Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

0129 Eon Soul Dew - Corrupt Summoning!

Late evening, June 29th

Alto Mare

Inside a room, Kai, Meg, and Petyr were sitting on the floor around a small round table.

This room was in a building that had been abandoned by the locals for maintenance because of the flood. Even when they were confined by the musty walls around them, they could feel the heavy gloom of the town.

But none of them cared for anything other than the fist-sized jewel placed on the table. The jewel was glowing with a light yellow color as if there were millions of stars within it, forming a yellow river of death.

It was the Rare graded Item.

Eon Soul Dew!

Despite its obvious sickly, perverted color, there was an unearthly charm to this jewel that had caused the occupants of the room to lapse into an astounding silence.

Yes, all occupants. Other than the low hissing Selene on Kai's side.

-More, master,- she hissed, almost panting. -I want more!-

Without taking his eyes off the Item, Kai used Telekinesis to scoop up the last chunk of minced meat from a bowl on his right. Selene smelled the food and opened her fanged mouth wide, venom dripping off her fangs like saliva. With a gentle force, Kai thrust the magical flesh of the adult Latias down Selene's throat.

This was the first thing Kai had done after rendezvousing with Meg.

Selene's state was worse than he had thought. He could tell with one fleeting look that if she had feet, then they would have already crossed the doors of death. What had been keeping her alive before Kai hastily chopped Latias' wings and fed them to her, he couldn't say.

The second thing Kai had done was to tell Meg about his new Stat, hoping that she could shine some light on the twisted reward, strange Lore, and incomprehensible third epithet.

I have never heard of it, master, Meg had told him, without taking her eyes off Kai's face as if she wasn't looking at a human anymore, but some ancient demon. It seems to be related to your actions that have irreversibly changed the foundations of an entire timeline. I wonder if I can pray to you now, using those three minor epithets rewarded by the Cosmic Authority.

Kai had refused her blatantly.

The horror and helplessness of falling into the inescapable grip of a Time Paradox still lingered like a wraith in his mind. Without knowing what the result would be, Kai would never let Meg chant those words as a prayer. Who knew just what kind of Eldritch Entity would invade his mind this time?

Kai never feared taking risks, but even his deadliest of the risks had some substance backing them up. This was a risk that had neither a beginning nor an end. He just hoped he would get to know what it was before the time came when he would have to use the Stat, anyway.

-/Touch it,/- Kai told Meg.

Meg lifted her head and looked at Kai with the utmost reverence.

Her hand trembled as she went for the Item. As if holding something precious that could break with the slightest pressure, she caressed the jewel with her long, slender fingers.

-/Anything?/- Kai asked expectantly.

Meg shook her head. "I can't even see the Stats."

Kai frowned. A red shine covered the Eon Soul Dew, making the Item fly towards him.

He snatched it out of the air and looked at the Stats once more.

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