In the Divine Realm, a few monts before Rythar died. The Gods were sat, gathered around while waiting for the Tartarus to arrive.
Rythar, the God of Might and Righteousness, sat in the center of the Gods with a golden light around his body. His actual body was that of a hulking man with long golden hair and a rough look about him. His clothes consisted of mostly furs from Divine Beasts he had killed at so point.
Kara sat distant from the rest of the Gods in the Golden Hall. Xandes, the man who was sothing of a ntor and a friend to her had withheld his role in the purge of the Avarus from her. The way he reacted when Iras spoke to the Gods told her all she needed to know. And as if they shared so unspoken understanding, Xandes hadnt tried to approach her.
At the mont, Karas current focus was on Iras parting words. It seed that he had so relation to her daughter but she couldnt tell if it was bad or good. She even wondered if her daughter was still alive or if Ira was the one to kill her.
We have entered a dangerous ti, Kara. Ionus appeared beside her and spoke in a low whisper.
Have we? Kara turned and asked him.
The last ti an Avarus focused its attention on the Gods, many were lost. I see the sa events happening once again, only this ti Ionus trailed off, turning his head toward Rythars body.
What is that?!
Whats going on?
A few other Gods began to speak up in confusion as they observed Rythar. A small but noticeable black hole ford in the middle of his chest and began to slowly expand.
Soone moved to help but Xandes blocked their path.
Dont touch him! Xandes shouted while staring ahead with pure disbelief.
The black hole that grew within Rythar only continued to increase in size.
Suddenly, Rythar opened his eyes.
No! No! No! Rythar bellowed in agony as he clenched his chest. Tendrils made of black mist erged from the abyss-like cavity and wrapped around his body.
No! Rythar struggled but the tendrils only beca tighter. Please! Soone help !
The dignity of a God could no longer be found in Rythar as his pleas echoed throughout the Golden Hall. No one moved to help and the tendrils soon covered most of his body.
Damn you all! Die! I curse you all to death! Rythar scread as he was pulled into the black hole consud him.
Within a few seconds, he vanished, leaving a trace of black mist in the air that soon dissipated.
...What just happened? Soone asked with a look of devastation.
Hold on! Xandes raised his hand and stared into the distance. I cant detect a trace of Rythars divinity anywhere. Its...gone.
Impossible! A Goddess stood up in protest. That would an that Rythars divinity was taken or stripped away while he was in the Mortal Realm and that isnt possible. He rely possessed a human so there is no reason for his real body, and more importantly, his divinity to vanish.
So Gods wanted to agree with her but they knew better. What they witnessed was no illusion or trick, Rythar was killed.
This is a good thing. A God whose divinity was centered around trickery grinned. With Rythar dead we should be able to descend. No matter what, if soone in the Mortal Realm has the strength to kill even a weak God, they have broken one of the greatest taboos.
Then why havent the columns activated? Another God replied.
As if to answer their question, a high-ranked Angel ca flying into the Golden Hall with clear urgency.
Forgive for intruding but there is important news I must share with the exalted ones. The Angel knelt.
Speak, Xandes responded.
All of the columns have lost their light.
The Gods imdiately went into another uproar. The reason being that there had never been a ti where the columns had suddenly gone dull without them first interfering. What that ant now was they couldnt manipulate the Mortal Realm anymore. Even if they wanted to raise the barrier between the two realms again in order to create a second collapse they would be unable to do so.
This is the doing of the Avarus, A God muttered.
The gravity of Iras threat beca apparent and each one of them began to feel it though they wouldnt show it. Rythar, even as the God of Might, wasnt anywhere near the strongest of Gods. But a God shouldnt have died so easily no matter the circumstance. After all, a single God was enough to upturn entire continents in the Mortal Realm.
...There is nothing left for us to say here. Id suggest we all prepare for the Avarus arrival since hed have no choice but to ascend after killing one of our own. The scheming God suggested.
He hasnt ascended, Ionus spoke up and all eyes gathered on him imdiately. There has been no shift in the entire realm. You can wait all you want but the Avarus will not appear here. Not today.
Have you seen his arrival? Xandes asked gravely.
No, but Ive seen the fury of an Avarus first hand just as you have and many others who stand here now. You can only prepare yourselves for what is to co. With those words, Ionus gave a single glance to Kara before he left.
Silence reigned over the mighty Gods inside of the Golden Hall. No one wanted to admit it but Ira was now sothing that required their full attention.
Im leaving. A Goddess transford into a ray of light before disappearing.
The rest of the Gods began leaving the Golden Hall in short order. Each one thinking of preparations they needed to deal with a formidable foe. For so Gods, it had been the first ti in countless years since they fought.
Kara, Xandes called out to the Valkyrie Goddess who was among those leaving.
Youve moved past the level of absolute in terms of swordsmanship and reached the zenith. You are among the few Gods who might pose a threat to the Avarus...Will you fight when the ti cos?
Kara took a pause, turning to look at Xandes with cold eyes. I will only fight if I have a reason.
She left him with her curt statent.
Good, Xandes said to himself. He knew the Valkyries to be a battle-centered race so it stood to reason that they wouldve fought with the Avarus and lost. That was what Xandes strongly believed.
Ira opened his eyes and groaned as he climbed out of a crater. He looked at his arm to see his sleeve ripped, exposing the trail of black markings that stopped at his shoulder. Of course, the sigil that depicted a wolf eating a moon remained on the underside of his wrist.
Oh yeah, Ira recalled the events that passed and surveyed the area around him.
The magma had cooled, the ground had settled, and the dust had cleared. What remained now was nothing more than a broken and shattered mockery of what was. The Underground City couldnt quite be called that anymore as the destruction of the canyon that surrounded it caused most of it to be exposed to the sunlight.
The remnants of the Unified Army were still around, albeit destroyed in their own way.
Dad! Raveria shot straight into Iras arms.
Woah! Ira smiled as he caught his daughter.
Zephyr, Valeryn, and Rhys ca over imdiately after and grabbed Ira.
You disappeared and we didnt know what do! I thought that you were going to be gone forever. Raverias face beca wrinkled as she began to cry.
It's ok, Ravi. Ira held his daughter tightly before lifting Zephyr onto his shoulder and holding Valeryn with his free arm.
I would never leave just like that, Ravi, Ira assured her.
Raveria nodded her head while fighting the tears that continued to pour.
Sothing happened to your arm, Father. Valeryn noticed sothing off about Ira and it wasnt just his marked arm. Sothing had definitely changed within his father but he had no idea what it was.
Yeah, its a little souvenir. Ira smiled.
Rhys looked at Ira strangely as she too felt sothing was different about him. Looking at him now gave the feeling of being a few feet from a cliffs edge but not peering over it.
Inside of him, at that very mont, Rythars divinity was being broken down before it would ultimately be recreated with the Voids influence. The result of that process would no doubt be sothing dangerous.
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