Goddess Rising: An Isekai LitRPG Fantasy by Rain Harlow & Niki Prince

Author:Rain Harlow & Niki Prince [Harlow, Rain & Prince, Niki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Royal Guard Publishing LLC
Published: 2024-05-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 36

The Hall of Reflection

The final leg of her journey through the transitory realm was one where she seemed to walk upside down over long narrowing facets headed toward another point. Many facets were twisting and flowing to that point, each some other gleaming pattern of color and light. But here, Sammy’s walk was repeated in each facet and they inexorably drew together with each step.

Reflections in many mirrored worlds becoming one.

At the end was another circular mirror face. Behind it, from its edges, she felt tremendous light and power waiting…

Her reflection was… odd. She looked similar to Azure, but more like she had been when they’d linked and unified in power — her skin itself was a gleaming, liquid-seeming mirror, and she wore a light, diaphanous dress of sky blue. It was strange to look like her, but it was just the mirror itself. Her own body was still actually covered in armor.

The mirror also had a handle, she realized. It was a door. She reached for it-

‘Samantha.’ She froze immediately and held her breath as the Fortuneteller addressed her. Mirrored Azure’s eyes were wide looking back at her in the door. ‘When you open this door, the light of the Hall will take you. Do not look directly into sideway portals unless you Find One You’re Looking For or it is an emergency. It is easy to be drawn into them, especially when you feel a pull. Resist the pull. This is a place of intent. Go where you intend only.

‘Once the door is open, you will find the pathways less arduous to walk to get here again. This is your most obvious section, but there are always other ways. Other keys and triggers. For now, go only toward the end. Take any stairs upward you find. If you get to the elevators, take it to the top. You want to go to the top.

‘Do not dawdle. The more [Difference] you take with you when you leave, the greater the risk to reality and the System’s response. High levels are a greater shield, as are other tricks eventually, but you don’t have the luxury yet. Keep moving.

‘Avoid other various incarnations. If you ever feel a dread presence, flee. Run. Do not engage, converse, or attempt to fight. Get away until that dread is gone. Otherwise, you’ll be destroyed. Or worse.’

Sammy swallowed a lump in her throat. “Great. Yeah. Okay. Easy. Um… FT? I’m… she’s not… we’re not like, the same… person?” She gestured at ‘herself’ in the mirror, i.e. Azure. “Because that would be super-weird…”

Exasperation and disappointment flared out from the amalgamated entity. ‘No, you’re not the same person, you fool! You can be One in joining with another without being the same. That’s a rudimentary symbolic concept! What you see — Her Perfect Reflection — simply lets you know you’ve come to the right place.’

“Alright, alright… sorry. Just wanted it to not be as weird, is all…”

‘You will not hear from me inside, nor can you access your realm.

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