Chapter 465: Zach

Chapter 465: Zach

Watcher

Zach watched the battle in the distance, the fires spreading through the forest below. The fight was intense, and the Cultivators were firing their techniques in waves of power. Even at such a large distance, Zack could tell that they were powerful.

With Zach's stats his eyes were sharp enough that he could see clearly across that distance. He watched patiently, Bera at his side. The battle was quickly turning the entire area into a chaos obscured by smoke. Too much was happening, but with his skill perk, Analysis he was keeping track of everything that he had seen, sorting it inside his mind and sifting through it at a pace that was so fast that the chaos in front of his eyes turned into an orderly display.n0ve(l)bi(n.)co/m

He knew the danger before it even occurred.

"Alert everyone," he spoke. "The forest beyond the dome is compromised, everyone should get ready to fight."

It happened quickly, he saw the ripple of it happening. He didn't know the details, the reasons, but his mind made the connection. The Dome's influence had expanded beyond its boundary, and the Sect fighting hadn't noticed yet, so preoccupied with fighting the enemy directly beneath them.

Bera used her powers, reached out to the fleet surrounding the territory and warned them of the danger.

Below them, the Wardens and the Twilight Melody Sect warriors that had come with him readied themselves as well. And then the forest in front of them rippled. Zach saw as trees pulled themselves out of the ground and started to move, as mutant growths started to appear over their bark and spit attacks in their way.

He evaluated the danger with his |I Analyze and Predict| and decided that the danger was not high enough for him to involve himself. He watched as a tree was frozen solid by Kri, then splintered in pieces by Hiro's techniques. Okim covered and watched over them, and Zach was confident in his ability to keep them from too much danger.

He turned his eyes back to the fight in the distance as Bera coordinated the fleet by passing messages all around the territory. Every now and then she would ask him a question, and he would give his opinion on what had to be done.

The fight in the distance escalated quickly as the Golden Phoenix joined the battle, and his vision was obscured further. Even with his eyes and skills, he was unable to get the full picture from the interference. He caught only glimpses of attacks that were powerful enough to shine through the thick smoke curtain.

Down below him, a large tree ripped itself from the ground, its branches twisting as they mutated into something else. He analyzed and realized the threat. Before it could do anything, he stepped close to the edge of the airship he was standing on and raised his hand turned into a Greater Windsong Aspect Blade.

Its presence alone worried him, but not enough to actually force his way through it, especially not now that he got the notification that the Dome was defeated. He knew that people cared a lot about keeping their power a secret.

For all he knew this was just that, a way to prevent others from looking in and seeing what had been used against the Dome.

And then the boundary broke apart, the sky above shattered and Zach flew back, raising his hand and halting the powerful blast of wind that expanded in all directions. Void spilled from beyond the sky, and a line of darkness reached the ground, destroying everything in its way.

He felt the boundaries of Space crack, and he used his [Aspect True Sight]. The area was filled with weak points in the Real Plane, and more were appearing by the minute all around.

Before Zach could even take in what was happening, the world was transformed by black fire. The heat of it made him raise his hand to his face even with his armor. He could feel it even through the spiritual tool. He spun wind around him, trying to carry the heat away. Immediately, he activated his strongest perks, boosting his stats far above.

He didn't know what was happening, but somehow he was certain that people would need his help.

As his stats soared, and a faint song of spirits echoed in his mind, several things clicked into place. The Aspect of Knowledge that had been creeping through his Soul with every moment that passed seemed to bleed into his meaning. It sifted through the song that the spirits of Terra whispered, and coalesced it into a single thought. They helped him make sense of what had happened, feeding of his own Analysis perk.

The Dome was defeated, this was a battle between people. He didn't know the sides, he didn't know who or what, but he knew that he had to stop it.

With his will the wind roared up around him like a tornado, and he flew closer.

Just as he approached the pillar of fire, his senses screamed at him. A fluctuation in space, a familiar sensation. He focused and used Grand Step Upon the River, the perk to step through Time and Space. He stepped and the space pushed back against him, his perk shattered and he was frozen in Space, unable to move.

A person stood in front of him, no sign of his arrival, as if he had always been there. Zach raised his eyes, and recognized the minotaur.

"You," Zach said.

"Me," the minotaur responded, his will holding Zach in place.