719. The Archangel Part Two

719. The Archangel Part Two

[-̸͙̍̀͠-̴̛̠͊̀͝-̵̪̱̼͑-̶̰͎͙̉̆͝ Heavenspace – Lvl. -̸͙̍̀͠-̴̛̠͊̀͝-̵̪̱̼͑-̶̰͎͙̉̆͝ ]

Edithe’s eyes grew wide at what she saw. She could hardly process it. And that was not because of a lack of trying on her part. No matter how she looked— how she squinted or tried to perceive the corruption, her mind refused to fully comprehend it.

Instead, she saw the smudge of multi-colored lights— she watched as space itself distorted around a core at the very center of this entity. Chunks of rock and rubble were drawn up to it like it was a rift, but they disappeared upon entering the area of distortion surrounding the core.

“This is the corruption…”

Edithe whispered, watching as the entity began to crawl out of the ruins that was once the fortress. Shaking her head, she faced Willy and Centina.

“This is what Salvos was talking about?”

The both of them nodded back at her. Neither of them seemed to be surprised to be seeing the distortion in space, however they were clearly taken aback by the size of it.

“Yes.”

Centina replied as she stared at the tendrils shooting up towards the Archangel.

“The corruption is a threat to the entire world. It is what made my kin flee to Secely in the first place. Even the Matriarch fears this power.”

Her entire body shook as she spoke, and Edithe gritted her teeth. The redhead looked towards the Corrupted Heavenspace as she drew her lips into a thin line.

“I didn’t think it was anything like… this.”

It was so incomprehensible to Edithe, she didn’t even feel fear. She just felt defeated.

“What can we even do against this? And why is the Archangel freeing it?”

“It?”

Willy scoffed when he heard that. He drew back as he looked towards the remains of the fortress.

“The Archangel was not just freeing one thing, Edithe.”

“What do you mean by that?”

Edithe blinked, before she spotted another, smaller entity emerging from the hole in the ground. It flew out into the air as it swung its tendrils in the air, seemingly ripping apart space where it touched.

And it was joined by another. And another. And another.

[-̸͙̍̀͠-̴̛̠͊̀͝-̵̪̱̼͑-̶̰͎͙̉̆͝ Heavenspace – Lvl. -̸͙̍̀͠-̴̛̠͊̀͝-̵̪̱̼͑-̶̰͎͙̉̆͝ ]

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Edithe’s head reeled at the sight, and Centina couldn’t help but back away nervously. These Corrupted Heavenspaces were far smaller in size than the first, but their focus wasn’t drawn to the Archangel. They tore apart the earth around them, targeting the sky and the dirt. And everything they touched was corrupted. Distorted. Just like them.

And they weren’t alone. They were accompanied by a swarm of tiny bits of rubble that floated with the same iridescent distortion accompanying them.

[-̸͙̍̀͠-̴̛̠͊̀͝-̵̪̱̼͑-̶̰͎͙̉̆͝ Aetherstone – Lvl. -̸͙̍̀͠-̴̛̠͊̀͝-̵̪̱̼͑-̶̰͎͙̉̆͝ ]

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Edithe watched as thousands of tiny corrupted entities filled the skies, flying alongside the Corrupted Heavenspace. She felt bands of fear tightening around her throat as she tried to comprehend this sight.

“Just what was being kept down there?”

Edithe’s breath was caught in her throat as she asked the question. And next to her, it was her former summon who answered.

“The end of the world.”

Druma whispered, eyeing the hole where the corruption was pouring out from.

“Or one of the vents leading to the end of the world.”

“What?”

Edithe blinked, turning to the [Ancient Yaksha]. She didn’t understand what that was supposed to mean. But before she could question him further, she heard the Archangel’s voice sweep across the entire mountain range.

“Yes. Yes! YES!”

The Archangel exclaimed as it raised its sword, pointing into the distance. All around him, the corruption swarmed, destroying the landscape. Edithe had never witnessed such wanton destruction before.

In mere moments, the entire flatlands had been completely overrun by the corruption. The ground had been shredded open, the sky was flipped upside down, and chunks of rock and stone floated in the air wreathed by the distortion.

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