The Adventures of Rose Hood

Me and Celios appeared in the ring, and I collapsed right away.

“Amanda!!!”

Despite knowing my identity, he was still worried.

“We were in the far reaches of space, it took almost all of my mana to get us back here.”

“I see, and he’s going to be here.”

“Very quickly.”

Dallel leapt in the ring.

“Celios what happened.”

He froze as my disguise and aura shield faded due to lack of mana.

“Rose.”

“Sup.”

Dallel drew his sword, but Celios stood in front of me.

“Listen, I know how much you want to fight her. Believe me, I do too. But we have bigger issues right now.”

“Celios, I don’t know how she tri-“

“Will you shut up right now Dallel?! We have a being that could do this to Kala without breaking a sweat coming in who knows how short of time. I don’t care what you are feeling, we need to evacuate the city now.”

His words echoed across the arena.

The people finally looked at me and Nala gasped.

“Her arms… they’re shattered.”

Dallel nearly dropped his sword upon seeing the state of my arms.

“That was from one attack.”

Upon realizing the gravity of the situation, panic grew. It was then that I realized that it was for the best that Granny showed up.

“EVERYONE CALM DOWN!!! WE WON’T ESCAPE IF WE PANIC!!!”

Her shout calmed everyone.

We left the arena and as I couldn’t move due to having such little mana, Dallel carried me.

“You are going to explain a lot, do you hear?”

“I understand, but right now we need to focus on survival.”

Celios remembered something.

“Kala, you used status check, what are his stats.”

I gritted my teeth before answering.

“Too large to process.”

Celios nodded as though he expected that result and got to unrestraining the other gods.

“Why can’t you move though?”

“I used all of my mana to get back from where we were. We traveled way too far to have no consequences.”

Celios nodded, then a crash was heard and a terrifyingly familiar voice.

“Oh, weaklings. I gave you an offer, and you can still accept, and I won’t destroy everything.”

I snorted.

“Yeah, you won’t destroy everything because you still need these people for materials.”

He laughed.

“Kala was your name, right? Well, you made a material rich world, and you didn’t think for a moment that people would use it? That’s almost pitiful.”

Dallel recognized his strength immediately and ran as fast as he could. Duhnheim was frozen in fear, so Celios grabbed him.

“RETREAT!!! WE CAN’T WIN!!!”

The people realized how strong he was for the stubborn Dallel to instantly declare defeat.

“Disappointing, for such a rich world, you don’t have many actually strong people.”

Celios barely blocked the attack aimed for Dallel, but Celios was thrown back in a twisted pretzel shape. He coughed out blood.

The man smiled.

“A god? Kala, you made such an interesting world. No matter, I can still kill him.”

Celios spat blood at the man.

“You should have just joined us, weakling.”

My mind remembered Royce in that instant. When Celios killed him, my rage was pure and I would have killed him, but now I was furious, but at this man who acted like we all were pathetic.

I launched from Dallel and cut at his back, but he was prepared and snapped my body in half.

I coughed out blood but healed and got up.

The man’s eyes widened, but his grin didn’t fade.

“Interesting, you really have to join us now. Your rage is unique.”

Kala and I smiled back. Speaking with both of our voices.

“Your death was assured the moment you threatened my friend.”

“What?”

“I didn’t want to do this, because I may fade.”

Everyone realized what I meant, and Dallel shouted.

“Rose, don’t.”

“Kala, I will merge.”

“Very well.”

Our power spasmed and merged and the man charged, but this time I could block.

My arm still broke, but I didn’t move.

“What? Kala, how?”

He didn’t understand who I was. Why I was able to make a world like this.

My mind was full. The memories of Rose stormed in like a typhoon, and as such, so did the memories of the other shards. I understood their rage, what my children did, and what I had to do to save them.

“I don’t know what dark art you used, but I will still kill you.”

I smiled.

“Your first mistake, was threatening my friends.”

He realized something.

