Syngeneia Kathairein part 44
#45 of Syngeneia Kathairein
You say : "Hey you two, so, I'm not in the mood for chit-chat; what about curing this disease?"
''Hey you two, so, I'm not in the mood for chit-chat; what about curing this disease?'' you ask Disarria and Pyranna. Pyranna seems upset and shakes her head. ''No, we can't, I'm sorry''. Disarria has a wide smirk on her face ''buuuuuuuuut.... we might have a way to remove all nasty effects of that disease! You see, only the Tlayouak can remove the disease'' Pyranna groans and facepalms. Yes! Exactly! even I never saw one! Listen, the Tlayouak are the Warchief's Chimaeric, highly adaptable army, best we can do is have Disarria here conduit mutatio magic from Warchief and give Igor's cure the final step, buuuut....''
You say: "typical, complications! Let me guess, this crude alternative is likely to kill me or something?! "
''Typical, complications! Let me guess, this crude alternative is likely to kill me or something?'' you ask Disarria. ''Yes, but we are purple dragons! the void nature of our souls is why you are so resilient to the disease in the first place!'' Pyranna looks smug ''we are awesome basically'' well.... Void souls are protected from mind control, scrying and divine power, at the cost of an afterlife in the abyss instead a heavenly plane...
You say "well, I consent to this! do start and bring me the flask when you are done, will you? "
you wait, but within a short hour Igor walks in with the cure. ''here is the cure, almost done'' ''Alright, Disarria, Pyranna, ready? Let's get started'' Disarria nods. Igor puts a small canister in your cell, with the lid still screwed on.
You drink the dangerous cure potion
''Okay, drink this!'' you start drinking the contents of the canister, while Igor and Disarria hold the lid shut. It tastes like bitter and sour fruits, and quite awful. ''Okay, done'' you exclaim, and Igor and Disarria let go of the canister. You already feel weird... You close your eyes, and feel a newfound power... This potion seems to be quite powerful, considering the taste, and you feel more empowered than you have for a long time. For a short moment, you even feel your Void Soul, suffocated and chained, and the power you felt in you strikes you hard, but disappears quickly, along with an alien force in you. Weird dreams plague your mind, and you wake up the next day. Feeling truly invigorated!
You inspect your body, as the cure ripped the bad part from you.
Hey, look! The miasma disease is gone! ''Cool!'' you exclaim. You feel free, renewed... Your old tumors and skin bits lie on the floor. Ick! well, time to find out your friends.
You look for your friends.
Flying back to the Pyramid, you avoid Zamaradi as you really are not in the mood for chatter... your head still heavy with with all sort of thoughts. After a bit, it becomes very clear; the floating palace hangs above the city! Your home. you take off and head there You land in the tower, where you find your friends. All of them seem quite excited to you, and in response you hold your hand in front your face. it's just.. a tad much... Koriza takes your hand and gently guides you away ''leave him for now guys, he's very tired and needs to sleep first. Get down to Igor if you want your questions answered!'' she hauls you off to your, no, her bedroom. is she going to mother you or what's up?...
You feel in a way better mood instantly when just here with Koriza and you decide to flirt with her.
You push her up the wall and the smaller dragoness blushes deep red ''E- Enty? what are you going to do?'' ''Kiss you'' you reply bluntly. She ponders on that for a moment, but then melts into your arms. ''Okay, okay...'' she pulls you closer. ''I missed you too'' you whisper in her ear. She blushes to a deeper shade. ''I missed you too'' she whispers back. things happen, after which you fall asleep and get some rest. most of the coming days are you recovering your energy, but, after a while you grow back to your old level of vitality. Ready to get back into action!After answering your friends inquiries about the disease, you head to Koriza for a new mission. She is happy you are in good health. ''Well Enty, we need you for some specialized tasks, namely attacking Miasmic zones itself. Zamaradi is growing nervous over the encroaching threat and I can't say I really blame her. Let me mark it on the map... see? here, there and there. we want them gone and seeing you are the only one immune to Miasma, you are the only one that can cleanse them out. Any questions?''
