NOVPUBPov Sakura’s:
I was tired of this life, every day there are attacks and more attacks, why can’t I spend a day just taking care of my own things?
This place was supposed to be ready, there isn’t much to do, but with so many attacks happening, I have to continually redo things that have already been done and I still have to spend my time fighting pointlessly.
"When will the damn barrier be in place!?" (I)
"No and they will never succeed, the power of the tree changes very frequently" (Ragnar)
"I can take care of the tree’s power and so..." (I)
"Come on, Sakura..." (Ragnar)
"The kind of power emanating from the tree cannot be perfectly controlled and you know that, even Master wouldn’t be able to do that." (Ragnar)
"But I need to keep the Sacred Beasts safe, but with ever larger waves and waves of armies attacking it’s becoming impossible!" (Sakura)
Sigh
I was at the limit of stress, I have been taking care of the Arboreal Star System as it has been called, the place where the tree was transformed by the master and bonded to me, a place for the Sacred Beasts to gather safely in a home for themselves.
Unfortunately, Actará has become a priority target for the Church of Light and one of the front lines of attack in this cursed Sacred War.
"Our situation is not that bad, the Beast God is unconditionally helping as much as he can." (Ragnar)
"Which is not enough and you know it, the Church of Light is up to something, these attacks are either a distraction, or they are testing our limit of strength for an overwhelming attack." (I)
"If I noticed this, I’m sure God Cratos noticed it too, but we can’t do anything but wait..." (I)
Booommm!!! BOOOMMMM!!!
"..." (me/Ragnar)
With the sound of explosion, I hold hands with Ragnar as I close my eyes, soon my field of vision and my senses expand in different directions everywhere, I am already a Divine being and in this place I am a part of reality, there is nothing that escapes my notice here.
It didn’t take long for me to realize that we were surrounded by golden fire, so with a thought and almost all my power I make the tree create a Divine barrier closing off the space itself.
"That wasn’t the kind of barrier I wanted." (I)
"How long it will last?" (Ragnar)
"If it lasts 1 hour, consider yourself lucky, it will be enough time for Cratos to mobilize his forces, but it won’t be enough, I feel 3 Heroes of Light and I think one of Baldr’s sons." (I)
"Wait! Wasn’t he hiding them? Wasn’t it supposed to be a secret?" (Ragnar)
"In the midst of war, secrets always explode sooner or later." (I)
"It seems this time he wants to put an end to it." (I)
"(If even one of his children is involved, then it won’t be as simple as some heroes.)" (I)
"(All the force that Cratos could lend has already been seen by the enemy, I also don’t think we can wait long enough for reinforcements to arrive.)" (I)
"We have to call Okan, the Master has already awakened and most of us are gathered with him." (Ragnar)
"It’s not easy to do something like this, Okan may be strong, but he..." (I)
"This place is linked to him, so it should be possible if the master works together on the other side." (Ragnar)
"Then let’s not waste any time." (I)
"(I just hope I’m not getting yelled at later.)" (I)
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Pov Zenos:
I tried to get more information from him, but he didn’t say anything else, when I tried to get closer or attack, I couldn’t get more than 3 meters away from him.
I couldn’t get anything else from him, so I paid attention to his presence and Will, I used my own Will to shave some of his skin and perhaps knowing what I wanted to do, he didn’t resist until he made something easier that would have been more difficult.
When I returned to my body, Hinata returned inside me, Zaya was a little bent over and Samara was a little pale, what we did seems to have taken a lot of effort from them.
"Everyone is well?" (I)
"As far as possible... haaa..." (Zaya)
Sigh
"The expenditure of energy was not heavy... but it was difficult to sustain with our Aura Two Divine Presences colliding their Wills." (Samara)
"Did you get what you needed, sir?" (Samara)
"I did it, but I’ll need to talk to Niryna later, for now... I’m going to get a good rest." (I)
"(Master, a representative from... Tarzor has come to see you, she is seeking... a meeting.)" (Zaya)
"Are you talking about that Mother of the Grave?" (I)
"Yes, Tarzor is... waiting to find you..." (Zaya)
"(She knows I woke up several days ago and waited patiently, it seems he wants to know my position on her desire.)" (I)
"(Always something to bother you.)" (I)
"Tell her to stay here for another 2 days, after that I’ll go with her to find Tarzor." (I)
"Yes..." (Zaya)
"Samara, reseal that book and take Hela with you to..." (I)
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I distributed tasks to everyone as well as time to rest, so I went to eat something, I don’t need to eat anymore, but eating in itself is one of the pleasures of life, especially with a good drink alongside.
