I feel someone shaking me very hard. My arm swings up and connects up someones face. My eyes open to corn standing over me with a hand on his cheek and a look of disbelief on his face
"Three times now...."
Three...?
"Oh so you had taken over that guy's body."
I stand up slowly. My whole body is quite sore. I check myself over. The worst of the worst cuts are mostly gone and I have my eye back. I glance at singer, who now has a red chain. My eye is itchy but its back. Still the sight from it is... not as good.... wait.
True Name: heat seeker
Rank:Ascended
Soul Cores: 6/7
Class: [terror.]
Ice Fragments: [5026/6000]
Memories: [priest's notebook] [warm breath] [valor daggers] [helmet of screams] [eye of the dead] [mutant halberd] [silver shine] [grateful moon] [commanders authority] [long forgotten] [bottomless satchel] [scouts cloak] [copy mimic] [cloak of fire] [spirit of nature] [creators gift] [shard of deaths ice]
Echoes: -
Ice shards: [flame of the divine] [frozen singer] [fallen queen of spiders] [cetus]
Attributes: [Crown of Snow], [flame of Divinity], [True Cold] [Being of Cold] [Cold film] [Whisper of death]
Aspect: [Child of Cold].
Aspect Rank: [divine.]
Aspect legacy: [Cold wind of Boreas. 5/7]
Aspect Legacy Description: [You have seen a death that has changed you. That changed it all and you have promised to take the empty seats of the gods and fill them with humans. You have made up your mind to save as many as possible. You are selfish with your time and life, not giving them up easily. You will not let those with power throw away the lives of others for nothing. You have caused the death of a corrupted being of death, never being the same as a result]
I'm a.... I'm a terror, almost a titan! And my aspect legacy leveled up! Plus a memory from... unrelenting storm. I killed them... I ki-
"Am I not going to get a apology dear rival?"
I stare at the fool who has a mock offended expression still with his hand on his hand on his face
"No. And do not call me that"
He huffs all dramatically then walks away.
Someone hooks their arm around me
"So welcome to the club."
I study jet
"So what did you get. A attribute? A aspect legacy...wait you already have that.."
I summon what I had gotten. Shards of deaths ice. A simple, but rather large, shard of ice appears in my hand.
Description: [When hate fades, all thats left is apathy. They call for you to be different to take what has been given and light a flame that can not be stopped. Trust is a thing that is weaked, you are in chains and the one that did it, chained you because of love]
[Bind the relic?]
I stare at it
"A piece of ice...? Hey its from a corrupted titan so I'm sure you'll shape it into something real nice"
Then I look at sunny who is very clearly hovering
"Sun, that armor of yours it let you bind it right? Would you do it again?"
He doesn't even think
"Yes i would."
I nod then I look back at the shard. I stay silent for a while. Well its not like I have much of a better idea.
"Bind it"
Cracks appear all over it and it shatters.
[Your memory had been destroyed]
Hm. That is... something.
[You have obtained a attribute]
I nod to myself putting my hand down to my side staring off into where the shard of ice once was
"To answer that question i have gotten both. That memory turned into a attribute and my aspect legacy leveled up"
She blinks a few times then frowns
"Well. I guess you are actually pretty lucky"
I shake my head
"I broke both of my arms and my eye got torn out. I do think it was worth all that, totally, 100%"
She huffs getting off of me
"Hey I died a ton of times.... and before you say anything, it does matter even if i can't remember all of them"
I frown i wasn't going to say that.
"You didn't get addressed by it."
She looks away
"Yeah I'm glad your evil twin didn't say anything to me"
She clearly shivers remembering what unrelenting storm said to everyone.
Later I sit on the bow. Nothing has attacked us, I'm sure as to why. Unrelenting storm killed them. If i understand that version well enough, they seemed to not care, without dread lord around there was nothing to make them not attack the defiled. So they killed all in their path, not caring if it was corrupted or of the flame. I had gotten put with kai to do scouting as we are the only ones who can fly. Although for some reason he seems a little reluctant to let me fly. I think he saw the ending of the fight between me and storm. I hold the shard of ice in my hands. Its the one I've been condensing all this time.
"Now now what are you doing? Don't tell me you plan to do something foolish"
I scoff at him
"No. I'm not stupid and you know it"
He nods leaning next to me
"I won't question what unrelenting storm meant. I won't pry into your secrets"
He glances over to me
"Well thank you for that I don't promise to do the same for you"
I nod looking out at the frozen water. Sunny will leave soon. I don't know how to feel about that, but he wouldn't leave for no reason. I trust him in that at least.
The next day we come back to a ship with only one person on it, as i am sure would happen.
"Cassie where is sunny?"
I stare at the solemn face of cassie
"It will take a while to explain..."
Effie smiles with a huff
"And? Explain it"
Cassie sighs standing up
"Torment is dead and I killed her. And as for sunny hes left to go break shadow bond"
Everyone but me stops
"Go on"
She nods
"You see. I caused him to lose his freedom, it was the choice I most regretted. Ever since we came out of the forgotten shores I have done nothing but try to break fate"
Her voice is shaking, in a lot of things
"I gave him the choice to stay with us.... or break fate and be free. He made his choice"
Everyone stares at her.
