Chapter 134 - If Magic Cannot...?

His business in Tarm concluded Zell teleported back to the isle of dragons where he went into the house of black to find Obsi and Sid waiting for him.

"Welcome home Zell." Obsi said.

"I don't live here though?" Zell replied confused.

"You can if you want to." Obsi said with a smile. "Did you deal with your sister? Are you okay?"

"Yes." Zell said. "Everything is taken care of. Rose is dead and Neuval is in my mother's hands. Peace has been achieved between humans and nonhumans. All that remains is taking care of the gods." Zell looked at Sid and could not help but smile. "Anna says she still loves you, by the way." Zell told him.

Sid took a step back with a look of shock upon his face. "She remembers me?" He questioned, not believing that she would have remembered him. "I thought none of the gods cared about us, that she forgot about me as soon as we left."

"Not all of the gods are terrible." Zell replied. "Some of them are rather nice, others need to die. That brings me to why I am here. According to Anna I cannot get into the divine realm without an invite. The only way to get said invite is to start killing some gods who are not currently in the divine realm. Do you have any type of magic that can track a god in the multiverse?"

"That would require someone to sense everything and everyone in the multiverse." Sid explained. "No one, no matter what level they were, would be able to do that. It is just too vast and too many souls for anyone to achieve such a feat. Even just doing one universe would be too much."

"Yes, such a thing would be impossible." Obsi said. "Despite the creator gods' bluster there even they cannot always see the entirety of the multiverse. They are limited to the part they are looking at and cannot see beyond it."

"So, I could look in sections." Zell said. "Just like they do."

"They do it from the divine realm." Obsi said.

"The realm itself is helping them watch." Sid explained. "No, I don't think there is a way."

"That makes my next task complicated." Zell said. "Those gods could be anywhere in the multiverse. How am I supposed to find them if I cannot track them?!" Zell thought about what to do. He thought maybe if magic and sorcery could not solve his problem perhaps technology could.

Obsi noticed Zell deep in thought. "What are you thinking?" She asked.

"I am thinking about a world I visited while chasing my sister." Zell said. "They had technology unlike any I had ever seen. Maybe they have a scanner that could be modified to scan the multiverse for the signatures of a god. I know they had scanners to find people on their planet, so logically they might have one that can be aimed at the multiverse."

"Using mortal tools to find gods." Obsi laughed. "Only you would think of such a trick. It is completely crazy, but it might just work."

"Right." Zell replied. "Before I go, Sid, would you like a portal to go see Anna? She said she would love to see you again."

"I don't know if that is wise." Sid said. "It may be better to just remember her as she was and be happy with that. I don't want her to cause me to lose my anger and force me to kill her. I would hate for her blood to stain my hands."

"If that's how you feel." Zell said. "I will return one day; I just don't know when. Oh, one more thing Sid. There is a third fox sister who is evil and seeks the end of the multiverse. So be careful and I would suggest finding the other members of your team as fast as possible."

"I understand." Sid said. "On second thought, I opened a portal to Anna for me. I feel as if your meeting is the work of my lady and as such a member of my team may be on the planet Anna is on." He looked himself over really quick. "I look alright, don't I?"

"You look fine." Obsi said. "Don't be nervous, she is excited to see you remember?"

Lucille rushed into the room with a stressed expression on her face. "Master, I wish to accompany you." She said politely.

Zell blushed remembering what Lucille was wearing the last time he saw her. Obsi noticed Zell's reaction and found it to be curious.

"Of course, you can come." Sid said. "Having you along may help me find the person I am looking for."

"Alright." Zell said. "Opening a portal now. Please be quick as tears into the fabric of the multiverse are not good things to keep open long." As the portal opened Sid and Lucille quickly went through and Zell closed it behind them. Leaving him and a curious Obsi alone.

"So why did you blush?" Obsi asked. "Do you like her? I don't mind including her if that is what finally gets you in the mood."

"No, nothing like that." Zell said. "I just remembered something when I saw her, that's all." If Obsi did not know that her father and the maid were an item, he did not want to be the one to tell her.

Obsi sighed deeply. "I thought maybe that was my way in." She said with a sad expression. "Do you feel any different towards me after becoming a dragon? You should be drawn to me as I am to you. That is how this sort of thing works."

"I am sorry." Zell said. "I do not."

"Maybe you just need time." Obsi said. "As always, I am willing to wait. Now go, I will inform the others of everything. Just don't stay away from me too long, okay?"

"I promise I will be back." Zell said. "And I am sorry that I don't feel the same way about you as you do me. My heart still belongs to my wife, I hope you understand."

"Devotion to your spouse is a wonderful thing." Obsi said. "But you need to move on. I will not force the issue as you need to do it on your own. I will be waiting for you though. When you are finally ready to take that leap, I will grab you by the hand and jump with you, no questions asked. Afterall we are immortals with forever ahead of us, what is a few more years to us?"

"You really are a sweet girl, Obsi." Zell said. "Thank you, for that." With those words Zell opened a portal back to the technological world he chased Rose to and silently walked into it. Leaving Obsi all alone in the house of black.

Zell noticed a bit of wetness on his cheek as the breeze of the dying planet touched his face. He did not fully understand why Obsi's words and devotion moved him so, but his body definitely had a reaction. He wiped the tear away and started walking back towards the city in the dome.

He stopped and wondered. He had rebuilt a planet from dust before and cursed the walking dead. He wondered if he used his power here if it would repair the broken planet. Wanting to test his power he decided to give it a try. He knelt and pressed his hand firmly on the ground. He could feel the energies of the planet surging beneath his hand and all of the life that was connected to it.

He could feel the lack of life. Even the wildlife and planet that were living were only barely living. The planet seemed weak and drained of all its resources. The waters of the oceans and rivers were barren of life, and the waters were deeply toxic. "These people destroyed their planet in pursuit of progress." Zell said as he felt it.

Determined to see if he could, Zell pushed some of his power into the stream that he felt. The results were immediate as green and lush grass began to sprout rapidly from the cracked dusty ground around him. Dead trees regained their color and leaves and the toxic waters near him became cleared and radiant.

Zell continued and the life sprouting from him slowly engulfed the entirety of the planet. The sky above even cleared of the dense smog as his magic cleansed the air. When he was done, he saw a beautiful field in front of him. Filled with lush plants and flowers, swaying in the breeze. The air was crisp and fresh.

Zell was pleased with his power. "It looks like the source of my power truly is life itself." He said as he looked at the mark on the back of his gauntlet. "So, one fox of life and one fox of death. I wonder what the third fox is.. I hope it isn't anything terrible, for Sid's and Obsi's sakes."