Chapter Eight Hundred And Twenty Six – 826
The world unfolded again, glitching across Felix’s senses with a greater urgency before it locked into place. The sound of it shivered through him, shaking at his ligaments and bones like he stood atop a building-sized subwoofer. Then it was gone—and he was left with a new vista.
I know this place.
A dark expanse stretched out in all directions around him, punctured by beams that could only be described as moonlight. It was like a deep and endless ocean, yet Felix took an easy breath. No liquid moved across his lips or rippled against his skin—but there was a pressure against his limbs. It pushed at him from all sides, restricting his movement but allowing him to float in place. Not water, but Spirit. An Authority so overwhelming that it filled up the endless horizon.
And he wasn't alone.
A slithering monstrosity undulated through the deep dark. It moved in the distance, with only the intermittent shafts of light to give Felix some sense of scale. It swam toward his position, growing larger with every movement until it was more than simply large. Its long shape was stark against the dark blue vastness, many-jointed appendages clutched together into paddling limbs that swam with an increasing urgency.
Siva.
She dove, writhing between jaws that snapped in her wake. Flesh unspooled, trailing behind her like a banner only to be devoured by the toothy maw that hurtled after her. Vast and even more monstrous than the goddess, it hid in the dark, emerging like a terror from the deep, all eyes and tooth and maw.
A bellow rent the vastness, and Felix recoiled. The pressure increased, clutching at him like a vise. Yet it was nothing compared to what happened to Siva herself.
Strands of blue burst from hidden limbs, snagging Siva in a web of steel lines and forcing the goddess to a standstill. Pale hands clutched, pulled at them until they bled. Mana poured outward from her, forging itself into serrated beams that fell from on high. Vivid blue lines burnt beneath it, but more replaced them almost instantly, growing thicker by the second.