After seeing the Ascendants disappear, I wanted to let my anger explode, destroy a planet or two just to vent this boiling anger, I just wanted to destroy sothing in front of until I felt what was in my large Dragon claw, it didn't even seem like a speck of dust compared to my great size, even so the weight of this item seed overwhelming making my mind calm down.
"Mother, what do I do with this?" ()
"I don't know..." (Selene)
"What do I do with this!?" ()
I look around and except for my Mother who was apparently protecting as well as the small skull, besides her, most of the Gods were fighting against the Golems that were left behind, but without the Ascendants and those strange creatures of black or gray mist, there was no more danger for us in this battle.
I didn't start fighting the Golems right away because of this skull, there was no way I could use this thing and honestly, I was afraid of using my power on this thing and affecting the Souls inside, I could end up fusing the Souls or creating a bizarre spectral creature.
I was ntally, spiritually and physically exhausted from both the arduous journey here and this horrible battle, I wasn't sure if I could control the power of chaos so well in this state.
"Samara, what do you know!?" ()
"I, I know nothing, my lord." (Samara)
"I have never heard of this item either in my ti as Saint of Life or during my tornt serving Lady Callidora." (Samara)
"..." ()
I was feeling frustrated as I returned to my Human form, the skull now seed larger than my own head, but I could feel a thin layer of energy around it sealing not the Souls but the cursed energy of the skull itself.
"What do I do with this!?" ()
"Give it to and Lena, we can take care of it safely, but you'll have to wait for her to finish dealing with that Golem." (Cortana)
"How long?" ()
"A few hours should be enough." (Cortana)
"Leave everything in our hands and go ho to rest." (Cortana)
Cortana appeared in front of like a blessing to , her words reassured in this situation, I also turned my eyes to her seeing her mocking smile, that was the first expression I saw her make.
"Why such a happy face?" ()
"Mavor believes he escaped from , but my intention was never to kill him... I can only imagine his expression when he finds out..." (Cortana)
"What did you do?" ()
"I marked him with my Concept, the next ti I find him, I can take the seed I planted and extract everything from him, be it his power, life, Soul and even his body..." (Cortana)
"How long will it take?" ()
"I don't know, I just created this technique, I'm not even sure if he'll notice it, I can't even say how long it will take to reap what I planted in him, but I believe it shouldn't take long." (Cortana)
"Why not just kill him?" ()
"At that mont it wouldn't have been possible, I needed to stop that General of the Abyss and when I had ti to deal with Mavor, well... it was no longer possible to kill him, at most I would have only managed to hurt his Soul in that lapse of ti, that's why I preferred to use this technique." (Cortana)
I would like to cause him pain, but I could not deny what Cortana said, that ans of Teleportation of his was sothing I had never seen, there was almost no fluctuation in space, most likely he left this universe.
I had these doubts as I returned to Okan, he had several bodies of Soldier Golems around him, he didn't seem to be injured and so Dragons were around him much more injured, they clearly helped him in his combats.
"Sir, it seems that Niryna disappeared, should I go after her or help in the combat?" (Samara)
"..." ()
I look into the distance processing the battlefield once more, these Golems wouldn't be a problem, Cortana's Dragons were already helping with the massive Golems and the Soldier Golems were too weak, the Gods could help with this without having to do anything, I even doubt that anyone will be seriously injured from now on.
"Let them vent their anger, go back with everyone who wants to rest and let those who want to fight..." ()
Sigh
"(I still have to look at Irina's ritual, I need to know if those Souls are okay...)" ()
I headed towards the Communal Temple as soon as I entered Okan, in the main hall I could imdiately feel the pressure of billions of Souls together, it was an enormous pressure mainly due to the strong emotions that these confused Souls emanate such as fear, anger, sadness, hatred and many other emotions completely understandable by their situation.
I approach letting my Aura wander among the Souls, my Divine Aura calms these emotions while the pressure gradually decreases and I can see the state of the Souls, my emotions almost losing themselves again when I see so many wounded Souls, so of them shattered and so were incomplete.
I was furious, but I had nowhere to let this anger fall, I had no worthy target to tear to pieces.
"Zenos, calm down, at least we have those Souls back, they didn't get lost." (Alice)
"You say that because you can't see the state of those Souls." ()
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2 days later.
Two days have already passed, I just opened my eyes and even so I notice the difference in ti almost imdiately just by feeling the surroundings.
When I opened my eyes I didn't feel rested, my body had recovered to a large extent, my Soul was reinvigorated for a while, but my mind was heavy, the losses were many and almost all of them were innocent lives that couldn't even defend themselves, entire planets emptied.
I don't consider myself a good person, but I understand the weight of life or at least I would like to think so, seeing so many lives being lost like that, such astronomical numbers in a genocide like that, it was like blinking my eyes and all that was left was death, as if those lives ant nothing.
"You finally woke up... good morning." (Kira)
Kiss
"Good morning..." ()
I feel Kira's embrace on and turning my head to kiss her tender lips good morning, so of the weight on my mind eases, allowing to give her a sincere smile.
"What did I miss?" ()
"Diana was wildly enraged, she among all of us is the one who least accepts the senseless deaths of innocents, she was not alone, many of her children are too." (Kira)
"I imagine the others were more under control." ()
"Yes, your Heralds and Divine Beasts worked together with your two new daughters to allow the still living Souls to return to their bodies using your Star Path as a ans." (Kira)
"I see..." ()
I close my eyes and feel my Divine Kingdom, it has increased dozens of tis in size, but I can still feel strange things inside, focusing on one of them I realize it is a Soul, it was being carried by a shadowy silhouette that represents its own will, the shape of this Soul was a shiny stone block.
Looking in several other places I notice similar situations, Souls in the form of stones, plant pots, statues, people being carried in the arms of their Silhouettes of Will or being carried hand in hand with their Silhouettes of Will, the Souls took many forms while being carried with more or less difficulty by their Wills.
Sotis I felt one of these Souls disappearing and concentrating on those monts I saw a silhouette that had in its hands a shiny sphere floating being placed on a body lying in the middle of the Stellar Path, when this was done the entire Stellar Path shone and the body, the silhouette of Will and the Soul disappeared.
"(I see, so that's what they're doing...)" ()
But it'll take days to do it, I understood my Divine Kingdom better than anyone, in the anti the lifeless bodies could be killed for various reasons, be it hunger, illness, murder or any other reason.
Even those who managed to recover wouldn't be normal, walking the Stellar Path was synonymous with transformation and considering what these Souls went through I couldn't rule out what kind of transformation they would go through.
I raised my head looking around, I had already realized that I wasn't in a bed, but when I looked around I realized I was in the Communal Temple, I was in the Sacred Blood Pool at the feet of my Divine statue.
Looking at my chest I could see the wound Ayden made still there, the wound was no longer open, but it was far from being healed and I was sure it would leave a permanent scar on my body.
Sigh
"I have a lot to do, don't I...?" ()
"Yes, the Souls traveling their stellar path are those that are largely intact, but there are many wounds that are being treated by the Gods, the real problem lies in the Souls that are severely damaged, incomplete or destroyed, they are waiting for you and your new daughters to take care of these Souls." (Kira)
"I see..." ()
I understand what was happening, only my power of chaos showed the ability to save Souls that were in such horrible states, that was what saved Layla in the past and allowed the birth of Hades.
"Zenos, Davoth has appeared, he wants to et with you...." (Karina)
"He is not alone and the Twins appeared out of nowhere as soon as he appeared, Vanessa went to call the Goddess of Blood while I ca to call you." (Karina)
"Davoth..." ()
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