Moyo drew himself completely out of the bank, trudging calmly back to his core forge, shuddering slightly as he felt the skill settle within him. The level of the skill ensured it had received the same blessings the supreme beings had bestowed upon him, meaning it packed a serious punch and it was proving a bit resistant to his ability to tune out. Glancing around as he could actually see wisps of aether, blending physically with his version of aether itself, it was a wonder to behold, not as much as what he could see coming from his mountain itself.
What had once simply been a giant structure of pure Aserite, gleaming now riveled with a myriad of aether, enough to nearly blind him to its strength, but it welcomed him all the same, it recognized him in a way he hadn’t even noticed before and sort of beckoned on him to draw from its strength. He didn’t bother looking at the gate itself where his aspect came from, he could feel the thrum of power from behind those Aserite structure and he knew, whatever it was, wherever his aspect came from, the power could leave him blinded or worse.
Shaking his thought, he entered the mountain as a soft hymn assaulted his senses, glancing around as he saw it came from above, flowing down into the statues of his skills, speaking of which, he turned to where Digi aye was once situated. In its place was a statue of pure Aserite glowing with golden eyes, a figure he remembered vividly from his vision a while back,
Shango,
Its very presence seemed to boost the other statues presences, he moved closer, aware that this new skill he had acquired rather forcefully was a step in a direction he quite wasn’t versed in. it was one thing to summon runes to life with aether, it was another thing to understand the aether itself, and for some reason, a part of him simply knew that the knowledge he had just acquired wasn’t meant for every eye to see and know. It was something he’d have to keep to himself, which was going to be a problem seeing as Digi aye was a very vital part of his fighting skills, it was something he used to strip his foes of their power around him.
To outright start controlling the aether around them, ensuring that now matter what they threw at him, he could simply snatch the skill and disassemble it would raise red flags all around, or simply seal their skills off if what he guessed was right. Sighing a bit, he floated upwards, following the sounds as it grew stronger and stronger, till he eventually arrived at the circle of thrones. Each representing a vital part of him. All were purple, but each glowed with a different color, something he could simply understand just by looking at them,
Aether white, veneration gold, aura brown, intent blue and mana green,
The fifth was a majestic sculpture carved from pure Aserite itself, glowing with a dark purple interlaced with rays of golden light coming from the sun above him,
The prime aspect,
Thanks to his new eyes, he could see their connection, and now that he realized, they all had a bit of the prime aspect flowing into them, all of the thrones. Glancing at his feet where he saw lines of power running from his aspect throne to the other five thrones, his understanding began to expand, crouching as he studied them. So much of his aspect defined everything about him now, shaping his very powers, all with the thanks of the prime aspect from above. Moyo glanced upwards biting back his teary eyes as the rays of the aspect in form of the sun burned into him,
“come” he commanded,
The sun grew brighter as it began to descend, Moyo cursing as he cancelled the command, groaning as his body hissed as if he was made of boiling liquid, even in his own realm. Just as it had hurt him, it healed him, strengthening him slowly, almost imperceptibly, but Moyo understood,
He wasn’t ready for this, not yet,
Whatever the prime aspect was, it was another step, if not the final step in his evolution, but he simply couldn’t reach it yet, not now anyways. With a sigh, he sat on his aspect throne, sucking in breath as his very core realm shuddered and his power expanded, pure aspect at his fingertips, his mind expanding as well as shadowy figures began to blink into existence, his realm suddenly filled with life,
Notice!: you have sat on the throne of the titan!, as its owner, you have access to:
* Manifesting a part of yourself on Ibere, domain world of the titan blade
* Total observation of the domain world,
* Spatial pathway to and fro from Ibere for those loyal to you
* Communication with an ascender within Ibere
Moyo watched as the wraiths suddenly became people, ascenders of different sizes, species and clans within his house moving around. He glanced at himself to see he was translucent, almost like a wraith and totally unseen by anyone, and also the fact that he was standing in front of a giant statue of himself,
“What the hell?” he muttered,
Watching as a large bird with three heads drew a carriage through the skies, flying for a mountain that belched smoke in the distance, he wondered just where he was, this wasn’t the capital of his continent, meaning he was on the other continent,
The one where he tied the entire set of dungeons to manifest on Ibere to, but what were people doing building structures on it?. Willing himself to float upwards, he shot through the air, gritting his teeth as he gained total control of his movements, he glanced down and saw hordes of monsters filling the landscape, meaning the dungeons were still working. And then he saw it, the giant creature that rose from the sea between the two continents,
Name: Crystalline Leviathan
This is a fearsome creature birthed from an underwater master ranked dungeon, its strength unparalleled, it is one of the four calamities native to this planet, sibling to the other three calamities that will soon awaken at the behest of their brother. Able to spew pure energy from its mouth, it has the ability to freeze everything its energy touches into hard green crystals, allowing for its servants to break those down into energy for it.
