Chapter 2454
Randidly flexed his fingers. For the moment, Pine seemed satisfied with his answer. So he let the vulnerable universe soul be and focused on the connections. He did his best to relax, because he needed to be sharp for this next bit.
His Nether seethed and spat in his veins, flowing faster and more thickly than it had ever had before. For a brief moment, Randidly marveled at the sensations, so closely matched to what he imagined it was to be slowly cooling magma planet. Waves of chaotic and dense significance sprung off him, both surrounding the brilliant Engraving with a protective bubble and flowing out to fuel the framework for the next step. His eyes burned, bright and emerald and violent. With this, this journey will come to an end.
He wove strands of Nether around Elhume, digging deep into his history, strangely insubstantial as it was due to Fiero’s borrowing. Yet Randidly felt the anchor sinking deeper and deeper into Elhume’s existence. He suspected the process could not be pleasant. Significance was sowing together two histories to make them as one. The two Nether varietals hissed and trembled on the contract.
Yet Elhume just looked at Pine, his gaze empty but sure. His father’s answer had no words, but did possess the unrelenting solidity that the universe soul desperately needed.
Pine trembled, bearing the scrutiny of that gaze with difficulty after having not had the privilege of receiving it for so long. Nearer to Randidly, there was a slight pop as Neveah manifested back. She gave him a quick nod, holding a large orb of mist in her arms. Randidly pressed her lips together to see the excited pulses from within the misty orb. Yet It was proof that Neveah had extracted agreement. For now, that was more than enough.
Neveah began reinforcing the central portion with bold strokes of harmonious Aether and Nether while the floating consciousness was left to the side, for now.
Next to their floating ritual, the darkness pressed closer. Even if the Alpha Cosmos could delay its collision with the Nexus, the tide of negativity encroached more and more. Their movements fell into shadow, the only light coming from the glowing Engraving.
With the first circle now populated and anchored into place, Randidly turned his attention to the second one. He sent a message to Enmya, and receiving an affirmative, he flexed his fingers. Yggdrasil creaked and groaned, the massive trunk shifting from the original position to within the depths of the circle.
Enmya arrived with arms windmilling, pulled along by the shift in the World Tree. Randidly’s mouth quirked upward, but he didn’t let that distract him. He focused on the pulsing life of Yggdrasil and followed its roots, digging deeper and deeper into the fabric of the Nexus, while also following the carefully laid runes shaped by Neveah. The tree became a stand-in for him and the universe he represented, the Alpha Cosmos. When Enmya regained his balance, he sat down and began to meditate. His Nether flowed through clean lines, joining the anchors the Nether connector had already made and then joining up with Yggdrasil’s similar efforts.