The two Deific Explorers were female, and unlike the rest of the Explorers below they were not wearing any armor, their clothes would be described by Rowan as a Ceremonial Robe, colored silver with black fittings, their green skin and long red hair glowed despite the darkness, and waves of Aura radiated from their bodies that seemed to make the darkness easier to bear for those below.
These were the two people he was most interested in, and every moment that he spent scanning through their Aura he was learning so much and tweaking the Ascendant Technique taking shape inside his body.
A Deific Explorer was a step away from Ascendancy and they controlled many Natal Treasures meaning they were filled with more of the World's Will, yet they were still weak enough that Rowan could read them like a book.
With their souls, he was sure he would be able to patch together a lot of the holes he had about the current state of this realm, which was good because, with the broken state of his consciousness, there was no way he could digest the soul of an Immortal Ascendant.
The weapons the Explorers brought out from their storage devices resembled staffs, around four feet long with intricate Rune words etched onto both ends, there was not much difference between the staffs a Heroic Explorer and the Legend Ranked Explorer held except for the Runic Words becoming more plentiful and complex.
A part of his consciousness node was already taking apart these Runes, using the foundation of the languages he already collected from the souls of the dead Explorers. Rowan's eyes which were a bit clouded in thought focused on the battle that had just commenced below.
There were no orders given, but the three thousand Explorers raised their staffs and an invisible ball of force coalesced around the end of their staffs and a part of the Runes etched on the staff vanished in a conflagration of scarlet fire.
Using Aura sight Rowan saw a surprising thing. The energy around the ends of the staffs was not Aura but was pure kinetic forces, but it was not derived from Ascendant Aura but from Calamity's.
The Deific Explorers did not make any move, seemingly content in watching the battle, it was not hard for Rowan to piece together that they were on the lookout for him. This event had all the hallmarks of a trap, and their ships were disabled by something or someone in the dark who was clearly more powerful than the mindless monstrosities below.
This pattern continued three more times, and amazingly enough, the Calamities did not overthrow these Explorers despite their number which should have been in the millions and there were signs that they were being pushed back, although Rowan knew that would not be the case for long, for already the number of higher ranked Calamities was increasing, and so was their ability to tank the damages from the force bolts.
Despite the terrible state they found themselves in, the Calamities were thriving, for death was their sustenance. Something would have to change or sooner rather than later, the Explorers would be overrun.
The staffs turned out to be disposable weapons after all and they had to be replaced after just three shots, the Runes etched on them burned out quickly leaving dry flaky bones that shattered to pieces when dropped to the ground and new staffs were retrieved to continue the slaughter.
For now, the tides were in favor of the Explorers, in seven well-timed force salvos, they had decimated hundreds of thousands, and if not for the Calamities coming from behind that continually ate the mounds of flesh on the ground, the bodies of the dead would have formed a mountain. The explosions and sounds from this battle spread out and rippled the surfaces of the surrounding waters.
However, Rowan was surprised when there was no visible growth in the bodies of the Explorers after the mountain of death they had dealt, but a quick memory search informed him of this reason.
To gain the Aura of the Fallen and boost your growth to a higher rank, a part of your Aura must be entwined with the killing blow. In this instance, each of the Explorers had killed thousands by now, but none of the energy used came from their bodies, in fact, they were using the powers of Calamity against Calamity.
This was a shame, Rowan thought, he had wanted to fatten up these Explorers before he devoured them in order to push his ascension to a higher level much more quickly, but a thought occurred to Rowan on how he might solve this problem and he quickly began
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