NOVPUB"Everything is settled here, so let’s go back, Tarzor is still waiting for you." (Mother of the Grave)
"No, he’s coming with me, I need him for something..." (Adella)
"..." (I)
"(Why are they arguing about me without asking my opinion? Do they think they can tell me where I’m going like that?)" (I)
Seeing the two of them fighting over me doesn’t make me happy, seeing anyone fighting over me has never made me happy because it’s always been synonymous with problems of some kind.
"Shut up, both of you, I don’t have the time or patience to listen to you." (I)
"Adella, I appreciate you coming, without you we would have had a lot of problems and maybe even some casualties, which would be unacceptable to me." (I)
"I’ll listen to what you have to say and then we’ll see what to do I have matters to deal with now and I’m not going to be dragged around by you. I also know that you’re stronger than me, but you can’t catch me if I want to run away and you know it." (I)
"Mother of the Grave, for starters, go get a name. Calling you that is horrible." (I)
"Besides, I’ll see Tarzor when I have time, which has been a luxury I haven’t had since I woke up, so don’t bother me with this matter anymore." (I)
"We don’t have time for that. This is a serious matter and..." (Adella)
"Alice and Sakura, take a survey of those who can still fight and gather them all." (I)
"Are you listening to me?" (Adella)
"I don’t accept names. I don’t need mortal recognition. My unique presence reveals my identity beyond anything a name can do." (Grave Mother)
"Hades, check the situation of the other Heralds and get everyone ready." (I)
"It seems that becoming a God has made someone too confident to try to ignore me like this." (Adella)
"Vanessa, you will lead the Blood Templars alongside Irina and Irius, prepare yourselves with the 3-way battle formation." (I)
I wasn’t ignoring those two out of childish spite or empty pride, it would just be a waste of time, the Grave Mother is too arrogant while Adella is someone tyrannical, neither of them will stop to listen to my requests and will simply laugh at my orders, so I might as well ignore them while I make the proper preparations.
I gave everyone tasks before sitting down in a meditative state, my body and power were recovering as I began to listen to what Adella had to say, the Mother of the Grave on the other hand just stood quietly in a corner knowing that I would not miss seeing Tarzor, for someone who had waited an unknown number of years, waiting a few weeks would not be too long.
After I began to meditate, the energy in my body was already recovering, I was also healing myself from having suffered many injuries because of that damn giant.
While I was in this state of recovery I was still giving some instructions and I also passed on the things I had obtained to be stored in the Communal Temple, they were the Divine metal, the Divine Soul and also the sealed Divinity itself, all coming from that giant and apparently I was not the only one to obtain some things.
With Divine level items, it is best to keep them stored in an area that will not be influenced by the Gods from which they were stolen, at least until they are refined and that is why they had to be sent to the Communal Temple.
I had a lot of things to solve at the same time, but that didn’t stop me from being stared at by Adella, who seemed to be imagining ways to break each of my teeth with her angry gaze.
"Okay, now I can listen to what you have to say, sorry for the delay." (I)
"A Dragon Eater has arrived in the Universe." (Adella)
Cough Cough Cough
"You’re joking, right? You’re getting revenge for me making you wait." (I)
"No, I’m being very serious, I managed to hurt him a little, but I was also hurt a lot, Ynes was almost killed and Aurora was lucky not to be killed." (Adella)
"..." (I)
I looked at my other 2 Divine-level daughters and they were both nodding their heads in affirmation of Adella’s words, much to my frustration.
I couldn’t understand why everything was happening at once, I was close to going berserk with so many problems raining down on me as if I was sitting under a waterfall of shit!
I was starting to wonder if there was a God of Misfortune among any of my enemies or if my bad luck became so great after I became a God that it created a life of its own and started attracting problems to me.
