Chapter 391: The Ineffable vs Invaders
Ash smiled as he put an arm around Xeros, pulling his son in with pure casualness—like he’d done it a thousand tis before, even though this was the first.
He then looked to his wives, golden eyes warm and amused.
"Well, I’m sure you’ve heard sothing about ," he said casually, easing the atmosphere like it was the most natural thing in the world.
"I’m the father of Xeros... and the daddy of everyone behind ."
The room let out a collective breath—so giggles, so fond eye-rolls, a few knowing smirks. The tension that had been coiling in Xeros’ wives finally cracked.
[A/N: Yep, you can just think of Xeros wives as side characters. I won’t be going too in-depth]
With that, each of Xeros’ four wives stepped forward, introducing themselves to the family.
They had been with him for all six cycles, and despite being the son of Ash, he wasn’t particularly lustful.
He took more after Persephone, possessing an intense, obsessive kind of love.
So, these were the only won he had ever been with.
Xeros cleared his throat awkwardly, ears-tinged red, while Ash’s smile grew warm and approving.
"Welco to the family, all four of you."
He gave Xeros’ shoulder one last squeeze before letting go and turning to face the entire room again.
His expression shifted—still relaxed, but carrying the calm weight of soone who had already seen every possible outco.
"Now," he said, voice steady, "Since my son here wants to see his old man covered in the blood of invaders..."
He looked around at every single person.
"Let us put on a delightful show." As he said this, he began to give a quick rundown on the invaders...
This reality held little significance to the beings gathered in the room. By now, both Persephone and Aphrodite had ascended to the status of Unus and Goddesses, placing them firmly at Tier 16, the rank of God Empresses.
Existing on the fifteenth dinsional plane, there was little that entities from the middle dinsions could do to challenge them.
For those native to the Earth Plane, however, these beings posed insurmountable threats—just as they had already demonstrated.
Like ntioned before.... this whole invasion was because of so prince.
And they were known as Dinsional Phagi, a subrace of the formidable Dinsional Serpents.
Similar to the colossal World Serpents and Universal Serpents, Dinsional Serpents were beings of imnse scale, renowned for their insatiable capacity for Devouring.
Yet the Phagi proved to be even more formidable than their Origin race, owing to their hybrid nature as both Wraiths and Serpents, granting them dominion over both Devouring and Souls.
Nia leaned forward, as her she adjusted her baggy arm sleeves.
"So how are we going about it? Just walk in and start erasing?"
Katherine tilted her head. "Isn’t that always the case? Don’t tell
spending too much ti away as clouded that yandere brain of yours."
Ash chuckled, as Nia and Katherine began bickering back and forth.
"Yes... just have fun" he said simply. "Other than those Phagi... those two Horrors are probably the main enterainnt."
The room stilled for half a second.... right before Madison spoke out with a smile.
"Hmm, they are pretty notable, aren’t they?"
Ash nodded once. "You can say that.... it’s the usual... Just hired bodyguards."
After that, he turned his head toward Lucy, he looked directly into her seven colored eyes with a smile.
"My Lucy," he said gently. "Do
a favor.... and release that Beast Progenitor."
Lucy blinked, then smiled. "Oh gosh," she said sarcastically.
"Do I not have any secrets?"
Even so, she raised her hand without a mont’s hesitation.
The Records of Eternity manifested above her palm, and with a single, fluid motion, she gave a wave.
In an instant, the Beast Progenitor erged.
He stood in a humanoid form, bearing an uncanny resemblance to Madison as Ash had first encountered her—or perhaps it was she who resembled him.
Towering at over seven feet tall, his presence was imposing, with long black hair cascading into a mane-like flow.
His eyes were narrow and slitted like those of a dragon, his tails reminiscent of a fox, and his claws sharp and formidable like those of a wolf.
As his very nature proclaid, he was the amalgamation of all beasts, capable of assuming the form of any creature.
HUMMMM!!!!
BOOOM!!!!
However....the mont he appeared
Madison’s aura exploded.
A feral, wave of pure beast divinity detonated outward from her body. Her claws extended to full length, as her eyes began to leak a blackish gold aura.
It was unmistakable that this man was Madison’s father, though their connection was tenuous at best—if it could be called a relationship at all.
The sentint was shared by the other forr progenitors present as well.
Aeloris, who had already begun tending to Tiamat, scoffed at his arrival, as did Seraphiel, who regarded him as the lowest form of scum.
"Bastard!" Madison roared, materializing before him, her intent to strike evident in every motion.
Yet, before she could end his life with such ease, Ash appeared behind her, encircling her waist and pressing a kiss to her neck.
"Not so quickly, love," he murmured, unwilling to allow this man such a swift demise. No, this Beast would beg before such a thing happened.
Madison’s aura vanished like a candle in the wind. As she lted into his touch, the once silent room erupted with chatter.
"Tsk," Nia scoffed. "I’m starting to think you whores just like to put on a show for his touch."
"Really... if she wanted to kill him, she could’ve done it without all the flair," Katherine agreed.
As the others chid in, Ash shook his head and spoke again.
"We let him breathe for now," he said quietly. "Once we’re done... his ti will co."
Ash turned to the entire room.
He looked at each of his wives in turn.
"Nia, Vaeloria, Lucy, Aphrodite, Persephone—you’re with . Xeros, Aurora, Isis—you too. We’re going straight to the 99th Heaven. That’s where the real fight is."
He glanced at the rest—Sylvie, Madison, Katherine, Rune, Aeloris, Seraphiel, Morgana, and Xeros’ four wives.
"The rest of you—split across the other Heaven. As usual save those you think are worthy... other than that... erase it all."
Those last words caused Xeros who had been just lost in the flow of things so far to speak up.
"Wait... father, what do you an... erase it all?" He didn’t understand if he ant... the invaders or literally everything.
Ash turned around with an arched brow.
"Uhh, I an delete it all.... Eradicate.... Annihilate.... or whatever suits your algorithm." He said, as he understood why Xeros was asking this in the first place.
The Earth Plane was his ho, not just the 95th Heaven but all of them. There were still countless beings he had relationships within higher heavens and a few in the lower heavens.
"But... shouldn’t the fight be focused on the Invaders?"
Ash nodded as he spoke, "Maybe for so.... but for us," He looked then looked around again.
"For us, our battle is against existence itself. Son, this is not our ho.... it’s but a container."
He then smiled as Primordia appeared in her chain form; she then began to morph taking on a new form.
Which was a spear.
"We are the Ineffable Pantheon, We exist for one reason son. And that’s to be too extre... to overbearing... too damn strong to ever be judged... to ever be described with proper words."
Then he shrugged, "Besides, I did say... save those you think worthy enough."
Without wasting any more ti, with a thought the entire room was empty.
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In the next instant, Ash, Nia, Vaeloria, Lucy, Aphrodite, Persephone, Xeros, Aurora, and Isis stood together in the open skies above the 99th Heaven, while the rest of the clan spread out across the many lower heavens.
Ash looked out over the fractured battlefield, where Humans, Dragons, Elves, and countless other races fought the Phagi in scattered skirmishes.
"Go save your parents... and tell them I said hi~" he said to Persephone, before vanishing without another word.
As always, he sought out the biggest challenge of them all—The Existential Horror, number 195 and 196.
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