NOVPUBPov Hades:
The master left along with the other Gods, around me only a few Heralds and a large number of Demigods remained, but no one moved.
For a long stretch of time, the black flames of darkness were emanating from the Star System, Baldr’s Soldiers were burning but it was as if the surface was burning revealing a totally different interior.
Their skin changed with most becoming brown while the others varied between blue, red, purple and black, there were a few who kept their white skin, but that was not the only change.
Almost 90% of those I could see had horns growing on their heads, their eyes that were previously completely white were consumed by darkness while a sphere of red light lit up in the middle.
Each of them was becoming a Demon, some had other characteristics appearing like wings, tails or extra limbs like a third eye, an extra pair of ears and even pairs of arms appearing on the sides of their bodies.
Those on our side didn’t interfere, in fact we were focused on standing guard, our greatest duty was to protect Niryna and Dante until everything was complete.
"Hades, something isn’t right..." (Cinthia)
"I know." (me)
"..." (Samara)
"..." (Callidora)
Just like Cinthia, I also realized that everything was going too well, which was synonymous with something really bad happening that we couldn’t see.
As Heralds of Zenos we knew from the beginning about their innate misfortune, so we were always ready for what would definitely go wrong.
We can ignore less important events like Monster Waves, battles of pure power and other things, but in an event like this where the fate of a universe can change, there was no way to predict anything, even our plan of attack couldn’t stray too far from the basics to be able to adapt as the situation progressed.
I looked at Samara who was silent, but I could tell by her gaze that she was vigilant, if she had noticed something she would have already said it, but she wouldn’t be vigilant for no reason either.
It was Callidora appearing next to Niryna that made me realize that something was definitely happening, she was also smiling differently, normally her smile was mocking as if laughing at everything around her, making it part of a big joke in her eyes, but now she was smiling in a cruel way that made even my heart tighten a little with fear.
"Hades, look." (Zaya)
"..." (me)
Zaya appeared next to me, her Anomalous power was a little special and her senses were off the charts, the moment she warned me Samara also turned as if she had just noticed something.
The direction we looked was the center of this Star System, something emerged from that direction, a very thin column of light was in the center of the planets and the space rippled like a river revealing a flow that connected all the planets of this Star System in a ritual.
"Niryna, command your Demons to move away from the planets." (Samara)
"What’s going on?" (Niryna)
"Baldr, you really surprised me... hahahaha..." (Callidora)
"Niryna, do what Samara said, quickly!" (me)
"Dante!" (Niryna)
"As you wish." (Dante)
"< Ruler of Darkness: Demonic Command >" (me)
The powerful heart in his hands explodes into a crown, I can feel Dante weakening a little and Niryna letting her Divinity flow into him.
Each of the enemy army that was still transforming was enveloped by a cocoon of pure darkness, the black flames around them turned into columns of burning darkness, millions upon millions of them as far as I could see.
Demonic power spread with the combination of all of them and it only took a few seconds for the cocoons to break, the entire army was transformed completely and naked.
The shadows around them enveloped their bodies solidifying into different clothing for each individual, some wearing simple clothes, others wearing armor and others with more eccentric clothing.
What surprised me was to see that they were no longer like mindless creatures, they moved, spoke and acted like individuals with their own minds.
"Gather!" (Dante)
When Dante spoke, they all turned to him, the crown of darkness above his hand sinks into a mark on the back of his hand, all those Demons follow his command, moving to integrate with our army.
But we were all more focused on something else, the planets that were positioned as part of the ritual were now shining, Divine power was emanating from all of them, but the power itself seemed different.
"He changed the direction of the portal, it seems that it is under great pressure." (Callidora)
"I advise you to be on guard against the planets and forget the center, none of you can interrupt now." (Callidora)
"What is happening?" (me)
"Find out for yourself." (Callidora)
Callidora disappears, meanwhile dozens of columns of light extend from each planet while millions of Auras that look the same appear like copies of each other.