"(Erkales was a difficult enemy in many ways, I was almost killed by him and even with the right power to hurt him, I was only able to kill him by devouring his body.)" (I)
"(Not to mention that I don’t know how weakened he was or how long he was imprisoned by Tarzor, all of this is absurd to think considering his strength at that time.)" (I)
"Where is he?" (I)
"In a somewhat special world, the rules in that world are strange, as are the Essences of the universe acting there." (Adella)
"He won’t leave there, at least for now, but we don’t have time and the only one who can face him is you who has the right powers..." (Adella)
"I won’t face him now, but it’s good to know about his presence, it gives me time to make preparations." (I)
"Preparations are useless, the way to defeat him won’t be different and you know it." (Adella)
"..." (I)
Sigh
"Okay, but can we solve the problems one at a time at least?" (I)
"We can talk about this when this place is safe." (I)
"Do as you wish, just remember that he came for you." (Adella)
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A few hours later everyone was lined up, most of the troops were Sacred Beasts that live here, they make up half of our numbers with the other half being divided between the people under my command forming the smallest number and the Blood Templars who were our last minute reinforcements.
Apart from these 3 groups, there were also some random ones that had been here fighting for weeks, but there weren’t many.
"I don’t like speeches, so I’ll be quick and to the point." (I)
"I know where Baldr’s troops’ base is and I’m heading there!" (I)
"I won’t stay here passively defending myself, if they can attack, then they should be prepared to be massacred either here or inside their own base!" (I)
"I won’t force anyone to go, but I’m sure everyone will participate." (I)
My voice wasn’t loud and it wasn’t necessary, we are all floating in the vacuum of space, there is no air here, only our Aura can carry our voices to be heard by the Auras of others and that was what I was doing.
Turning my eyes I saw millions of creatures, my Aura exploding to contact them all so that my voice could be heard, then I could feel the desire to fight in their Auras, the moment I said that I knew where the enemy base was, the Sacred Beasts were the first to reveal their wild ferocity with the Blood Templars in second place showing their joy, everyone wanted to tear apart those who follow Baldr.
Even those who follow me from what was once the Dungeon, they hate Baldr who has been summoning himself against us since the beginning, there was no need to waste my time asking who would be with me in this attack since everyone would like to attack.
"If everyone agrees to attack, then I will be brief, I am giving a boost to everyone, a Temporary Blessing." (I)
"Sakura!" (I)
"I’m ready." (Sakura)
"Then let’s begin." (I)
I approach to stand beside Sakura, she was on one of the lowest branches of the great tree, just this branch could contain an entire city.
Standing beside her there was no need to hold her hand or anything like that, just our connection was enough and with our Auras merging the preparations were ready when we both put our hands forward, Divine Power gathering together with my Will.
"< Eclipse Blessing: Leaf of the Unholy Tree >" (me/Sakura)
My power and Sakura’s mix as they sink into the trunk of the tree, this power merges with the infinite Ki flowing from the tree to its leaves that shine brightly before releasing themselves gaining a life of their own as they each travel to one of the individuals below.
Each of them received a leaf that shrank in size and sank into their bodies, leaving only a leaf-shaped tattoo where they fell.
With this, everyone’s body was stronger, more resilient and had greater recovery power, but of course this still had some limit and would only last a maximum of 2 or 3 days.
I didn’t tell any of them the effects of this leaf, but everyone could clearly feel it. These people here were not ordinary beings. But one thing I didn’t say is that if during combat they receive a truly mortal blow, as long as it isn’t something that causes immediate death, the leaf mark will explode, burning all my blessing to recover the body and protect the Soul. But this will only be once and the Power of the Blessing will be burned for this and then disappear.
This was a safeguard for everyone, but I wouldn’t say this to make anyone reckless. I spent my Divinity and my Willpower exactly for this effect. It was also the reason I used the tree for this. I don’t like those fighting by my side to die.
"Master, are you okay?" (Sakura)
"Yeah, just a little tired." (I)
The expenditure of Divine Power was a bit too much, even though it’s not a permanent Blessing and no super miracle effect, this was still a life-saving Blessing if cast on a huge number of individuals, I spent almost all of my Divinity and barely succeeded.
"Alice, please..." (I)
"Here, drink at will." (Alice)
She reveals her neck to me as she lowers her head being taller than me, so I sink my teeth into her neck drinking her blood which serves as an act of Sacrifice, her Sacred Power is converted into Divine Power and helps me recover faster, with this I recovered more than half of my power not only from her but also from my natural recovery.
"Thank you." (I)
"I’m happy... to be of assistance..." (Alice)
She was a little pale, but she was fine, I wasn’t going to suck all her blood.
"Follow me and let’s show Baldr the color of his followers’ blood!" (I)
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!!!"
"Kill!!!!"
