Sequence 6-Notary: "God says light and shadow are more effective, God says metal and steel are weakened!"
The effect, in fairness to the blood price paid, was immediate. The Steel Golem instantly froze and stuttered, as the already somewhat-cooled metal suddenly cracked and warped, its' heat capacity lowered to be less than the remaining temperature inflicted upon it.
At the same time, the speed of the flying weapons dimmed to a noticeable degree, and Sasrir managed to strangle the life out of six straight after he realised this. Seeing that more than half the blades remained though, I bit my lip until it bled (the blood flew off my chin and into the Crucifix) I made up my mind and shouted towards Sasrir.
"You focus on the Golem, I'll handle the minions!"
He paused and look at me in concern, my skin already paler than healthy and posture wavering. Still, he trusted me and didn't argue, instead crafting a magnificent war hammer from shadow and swinging it directly at the Shard Lord's kneecap. The metal didn't shatter, though it did warp with an ominous groan, causing the monster to tilt. It seemed it still hadn't recovered and adjusted to its newfound state of weakness.
When Sasrir turned his back on them, the sentient blades hadn't focused on him, but rather turned their attention to me. I didn't know whether it was their intelligence singling me out as a bigger threat, or maybe they didn't care about the Steel Golem. It was only a Monster, not a Tyrant, so these weren't it's actual Minions, just fellow residents. Regardless, I was now faced with around seventy bloodthirsty blades.
Churning my Soul Cores, I made the risky decision of going all in-I poured two whole Cores worth of Essence into the Unshadowed Crucifix and then, with one fluid motion, stabbed it through my hand. It punctured the flesh and bone with ease, sticking out the other side, and the pin nearly made me collapse on the spot. Still, the effect had been achieved. For while my Memory preferred blood as the price to operate, it still accepted Essence on the side. With me pouring so much into it, the Memory went into overdrive and I managed to offset the blood price enough to avoid hypovolemic shock.
"Sequence 5-Priest of Light: Purification Halo!"
For comparison between this and the Sequence 7 ability, this blast of light was like turning on your phone after just waking up, to having a flashbang stabbed into your eyeballs and the pin being pulled. An ocean of light spread out around me in 360-degrees, sweeping up everything around me. Sasrir and the Steel Golem weren't spared either, as he let out a scream through gritted teeth as the light scorched his back. He had positioned himself well though, and it was the Golem who caught the most of it, his entire back steaming and flowing off his like water.
The Monster still seemed to be alive though, and its' blows were no les dangerous. Due to its' inorganic nature, perhaps only destroying the soul core directly would kill it. But I had no such problems back on my side.
All seventy of the living weapons had been hit by the light, and sixty five had been erased from the face of the earth. They were only Awakened Beasts after all, and the Priest of Light was definitely at the higher end of Ascended. The Spell poured down praises on me, and I actually got four more rewards ,but the price had finally caught up to me and I could no longer stand. Worse still, five of the Nightmare Creatures were still alive, albeit half-melted.
I gave one last look over to Sasrir, seeing him drive his scimitar right through where the heart would be on a normal Human, before my legs gave out and my vision followed.
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