NOVPUBPov Natasha:
Around me there were only bodies, there are so many bodies that I can’t see the ground, their red blood still has a slight white glow as it flows forming small rivers.
"Thank you for your help." (Kira)
"No need to thank me, a good part was killed by your friend." (me)
"Where is she?" (me)
"She’s gone, she can’t control her own power and we already have many injured people here." (Kira)
"Can you gather everyone?" (me)
"Yes, we have our own healers, but are you okay?" (Kira)
"I’m fine." (me)
In fact, my condition wasn’t the best, my energy was spent and my body there had Divine power burning inside, if it weren’t for me healing at the same rate as it causes damage, even a God like me could have been on the brink of death.
"(So many strange Demigods... there was also that enemy...)" (me)
Many things were going through my head, that’s because nothing made sense, this battle was more than unnecessary and many of my Believers died without me having a valid reason for this battle on the enemy side.
I was helping my sisters-in-law, my army was following my lead against the enemies wanting to harm Deities on our side, but the enemies had no reason for this attack.
"(This attack was strange, this area of the Galaxy has little strategic value and only my brother’s two Wives do not have the value to mobilize this army.)" (me)
"(There are only two logical options, one is that it was a target of opportunity because they were already nearby or the second would be because of Zenos.)" (me)
Neither of the two possibilities made sense, if it was a target of opportunity there should be something here that they wanted, which is clearly not the case.
If it were because of Zenos, it would make even less sense, even though he is so strange, he is not strong enough to deserve all this attention, with enemies like several great Gods and who knows how many Deities, my Brother is at most a nuisance, I am sure that for Baldr, my mother and the God Akatosh are the greatest enemies followed by Hernoth, Cratos and the Goddess of the Fairies.
"(Baldr may be a bastard, but he is not an idiot... what did he want...)" (me)
"I have to go, I still need to recover and I have somewhere else to go." (Kira)
"Okay, I will go... is this serious!?" (me)
Suddenly I feel something pulling me from inside, then all the blood around me was pulled towards me forming a column of blood hundreds of meters around me, when I swung my arm making the column of blood disappear, I found myself in an empty field for kilometers and two people in front of me, my two sisters.
"Before you said anything, I knew the battle was over." (Elizabeth)
"Now we need to talk..." (Elizabeth)
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Pov Zenos:
I’ve been training in this space for days now. The only ones who come to me here are Hades and Samara. Even my Saints are too busy to come to me.
"I think I finally know the way forward." (me)
"This still isn’t good enough." (Samara)
"I found the power surprising." (Hades)
"Surprising, yes, but compared to the others, this technique is the weakest. Most of its power is scattered." (Samara)
"..." (Hades)
"I know, I had already thought about it, that’s why I talked about knowing the path I should choose." (me)
"I spent too much time focused on the simplest aspect, trying to adapt it to something more complex, I went wrong on that point..." (me)
The whole time I only looked at the Blood and with that I ended up losing the core of it, the blood doesn’t refer to itself, it refers to the rest, it is the means of everything that makes up life.
Looking only at the blood made me lose the full scope, I realized that in my attack.
"There’s really no point in concentrating too much, focusing too much on something makes your vision narrow... how could I forget something so simple." (me)
Sigh
I look at the red desert that lies in front of me, there is a large crack in the distance, red mist hides the top of some mountains behind me and in the sky there was still an open wound with multiple cracks in the space around it.
"So many useless variations..." (me)
"Sir, do you want me to repair the terrain?" (Samara)
"No, leave it like this, we’ll see how it goes later." (me)
Now that this is no longer a Dungeon, Monsters appear more naturally without needing any configuration, my training in the last few days has remodeled this entire star that is half the size of a planet, one of the largest stars that are part of Okan.
"(For this attack to work I need a clear image...)" (me)
"Master... calling..." (Hinata)
Suddenly Hinata appears crossing space itself as if it didn’t exist, she reached where I was and her eyes looked in all directions before focusing on the open wound in the sky.
"Who is calling?" (me)
"Elizabeth..." (Hinata)
"My sister?" (me)
"Yes..." (Hinata)
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More than 3 weeks later.