Watching as it roared skywards, buffeting the area in master ranked energy, he came close to interfering, aware of just what effects master ranked aura could do to even diamonds when a voice spoke beside him,
“How are you here?” he heard,
Whirling, he stared into the eyes of the matriarch of the Hexenblades clan herself, Samantha arcane elemental,
“You can see me?” he asked,
Samantha raised one eyebrow up,
“obviously” she replied,
“Just what is happening here?” he asked, shifting the topic,
“we’re hunting dungeon breakouts, thought that was obvious” she said again,
Moyo turned to her, eyes flashing,
“Okay, relax big guy, you’ve been away for a long time, we’ve spiced up things” she said, raising her hands as she saw the look in his eyes,
“Martha allowed this?” he said,
A master ranked monster was no joking matter, even with Samantha there, he still wasn’t at peace, a level 600 creature like that carried power unlike any other to ascenders lower than that level, to the world, it would no doubt be a creature of the apocalypse. Its aura spread for miles, coating the skies green as its aura sought to dominate everything in sight, that was until a loud horn blared,
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“More like she had a plan for it” Samantha replied,
A large runic circle formed above as a pathway opened up and small vessels that could ferry hundreds of ascenders began to pour through, clothed in shimmering black and gold colors with the crest of a mountain surrounded by six runes appeared,
Clan Hexenblades,
The ascenders around cheered as the ship settled above the creature who roared at it in rage, blasting its power at it in a lance of green light. Runes flickered to life, black with tinges of gold as they deflected it, and from the ship was a figure burning with power, runic circles around both his arms like bands and a look of pure concentration in his gaze,
“Is that?” Moyo asked,
“Jide?, yes, stepped up to his position, hasn’t he?” Samantha asked with no small amount of pride in her voice,
Moyo watched the ascender on the path of Ifa's runes floated towards the creature, diamond ranked power blazing from him as he directed the ships full of ascenders below, shielding them with his realm that danced with weird shapes and runes. Other ships began to appear, bearing crests he was unfamiliar with smaller in number but bearing regal looks nonetheless, a blindfolded woman with a bow in hand, the sect of the sightless bow according to Samantha.
He watched as they congregated around, somehow taking positions they had no doubt practiced before, and in the distance, totally invisible to all but him as he could feel the power was the first hand of the clan of Anansi, the diamond ranked figure overseeing everything. Moyo turned from the pincer of the spider as he had heard the man being called before to Samantha,
“Martha?” he asked,
“Back on the other continent, and before you go complain to her, we’ve heard of what’s going on in the wider cosmos, you want us to get stronger?, this is our way” she stated,
Moyo glanced back at the creature with distaste,
“Ibere is meant to be a refuge” he said,
“Means nothing if its protectors are weak” she replied,
“I’m sending the bulk of our forces back home” he replied,
Samantha paused,
“Well, we better get to work, I have no idea the level of power you have acquired to have the strength to project yourself all the way from that battlefront, but it’s nice to see you” she said,
Moyo gave a brief smile,
“You too witch” he replied, Samantha rolling her eyes,
“Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s time I dazzle them all with the power of a master and get my forces back to Primordia” she replied,
Moyo blurred, appearing right in front of the first hand, not sure how Samantha had seen him as the spider kept watching unaware of his presence. Willing himself to be seen, the spider whirled, his mask painted in the visage of a black spider turning to him, freezing for a brief second before falling to his knees,
“Lord primordial” he said, so much reverence in his deep voice,
Come to think of it, this was the first time Moyo had heard the first hand speak,
“Up, Martha put you up to this?” Moyo asked,
Rising while keeping his head bowed, the spider nodded,
“What is the state of the planet, unfiltered, in plain words, do not hide anything from me” he said,
The spider paused, as if trembling in fear before speaking,
“Safe, protected, as is all the core planets of the house, this is merely an exercise in strengthening our forces” the spider replied,
“Only Martha can consider unleashing a master class monster as training” he muttered,
“The dawn archers and the stormcallers are on standby to assist should the arcane elemental herself need them” the spider replied,
Moyo nodded,
“Pass my gratitude to her, tell her I’ll be back as soon as I can” Moyo replied,
The spider nodded, Moyo turning,
“Lord?” the spider called out, Moyo pausing as he turned back,
“The war, there have been rumors, something coming from the other side, a new force” the spider said,
Moyo narrowed his eyes,
“Where did these rumors come from?” Moyo asked,
“Strands of fate, premonitions from our clan planet, silent whispers from the archailect, what is coming?” he asked,
Moyo paused, unsure of what to say,
“Whatever it is, know that I will not leave the house helpless, are the general populace aware?” he asked,
The spider shook his head,
“No, merely the upper echelons of the house, and even we do not fully understand what we’re seeing” the spider replied,
“And what is it that you are seeing?” Moyo asked again,
“darkness” another voice said as a pathway in the form of webs shimmered into being, Martha stepping through, shrouding her master ranked strength,
The spider when on one knee, Martha turning to him with a frown,
“You knew fully well that the lord cannot do anything, not while he’s away” she chastised her vice leader who bowed lower,
“Go oversee the sect of the moonblessed, ensure they arrive safely to the shores, we’ll need their supplies for those injured” she ordered,
The spider nodded,
“By your will lord primordial” he asked,
Moyo gave a short nod and the spider faded away like smoke, Moyo turning to Martha who tried futilely to hug him,
“Guess you needed that” she said,
“I’m fine Martha” he replied,
“it’s not everytime your master, well, let’s not talk about that” she said as Moyo nodded softly,
“This darkness that is coming, it’s related to Ajax, is it not?” he asked.
