Artifact

Myriad Reality

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Then I will be the picky one. And the “where” is hard to explain, but we’ll get to it after we’ve helped you.

@Valiance

Why do you care who it is?

Myriad Reality

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You aren't picky?

@Valiance

Not this time. Where’s that stop you want to make?

Myriad Reality

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Don’t get too banged up before we’re done. I’d like to make a stop of my own before we retire, and you’ll need to be in one piece.

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How much easier?

@Valiance

*From within the gate, rolling hills adorned with gems and precious metals fill the landscape in every direction, dotted with cities scattered on the horizon*
I may be worse off than when we met, but I don’t have a death wish yet. From here, we track down one of the residents and call it a day.

Myriad Reality

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No exaggeration, “machine-like”…

@Valiance

Yeah. And it only gets easier from here.

Myriad Reality

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*Rolls through the opening immediately afterward and faces the guardian through the crack*

@Valiance

*Sighs, wincing as I tap one of the burns*
Nice job out there. You just might live up to expectations.

Myriad Reality

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*Presses into it with my full body*
That’s it.

@Valiance

Well done!
*Yanks my arm out of the damaged core and bursts through the opening you make*

Myriad Reality

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I never wanted to kill it anyway.
*Flips to my feet, leans back and then lurches forward, gripping the gate and digging my fingers into the material*

@Valiance

*The gates creaks and gives, inch by inch*

Myriad Reality

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*Soars past you overhead, then stops running, falling toward the gate and slamming into it with a massive dropkick*

@Valiance

Make it quick! This one isn't staying dead!

Myriad Reality

Myriad Reality

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*The shards that make up my body swarm and encapsulate you in a sphere, leaving no room for escape*

@Nimda

You ilk aren’t nearly as impressive alone, huh?
*Rams an armored wrist through the core, while the energy released from beneath its surface burns at my skin*