“Your second mistake, was doing it where my dominion is supreme.”

It was because Rose fought my aura that they were able to keep up. Now, there were no such shackles.

“You are just a beast that declares dominion. I am greater!!!”

I laughed.

“You are certainly stronger, but I claim what I made.”

I used all of my power in an instant, I couldn’t hold back for a second.

He used advanced magic without talking and barely blocked it, but he still took massive damage.

“You little *****.”

I was then disconnected from Kala. She used too much power in an instant to maintain dominion.

The man began to heal.

“You really think… that you can defeat me? I am an ?????? of the ????? ??????”

“I don’t care about your garbled crap. I’ll kill you anyways.”

The man smiled.

“Please, Kala. That was your strongest attack. What can you do?”

“Easy. But first you should know something.”

“Oh?”

The man leaned over demeaningly. I could barely move, but I knew how to at least catch him off guard.

“My name is Rose, you ***hole.”

I undid my shift. And I became a dragon. He was hit in the face by my rapidly growing body.

Dallel took advantage of the distraction and cut the man’s spine.

He coughed out in pain.

“You weaklings dare hurt a higher being like myself.”

As a catkin, I smiled.

“You higher beings dare get decimated by weaklings like us.”

He turned quickly, but it was too late.

The one thing I could confirm was that he was human, so my blade found his lunge and pierced it, assuring his death if he couldn’t find healing.

“You little- You’re a monster.”

I grabbed his neck, and he started choking. But I only smiled.

“Not a monster, just a tad psychotic.”

With that. I ripped off his head, then the oddest thing happened.

[The individual Heather (Nickname: Kala) has achieved the proper requirements for system entrance. She can now view the system and understand it’s functions.]

[You have gained the skill, World Domination.]

[The world under your rule now has leveled up to 5. The death of a higher being has fueled your world’s energy.]

[The Faction (God slayers) has declared war on you.]

[You have gained the skill, Truth.]

[Your title has changed from god of lies, to World’s Mother.]

[The mind Rose is now considered the dominant mind until the mind Kala can regenerate.]

[The Supreme Faction has made peace with you. You have received a blessing.]

[Your mana is low, do you wish to draw on the world.]

“No.”

[Understood, your mana has drained to its dredges, but you refuse to draw on the world.]

[You gained the title, Sacrificer. You now can take mana and life from any opponent in the same league as you or lower.]

[Your true level has reached 15. Your Health and Mana have restored to full.]

“Check, Celios.”

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Name: Celios

Level: 10

Race: Diety

Age: 704935

HP: 7450/87000000

MP: 200/100000000

Skills:

King’s wrath: 5

Fallen grace: 3

Divine aspect: 9

Sword king: 8

Wind divination: MAX

???????????????: ?

Titles:

Fallen king

Dominator

King of the Skies

Hero

Murderer

The Outlaster

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“Huh, what’s with the question marks?”

[System error. Individual Celios has lost skills due to using unique skill Self Destruction. As a result, the system is still regaining information.]

“Kala, who are you talking to?”

“Something odd.”

Dallel and the other adventurers immediately raised their weapons. Of course.

“Explain, now.”

I sighed and prepared to explain, but Kala spoke.

“It’s time for you to know, I guess. The reason Rose sides with me.”

“Are you sure, Kala?”

“Yes.”

They realized that I disconnected from Kala after the fight and seemed to be less tense. Then Kala said something that confused them.

“Could you maintain your body?”

“Of course.”

Then the same thing that happened during the fight against Celios and Dallel happened again. My body started falling apart. Then Kala’s face was uncovered and more and more of it came uncovered.

Amy had long since frozen by this point. She could barely breathe.

Then it finished and Kala stood in the form she had as a human.

“It can’t be…”

“Amy? What do you mean?”

Amy ignored Celios’s question.

“Heather? Is that really you?”

Kala smiled sadly.

“Hi Amy, it’s been a while.”