Re: Player

[23rd Return!]

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[Hecate's POV]

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If you ask me how long I have been waiting for this event, this apocalypse, this calamity to happen, then my answer would be somewhere along the lines of…

"How did we even come to this?"

The answer was never.

I never wished for this day to come. A calamity? Are you kidding me? Nope. Nada. Never.

"Weren't we looking forward to fighting against Luciana and that other guy?" I asked out loud, as I was really exasperated with how everything was playing out.

My colleagues, Helios and Castellina, were sharing the same sentiment. This wasn't what we signed up for. It was far above anything we have seen in our long, long life. Forget about the calamity, there was also that guy…

"How is Laplace even alive?" That was another unwelcomed shock that I didn't like. He was a monster that was hard to kill even 500 years ago. We burnt him, froze him, killed him and separated all his body parts into different containers and then sealed each in different corners of different dimensions.

Forget about him. We didn't want his son to grow up to his potential. Hence, we marked that son of Laplace as a priority target for all gods and angels.

"He is the same breed as those three," the All-Father spoke as he looked up at the sky. The place where three beings were standing with a half tensed, half bored expression. The angel that we have heard about, and Luciana, we know. Don't know about the third guy, though.

Despite that, from the All-Father's words, it became a bit clear that those three, Laplace and even 'that' guy, were part of something else. What? I didn't know. Do we even know anything at this point?

"Are we fighting with them? Who exactly are they?" Helios asked as he focused on them with a sharp gaze. There were questions in his eyes, questions that were targeted at the All Father. But the All-Father was with this other guy, probably a heaven's guardian.

Once again, another question. How did a heaven's guardian step in the mortal realm? Wasn't it impossible for them to do so?

"Their fates are special. I have never seen fates as special as those." Castellina seemed to be fascinated with those beings as well. Slowly uncovering her blindfolded eyes, she looked at those guys with those mesmerizing dark blue eyes of hers. Even I was enchanted by her for a second here before I used magic to calm my mind.

And then I felt the presence of the Two True Giants standing at the very back of the army that was coming towards us. My heart skipped a beat as I felt the strange power emanating from each of them. Their very nature was against the existence of this world.

"How long has it been that they had been sealed there… to think we would see another ragnarok out of nowhere," that black-haired heaven's guardian sighed as he looked at those giants while we just observed.

These were the beings that existed long before we were even born. We can't even fathom the depth of their powers. Not even one of them.

"Let's go. It's beginning," the All-Father spoke, as he vanished from there and appeared in front of one of the giants that had stepped into the mortal realm and punched it with controlled power.

-BOOMM!!!!

The power was enough to destroy a considerable area, but the ground somehow still remained intact. As for the giant, it pushed the other giants back into the portal before the All-Father went in as well.

The heaven's guardian then created a black barrier that covered the entire entrance of that portal before he spoke.

"Other than the higher gods and the weavers. No one enters. The others can support from a distance, or maybe do nothing at all."

"Looks like we can't back out," Castellina laughed a little while I just sighed," lucky us."

-Whoosh!

Though before we could even move, I saw Laplace appearing right in front of the guardian as he spoke,

"You are spoiling the mood. Did 'He' send you?"

-BOOM!!

Laplace kicked the guardian far away into the city, destroying at least half of it before getting thrown into the ocean. Our eyes widened a bit, but it was no time to be surprised as that blue-haired kid appeared in front of Laplace.

-BOOM!!!!!!

A shockwave appeared, much stronger than the previous one, pushing even us higher gods one step behind, while we kept looking at Laplace holding the fist of that blue-haired kid.

"Are you the sixth? You are strong! Wanna join my side? I can-" Laplace was excited as he looked at that blue-haired kid, but that kid kicked Laplace in his head with tremendous power.

My eyes could barely catch the speed of his kick, which reached Laplace's head and created another powerful shock, this time much stronger than before. Can I take that kick? Maybe if I have all my restrictions removed… maybe?

Though I saw Laplace, just standing there, without an inch of his head moved. Smiling, he spoke,

"Very good. You have a great foundation. I can teach you how to wield your power as well. Just tell me. What do you want? Name it and it's all yours-"

This time, he was attacked by a rather strong attack. Taking that attack of light directly, his body was slightly melting, but that was all. I think I saw him smiling at that barrage of attacks while he looked at that angel girl with a salacious smile.

"You know I always wanted an angel concubine. I didn't think the eighth would be one," he even winked at her, making her glare at him before she increased her powers even more. Though it didn't seem to affect him even for a second.

"So. Luciana. Have you tested me enough? Tell me, did you see any possibilities of winning in the future that you looked through?" A smirk was present on Laplace's face as he then looked back at Luciana, who now had her eyes narrowed at him.

-BOOOM!!!!!

"Lady Luciana! Don't listen to him. He is a demon! He only knows how to deceive others!" Heaven's guardian appeared again, trying to hit Laplace. But a red-coloured barrier appeared in between, stopping the attack of that heaven's guardian in a single instance.

"Shut up, insect!" Laplace spoke as he glared at that heaven's guardian, before pushing him back into the ground.

-BOOM!

"Now, Luciana! Don't tell me you still can't see that your only choice is to obey me. You will be my toy, just like everything else. Even 'He' knows it's inevitable. In this world, in the entirety of Zarraf, there is no one who can touch me-"

-BOOOMMMM!!!!

And then I saw Laplace falling back into that portal area at an insane speed, while another person was standing in his place. A guy around whom black and white threads were floating gracefully.

"I am gonna touch you. Wait, that sounded wrong?" Spoke that guy, Adam, with an innocent smile on his face. While his mana was overflowing… at least 1000s of time, comparative to mine.