'Fu, fusion?' Elysia and Elena looked at each other in confusion.
'Yep, becoming one with another entity. That would drastically boost your overall strength because it's not just you, but us.' Rhea nodded in confirmation.
'Isn't that broken? Rhea wants to become one with us. But, that sounds a bit lewd...' Elysia muttered while imagining that scenario and felt a bit embarrassed after saying it.
'I fused my existence with my mother's avatar in the great battle in the past. We were once involved in a one-on-one clash against the second rank Ruvoid God. We can't have the upper hand, but we're not on the losing side either!' Rhea said it proudly.
'I see. Let's discuss this in detail and depth after this.' Elena felt very interested. She needed help understanding the fusion concept Rhea wanted to tell her. Still, it was enough to get her undivided attention.
"How about you, Sylvia?" Elysia asked while looking at the ever-curious devil girl. She had yet to hear a response from Sylvia.
"Wherever Ely will go, I will follow. We have often entrusted our lives to one and the other. Nothing will change." Sylvia stated her stance eloquently.
"I see, thank you, everyone." Elysia was touched when her closest friends stayed.
"No one will blame you if you retreat, Fortuna. We can't involve you any more than this. We will prepare to face the Ruvoid God's avatars soon, and make thorough preparations for our space battle on the moon. We will send you back to Earth for your safety." Elena grasped her hand and conveyed her response to Fortuna's silence.
"I've made up my mind to see through to the end. I believe you can save the world." Fortuna shook her head.
"So, you also willing to entrust your life to us? The person you just met a few days ago?" Elena tilted her head slightly. She needed to grasp Fortuna's motivation.
"Mhm, yes. Does that sound strange? I can see everyone here has a great faith in one another. Also, what are you going to do with the fact that we are willing to entrust our lives to you, Lina?" Fortuna made a steeple of her fingers. She really wanted to know what Lina would do to them now.
"Well then, we should change places for further conversation. Shall we go to the Nature Realm or your Firmament Realm?" Elysia stood up and asked the little Goddess on her palm.
"My realm will do. I invite all of you to my Private Realm." Nell flew up and opened a portal to her realm without delay.
The white circular portal appeared above and immediately descended below, teleporting everyone to a beautiful realm above the endless sky.
The golden blue sky filled the world's atmosphere, and a sea of clouds spread out like the Heaven Realm. Several floating islands were in the surroundings, but a substantial white-gold palace immediately caught everyone's attention.
Nell put her Realm Core outside the portal. She felt it was safe out there because the room was still wrapped in Elena's anti-reconnaissance layered barriers.
"Welcome to my Firmament Realm. The realm above the divine clouds, my private heaven." Nell greeted everyone with pride. She had expected everyone to be amazed and fascinated by the sight of her Private Realm.
"Wow... That's actually true. You can create a mini world with its world's law. This isn't a mini realm inside an ordinary artifact." Fortuna clasped her hands as she was so amazed.
It was relatively easy to understand the concept of a space storage artifact. Still, it was beyond her divine knowledge to comprehend the creation of a brand-new world of this class. The mini world that could be called private property!
"Woah..." The girls looked around them in amazement and curiosity.
Among all the people, the one who felt the most excited was Ella. She received the grace to visit her Goddess's private heaven!
"Can we borrow your palace throne hall?" Elysia asked while looking at Nell's Firmament Palace.
"Sure, let's go there." Nell rubbed her hands together. She could already guess what would happen next and anticipated knowing more about Elysia and Elena's secrets.
Moments later, everyone entered the divine palace. That place was so big and majestic, but no one was there to welcome them. There was no life or noise, only the cool breeze accompanying their arrival.
Every corner of the palace was kept clean and tidy even though it was hundreds of thousands of years old. However, the feeling of loneliness could easily be felt when they stepped into the palace grounds.
Elysia said nothing, and the girls didn't say anything either. The Goddess of Blessings had lost all the divine angels in the great battle against the Ruvoid Race a hundred thousand years ago. It would bring pain to bring up the current atmosphere in a conversation, even if it was just small talk.
When they arrived at the throne hall, a white and gold carpet had already been spread to welcome the realm ruler. Several banners and flags hung on the walls, but no symbol was displayed anywhere. It was just plain gold-colored silk.
"..." Nell made a gesture for Elysia and Elena to go to the single throne on the stage.
That gesture surprised almost everyone. This place was the Goddess of Blessings' divine palace, but the Goddess in question asked another divine being to sit on her throne!?
Elysia just nodded and took Elena's hand to go to the throne.
"!?" Ella was beyond shocked. She had no idea why her Goddess did that.
Rhea, Nell, and Lifa soon followed Elysia and Elena to the throne. However, they all just stood near the throne, and no one was sitting there.
"I appreciate your willingness to entrust your life to us. However, we have no intention of making any sacrifices. We hate tragedies, and we intend to avoid that ending at all costs." Elysia grasped her hand and looked at everyone's faces.
