NOVPUBPov Nix:
I was sitting on the floor looking at him floating above the bed, his body emitting a frightening pressure that made even the Divinity inside me freeze.
"What did this irresponsible man do now?" (me)
"I’m not sure, but after talking to Alice I can only think that it has something to do with that." (Karina)
Karina pointed to the necklace that was also glowing and was also floating around his neck, but I can’t feel anything from that necklace with the master’s presence taking up this entire room.
"Do you know if Hades managed it?" (me)
"No, none of them can enter the Star Path." (Karina)
"..." (me)
"(You’re going to be so screwed when you wake up.)" (me)
So many people came to see him today, looking at the broken wall on the other side I can still hear the curses.
"How are the others?" (me)
"Ibuki was more than frustrated, but she’s already gone." (Karina)
"Kira didn’t say anything, but her anger was apparent, only Erica was a bit volatile, but the destruction she caused will fix itself." (Karina)
"And how is Diana?" (me)
"Very calm, she was the one who calmed Erica down, that surprised me a bit." (Karina)
"(She must have noticed too...)" (me)
Of all of us, only Layla and I noticed, I’m not sure if Hinata noticed, but with Diana’s instincts she must have been able to feel it or that’s what I thought.
I looked at the master and besides the pressure around him, there didn’t seem to be anything else wrong, he’s been like this for days without any changes, but my instincts scream danger.
"Layla’s right... Stupid master." (me)
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Pov Niryna:
I was putting my clothes back on, the blood on my body was a little unpleasant, but there’s nothing I can do about it.
"Did you really need all that?" (me)
"Actually, it was easier than I thought, she gave up in just a few days, that wasn’t funny." (Callidora)
"I’m not finding anything funny." (me)
"I feel horrible for doing something like that to someone..." (me)
"Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it." (Samara)
I look at the door that opens, Samara enters and her eyes wander between Lilith and Loki who are hugging and the pool of blood where what’s left of Sarin was submerged.
"Seriously? You want to do it this way?" (Samara)
"The Goddess of Death won’t like it." (Samara)
"I’m not breaking any rules of the agreement, besides, where do you think the Church of Light is getting people for their forced ’conscription’ rituals?" (Callidora)
"That makes sense." (Samara)
"What are they talking about?" (me)
"About boring matters, the important thing is that you need to rest." (Samara)
"I can rest after I finish things here." (me)
"You need to rest well for the next step, so rest." (Samara)
"..." (me)
Sigh
"Okay..." (me)
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Pov Zenos:
After saying goodbye with a kiss from Freya, when I turned around I realized that I was once again on the Star Path, the Eclipse was in the distance and several silhouettes counting in millions were walking along the path, the massive majority took only a few steps along the star path while a minority walked slowly with only a few walking steadily.
"I know what this place is, I know who these silhouettes are by name and I know what each of their steps means." (me)
"This is a mysterious place in many ways, only when I’m here do I feel like a true God and understand what omnipresence means." (me)
"So tell me, why do you think you can hide from me here of all places?" (me)
"Hahahaha..."
While I was with Freya I realized that I was unconscious, I wasn’t here with my body like the previous time, only my mind, Soul and Will were here.
I don’t know how I had entered the Stellar Path without realizing it, but I felt that something had changed, something fundamental and yet no practical changes had been applied, so I continued trying to explore these changes while I was by Freya’s side, it wasn’t something that required much concentration and was almost passive.
At some point I had noticed something, it was like a lit candle in the middle of the darkness or a single thunder in the middle of a storm, it stood out so much that it was impossible not to notice, it was another Will, one that I didn’t know and wasn’t connected to me.
I felt that this Will had appeared in this place, but I ignored it when I realized that it didn’t do anything, my time with Freya was more precious and I enjoyed every second I had.
I missed not only Freya, but my wives, unfortunately I couldn’t be with them all as much as I would have liked, but Freya was still with me at that moment and that was a precious time for me, the worries of the world could wait.
When Freya left, her determination to see herself clear, I let my mind wander for just a moment to my other wives, I hadn’t been able to see them since I woke up.
Only after that did I contemplate the Star Path truly trying to find out more about my unkind guest, I knew where he was from start to finish, hiding in a corner as if searching for me until the moment I purposely placed myself in his line of sight.
"Since you’ve come all this way, why don’t you reveal yourself? Are you scared?" (me)
"You must have figured out that you can’t force me even though you’re here, right?"
"I don’t like hiding either, I just wanted to see my target for myself."
I tried to look for him in many ways, but other than feeling his presence in this place and knowing where he was, I couldn’t find out anything else, I didn’t know his appearance and I couldn’t force him to leave.
It was as if he was shrouded in mist around him, he was extremely visible wherever he went but it was impossible to unravel his identity.
From his presence full of hunger and wild killing intent, I already had an idea of who he might be, but that just made me a little apprehensive about meeting him in person, I had no fear in this place, but outside of here I wouldn’t know how strong this enemy is.
"(So I was right...)" (me)
In front of me, a few kilometers away, a Dragon’s silhouette appeared, it was hundreds of kilometers long, its body was like that of a Serpent with 3 pairs of kilometers long wings separated along its body, its head had 3 interconnected horns as if it were some kind of crown, its tail had the tip of a very sharp thorn.
But what I focused on was something else, its Dragon’s head had 3 eyes that looked more like holes in its skull, these holes had glowing red spheres that seemed to be made of crystal floating inside, its open mouth split its open jaw in half.
His entire body seemed to be covered in metal armor interconnected with his spine, but this armor was loose, covering more of his back than the front of his body. The parts where the armor didn’t reach seemed to have a massive energy flowing as if it were magma, and that was what made up his body.
I was more than familiar with this type of creature. His true body was the armor around him, not the energy inside. His real appearance wouldn’t be like that either, since he wasn’t a true Dragon.
Dragon Eater.
This was probably the same enemy Adella had talked about. It was very clear that he had me as his target. He wasn’t looking at me as an appetizer like the one I devoured.
Erkales was a maniac who, even until the end, saw me only as food. His Aura was as bizarre as the one in front of me, but much weaker.
"Have you come to avenge your companion?" (me)
"Hahahaha..."
"Bold, truly bold... hahahaha..."
Their Aura and presence are bizarre, they seem to be alive on their own and full of hunger, I can almost see the saliva dripping from their jaws, but what surprised me the most was the even greater amount of killing intent that far outweighs the hunger.
"Erkales was my brother, there are no companions among us, even if his death only represents his weakness, the act of being devoured by someone other than one of us is something we cannot tolerate, especially since it was a Dragon like you."
He tries to get closer, a Wild Presence trying to devour this place was emanating from his body, I could feel the Anomalous Power and thanks to that I realized that his Anomalous Core was in his head, unlike Erkales who had it in his chest as if showing off his Core, the one in front of me kept his core very well.
I just nodded and his body remained still, in this place he could not move as he wanted, I could even expel him directly, but I needed to know this enemy before anything.
"You look delicious, I can feel our power in you, I also smell the chaos, it seems we were right... hahahahaha..."
"How did you get in here?" (me)
"The same way I know where you are now."
"You have already been marked by us, an enemy cannot be left alive, I will kill you and devour your body, not as prey to be hunted, but as the enemy that you are."
"I will be waiting." (me)
"It’s going to be great to devour another one of you." (me)
"See you soon... Zenos..."
"..." (me)
I accepted my hand and the space around him began to close, all the stars and paths around him were pushing him out, but he seemed calm as he didn’t even try to resist, his eyes all the time locked on me as if recording my appearance in his mind until he disappeared completely.
"This is going to suck..." (me)
Sigh
