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216 The Heavens Weep
🕑 Added 2019-05-14 04:14:05 +0000 UTCI turned towards the Overseer, "We're going to need your help."
The Overseer nodded while lifting his hand overhead. He pinched his fingers together, a pulse of energy passing through the dirt. Light leaked onto us from above while I glanced up. He punched a hole through the rock in an instant. It was strange since the antimagic field had zero effect on him.
Hmm, he might be using tech instead of magic. For some reason, I never even considered that. In fact, using tech and magic would diversify an Overseer's arsenal, making antimagic zones like this less potent.
I didn't have time ponder though. I followed his lead, jumping over the hole in the orichalcum. Once out of the mana obstructing area, I lifted everyone with a gravitational vortex. It jerked us all up along with anyone else who came into the circle. The Overseer shouted beneath us, his metal voice absolute,
"Breakers, follow me. Send Sentinels to Rivaria."
We didn't wait for a reply as we flew up to the surface. Glancing down, I found some poor sap being eaten by one of the organ caterpillars. Bloated and deformed, it was difficult to even make out the face of the guy. I'd put him out of his misery if I had time. From what I could tell, those organ sacks could keep their victims alive for days.
I didn't have time to help the poor guy out, however.
The Overseer channeled some mana before pressing his fingertips together. As he pulled them apart, a warp in space-time appeared, Rivaria and the mountain popped up in the portal.
A crisp wind brushed against my face from the opening. As I glanced into it, a frozen tundra replaced the once vibrant forests. It was ground zero; nothing was left alive within dozens of miles near the battle site. Well, no normal life at least.
The sheer scale of the battle made the inklings of fear crawl up my spine. Further cementing that suspicion, a cataclysmic explosion radiated out from the mountainside. Dozens of miles from the epicenter, the rippling echo roared out from Rivaria's mountaintop. Within the clouds, a snowstorm brewed. Pillars of azure ice created new geography around the entire expanse.
Flashes of blue light brightened these clouds as if suns were forming within. Each illumination exposed the shadow of giant wings looming over the shattered city. They were beyond enormous, dwarfing any living creature I'd ever seen.
The Overseer seethed out, "Helios isn't to be underestimated. This is a threat to my entire sector."
The Overseer turned to us, finding several Breakers and two Speakers waiting for his call. They wore variants of power armor, their faces hidden behind blue-tinted face masks. Some channeled mana while others used energy weapons. A few of them jumped on their feet and stretched. This must have been their first battle in a long while. I couldn't tell if that was a good or bad thing.
Understanding they needed time to get ready, the Overseer turned to all of us, "Prepare yourselves. I'll be dropping us down several miles from the point of contact. Be ready for heavy resistance near the peak of the mountain where the ice collects. We will leave in five minutes."
He turned to me, "Say what you must say before leaving. Several of us might die here."
I gave him a quick nod before jogging up to Althea. As I reached her, she jumped into my arms, and I spun her around in circles. She laughed a bit before I gave her a light squeeze. As I set her down, I smiled too and for her,
"Hey, it's amazing to see you again."
She let out a sigh of relief, "Same here, though you're a bit taller again. Hmm, maybe I'm just shorter?"
A lull happened for a few seconds, the atmosphere growing awkward. I snapped my fingers, "That reminds me..."
I checked my status for a brief moment, investing all my points into endurance. I wasn't about to invest into constitution until my next armor evolution. Considering my armor evolutions tended to be big power spikes, getting it sooner was better for my immediate power. Besides, I had less than a day before it finished.
It wouldn't happen in time or during this fight though, but every second counted. Once that was handled, I turned to Althea, "Sorry about that. Had to clean up my status."
She frowned, glancing above my head, "Dammit. You outlevel me again. Scientists don't give the same kind of points as evil toasters do they?"
I gasped in disbelief, "Wait...toasters?"
She waved a hand, "Pff, that's pretty much what you fought."
I spread out my arms, "Wait a minute. Hybrids are not evil toasters. They're horrific monsters."
Althea glanced at her nails, "Eh, seem like toasters to me."
I rolled my eyes before Althea giggled. I deadpanned, "Looks like you still have your sense of humor."
She locked her hands behind her back while meeting my eye,
"Yup."
I pulled one of the last shreds of my Gray Giant disguise off my leg, my last extra set left in tatters. I turned to her,
"On a different note, why did you let yourself get captured? Seemed risky."
She took a deep breath, "Uh, there's more than to that then you'd think. When the award ceremony started, I launched myself right at Thisbey. Dozens of guards reacted, but I, yenno, sliced them up. Anyways, after all that, those mind guys used some mental wave attack on me."
She shivered, "It crippled me, and that's when they captured me using some flash of magic. They put me in that containment capsule before taking me to the prison outside Yildraza. I didn't fight my way out because the mages quit attacking me. Once I was in there."
