The Primordial Record novel Chapter 320

Chapter 320 A Single Grain of Aether

"...This concludes my report on the matter." Fiona Shadowsoul said, and then her features went serious as the next words spoken were grave, "However there is something that I find really disturbing after I took the time to review the details of the event, and I don't know if such a thing is possible even while searching through all my records…"

She lapsed into silence and they all waited for her to continue, their patience beyond what mortals could understand.

"When I accepted this task from Ohrox, the Prince of Destruction said the person or persons of interest may have powers closer to a god, but they were not necessarily gods." She turned to Kohron, "I believe he said something similar to you."

Not waiting for his reply, she continued, "That statement struck me as odd, but I disregarded it, for there were many methods to acquire great powers even if one was not worthy of wielding it. When he summoned me to stay in his shadow and perform the part of the plan he set out for me, I had no issues with it. I could not see the entire battle up to that point I revealed myself, due to the fact he stressed my Energy Signature must be hidden until the pivotal moment and that mean I cannot peek through his shadow, and let me tell you Ohrox's Shadow was… strange, for his body was more of a construct than tangible flesh. I would personally love to know the technique he is using to achieve something like that. Anyway, I could tell that the individual they faced was powerful, but not overwhelmingly so, most likely it was a god using his Divine Body and not an Anima, but that notion was thrown away when I entered the target's shadow."

Kohron began to fidget, "Get to the point, Crow."

She ignored him, "I could not collect many things from his body, mostly because he had only a few things with him, but there is something that I still feel should be a trick or a glamour, else if it was real, then it would be terrifying…"

Her tone was getting lower, and the atmosphere over the Covenant was becoming solemn, Fiona Shadowsoul was an ancient witch that had lived for an unknown length of time, and there were few things that could make her shaken, and her demeanor showed that.

She continued, "What I detected inside the target's shadow was both frighteningly complex and alien that I could not understand any of it, so I chose to find patterns that would be familiar to me, and I could find none, except for one thing, which was his Aether."

"What was wrong with the Aether?" Arlushan asked,

"It was ordinary, Arlushan, with average potency that would be found in any Major World. But there were two things off about it. The first was its age."