I arrived back into my home music still playing from my tablet, although noticeably my tablet seemed overheated. I quickly ran my hand across the table shutting the tablet off to cool it down.
I sighed and looked out the window, it was turning 6:30 P.M. I Stayed quiet for a while thinking over what had happened over the day, I remembered her reaction, I could feel how broken she was.... I only hoped she could find her solace.
It reminded me that this world was real, it was so very real, the emotions were real, the struggle was real, the pain was real...
It reminded me of the countless times Peter has been broken and how difficult it must've been for him... I only hoped I wouldn't ever been in their position.
Although realizing how easily one could be betrayed it steeled my resolve further to be stronger, to not be one of the pawns that can be moved without consequences, I would not be a toy of someone else damn it.
*Sigh* "Well I got the stone... but now I need to kill the Dragon..."
I recognized the dragon from my previous mental excursion anywhere, it bled greed like no other, it was Fafnir the Greedy, The true Fafnir. If there weren't hell lords he would truly be the embodiment of greed.
Logistically speaking I could probably kill him using raw Haki and with the combination of both Aether and the Visionary path I could probably do it with immense ease and make sure no one else noticed.
I would only have to use my mythical creature form and sequence 4 powers to be able to quietly evacuate people, making reality to temporarily believe there was an earthquake and it would probably just take a short while before everyone evacuate before I began my clash with the Dragon.
The problem was the aftermath, the aftermath was something I was unsure of, Fafnir could no doubt crush mountain in by himself with pure power, and if we clashed I'm sure the mountains themselves would flatten under the weight of our power.
This was why I needed the Norn stones, I needed to find a method to stop us from changing the landscape, either moving us somewhere no one would notice or creating a barrier of sorts to hide us in.
This was the crux of our issue, the crux behind fighting the Fafnir and killing him. I could maybe place him a slumber and hope he doesn't awaken...
But that would just delay the inevitability of something forcing him to awaken so I'd rather cut the problem earlier rather than later.
=Time skip=
The wind howled like a mourning hymn as Dr. Kaslana stepped through the splintered doors of the abandoned stave church nestled deep within the Norwegian fjords.
The moon hung low, its silver light spilling through broken stained-glass windows, casting fractured reflections on the timeworn pews and rotting altar.
The scent of old pine and ash lingered—memories etched into the wooden bones of the sanctuary.
Auro walked with deliberate grace, his boots barely echoing across the warped floorboards.
The Observation Haki flowing information into his head its divination like abilities piercing through the lingering magic, the church was stale, no would be able to tell there was a magical object of immense important just below it.
The Kaslana gaze landed on the floor board, magic bleeding from below it. Quickly I kneeled enhancing my right arm with Armament Haki. I breathed controlling my fist before slamming it onto the wood below revealing the Norn stone.
It's constellation glowing bright, I lowered my right arm. Observation Haki still pulsing in my eyes until the moment I touched it... my Observation Haki began piercing into the truth of Norn stone, it showed me something; something that I didn't expect...
It showed me magic, it showed me the liquid within my Aether.... I could see the patterns it followed for a spell to be cast, I could feel the way it pushed against Aether, I could hear it... the voice of all things.
I quickly retracted my hand from the stone; Burst stepping backwards.... I noticed it a flaw in my technique which was invisible to me just a moment before... I was leaking mana when I used Burst step... it was so very far from complete...
'Wait... was this what the Norn stone? It just gives you insight into magic? No wonder it gave untold amount of power, it relied on the intelligence of the user...'
I opened my mouth breathing a Sigh of exhaustion before saying.
"You're not gonna make this easy are you? *Sigh* Although I don't think I'll have to worry that much considering the immense talent of my bloodline.."
Kaslana's are genetic monsters. They're naturally adept at combat, even without formal training. Reflexes, instinct, and sheer determination are quite literally hardwired into them. In most iterations, they're:
Extremely fast learners,
Capable of adapting mid-battle.
Known to fight even when mortally wounded
Although It seemed Kiana only got the last 2 considering her grades I quietly snicker to myself.
Considering the quite literal Generational Talent I have I should be capable to at least be able to get myself quite far.
I lowered the concentration of my Observation Haki before picking up the stone, and instead of the instantaneous feedback I felt at first I could feel the way it manipulated the mana around it to make its stone shell near indestructible.
Countless runes were placed around and within the stone, focusing purely on making the stones indestructible.
Looking at the stone I quietly examined it, it was beautiful, the way the stone seemed to be a sort of liquid darkness covered in stars. It was like looking into liquid metal and seeing sprinkles of gold mixed in but rather than silver it was dark and black and instead of gold sprinkles it looked like constellation.
Finishing my examination I quietly put it in my messenger bag, casting an illusion atop it so no would notice it I made sure to keep my psychological invisibility activated as I began making my way out of Norway.