blueteamnovel 640. A Glimpse of What Was
640. A Glimpse of What Was
640. A Glimpse of What Was
Galia did not hold back against the Corrupted Frost. Streaks of light hailed down from the heavens, causing widespread destruction within Snowfallen White’s forest.
| THE PATH OF POISONED APPLES |
< CONDITION: Snowfallen White and the Fruit of Everlasting Miracles is split into two different segments. HP will not fall below 50% if both are not at 50% HP >
< SUPPRESSION REQUIREMENT: Snowfallen White is Suppressed if the Fruit of Everlasting Miracles reaches 0 HP first >
< SUBJUGATION REQUIREMENT: Snowfallen White and the Fruit of Everlasting Miracles is Subjugated when its HP reaches 0 >
Fruit of Everlasting Miracles
< Come hither and taste a fraction of their wishes >
AFFINITY : Wrath
HP : 25,000,000
Both Snowfallen White and the apple had their own dedicated HP pools. Galia’s relentless assault eliminated 5,000,000 HP from Snowfallen White but had missed the apple held in her hand.
When the attack was over, Snowfallen White waved her golden device, casting a cone of light over both Galia and the Arbiter. A song was then hummed by the Corrupted, causing an approaching Michaela’s body to suddenly slow as if afflicted by time-altering magic.
< “The choice was made when you offered me the apple.” >
< [Enchanted Song] >
< The menacing tune was meant to be sung to a child >
< EFFECT: This is a passive skill. When activated by the Song of Snowfall, halve the AGI of those who recognize it >
< “Lace it with poison you both did.” >
< [Song of Snowfall] >
< They were envious of the song’s origins >
< EFFECT: Active skill. Apply Torn Nostalgia to those who hear the song >
Torn Nostalgia
< EFFECT: Reduce MP by 10% for every loop the song makes >
< “Lace it with poison you both did.” >
When the golden cone of the Corrupted appeared, Michaela had already masked her movement within the trees outside of her field of view.
Suddenly, her voice came from the side just before the song could be sung.
“... was born from the pride of a Star of my resounding height. Truths never mattered. I had already blamed them all for the sole reason that they were humans. They carried a primordial sin.”
The Arbiter grasped Snowfallen White’s head with one hand, and without warning, crushed her head as a ball of white light formed.
It was as if a star had just been born.
< [O] [Reign of Stars] [O] >
< EFFECT: 15,000,000 Damage. Uses trace essence of ???. Stored Nex cannot be used >
Snowfallen White | HP: 12,500,000
The armor creaked. The power the Arbiter conjured for that split second caused herself immense pain, as shown by the contorting of her face. Her emotions ran high unexpectedly as she clutched her head moment after the attack, staggering backwards.
“... I have lost that privilege to use that power as I once wielded. That’s why I bleed like humans do. When I peered into the looking glass, all I saw was you!”
The toll Reign of Stars had on her body was immense, for it required her to generate the necessary Nex in that fraction of a moment. Dark vision clouded her mind.
However, the voice of Snowfallen White snapped her from her unexpected trance.
< “You shaped yourself to look like me, all because I was something you were not.” >
< “Then thereafter, you shaped me to look like you.” >
< [Wrath of Thorns] >
< Be constricted by the bindings of this tale! >
< EFFECT: Send a wave of thorny brambles their way >
< “We could only ever communicate through violence.” >
< “It was a child that wandered into your wicked nest in the humblest of beginnings.” >
< “It offered nourishment. But you offered poison to repay her.” >
The forest floor exploded with thorny vines. They moved like a giant tidal wave, consuming the Arbiter. However, she was not moved by such an attack. She stabbed her blade into the ground, cementing herself in place as streaks of light continued to bombard the world from the skies.
“I –!”
The Arbiter, for the first time, raised her voice.
“I took your form not out of envy, but out of love! In my darkest days spent in my white forest, you were a ray of light! What I fed you was not poison! What my forest gave to you were the truths I believed in!”
Her roar took Galia aback. Even the Corrupted seemed to stare blankly at her, as if her words had managed to reach it.