I nodded, "Ah, so you tricked the mind mages into releasing you. Smart."
She banged her helmet, "That and I could move because your armor is resistant to the time mumbo jumbo. You really thought ahead with that one."
I grinned, "I try."
"Here's the thing though. I still didn't know how I was going to escape."
Althea kicked a saysha beetle away from her, "While I was trapped, it gave me time to think. They took me to the center of that facility before Thisbey told me how they were using me as bait. I thought to myself, 'Wait a minute. They're bringing Daniel right here? They don't know that I'm not stuck here. This is a golden opportunity.'"
Althea smashed a beetle under her heel, "So then you came, and we kicked their asses. To be honest, I didn't think you'd stay calm enough for the plan to work. I thought you'd just kill Thisbey immediately and ruin my scheme."
I raised an eyebrow, "What did you intend to do then?"
I figured I'd wait a few more hours before running out of that place if you didn't show up. I had an escape route planned out and everything. Everything ended up working out better then I thought it would."
"Come on. Cut me some slack. I know I'm not subtle but-"
Althea rolled her eyes, "Daniel, look at your track record. They say history repeats itself. At this point, I can say you punching and asking questions later is a part of history."
I flicked a beetle off my shoulder, "Way to inspire some confidence."
She grinned, "I try."
The Overseer glared down at us, "Are you two ready then or does chatting take precedence?"
I waved off his concern, "Will getting tense help us fight better? I doubt it. Besides, I don't want all my adrenaline drained before the battle."
Althea pursed her lips at me, "Do you still have adrenaline?"
I cupped my chin, "Huh...good question."
Moved his head in an arc, and I was sure he was rolling his eyes under his helmet. He paced beside the portal, standing above the crowd. He pointed at it,
"This is a threat to Schema's authority, a being controlled by heretics. They will be burned as all things that defy Schema will be. Today, we will act as the instruments that enact his destructive will."
The Overseer raised a fist, "Our footsteps will quake the ground we walk upon. Our flight will shift the skies we cross through. As pathfinders, we will traverse the unknown, yet our wake will be one of ruin. Are you all ready?"
His speech was pretty solid, so I stiffened up along with everyone else. In my mind, I quashed any doubts, hesitations, and worries. This would be the make it or break it moment for Giess. A planet rested on the result of this battle, and I had a say-so in its outcome.
The others mirrored my somber approach. The Overseer kept his hands loose, his breaths deep and calm. Althea did the opposite, shaking her head and jumping to get herself amped up. From her dimensional storage, she pulled several canisters of chemicals out. She put them along her back, whipping out some body reformation to do so.
Once finished, she clamped her teeth and clenched her hands. I charged a singularity in my blood, the process far less time consuming than it had once been. My the runes over my skin glowed bright, amplifying my strength further. The runic work across my back and arms glowed a dull red before my armor smiled.
It was time.
The stepped through the portal, snow crunching under his feet. We followed along with the Speakers and Breakers. With Rivaria out in the distance, I created a gravitational vortex to lift us up. We floated above the ice-ridden surface, and I carried us to the mountain.
Once near the peak, the giant beast was hidden amongst the clouds. A gurgling growl pierced my ears like stepping on a rusty nail. The wind howled like an angry banshee. We all stayed silent, our eyes peeled for the enemy to appear.
In a swooping motion, a pair of wings flapped, a wave of wind blowing the clouds away from the city. Helios stood on a column of purple ice, blood dripping down one of his arms. It hung loose in its socket, dislocated and limp. A piece of his mask was missing, exposing an eye. The vertical slit was like that of a lion, yet it was pale blue and cloudy.
Helios was blind.
Around him, a blue aura radiated. The air pressure shifted, creating a constant mist falling from his feet. His gauntlets glowed the color of a blue star, the runes crackling the air around him for mana. In a way, it was ironic to see someone with the name of a sun god embody ice so well.
Helios still stood tall with pride despite his injuries. At his sides, two Sentinels stood beside him, their blue armor crackling like thunder. The violet blades carried arcane energies, the hum violent and hungry. Along their face, three lines shined a deep blue, their dense, sky blue armor gleaming.
They carried scars from the conflict. Deep crevices embedded their blue plate mail. Several open patches of skin showed themselves under there armor. I expected to see circuitry, but the Sentinels had a familiar, violet skin. From several cuts, they bled red blood like us mortals.
Flying near them, Chrona Carsiary kept a temporal dilation field around herself. She darted around, taking the frozen bodies of several Gialgathens away from the battle. Krog was alive as well, mustering several gialgathens to regrouping for some sort of counter-attack further behind the rest.
