BOOM!
An explosion came within the Heavenly realm and a host of celestial deities were pinned to the ground while a number of them resisted the absurd gravity as they looked on in fear at the hybridized dragonoid mortal before them.
Robin’s eyes shined and looked at all of them but very unlike the previous time, he could clearly feel which celestials had the exact same domain as his own but he felt others.
“I’ll ask you again, why do you, who do not possess my domain, seek mine?” He asked.
“You are a fool to think that a supreme god is born from a single domain!” One of them roared and rushed forward.
Robin shot forward with no weaker momentum and they clashed even more heavily than the weaklings below could do. None of those could fight gravity while these weren’t simple gods.
Robin had asked about more celestials coming at him after gaining some control of his own strength but this time he was using these gods to improve.
The question had triggered the celestial’s 2nd invasion and it is here he found himself surrounded by several kinds of celestial deities instead of just those of perseverance.
All they sought after was his domain and his divinity and as a result Robin clashed and soon he was fighting five at a time. With a roar his arm lunged out punching and the deity tried to punch back but the world core moved into his first at the last second causing him to get smashed by the weight of a world.
Robin did not wait and he dropped down like a missile and crushed the celestial’s brain and they all saw him rip the divinity out of his body and held it in his hand with a frown. It was not willingly absorbing into him but the thread was firmly gripping it and it was following him now.
He looked up and rejoined the fight and they grew more desperate but none of them could surpass the absurd durability of his scales. They attacked with divine blades but this was where Robin learned just how much his defenses had grown as his rubberized dragon scales stopped the bladed weapons, something that should have cut him.
Others used fire or ice after learning the source of his power but the heat caused his body to transfer that heat to the freezing parts and he had a very large tolerance.
This battle was not easily won. In fact, without rest he fought for nearly a day to kill the last god and the result was the divine sparks floating around him as he killed the last of the stronger deities and glared at the weaker ones who were begging but he went one by one and killed them all.
Those with his domain he absorbed directly but the others merged with the other sparks resulting in the flames merging into a single source of divinity.
With a sigh, the gravity vanished and so did his pressure over the angels but they kept a very wide berth from him. He called the council, “Why can I not absorb these?” He asked.
“The divinity is not the same so it resists. To absorb it, you must dominate and incorporate it to gain a new divinity.” He said.
Robin frowned, “Is there a chance of failing?” Robin asked.
“Most definitely but the divinities coming after my lord are those with resonance to your own so my lord has anywhere from 50% to 80% chance of absorbing a new divinity and expanding your range of divinity.” He said.
“What did the deity mean by “Gods aren’t made with a single divinity.”” Robin asked.
“Just as it said, Supreme gods are supreme because their reach of divinity is so large and they are able to become the source of divinity for so many other lesser gods.” the Seraphim explained.
Robin sighed, “Do I have to absorb these in heaven?” He asked.
“No.” They said, Robin sighed in relief and transformed back to normal and looked at the divinities, “Am I the only one who can absorb these?” He asked.
“No, also taking an exposed divine spark to the mortal realm will make it very obvious to all divinities in the realm.” he said.
Robin paused his plan to absorb it in his home because that meant all the other demigods, and ‘him’ will feel it.
With a sigh he found a peaceful place and felt the large flames of divinity and focused. The thread was powered up more and more, pulling harder on the one with the strongest reaction, until the divine spark was finally pulled into him.
He instantly felt the conflict between the sparks as his original rejection.
At that moment, memories surged through his mind from the tree of time and he saw memories of himself in the future discovering this system of growth and fighting the deities and absorbing them but also learning how to do it with different divinities.
The feeling was instantly identified through the memories and suddenly his divine spark began to move and spin in a very particular manner rip into the new spark. The sparks he had absorbed were also mixing more intimately with his body while the new one was resisting.
Robin noticed and began to process the fragments that he had absorbed until his spark was fully pure and tried again and this time the impact on the spark was much harder.
Fragments started to give in but where one flame spark gave in, a hundred more resisted more violently.
It was not a quick process until he absorbed all the weakest flames while the rest resisted merging but part of his extended spark had merged into the flame instead and formed a link.
When he finally let go, the flame began to erupt out of his body to escape but it could not leave the immediate area around him. A divine link had formed to his body and channeled the divinity into his body.
Robin started on the next ones and despite absorbing a fragment of each, it was difficult to fully incorporate them but his spark would leave a fragment merged into the other spark and make it impossible for it to break apart and escape to find new hosts.
That said, that did not mean he did not find one that he absorbed.
In fact, the sparks did not combine because of resonance to his own spark but with Robin himself. They resonated with himself just like perseverance resonated and they merged after some struggle and they joined the sparks.
Finally when it was done, he looked at the floating sparks that were trying to run but he saw the connection.
