NOVPUBPov Yara’s:
The trials that Xagar, Fiona and Kiara went through didn’t matter to me, I didn’t spare more than an occasional glance at them, that’s because I was here with a purpose in mind.
"(The oracle can’t be right... I thought it was a legend.)" (I)
"(Make no mistake my child, the legend was something that someone waited for a long time to happen, waited longer than this universe exists.)" (Goddess Mavis)
Receiving the words of the Goddess and having part of it being carried within me in this way was something that even the Saint who created me did not experience Dora of extinction events, this shows how interested the Goddess is in this matter.
As soon as I entered the Blood Goddess Divine Beast looked at me, she must have noticed and made it very clear, but I am grateful that she did not share her discovery with others.
Just as the Goddess pointed out, I kept an eye on the images of the woman called Zaya, her combat with Zenos was just something normal, her physical capabilities are interesting in their functioning, the way her muscles behave, her bone structure, like her blood it seems to flow through the body, the way your body freezes when tired.
There are many inconsistencies in your body, all living creatures have flaws, those who are strong may be slow or have little defense, those who are strong with magic may have weak bodies, those who have a strong body may have a weaker mind or Soul weak, all life has a balance, there is no perfect garlic.
Even Zenos, who is an aberration for the Goddess because he manages to circumvent all these concepts in strange ways, is still not a perfect creature, in fact his imperfection lies in his great versatility, because he has so many different powers he will never be able to reach the capabilities of those concentrated on just one type of power.
User of many powers and master of none, Zenos is not perfect, but the Lady of the Grave next to him comes very close, at least in the physical aspect, I wish I was there to see and feel it all for myself.
"(I can say she’s exceptional, but she’s been there for a while and I don’t understand.)" (I)
"(What’s special about her?)" (I)
Having such a good body is strange, but in this Dungeon there are many strange people, freaks like Zenos and incomprehensible creatures like her Familiars, even though she is definitely special, I don’t see what the Goddess might want to see from me.
I continued to watch her combat, clearly she was improving at a frightening level, she moved her body in an increasingly precise and fluid way, she managed to extract the best possible movements towards the end, but the difference in power was still too big.
I heard Elizabeth talking to the others about the other candidates for Herald of Zenos, but in my opinion they were all inadequate, their motivations lacking Faith and maturity.
A Herald must be someone who has already embarked on a path worthy of the God in which his Faith finds himself and is advanced enough on that path to guide those who follow, but these would-be Heralds that Zenos chose are immature and have not even entered into his ways, he is being equally immature.
I never know what he’s thinking, but I can’t say anything since his results for some reason always end up being acceptable and in some cases even surprising.
"(This power...)" (I)
When I saw her sucking the power from the tree was when my attention focused solely on her, that power was the manipulation of Life, something that only a Saint of Life and those like me who originate from her should be able to do.
She didn’t just suck out the Vitality, she commanded the Vitality to be absorbed, visually the two things may be similar, but they are fundamentally different.
Soon the second part of the fight began and she began to use her powers more actively, the transformation of her body was something that took me by surprise because I saw the energies in her hands, Life and Death.
"(I will help you feel...)" (Goddess Mavis)
"..." (I)
Suddenly I could feel the image as if I were there, I could feel the Vitality and the energy of Life of everything I was seeing, I could also feel the presence of Zenos and the powers of both of them, I had to try a little not to let it go my emotions show on my face.
With that I saw the fight continue and the surprise was only increasing the more inconceivable the situation was escalating.
Manipulating a living creature, even a plant, into a new form while strengthening, using its death as a sacrifice to reanimate into an Undead stronger and more resistant to the one that caused its death, ultimately reversing Life and Death while keeping the Two Through a Curse is shocking to say the least.
"(What is this? How can she manipulate Life and Death at the same time?)" (I)
"(She received the power of Tarzor, Life is a Curse, death is a Curse, and she herself became the curse of existence.)" (Goddess Mavis)
"(An imitation of the cycle of life and existence, but the mere fact that such an imitation exists is worthy of my admiration.)" (Goddess Mavis)
Life and Death representing the beginning as well as the end, the Curse representing the countless transformations between the two extremes in place of Chaos, when I realized how she is using her power, I also understood how she could evolve in the future.
"(Goddess, won’t she...?)" (I)
"(Maybe so or maybe not, but the mere fact that such a possibility exists is worthy of my observation.)" (Goddess Mavis)
"(Do not say or think about it now, others must not know about it before Zenos completes his Ascension.)" (Goddess Mavis)
While I was still lost in thought I noticed Elizabeth’s eyes on me and was questioned by her about Zaya, so I tried to be as vague as possible while pointing out the path she would discover the truth.
"You don’t understand the kind of power she has now and the kind of power she will acquire if Zenos turns her into a Herald." (I)
With just a few words she fell into thought and seems to have understood at least part of it, but that must have made her realize what I was hiding.
"Is your Goddess watching? How long?" (Elizabeth)
"You do not need to know." (I)
"..." (Elizabeth)
There was no reason to respond, I’m just letting her know because I’ll need her later to calm down Zenos who doesn’t realize what she’s doing.
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Pov Zenos: 𝖓𝖔𝖛𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝖔𝔪
Zaya was still passed out when I returned to the place where Karina and Alice were, but as the hours passed everyone came back together in the same place that was now surrounded by sacred magical circles.
"Let’s start again and see if I understand." (I)
"You made her fight almost to the death?" (I)
"Talking like that makes it seem like I did something bad..." (Layla)
"YOU MADE HER FIGHT ALMOST TO THE DEATH!!! OF COURSE IT’S BAD!!!" (I)
"I thought they were supposed to make the trials hard enough as if their lives depended on it, that’s what you said, idiot master." (Layla)
"It was just for looks, you Demonic Fairy! Just for looks! I wouldn’t risk any of their lives!!" (I)
"See Sakura and Nix!" (I)
"They performed spiritual and mental trials by deceiving the other two to give them a sense of danger!" (I)
"Only a certain idiot waged a war to the death!" (I)
"She didn’t die and I was ready to stop before she died!" (Layla)
"I’m going to... let go of me! I want to slap that Demonic fly pretending to be a Fairy!!!" (I)
"Let’s all calm down, there’s no need to go that far." (Alice)
"Master, you know how Layla behaves, we can even consider this a good scenario since she did her job." (Nix)
"It was a bit extreme, but Kiara is alive and went through this ordeal, so let’s calm down." (Sakura)
"..." (I)
Sigh
"I’ll leave that aside for now, but we’re not done with this conversation yet." (I)
I look at all 4 of them still lying on the floor, Kiara was completely healed but I could feel the lack of power in her.
Xagar was mentally unstable and yet he seemed fine, his Aura was stronger and heavier.
Fiona had a similar presence to Veronica, but being more aggressive, other than that I don’t see many changes.
Zaya is still the same as before, her ordeal was never for anything specific, I just wanted to see the limits of her power and I’m more than happy with what I learned, her personality is also very good, Hinata also seems to have liked her and was rubbing her head while she was still unconscious.
"(Apart from Zaya, all the other 3 have traces of my Essence in their Auras, they absorbed some of the Essence showing that everything should be ok for the next step.)" (I)
"Alice, how is everything?" (I)
"I managed to bring a large amount of Holy Power to this area with Karina’s help." (Alice)
"Everything is fine to begin with." (Karina)
"Let’s give them a few more minutes to rest." (I)
