[23rd Return!]
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[Hecate's POV]
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If you ask me how long I have been waiting for this event, this apocalypse, this calamity to happen, then my answer would be somewhere along the lines of...
"How did we even come to this?"
The answer was never.
I never wished for this day to come. A calamity? Are you kidding me? Nope. Nada. Never.
"Weren't we looking forward to fighting against Luciana and that other guy?" I asked out loud, as I was really exasperated with how everything was playing out.
My colleagues, Helios and Castellina, were sharing the same sentiment. This wasn't what we signed up for. It was far above anything we have seen in our long, long life. Forget about the calamity, there was also that guy...
"How is Laplace even alive?" That was another unwelcomed shock that I didn't like. He was a monster that was hard to kill even 500 years ago. We burnt him, froze him, killed him and separated all his body parts into different containers and then sealed each in different corners of different dimensions.
Forget about him. We didn't want his son to grow up to his potential. Hence, we marked that son of Laplace as a priority target for all gods and angels.
"He is the same breed as those three," the All-Father spoke as he looked up at the sky. The place where three beings were standing with a half tensed, half bored expression. The angel that we have heard about, and Luciana, we know. Don't know about the third guy, though.
Despite that, from the All-Father's words, it became a bit clear that those three, Laplace and even 'that' guy, were part of something else. What? I didn't know. Do we even know anything at this point?
-BOOM!!!!!!
A shockwave appeared, much stronger than the previous one, pushing even us higher gods one step behind, while we kept looking at Laplace holding the fist of that blue-haired kid.
"Are you the sixth? You are strong! Wanna join my side? I can-" Laplace was excited as he looked at that blue-haired kid, but that kid kicked Laplace in his head with tremendous power.
My eyes could barely catch the speed of his kick, which reached Laplace's head and created another powerful shock, this time much stronger than before. Can I take that kick? Maybe if I have all my restrictions removed... maybe?
Though I saw Laplace, just standing there, without an inch of his head moved. Smiling, he spoke,
"Very good. You have a great foundation. I can teach you how to wield your power as well. Just tell me. What do you want? Name it and it's all yours-"
This time, he was attacked by a rather strong attack. Taking that attack of light directly, his body was slightly melting, but that was all. I think I saw him smiling at that barrage of attacks while he looked at that angel girl with a salacious smile.
"You know I always wanted an angel concubine. I didn't think the eighth would be one," he even winked at her, making her glare at him before she increased her powers even more. Though it didn't seem to affect him even for a second.
"So. Luciana. Have you tested me enough? Tell me, did you see any possibilities of winning in the future that you looked through?" A smirk was present on Laplace's face as he then looked back at Luciana, who now had her eyes narrowed at him.
-BOOOM!!!!!
"Lady Luciana! Don't listen to him. He is a demon! He only knows how to deceive others!" Heaven's guardian appeared again, trying to hit Laplace. But a red-coloured barrier appeared in between, stopping the attack of that heaven's guardian in a single instance.
"Shut up, insect!" Laplace spoke as he glared at that heaven's guardian, before pushing him back into the ground.
-BOOM!
"Now, Luciana! Don't tell me you still can't see that your only choice is to obey me. You will be my toy, just like everything else. Even 'He' knows it's inevitable. In this world, in the entirety of Zarraf, there is no one who can touch me-"
-BOOOMMMM!!!!
And then I saw Laplace falling back into that portal area at an insane speed, while another person was standing in his place. A guy around whom black and white threads were floating gracefully.
"I am gonna touch you. Wait, that sounded wrong?" Spoke that guy, Adam, with an innocent smile on his face. While his mana was overflowing... at least 1000s of time, comparative to mine.