After eating I went straight to the bathroom where I threw myself into the hot springs to relax at least a little.
"Aahhh..." (I)
Sigh
"I really needed this... nothing like a really relaxing bath..." (I)
There are so many things happening since I woke up, so many things to worry about, so many things to protect, so many people I want to meet and yet I can’t even sleep, I can’t even get drunk and I tried, the only pleasures I have now are eating any amount of food you want and that wonderful bath.
Just these few simple pleasures in life, I just hoped that at least in the bath I could put my problems aside for 1 or 2 hours while floating alone in those heated waters with the steam rising to the starry sky above, this was supposed to be a closed room, but at the time when it was still a Dungeon I had many options to rebuild it as I wanted and a starry sky in the bathroom was quite charming, I just didn’t expect that the illusion I created at that time would become something real now and would even be able to see the Star Palace surrounded by an illusory seed as well as having a strange tree outline.
"At least now the view is even more beautiful..." (I)
"(Master, I need urgent help!)" (Sakura)
"..." (I)
"(Master, are you in the bath?)" (Sakura)
"..." (I)
Sigh
"Am I really cursed? Can’t I even take a shower to rest!?" (I)
"(I would get in touch at another time if it were possible, but I’m in a situation...)" (Sakura)
"Sakura!?" (I)
"(Sorry, I was giving some instructions to Ragnar, he’s helping me.)" (Sakura)
"What’s going on? Where are you?" (I)
I was just taking a shower, but just as I was starting to bond, Sakura’s voice appears in my head and an illusion of her sitting on a wooden lathe appears in front of me.
I was frustrated and angry at being interrupted yet again while trying to relax to the point where I considered looking for a Curse God just to find out if he hates me or something.
But I had to put those things aside when I saw that Sakura’s situation could actually be serious, so I focused on her while I got out of the hot waters putting on some clothes in preparation for action.
"(We are under attack from the Church of Light, we need reinforcements now!)" (Sakura)
"Where are you?" (I)
"(In the Arboreal Star System.)" (Sakura)
"Where is this place?" (I)
"(Where you created the great tree and the place you prepared for the Sacred Beasts to live in was named the Arboreal Star System because of the planet-sized tree.)" (Sakura)
"I’m in Tarzor now, how do I get there?" (I)
"(I can open a path capable of connecting with Okan, but he cannot pass alone, I need you to provide Divine impulse for him, so everyone arrived together with him.)" (Sakura)
"I need 10 minutes to warn everyone, how much time do we have?" (I)
"(Less than 50 minutes approximately, be quick.)" (Sakura)
I didn’t even need to dry myself, just by warming my body the steam started to rise, drying me and the clothes I wore.
"(Call everyone to the mansion, now!)" (I)
"(Yes!!!)" (All Heralds)
Running outside, I was already contacting all my Heralds to gather everyone, in the meantime I went to warn Nira to prepare everyone who can fight and organize an army, something she was willing to do without questions, knowing it was serious.
After speaking with her, I ran back to the mansion where I found my children arriving and all my Heralds gathered, I wasted no time and said what little I know about Sakura’s situation before leaving for the Star Palace.
Inside the Star Palace I let Okan use my shadow to place a Shadow Dragon head to communicate with me.
I told him everything I needed and asked what we had to do, he said he just needed me to pass Divine Power to him and be the link to connect with Sakura.
With everything resolved on my side, I hurriedly contacted Sakura.
"We’re ready, start!" (I)
"(I was waiting for this!)" (Sakura)
Suddenly I felt my connection with her strengthening and I connected her with Okan, then there was a sensation of suction pulling us and everything shook briefly, a large amount of Divine Power being sucked out of me.
My senses mix with Okan’s and I feel the resistance of space as he moves as if passing through a curtain of water to a completely different place, it only took a few seconds when Okan’s eyes come across a large tree.
