Chapter 248 - Disruptions
Rosa and Fynn exchanged worried glances as Scarlett turned to face them.
After a brief hesitation, Rosa broke the silence, her voice gentle but still laced with concern. “Scarlett, mind telling us what’s going on?”
Scarlett looked at her, finding that it took a moment to articulate her thoughts. “I am…fine,” she replied measuredly. “I have just had an encounter with the remnants of an ancient Zuverian demigod. It left me somewhat disoriented, that is all.”
Fynn nodded along as if that statement made perfect sense, while Rosa’s eyebrows shot up.
“I’m sorry, but…what?”
Scarlett’s gaze drifted to the floating metal orb at the center of the chamber, her eyes tracing the intricate patterns on its surface.
It was a strange sensation, having Thainnith’s legacy pressing against her mind. Apart from the headache currently blasting her senses, it felt like a strange fusion of knowledge and instinct was lying just in wait inside her head. Like an auxiliary repository that she could draw on, though the information inside was disorderly and hard to sift through consciously. Instead, the legacy seemed more inclined to volunteer pieces of information when relevant.
That’s how it was when she was studying this orb. She knew it was Thainnith’s creation, designed to house the copy of himself he’d left behind to pass on his legacy. The device drew power from the leylines beneath the Rising Isle, but now, having fulfilled its purpose, it was effectively inert.
Not that it was likely to have withstood whatever assault the Anomalous One performed anyway.
A frown creased Scarlett’s brow as she recalled her encounter with the being both back in Crowcairn and just now. The seal containing it really seemed less robust than she’d initially believed.
What was it that Thainnith had said? Outside the confines of the realms, it was under fewer restrictions? The implications of that were concerning.
Unbidden, snippets of lore surfaced in her mind, informing her that the space between realms—which differed from interstitial spaces—was largely unknown and unexplored. The fragments of knowledge on it were frustratingly patchy, but it did give her a rough understanding of the concept.