Martha sighed rubbing her head,
“I could try and be optimistic and say it’s not, but we both know it is, whatever he has become, not even the akashic library is ready to give me that knowledge” she replied,
“I’m sending the bulk of our forces home to protect the house, what about Gaia?” he asked,
“The usual, squabbles over resources, the main factions now have at least one diamond ranker, and they have fallen back to the usual pre-archailect earth squabbles” she responded, rolling her eyes,
“And Asa?” he asked,
“Boyle placed five master ranked constructs to guard against outside intrusions, none of them are stupid enough to try and enter, not when even if they all banded together, they can’t take down one of the constructs” she chuckled,
Moyo nodded,
“Good, once the Shieldborne and the ten commanders of the legion return, post them to where you see fit, the Shieldborne however are staying at Ibere to recruit for their ranks, inform Matthew, I’m guessing his ascenders would be ecstatic to join” Moyo said as she chuckled,
“Noted, and you?, how are you faring?” she asked,
He grinned,
“I’m the titan blade” he replied,
She snorted,
“I’ll smack you straight if you were here” she said as he laughed,
“I’ll be fine Martha, heading into the belly of the beast, but I’ll be fine” he replied,
“You better be” she replied,
“Have to go now, talk with Annika, she’ll give you the summary of what’s happening, she’s coming back as well” he said,
“I’m guessing the Stormseeker threw a tantrum at that” Martha said,
Moyo gave a short laugh,
“You don’t know the half of it” he replied as he willed himself back to his throne, opening his eyes softly and getting up, he phased down to his core forge,
It was time to get to work,
Summoning the mithril slag that was once a spear, he stared at it, Shango's resonance allowing him to peek into its inner workings, marveling at how the aether blessed forged stands of aether into the mithril itself, turning the spear into what Moyo couldn’t call nothing less than a perfect conductor of aetheric power. Too bad Ingvar had overloaded it with power though, on the bright side, he knew what he had to do, and now that the slag was devoid of any form of Lucirion's authority and aspect, he could shape it as he liked, and so, he picked the slag still dripping with his aspect and placed it on the forge table,
Notice: you’re attempting to forge the broken weapon spear of obliteration(L), do you want to continue Y/N?
He picked yes and watched as his forge flared, the heat coming from his aspect flames melting the slag further, and with a tap of his mantle forge hammer, a shape of a weapon took shape on his forge table, allowing the now liquid mithril to fill into its shape. Metal still bubbling, a clump of Aserite manifested next to him, Moyo picking it and crushing it with both willpower and authority as well as titan’s might, allowing it to dissolve into the liquid.
His Hud pinged with a notification about that, increasing his chances to increase the rank of the weapon, he pushed it aside, carrying his hammer and began bending his Ashe as runes flared to life on the weapon,
Igboya, it would steady the heart of its wielder, courage to stand in the face of overwhelming odds,
Agbara, it would grow in strength, with every kill it made, it would take a portion of its foe’s strength,
Gigun, its tip would be sharp enough to pierce the strongest defenses, its aim unfailing,
He poured his aspect into it, poured a bit more of his Ashe to reinforce the power of the runes that steadily formed intricate carvings around the metal of the weapon, the spear,
Why change the beauty of a weapon?,
A thought came to Moyo, smiling as he summoned the relic, watching as it manifested next to him. It was a shield, one he had forged a while back, imbued with the essence of a crystal world golem, a master ranked creature. He had obtained the essence from Kairos, sent through Ashira after the primordial had visited his world, having no use for it, he had bent it into forging a shield, one whose strength could weather the blows of rulers and masters, except he had stored it away.
Glancing at the shield that floated above and the spear, he drew his Ashe to himself,
“LINK” he commanded, bending reality to his will,
Notice: you’re attempting to create a weapon set; this will require additional resources such as:
* 10 rare aether shards or higher
* Authority diamond rank or higher
Moyo snorted, ten legendary aether shards appeared and his Ashe bathed the two weapons as well, summoning another essence, this one diamond ranked though, it was the essence of some diamond ranked bird, imbuing it into the spear. Watching as the essence seeped into the weapon, Moyo kept on forging, the flames of aspect flaring all around him as he pushed on, the sound of the hammer ringing around his core world.