blueteamnovel 278. The Blood of the Covenant
278. The Blood of the Covenant
278. The Blood of the Covenant
The trumpets of the Augurists reverberated throughout the City of Clubs. It began within C3, and it spread to C4 and finally reached C5 where all eyes returned to the skies. No one knew what was wrong, but it was clear that a Corrupted was amongst them.
Jury wondered if it was the doing of Mimicry. The others believed that maybe Frost was the cause for concern. Her column of flames had already reached the escarpment separating the City of Spades and the City of Clubs by now, nearly elapsing Carpalis.
Ber on the other hand speculated that it was herself that caused it. She possessed the powers of the Corrupted after all, so it would not be a surprise.
However, the sheer number of trumpets blown was overkill for a mere Eternal Night Corrupted like herself. Something greater was detected.
One. Two. Three... The trumpets heralded the approach of an unknown Corrupted of at least the Monsoon Risk. Silence dragged on as Jury’s group burst through the forests, shredding shrubbery like a typhoon. These lands were relatively untouched by the Infusions, but sooner or later this would become a barren waste, riddled with craters like that of the moon.
Riding along in the darkness of the Nexus’ shadow, the group gazed upon the light and began to speculate the newest threat thrown into the putrid blend of chaos.
“Monsoon doesn’t sound right. That many Augurists blowing their trumpets from that far away spells trouble!” Cer claimed, immediately spotting a discrepancy. “You think it’s Frost!? She’s already at the edge of S10 and C4! You can’t even see the City of Spades anymore!”
Indeed. The spires that once stood above the grey fog had long collapsed, felled like redwood trees. One could not truly fathom the sheer scale of devastation that was left behind in Frost’s wake.
“Carpalis can’t get close. Beholders are going to lose their credibility after this debacle.” Res said.
“Like they had any to start off with.” Ber sneered. “I wonder how things would have gone if we just took Frost up to the Floor of Judgement.”
“Don’t dabble in ‘What ifs’ now of all times. Get your head straight. We have a mountain of Impuritas to clear out. Just hope they aren’t armed with the Unstable Capturers. Those things... they were designed against Moons and Stars.” Res growled.
“I’m just thinking. Relax.” Ber responded. “I don’t regret anything because I feel freer now more than ever. I doubt any of us would feel like this in any other timeline. If that kind of stuff even exists. It... doesn’t, right Jury?”
“... Time... is an ever... marching force...” Jury panted. “... there can’t be... multiple... only one... that’s what I understand. Auugh. Kah. It’s called the ‘Arrow... of Time’...”
“The ticking has gotten a lot worse. Hang in there!” Ignis comforted her, brushing several fluffy wolf tails against Jury’s back. They were mimicked and connected at the ends of a bundle of tentacles. “Time doesn’t sound forgiving. But I think you can do something special with it! I’m sure of it!”
“Me too.” Jury whimpered. “The Heart of Time... it’s this technology that’s responding to the Advent. It feels like when we approached Scarlet Logic’s technology. My body’s tingling all over.”Điscover new chapters at novelhall.com
“Didn’t Carpalis say something about that? The sensation she feels whenever she’s close to other Beholders? And the Nexus!?” Ber suddenly brought up.
“Galia looked way too comfortable. Never heard of a Beholder losing it in the Nexus. Then again, we wouldn’t have heard it. It has to be because Jury’s an Angel! I think!” Cer concluded right before a sudden, deep tune caused her ears to perk up.
“... another trumpet.” Cer uttered with deep dread. “That’s the fourth one. Eternal Night. Where the hell is that voice when you need it!? Ignis! Ber! Got a clue!?”
“N-Nav’s getting louder, but no! Nothing!” Ignis shook her head.
“Elysia this, Elysia that. Light here. Light there. The voice isn’t making any sense. Oi, little Frost!” Ber called for the little girl, who popped right out of Jury’s bosom like a meerkat. “You can hear it too! Can you make sense of it!?”
She showered them with floating symbols depicting a brain, clouds, a crescent-shaped moon, and electric sheep jumping over a fence. Cer interpreted it as someone with brain fog, and Ber could not for the life of her understand it.
Res however, realized that Nav must be dreaming. Or at least in a similar state. Her answer caused the little Frost to vigorously nod.
“... can a machine sleep?”
“You’ve heard the saying that machines dream of electric sheep. Caldera Industries has machines that might as well be living things. Unlike outdated golems. Keep your eyes in the sky for any Corrupted!”
“Not like it’ll be a problem. I’m an Eternal Night Class myself!” Ber boasted. “Hehe. A New Moon!”
Blood of the Covenant
< Blinded by others, we preyed on those with blood like ours. In time blood tasted no different from water. When connections ran as deep as ours, the blood spilled so readily. To this day none of us knew why we fought in the first place... Can you show us what a real bond looks like? >
< AFFINITY : Civilization >
LEVEL : 220ORIGIN : Disorder
HP : 1
ATT : 0 MAG ATT : 0ATT DEF : 0MAG DEF : 0
MP : 450,000
RESIST : 500 AGI : 450
And perhaps due to Carpalis’ influence, the Blood of Covenant had revealed its secondary part.
Big Black Spade
< AFFINITY : Civilization >
LEVEL : 200ORIGIN : Disorder
HP : 25,000,000
ATT : 30,000MAG ATT : 20,000ATT DEF : 26,000MAG DEF : 26,000
MP: 450,000
RESIST : 600AGI : 450
< CONDITION: All materials that do not belong to the BONDED that enter the Big Black Spade’s area of effect will be absorbed. A higher DEF on the material will be rejected. All subjects dead or alive of a given warring faction touched by the Blood of the Covenant will become a Blind Arm >
< ADDITIONAL CONDITION: The Big Black Spade will attempt to turn all bonds of blood into water >
< SUPPRESSION REQUIREMENT: The Blood of the Covenant can only be damaged by those BONDED. It seeks to destroy all bonds to control all >
< SUBJUGATION REQUIREMENT: The Blood of the Covenant’s HP must reach 0 >
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< Lailah. I know that name >
< Because... >
< That name belongs to me >