God's Shattering
Si said in her characteristically drowsy voice, spooking the hell out of the messenger, as Jessi quite literally let the cat out of the bag.
"They have gone after the fey, I can sense it... guh." The cat fairy replied to both Chen and Jessi's question while the messenger said, "In-indeed, Sir, they went deep in the forest. They had no markings or distinguishable insignias, only thing our scouts reported is that their leader wears black armor and carries a two handed sword."
Upon listening to Jessi's command, the messenger left for the fort, leaving them to their own devices as Si finally decided to morph back into her humanoid form.
"They must be seeking the Relic... guh. Or... trying to come after us... since I didn't reported back... guh" The cat fairy said, before falling silent again as she waited for Jessi and Chen's reply.
Eleonor's group would reach Infinitum in the dead of the night. The Crimson Knight wore a traveler's mantle, with the hood covering her face in an effort to remain inconspicuous as they traversed the back alleys until reaching the Cathedral, where the Priestess Antonia was in deep concentration, even in this dark hour.
"O, Divine, please guide your children of this Shattered World; pour your blessings on all across the land."The priestess' voice echoed through the desolate cathedral, even when none could listen.
"Even though the doors of the House of the Divine are open to all, at any time, may I ask the reason of your visit?" Antonia asked, interrupting her prayers, as she noticed the approaching group.
"The weight of your sins might be great, but if you have faith in the Divine's mercy, Salvation will come to you." Antonia said in a condescending voice, though she didn't seem to have meant it any ill to them, just the normal way clergy is used to act.
"TEMPORARY HALT ORDERS ACCEPTED. STATE YOUR OBJECTIVES." The girl asked as she listened to Alex's order to stop. If he looked around he would see that even the twins seemed to been quiet, perhaps because they were surprised with Tori's sudden return. In fact, Tori's orders for the girl to present whatever information she had would be met with a declaration of
"COMMAND ACCEPTED, UNIT ID: NEBULA. TRANSMITTING ALL NON-CLASSIFIED DATA TO THE MAIN SCREEN." With this, a wealth of lore was displayed on the holographic screen, maps, images and sounds, including a detailed description of Arcadia's geographic features, however all of that seemed rather strange, as if it wasn't information of this world.
"Maybe, this information is from before the Shattering, the time before the Great Beast rose and destroyed the Old World?" Linea theorized. However, before any of them could say or do anything else, they felt a great rumble shake the entire temple.
"CRITICAL DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE. THE EFFECTS OF TIME HAVE WORN DOWN THE STRUCTURE, MAIN REACTOR CANNOT HOLD IDEAL FUSION CONDITIONS. COLLAPSE OF THE STRUCTURE IS UNAVOIDABLE. WAITING HANDLER INPUT." The girl said another long string of machine like instructions, with utter calm even as the rumble only got stronger. By now, the space like illusion they were in up to a minute ago was dismissed abruptly, in its place, they were now inside of a huge stone hall with carvings depicting that very same space. Behind the girl, where the nebula was, stood a stone arc filled with swirly energy, a portal lading to the unknown. And, behind the group the were the same three doorways, depicting the Sun, Moon and Stars, that they used to reach this place eventually.
Independent of the size and magnificence of the structure, Linea said as she continued to dodge falling stones.
"I dunno about you, Tori and Alex, but when things start to fall on our heads, it's generally a good time to get the hell outta a dungeon." The fox girl pointed to the doorways.
"By the way, don'tcha think that thing on the girl's staff kinda looks like the Blue Relic?"
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