Chapter Five Hundred And Twenty Six – 526
burn them! shatter them!
Atar shoved the molten crown away, dropping the rage and arrogance that stifled his Spirit whenever he used it, and fell to his knees. His sudden burst of mental and spiritual stats helped, but more was the surge of potency that accompanied his fall.
Stars of the Sovereign is level 85!
Lens of the Magus is level 79!
Incendiary Vortex is level 77!
Astrum Revelation is level 75!
Astrum Revelation is level 79!
Congratulations! You Have Reached Adept Tier With Astrum Revelation!
You Gain:
+50 WIL
+100 ALA
Atar! Alister shouted. A glass vial was pushed against his lips. Drink!
Legendary Essence Detected During Formation!
[Essence Draught of Atlantes (Fire)]
Choose A Feature:
Epiphany
Constellation
Evoke
As with his previous Temperings, Atar was out of his depth. His rate of growth had rapidly accelerated in the last year, and the pattern of his future was far different than once assumed. He had no map, no guide to inform him of his choices. He was blind.
constellation has promise, but epiphany is the province of madmen and charlatans. naught but smoke. choose evoke.
What? Atar clutched at his head. The wall was spinning around him, and it was only Alisters steady hands on his back that gave him any sense of grounding. He felt as if he were going to fall into the sky. What are you talking about?
evoke. choose it, or be relegated to mediocrity for all of time.
Nonplussed and frankly out of options, Atar listened.
Congratulations!
You Have Absorbed The Essence Of [Evoke]!
3 of 3 Mind Essences Formed!
Tempering Has Begun!
Atar convulsed as System power filled his core space, while Flame shouted in glee.
yes! yes! expand our spark into the inferno from whence we were born!
He hadnt the space to curse at his Flame, though he wished he could, instead focusing all of his Willpower on simply not passing out. AAlister. Did we?
The Manaships aretheyre down. Alisters hands shifted on Atars back, moving to lift him up. And we need to move.
theblue fool is correct. a great fury is building upon that field of slaughter. those in white are coming, fast. we are exposed here. flee, atar!
Pieces of what the Flame was sensing fed into his already quaking Spirit, and Atar gasped. He seized the front of Alisters robes. We needto go to Zara! The shield!
The shield? Atar, what are you on about?
danger, boy!
What is this? Spear growled. Her hair tangled in her eyes and mouth as those serpentine tendrils slid across her face. What are you doing?
Teamwork.
You Have Gained A Companion!
Yintarion of the Cerulean Sky, level 1
Congratulations! You Have Earned A New Title!
Pactmaker (Rare)!
You have formed a pact with a Dusk Dragon, gaining benefits even while binding your life to theirs. +40 AGL, +30 DEX, +40 PER
You Have Learned A New Skill!
Companion Pact (Uncommon), Level 1!
You have formed a pact! Increasing Skill Level and Affinity will net larger gains from the pact, for both you and your Companion.
Calculating Prerequisites.
Standby
Congratulations! Companion Pact (Uncommon) Has Evolved Into Draconic Bond (Legendary)!
Draconic Bond (Legendary), Level 1!By mutual agreement, you have formed a deep connection with a Dusk Dragon! The skies quake before you, and the horizon stretches ever onward. Increasing Skill Level and Affinity will net larger gains from the pact, for both you and your Companion.
Congratulations! As A Pactmaker, You And Your Companion Share Level Benefits!
Overlapping Bonuses Do Not Stack.
You Gain: +20 PER, +32 VIT, +22 AGL, +13 DEX Per Level!
Companion Gains:
ERROR!
Level Too Low To Provide Bonuses To Companions!
Advance To Master Tier Or Higher To Progress Further!
Notifications flowed through Vess like wind and water, absorbed into her awareness before she could fully understand it all. All at once, the whirlwind around them collapsed into a point of incandescent glory, forcing Vess backward once more as it exploded.
The High Guard was hit far harder. The armor along her left arm was shattered completely by phantasmal claws and teeth as Spears entire body was sent skidding across the ankle-deep water.
Vess watched in mute awe as those serpentine tendrils of power shimmered around a single radiant shape, no bigger than a housecat and perched delicately at the tip of her partisan. Gleaming golden scales covered its sinuous form, its four limbs tufted with the same downy white fur that sat between two small, crystalline horns. A distinct head opened its draconic jaw and ate the tendrils with increasing ferocity.
Yintarion of the Cerulean Sky is level 2!
Yintarion of the Cerulean Sky is level 72!
In moments, they were gone, and there was only the tiny dragon on Vesss spear tip. She goggled at him, voice forgotten, thoughts scrambled by the Tempering still ravaging her Aspects.
Yes, Yintarion rumbled. I am fearsome.
Wyrmling! the High Guard cried, rushing forward at incredible speed. Die!
You are not welcome here, Dragoon.
Illuyankas Coiling Gar! A river of white-green energy snaked around the High Guards spear, until its tip ripped open into a snarling maw of manifested fangs.
Yintarion lifted a four-fingered claw. Adherents of Ophidia.
The water at Vess feet lifted in thick streamers that resembled dragons the size of horses. They shot forward, spiraling into a roaring column of force that met the High Guards attackand ripped her attack to pieces. The water dragons continued onward, dragging the furious woman off her feet and to the sodden earth.
Yintarion panted, his small chest heaving breaths between his bristling lips. I do not know how many more attacks I have left in me. I am not what I once was, little Dragoon. His all golden eyes turned onto Vess. I shall requireyour assistance.
Vess smiled. You have it.
A vortex of air Mana erupted nearby, ripping the remains of Yintarions Skill to pieces and leaving a bloody High Guard in its place. Dragon!
Let us show her the might of a true Dragoon, Yintarion growled.