"..." Ai didn't know why, but she just wanted to kneel right now. She followed her instincts and approached the throne. She knelt before the Goddesses.
The other girls soon followed suit, even Fortuna. Gio and Cherub also knelt down, though their position was somewhat unique since they were currently in their little dragon form.
"We will establish more spirit connection, strengthen our strength as one, and prevent one or some of us from falling. The coming battle will either kill us all or none will die. We will sustain each other's lives.
An absolute spirit connection is required. Are you willing to tie your life and destiny with us?" Elysia spread her hands.
"The decision has been made. We will risk it all." Ai responded without hesitation.
The girls nodded in response to support Ai's answer.
"Mm, stand up." Elysia raised her hand a little. When everyone was standing, she continued. "Currently, we, the Goddesses, have established a spirit connection with Elysia as the core. Vanessa and Yuuki are ready for absolute spirit connection, but we will perform the sacred ceremony later after we find a method that is safe for us."
"E-eh? Why is Ely the core? What's going on? So, the Goddesses are tied to Ely?" Ai gasped in surprise.
"We only have three dantian to put the connection spirit mark on. Helen and Aria already occupy two, Lady Tifa would take one spot with Helen. Yuuki and Vanessa share the middle one. Yes, we are bound and you will join us soon. We will strengthen each other and avoid death with this. We will monitor and protect each other's well being." Elysia nodded.
"???" Everyone stared at 'Elysia' by reflex. Elysia was so important... No wonder there was always at least one Goddess by Elysia's side.
"Heehee, I'm actually not Elysia. We are indeed changing forms. Elysia is there, and I am Lina." Elena chuckled softly as she waved her hands.
"!!!" Almost everyone was surprised by that statement. Ai was the most surprised because her guess was correct, but she wasn't so sure.
"Ely..." Ai clenched her fist.
"Ah, ahaha, please calm down, Ai. We are sisters, so don't be angry. We will counterattack the Ruvoid God's avatars with a counter trap method." Elysia took a step back and laughed dryly.
Evelyn scratched her head. So, the current Elysia was the Goddess of Light, and the real Elysia was disguised as the Goddess of Light? That could have been clearer.
"Fufu, I'm fine sharing space with my daughter. However, you need to re-perform the sacred ceremony with Helen first. Also, you seem to have yet to discover the greater secret about the divine body. It's not the three dantians, but there's also the seven chakras. You have ten even though you're still a mortal." Lifa holds Elysia's shoulder from behind.
"Uh, is that true?" Elysia was pleasantly surprised.
"Yup. Do you want me to show you? I should have let you figure that out yourself, but the situation is a bit complex since we don't have much time left before the final battle." Lifa nodded and went to face Elysia.
She stared at the ethereal beauty before her. The one before her was Elysia but in Elena's form. She would see Elena's various expressions with this and greatly anticipated it.
"You must already know about the three dantians. The upper one is here, the middle and the lower." Lifa pressed her fingers on Elysia's three dantians for demonstration. Although the real ones were not there in Elysia's body.
"Mm, I already know that. Then, can the other seven chakra spots be used to store spirit connections as well?" Elysia nodded in understanding.
"Yes, you can bind the fates of all your closest friends with you there. Let me show you. You will find one here. It is the crwon chakra spot. Then, here is the brow, throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral navel, and the last one is the base root." Lifa pointed to every spot with a gentle touch for demonstration.
"Why, why is the base there?" Elysia covered her lower half by reflex. She blushed slightly because Lifa was too naughty to suddenly touch her there.
"That's because it's there, but not in your privy parts. You'll find it if you carefully observe it with your eyes ability or energy scan. Not everyone can have the perfect ten while still a mortal." Lifa shrugged her shoulders with an innocent expression. However, she was satisfied to see Elena's blushing face, though it was still Elysia inside.
"Nice one. I want to put my spirit mark on the base chakra spot." Ai popped out right behind Elysia and squeezed Elysia's cheeks. "But, yeah, you are Elysia, right?"
"Mha, whait, I'm a spirit. We can make the spirit bond after this. Madam Tifa needs to teach us how." Elysia held Ai's hand to save her cheeks.
"Hmm, but originally you only knew three dantians. If one spot could be shared by several people, you'd just establish a spirit connection with a few of us, right? Three spot won't fit everyone." Ai smiled slightly.
"That's because we wanted to discuss it with all of you. Everyone previously cornered me to tell me about our past, right? Do you want to try digging into that and find out the secrets that are still yet to be uncovered with us?" Elena pulled Ai back from Elysia.
"Yeah, we paid the price to know about that. Ely, you know more about me than I do. However, it's time for me to know everything about you." Ai heaved a subtle sigh and glanced at Elysia. She represented what everyone might want to say.