Claire quickly nodded in acknowledgement. “We three are founding members, yes,” she replied. “Though I might be the most visible.” “Most excellent,” said the emperor. “It is through the efforts of the Society that the populace has grown more influential, especially within the city itself. The whim
It was almost an entire day later when the three debated in the emperor’s personal library, where they poured themselves into numerous historical and philosophical books. All three discussed the many merits and disadvantages of such an alliance, but couldn’t reach any certain conclusion. The decisi
“You don’t want to be there,” she said. “You two would die of boredom.” Claire then walked out the library with fire in her every step. “Wanna come see the emperor’s workshop?” asked Raijin after a few moments. “Perhaps the only chance you’ll ever get to seeing it.” “Not true,” Lucifer countered.
“Holy shit,” Freya said in alarm. “Are you alright?” Raijin nodded. “I woke up some time later, though I did not think I would,” she replied. “But that is not what bothers me. The fact that ever since then, I have not had a single design failure.” “Uh, isn’t that a good thing?” Freya asked. “Get
A handful of mirrors across Dendrus IV shifted their reflections back onto Thanatos. There, Godeater peered at the massive void that used to be a ship. It went down every passageway and room, through every module and system, into every weapon and chitin plate, and into the bridge. All was dark and
The two of them watched as the lumbering predator lumbered into the distance and disappeared into the blizzard. A few moments later, that same blizzard died down as the snow melted beneath their feet. In its place came a light rain that fell over a vast field of blue-green grass. That field stretch
“Alright fine, not enough of me,” said Freya. “But that doesn’t matter - there’s you! You’re an infinite thing, right? You could infuse yourself into everyone and everything. Except with the instruction set that led me here. You could take that as part of yourself and then re-inject yourself into th
Raijin’s primary operational circuits cycled up to full strength as her Oversight Engine forcefully disconnected her from her Remote Consciousness Shard. Over the course of fractions of a nanosecond, she had personally experienced Godeater’s takeover, as it consumed her nanite swarm over Dendrus IV.