Azarinth Healer Chapter 593: Deus Ex Meadow

Chapter 593 Deus Ex adow

Your body will crumble under the mana pressure. Which is why Im moving you back, adow explained.

I can take it, creature, Feyrair roared, the sound not quite as impressive with his battered dragon body, held back by thick roots and surrounded by barriers.

Mate, even I cant escape from that one, Ilea said.

A worthy opponent then, Feyrair roared, his flas impacting the barrier in front of him without discernible results.

Neiphato glanced over. A wood mage too. A true master at that.

Im sure itll teach you so secrets if you ask nicely, Ilea said.

The elf looked at her with an uncertain expression. Should I kneel? Pray to it? Or offer sothing?

Yes, yes, and yes, your blood will suffice for now, adow spoke.

No, no, and no, Ilea rebuked. Hey I thought you disliked the divine treatnt.

A rumble went through the creatures domain. Ah, well. Occasionally its nice to be acknowledged, Ilea. Its only when hundreds kneel before you where it becos tireso.

I see. So just a little cult then, she said.

Exactly. Already have you five, adow said.

Sure, whatever you say, tree, Ilea said. I need your help with a few things. How is the gate technology coming along?

Were getting close. Well more than close, Iana said. The gate itself is operational. But its rudintary at best.

Its downright embarrassing, adow corrected.

Rudintary for humans, Iana said, one of her eyelids twitching. However well if we wanted to have a working network, thatd be it. But security is an important factor. Who gets to use the gates, which destinations can be chosen, how often can one use it, how much mana is used with each activation, how many tis can the gate be used before maintenance is required. Well those are the things were working on. And I doubt itll be done anyti soon.

It shouldnt take too long. I will guide them through, adow said.

Iana sighed. It would be easier if you just told us. I do understand the benefits of learning sothing and want to achieve this myself but the benefits could help hundreds of thousands.

Ive been guiding creatures to their Awakening for thousands of years, young child. Your species has survived thus far without these gates, they shall do so for another few months or years. And you will be grateful for this in the end, adow spoke.

Like a dad, Ilea comnted with a snicker.

Well I do lack the capability to birth offspring on my own, adow mused. But you did not speak of the gates when you ca to ask for assistance.

Well no, but also, yes, Ilea said and summoned the Tungsten Key. There are twelve of these in total, and I need to find them. Iana and Chris, you two already know about it but I thought adow might be able to assist with a tracking device.

An inspiring creation. Too many layers if you ask . What would be the purpose of so many redundancies? adow comnted.

Its not made for practicality, Iana said. Its a key, made to lock sothing up. Twelve parts that make one, and I doubt even you could copy this or make the rest of its parts.

True. Only a madman would try himself at such a task. However with enough ti, adow said.

Ilea quirked up an eyebrow, smiling at the still struggling Feyrair. How long? Few months or centuries?

More the latter unfortunately for you short lived creatures, adow said. Though to find the other parts, that can be done quickly.

There are restrictions too, Iana said. Anything that uses this key as guidance would only lead one to the closest nearby part of its whole.

Which is enough. With soone like her looking for them, adow said, a chuckle flowing through the area, intertwining with the whines of a cut apart dragonling whose form returned to an Elven one.

Then Id like you guys to craft sothing like that for . Higher priority than your gate work even. adow is right, weve been fine without them. I want to find these keys, Ilea said.

Why are they so important? Iana asked, receiving the Tungsten Key.

Well get more information on the Taleen. But more importantly, Ill get to explore the places where they are at the mont. Which should prove interesting, Ilea said with a smile.

But the gates, Christopher comnted.

The gates. Yes. Well, I want them to be perfectly secure before anybody else even knows about them, let alone before we build them throughout the plains. Theyre a tool that may bring a lot of prosperity, but could also provide the opposite. Lets not rush it. I understand that a tool to track these keys could be made sowhat soon? Ilea said.

Yes. Its not a particularly difficult task. It seems the makers of this thing even intended for such to be possible, Iana said.

I see. Ill be looking forward to it then. Also, theres sothing else, Ilea said.

Of course there is, Iana said and smiled. Sothing interesting I assu.

Well, yes. I would imagine it is. I need to be able to use the existing Taleen gate network, she said.

Christopher smirked. Now thats sothing. He laughed and shook his head. Arthur tried for decades. Others have too. All have failed.

The sa is true for our kind. The enemy has control over their network still, Neiphato said.

Yeah, thats why Im asking adow too, Ilea said. What do you think? Does that sound like sothing youd have an interest in?

Feyrair was pierced by a dozen roots, his body slamd into the ground a few tis before he was flung towards the group, hitting the ground with a wet sound and a groan.

