World Seed

Author's Corner: Hey guys, just a heads up. Lately, the writing mood has been somewhat lacking, so there is the chance that I may take a break to let my batteries recharge. If I don't feel up to doing a chapter in the coming days, don't panic. I repeat, DON'T panic. I figure an author is entitled to a brief break after every hundred chapters or so, right?I felt as the soul energy rushed into X5, and rapidly worked to infuse it into his aura. Thanks to Celeste holding him off in super slow motion, I was able to focus. In order for his aura to not explode, I would need to spread the energy out as evenly as possible. I’m pretty sure that making him explode would send a bad message back to the ‘consortium’.This process went quite a bit longer than the process of purifying the souls, and I watched in slow motion as Celeste knocked X5’s hand up with the shaft of her spear just as he fired his gun. Fun fact, even though I am essentially perceiving time at over three and a half thousand times normal speed, light still moves faster than the eye can follow. So, when a beam of red light suddenly appeared above my head, I was painfully aware of how close it came to hitting me. I would really like to shorten my neck right now, but that is really difficult when moving so slow.After a while, the beam of light disappeared, and I thought I could hear the two of them speaking. But, that’s also really hard to be sure about. All I really know is that X5 didn’t take a second shot at me, which is nice because it let me finish the procedure.