Chapter 262: Chapter 262: The Wives
Chapter 262 â The Wives
All this had happened in such a short period of time, but tell meâarenât you curious?
Curious about how the others felt when the shadow realm was severed in half?
Their reactions? Whether it be the shadows themselves⊠or The Vaelgrims?
WellâŠ
I am.
So letâs find out.
âŠ
The event that followed after Yuki severed the shadow realm in half wasnât some flashy divine cataclysm that broke the heavens or rewrote the laws of realityânot to the naked eye at least.
Each person⊠each group reacted in their own specific way.
For Eric, Selene, Luminara, Rouge, and Malrikâwho were fighting against Aericaâthis event⊠was the perfect excuse to stop fighting altogether.
Because truthfully? None of them wanted this fight to begin with.
Aerica only wanted Eric, but couldnât act on it due to her loyalty to her own kind.
The others just wanted her to submit. And if that could happen without more blood being spilled, all the better.
So when the shadow realm trembled⊠when it cracked and then split in half, canceling Aericaâs domain and bringing all of them into the left portion of the realm,
They all just⊠froze.
Staring.
Their eyes wide as they watched the very essence of the shadow realm trying, desperately, to reattach itself.
But none among them was more stunned than Selene.
Because where others simply witnessed power⊠she sensed it.
She recognized it.
The power. The scent. The intention inside that impossible slash,
It was Yuki.
AndâŠ
âNo wayâŠâ Selene whispered, more to herself than anyone else, her voice trembling as much as her soul.
Because even she, with her fragment of origin, with her ancestral ice couldnât fathom the possibility of severing the shadow realm itself.
It was mad. It was obscene. It was blasphemous even to imagine it.
And yetâŠ
Yuki had done it.
And thatâs when Selene realizedâŠ
âHave I been⊠complacent? Am I really working hard enough?â
That thought hit her harder than any attack ever could.
Because if Yuki, without a fragment of origin, could do thisâŠ
Then how could she not?
Something clicked.
And instantly, Selene decided to try, right then, right there.
The air shifted. The atmosphere cracked.
The realm grew cold.
NoâŠfreezing.
Reality itself began to shiver around her as a blue aura enveloped her entire body, a cold so ancient and absolute it began freezing the concepts of heat and time themselves.
Aerica, still in emotional disarray from watching her home be shredded, turned slowly, only to see Seleneâs body wrapped in this impossible cold.
But she didnât react. She was too exhausted. Too drained. Too broken.
âWhat⊠what is she doing?â Aerica asked softly as she felt Eric step beside her.
She leaned against him gently, like lovers reunited, like enemies who were never truly enemies to begin with.
And Eric, ever calm, simply answered,
âI donât know⊠but I bet you wouldnât want to be around when it happens.â
Luminara, now back in her cat form, watched with a knowing smile.
âGo⊠do it.â she thought, already understanding what was about to unfold.
Selene was motivated.
But she wasnât the only one.
All the women of Noah. All the Silver Goddesses. Even Elizabeth and Aphasia.
They all felt it. The pull. The stirring. The deep yearning to evolve.
Zara, Alice, Neko, Red, Anyaâwho were neck-deep in battle against Mortis, their bodies ragged, their minds hanging by a thread, surrounded by laws so corrupted that even a Mythic wouldâve been reduced to rot in secondâ were living a nightmare.
But they held on trying to at least stall him and wait for their sisters or Noah.
But thenâŠthey instinctively stopped as they looked at the sky. And thereâŠ
They saw Yukiâs slash.
And instantly something deep inside them awoke as they immediately recognized who did it.
Their fightings spirits awoke.
The same with Emily, Elira, Sophia who were sitting lazily around a table, sipping tea while talking with Lari about how their race would soon rule all and about how they were destined to rise.
They also felt it the moment the realm split.
It was as if Yukiâs blade gave weight to their claims.
A spark lit up inside them too.
Even Dominique, Lilith, Justicia who were locked in a brutal clash with another of Mortisâ commanders, disadvantaged, overwhelmed, nearly broken by their own low attack power shifted the moment they saw that impossible slash.
Ester, who had been tasked with forcing the scattered populations of the shadow realm into submissionâwhether they were ancient beasts from forbidden regions or secret families with dark rootsâpaused too.
She watched the severed realm and smiled knowingly.
Sari and Noelle, standing outside the shadow realm, shielding it with their powers of void and invisibility, ensuring no external being could sense what was happening withinâthey saw it all.
They saw how the realm split from outside point of view.
And it wasâŠbreathtaking.
And strangely, it filled them with a desire.
A need.
Even Noahâs maids, still combing through the layers of shadow in search of a potential fragment of Origin related to shadow, stopped.
âRidiculousâŠâ Nephis muttered as the others agreed with her words.
âBut⊠I want to do the same too,â Leona said suddenly, her beastly eyes gleaming with unfiltered hunger.
Same with Sonomi, Morgan, KatyâŠthey all felt it too.
Something instinctive, something ancient, something pure rising inside of them.
A call.
A whisper.
Even Christelle, Mother of Elijah, Elysiari of Mind, who had been in Laeh, teleported directly into the shadow realmânot to fight, but to witness and to participate in this event.
Because something inside all of them was telling them the same thingâŠ
Try. Seek. Dig deep. Find the way.
Because if they seekâŠ
Then they would find.
Because they were the Vaelgrims.
The Seekers of Infinite Evolution.
And so, without hesitationâŠ
They all tried.
They dug into their minds. Into their souls. Into their concept cores. Into everything that made them who they were.
And one by one⊠they found the way.
As if fate, or reality, or something far beyond was guiding them.
And the moment they activated the skill born from that spark,
Their voices echoed across the shadow realm, like the divine chords of a symphony meant to seduce reality itself.
And just thenâ
âNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!â
A voice screamed.
Not a person.
Not a beast.
But the very Will of the Shadow Realm.
A scream so deep and primal it pierced through layers of existence. A scream of pure agony, raw hatred, helpless despairâŠ
And then it was immediately torn apart.
In every direction imaginable.
By The Silver Goddesses.
By The Vaelgrims.
By the Wives ofâŠThe Blasphemer of Reality.
âEnd of Chapter 262â