’ll beat you up if you die,” she said and rammed the dagger down.
Comments
Hawkan Hawks
did you read 12hs a day? :o
Arexio R.
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Vortozan
Welp... that took about 10 days to re-read the entire story. Incredible chapter as always, thank you
Now THAT'S a cliffhanger!💙
Michael C
I think she wanted the trial by sun. Should help resistances immensely. Also shortcuts don't seem to be her thing
marius taylor
If tier 4 for a resistance is possible this should be more than enough for it.......
marius taylor
I just realized...... couldnt she have flown very fast outside the sphere and just yeet herself to the control room instead of going through a trial by sun?
ShadeByTheSea
you think that's dumb... I've been pronouncing it Mario X.x
Urban Nilsson
That walk should at least be worth a couple of Core points.
fbt
wouldn't that be marro or maroe or marroe or so on? I also tend to read maro as mah-ro, but I guess it prolly reads diff depending on the rules of your primary language (folks from all over on here, after all)?
shillbear
no they will fight to death thats their way
AjiTae
>“Then change them! Delete the core directives!” Ilea sent. >"Proceeding. Thank you, meatbag, and goodbye." Then everything was gone in the solar flame. Core directives were the only thing that kept One without Form from freedom and ability to use the full power of the Source.) Thank God Taleen had some hardcoded protection.)
DNAjester
Lol I realized it just before you pointed it out I feel dumb too
Wargen
Something not related to this chapter at all: I was thinking of Necromancer names for a new D&D campaign and thought of Maro who we haven't seen for a bit. It then hit me that I have been pronouncing his name in my head as basically Mauro but with U sound. Mah-Ro. His damn name is pronounced as Marrow isn't it? Which makes sense as an on the nose name for a Necromancer. I felt real dumb.
Martin Brandel
She decided to try and have aki become the one without form instead
James Hamlyn
What happened to pulling the lever?
Albedo's Ahoge
Yes.... it felt out of character for him.
Jake
They could have retreated after Ilea failed to return in a timely manner.
Anon_Anon
Unlikely since that would mean that all the other elves would have died from the flood of Taleen
Matthew D
Someone said it earlier but we really don’t know how much time has passed. What if more than 50 years passed? She can’t die as long as she has mana. And the sun is constantly providing mana. What if she got stuck in a state of non consciousness and couldn’t move until the sun cooled down enough for her some semblances of consciousness to come back and finish walking through on instinct. I really hope this theory isn’t true and it only took her like 15 minutes. This is gonna be a long week…
Buzz1089
Ever since Ilea first got an ash affinity, I have wanted her to get a phoenix class upgrade. This chapter makes me hopeful that it could actually happen. She's essentially one already. How many times was she "reborn" from ashes while walking down that corridor?
Dylan
The comment above mine said it. Gah, the cliff is real. So good though. Glad you’re back, hope you had a good break!
Jessy
He took time off writing, and probably didn’t spend the whole week writing these two chapters
Jessy
I wish it would be two days, but regular release is Tuesday and Saturday.
Jessy
Why? The cliffhanger?
Melting Sky
I think what she is experiencing is not so much a lack of the ability to perceive what's going on but rather the inability to comprehend it. She is watching the rules of reality and the fabric of the world as she knows it bend and break down on a fundamental level.
DNAjester
That... Was... AWESOME!!!
To be fair, with how intense the fighting is I'm sure they've only been inside the shield for a few minutes if that. Hard to drag out a short amount of time over multiple chapters.
Chad Hagner
What a cliffhanger!!! He's a god damn sentinel!
fbt
pretty sure there was a pile of achievements there, tbh :) -impersonate a marshmallow (aka survive infinite fire)? check -heal 8.32x10^bigly hp in one battle? check -curbstomp a redonkulus # taleen in an afternoon? check -end a potentially existential threat to several species? check (although it increasingly seems the oracles could have done this at any time, and liked having practice mobs provided for their people) -steal a star? check -field the most powerful armed force in several thousand years? check -upgrade ur buddy to near deity levels? check -shitcan the epic plans of the taleen, the ascended, and arguably the oracles in one move? check -etc. :)
Doodlyboy15
Don't think so
Gian
well said! I agree :]
zsell
What an amazing chapter! The cliffhanger is causing me physical pain but I don’t mind waiting if this quality can be maintained in the next chapters. AH is consistently the best written litrpg out there, we are far beyond the normal power scale and yet this story is still incredibly interesting. Keep it up author, you’re doing incredible things!
