Earlier, when Azzy was put under illusion by Beelzebub and got captured, he didn't free himself because the Reaper didn't let him do so.
Azzy was forced to watch everything from inside his mindscape. He heard every word she said. He saw every action she made.
And, when the portal opened and she turned around to walk away with her master, Azzy got control over his body but he didn't move. In heartbreak, He didn't call her either and let her walk away.
Meanwhile, Leah arrived at the location when Azzy was captured inside the divine pillar but couldn't come out because of Louis, who didn't want unnecessary trouble. The latter firmly didn't open the portal and just let her watch the scene from another dimension, stating that she is not in a state of battle and they could certainly be killed if go there recklessly.
After all, if Claire wouldn't hesitate to attack Azzy, what are the chances that she cares about their lives? Leah agreed with his reason and helplessly watched it.
Over the next few days, Azzy rarely talked to others. He stayed as a guest at Louis' house but mostly spent on the top of a snowy mountain watching the stars.
Leah, unfortunately, couldn't properly talk to him either as she had to resume stabilizing her realm. Unlike lower realms, which pose a danger of losing control only when one fights, the demigod realm is different.
When one becomes a demigod, one can study the Great laws of the universe.
They could weaponize those laws to wipe out mortal races; they could absorb life from mortal beings such as human civilians and animals to increase their life span; they could inflict natural disasters at will; they could absorb too much natural energy from the planet to refine it into their soul energy, and several other things.
It is why a demigod can lose control even when they are not fighting. Stabilizing the realm is the foremost priority for their safety and the world's too.
As a result, Leah had to suppress her emotions and completely put her focus on the goal, of achieving stability as soon as possible.
Roughly two weeks later, under Excalibur's guidance and with the help of Neptune and Pluto's essences, Leah achieved the stability of her realm and she immediately rushed to the mountain where she sensed his presence, as soon as she was done.
Velez Garcia, once the scion of Garcia's family and now nothing more than a disgraced prince, was currently battling Vesyrn Garcia once again.
But, this time, the location was in the wilderness and Vesyrn actually seemed heavily injured, trying his best to survive in the woods by evading the attacks of a giant skeleton, a merged form of Velez' undead creatures but has the strength of a supreme being.
"hahaha, dodge well, hahaha, dodge..." Velez was laughing at the top of his lungs, standing on the skull of the skeleton king and looking down at his opponent. "C'mon, call for help. Call that prodigious brat for help. Out of station? No worries. How about you call for your clan's secret guardian?
Perhaps, he could save his acting clan head. Or maybe, that old Patriarch? Too bad that he won't be able to interfere in our battle."
Meanwhile, in the Arcana world, at the Forest of Death;
Qridus Garcia was trapped in a bony prison and in an unconscious state. A skeletal body that looked like a soul collector was guarding it as two deities of the true god realm were arm wrestling without affecting their surroundings or even destroying the rock beneath their blows. It was Thanatos, the God of Death, and Mother Goddess, Gaia herself.
It looked like Gaia was at an advantage but just slightly.
"You might be able to halt me for a while, but you won't be able to escape from the consequences if the kid's father dies. You do know who is behind him, don't you?" Gaia doesn't look pleasant at all, "You will have to face the wrath of the Guardian."
Thanatos let out a smile and answered, "That false god? Your mortal lover merely takes advantage of the powers we gave him and acts all bold, but do you think he dares to go against Olympian Palace? Regardless of our differences in ideologies, we Olympians always stay united against foreign threats. You should know that very well.
My fellow Gods are already angry at his antics for a while (2 million years). As long as they get enough justification, they will make their move against him. Your neutrality will not let you interfere in the matters between those in God's realm."
"You might be right," Gaia nodded while letting out a smile, all of a sudden, and further said, "But, you see... he is different from us who were born with everything. He is always improving. The last time he fought a serious battle was over two million years ago, well if I had to count the time according to this world. No one knows how powerful he is at the moment.
Even I can neither see through him nor the depth of his potential."
"Hmpf... whatever... keep boasting..." Thanatos scoffed at her statement and focused on the arm wrestling.