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Raazels constructs fought for him. The ch he stole and finally learned how to use properly was fighting with another of the new arrivals who also had interesting abilities, gravity based it seed like.
Adding a sequence that simulated his thoughts and could pilot the ch had been the hardest part, but it was worth it. It had taught him how to do the sa for his other constructs.
He usually relied on preprogramd sets of instructions. The simpler was usually the better. Aim here and fire until all batteries were drained. Block here, or track that. But now he could do more complex orders, he could infuse a simulated operation based on his own thoughts. Not a perfect copy, of course, but enough that his newer constructs could have a limited ability to make decisions.
Like his runescribe orbs, and the construct attached to the inside of his helt which proved its worth when Zacharia joined the battle.
The construct within his helt tasked with tracking Ti in a wide area around him pinged him, alerting him to the presence of a major threat. Imdiately, his prepared asures triggered without him even needing to think about it.
He had fought people who utilized Ti, dealing with them was difficult for most people. But not if you could level the playing field. Unfortunately, Raazel was aware that his understanding of Ti in this reality was nowhere near as that of Zacharia. Especially since he appeared to be a nascent Aspect in so way.
Raazel wished that Berion had allowed him to study him, to learn about what it was that he and that being in the frozen waste had achieved. He still didnt know what exactly that was, he had suspicions, but he didnt like relying on information that wasnt verified.
Still, he had ways around that, and he had enough ti to prepare.
He smiled as he noticed that Zacharia was injured, that he was drained. It seed like his pupil had managed to do sothing right at least. Now was the perfect opportunity to capture Zacharia and take from him his link to Ti. To harvest his power.
His runes flashed with power, nullifying Zacharias Ti-based powers. Next Raazels real counterasure appeared above him, a construct made out of the hide of a Ti Spirit, it launched an orb made out of its bones, inscribed with runes across its entire surface.
Raazel might not fully understand how Ti worked here, but he had experinted enough to know how it would react when he used that mass of rune strings.
Zacharia evaded, but it wasnt really targeting him, it was targeting Ti. A mont later Zacharia winked out, trapped by Raazels design. And he didnt even have to do anything.
He nearly laughed, but he had other concerns, other opponents. He summoned a hundred of his expendable constructs, turrets that targeted the body stealer and the woman surrounded by black fire.
Their attacks were weak, comparativelyeach could blow a hole in solid steelbut there was many of them. The bolts of super-heated Air lanced out, pestering his opponents and giving him ti to carve runes.
He arranged runes in strings, and a cascading ripple of constricting and expanding Space blasted out. It was more complicated of an attack that he usually liked to use, but his opponents were powerful.
Knowing that they would be occupied for a few more monts, he pulled out a large net designed to capture.
Before he could deploy it, Shadows deepened all around him, and again his automated defensive construct reacted.
Twelve constructs deployed from his spatial area. Imdiately, six of them blazed with incredibly powerful Light, banishing the Shadow.
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There you are, Raazel whispered to himself. He had been expecting her. It was unfortunate that she hadnt been within Zacharias shadow, so that he could get both of them at the sa ti. But, he had planned for both eventualities.
Raazel reacted as the Light ca into being, his helts visor dimd allowing him to see as everyone else around him was blinded. He was surprised to see that the Shadows werent imdiately banished. He had made the counterasures based on what he had experienced of her powers the last ti they t. She had to have gotten stronger.
Her shadows were made in the image of sharp spikes, rising from all around him to skewer him straight through. He moved away even as his Light weakened and banished them.
He still got caught. The weakened spikes scratched across the surface of his armor and punched through the net he held in his hands, tearing it apart.
He grimaced, that was a limited resource. The rest of his counterasures for her activated, the six other orbs tracking and firing lances of light at the ground in quick succession.
Things were getting dangerous. Raazel still thought that the risks were worth it, but there were too many unknowns. He was still here only because he was intrigued, because he wanted new resources.
All of his opponents were interesting, and he wanted them all captured. The woman that had sent spears at him had an aura of so kind that could slow him down even through all of his defenses. He wanted that.
The giant one utilized gravity in interesting ways, but what Raazel wanted was the secret of how she changed her bodys size so much. He had been attempting to find ways to improve his body with the thods of this Frawork, and he found little success.
Zacharia had his link to Ti, which Raazel would take for himself. The Shadowy one had great skills and willpower, the two things that he had been searching to understand for longest. Willpower was one thing that he had as well, which was carried over from his reality.
But the ones he wanted the most were the other two. The woman who had powers that didnt belong to her integrated into her Soul. He wanted to know how she managed that. He needed to figure out a better way to do it himself.
And the other one
Risks versus reward. The challenge was in not killing anyone but hurting them enough that he could capture them.
Thankfully, he had just about as figured out how strong they were. He didnt have to hold back too much.
Gravity twisted around him, suddenly pulling him down with an incredible intensity that his armor was unable to keep him in the air. He started falling, and imdiately pulled out a glass container which he promptly crushed in hand. Gravity Essence spilled out, pushing outward on the already existing Essence, creating a zone of weightlessness.
That was when a boulder twice his size smashed straight into him, sending him flying. Raazel barely managed to blink when a spear pierced through his armor and grazed his shoulder. He carved a quick rune, halting his montum in a way that made his insides shake.
Black fire spread over him from the attack, draining his life with just contact. He growled as he took in the situation. His ch was a pile of scrap, and the giant woman was preparing more boulders to throw his way.
Spears started flying in his direction and his constructs were struggling to keep up with bending space and sending them away.
The drake man appeared next to him, and suddenly Raazel was inside of a lightning storm. It shimred into existence like a vision. An Image, he knew. Green lightning flashed all around him as the man attacked. His claws raking Raazels armor as his constructs appeared around him casting defenses.
With every contact of his claws, a lighting ca from the sky and struck Raazel. His armor was glowing as it tried to absorb, deflect, and protect, but Raazel could feel the heat rising. He tried to block, but he wasnt a fighter. The wind was howling around them and blowing his constructs away. He summoned his hamr, and swung. The drake blocked it easily, but that was the point. The runes etched on it activated, and chains caught the drake, binding his arms and legs.
A giant blade, made from what Raazel assud was Qi, ca on top of him then detonated and sent him tumbling away.
The drake broke the chains binding him and charged at him at insane speed.
They had turned the battle on him. They were pushing him back. He reached out to the piece of a Soul he had grafted onto his own. One of the few that he had managed to do successfully.
Shattering Sky.
The Image of the Storm rippled as the perk he used caught its Essence. Raazel wasnt sure if it was going to do that. Everything around him was suddenly sent to the ground, the Air, the Winds, the Clouds, the Lightning, the Storm. It took his opponents and their attacks down with it, flattening them to the ground.
The entire floating mountain tilted from the impact.
Raazel was done. There was no more playing around. He pulled out a sphere, a fragile piece of a Soul within it. So powers he had managed to take, to graft onto himself. Others he had failed to properly add, but he still found a use for them. Even if just as single use items.
He crushed the sphere and unleashed its power.
|I Shatter The Sky|
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