Brimful Depravation
Chapter 77: Equivalent Exchange.

Chapter 77: Chapter 77: Equivalent Exchange.

Khallyon procures to resist the insane pain, having both hands with shattered bones and nails, along burned flesh with boiling blood due to the green magma cursing through the wooden bark like skin of the Perennence Trader.

The monster is all smiles across the wrinkles of its hooded robe, a tendency visible on the sharp rows of silver teeth hidden under the mysticism provided by the darkness that does not allow anyone to have a good glance of this Creature’s real head.

The Perennence Trader deviates his sight to observe the spinning silver dices, carving their way through the air, but ultimately, falling to the floor.

Upon contact, the strange glyphs on the dice glitch, showing for an instant that the faces of those cubes have the numbers from one to six, just to be replaced again with the glyphs.

The dices bounce off the ground, falling for the second time; The glyphs are distorted again, showing the numbers, except that this time, they are from two to twelve.

This pattern is repeated three more times, increasing the overall numbers, but after the fifth bounce, both dices suddenly stop in mid air, motionless for a full second, only to fall flat on the floor as if the gravity was abruptly heightened on that specific spot; Showing a 36 on the upper face of both cubes.

{You have to be shitting me!, Not only did this Creature blatantly cheat, but make it have the highest possible combination too... , I don’t know what that means, but can’t be good...}

The two glyphs representing the numbers 36 on the dice, are separated from the object floating to mingle with their twin counterpart.

The result, an ephemeral 72 that is transformed into an ethereal hieroglyph that flies towards one of the stone like arms of the Perennence Trader, as the dices levitate too, spinning in opposite orbits with the immaterial creation as their anchor.

The dices are intercepted by one of the Creature’s free hands; This in turn causes the Hieroglyph to approach and merge with Khallyon’s chest, infiltrating the Rogue Cadet’s body without destroying his clothing.

However, this is just the beginning, as the Young Man feels his toes being compressed, followed by his feet, heels, ankles, shins and finally his knees.

The indescribable pain that is being experienced by Khallyon is causing his weakened legs to tremble uncontrollably, as if they were extremely feeble.

This is not figurative, the Young Man’s muscles have been removed, sucked out of him without ripping his flesh nor producing massive hemorrhages.

His surprise is immense, but incomparable to the pain that passes through his assaulted muscles, only to worsen, as his testicles are crushed, along with his penis.

Trembling and withering in pain, he manages to keep standing on his now rickety legs; Sweating and gritting his teeth to drown his agonic grunts, as his torso and chest are now suffering the same extraction process.

The Rogue Cadet does not let himself fall to the ground; Is irrelevant how high is the Category Singularity of the Perennence Trader; After all, this thing is infinitely weaker than any of the Imperishable Entities, and Khallyon withstood still their harassment until the "Vitality" was drained out from him.

{Shouldn’t I be losing "Vitality" right now too?}

The question distracts Khallyon from the pain that is creeping over his arms, neck and head; Though his perception is flawed, as what he is experiencing, it is a completely different situation than the casual, harmless banters of the Imperishable Entities.

The Rogue Cadet starts sensing a scorching feeling, burning him from everywhere of his body, but simultaneously, this is transforming in a focused stream that is flowing in a massive channelization towards his hands.

A second later, the hieroglyph pops out from Khallyon’s chest, separating itself into two glyphs and returning to their rightful spots in the dices faces, allowing the Young Man to separate his wounded hands from the Creature’s.

* -72 Perennence *

Khallyon’s sight blurrs for a moment, the notification is evident yet unwelcomed, as the Perennence Trader must be capable of actually "Kill" others, not just "Taking them Down" as most People and Creatures usually does.

* -72% Integrity *

* +24 Shard Space *

* +7.2% Overcharge *

* +432 Renown *

* " Trade 6/5 ": +360 Renown *

* Rank 1 *

A Shard materialize from the dices, and floats towards Khallyon’s left hand, merging with him, as the Perennence Trader has a bunch of maddening smiles, shaping its small hooded robe.

Breathlessly, pained, and with a hint of sarcasm, Khallyon stands upright, overcoming his weakened state "It was a pleasure doing business with you".

The Creature nods, coating its silver teeth with a light green neon liquid that seems corrosive, because it gives a new and shining appearance to each tooth.

"Rlaykhe Wrayz"; Replies the Perennence Trader in a deep, tetric and menacing growl; Sliding back to the location of his original spawning, removing the [Slow Motion Zone] and rippling the floor, sinking into the softened ground of the Cafeteria, disappearing as spontaneously as it arrived.

Khallyon looks ridiculous with how loose his clothes are, and somehow, his trousers are kept in place by his virility.

Although, the Young Man has lost his normal thickness, the length remains objectively the same, a fact that is shamelessly checked by Naíndra, causing the latter to snort in amusement, only to feel the gushing pained mess he currently is, grunting with agonic annoyance.

"You are unbelievable Wacky Whore!"; Admonishes Mätzeniä the indecent behavior and actions perpetrated by the Vixen Bombshell "How could you really check first his?... , his... , That thing between his legs before asking!, How he is?!".

Naíndra smirks "Is not obvious?, Why would I waste time asking something that I can see clearly?... , Do you think I am that insensitive?!... , Come on!, I fix the belt of Khallyon’s pants, so you don’t have to see his, How did you call it?, ’That thing’, *Pfft Haha*, Proudtzeniä"...

The Haughty Lady is about to retort against Naíndra for her lack of maturity; Unbeknown to her, that is the way the Vixen Bombshell develope herself to deal with situations that surpass her to the point of being completely impotent and powerless.

Nevertheless, both see Khallyon walking away, taking all their attention, as the Rogue Cadet analyze Rulma’s condition, and seeing her arguably stable but unconscious state; He moves towards Kryannette...