77 – Conflict with the Supre Sorcerer
[Joshua Graham's POV]
Throughout the night, I found myself unable to sleep. It was too quiet, and the bed was too comfortable. I ended up sleeping on the floor.
How do the Ancestors sleep like this? In a world as peaceful as this?
How...how could they throw it all away? Was it god's punishnt for Humanity's transgression and sins?
Shaking my head, I focused. I was sitting in the bed of my quarters, slowly removing old bandages and replacing them with sterilized new ones.
Every inch of my body was wrapped in bandages, other than the small area around my eyes. It seed as if God saw fit to let my burns remain. As a reminder? Perhaps. God indeed works in mysterious ways, after all, and who am I to question God's decision?
Shaking my head, I dressed and exited my quarters, finding the small hallway outside. Three more doors lined the hallway next to mine, with one door at the end leading to behind the counter of the Cafe, where Zeref was likely already doing God's work to improve Humanity's chance of survival against this harsh world. My duty was to help in whatever way I could prepare humanity's warriors against the threats that would seek to destroy them and bring them to ruin or die trying.
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[Zeref's POV]
As she frowned at , I knew I screwed up, especially as she seed to get into a combat stance and, without a mont of hesitation, proceeded to throw multiple orange balls at that impacted harmlessly before dissipating.
“Surely there has to be so kind of joke for this, right?” I asked with a bit of humor at the frowning stoic face of Earth’s Sorcerer Supre.
“Humanity is not your plaything, creature! Leave this plane!” She ‘commanded,’ as if expecting to listen to her orders as more spells futilely collided with my clone’s body, doing nothing to them.
Ignoring her attacks, even as they continued to hit , I walked over to the reception area and sat down on the couch.
“Why don’t we discuss this over so tea?” I suggested, summoning so tea from the System store, only for her to seemingly ignore as she continued throwing more complex spells. At one point, I swear a golden Iron Maiden surrounded and the couch before suddenly shattering.
I patiently waited for her to calm down or give up and sipped on tea. In my unusual case, it was more like dumping the tea into my body's energy, where it was torn apart at the subatomic level. Strangely, I still tasted the tea, which was nice.
It took a few hours, and the once quaint cafe that was once the spitting image of my cafe on Earth was now in ruins as broken desks, obliterated furniture, and even a few fires burning around . Did the Ancient One finally feel like trying to take the diplomatic approach?
“You extradinsional entities are all the sa. You see Humanity as nothing but a toy to play with, to entertain yourself. You all seek to corrupt and twist humanity, and your presence does nothing but cause chaos to this realm's inhabitants, bringing forth destruction, ruin, and death," The Ancient One spoke, seemingly pulling an entire speech out of her ass.
Looking at her incredulously, I realized my mistake.
There was no way she wouldn't attack after my answer, especially if she regularly fought with Demons, Dormammu, the Lords of Chaos, and whatever else this hodgepodge of a world threw at her. More than likely, the statent and introduction earlier did not confirm her suspicions of my character; my mistake was not to realize that I was not dealing with soone unfamiliar with the supernatural nature of this world and the wider universe.
Deciding to be straight with her concerns, I said, "You do not believe my intentions to be true, do you? I admit that I find humanity fascinating and that I have a few mischievous intentions regarding Humanity as a whole. Still, sothing I can promise you is that I will not do Humanity any harm, physical or spiritual. I would promise ntally, but as you should well know, I cannot stop humanity from making ill-advised actions that are monuntally stupid. I know you are the Sorcerer Supre, and it's your job and life mission to stop beings like from corrupting, manipulating, or destroying humanity. Still, I can promise I am not like most of the...denizens of the multiverse for the past couple of centuries."
Before I could continue, she waved her hand, and the area around shifted and changed, becoming larger and larger until we were in a giant open space.
"Silence! You will not twist or influence with your words, vile creature!" She shouted, rather dramatically at that.
"If you do not believe-" Before I could continue my sentence, I felt hundreds of chains latch onto my body and begin to pull.
Looking around, I was t with countless summoned rope-like energy projections fueled by the Ancient One attempting to rip apart. It was surprising, as they appeared near instantly with only a twist of her hand. Unluckily for her, it was energy and, therefore, mine for the taking.
The black hole in my chest humd and vibrated before dead silence took over the area, as sound itself began being sucked into the black hole.
The energy around latched on followed not long after, then matter, then light.
Within re monts, the once bright Mirror Dinsion was now shrouded in darkness, with the only source of light being the blindingly bright event horizon that surrounded the Black Hole in my chest.
Yet, in the darkness, I could see just fine. Strangely, I felt at ho in the darkness, devoid of everything, with one notable exception: The Ancient One and myself.
With a thought, I let the light out, montarily bringing the both of us but returning the dinsion to one where we can both see the aftermath of an action that was, for , as simple as breathing.
After seeing the scene before us, I knew for certain that the Ancient One's threat rating of rose exponentially.
"Now, if I ant you or Humanity any harm, don't you think I'd have done sothing by now? I've been on Earth for months," I explained with a casual shrug as I looked upon the empty expanse that expanded far further than one would have expected, to the point where it looked like I had absorbed hundreds of miles of land and matter within seconds.
To be fair, I should have expected it, especially if I could absorb literal stars.
I wonder, since I could release the light I had absorbed, what about the matter? If so, what would the matter look like? Just a super condensed orb of material? I'd have to test that later, preferably without the Ancient One harassing every step of the way.
"Hopefully, I didn't harm anyone in this Dinsion while I was here, did I?" I asked, showing a bit of concern.
After a few monts, she eventually replied, "...No, no one but us was on Earth in the Mirror Dinsion. I made sure of that."
"It takes that worry off my mind; thanks for letting know," I thanked her with a bow, clearly surprising her, though not enough to change her outward expression or opinion of . I noticed her heartbeat change and tempo fluctuate, so she clearly heard .
"Tell you what, you have the Ti stone, yes? Review all of my ti spent here on Earth since my arrival. Suppose I am as bad as you think. In that case, I am willing to offer proof of my... good intentions towards Humanity and introduce so of my custors who have been shopping at my store since the beginning, though I admit so of them have...well, criminal records," I said. Before I knew it, an orange portal tore open space behind her as she turned around and walked through it, clearly to Karamar-Taj.
She turned back to look at .
"I will be seeing you again soon. If you prove to be a threat to mankind, we will banish you from this realm," she told with conviction. She really believed they could banish from the Earth if they tried. How amusing.
Left with the mirror dinsion, I left my clone inside to explore while my other bodies continued their work.
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