These forces didn't demand my attention like the figure above all others. At the peak of Rivaria, a living sun spread its wings and cast shadows to the horizons and further beyond. Its mythical skin gleamed with the radiance of stars. Crystalized mana covered much of its frame, giving it a golden glow. Its eyes were colored the same as ancient amber, several lifetimes of memories hidden within them. It was the closest thing to a god I'd seen.
Around the beast, a holy aura cascaded, bathing its surroundings in light. At the same time, sinister edges exposed what ingrained itself beneath the surface. Pulsing, orange lines streaked beneath its skin like magma pumped in its veins. Around its joints, wires and cords shifted. Hybrid technology ingrained throughout its body.
The beast heaved for breath, unable to live a second in comfort. Despite this, the creature exuded a limitless vitality, mana flooding its frame at all moments. Even my mana generation could not rival the sheer magnitude of this being. Neither could Yawm, nor Helios. We paled in comparison.
Beneath one of its mighty feet, the smattered corpse of Sheom was splayed out. Sheom's entrails covered its foot as it lifted the limb and slung the gunk from its body.
It glared down at all of us right after, disdain, boredom, and pity spread across its face. The beast breathed out towards the clouds, a shining fire nuclear in nature. Explosive pulses spread across the heavens in a display of overwhelming power. Waves of radiation spilled out. The air heated and rose above, the world cast in a blur from the heat around us.
As the ice storm receded, the beast glared down,
"Others have come. Others will fall. I am the end of all resistance and the beginning of the new epoch."
With a telepathic wave across the entire region, it proclaimed
"I am Lehesion."
Comments
i might be wrong but i feel like the guy being eaten by the organ caterpillar might be thisbey
Yup. You will be one chapter ahead if you read just the free chapters on Patreon, compared to other platforms.
I am not a patron, but I can read this, Is that supposed to happen?
Xwaderman
Moved his head in an arc, who did? missing something in this
Sooo excited! This Final boss is like combining Merlin, King Arthur, and The Hulk into one package. I can't wait! MOOOORE!
Haha, i Like how you remember us that Daniel is OP... for the weak one ;p he only a small part of the univers. Well, it's now clear that shema is not the most powerfull one ;p (( at there level, power mean nothing. Tricks, wise and minion make the right.))
Monsoon117
fixed. A bit late on this one.
Leonard Marchant
process far less time consuming than* it had once been.
Alex R
Monsoon said in a comment in a different chapter that he is planning on gong back to Earth in the next arc.
Jonathan
In terms of power creep, I think that it'd be most believable if we met people with varying types of power. To me it seems the emperor could be setup for this as he was described as being more INT based and has political power than simply fight strong. We've already seen heavy CHAR characters and STR/DEX so I think going with adair and more mental or psy would still be fresh. Though I'd really like to see the gang returning and fixing stuff on earth. Maybe have interested galactic factions/parties meddle with earth settlements or have the Adair org do some terrorism.
Alex R
Lehesion most likely had atleast some part of the cipher that he is using. Remember that the cipher has two limiting factors, mana put into it and how efficient the character is. Even if Lehesion's cipher is only .1% efficient, if he is putting 1 trillion mana into it, he is getting more gains than the guy with a 50% efficient cipher that put 1 billion mana into it.
Alex R
Daniel noted that the magic Lehesion used on Emagothra is a scale and more complex than anything that he has seen or heard of in Schema's system. Yes, using the mana of the entire planet will most likely kill everyone but he really doesnt care as he is a sociopath. It also takes the mana from the environment not from individuals. The Old Ones are considered Universal Gods, and Schema is either a tier below or similar on power. Thing Beeros from Dragonball Super. The emperor is just an incredibly powerful being in the system, he is stronger than an overseer but that doesn't inherently put him in Schema/Old One tier. We dont even know if Lehesion is actually weaker than the Emperor either. Just that both of them are immensely strong. This planet is most likely not the only one where the inhabitants draw mana from the planet, they all have limiters on the amount they can draw, Lehesion does not. Man, it's like super end game for Daniel to do anything about Schema or the Old Ones, that's like saying how is Goku in the first episode of OG DB ever going to fight Jiren in Super.
ParoxysmDK
And the reason i mention the draining of mana from the planet, is because this is how he got so powerful, not by schema's system like yawm initially did, nor by the cypher, like (we don't know yet, but i'm taking a shot in the dark here) the emperor, the old ones, schema and entities like baldag-ruhl does/did.
