He came to her rescue, only to find he couldn't do anything for her. His access to essence was restricted.
"Are you alright?" he asked, holding her head.
She barely gestured affirmative. "Move on," she managed to say. "I can only say it will get worse the more time passes."
He nodded and stood back, eyes at the prize. Clenching his jaw, he moved towards the core as fast as he could, which was a little better than jogging.
He fell right before the sceptre, his expression turning ugly with the dark essence trying to invade his body. His heart churned. Though not at its most effective, it did not let any foreign will invade him.
Finally, he stood back again, took in a deep breath and grasped the sceptre with his palm. Instantly, all the suppression was lifted off from him, while he became aware of many of the functions of the sceptre. It was simply too much for him to comprehend in a short time.
[Prime source of Soul energy detected!]
Texts shimmering in golden light flashed across his sight, causing him to wince. It had been so long since he had seen system texts... they seemed to have become a little different. Instead of the mundane blue, it was celestial gold now.
[Preparing the commitment of Boon of Spirit: Neophyte Spirit Domain.]
[Warning! This process is irreversible!]
[Warning! This process will introduce active chances to your soul, as well as your body.]
[Warning! Your Subspace Void Space may be used as a resource to transform your soul into a Spirit Domain.]
"Goddamn!" he cursed. "Just give me a moment will you..."
[Please remain calm throughout the process.]
[The process will begin in 119 seconds.]
"Hey, Agnes," he called to her to find she was barely keeping her consciousness. "Change of plan..."
"Wha..." she croaked.
Twilight wasn't worried about that. She was worried about the fluctuation in space laws. The frontline was a peculiar place, a ticking time bomb that hadn't gone off for millennia...
Is this the first sign of it going off? she thought as she approached the restricted area where a few soldiers were guarding. None of them could see her.
She had already learned that they had found an unplundered subspace at the boundary of the second layer of the frontline. Even a blind man could tell that the source of all this fluctuation was coming from that region.
They had sent a bunch of soldiers to plunder it. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to have gone according to plan. So much so that the big guns of the military had joined to see.
A bunch of gold rankers. Twilight had eavesdropped on their meeting to learn more info, but unfortunately, they couldn't add much to what she already knew.
However, she learned that they had already asked for assistance from some Transcendent. Twilight would rather depart from here before the Transcendent appeared.
Unfortunately, due to the stupidity of these people, she would have to stay longer. If there was something wrong with the space laws, shouldn't they evacuate their people first? Instead, they closed the warp gates and had hundreds of soldiers guard the region.
If something really sets off and—
A heart-wrenching tremor ran through the ground, and Twilight leapt to her feet unwittingly. Rock formations in the surroundings shattered in a matter of minutes, and some hills flattened to the ground. Yelling soldiers broke into her ears as chaos ensued without warning.
Well, calling it without warning would be a mistake. They had seen the fluctuation in dimensions for hours and made the worst possible decision.
I hope not many people have to die for it, she thought, as she exploded into a sprint.
The ground trembled under her feet. Cracks begin to appear on it, landslides, and all kinds of disasters that come with an earthquake.
However, even she hadn't imagined the sheer incredulity of the situation. The dimension of the inheritance ground exploded outwards taking over at least a third area of the second zone of the frontline.
"What in the actual fuck!" she cursed, immediately activating her spirit aspect, knowing exactly what was about to happen.
The subspace was about to explode outwards, and it was going to crush everything under it.
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