User blog:Baluar/God Eater: Fall of the Heavens, chapter 15: A darker shade of Eldritch

They could call themselves lucky. Not because their decided location was any better than the rest, but because they made it there when the monstrosity was almost starving.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have lived to tell the tale.

As Lyrr and Nanako walked through the outer parts of the city, where buildings were distant from one another and a strange sand had covered everything, they felt their surroundings were freezing. It was as though the wind had brought over from Antarctica the gelid temperatures natural from that continent. They wouldn't openly complain (since ultimately it was nothing but a distraction for the experienced duo), but those were not the circumstances either of them would prefer to wage battle against their enemies. Not to mention that the frozen temperatures could attract Fallen Aragami adapted to the cold, and more Aragami were the last thing they would prefer to see.

But the wastes were frozen. Large extensions of frozen ground dotted with the occasional building typical of the area, now encased in ice that looked unlike anything else they had ever seen.

-It looks like it's... purple? - Nanako said. What she said was correct: in large amounts, the accumulated ice seemed to encase everything with a purple aura.

-It's beautiful. - Lyrr commented.

-And deadly. - Nanako replied. - This is undoubtedly of Aragami origin. If we don't watch our step, we might end up being Aragami dinner.

-I'm always on the lookout, Ms. Kawashima. Always. - Lyrr said.

They really expected to see more than just the occasional Fallen Ogretail, but the truth was that everything not adapted to that extreme cold would die. Humans just couldn't resist the freezing temperatures, and most Aragami's Oracle Cells wouldn't adapt quickly enough to the change. Nanako and Lyrr could barely make do with their clothes, and the latter had resorted to picking up a jacket that was in a random building they were investigating.

Only after a long while their wishes were fulfilled, in the worst possible way.

Their enemy only appeared after they decided to return to base, causing tremors in its wake. Lyrr and Nanako dodged in opposite directions before an immense being surfaced from the ice beneath their feet. Its body reeked of putrefaction, its purple hue identical to the one of the ice encasing the now distant buildings, its tentacles moving like they had a will of their own.

-Looks like your warning wasn't so outlandish, Ms. Kawashima. This tentacled monstrosity literally came from the ground below. - Lyrr said. He changed his God Arc to gun mode and aimed towards the purple monster the size of a small Ouroboros. - Now, shall we begin?

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