Chapter 274 (2/2)
I frowned “Well, yes But—”
“Then there’s hope It ”
It felt like I was talking to a rock at this point Well, a non-sentient rock uide you nor to reassure you It is also not within my hands to control the outcome of Fate,these…”
Suddenly, the halos of stone revolving around the crystal halted and a flash of purple light enveloped le radiated froht forearm as well as down ht di down the inside of my forearm “What is this?”
“That…” the crystal said, “is an extradiraved directly into your arenerative abilities, so this rune is a bit special in that even if your arrown, this rune will stay with you”
“So no one can steal anything stored inside there?” Regis asked, bringing et a better look
“Exactly,” the crystal replied “This does limit the space within the rune but I’d say it would still fit about a crate’s worth of anything inorganic or dead”
My eyes studied the co down my arm “This…”
“You also told ainst has created a civilization ofdown their backs to aid theraved sohly describes your aetheric spells as a rare subtype of pure mana,” the crystal explained “I’m not sure hoell they are able to read spellform but it should at least allow you to use your basic aetheric abilities without raising too much suspicion”
“Wow You’re totally an Alacryan now,” Regis teased, using his paw to lift up the back of lare, I swatted his paay
“Take caution If you use an edict of aether, the Godrune will shi+ne above these faux runes,” the crystal warned
I nodded in understanding, showing respect for the first tiifts will help tremendously”
“Don’t thank me just yet The real artifact is within the extradehts needed to unlock another Godrune”
My eyes widened as I hastily withdrew the single itee A small cuboid stone rested in the pally heavy weight, it was unremarkable at best
Still, I was excited at the prospect of unlocking another Godrune without blindly trying to gain insight
“Will this teach me how to create an aetheric weapon like you were able to do? Orbased on the abilities that he had used in our spar
The crystal brightened “No This will be so far more hile if you are able to decipher it”
“Decipher?” Regis asked “So that rock isn’t just going to give Grey a Godrune?”
“If that were possible, I’ since taken control over the edict of Fate,” the crystal replied “No This is but a hts, and it’s one that even I was not able to unravel while still alive”
“Is it not possible for iveto ate physical attacks would be treainst the Alacryans and the Vritra”
“These two edicts are hts to on your own,” the crystal stated “On the other hand, that artifact holds an edict capable of aiding you in the areas of the ‘Relictombs’ you have yet to traverse, and also help you turn the tides in your upco battle”
I stored the artifact back into the pocket di that had Sylvie’s stone in it “Fine, but you just said that even you weren’t able to decipher this artifact If you could at least helpan aether—”
Suddenly, ere back in the laboratory, the two of us standing in front of the glass-like portal
“Did you really have to haggle with an ancient sentient aether crystal?” Regis sighed, shaking his head
“I was able to get a few additional perks because of that, wasn’t I?” I rebutted
With everything I had gone through since arriving in this Relicto how this journey would unfold Agrona wouldn’t stop until he succeeded in gaining insight into Fate, and it would be impossible to knohether my family, Tess, Virion—everyone else I cared about—would be safe
Still, I had gotten stronger and received sois turned, regarding ht into another edict of aether?”
“Burst Step,” I answered with a smirk “Turns out that the technique I developed a few years back was already the first step into gaining insight into this specific edict”
Regis tilted his head “Pun intended?”
I frowned “What pun?”
“Step… neverinal Burst Step?”
While difficult to explain using words, I described the sensation that I had felt when using Burst Step against the titanic beast guarding the portal Instead of sti just the parts of hout then uidedthe frequency of aether into a specific channel for a split second, allowing h space to a predeteris actually looked hts I had gained at that aining insights into both the edict of destruction and this specific branch of space, I could see why Indrath’s atte the ancient es were fruitless
It’s not that they didn’t explain, it’s that they couldn’t Even this latest edict was different froon will Back when I was able to use this sort of pseudo Burst Step, that was h that fold in order to cross an i a si the space aroundthrough space at a near-instant speed
“So it’s like Burst Step 20,” Regis surmised
“It’s not true teleportation but I’d say it’s on a an to wag “So like…Divine Step?”
I let out a sigh “Must you give a na? Don’t you think it sort of belittles the technique?”
“Only if the name sucks,” he responded “Hmm…Asura Step?”
I raised a brow “Our enemies, the ones we have to beat, are asuras”
“You’re right,” he said before his eyes lit up “Ooh! God Step”
I thought for a moment before a smile crept up on is suddenly jumped, disappeared into my back ‘Are you ready for Alacrya, Princess?’
Taking a deep breath, I faced the portal, staring into the scene on the other side I needed to take it one step at a ti with this one
“Of course”