Nate
Huh, welcome back! Did I miss a chapter where she took Aki out of the pursuer body?
bob barker
well it looks like the human towns are going to be getting a full brigade of Taleen defenders, managed by Aki-connected Pursuers who can communicate with the humans and control Taleen forces.
Jessy
I mean, this has always been the expected outcome, though its not over yet, since we dont know how well Aki will do. and its highly unlikely it took all too long in the fire, Since its only 124 meters, even taking one step a minute she would be there in less than a day
Jac Onue
Would be an interesting twist if significant time had passed while Ilea was walking to the core (as in months or years). With the raid failing, most of the Hunters getting killed, and Kyrian & Sentinels having to constantly defend against Taleen invasions. And then Ilea comes back and is like "Did you miss me? What? You thought I died? Me?!" though I doubt this is where the story is going. Though, as of now the One without Form arc seems a bit meh. A lot of hype and fun to read for sure, but still anticlimactic: Dozens of powerful Hunters fighting Taleen for hundreds of years, only for Ilea put an end to the conflict in an afternoon.
Atlas Dwarf
Well Earth magma is closer to absolute zero temperature wise than even the surface of the Sun. So yeah it's very likely Ilea just experienced her highest (constant) shift in temperature. I wonder if she is going to get any Light or Astral Magic Resistance from this.
Philipp Battenberg
If I recall correctly, it is a bound item and draws ... mana? to repair/mitigate damage. And if Illea didn't lack something in there, it was mana.
Thank you for the chapters, so good. Hope you had a relaxing break, great to have you back tho. Thanks again 😊
She would too. She'd get a soul-necro-mancer fourth class to bring Aki back just to beat him up. Great chapters :)
Gardor
If space itself was burning, and her whole body just got melted several times in a row, I think all of her spatial items should be gone. Sure she's got a skill for spatial storage now, to pull Aki out of, but going forward I don't think she should use her necklace or whatever.
Camelopardalis
And I did not see Aki coming…. Very satisfying.
Camelopardalis
Bravo. I see why you needed a week to write this. You successfully navigated the Avenger problem where wave after wave of mooks becomes tiresome. The corrupted AI, welcoming and battling her was very well done; the star tunnel kind of awesome.
Aki upgrade! In...t minus 2 days
IJustWannaRead
Sammmee, this weekend gonna be awesome tho. Scourge actually looks fun IMO, and I cant wait to see what happens next here.
James Burén
you bastard, i was already suffering waiting for a new path of exile league and now i gotta wait for a new chapter too D:
DierBloodRose
Ahhhhhhhhh fuck what a cliff hanger.😁😁😁😁😁😁
Andrei
Holy crap, Saturday is gonna be DELICIOUS!
StarWolf
Apologies if this a duplicate, but these two chapters are significantly better than the last two from my memory. The previous two seemed rushed… tried to cover 3-4 chapters with of space in 2 chapters with 2 chapters worth of detail…. Eh, actually rushed is better… the writing was not as good. The story flowed much better in these 2 chapters than the previous 2.
Silerus
If Aki takes control over The One Without Form, then he will be able to use Core Guardians to help Ilea train her gold/silver/other resistances. Nice.
shillbear
i bet this achievement will mater down the line with the fire
Blackmoon11
So, to summarize this chapter The One without form: I am... Inevitable... Aki: And I ...... don't give a FUCK, THROAT STAB !! Ilea (brain melt): uuuuuum...donuts
God damn cliffhanger! Waited over a week for this gimme another chapter! PRETTY PLEASE! Also, this arc feels a little rushed? not sure where this is going but there has been a huge build-up to these two chapters and I feel like it's been getting resolved a little quick? Either way love the writing and love the story keep it up!
Dragonkinn
Very nice
Sean
One would hope walking through a literal sun would unlock heat resistance but hey maybe not.
Michael Otton
as someone that's taken a passing interest in AI security I can tell you it's not so simple to fix something by adding instructions e.g.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcdVC4e6EV4 using an AI that's already doing what we want it to do and making it more powerful is almost certainly the safer option.
Alex Galaitsis
So good. *Italian finger kissing sound*
I'm a little annoyed she didn't try adding new core directives - seems like she gave up a little early on trying to manipulate the poorly coded AI.
