SCT-Novel Chapter 1429 Another Time, Another Whim
Chapter 1429 Another Time, Another Whim
1429 Another Time, Another Whim
'You were very ambitious, Asthon. More than I thought. I also misjudged your intent. You were a bit more selfish than you appeared,' said Azila, sitting down in the sky-themed domain. He was watching the chilling scene happening before Suzamete. Everyone, for some reason, observed silence. 'The path you made for us isn't cheap, but I get it now. Through a Territory and the creatures that form within it, we can learn to adopt mutations and Classes. But even then, we'll need a conduit, like Grim's Paradon Parody.'
He frowned.
'But... I suppose it can't be harder on us than it is on him.'
He was looking at Grim who had jerking and puking blood from all of his facial orifices. Yuyui was beside him, patting his back. The Esurient Hoarder had returned to his normal human form, but he looked worse than hell.
He refused to let Suzamete relieve him of his pain. It was obvious why. It was written all over his face.
His cheeks were traced with trails of crimson, as were the sides of his neck and his chin.
He was kneeling in a pool of his own blood.
Yuyui didn't know what to say anymore. She only hoped Grim didn't actually let himself die from blood loss. For an expert of his calibre, he'd have to choose to die that way.
Finally, the pour of blood ended.
Grim laid flat on his black against the canvas of crimson, looking up at the endless sky.
His lips trembled and tears dribbled from the edge of his bloodshot eyes. He drew in deep, hoarse breaths.
"I know," said Grim with a broken voice. "I'll wish I was dead after each use of that power."
Grim gnashed his teeth.
It hurt to hear that, but the feeling in his heart was worse. He wasn't sure why he was feeling like this himself.
Hadn't he just met Asthon?
Had Asthon really meant that much to him in the end? Yes. The answer was yes, and that was a damn shame.
The old bird and Grim had connected on a level he wasn't sure he would ever connect with anyone ever again. It was a short-lived connection, but it was extremely powerful. Man and beast had become thick and thieves in a matter of minutes. Trials tended to do have that effect.
The pain that burned Grim's heart was the yearning he held towards making that connection he had with Asthon last longer.
Why did that bastard just submit to death so easily?
Why did he suffer such a crude, gloryless death?
Grim's eyes grew wide. Even Jiggorrhax was taken aback. He had not expected that.
"What... you mean..." Grim stuttered. Hope flared in his eyes.
The Unlimited Star wore a small smile. He was one of those who caught on.
He couldn't have asked for too much more than this. Blood leaked from the edge of his mouth. He wiped it away.
"Right," he said and with a thought, he manifested the Paradon Parody. "Let's do it. Let's finish it."
Yuyui looked at him a little enviously. She nudged him on the arm.
"And you were getting all cranky about not finding your chance to shine against Nigerra," she said with a grin. "Bitter loser."
Grim chuckled.
"Yeah, I might just take a peek into the past to see how stupid I looked with all that bitterness," he said.
A vibration coursed from Suzamete right then that startled them all.
At first Grim thought it was because he had fibbed about time travelling for such a fickle reason, but he soon discovered that he was wrong.
Suzamete... gave a bark of laughter.
She saw something none of those in her domain saw. She saw someone approach Aigas – someone previously thought lost to the great void.
They would change the whole course of the Aigas' fate. Yes, indeed.
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[Author's Note]
And that marks the end of this arc. Yeah, I know, it ended up being as long as Yuyui's but... oh well. Tough noogies!
Do tell me your thoughts. I know there are going to be a lot of... opinions. Questions, even!
But in any case, I should let ya'll know, we are swiftly approaching the end of our time in Aigas!
The climax of this part of the Volume is near and it will be...