I was waiting in a hall, behind me was Hades and Samara, their clothes were heavier this time, they were armor made by mixing my blood and full of Divine Power, lines made by me intertwining the pieces of clothing underneath the armor.
This level of defense was great, even a Lesser God would not be able to destroy this armor, at most it would leave some scratches.
"Is everyone ready?" (me)
"Yes, just waiting for your command." (Hades)
"Any news from my wives?" (me)
"The last news was more than a week ago, the Dragons said there was another attack against them during Kira’s ritual." (Samara)
"..." (me)
"(I received the notifications, so I know she became a Goddess and joined my Pantheon, but where is she now?)" (me)
"I will go separately from you and possibly my Familiars will be with me." (me)
"Sir, shouldn’t you...?" (Samara)
"You don’t understand, it won’t be one battle, it will be two." (me)
"Hernoth discovered something that Baldr is doing, something that will screw us all, the Gods as well as me will fight him and his allies directly." (me)
"But you are the ones who will end his plans, we are just the distraction, he will wait for an attack from the Gods and leave his armies in protection, but he will not expect his armies to be defeated while he is occupied, he thinks he has enough numbers and possibly will not be the only protection." (me)
"You two will be of utmost importance at this moment, from what I understand the Powers of Chaos and Anomalous are important to end Baldr’s plans, with me involved in the fight against him your presence will be hidden." (me)
"Master, what are you going to do about Tarzor?" (Hades)
"Don’t worry about me, I will act if necessary..." (Tarzor)
My shadow changes shape as if it were a cluster of Dark Serpents forming a single Dragon head that opens eyes similar to portals full of stars and Tarzor’s voice appears.
"You can’t be thinking of doing that." (Samara)
"..." (Hades)
"Don’t look at me like that, talk to this madman here, it’s his idea." (Tarzor)
"Master, I am against using this power, the risks are..." (Hades)
"I understand the risks very well, so I will only do this as a last resort." (me)
"If you use this power, you’ll draw unwanted attention, you know that, right?" (Samara)
"Callidora talked about it." (me)
I look at my hand, using that power during training almost destroyed my body and still left a shadow of fear behind.
"(There will be stronger Gods to face the God of Law and Baldr, I don’t need to worry about them, the real problem is what we can’t predict...)" (me)
Sigh
"Go, you must finish the preparations!" (me)
"YES!!" (Samara/Hades)
Space forms a skull that devours Samara and Starfire covers Hades before the two disappear without a trace.
"(You shouldn’t use that power at all!)" (Freya)
"This is just a last resort, I also won’t use that kind of power if it’s not necessary." (me)
"(Don’t lie to me, you say that, but you’re sure you’ll need this kind of power or you wouldn’t have continued to train this power until now, in fact you shouldn’t have even started training this power!)" (Freya)
"Nothing ever goes as planned, I wish this time..." (me)
Knock knock
"Come in!" (me)
"The Goddess is calling for you." (Vanessa)
"I’m going." (me)
Vanessa is silent, but I know she’s worried, very worried, there are many Gods involved this time on both sides, Karina and Alice more than showed their concerns, they spent a lot of time yesterday saying everything they could think of for me to be careful.
In all this silence we went to the Communal Temple, this time I didn’t hide and walked through the streets greeting everyone, some of the population walked towards me, others knelt directly while everyone did the same thing, praying in their minds, these silent prayers were clearly heard by me as if they were spoken directly.
Prayers for strength, safety, courage and if all else fails, a death protecting their companions, their will was strong and firm, as the one receiving those prayers I must not let my will weaken in the face of danger.
"Come back safe Father..." (Vanessa)
"You too, my daughter." (me)
In front of the statue of the Goddess, Vanessa hugs me and I hug her back, with a farewell wishing her safety, I advance towards the portal that has already opened in front of the statue, then I find myself once again in that throne room where my mother was sitting and my sisters as well as my daughter Adella were standing before her, Oros is also present.
"Am I late?" (me)
"No, I just got here too." (Elizabeth)
"I didn’t want to come..." (Caitlyn)
"Says the one who was the first to arrive." (Natasha)
"Finally the family is together." (Selene)
"This time we will fight together." (Selene)
