Chapter 790 – Tournament of Oddities 25 – Pacifists and Purposes

Chapter 790 – Tournament of Oddities 25 – Pacifists and Purposes

“Seriously, Luci, every time I call you to be a little bit violent, you give it the minimal amount of effort!” Gaia complained, while everyone gathered in the ruin of the church. Hovering on her spot, the supreme deity seemed to listen to something that John couldn’t hear, and then sighed. “I guess that does make me the idiot. Anyway, off you go. I will need a bit more time to give you a proper body.” A snap of the green-haired creator’s fingers, and the angel was gone.

‘She must have said something along the lines of ‘why do you keep giving me those missions then?’ I guess,’ John thought and turned around to properly look at Gaia.

“Look at you, using faith as your shield,” the supreme deity immediately began to sass him. Tapping the top of the cross with the index finger of her right hand, she caused small ripples in reality just by interacting with it. “Never took you as a religious man, but hey, the second you’re cornered, you come running to Jesus. You know that only praying when you need something is pretty rude, right?”

“I’ll write it down somewhere,” the Gamer sighed. The not-so-subtle complaint from Gaia was that he almost always complained about things he didn’t have, rather than thank her sometimes for what she did give him. Putting his arms around Rave and Aclysia, he looked up to Gaia. “I have a good life thanks to the help you gave me. I am genuinely gracious for all you did...” he looked at the field of crosses around them, “...even if you can be a bit moody.”

“You had to ruin it, didn’t you?” Gaia wanted to know.

“I would have thought it anyway, so there was no way to prevent you from knowing,” John returned and then grinned widely. “If you want me to thoroughly thank you, you’re welcome to visit me at any night.”

“You DARE suggest that-“ Moira started, only to be interrupted by her Lady raising a hand.

“We did it before, relax.” That announcement had the opposite effect on Moira, completely stunning her where she stood. “What? You thought I was a virgin deity?” Gaia asked in an amused tone. “Come on, you must realize that I’m not about the chaste life. Just look at the side effects your own powers have, not to mention the extra spells I packed into the guidebooks of your seers. My highest priority is to see life flourish and that’s pretty hard if you don’t continue it – also sex is really great fun.”

Moira was dumbfounded, and Rave used the opportunity to ask. “What side effects?”

“You shall not...!” Moira snapped out of her daze only for Gaia to chuckle.

“I won’t tell.” The deity with the perfect ass crossed her arms. “Again, Moira, relax.”

“I’m sorry, holy Lady,” the Warden fell on her knees, “I did not mean to doubt you. But... if you will allow me one questions...?” A gracious gesture left the redhead to continue. “You said that we serve less of a purpose in this reality than others... what did you mean by that?”

“Exactly what it sounds like,” Gaia told her. “What is the core mission of the Order, Shield Warden?”

“To protect the innocent,” she responded in a strong and convicted tone.

“Right, and how many innocents are there in the Abyss? Don’t answer that, it’s a rhetorical question leading into the revelation I want to get at. How many more would there be if I didn’t erect a barrier between the magical and the mundane?” There was a short gap. “Literal billions,” Gaia then answered her own question. “That’s what I mean. In many, if not most, branches of reality that are similar to this one, I did not institute that separation. In those, the Order serves a much more needed purpose.”

“I... understand?” Moira did not sound like she really understood at all. Obviously, she got the concept, but John could see that she had a large number of other questions. “Then what is our purpose here? If our true founding purpose is to keep the hands of evil mages from hurting the mundane, then our Order should... what should it do?”

“Protect the innocent,” Gaia seemed almost amused. “I also told you I have high expectations of you and the Order earlier. Don’t mistake the fact that you aren’t as important here to mean you aren’t important at all. You’re a powerful group of powerful individuals. Like all humans, you have decisions to make that will change the world for better or for worse. Keep that in mind and don’t disappoint me. Even if I don’t intervene, I’ll be watching.”

“I understand, my holy Lady.” Moira lowered her head in respect.

“And why the heck am I here?!” Wendy wanted to know. “I’m a cooking goddess, why did I have to fight an angel?!”

“If you don’t want to be here, we can change that.” A snap of her fingers, and the supreme deity had the fast-food goddess disappear from the barrier. “Greasy bitch, thinks she can sass at me,” Gaia grumbled and turned her attention back to John. “Anyway, if I want to fuck you, I’ll come to you, it’s that easy.”

“Your cum isn’t a gift, Johnny.” He swallowed the ‘it kind of is’ joke. If Rave had a cat tail, it would have been moving in a threatening fashion right about now. “I don’t care for jewellery, okay, ja, got me there,” his girlfriend conceded. “A RING though.”

“Well, I had it because I’m looking into making as best a ring I can. That one, while beautiful, did not measure up to the task I want to use one for.” That wasn’t to say it was a failure, it was a very beautiful ring and John had been deliberating what to do with it. He gave his girlfriend a long look to indicate what he would need an even more gorgeous ring for, without actually saying it.

Rave left her threatening pose and straightened up with a smile. “Oooooh, okay,” she grabbed his arm. “Now you’re raising my expectations.”

“I will meet them,” he told her and looked over to Vita and Wendy, who were still hanging around. “So, unrelated but important question, what about today’s challenge?”

“Just pick something and you’ll be the winner,” Wendy waved off. “This was supposed to be a freebie anyway. I don’t care what you make of those last two bets that much, really.”

“If you say so,” John shrugged as best he could, his arms were now claimed by Rave and Aclysia. “Fusion demands that Florida will wait until federal development projects allow for the deployment of IBMAs in the area.”

“Alright, I’ll spread the news,” Wendy said and started marching off. “You lot have fun doing whatever you want to do.”







“That’s a good question, what do we do?” Rave wanted to know.

“I would have a suggestion,” Aclysia chimed in, leaning in to kiss John’s neck. “How about we return to the hotel and reaffirm our status as living by letting Master repeatedly cum inside us?”

“I like that idea,” John gave his obvious opinion. “Let’s do that, sleep, deal with whatever last insanity they have in store for us tomorrow, and then get the hell out of this state.”

Rave kissed the other side of his neck, while Beatrice, in an effort to stay included, hugged him from behind and pressed her squishy breasts against his back. All around, he was the envy of every last man, and a whole bunch of the women walking by randomly.

“Don’t ya like this city?” his girlfriend asked. “Kinda have to say that I feel happy around here. Weather is nice and hot, the people are fun and I really like the local dress code. Being, ya know, whatever ya want including nothing.”

“You would like it here, my beautiful freaky girl,” he laughed and kissed her on the forehead. “I do like the dress code and the people have been alright, all things considered. So has been the weather.” He looked at the cloudy sky. “Not that we had a lot of luck with that this week. Anyway, my problem here is that this is just... too much of everything.”

“Can’t handle so much crazy for so long?” Rave asked.

“If I stay here for too long, I’m afraid I’ll get caught up in their crazy ways. Not wearing anything and having public sex and parties every day is very seductive,” he admitted and then sighed. “But I want my responsibility back and to solve problems. Just sex and fun, as good as it feels, isn’t that fulfilling.”

His girlfriend hummed. “I get that, oddly enough. Don’t feel as strongly about it as you do, but I also kinda miss doing productive stuff... Will ya put a long-range teleporter down here though? For vacations and government purposes?”

“Whenever I get extra ones, I will strongly consider it.” He nodded. “Anyway, we should get back to the hotel and do the sex thing. Tomorrow, we’ll get back home – hopefully.”