ParoxysmDK
A lot of comments i would like to reply to, but it'd be tough to do on this platform since i can't quote like on forums, but: We've learned of the cypher early on, and that it has potential to basically "break" reality, and is something that even schema and the old ones use in different ways. We've heard mention of helios' species' emperor being able to use it to a profound degree, and afaik we have not heard anything about lehesion using magic more powerful than schema nor the power the cypher can give. So if Lehesion is this powerful simply from using the mana of the planet (and shouldn't this completely destroy all life on it btw?), and has no improvements from the cypher, except for what he got from the old one (don't remember the name atm) how ridiculous is the emperor, the old ones, and even schema? Seems quite implausable that being able to use a planets mana is unique to this specific planets race, no? If we go by the logic that schema, the old ones and possibly other entities can do something similar, then what prevents something from draining multiple planets, entire solar systems, or galaxies to fuel their power? That's the kind of exponential power inflation i referred to in my post. And how is daniel ever going to battle something like that further down the line?
s476
He came back looking all hybrid and stuff, while doing a magic disappear trick while he was needed....
Alex R
Even if Daniel beats Lehesion with a massive amount of help, that doesn't mean that he is immediately at that level. Look at the Yamn stuff, Daniel is still weaker than Yawm was. Dragonball power escalation is literally at the end the MC is stronger than the villain, Daniel is only now closing in on the strength of the first arc's villain
Alex R
Lehesion has access to pretty much an unlimited amount of mana that he can get instantly (it's literally the world's mana) and his magic is also stronger than the magic in Schema's system. Hes also been augmented massively by the Hybrid tech. Also Yawm is stronger than Helios, Helios is just more in your face about being strong unlike Yawm who was more insidious.
ParoxysmDK
Imo this needs to be toned down drastically, or it'll suffer from the same kind of continuous power escalation that a lot of anime suffers from. Like Dragon Ball.
ParoxysmDK
Interesting chapter, but i feel Lehesion's power level seems overly bloated. It's escalated waaaay too much in power level imo; Yawm was supposed to be a legend, and a s+ (or was it higher/lower?) threat, Helios is portrayed as even stronger than yawm, and has liberated 2 planets, the sentinels are schema's enforcers, with weapons that cut into the dimensional fabric, the overseer is even more powerful, and now all of them are going to fight the same being? If this is only the first planet that Daniel visits, how ridiculous would any future bad guys have to be, to even begin to compare to lehesion and how will any fight's after this be as thrilling and/or epic in execution? Seems like lehesion is way too powerful for being the big baddie on the first intergalactic adventure daniel has went on.
Alex R
I'll make it a regular comment. Why does Sheom fight Lehesion? Isnt she supposed to be his mentor and friend?
bracabrad
Step 1: eat the boss. step 2: be the boss
Monsoon117
The final combatant in the tournament. She swam through the earth and used momentum swinging tactics against people. She enjoyed fighting quite a bit, and was Chrona and Krog's equal.
Michael
Who is Sheom again? I've completely forgotten.
Alex R
He acquires the unknown status prior to the Yamn arc. It's due to the smaller actual first arc with the Hivemind. Where he gets the armor.
The villain on Earth was Yawm and the conclusion of that arc is Daniel saves his home, becomes the guild leader of Earth and unfortunately acquires the "Unknown" status. Then we have this arc, the second arc. The hidden villain (Which I think will continue to be of importance in arc III) is Tohtella and her family, presumably they have allies that support their cause (Can't remember what that is) and the Final Boss is Lehesion. The goal in this arc is to get rid of the "Unknown" status (Which I think they've done), gain allies on Giess and among other guilds, get Daniel a class and lastly save Giess from being glassed. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. Was just trying to figure out the plot so far :)
Alex R
Damn Sheom is dead. But it's an easy way to show how strong he is.
Calleman20
Thanks for the chapter.
BrauBaer
Thanks for this awesome chapter. But F*********************************CK that's a shitty cliffhanger.!
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
s476
Huge thanks!
Sam4005
double release yeet!!!!
Jonathan Walker
When does the big fight to end all fights start? I'm soooooooo looking forward to this fight right now
Kurt A
I don't think hod is the most powerful member of their group anymore. I don't think he has a class/increased level limit right?
This was solid. The only thing I can't comprehend is why Danial is ignoring the one being that could end Lehesion in mere nanoseconds. I mean they are going through all this buildup when they could just call Hod over from earth and it would all be over.
Sebas Tian
Daniel cant die....... no seriously if he isnt 100% focused while ignoring everyone else I highly doubt he can die xD.
Corwin Amber
thanks for the chapters
Corwin Amber
'The stepped through the portal' word missing?
Ashyles
That was unexpected, nice
"Moved his head in an arc, and I was sure he was rolling his eyes under his helmet." seems odd, is it supposed to say The Overseer first?
Some BS Deity
Nice, excited for the raid boss :)
Omega
Thanks fpr the double, i was a little sad not seeing our main man dan last chapter, but this more than makes up for it
Monsoon117
This was easier to edit then I expected. Hope you guys enjoy, and be prepared for what's to come. Bum, bum, buuuuum.
