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"…. And that's everything I know about it." I say to Hephaestus after she swore on her Arcana not to reveal to anyone who doesn't know this information already less she be forced back to heaven as a result, and the Oath was very real as I felt something bind to me in a metaphysical kind of way that affected my very soul.
"This…. This is a lot to take in, but not unheard of by a few of us gods….. a long time ago I had heard from the more ancient gods that had been around since the beginning that their were things that move freely from 'outside' the Planes of existence and into ours like the Heavens and the Mortal Plane that is the largest in our entire universe." Hephaestus went onto explain to me which I found concerning to hear.
I look at her and see the faint black/dark green smoke leaking out from under her eyepatch, "Does your eye ever hurt?" I couldn't help but ask making her reach for her eyepatch.
"Not often, but recently it has been aching more often than it has ever before." She said which made me feel bad as I got up from the couch and walked over to her.
"I could maybe fix that eye, after all the powers that I have were forced upon me by the same thing that took your eye." I say before taking off the glove on my right hand and letting them see it glow with the black/dark green aura that is the void.
She looked up at me in contemplation before looking at Loki who just shrugged, "Up to you, it's your eye after all."
Hearing that she looked back up at me before nodding, "This…. Thing, has lead many to fear and run from me all because of what they see." She said before slowly pulling off her eyepatch and letting me get a good look.
Loki visibly began to look uncomfortable to what she saw, and I couldn't blame her, after all it was a black mass that had replaced where her eye was and it's not do to the lack of missing an eye but because what was in its place was a writhing shifting mass of void energy in its place.
Seeing this I held up my hand and the void energy that resided in her eye socket reached out towards my hand before touching my own void energy.
"Fuck!" I couldn't help but swear as I used my left arm to grab my right forearm to pull away as the energy being sucked into me was immense so I needed to begin to chant in order to channel the void energy properly, so taking a deep breath I reached out once more.
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"Fass: Rolling, moaning this realm of ours. In Madness lost shall Die."
"Jahu: Corporeal laws are unwrit. As suns and love retreat."
"Netra: Carrion Hordes trill their Profane. Accord with Eldritch Plans."
"Lohk: From Brooding Gulfs are we Beheld. By that which bears No Name."
"Khra: To Cosmic Forms from Tangent Planes. We End as We Began."
"Xata: It Heralds are the Stars it Fell. The Sky and Earth Aflame."
"Ris: In Luminous Space Blackened Stars. They Gaze, Accuse, Deny."
"Vome: To Cosmic Madness Laws Submit. Though Stalwart Minds Entreat."
"Oull: Through Endless faces, Countless Forms, a Multitude unfolds."
From the Logs of Albrecht Entrati
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"FASS!" (Chaos) As I began to speak the only known and translated words of the void tongue the void inhabiting her eye began to surge out of her and into me
"JAHU!" (Form) Hephaestus had to firmly grab onto the arm of the couch while she gritted her teeth as she felt a searing pain from her eye.
"NETRA!" (Decay) I wasn't in any better situation as I had to grit my teeth hard as the amount of void energy that has been placed within her eye was overwhelming to say the least.
"LOHK!" (Void) At the same time I could feel the energy from the Void climb up my arm and reach out and touch the very core of my being.
"KHRA!" (Time) Everything felt like hours were passing just to try and heal her even though only mere moments have passed.
"XATA!" (Truth) Though my eyes widened as I saw the moment that Hephaestus made the deal between herself and the Indifference.
"RIS!" (Light) "Look at that Kiddo, You are really know how to bring me surprises don't you?" He said confusing Hephaestus of that time as he looked towards where I was viewing from before turning back to her and giving her the Eternal Flame at the cost of her right eye.
"VOME!" (Order) "Soon enough this plane of existence will see more and more interesting things, and it's all because of you." He said with his signature and demented grin plastered across his face.
"OULL!" (All) "So here, a gift for your good work…." He says with a grin before merely touching my chest as I felt my soul pushed out from my body as my vision fades to black.
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"….den…..ayden….. Hayden!" I suddenly hear a shout as my eyes open as I look around to see myself fallen on the floor.
"Oh thank goodness, after you finished chanting all of that energy flowed into you before you collapsed along with Hephaestus." Loki says after sighing in relief before looking back at the now unconscious Hephaestus laying on the couch.
I slowly pull myself up, but my steps are unsteady making Loki help me stand up before helping me sit down with her on the couch.
"What was that just now, I didn't say anything because of what you were doing but I've never heard those words before." She asked me while I rubbed my head while my body felt bloated with power that it was barely holding in right now.
"It's the Void Tongue, some of the few understood words that 'it' speaks in its native tongue, those are the words needed to empower my now Void based Magic, the order that I said them in a very basic understanding is 'This Chaotic Form of the Void, Decay for Time will give way to Truth, Light and Order for All.' But like I said that's a very, very, very simplified version of what was said in that chant." I explained to her which gave her a contemplative thought but then she saw me take off my upper armor and shirt before her eyes widened.
"Loki….. I'm kinda just barely holding my body together right now, I know this isn't the best time but can you update my status and level me up?" I said as multiple glowing green lines of energy could be seen across my body that are seeping out from me.
Seeing and feeling the urgency of the situation Loki found a blank piece of paper before she bit her finger and smeared her blood across my back.
Soon enough the marking on my back glowed as all the energy that was both taken into me willingly and what was forced upon me was properly merged with my form.
But what Loki saw left her stunned as it was something never once ever heard of ever since the gods came to the mortal plane.
My stats were broken.
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STR: 1345SSS -> ????(EX)
END: 1179SS -> ????(EX)
DEX: 1267SSS -> ????(EX)
AGI: 1250SSS -> ????(EX)
MAG: 1500SSS -> ????(EX)
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"Just Level me up, my body is barely holding itself together." I just said as her updating my stats to whatever they were was just a stop gap as I could still feel my body was on the verge of blowing up with the excess power within me.
She didn't say anything and just nodded before activating the Level up process as I could feel my muscles, bones, organs, veins, and everything in between were strengthened by the level up allowing me to sigh in relief as everything began to return to normal.
Though now I wondered what skills can I choose from with this level up of mine.
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