Beyond the Bloodline-Chapter 87: Inferior Sovereign: And here comes the hard part…
A surge of energy blasted out from his being, spreading into the surroundings and knocking back everyone in range due to the shockwaves it released.
Even Anda who was high up in the sky was hit by these shockwaves as well.
The spatial barrier the Hybrid was keeping up flickered dangerously before disappearing altogether and some surviving dragons took the chance to run.
A haze of Azure blue energy, tinged with red hues billowed upwards, before swirling around and streaming into Jamie’s body as he closed his eyes and allowed it in.
The energy flowed through his body’s circuits, and into both his energy core and his soul in equal amounts and with equal speed.
More of the nodes around his soul were unlocked, and the energy continued moving, delving deep into it and awakening a purple-coloured orb of law energy, lighting it up halfway.
In his energy core, it felt like some scales surrounding it fell off and allowed more of his power to flow out from it.
What followed was silence.
The energy surging around him disappeared as abruptly as it had appeared. Jamie’s own energy fluctuations disappeared as well.
A few seconds passed like this, and Jamie opened his eyes.
However, instead of his clear blue irises, Jamie’s eyes had completely turned red.
Glowing crimson red.
The instant those red eyes looked at the world, the silence was broken.
***BOOMMMM!!!!!
A giant dragon’s body crashed down to the ground behind him, forming a deep crater in the earth and creating fissures that stretched out for hundreds of metres.
Standing atop this dragon’s body, was Jamie’s heterochromatic-eyed lover, who pointed her hand towards the creature and spoke.
[Pseudo-Authority of Sealing: Seal of Eternal Boundaries.]
Intricate patterns of shimmering energy weaved around the dragon and formed an impenetrable web of ethereal chains, binding his energy and preventing any physical or metaphysical escape.
His powers were also locked away and he was rendered dormant until the seal was released.
But by the time the seal was complete, Miranda was already standing right behind Jamie with her right palm on his back as she spoke with a flat tone.
"Don’t ’Alternate’, Jamie."
"...I know."
Jamie finally spoke after a short silence, taking a handkerchief from his pocket to clean the blood on the side of his mouth as he did so.
He blinked momentarily, and when his eyes opened up again, they had returned to their normal colour.
"Levelling up is going to be a chore after this."
"Of course, it’d be. You’re a Sovereign now, and just like before, your non-standardness would rear its head."
Miranda spoke as she took her hand off Jamie’s body, internally heaving a sigh of relief before continuing. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
"Your exp’s gonna have to come from existences stronger than you."
Anything less than half Jamie’s current level simply just wasn’t going to give him any levelling exp, and with how much he needed to level up, things on his level range were not going to do much either.
"This is the hard part, huh?
Dealing with Ikerth would have to be done as an inferior Sovereign. If it comes down to it, I’d break out my ’Fifth Privilege’."
Jamie commented as he deactivated his ’Unique’ skill, one that was a combination of the Privileges he possessed as an Envoy of ’Balance’.
Someone whose Inclination did not tip towards either the ’Ordered’ or ’Chaotic’ sides of the scale.
Both sides were in equilibrium.
And he liked things that way, especially how it affected his main existential aspects.
Due to this, not one aspect would be stronger than the other two. For example, some people were good at physical combat with their bodies, but were very horrible with spiritual-type attacks, or had ridiculously high energy levels and very weak bodies in turn.
Such things could not happen with Jamie.
If one aspect was to get stronger than the other two, then that Aspect was going to gradually pull the others up to match its level, making all three balanced once more.
Jamie then turned his gaze towards the thousands of eyes that had been staring at him and Miranda in silence.
It should not be forgotten that Miranda had just defeated and sealed Brambus, one of Ikerth’s Lieutenants who oversaw all Dragon Army-related matters in Oyend.
Then with Jamie’s strange skill which he used to massacre hundreds of dragons, Brambus’ son included, it stood to reason why both enemies and ’allies’ were looking at them gobsmacked.
But while they were looking at him, the man had his gaze facing the sky. Going high above the place Anda was floating, past the clouds, the atmosphere and through space itself.
He looked right into the gaze of the being who was looking back at him from the natural satellite that orbited the planet Zotov.
"Mira, what was the name of this world’s Race King, and how popular are they."
"Terrion is his name. Popularity-wise, it’s hard to find someone who does not know him in the Liberation Front."
"What about his epithets?"
"Um...gimme a sec."
Miranda took a moment to check her phone before answering.
"His most popular one is the Iron Sorcerer."
"Sorcerer? Perfect."
Jamie grinned as he stomped his foot on the ground, causing the earth to tremble lightly, before a star-shaped pillar rose up from beneath his feet, sending him high up into the air.
With his hands raised, he used magic to conjure an array of Metallic spears that hovered in the air, aimed towards the remnants of the Fusevale Bastille’s Dragon Army.
"Chosen Champions of Zotov! The power of the ’Iron Sorcerer Terion’ is with us! Today, we shall emerge victorious against the invaders and ’Liberate’ Oyend!!"
His amplified voice, resonating with the power of the universal law of sound, reverberated not only through Fusevale but also across the entirety of Ridrea.
Its captivating cadence held an irresistible allure that instilled unwavering belief in what he said.
Roars of cheers erupted all over, a resounding chorus of courage as they rallied to rout the remaining Dragons with newfound vigour.
Although Anda, Trisgella and the other Liberation Front Higher-ups were momentarily flummoxed by Jamie’s statement, they quickly noticed a thin layer of energy coating their bodies a moment later.
"This..."
Anda muttered with surprise as he recognized the energy of the universal law of metal surrounding him, and when he looked down at the rallying soldiers, he noticed the same on them.
Swords gleamed with a silvery light, their strikes becoming more precise and devastating. Arrows flew true and found their marks with unerring accuracy.
Jamie launched the spears at some unfortunate dragons before jumping back to the ground, landing beside Miranda who looked at him with narrowed eyes.
"Scam."
"Pfft..."
Jamie barely held in his laughter upon hearing her comment, looking at the reinvigorated soldiers around them and speaking.
"It was effective was it not? And besides, the guy actually helped out."
Indeed, the buff that was now applied on the soldiers wasn’t cast by Jamie or Miranda, but by Terrion himself who had seen Jamie’s little speech that invoked his name.
"All’s well that ends well."
He shrugged his shoulders as he turned around and faced the sealed High dragon on the ground not too far from him.
"Now then, about this guy..."
