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Chapter 129: Surfacing

Morning was here

As an Anomaly, Dorian didn’t actually need much rest He wasn’t quite sure hoorked, but he only needed to sleep if he was physically exhausted of energy, or if he needed to relax and refresh histo understand y into his soul as possible

His understanding of hoork was rather incoht now All he kneas that he could, in his Wrath Va hiy, part of it was absorbed into his soul, er

‘I need to learnhis chin He sie

He et on that as soon as possible He’d focus on it after he finally reached the Ascension Ruins, and rescued Will

"Hup!&8221; He took a deep breath as he stood up, getting off his bed and heading to the door

He was just about to open it when a voice rang out

"ait!&8221; A bedraggled voice, full of exhaustion echoed in Dorian’s ears He turned around, looking at the Anoht the Anoht?&8221; When he’d checked over the Anomaly, or at least tried to, he hadn’t found any obvious injuries He also didn’t have any real way to do anything for it, beyond slipping a basic healing Light Pill into its mouth

He had a variety of Pills and Artifacts, won from that casino back on Paxital, but most of them were utility ones or other,

Neither Mira nor Aiden hadthe Ano without question

"Yes…No…&8221; Aron tried to stand up and failed, theHe turned to speak,

"Where is Xaphan? Where is Mello?&8221;

The slight, connected sensation Dorian felt when he looked at other Anomalies was present in his ed to rescue you outside Tomo City, and we’re currently in a small inn inside&8221; He said carefully, his words measured

"Damn&8221; Aron’s voice was quiet as he took ame Did you see any of the Vampires or Shades? The Borrelians?&8221; Aron said, after a mo hi about a human that was half made of diamond? Named Taemin?&8221; He responded

"Yes! The Vice-Head of the Diamond Department! But there were no Shades?&8221; Aron broke in, his voice full of eager excitement

"No, no Shades&8221; Dorian shook his head The sadness in Aron’s voice as he sighed at Dorian’s response was almost palpable

"Hey, it’s not too late Xaphan is another Ano up next to Aron’s bed

Aron simply nodded

"Our souls twist Fate I’m sure your friend won’t die that easily and will probably be drawn to you, in one way or another&8221; He thought about laying his hand on the Anoainst it He didn’t really kno Aron’s body worked, with all the armor and whatnot

‘I should look out for ether, in one way or another’ He thought, nodding his head mentally None of them chose to be reborn into this world, after all

"Hey, Aron You’re the first other Anomaly that I’ve really sat down and met Would you mind if I asked you a few questions about our kind?&8221; A quiet pause had ensued after Dorian’s encouraging words

Aron looked up at hihed,

"I know little about our kind, but I’ll anshat I can My body will need several hours to recover, I can’t really do much else&8221;

When the Flame Empyrean Turtle was about to arrive, it would be incredibly obvious A literal earthquake would shake the nearby area for a fewIt was supposed to arrive sometime soon, but Dorian still had ti

"Excellent My first question for you is about you Specifically, about your memories…&8221;

"…&8221;

The Blazing King Pavlo stood on the city wall, his eyes cool Not a single spot of ash fell from the unusually clear sky today, as if the world itself was holding its breath

Awaiting the arrival of so momentous

"Henry&8221; His voice thundered out, full of authority as he e of men and women could be seen, spread out on the wall near his of other races mixed in All of them were, at the minimum, at the Lord Class

As a whole, Pavlo’s tea force coest elite teaure moved forward, clad in a nearly full suit of dark red ar sharply in the ht his ar around him as he spoke

"I can feel it It’s about to arrive&8221; Pavlo’s voice was calained a special awareness for the Flaic he studied was closely tied to his own experience in watching the Divine beast ain The new arrivals here to explore the Ruins Your roups, correct?&8221; His eyes flashed lightly as he turned to look at Henry

"Yes, Your Highness A large nuh ranking Mercenary Tea Class Bold Brothers leading it The A- Ranked Teaed Shark Class White Snow&8221; Henry’s voice was aliven to his leader before,

"Apart from them, the Holy Prince of the Shade Commune is on planet, as is the Vice-Head of the Diamond Departhting before They appear to be embroiled in some type of battle of their own, so we are unsure if they will make any moves on the Ruins&8221;

"Hmm… Their presence here is probably no coincidence Even if only one of their group is here for the Ruins, ill need to account for all of the his chin

"How about that weirdClass Nameless Monk from the Free School of Thunder? He is still within the city, and likely to take part in the hunt for the Ruins&8221; Henry nodded his head sharply

Pavlo shook his head, a small smile on his face,

"At least that school lives up to its founding father’s reputation The Thunder Saint Kaladin was quite the odd fellow, and the ed He then looked out at the distant boiling Magma Sea, just barely visible froo&8221; Pavlo gave the coan to bark cohters and Wizards Those present began to split off into groups of five, diving into their own tea the command, six separate teaan to head towards the Mago, his eyes calm

"I can feel it This is it Destiny will arrive today I will seize it&8221; Pavlo roups shot off towards the Magroups of five turned around for a briefand then looked around at the various teaether after countless years of effort and work

He s sure it covered hih&8221; His words were a quiet whisper,

"I a for what you left behind…&8221;

Dorian talked with Aron for the better part of an hour He learned a great deal fro several important details he hadn’t known or wasn’t sure about before

Only he had Ausra All other Ano the special Soul Spell Matrix Genie he held

All Anomalies had the same store of information in their Soul Spell Matrix, however, even if they lacked an Ausra