[57th Return!]
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[Helios POV!]
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All of us looked at that guy, Adam, standing at Laplace's place as he smiled after making that statement. His eyes observed the surrounding area with little concern, as if he was lost or something. Discover what's next on m-vl-em,py-r
-BOOM!!!
And then another exchange occurred as Laplace returned, attacking Adam with all his might, but Adam just created a powerful barrier exactly where Laplace was present. It wasn't even the concept of speed... it was as if he knew where Laplace was going to attack.
"Are you the 10th?" Laplace spoke as he looked at Adam, while Adam just smiled as he answered,
"I am. No need to wet your pants."
-BOOOM! BOOM!!! BOOOOOM!!!!
3 more attacks, each more powerful than the last one. Though barriers that seemed to contain the power of the entire world in them appeared in between, erasing those attacks as if they never existed.
"Is this your power?" He narrowed his eyes at Adam while I gawked at the duo. It wasn't just me, but everyone present. Gods, angels, other beings, even demons and those giants. They all just looked at the exchange between Adam and Laplace.
"First, turn off your aura. You are scaring the kids," Neptune spoke, while Adam made an oops expression before turning off all that mana. While we just gasped as we looked at him hiding all that mana so finely. I couldn't even tell if he had mana or not.
"Kid. You are Luciana, right? I wanted to ask before. Why did you mistake me for Adam before?" Neptune asked with a smile, making Luciana look at him with contemplation. Luciana then answered properly,
"The First said that it will go to Adam. All I need to do is follow directions."
"Ah! That makes sense."
"Ah! That makes sense."
Both Adam and Neptune had a knowing gaze before they chuckled a little.
"To think we were worried about something so small," Adam spoke before he shook his head before looking at Neptune and then at Luciana and asking," do you think the leader will help her out?"
Neptune then pondered and spoke," I don't really know. Though, personally, if we ask him, he might do it. He is a softie for kids searching for parents and stuff, remember?"
Adam nodded at him before looking at Luciana as he spoke," don't worry. We will help you out with your goal. We will revive your family, though there are going to be a few steps, okay? Like we might need something you have as a keep-safe from them? Even a memory is fine. You do have it, right?"
Adam was worried for a second, but as Luciana nodded, his worry dissipated. He then smiled and spoke,
"You have waited far too long. Just wait for a bit more. Don't worry, I promise on the name of my brotherhood that I will help you meet your family pretty soon. Trust me!"
Luciana wanted to ask something, but then someone else shouted first.
"You are lying!! There is no way that is possible!!!"
"Do you have any lie detection skills?" Adam just smiled back at him, while his eyes automatically turned red. Not only his, but Luciana, All-Father, that blue-haired kid, that angel, Hecate and Castellina. Everyone's eyes changed colors as well.
Everyone was using their lie detection skills here, including me.
"Everything that I have said. From the start to the end. Everything was true. I will fulfill my promise even at the cost of my life," he spoke, creating a deafening silence in this echoing battlefield.
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[Author's note: The battle has just begun and will go on for dozens of chapters. Just saying!]