He went to his temple and replaced the spark and the spark transformed and began to change the temple subtly.
“What happens to these now?” He asked.
The Throne cherubim moved forth and kneeled as it presented him with a basket of orbs with dull markings on them.
“What are these?” Robin asked.
“Orbs of divinity, absorbing sparks of divinity from other domains is a very long and very tedious job and these sparks bring about disaster exposed as they are so these divine orbs were created to house them to hide their presence.” The cherubim explained.
Robin looked and took one and placed it within the flame of a spark. The reaction was immediate as it found a vessel that could hold it and it flowed in willingly before the orb began to glow and levitate around Robin.
He did that for all of them and with a thought, they shrank and the links actually circled each and solidified into a beaded necklace that came down around his neck.
“My lord has gained new divinity.” The Throne said.
“I absorbed three fully.” Robin said, “Can you tell their domains?” Robin asked.
“Yes.” The Throne said as the countless eyes shined and focused on him, “The Aspect of Defiance, Aspect of Lawful Order and Aspect of Safety.” it said
“What do each entail?” He asked.
“This one does not know, the same divinity can mean a great many things to different races and celestials.” The Throne replied.
Robin looked and sighed, “What are the common similarities all people display?” He asked.
“Defiance stems from either rejection of servitude or defiance against a superior creature, an example of which my lord understands would be a prey fighting its predator instead of running. Lawful Order depends on the god’s society and their personal rules but the basic of the divinity drives the deity to impose and abide by the laws in a fashion devoid of corruption and a keen sensitivity towards such corruption within the law. Aspect of safety, in its most basic form, is a divinity of good nature aimed towards innocents. It is an aspect which tends to spread blessings of safety from disaster or harm towards the target.” The Throne said, speaking in its most basic sense of the divinity.
Robin smiled but looked at the necklace, “There are almost 10 sparks here… what domains are they?” he asked.
The Throne peered into the orbs and began to speak, “Self-control, Abundance, Prosperity, War, Labour and Toil, Retribution, Vengeance, Punishment, Rivalry and Slaughter.”
Robin instantly scowled and removed the necklace and asked it to point out each divinity and he actually separated War, Vengeance, Punishment and Slaughter. He also separated Rivalry and sensed it because it felt like Ruth and she would definitely benefit from it. He left Self-control, Abundance, Prosperity and Labour and Toil. Those four actually felt like things he resonated with and their compatibility showed it.
The other five he made them circle out and scowled at them, “What can I do with these divinities?” He asked.
“There are a great many deities who would greatly desire it, or you can distribute these among mortals who you see fit their domain.” The Seraphim said.
He scowled, “Like hell I would unleash this kind of domain on earth willingly.” He cursed at the angels. He asked if it was possible to trade divine orbs like this for other domains he already possessed. There naturally was but it would make it obvious he was powerful enough especially with the size of each.
The reaction would cause a huge surge of challengers for his divinity because they would know he has a great fate and a large collection.
“The lord should best hold it, even if you do not merge. Regardless of your desires, your mortal world will most likely develop domains of good and evil regardless of your desire. The World souls are impartial to all but the invaders.” the Throne said.
Robin’s brow twitched and thought about the current world setting which favored the good faction. It was true that it was very in their favor but what would happen after they finished ‘him’ off.
He clicked his tongue before putting the five back with the other four into a necklace but kept the orb of rivalry at hand. After that came the horde of angels from domains he fully integrated while the rest had run off since he had not truly bonded with the spark of their masters.
It still added up to a very massive number.
Finally he returned home and the system immediately reacted.
New divine aspects detected, scanning…
The Aspect of Defiance, Aspect of Lawful Order and Aspect of Safety have been integrated into your divine spark. Adding them to your Title status.
10 unintegrated divine sparks located.
“I’m aware.” Robin said and looked at the one of Rivalry and went to find his sister. She wasn’t around and so he had to wait until she returned and raised a brow when he saw her with a necklace much like his own.
She noticed and was holding a similar separate orb.
“No matter what, we think alike.” He said and she laughed. “I got the merged biology. Mr Might said you had it as well when I went to adapt and told me how much you grew.” She said and grinned, clearly showing she had a similar growth.
“What new aspects did you integrate?” He asked.
This clearly showed he already guessed and did it himself.
“Prudence, Lawful Order and Virtue.” She said.
“I got Lawful order, Defiance and Safety.” no matter if they were twins, it was clear they were different.
Ruth actually had Defiance in her necklace so he gained that as well. They both absorbed the divine sparks and it went in and merged very naturally until it was done.
“So… what does gathering more divinity of the same kind do?” Robin asked the system.
The more concentrated, the more power from that domain is directed to you.
The explanation was plain and simple but Robin himself had not felt a difference in it. Most of his power had come from himself and not from the heavenly realm.
