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Chapter 1397: Stand-In Apostle (2)

Chapter 1397: Stand-In Apostle (2)



"Are you sure you want to demonstrate your power in front of Void users?" Serenity asked right as Skullius was prompting his nimbus to use [Apostles' Liege] on the goblin corpse. "Do you trust them now?"

Skullius shook his head.

'Not at all,' he said to her and made a sweep of the room. 'Trust is far from something I will willingly give anyone new to my company, even Elita. I'm sure that even with our little moments, she still has her reservations too. We might have opened up to each other, but it will take some time to repair any bond we might have had before.'

"Then why are you so casually showing off your powers? I understand that allowing them to listen in to your explanation to Red Rage might have been passable since they wouldn't glean much from it but this?"

'Don't worry about that, Serenity. You know as well as I do that the Nullmancer power is far from being a secret or an ace up my sleeve now. Even if they understand its mechanics and try to use it against me in the future, I have a new Class that applies concepts beyond their

imaginations. So, let them see what I have in my Default Body.'

Serenity let out a scoff.

Skullius had an interesting relationship with his War Body. Or rather, his War Body had an interesting dynamic. It was both terrible and amazing, reliable and unreliable. But all in all, it did contain all of Skullius' ingenuity, and all that others gleaned from his Default Body - unbeknownst to them - was scrap.

Of course, Serenity understood that Skullius wasn't willing to completely shut off these allies of his. Him allowing them to witness how he used his Null Life powers was a way for him to try and reach out to them to form a veritable relationship; he wouldn't pass up the chance to create an alliance with other anomalies. No one could survive on their own in the wider reality after all.@@@@

Thus, as everyone watched, Skullius' [Entropy's Harmonising Nimbus] lurched forth and bathed the goblin corpse on the floor. Bits of Ju`wtte and a ton of Null Life Essence gushed and devoured it whole.

[Apostles' Liege] was activated right then.

The [Entropy's Harmonising Nimbus] was created from a collection of Skullius' Class skills - Nullmancer Class skills. It pretty much acted as a control system that he used to activate the effects of those abilities he had as a Nullmancer.

Guidance field panels poured in Skullius' vision, but he ignored them.

When it came to summoning an Apostle, the quality of the corpse was important since it formed a baseline for what kind of power the Apostle it produced would start with. Additionally, if the quality of the corpse was great enough, some of its racial qualities and abilities could even be retained as it awakened as an Apostle.

The goblin quickly got on one knee.

Araeyn and Red Rage gave it wary looks. For some reason, they felt threatened by this new addition and they both couldn't tell why. It certainly wasn't because it was innately stronger than both of them, and that confused them all the more.

"My Liege..." the Apostle said and it looked at Skullius. "Why do you appear especially surprised with me? Did you, perchance, expect so little from me?"

...!!!

Skullius gaped.

What?

What did the Apostle say? How did it know?

"Please. Allow me the chance to demonstrate my worth," the Apostle continued.

"Skullius!" Serenity suddenly called right then.

"What?" Skullius cried aloud.

He got an ugly sense of déjà vu. What was it now? Was another Apostle going to screw him

over?

"Skullius! You have struck gold!" Serenity said. There was a bizarre cheer in her voice. "You've just summoned a..."

But the Apostle beat Serenity to the punch.

He made Skullius aware of what he was excitedly and with great confidence.

"You may yet understand, my Liege. I am a Nulliergrapher - one who divides territories in the Null Verse. I may yet be valuable to you."