You say "dark magic will work, yeah? I doubt you want me to take any chances and that stuff is best at ending life"
''Of course, Enty. Go see Nalomuzo, the Black Onyx will be a great asset here. When you're done here, go find out Nalomuzo to fetch it will you?'' You nod, taking the map and leaving the military office she now calls her own. ''oh and don't be reckless out there.'' you nod, with some reluctance.
You head down to the generator of the floating castle to meet up with Nalomuzo.
You head towards the magic room, where Nalomuzo is working in. ''Hey Nalo...'' the Violet Dragon looks up at you. ''Did you need me for something? ''You're here for the Onyx hm? I got it here... I do not need to stress it's corrupting influence again?'' you nod in agreement with him, looking at the black, evil gem. ''we don't really have a choice, but I'll be careful with cleaning out these Miasmic hot spots'' . ''really? you must tell me every detail in painstaking detail later'' Nalomuzo gets back to business, clicking the gem with his fingers. ''let me just make it ready for use''. you feel a sudden surge of power in the gemstone and, soon enough, you hear Nalomuzo calling for you. ''Entropion! it's fine-tuned now, this is not regular darkness. This is... advanced darkness...'' He relinquishes the gem to you, and with magic you command it to hover near you. still a massive stone, but this makes things way easier for you. ''I can barely control it, so be careful with i. Even as a purple dragon!'' after the goodbyes, it's time for your mission!
You fly around Kiba's airspace, looking for the first Miasma sore on the land that Koriza marked out for you...
After collecting the Onyx, you fly about the skies of Kiba. The Onyx hovering near you, within sight and smell, you notice something in the atmosphere. Wind is blowing past you, unnatural I might add. The usual landscape is behind you, a luscious forest, but now it seems corrupted. You spot a red and magenta sore in the distance...
You investigate the miasma sore and see how badly infected everything here is
You fly towards it, and the closer you get, the more you see bad things. The trees look sickly, bark dissolving and falling off. Dead animal bodies are littered about... you think to yourself, you hoped it was just a bout of disease. As you fly closer to the miasma sore, you notice an amalgamated miasma monster, made of multiple patients. A dragon, hundreds of small animals and dozens of humanoids! What now?
You find a vantage point to align the Onyx with your target; the sore on the land, and prepare for attack.
You fly high above, looking for a good vantage point. You spot a shot that directly faces the Miasma and position the Onyx right above. Harnessing sadism and hatred is next, which, believe it or not, you got plenty of after your ordeal with the disease yourself!
You charge dark, entropic power and unleash it through the Onyx to massively increase the destructive power of your spell!
You pull the onyx close to you, commanding dark magic into it. You release the undeath force of the Onyx, all in one go, simultaneously unleashing it at the miasma sore. A blast of black, sinister magic fills the air and the air itself seems to start bending towards your spell, the energy of the Onyx fueling its corruption. Everything hit by you soon starts to crumble and die, then turn to dust... success! Well, technically. There's a large dead zone in a rich forest now. It will recover, but how long may that take? > You fly off and look for more miasma sores... This isn't as much fun as it looks! You take off again, searching for more Miasma sores, hoping they aren't as advanced as this one. > You fly around, looking for the second Miasma sore on the land that Koriza marked out for you... After collecting the Onyx, you fly about the skies of Kakaida. The Onyx hovering near you, within sight and smell, you notice something in the atmosphere. Wind is blowing past you, unnatural I might add. The usual landscape is behind you, a luscious forest, but now it seems corrupted. You spot a red and magenta sore in the distance...
You approach the Miasma scare to investigate it.
You fly towards it, and the closer you get, the more you see bad things. The trees look sickly, bark dissolving and falling off as they warp into mushrooms. Dead animal bodies are littered about... you think to yourself, you hoped it was just a bout of disease. As you fly closer to the miasma sore, you notice an amalgamated miasma monster, made of multiple patients. That is not even your primary concern, there is a brass armor clad dragon! all their skin is covered by thick leather, against the Miasma you presume. Accompanying the dragon are a dozen or so humanoids who also wear protective gear. Some spying reveals they are loading miasma patients and creatures in cages, tied to weird looking metallic vehicles not powered by animals, nor magic. This can't be good... You line up the Onyx to burn down this travesty!