“When do I actually notice a difference?”
None of your divinities deal with your physical state directly. Should you aim for, and absorb, aspects such as Strength then you will gain a new multiplier based on that aspect. No aspect you possess gives direct multipliers to your status but it gives different benefits. Perseverance boosts your physical status when fighting against opposition you cannot beat, Defiance is highly compatible and does the same based on your requirement of it, Lawful order gives you the unique ability to sense unlawful conduct and corruption, including in the laws themselves and Safety acts more akin to a divine intervention to give you protection, it will enhance your blessing’s power to intervene. The most direct display of safety is seen when you channel the divine spark with divine force causing a barrier to form over your body.
Robin was shocked and actually tried using divine force and channeling it with the new spark and surprisingly, it actually spread a barrier over his body that was barely visible but he punched himself and felt nothing, it stopped at the barrier.
“Literal divine protection.” Robin muttered.
It was a very good divinity for a hero to spread among the population during a disaster.
He looked at the necklace and thought about the words of the Deity that said supreme gods are born from countless divinities. When he thought about the fact that he would create his own world within his body it made sense that such an occurrence would require a huge source of divinity.
After a lot of thought he put the necklace into his inventory which split them up based on their divinity. He didn’t mind because it was safer there.
The empty orb he stored alongside the others and he got up and looked out the window for a moment before closing his eyes and delving into his mind and appearing in front of the tree.
The tree was far more complete after the divine spark started to grow and now there were four separate sparks within the brazier. He scanned, “Tell me about angels.” He said like a mantra and the voice echoed and soon areas began to glow and embers formed and gathered in those places until the memories took shape.
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His mind explored them, he saw his future self learning about divinity and protecting humans who end up dying but he had already begun doing the religious work and so souls traveled through and appeared within the heavenly realm.
Within, Robin of these futures would get chunks of digimetal and heavenly refined metals and using his divine spark’s flames, he would melt it together before adding stone and clay before the mortal soul would be placed at the center and the materials would mold and change to form a mortal angel, his body like a mechanical creature but it was able to display the innate abilities and powers that the person once had. Mortals are born unstable in the heavenly realm and require material of heavenly nature but over time they will evolve and regain a flesh and blood body with all their natural powers and more.
The angels will be even stronger, a normal powerless person turned into an angel would have strength no weaker then a powerful strongman.
The process embedded itself in his mind, “How was the religion formed?” He asked once more like a mantra and new areas closer to the trunk began to react and there were a number of ways they formed but it depended on the divinities.
Different pasts after Lola and Milo returned would cause different reactions, different choices and as such, different divinities became compatible with himself.
The end result required him to first become a hero and accept his role as a protector of the elastic people. The hardships caused by captain stretch would be where his first sidekicks would be born in nearly religious fervor after Robin unleashed his anger upon ‘him’.
The first contact within his memories of that fight left him beaten but it was where he learned gravity was a weakness of ‘him’ and after recovering and gaining followers eventually he developed to kill him.
Robin frowned but thought of his form as a Fae Dragon. It was obvious but level 4 never came online. Now elastic powers were discovering mythical biologies and he didn’t know how this would translate in a society where non humans are discriminated against.
“At the end, everything starts with ‘him’ but I don’t want to leave the chance for him to break the seal on his soul and power.” Robin said and focused on the late memories.
The primary thing Robin knew was that ‘he’ could not support his own power in a mortal body. Not a normal one at least, when he thought about it furthermore the memories show ‘him’ running from a destroyed body to a new vessel to run away a single time that he was pushed to the limit. Robin realized that Disaster might have been the vessel he had planned to possess to contain his power and required 50 years to remake a new vessel that appears in his memories of killing 120 years.
“This timeline isn’t like these countless others.” Robin said.
He tried to find reactions of himself fighting as he does now and it was plain and simple after the points 20 to 30 years from now appeared.
With a grin he knew that his advancements were decades in advance already while ‘he’ was not able to do the same.
“To make the most of the first encounter I need the full biology, I need at least level 2 physiology.” he muttered.
His mental form broke down and in his real body he sat down and began to train under the pressure of hundreds of cores grinding at his body and cores.
***
With massive screens transmitting to all of the american union, the last hours had gone by with student graduations. Indeed it was the highschool graduation date for the hero academy but it is unlike the previous years.
The previous years did have a low braveman turn over rate, it was still working based on the fact that older students were mixed in but this year was the true first year to go through training under heroes for four whole years.
It was also the first time heroes were graduating.
The last days had been going through the graduation process of the civilian military and after that was working through the waves upon waves of braveman and it was finally reaching the end.
With the diploma, a military general was next to the panel of heroes and teachers and rewarded him a special medal that would symbolize his status.