Hmm. A contest of skill against the species whose secrets have eluded the locals for centuries or more. Yes, that does indeed sound like a worthwhile ti investnt. If only to show my apprentices how sothing like that is done, adow said. Ah, and for you, Ilea. It may prove beneficial to your space magic.

I wont complain if I gain a few levels out of it. Question is, how do we go about it? I dont think its a good idea to take you out of here and into a nearby Taleen dungeon, she said.

Indeed, I shall remain here. Iana, why dont you explain to our friend here why a relocation wont be necessary, adow said.

She can understand you now? Ilea asked.

Well of course. Contrary to your self centered beliefs, youre not the only creature capable of resistance training. And neither are you the only one capable of healing, adow spoke.

I cant yet, Christopher admitted. Though its easy to read the signs.

What signs? Ilea thought and glanced towards the adow. She looked at the regenerating form of Feyrair, the elf still coughing up blood as his fires flared up from ti to ti.

You trained with this one? Fey asked in between coughs.

Oh yes. I know your pain, Ilea said.

Iana cleared her throat. Id imagine a relocation isnt necessary because the Taleen gates are simply run on enchantnts. But adow with all due respect, I dont think we can simply create a copy here.

A copy is not the problem. The problem is linking said copy into the network already established. But what a copy, or more precisely, two copies will allow us, is sothing else entirely, it said.

You want to replicate their network to learn how to bypass their defensive enchantnts? That could actually work, Iana mused, looking to their own gate with a thoughtful expression. And we could learn how to avoid their mistakes.

They didnt make any mistakes. We tried for years and years. Whole groups of enchanters, Christopher said.

Ive studied the layouts. You failed because the gates were powered off after too much tampering. If adow can replicate the gates, that wont be a problem, Iana said. Id also just like to ntion that it could just give us the working Taleen gate technology if it wanted to. All our goals solved instantly, she added with a sigh.

Not just that. With improvents even. But wheres the fun in that. I didnt co here to solve all your problems, adow said.

Kind of seems like you did. Also you didnt co at all. I brought you, Ilea said.

I lead creatures to solutions but I try to avoid simply spelling things out. Those are my ways and while I do bend my rules for a friend from ti to ti, I dont see a reason to do so here. However, your request to break into the established network in search of those keys, is sothing I can help with, it explained.

I knew it was the right decision to befriend this eldritch monster and bring it into our realm, Ilea sent.

You know I can hear you, right? Also it wasnt your decision, it was my inconceivable charm that manipulated you into helping . Now that Im free, there is no stopping , adow sent.

Sure. Just, you know. Youre not exactly moving around. Ilea said.

My roots grow, to the core of the world, and soon, they will devour all, adow rebuked.

Ilea blinked closer to the tree and squinted her eyes. You dont even have roots.

A rustle went through the fake grass, Ilea pushed back by a barrier until she landed close to the group with a smug expression on her face.

The audacity. Truly, you do not know when to stop, the adow said, apparently sent to everyone who could perceive it again.

Dont act offended. Youre too old to be capable of that, Ilea replied.

You do not relent, adow said, creating a loud sound that seed to imitate a sob. All it really did was send a shiver down everyones spines. Clear proof of the otherworldly nature of this creature. Ah, I have to work on that.

You do indeed. Sounded like a pig being killed or sothing, Ilea suggested.

More like when a health potion is mixed the wrong way and it lts off half the alchemists face, Christopher said in a quiet tone, shuddering slightly as his eyes glazed over.

You okay? Iana asked, touching the mans shoulder.

He nodded, taking a deep breath. Yeah. Yeah.

To get back on topic, Iana said, glancing over the group with a slight smile. What do we need for your plan?

The research provided by Christopher shall suffice. At the very least he knows how to docunt things. A peculiar trait humans seem to share. Smart too, considering their tiny brains, adow said as two platforms of stone ford nearby, runes and magic flaring up as tiny incisions appeared in the material. Here we go. Now to figure out how to break into it. Ill leave you to it, with so guidance as I doubt your current knowledge will be up to the task.

Did you just fart out two working copies of the Taleen teleportation gates? Ilea asked.

Neiphato hissed, even Feyrair looking at the tree in a different light.

You didnt rescue a plum tree, Ilea, the adow sent.

Ilea started laughing, brushing away tears. Nobody else seed to think the experience quite as funny, though Feyrairs will had apparently been renewed with vigor.

Youll find the results the sa, elf, the adow spoke, welcoming the burning dragonling with expanding roots.

Id like to ask for your guidance, master, Neiphato spoke, going down to one knee.

Show what you have, young one, adow said.

Doesnt look like Im needed here, Ilea said. Hey adow, the Sun Sprites still around layer eighteen I believe.

Indeed. Rude creatures. On their way to awakening but I wont stand in your way, adow spoke.

