On Astral Tides - Book Six - The Conclave: A Modern-day return of magic LitRPG by Ship Teaser

Author:Ship Teaser [Teaser, Ship]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2025-02-22T00:00:00+00:00

The Imperial Palace in the Boundary was a riotous sight. The roof was open to the heavens, silvery lightning flickering in the skies overhead. The walls around us were draped with chains of coloured paper lanterns, which burned with unearthly colours. The floors were tiled in stunning mosaics, and unlike many places in the Boundary which looked strange and hideous, the Palace had a beauty all of its own.

Beside me Shaeula and Eri had appeared. I still had grave misgivings about allowing Eri to come along, but she was so adamant and determined, that I had been unable to refuse, especially as my sis and Hyacinth had supported her. “Eri…” I spoke, my tone serious, and she looked at me, a trace of guilt warring with resolve in her onyx eyes.

“I know. I won’t take any unnecessary risks. But… do you think I could be happy if I stayed behind and more people died?” She hefted her axe. “Sure, I’m not a good person, I’m selfish, I don’t really care about other people, except those I like, but… I care about you, Akio. I know how hard you must be taking this.”

“Indeed. Well said, Eri.” Shaeula approved, admiring the scenery. Numerous balls of flame were drifting around the skies, and my Eye identified them as an assortment of Yōkai, such as Hitodama, the souls of the deceased. Around each of them clustered hundreds of lesser spirits, foggy, milky orbs, fragments of animal and human appearances jumbled together in haphazard constellations.

“We should not-not tarry here. I sense a powerful presence deeper in the palace, it would not-not do to provoke it.” She raised her voice then. “Ruler of this place, forgive our intrusion. We shall-shall be leaving!”

Yes, this is definitely a Territory controlled by something. It felt strong, perhaps as strong as my own, although there wasn’t the oppressive resistance one felt when pressing through an Anchored one. Even so, faint wisps of aether and elemental essence were leaving us, drifting into the air to be absorbed, and Eri was finding it especially hard, her face pale and her movements slow.

I think the Palace is a dungeon too, it seems noticeably bigger than it should. My Eye glowed, and I could see a faint violet tinge in the air, the space around us distorted.

“There’s no time. We have to run.” I snatched Eri up in my arms, in the same manner I had carried Ren-san. Eri blushed, despite the seriousness of the situation.

“That looks quite-quite fun. I should like that in the future, Akio.” Shaeula teased, her pinwheels ready on hand. “But for now, we should make haste-haste. Grulgor, I would find his presence reassuring now, but he is not-not the fool he once was, he should be-be able to understand when Aiko explains the situation.”

Racing out of the magnificent palace, the Hitodama and other Yōkai making a path for us, the ruler of the place obviously unwilling to fight, we bounded out into the streets of Kyoto, the riot of colours and lights feeling quite different to the suburbs of Tokyo or the mountains of my hometown.

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