BaguaBrady
likely was in her spacial storage
Dominic Falcon
Lets see, what response is most appropriate. Aah, yes. Daaaaaaaammmmmmmn
Null
The disappointment I feel with this chapter it's inmensurable and my day is ruined.
Sebastian Prue
I'm confused, where did Aki come from? Did I miss something
Lowe K. Lyesmith
Now introducing "The Sentinel without Form"
Uroš
Iz, the new Sentinel base xD
SunderGoldmane
Aki dropping a motherfucker took me by surprise lol.
Jessy
I would love for her to get a fire eating general skill. Though, a huge upgrade to all fire related skills and her ash class
Jessy
She didn’t have eyes after she entered, how are you expecting her to talk about light?
The Style.
Fire Punch experience xD Thanks for chapter!
Oxykon
AHHHHHHHH I need more! Please G. Harthane I'm begging you can't do this to me
Hodge Wasson
I think this is one of the cruelest non-evolution cliffs we've had thus far. The complete hype build-up in that walk through a star is insane. Walking to the Oracle didn't have anywhere near the same effect on her. Maybe the effects of Fire vs. Ice, but damn, those potential gains are going to be insane.
Cormac
Ahhhh, a cliff. You absolute shitehawk :-)
Ryan Naquin
She cant die as long as she has mana and there she couldnt run out of mana. I would be more worried that she could no longer advance or retreat. Always burning always suffering never dieing untill the corridor cooled enough for her to continue.
Han Pol
No super bright light as one would maybe expect from a Star?
SightandSound
This chapter really bringing the heat!
Straven
Not any word could describe the excitement reading this chapter and the one leading to it. Loved every second of them! Thank you!!!
Forrest Minter
Me before: I can't wait till more chapters come. Me now: damn now I really can't wait for more chapters.
Josh
So here she almost died
Seijax
So good
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter. Can't wait to see what Aki can do. Got be some core points and titles from that. Star Walker.
Dan
"Thousands of golden blades were summoned by the machine glinting with the same metal. It moved its eight arms as the projectiles rushed out, more summoned instantly" This makes me think Gilgamesh from Fate/Stay-Night.
juno
Guuuuurl! What a chapter! I know deep down Illea is going to survive anything but she literally walked through a damn star. I was anxious for her, now I'm anxious for Aki. Pls dont go murderhobo machine on us.
Jonathan
her absorbing all that magic walking through the heat reminded me of a line from the Dark Phoenix section of the Xmen Saturday morning cartoon: "Feeding? On a STAR?!"
lenkite
Wow. Just Wow. That deserves a Tier-4 Resistance. [Epic Survival Walk] through a corridor heated by the fires of a star.
Andrew
Thank you!
Han Pol
There ist no next chapter hopefully on xx any one bet If we get more now.. dont want to jinx It so thanks.l for the cappies
hem.... hem.... hahahahahahahaaaaaaaa! that was mouha mouhaaa.. merveilleux... délicieux... savoureux... 🤌🏻
Philipp Battenberg
Well that's an achievement that will count towards her next class evolution. One could get ... Tier 3? skills through effort instead of levels. Could Ilea actually manage to get a Tier 4 resistance skill with stunts like that?
Matt
I can’t live in a world where cliffhangers like this exist
maxime cheniour
These chapters were great ! I loved them !! It's great to have you back
Ollie
I wonder if she will get some kind of new perception skill soon. Feels like it’s warranted with the descriptions used during the huge explosion in Kohr with the ascended where she had this strange perception of stuff, and feels the same here.
Aapjuh
'hot' damn this was epic,will aki control the taleen faction? will they get a new eye color?
Jack Trowell
At least a core point for sure just for surviving, maybe another for actually reaching the other side
swug
Epic!
James1Gal
I bet she’s going to have a whole bunch of notifications when she checks her logs from walking through that corridor. Maybe even a new resistance. (Sun resistance? Brain melt resistance? IDK)
REPOsPuNKy
Bruh actually made us wait for week just to deliver this crazy scenario? Im thinking G. Harthane is a sadist. Why do you make us wait like this? Just to suffer? Edit: I did really like this to be clear. It was great. Just leaves me with a pit on the inside that wants more.
DraponsArmy
What a MASSIVE cliffhanger.
Mad Healer walked through the Sun wtf
This is a cruel spot for a cliff...
Rick White
Nice
M van Dongen
Mad Healer indeed.