Are you getting more selective now that you have so many beings available to you? Ilea asked with a smirk.

Not at all. But creatures hunt each other. It is the way of life. You are rely one such being, adow said.

Mind giving a boost then? Ilea asked. Fey do you want to co as well?

Im- he started, when his jaw was removed by a particularly nasty looking root. He reford it in his retreat and hissed, his eyes downright glowing. busy.

Alright. You can get out if an Ascended shows up, right? Ilea asked.

They seem to be masters of space magic, Ilea. Of course I can, the tree said.

Gods, I love you, she said and smiled.

I too, am fond of you, child, the being said and made her vanish.

Ilea appeared in a familiar staircase, the one leading down into the eighteenth layer of the Descent. She wondered if the creatures would be the right ones to fight but most other things down here were either too weak to provide many levels, or too powerful to face. Well the latter part was debatable but she didnt want to kill the Lightning Elental or the Trakorov. The Griffin, maybe she would visit the thing. To be honest, Id like to fight the Lightning one too, just to show it how far Ive co.

But for now she wanted to focus on growth.

First two Classes are fine. All maxed out. Resistances could improve, but that will always be the case. Hmm, one thing might be worth it. I have two points after all.

ding Deviant of Humanity reaches 3rd lvl 1

Deviant of Humanity 3rd lvl 1

You face creatures most other humans have nightmares about, call beings your friends that occupy the pages of legends told by your kind. You have reached a level of power that few humans will ever call their own. And yet you push onward, knowing of the dangers that wait in the dark. You anticipate them. Welco them. Those who would dismiss you may now take notice, should you wish for them to do so.

2nd stage: You remain human at your core but your actions have pushed you beyond the limitations of your species. Inspire terror in the hearts of your own kind or those who would dismiss humanity, should you wish to do so. The status of a predator among its prey will be evident by your very presence.

3rd stage: You diverge further from what it ans to be human. The magic you have co to call your own and the body once born human find themselves more compatible, their strengths fusing to show what you have beco.

Ilea imdiately felt the change. As if her nose had suddenly been freed of snot, her lungs expanding fully for the first ti in her life. She wouldve doubled over from the intensity of the sensation in the past but Ilea had experienced far too much to let this newfound change affect her in such a way.

Instead she observed. Both with her eyes, her healing, and her sphere. When she breathed, she could see the power flare within her, magic flowing through her very core and out towards her limbs, exiting through her pores and mingling with her ash. Not armor that constricted her, but a part of her very self.

When she spread healing through her body, she found the magic flowing out instantly, far quicker than ever before. She raised her hand and looked at it, her armor receding to her will, showing the skin below that looked very much the sa. And yet it had beco so very different. Ilea ford a sphere of ash above her hand, the magic manifesting instantly, created as naturally as she breathed and not at all forced upon existence by a complex spell to shape reality.

Flare of Creation activated, burning away her health as she watched the flas spread out from her armor. She checked and found her organs still in place, her heart beating like it had before, her eyes watching as they always had, and her lungs still breathing air. And yet it felt like unseen barriers had been removed.

adow, do you hear ? she asked.

I can still communicate with you, yes. What is it? the being said, its telepathy easily reaching down into the depths of the Descent. While it was deep, the distance itself was mostly impressive because it reached down into the ground and not across the lands.

Well I just upgraded Deviant of Humanity to the third tier, and well Im not exactly sure what to make of it, Ilea said.

Ah I see. Well hmm I can tell that you have increased your harmony. Though to what extent is difficult to discern at this distance. Ask again when youre back, adow said.

Whats harmony? Ilea asked.

Ah humans. Ive found that you see the Classes and magic you grow into as re tools, assigned to you by so unknown deity or sohow gained through insight. However it is closer to the truth to say that your very self changes as you evolve. Harmony is what I call your bodys ability to accept said changes from a near instinctual perspective. I suggest you test it out yourself. Congratulations on your first step to beco a adow yourself, it said.

What?? Are you kidding ? I dont want to beco a tree! Ilea exclaid.

I am kidding. Do not fret, little human. Though new possibilities have just opened up, just like when you ingested that Bluemoon grass you have ntioned to before. This change however is surely less forceful, achieved through your own growth, adow explained.

I understand. Makes sense I guess. Ill check what has changed seems like my ash is forming a little more quickly, she said.

Yes. More harmony with the magic born within you will lead to an improvent of control, it is only natural. Within Awakened, such changes are rare however. But I will refrain from stroking your ego anymore than necessary. For I know you didnt achieve this through study and ditation. Did you perhaps punch a concentrated mana crystal? it said.

Very funny. Would that work though? Ilea asked, making a fist and smiling.

No with you though. Maybe, adow answered.

Just checking, Ilea said.