Chapter 1098
Ascension was something Varghese had never strongly considered. His early life was filled with visions of ruin caused by those in the upper realms- he had no desire to be among them. However, he had still heard descriptions of what it was like from others in the Alliance, choosing to end up in a friendlier segment of the upper realms.
He imagined it was something like what was happening to his consciousness. Varghese wanted to struggle against it, except that he felt his other connections remain. So he allowed the strange sensations to continue, finding himself drawn over a large distance.
Time had slowed down, at least by his reckoning. He followed the familiar sensation of natural energy, mixed in among his surroundings.
He was suddenly jerked to a halt. His perceptions still seemed slow, as he felt energy surging. He remembered what he had been doing, pushing natural energy through the structure around Ocreaf. His consciousness just managed to continue that push.
Without his body, he was little more than his energy senses, stretched to his limits and beyond. Similar structures to what he had seen came into view, except they were feeding the natural energy into stars in the upper realms. Even split between them, the surge of natural energy overwhelmed them. The structures melted, collapsing into their stars as their rigidity was lost.
It took no time at all to begin, but Varghese watched in slow motion as the structures began to crumble. Then he was snapped back to where his body was, in the middle of Ocreaf with the structure having already melted into the surface of the star, erased from existence except by the slight ripples left behind- ripples he could only feel through his connection to the star.
He wanted to reach out for the fleets, but time surged forward as the star around him tried to come to terms with the sudden change in its status. He held tightly to it, holding it steady… but what felt like a single moment went beyond the end of the battle. Varghese only sensed blurred masses of energy as the fleets and planetary forces clashed, the Alliance eventually withdrawing… but staying near the star.
His star. He returned to normal experience just about the time as a small ship approaching Ocreaf was shot out of the sky- small, but not inconsequential. For the brief moments he properly comprehended it, Varghese was filled with revulsion and fear.
The small worldheart ship still felt off even with the crew dead. Varghese knew that it had most likely been carrying one of their star disrupting weapons. Fortunately, Anton was watching out for him. Through their connected stars, he sent a feeling of thanks. Anton replied with relief.