Chapter 312

“W-where am I ... the war ... this feeling,” Mariel murmured, the chain of questions fading as she felt herself dealing with the situation. Understandable, considering not only did she wake up in a completely unfamiliar location after a long pause, but also she woke up very slowly.

I didn’t say anything for a moment, letting her process the moment. After all, she was a bonafide goddess, with all the additional power it brought along. Their transformation didn’t exactly come with a full range of stats, more limited based on the conceptual basis of their transformation, but there was still a certain base increase in question.

“To answer your questions in sequence,” I said only when her confusion faded. “We’re in a planar fragment that you’re currently turning into your divine domain to somehow allow you to bond with two different Divine Sparks. The war was months ago, and it’s already behind us, with serious interesting consequences. And, that feeling is probably the Divine Tool I had created for you, a forest that not only seed life across the plane, but also works entirely on Twilight Mana.”

“Twilight mana? What’s that,” she asked, focusing on the question with the most immediate answer.

“I have no idea. It’s what I have been calling the form of your new Divine Spark once Light and Darkness mana melded. How did that happen, by the way?”

“I ... I don’t remember much,” she admitted reluctantly. “I remember defending the school against the beast wave, but then an undead horde appeared on the horizon. I decided to go and handle them before they could join the war, but when I went there, I saw nothing but weak zombies.”

“And, let me guess, that was when they hit you with a mysterious weapon, and you lost consciousness,” I guessed. It explained how the crown prince somehow managed to capture her ... and it also explained how she was still alive. It confirmed something that I had been suspecting for a while.

She was an experiment.

Not for the Eternals in general, as if that had been the case, they would have just captured her rather than relying on what they clearly thought to be their lessers. It was much more likely to be one of the high-ranking members, trying to hide things from the rest.

My guess. Either the angel with two types of mana that was responsible for the ambush, or his boss.

Either way, it explained the way they decided to get rid of me. They wanted to make sure I didn’t ruin their experiment.

Too bad it backfired on them spectacularly.

It also explained everything that was going on with the undead. Everything was to make sure Mariel left the defenses of the Silver Spires so that they could bring their experimentation to the next stage.

It felt good for things to finally make sense.

“Well, yes,” Mariel admitted, pausing a moment as she looked at me. Suddenly, she was angry. “You have been lying to me!”

It felt weird to be focused on the anger of a goddess. It felt like a pressure, suffocating and overwhelming ... or, it would have been if it wasn’t for my recent experience, of taking down a god. After that, it was more of an interesting glimpse that allowed me to understand the difference between her spark and the necrotic one.

For one, the weight of it felt different. Not heavier, but more shapely, almost theatric, with the components of the light overbearing, while shadows danced ... though even as I thought that, I could sense that it was not the Twilight Spark, but the impressions from the previous form.

It would take a while for the true merger to stabilize. Decades without my help, but even with that, months would be an ambitious target.

“Why, I even remember the spell you cast on me to make sure I stayed asleep, and climbed on top of me with those hips...” I said as I let my hands dance on her ass, enjoying their firmness while she closed her eyes, shame dancing with arousal.

“Then, for some reason, I remember examining your wings, do you remember why,” I said, teasing her about the position that followed. Admittedly, even now, I still cherished the memory of her back, her glowing silver wings spread wide as she hesitantly lowered herself and took me inside her for the first time.

“S-stop, please,” she gasped shyly. “Please.”

“Well, why don’t you make me—” I teased her, which was all the goading she needed before she leaned forward, her lips sealing mine.

I liked her method of choice to silence me...

{Strength: 115 Charisma: 115

Precision: 115 Perception: 115

Agility: 115 Manipulation: 115

Speed: 115 Intelligence: 151

Endurance: 168 Wisdom: 115}

{Purified Divine Spark: 1.147,577}

{ADDITIONAL SPARKS

Twilight - Chosen 30

Nature - Chosen 10

Knowledge - Chosen 10}

{MINIONS

GODDESSES

Elven Goddess

Goddess of Knowledge}