Chapter 229 - Return To Ishgar {7} What Makes An Overlord [2]

Paradise island was divided into two parts. One was the beautiful, majestic and mysterious green forest region where Gildarts first encountered Atlas. This part of the island belonged to two of the Overlords, more specifically, Leo the Lion and Aurora the Griffin. The island was divided by a mountain chain that stretched from one side of the island to the other. In the middle of the island laid God's mountain that was directly connected with the mountain chain. The other part of the island that Eleanor the Pheonix, Caleb the dragon, and Luna the python controlled was very different from the green forest side. Their side was divided up into three areas which they controlled each. But overall their side of the island didn't look green and alive like Leo's and Aurora's did. It wasn't dead, but it wasn't untouched by battle like the other side was. Battles between Eleanor, Caleb and Luna happened frequently, which caused their part of the island to look not as good as Leo's did.

Currently, Amell was fighting Aurora. He wanted to test his two strongest Overlords in battle, and he had already tested Leo. He was fighting her human form since they were in the forest and her Griffin form was too big for this kind of spar. constant explosions were heard across the forest as they traded blows with each other. Aurora was sweating and her magic enchanted fists could barely ruffle Amell's hair out of place. He expected this since not even Alora could make him sweat, and she was many times more powerful than any of these Overlords.

"Okay, let's stop!" Amell's voice rang out louder than any of these explosions. Aurora lept back and breathed out. She looked at Amell that stood with his hands behind his back, not even sweating a little bit.

"If I may be so rude to ask, God Amell a question." She said with her head lowered. She took great care to never forget formality when talking with someone higher ranked than her. To her, that was only Alora and Amell.

"Go ahead, I do not mind."

"How did you become so strong, God Amell?"

"That's a complicated question, Aurora. There is no easy answer. But I guess the easiest answer I could provide is that I am old. Very old." Amell smiled.

"May I ask for guidance on how to become strong like you?"

"Sleep eight hours a night, and eat your vegetables." '

Aurora looked up confused at his answer. How could the answer be that simple? If that was his secret then she should be a God already. Aurora felt a feeling of frustration build up within her. "I do not mean to be rude, Lord. But that does not seem feasible to me. How can eating correctly be the secret to power?"

"It's not. I just gave you that answer because there is no other answer, Aurora. There is no secret to it. Some are lucky, and if those lucky few trains hard enough, they will eventually reach great power."

"Please guide me, God!" She knelt down, speaking in a pleading tone.

"No, I will not. Aurora, you posses power most beings of this world can only dream of. You are already at the top of the food chain, so I will only give you one piece of advice. Do not seek infinite power. There is nothing at the top but boredom. When you have no challenge everything will feel meaningless to you. So my advice is, stay at the level where you can be challenged, as a warrior there is nothing worse than being too strong to fight for real."

"How can I do that? I was born to rise to the top! As Overlords we were born to travel and protect our God. For that I need power!" She spoke with determination.

"That's what your allies are for. When you are not enough, you look to your comrades for help and then you defeat your enemies together." Amell gestured to one of the stone chairs he had summoned out of the ground.

"I see." Aurors looked disappointed at the answer, but she still sat down and tried to understand his reasoning.

"I understand this is not easy to swallow, Aurora. When you have not achieved my level of power you will never truly understand what I'm talking about. So, if you really want to chase power, I won't stop you, but will not help you either. And if you someday reach that pinnacle of power, you will look back to this day and maybe then will you understand the meaning of my words."

"I swear I will reach the top and claim the title as the strongest beast from lady Alora. Is this acceptable to you, God Amell?"

"You don't need my blessing to chase your dreams. Besides, you were born from my magic, so that means you had my blessing to do whatever you want since birth." Amell waved his hand and started using bending to fix the forest they destroyed in their spar.

"Is this the power of a God?" Aurora asked as she watched how the elements followed Amell's commands without any problem. He wasn't using magic, his magic power wasn't infused in his actions. The elements just simply obeyed him, so Aurora didn't know how to explain it other than this is what God's do.

"I'm not friends with other Gods, so I don't know about that. This, however, is something I created on my own." Amell was talking about cosmic bending. How he can bend cosmic energy to command every element in existence. That was something he wholeheartedly believes he was the first to do. Vaatu even admitted that he would probably never be able to do this level of bending no matter how he trained with it. What Amell was doing now was child's play. He could create an entire continent with bending alone, and he could walk into a city and take control of the minds of every human in that city without effort. He was truly what people would describe as Godlike.

"I see. Truly worthy of the title of God!" Aurora bowed her head again to this mighty being.

"Well, thanks, young lady," He said playfully. "Anyway, I believe it is time for me to go. I shall visit Ishgar soon, so I need to prepare." Amell rose to his feet and stretched his limbs until he heard the small cracks, and he released small moans of pleasure.

"I understand. I will train harder and the next time you see me, I will show you power!"

Amell smiled at her, "I will be looking forward to that, little lady!" he started floating and one boom later and he was gone from view.

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