NOVPUBLeaving that planet was extremely easy, I took everyone to my shadow, then I changed my appearance to that of a long-haired brunette woman, I stopped using the power of the Law making my wings disappear, then I walked from one city to another following the reverse flow of the Ascendants who were coming to investigate the disappearance of three level 3 Ascendants.
When I was far enough away, I simply left the planet, I never needed the Ascendant wings to fly from the beginning, I also have my Dragon wings, I used my true wings to fly away while using Spatial magic to shorten my path as well as Thunder Ki to increase my speed.
Everyone was inside Tarzor, so I was able to move away as I wanted without being noticed, if I could use my Divinity it would be an even faster trip, I needed 1 hour to reach the closest planet that was not the one occupied by Ghanor's troops.
From there I discovered a teleportation plaza that the Ascendants were using to mobilize, using just a little of my Ascendant Law and the name of another Level 3 Ascendant that I heard on the way, I had access to this escape route that I took by fleeing to another Star System.
After spending more than an hour moving to a moon with no population, I finally had time to rest, there were many things to do one after the other.
The trip, the meeting with the Ascendants, the rescue plan, facing Ghanor, facing that Infernal General, making the planned strategic retreat, listening to Kaan's story, taking care of Adella, another meeting that this time ended with the discovery of my identity, then that messenger of War came and finally I escaped here.
"What a horrible 2 days." (me)
"I must admit that there were too many unforeseen situations, it seems that Davoth's decision to change the plans is right... it would be impossible to follow the old plans like that."
(Wendel)
"I still don't know what those plans would be, he wasn't very clear." (me)
"For the most part, the plan will still be the same, but we won't need the Universal Cores anymore, but in return we will need the Goddess's help." (Wendel)
"Why didn't we use this plan before?" (me)
"Too high a risk, honestly, we're taking a big gamble, we also added an extra layer to the plans, the... the acceptance of the Ascendants..." (Wendel)
"Something you don't like." (me)
"None of us like it, they invaded our universes, killed our people, destroyed our civilizations and use our universes as disposable batteries!" (Wendel)
Baammm!!
This was the first time I had seen Wendel truly angry since I had met him, his face twisted with hatred and the killing intent emanating from his entire Aura, it was very clear what his choice would be given another chance.
"I don't expect you to understand, but many of us hate the Ascendants deeply, and we hate ourselves even more for becoming Ascendants."
(Wendel)
"There are many suicide attempts among us, and in some cases, it is quite frequent. In my first years as an Ascendant, I tried to kill myself twice. The first time I tried to die, the second time I was in my first invasion against another universe... doing to another universe what they did to mine... that still haunts me... the screams... the anger... the pain..." (Wendel)
"I tried to let a blow from the inhabitants of that universe kill me, I wanted to die... but I survived..." (Wendel)
"Most Ascendants are scum, they are traitors who sold their universes in exchange for power or surrendered out of fear like cowards while their universes burned!" (Wendel)
"I won't pretend to understand what you feel, but know that you have my respect for putting up with it." (me)
"I respect none, I am a monster just like them, I am also a sinner, my hands are stained with blood, my motives are worth nothing compared to all that I have done!" (Wendel)
"Among us there are few truly virtuous, most like me... continue for revenge..." (Wendel)
"Many of us want to die when it is all over, some have plans to suffer more than just death." (Wendel)
"I understand..." (me)
Tears were falling from Wendel's face, his murderous intent disappearing amidst an enormous amount of emotional pain.
Just as he said, I can't begin to understand what they all went through, Kaan said something similar to Wendel, none of them can stand what they are.
"Even if everyone wants revenge, I won't let these Ascendants get away with it, Davoth promised that, each of them will go through a process of Rebirth, they will have the memories of their past lives tormenting them while living this is the least that any of us are willing to accept!" (Wendel)
"You yourself are a light for us, your power is something we have waited for a long time." (Wendel)
"I am not a good person, I am here because they are my enemies, they have come after me more than once and already have plans against my universe." (me)
"I honestly don't care about your intentions or what you will gain from this, I'm sorry."