You cast Dark Siphon on the Onyx to absorb the life force of the entire sore at once.
The Onyx is consumed in an intense heat, and then a darkness emanating from it starts growing. It quickly consumes the sore and the land around it, than grows even larger. As it does, the patients begin to shrink and deform. The tumors start to fall off and turn to dust! The patients' bodies begin to die, sucked dry by the Onyx... The yellow dragon screeches out in pain, but seems alive after your burst.
You swoop down and land in front of the yellow dragon to ask them what this is about.
"You should be glad I'm killing off your kind. What will you do about it? It's too late! The miasma will devour you all!" The yellow dragon scowled at you. "Do you even know why your kind are dying? We do not want you, purple dragon, or your master's interference!" The dragon gestured out at the Miasma sore.
You say "too bad, the Warchief seems a better alternative to whatever mess Syngeneia is now. "
"You think ANYTHING is better than our self-reliance?" the yellow dragon snickered. "You've not lived long enough yet..." The dragon laughed and flew away. "Fine, we are done here."
You say "okay we both know how this ends, with your death. My attack has disfigured you already so if you want me to spare you the indignity Miasma will bring you, tell me where this filth is coming from!"
The dragon growled and gritted his teeth. "It's... it's Northeast..." The dragon's eyes flickered. "You've not seen it all yet..." The dragon finally collapsed.
You use dark siphon to quickly steal residual life force before it fades.
You use Dark Siphon to trap the remnant of their life force. The dragon crumbles to dust and only scraps of their armor and suit remain afterwards. This is the first yellow dragon you've absorbed and a new power enters your system: Lightning! That's right, lightning is the power of yellow dragons! This will be FUN! Hopefully, but if even Redsamuru can use it, it should be no problem for you!
You say : "Hey you two, so, I'm not in the mood for chit-chat; what about curing this disease?"
''Hey you two, so, I'm not in the mood for chit-chat; what about curing this disease?'' you ask Disarria and Pyranna. Pyranna seems upset and shakes her head. ''No, we can't, I'm sorry''. Disarria has a wide smirk on her face ''buuuuuuuuut.... we might have a way to remove all nasty effects of that disease! You see, only the Tlayouak can remove the disease'' Pyranna groans and facepalms. Yes! Exactly! even I never saw one! Listen, the Tlayouak are the Warchief's Chimaeric, highly adaptable army, best we can do is have Disarria here conduit mutatio magic from Warchief and give Igor's cure the final step, buuuut....''
You say: "typical, complications! Let me guess, this crude alternative is likely to kill me or something?! "
''Typical, complications! Let me guess, this crude alternative is likely to kill me or something?'' you ask Disarria. ''Yes, but we are purple dragons! the void nature of our souls is why you are so resilient to the disease in the first place!'' Pyranna looks smug ''we are awesome basically'' well.... Void souls are protected from mind control, scrying and divine power, at the cost of an afterlife in the abyss instead a heavenly plane...
You say "well, I consent to this! do start and bring me the flask when you are done, will you? "
you wait, but within a short hour Igor walks in with the cure. ''here is the cure, almost done'' ''Alright, Disarria, Pyranna, ready? Let's get started'' Disarria nods. Igor puts a small canister in your cell, with the lid still screwed on.
You drink the dangerous cure potion
''Okay, drink this!'' you start drinking the contents of the canister, while Igor and Disarria hold the lid shut. It tastes like bitter and sour fruits, and quite awful. ''Okay, done'' you exclaim, and Igor and Disarria let go of the canister. You already feel weird... You close your eyes, and feel a newfound power... This potion seems to be quite powerful, considering the taste, and you feel more empowered than you have for a long time. For a short moment, you even feel your Void Soul, suffocated and chained, and the power you felt in you strikes you hard, but disappears quickly, along with an alien force in you. Weird dreams plague your mind, and you wake up the next day. Feeling truly invigorated!