"Samara!?" (me)
"An Army of Divine Law... this is going to be troublesome..." (Samara)
I didn’t have time to ask anything, followed right behind those Auras, a constant stream of golden light creatures wearing white metal armor emerged from the scenes of light, they were coming from all directions around us because we were inside the Star System.
"Hades, don’t believe Callidora, we need..." (Samara)
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Pov Zenos:
"< Gate of Divine Illumination: Open >" (Baldr)
The power of reality leaked from that pyramid and formed a white marble gate, a column of light around it, from Baldr’s body a white crown with golden jewels appeared on his head, it was kind of illusory, but what caught my attention was feeling the Power of Divine Law.
It was not the power of the Essence of Law as Phatos possesses, nor the Divinity of Law, this was a different power and similar to the power of Law that I acquired a short time ago, it was the power of Divine Law that belongs to the Ascendants.
This power enveloped Baldr, but it was clearly incomplete, his Divinity was still there and seemed to reject the crown, preventing it from becoming real, his Aura was unstable while my Mother attacked again.
Baldr fought against it, but the white gate continued to open, some Gods tried to destroy the gate, unfortunately the column of light seemed to protect the gate like a barrier that trembled under their attacks without breaking.
When the barrier opened completely, dozens of individuals entered, each of them wearing armor and emanating the power of Law, all of them possessing pure white crowns smaller than Baldr’s. 𝓷ℴ𝓋𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝒸𝓸𝓶
"You damned traitor!" (Akatosh)
"Have you really fallen so low, BALDR!!!??" (Catros)
"I always knew you were a worm!" (Selene)
"PHATOS!!!" (Justhos)
"IS THIS WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR!!!??" (Justhos)
"What’s wrong with seeking a power that suits me better? I’m a God of Law!" (Phatos)
"(This is worse than we anticipated.)" (me)
The Gods knew about Baldr’s ritual, a ritual to discard his Divinity in favor of becoming an Ascendant, converting his Divinity into the Power of Law.
It was impossible for him to hide a ritual of such magnitude from all the Gods, but it seems he was still underestimated, he already had one foot in the Power of Law and the Ritual did more than we expected.
My eyes scanned those who arrived, they were Ascendants, but their power was not comparable to Baldr, they were weaker and clearly had marks of a White Sun on their foreheads.
Clearly Baldr was in contact with the Ascendants, but we didn’t imagine he would fall so low as to open a portal for them, that pyramid seemed to be a key.
The battle began once again, this time it was even more intense than before, all the Gods were enraged, but of all of them Justhos was clearly the most enraged, his son Phatos had a real crown on his head, not an illusion like Baldr.
As a God of Justice and as a father, he was not able to tolerate such a great betrayal, his son had betrayed not only him, but also his own purpose and the universe he was supposed to protect.
His Aura burned with fury as he advanced against his son, their battle by far the most brutal.
It was at this moment that some Gods who had previously been at Baldr’s side changed, armor condensing around them and a white crown appearing on them with a pyramid made of rays of light on their foreheads.
A God flew towards me, stopping in front of me. He was a young man with curly golden hair, golden eyes and an Aura that no longer had any Divinity, only the power of the Law remained. I could also feel that his Divinities had not completely disappeared, but had been sent to that door that returned with the Power of the Law that they now possess.
"I am Allen, son of Baldr and I will be the one to end your damned disgusting existence." (Allen)
"Talk less and fight more!!!" (me)
My body expands as I return to my Dragon form, my body that was normally colossal seems only normal in this Divine world, but my enemy was not scared and advanced towards me, his body expanding to compare to mine in size.
His power condenses in his fist as if the light was being compressed and I use my Divinity along with my Aura in my claws, making it expand 2 times as Starfire ignites.
When the fist and claw collide, an explosion of power occurs and in that fraction of milliseconds my tail advances as if it were a spear aiming at his eye, but being stopped by a shield that emerged from his back floating on its own to intercept it, it was a small shield that was part of a set of 3 shields that together form a golden triangle.
"This kind of low technique doesn’t work against..." (Allen)
"Shut your conceited mouth... you piece of shit!!" (me)