(Wendel)
"It only pleases me to know that you are here, that the plan is finally in action even with so many changes, that this torment will finally come to an end..." (Wendel)
"..." (me)
His Aura has passed through the pain and become only weak, a great deal of tiredness shining in his tear-stained eyes as he turned around smiling, a smile that is not reflected in his empty eyes, he looks truly exhausted.
I didn't tell him, but I made Barerosa, Melissa and Collins see everything that just happened, I even let them feel the changes in his Aura, I have plans for each of them, Barerosa being who she is will be fine with some luck, but the other two will be my experiments.
"Come, let's go inside, in these moments a good drink and delicious food is all we need."
(me)
"..." (Wendel)
I tap her shoulder and we return to the makeshift cabin they built with wood magic. Adella was inside with my mother, who no longer has the same childish appearance, but still has the same body she uses to disguise herself. She has only aged her body a little until she looks like a young woman. Her wings are now a pair and a third wing is closed, it seems like she is understanding the powers of the Law better in this second body.
Getting closer to them, I see that Lolth is nowhere to be seen, as I approach my mother sitting in a meditative pose.
"Where is Lolth?" (me)
"She's cooking. It seems that Lena taught her some things about food being the nutrient of life or something like that."
(Mother)
"(She's right, Lena made Lolth learn to cook to create a constructive hobby for her.)" (Tarzor)
"(Was that necessary?)" (me)
"(Lolth pushes herself beyond orders and refuses to rest, Lena didn't want to have to order her to rest, so she thought of this way and generated quick results in a few days.)" (Tarzor)
"(Sarazar and Luci, as much as they try, are much more mature than her and know when to rest.)" (Tarzor)
It seems that Lolth has been keeping herself very busy, I'm glad that everyone seems to be doing well inside.
"What are you going to do with the prisoners?" (Mother)
"Barerosa is not a prisoner, I'm trying to indoctrinate her using the obsessive feelings she generated for me, to distance her from the militaristic logic of the Ascendants before fulfilling my promise to Ohara." (me)
"The other two will serve another purpose, I will use Collins as a test for Davoth's plan, I will fuse the Anomalous power of Destruction into him and see how he reacts with the Anomalous power of Creation of the Ascendants." (me)
"He may not resist." (Mother)
"That's good, Collins has been known to volunteer for the most military invasions against other universes." (Wendel)
"Do you know anything about Melissa?" (me)
"No, but she is an immigrant, so she is not much different from the other Ascendants, just do what you want with them." (Wendel)
"Well, I want to try to corrupt her, I tried to do that with Sarazar in the past and it produced a different result than I expected, I want to find out what will happen to an Ascendant."
(me)
While we were all talking, a table was formed by growing roots in the ground. Lolth introduced herself with humanoid plants carrying several plates of food to this table outside.
"The food is ready, make yourself comfortable." (Lolth)
"I doubt Adella will want to eat anything, but I'll force her if necessary, maybe that will calm her emotions." (Mother)
"I need to eat something, I haven't eaten anything in days." (me)
With all this pretending to be an Ascendant, I've been doing a lot of things and eating very little. As a Dragon, I can go centuries without eating. As a God, I don't even need to eat, but it's still one of life's greatest pleasures. It helps to relax the mind and regain my spirits.
With that in mind, I prepared a dish that would make my old hospital self jealous. I took a piece of roasted animal meat, put some kind of purple puree that smelled good on it, poured a brown sauce that I didn't recognize on top of everything, and then took 2 more types of medium-rare pink meat. It was the first satisfying meal I had had in days.
"Thank you for the meal, it looks delicious." (me)
"I hope you like it." (Lolth)
After arranging my plate, I walked to a tree stump that I could see. Halfway there, I picked up my fork and tried to taste a piece of meat. But before I could feel the pleasure of a beautiful piece of meat between my teeth, a gate opened from my shadow and Hades appeared, followed by Davoth as well as a strange robot.
Even so, my focus was not on them, but on the dark creature that was coming after them, almost arriving with an Aura full of violence.
"Is this... seriously...!?" (me)