You inspect your body, as the cure ripped the bad part from you.
Hey, look! The miasma disease is gone! ''Cool!'' you exclaim. You feel free, renewed... Your old tumors and skin bits lie on the floor. Ick! well, time to find out your friends.
You look for your friends.
Flying back to the Pyramid, you avoid Zamaradi as you really are not in the mood for chatter... your head still heavy with with all sort of thoughts. After a bit, it becomes very clear; the floating palace hangs above the city! Your home. you take off and head there You land in the tower, where you find your friends. All of them seem quite excited to you, and in response you hold your hand in front your face. it's just.. a tad much... Koriza takes your hand and gently guides you away ''leave him for now guys, he's very tired and needs to sleep first. Get down to Igor if you want your questions answered!'' she hauls you off to your, no, her bedroom. is she going to mother you or what's up?...
You feel in a way better mood instantly when just here with Koriza and you decide to flirt with her.
You push her up the wall and the smaller dragoness blushes deep red ''E- Enty? what are you going to do?'' ''Kiss you'' you reply bluntly. She ponders on that for a moment, but then melts into your arms. ''Okay, okay...'' she pulls you closer. ''I missed you too'' you whisper in her ear. She blushes to a deeper shade. ''I missed you too'' she whispers back. things happen, after which you fall asleep and get some rest. most of the coming days are you recovering your energy, but, after a while you grow back to your old level of vitality. Ready to get back into action!After answering your friends inquiries about the disease, you head to Koriza for a new mission. She is happy you are in good health. ''Well Enty, we need you for some specialized tasks, namely attacking Miasmic zones itself. Zamaradi is growing nervous over the encroaching threat and I can't say I really blame her. Let me mark it on the map... see? here, there and there. we want them gone and seeing you are the only one immune to Miasma, you are the only one that can cleanse them out. Any questions?''
You say "dark magic will work, yeah? I doubt you want me to take any chances and that stuff is best at ending life"
''Of course, Enty. Go see Nalomuzo, the Black Onyx will be a great asset here. When you're done here, go find out Nalomuzo to fetch it will you?'' You nod, taking the map and leaving the military office she now calls her own. ''oh and don't be reckless out there.'' you nod, with some reluctance.
You head down to the generator of the floating castle to meet up with Nalomuzo.
You head towards the magic room, where Nalomuzo is working in. ''Hey Nalo...'' the Violet Dragon looks up at you. ''Did you need me for something? ''You're here for the Onyx hm? I got it here... I do not need to stress it's corrupting influence again?'' you nod in agreement with him, looking at the black, evil gem. ''we don't really have a choice, but I'll be careful with cleaning out these Miasmic hot spots'' . ''really? you must tell me every detail in painstaking detail later'' Nalomuzo gets back to business, clicking the gem with his fingers. ''let me just make it ready for use''. you feel a sudden surge of power in the gemstone and, soon enough, you hear Nalomuzo calling for you. ''Entropion! it's fine-tuned now, this is not regular darkness. This is... advanced darkness...'' He relinquishes the gem to you, and with magic you command it to hover near you. still a massive stone, but this makes things way easier for you. ''I can barely control it, so be careful with i. Even as a purple dragon!'' after the goodbyes, it's time for your mission!
You fly around Kiba's airspace, looking for the first Miasma sore on the land that Koriza marked out for you...
After collecting the Onyx, you fly about the skies of Kiba. The Onyx hovering near you, within sight and smell, you notice something in the atmosphere. Wind is blowing past you, unnatural I might add. The usual landscape is behind you, a luscious forest, but now it seems corrupted. You spot a red and magenta sore in the distance...
