Chapter 264 (1/2)

Chapter 264

Chapter 264: Branch of Destruction

As the giant shadow sentinel dissolved back into the black platfor down— rew shallow and I could feel ainstexcept for the sounds ofsensation which had me scared that I’d lose my mind

I tried to withdraw the violet fire clad aroundto , and the rune on ainstbut it felt like eitherthe rune, or the other way around A screaer andmy entire hand

Out of the corner oftoward er after that for darkness to overco purple sky was the first thing to greet ht hand felt like it had been ered on my lower back

My lower back…the rune!

My eyes widened as I finally recalled what had happened toat the pain froaze lowered to ht hand which looked unscathed, I finally noticed that the platform I was on wasn’t black, but white

“Welcoruff voice sounded behind me My battle instincts flared as I whirled around while unsheathing the white dagger using my left hand, only to find myself face-to-face with a shadowy entity in the fors like a large dog, no threatening intent leaking from it The only details that set it apart from ould normally be a very black as the fact that it had a pair of horns protruding out of its head, each twisting like a gnarled branch as they came to a sharp point behind its ears The other detail, and the one that stood out theviolet mane that looked more like flames rather than fur

“Check me out I’rin, its shadowy tail wagging excitedly

My jaw dropped “R-Regis?”

It took , but once I did, rew

I bombarded him with questions “What happened to me after I passed out? What happened to you? Why do you look like that?”

“Easy, pleb,” Regis said haughtily, holding up his giant black paw “This one shall explain”

I shot hih froole to consume you so I did what any loyal companion would do and went into your body to save you”

“Loyal? Is that why you’re a dog?” I quipped

“I’is emphasized, offended “I don’t knohy I’on, but this is what I came out as”

“So how did it happen?”

“Well, I felt this huge surge of aether fuse with me”

“Fuse with your body?” I repeated blankly before it finally dawned onto siphon it through the rune on my lower back Except there was no rune I recalled the knowledge that had been ingrained intoto recall the events of a drunken night

“It’s gone,” I mumbled “I-I can’t feel the rune anylare “You stole it”

“It’s not like I expected this to happen,” Regis retorted back “And besides You were dying”

I seethed “I had it under control”

Regis let out a scoff “Sure Writhing in pain and blacking out was all part of the ht?”

“You don’t understand! I need that power, Regis Give it back!”

Regis bared his fangs “You don’t think I tried? After dragging your sorry ass out of the black platfor back inside your body and giving it back to you but I didn’t even kno!”

My brows furrowed as I reached out h, my companion relented

As soon as his fore It started with a pressure building insidepain began building in e of the rune in is connected I recalled everything that I had learned as the warm touch of the rune spread from my lower back

Destruction That hat the rune that had been engraved on ible, so the aether residing withindestructive like fire

Was it the result of e mana core?

It could’ve been I didn’t know

Through this very formation of power, however, I questioned whether aether had soe of what destruction meant, and how it tied with vivu co, that was only a part of it

Vivum was more akin to the influence over…existence And just as life was a part of existence, so was death, creation, and destruction

I had barely touched the surface of destruction but even then, I had ht than Lady Myre knew—or at least what she had toldthan that, was the revelation of what this rune signified The fact that I had invoked this rune ree of mastery over what the rune meant It was a rare projection of mastery over a specific edict of aether