"But.... but why would he?"
I shake me head, nephis may be a lot of things but the one thing she will always be is a deeply emotional person. Out of everyone it likely hurts her the most that he left. It doesn't feel nice but I've already prepared mentally for this. Maybe if I hadn't I would have stormed to Estuary. Maybe to bring him back, or more likely, help him break fate.
"Cassie. How long.... have you been working at this?"
I sit on flame, my eyes closed. It feels... odd to know so much of my life has been planned out. But thing is, I wasn't actually a part of many of those plans. There was vague knowledge I'd be there but mostly it was a mystery. I press the ice shard into mordrets hand
"hey corn. Put that in the middle of verge, put essence into it, then get away as fast as possible"
He looks it over then nods putting it into his pocket.
"Going with that new nickname I see"
I look out at the city. Around its castle is a mass of moving corruption, the first seeker, Aletheia of the nine. I sigh, the amount of corruption within verge makes me want to throw up, but I keep it down, now isn't the time.
As we get to verge i spilt off from the main group they'll be fine most of my army is with them, my powers work best alone after all. A portal appears that I jump through. I don't even land as I throw down some ice that explodes out. I slide down cutting open a corrupted beast I jump off throwing a dagger into another eye. It the comes out the back of its skull cutting open another then it lands in my hand. Its my new attribute, a weapon made of ice I can freely control turning into weapons, armor, almost anything always being at the same rank and class I am. Its powered up by cold film far more, it even let's me use cold film over whatever part of me is holding it.
I leap down from a building stabbing a fallen devil in the eye. Kicking off of it I land on a corrupted monster that I cut into its head cutting it in half. I jump up grabbing onto a hanging part that I use to swing up onto the roof of the building and I start running once again. The sword turns back into a halberd. I run past a floating of incredibly reflective ice. I keep running until I see a oddly bookish man in a old school suit.
"Oh than-"
I almost cut his throat open right before his hand can touch me. He steps back barely in time. His face changes growing slightly older and growing the start of a beard his suit changing as well, becoming less formal more casual.
"Sto-"
I get a wide slash over his chest almost being hit in the head. He stumbles back changing into a man with a clean move about suit and gold rimmed glasses. I side step in time to avoid a grab as his hand opens to show a mouth. I duck down avoiding another grab and I cut off his arm. He slides back turning into a soft looking man in a magicians outfit.
"Hey please please stop it"
I scoff almost cutting off his head. His leg almost connects with my head but he falls coughing finally turning back into its true form. A figure shrouded in a black cloak with a yellow inside. A shapeshifter it was easy to tell from its heat signature. As it lashes out a maw opens biting it in half.
[...You have obtained a memory]
I look at spider queen, with a nod i start running again. There's so many i can't expand heat sense without being overwhelmed. There's countless of them, that's even after most of the strongest forces went to Verge.
I look at the burning mass of flesh holding onto my arm, a few fingers missing from that arm, a chunk taken out. As well as a chunk of my left side all from a great beast. Lastly a cut over my eyebrow thats dripping blood into my eye. A shard of ice flashes
"I did what you asked"
I don't glance over, i don't need to
"Good get everyone away"
I get ready then I leap into the air flying above the burning city then more than half is gone in a explosion of ice that rocks the whole thing. More then half of the first seeker is stuck in place, the ice breaks into small snow like pieces and it start ripping everything that is unfortunate enough to be caught in it to pieces.
A lone figure flies up next to me, another chain now yellow. Words start appearing but they don't finish
"You can talk so why don't you?"
She tilts her head staring at me from under her veil.
"You can see fate like cassie. You are able to use mind attacks as well thats why I can't be affected by mind attacks"
Nothing no response
"The drop of shadow gods blood, you made him give it to me. But you made sure nobody knew i used it. You probably use mind attacks to keep anyone from even thinking i might have it. You made a deal with weaver. You've been stopping anyone from seeing me within fates strings"
I point at her
"How long have you been manipulating everyone me and why?"
She shakes her head with a soft voice thats almost motherly she speaks
"Oh ■■■■, I can't tell you."
I grab that first chain that changed, the black one around her neck
"Why. Why can't you?!"
She shakes her head sadly like she's talking to a child
"I'm only trying to protect you. I failed those children I took in. But I will not fail you"
Her hands hold my face
"Someone is after those with lineages, I want you to be strong, but I don't want that horrid man after you"
I grab her hands trying to pull them off but she's too strong. A explosion of pure white flames comes from below at the city as changing star burns away parts of herself. Its heat overwhelming, if only I could feel it.
"My dear child. Its all been for you. Understand, I don't want to do this... but it will help you."
I scratch at her arms but my hands do nothing to her.
"Let go of me"
She says nothing in response to my order.
"One day you'll understand"
For the first time since that day, I feel warm. The nightmare is ending. It feels like I've lost something i kept so close to my heart as she pulls her hand away for a second I see a single thread with the ends connecting to each other wrapped in a golden power.
[Your nightmare is over.]
[Prepare for appraisal...]