You investigate the miasma sore and see how badly infected everything here is
You fly towards it, and the closer you get, the more you see bad things. The trees look sickly, bark dissolving and falling off. Dead animal bodies are littered about... you think to yourself, you hoped it was just a bout of disease. As you fly closer to the miasma sore, you notice an amalgamated miasma monster, made of multiple patients. A dragon, hundreds of small animals and dozens of humanoids! What now?
You find a vantage point to align the Onyx with your target; the sore on the land, and prepare for attack.
You fly high above, looking for a good vantage point. You spot a shot that directly faces the Miasma and position the Onyx right above. Harnessing sadism and hatred is next, which, believe it or not, you got plenty of after your ordeal with the disease yourself!
You charge dark, entropic power and unleash it through the Onyx to massively increase the destructive power of your spell!
You pull the onyx close to you, commanding dark magic into it. You release the undeath force of the Onyx, all in one go, simultaneously unleashing it at the miasma sore. A blast of black, sinister magic fills the air and the air itself seems to start bending towards your spell, the energy of the Onyx fueling its corruption. Everything hit by you soon starts to crumble and die, then turn to dust... success! Well, technically. There's a large dead zone in a rich forest now. It will recover, but how long may that take? > You fly off and look for more miasma sores... This isn't as much fun as it looks! You take off again, searching for more Miasma sores, hoping they aren't as advanced as this one. > You fly around, looking for the second Miasma sore on the land that Koriza marked out for you... After collecting the Onyx, you fly about the skies of Kakaida. The Onyx hovering near you, within sight and smell, you notice something in the atmosphere. Wind is blowing past you, unnatural I might add. The usual landscape is behind you, a luscious forest, but now it seems corrupted. You spot a red and magenta sore in the distance...
You approach the Miasma scare to investigate it.
You fly towards it, and the closer you get, the more you see bad things. The trees look sickly, bark dissolving and falling off as they warp into mushrooms. Dead animal bodies are littered about... you think to yourself, you hoped it was just a bout of disease. As you fly closer to the miasma sore, you notice an amalgamated miasma monster, made of multiple patients. That is not even your primary concern, there is a brass armor clad dragon! all their skin is covered by thick leather, against the Miasma you presume. Accompanying the dragon are a dozen or so humanoids who also wear protective gear. Some spying reveals they are loading miasma patients and creatures in cages, tied to weird looking metallic vehicles not powered by animals, nor magic. This can't be good... You line up the Onyx to burn down this travesty!
You cast Dark Siphon on the Onyx to absorb the life force of the entire sore at once.
The Onyx is consumed in an intense heat, and then a darkness emanating from it starts growing. It quickly consumes the sore and the land around it, than grows even larger. As it does, the patients begin to shrink and deform. The tumors start to fall off and turn to dust! The patients' bodies begin to die, sucked dry by the Onyx... The yellow dragon screeches out in pain, but seems alive after your burst.
You swoop down and land in front of the yellow dragon to ask them what this is about.
"You should be glad I'm killing off your kind. What will you do about it? It's too late! The miasma will devour you all!" The yellow dragon scowled at you. "Do you even know why your kind are dying? We do not want you, purple dragon, or your master's interference!" The dragon gestured out at the Miasma sore.
You say "too bad, the Warchief seems a better alternative to whatever mess Syngeneia is now. "
"You think ANYTHING is better than our self-reliance?" the yellow dragon snickered. "You've not lived long enough yet..." The dragon laughed and flew away. "Fine, we are done here."
You say "okay we both know how this ends, with your death. My attack has disfigured you already so if you want me to spare you the indignity Miasma will bring you, tell me where this filth is coming from!"
The dragon growled and gritted his teeth. "It's... it's Northeast..." The dragon's eyes flickered. "You've not seen it all yet..." The dragon finally collapsed.
You use dark siphon to quickly steal residual life force before it fades.
You use Dark Siphon to trap the remnant of their life force. The dragon crumbles to dust and only scraps of their armor and suit remain afterwards. This is the first yellow dragon you've absorbed and a new power enters your system: Lightning! That's right, lightning is the power of yellow dragons! This will be FUN! Hopefully, but if even Redsamuru can use it, it should be no problem for you!