>>5309553“Oh, you are blissfully unaware of a great many things. Not least of all that which is happening within your own bloodline.” he says cryptically, you feeling your fury heating up a bit at his insinuation. But you hold your tongue, as he's never given you blatantly wrong information, or even bad advice. Something to ponder later. “But what's important right now is this Abyss you seek to challenge. And what lies beneath the bottom. Naught but death awaits you there.”
“So how do I close this Abyss?” you ask him directly. “How do I stop these monsters from coming through into my world from theirs?”
“An old wound, that Abyss is. Far older than your planet's late Guardian.” he answers, which doesn't give you much hope. “That Darkness is even older than the dragon egg which was taken from it. Healing such a wound is impossible, without a powerful Abyssal being's cooperation. A master of Dark magic may be able to inhibit it as well, or at least narrow the tear and greatly limit the number of beasts which can flow through. But, thanks to your travels through time, you have the key to undoing the damage without magic yourself. But this path is risky, putting you in far greater peril than simple death.”
As he speaks, suddenly the dark void begins cracking. And instead of the usual light streaming through, you see the azure power of your sword, or the Rak'kari champion's aura blazing through. You look to the scrying orb Mechikabura is still holding, and see a pulse of azure light flash out from the Rak'kari champion, and as it passes over your still-unconscious body that darkness around you shatters even further. Seems he possesses an ability to save his allies from the effects of a Mindslayer's psychic assault.
“Each path before you has it's risks. Tread carefully, should you choose to challenge the Abyss itself.” Mechikabura warns, and with a third pulse of azure light striking you, your body is blasted awake. Your eyes snap open, and as you regain consciousness you feel as if you've slept for a whole eight hours. Your body feels well rested, far better than it had before you'd been brain blasted unconscious.
“Cauli!” you say to yourself, looking up and seeing your daughter's still flipping and spinning, blade flashing and spraying Mindslayer blood as she keeps moving. You hear the colossal beasts howling out in pain as she cuts them, and you notice that more than a third of their number have already fallen. Looks like she's really in her flow, and letting her technique guide her to victory.
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