?Rowan had reached the end of this space and he had time to check out the bodies in detail, wondering why it was left behind and not taken like everyone else and he soon had the answers.

The heads of the Primordial Keepers were missing so he could not see their facial features, and their bodies were wrapped in black robes, even in death, their ethereal nature was still present as now and then, their bodies seemed to fade in and out of reality. 𝐟reewb𝚘𝐯𝐞l.c𝚘m

He had never expected to find dead Primordial Keepers inside this place, and it strikes Rowan as amusing that at the same time, the Primordial Keepers came to collect his soul when he was a mortal beneath the light of the Red Moon, someone else had done much worse and they had been inside their domain, perhaps if they had not been so focused on him and they had looked up, they might have seen the dead bodies of their kin.

Nevertheless, he was not here for the past, he would understand it and learn from it, his goal was for the future, and his light had reached the end of this land. Nothing was stopping him from claiming it, his abilities to seed worlds came from a Primordial, and like everything those beings were capable of, it was mighty.

Taking time to consider what he was about to do would only cripple his decision-making. He might be making a terrible mistake connecting with this skull, but Rowan was ready to destroy the three consciousnesses he had placed inside this World Seed if he came across a problem he could not control.

With every new revelation about the power and the resources of the Reflections coming to light, he knew he had limited time to act before they became aware of the full nature of his power and responded appropriately. With the time he had bought for himself, if he did not make this move, then the advantages that he paid for would be lost.

The World Seed that had been rotating shuddered before releasing thousands of tendrils, each one stretched for hundreds of light years before burying themselves into every corner of this city and digging towards its foundations which was the skull.

Rowan immediately felt the strain of power consumption, every inch of the skull that his tendrils dug through called for an enormous amount of energy.

It was a good thing then that he had too much Aether from the universe assimilation than he knew what to do with.

Inside the skull, the light of Astrolabe shone bright and connected to the World Seed as vast amounts were siphoned into it.

The World Seed vibrated and then began to shrink as it glowed brighter and with a dull roar, the number of tendrils he released increased from a few thousand to a hundred thousand, at the same time the World Seed expanded to three times its previous size and its sheen changed from gold to a purple gold.

The entire skull shook as the assimilation of the World Seed accelerated.

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Circe watched as Eva, a woman who seemed larger than life began directing her troops. Beneath her fingers was a large hologram with billions of blinking lights and connected to those lights were tiny purple tendrils that led into her shadow, a shadow that covered the entire ground for endless miles.

The feeling in her heart had transcended awe when she noticed that every blinking light was linked to every troop and the Lady of Shadow of connected to all of them. It was as if everyone here was an extension of her Will.

“Precisely,” Eva said and Circe jerked in shock and looked at the Lady of Shadow, was she listening to her thoughts?

Eva’s gaze traveled to Circe’s shadow and Circe followed it, seeing a purple thread linked to her shadow, and understanding washed through her. The Lady of Shadow looked away but Circe could still hear her clearly inside her head.

“Circe, according to Lord Rowan, you are not to participate in this battle, you are here as an observer.”

Circe jerked again, not used to hearing the cool voice of this woman in her head and she frowned in annoyance, although everything she had seen here had thrown her off balance, she was not a coward and was willing to do her part. She was the most powerful member of her family that still lived and it would be shameful that in the battle that would decide all their collective fate she was to be nothing but a bystander.

She closed her eyes and preserved any negative emotions downwards until they were smaller than dust, being emotional was not welcomed at this moment, so organizing her thoughts she responded aloud,

“I beg to differ, Lady of Shadows, you know my capabilities and I would be a useful asset in this fight that is coming. This battle is one that I deserve to fight, and I will not be left behind. If Rowan knows me at all, he would understand that there is no way I would be willing to stand at the sidelines.”

She did not receive any replies for a while and when she wanted to argue her stand further, she heard the cool voice of Eva in her head, “I understand as much, stand beside me, I want to show you something.”

Circe nodded and hurried to her side, swallowing when she came close to Eva. From afar the Lady of Shadow was magnificent, and Circe had never seen a woman more beautiful, her long black hair and purple eyes that briefly flashed with hints of blue lightning were stunning, and her physical appearance was not even the most attention-grabbing aspect of this figure.

It was her Aura. Besides Rowan, she had never felt something so deep. It was like staring into an abyss. You could only see the darkness above, but you knew there was an endless depth inside that could swallow eternity. It was scary and humbling and even with her godlike physique Circe nearly stumbled as she walked up to Eva.

If the Lady of Shadow noticed her misdemeanor, she gave no sign, she simply tapped the air, and Circe began to see images of countless demons and mages, from their weapons to their spells, it swept by so quickly that she had to take some time to process everything she had seen.

“What do you think about the forces of the enemy that I just showed you?” Again Eva spoke directly into the mind of Circe, but she was already getting used to it, and she imagined that perhaps the Lady of Shadow was communicating with billions of troops at the same time, and it was foolish to think that she would devote more of her attention to her preference.

Circe swallowed and began considering everything she had been shown. She had watched the battle between the dominators, demons, and mages before Rowan arrived and shattered everything as if they were nothing but squabbling children.

She would not deny that she felt this army Rowan was putting together was overkill, could he not simply wipe out all opposition as easily as he just did a few moments ago, surely there was no need for all these troops when their leader could end the battle with a snap of his fingers?

“That is where you are wrong,” Eva spoke into her mind, “Everything you had just witnessed was not the true force of the Abyss. These were just the armies they bred inside the Third Dimension, they are inferior stock. The Demons that are coming are the true enemy. You have not seen the true capabilities of the Gods of Trion, or the Mages, plus there is another hidden hand stirring all these elements together. Rowan would be very busy fighting their leaders, we are here to make sure he is given all the support he needs.”