The Lost Orb [PFS #1, The Bearer]

39 "All-seeing, The Seer"

SASKIA'S POV

JUST THINKING about how an Arquezza is almost in the same league as someone of royal blood, but not born of it, we've already been flooded with questions. What more with Celeste's case, who claims that the power she wields isn't her own, but granted by a being from beyond this world?

How could an ordinary mage comprehend something so complex and otherworldly?

Ngunit ako lang ang nakarinig sa sagot ni Celeste kanina. Sinadya niyang sa 'kin lang sabihin iyon. In the first place, ako ang nagtanong sa kaniya.

Hindi ko naman inaasahan na sasagutin niya ako. So I could infer that what's in front of us is far more overwhelming for me.

If I were to be honest with my thoughts, she's already on the level of a deity in my eyes. The difference is, she's caged in that mortal body.

I can't figure out what she summoned earlier, but my mind tells me it is something beyond a mortal's reach.

Something only she is allowed to hold.

The air around her slowly guided her down the broken path beneath her. The cracks on the ground began to emit a strange light, pulsing a faint glow of white.

The unquenchable brightness in her silver eyes grew more intense as she stood straight in front of the enemy. Her figure almost immovable by any obstruction.

Mas lalong lumakas ang presensiya nito na agad naming naramdaman. Mabagal na dumaloy mula sa katawan nito ang kulay asul na dagim. It shimmered with white flashes, as if we're looking at a bright night sky plagued with glittering stars.

I caught a glimpse of someone's pitch-black hair swaying from the corner of my eye, then stopped in front of us. "Isn't she using too much mana? We need to stop her!"

Hindi ko rin alam ko saan niya kinuha ang kapangyarihan na 'yan, but one thing I am aware of. "She's not using any mana," iling ko, bago siya tapunan ng tingin.

Natigilan naman si Allisa. "According to her words earlier, she's extracting her strength from somewhere not in this world."

She tilted her head in confusion to look at me. She blinked twice, struggling to make sense of what she had just heard. "Not in this world?"

A metallic sound of a sword slipped back into its cover, napunta kay Zach ang tingin namin kung saan nagmula ang tunog. "Her soul is bound to a Sign Spirit. A Sign Spirit extracts power directly from its conductor, so most probably . . ."

"She's extracting directly from Aion." I finished.

Although Aion, the embodiment of time, is too much for our minds to even grasp its existence, iyon ang huling kataga na binigkas niya noong naabutan namin siya sa Safarra Forest, nakapikit at nagdadasal. Hard to believe, but there really are things beyond our capability to understand.