The passing meteors numbered in the thousands and the lights from their passing were beautiful, as their descent through Trion's atmosphere triggered numerous interactions with the elements contained in the Major World creating stunning lights and sounds.
With their passing through the atmosphere, it triggered shockwaves that sounded like countless cracks of thunder.
The entire hundred miles convoy ground to a halt. This night was one that was filled with endless spectacle, and many among them were clutching their chest in excitement. The children screamed in fear and excitement at the loud sounds and the beautiful lights.
Nearly half the population of Trion paused and stared at the skies, from the mortals to Earth gods. It would be difficult to describe the emotion inside their heart but everyone felt it. Change was coming.
As the meteors entered Trion, some of them began to explode, flinging vast clouds of colorful dust that burned so hot it resembled the dawn of a million suns, such a spectacular scene was drawing gasps from the millions of people on the caravan, and undoubtedly a larger part of Trion.
This commotion was enough to rouse the Lightning Kirin from his slumber and she looked to the skies and screamed out in shock,
"Circe… the sky is falling!"
Circe could not help but smile, "An over-exaggeration don't you think Archie? It's just a meteor shower, nothing to be concerned about, you can go back to sleep."
The Lightning Kirin's eyes blazed with silver fire as she investigated the meteors and she gasped before calling out with a cheeky tone,
"nothing to be concerned about she says… go back to sleep she says…" Archimedes rolled her eyes before screaming once more, "Look! It is not just meteors, those are crystalized Aethers straight from the universe and they are all untainted! Those are all good stuff, we need to grab some of them, they would be essential to your growth towards the Rank of Pyre Lord as you Dominators call it. It would even aid me in the formation of my core."
Circe considered the option for a while and shook her head from side to side, "How can you so quickly forget our position and mission? Laying low after the massive disaster we've caused is normal, not hunting for crystallized Aether.
"I have enough resources to push me towards the Earth god level, and you have refused to use the resources given to you by Rowan, besides, what could be more important to me than our union? The reason I can reach these heights is due to you, and I don't need anything else. We don't need anything else, at the Earth god level I will be able to assist you to push for divinity."
"Awwwnnn… how cute," Archimedes chuckled, before she snapped with annoyance, "but you are missing the point, inside each of those meteors are vast amounts of non-attributeless Aether gathered from the universe, it's a very rare occurrence and maybe the Mithril explosion caused some atmospheric level disturbance that dragged those meteors down to the earth. My point is, each of those meteorites is priceless!"
Circe bit her lips in thought before making a decision, "I don't care, I will not risk our well-being to quickly gain power, we have a plan, and we will follow through with it. Slow and steady. There will be no more repeat of what happened tonight with the Mithril ever again…. I don't think my heart will be able to handle it. We should only kill those who deserve to die, or else what makes us any different from those we hunt? My heart is set on this matter."
Archimedes grumbled in irritation and whispered to herself, but Circe heard her, "That is because you have the heart of a coward inside you, and it is restricting you from gaining more power due to its weakness.
"When will you learn that morality without the strength to back it up in this world is useless? You describe a utopia, but look around you Circe, we are in hell, and we are either the predator or the prey. When we find Rico and take back your heart then perhaps in your complete form the true nature of our situation will dawn on you."
There might be truth to that statement that Circe did not want to consider at this time. The heart beating inside her was not her own, and although it had grown stronger as Circe climbed the ranks of power, it was a severe limiting factor to her rise.
She could not effectively channel the power she wanted and had to be extra imaginative when she unleashed her abilities to go around the weakness of the heart.
Suddenly the earth below them shook, as several concussive blasts rang out, even with the fact that the carriage was covering several feet of the ground, they could still feel the impact, and Circe had to cover the interior of their carriage with a cushion of air to avoid any delicate appliances to be broken.
Archimedes looked outside in alarm before a grin broke out on her feline face and she began to laugh, "It would seem that the decision is out of your hands, a large number of meteorites seems to have landed around the caravan, don't tell me you will refuse the meat pressed against your lips?"
Circe did not bother replying to the Lightning Kirin, as she busied herself with wearing a thick robe and wrapping her face with enchanted silk. Some of the members of the caravan had a tradition of covering their faces so she did not look out of place when she stepped out of her vehicle.
She refused to hunt for the meteorites in the sky but it would be foolish to ignore such tangible benefits when it was in front of her. Ordering the vehicle to enter defensive mode, Circe quickly moved through the gathering crowd in front of her.
Feeling a slight weight on her left shoulders as Archimedes alighted on it wearing the shape of a crow, she began to proceed towards the site of the crashes.
There were five prominent craters scattered a few miles in the distance, and already thousands of people were beginning to slowly move to investigate what had landed.
Circe was among the first and began to move faster, if Archimedes was correct, this special Aether from the universe would be enough to push her ahead faster than she had anticipated. This would be a good thing because she expected that the hunt for whoever caused the disaster on the Boreas Family stronghold was about to intensify.
