Chapter 358 - More and more powah
Scarlett wasn’t sure why she’d expected anything to look different just by glancing at her hand. The fragment from the altar hadn’t entered her, after all. It had been absorbed by Thainnith’s legacy, where the other Anomalous One fragment already resided. And her connection to the legacy was more metaphysical than physical.
Still, she was feeling somewhat odd now, even if she couldn’t quite put a name to the sensation. The closest word might have been disjointed — a hazy mix of release, power, and…distance? Not detachment, exactly. More like standing a step outside herself. Though that feeling was quickly fading.
Honestly, she’d had no idea she could absorb the Anomalous One’s power like that. The idea had flickered through her mind the moment she saw the altar, but the actual outcome had still caught her off guard.
She flexed her fingers slowly, testing them. The movement felt normal, if a bit numb. But that might’ve just been the blood loss.
The stolen power did feel out of reach, but that wasn’t surprising. It was still sealed. She wasn’t sure how much of the Anomalous One’s essence had been in that altar, and the legacy didn’t give her any clear sense of it. To get a better grasp, she’d likely need to be within the Hall of Echoes or somewhere similar.
But at the very least, it was…interesting.
She turned — and found Kat staring at her like she’d just grown wings.
Scarlett paused, considering the woman, before speaking calmly. “There are still some…unique aspects of myself that I have not quite yet shared, as you may have noticed.”
“Yeah, no, I got that,” Kat said, not breaking eye contact. Eventually, though, her gaze drifted to the altar behind Scarlett. “...Well, at least that thing’s not giving off its creepy aura anymore.”
“It is not,” Scarlett replied, glancing back at it.
She wondered how many more of these things the Cabal had. Could she neutralise all of them? How much of the Anomalous One’s power was actually stored in these? How much had she already claimed?
She didn’t know what absorbing more would do to her. But now that she knew she could... not doing it almost felt like a waste.