Braveman and Heroes still had to have a certain amount of merit, or work, done to receive the status and it was why the older they got, the more time they spent interning and working heroics.
Establishing a work ethic was highly important.
“With that, the final braveman has graduated and we shall move on to what everyone has been waiting for for many years. The graduation of heroes.” the academy dean said and there was instant cheering.
The clapping was intense and went on for a bit until it calmed down at the dean's gesture. “I would like to invite the president to present the honor to the graduates.” He said and the crowd cheered as the union’s president stepped out from the back with a smile to the cheers.
“It fills me with great joy to be here for this. 4 years ago, when the first of our heroes decided to sponsor a normal school, no one ever thought that that simple action could eventually cause such an effect that would lead to a new unified effort for the cultivation of heroes of the next generation. With almost 18 years since our latest hero, Techno, appeared, this is the first time we can happily announce the appearance of new heroes.” He said.
Cheering exploded again throughout the union inside and outside.
“I’m sure everyone is curious with how we came to the conclusion of these children and many probably have complaints about how children could match up to the old generation. Well as everyone should be aware by now, because of the Gamer system that has been developing for the last 4 years under the strict watch of Chasm Might and Server Admin, we are able to give numbers to power. For a braveman, these children we have seen over the last few days had to break and rebuild themselves to the point that the system reached thousands. The lowest benchmark being no less than 3000 points in their physical traits.” he said.
Everyone watched as the president explained the status system to the world that was watching this monumental event. Going as far as showing existing braveman teachers who stood on the panel next to him and showing the power needed to be given freedom to work beyond the army because they were 1 man armies.
“A Braveman is a 100 man squad, well as we know, heroes have been called nuclear deterrence since their upbringing, they are one man armies and so, the minimal benchmark to their strength cannot be below 10,000 points. The first graduate, Heir to Sir Vincent himself, recognized by him and all necromancers as their next leader, going by the hero alias The Lord of Death, Linwarm!” the president said and immediately everyone felt a shockwave above them as a spiraling green portal opened up, looking much like the rift.
Many people cried out in fear as hordes of death knights surged out but shockingly a bone carriage was pulled in the middle of the armed guard and pulling it was a young bone dragon. At the front was the most imposing knight nearly triple the size of the others and his eyes glowing with a violent green flame.
It flew down in a display of power and eventually stopped next to the stage.
Many people watched in shock as the giant knight came down with a heavy thud and opened the carriage and within, his face exposed with a classic black robe and his war scythe, Milo appeared and climbed up onto the stage.
His status appeared above, it did not show multipliers, it showed his full status. The most telling aspect that everyone noticed was seen on the exposed arms, black tattoos that seem to glow were actively enhancing his strength and those who have seen Vincent with his armor blown off would have seen the same thing.
Name:
Lord of Death, Linwarm
Strength
22,487
Dexterity
16,365
Agility
15,360
Intelligence
18,275
Constitution
27,684
Wisdom
14,000
There was a collective gasp because the strongest braveman, with all the boosts and advancements, had stopped at around 9k.
At once the very first rising hero had stats nearly 3 times that.
When the image zoomed in on Milo’s face, what really shocked them was that his eyes actually had a magical design crafted into them and there were magical markings around it which were the primary cause for his swollen stats. This was Vincent’s ace in the hole to strengthen him during the last year.
No one but Vincent had known about it because no one else could support these spells. Indeed, Vincent and Milo’s core strength stemmed from the fact that they engraved body enhancement magic directly on their bodies. The most vital ones being for wisdom and intelligence which enhanced both stats by x5. The reaction of this caused a massive boost to their mental capacity as well as enhancing their ability to use death aether.
Once Milo had this he was finally confident to explore the Netherworld and his first entrance into the world was met with elder lich, elder dragons, skeleton kings and more creatures of similar level trying to kill him for his divinity and the result was their immediate subjection and what divinity they had was absorbed by him. This expanded his domain and cities of undead bowed to him and he has gained even more knowledge that he still could not act upon but there were more advanced spells that built off the ones he gained, Vincent contained some of these spells but not all of them. The most important treasures he gained were the elder lich’s grimoires, pulled from their dead hands and contained even more necromancer knowledge than anything Vincent had.
“By the power vested in me by the people of the American Union, I present to you the status and responsibility as our union’s Hero from here forth.” The present said.
Milo accepted a very special badge which would allow Milo to call upon the full military might of the American union should the need arise.
In the back, the heroes were clapping and Vincent was smiling to have officially passed on his status and Milo was now known worldwide as the face of necromancy.
Cheers exploded after it was all done and he raised his scythe. With a turn to the carriage, he recalled it and all his undead and proceeded to the seat behind the teachers.
“The next graduate is a student of Esper, with the powers to see and control emotions for power, please welcome The Guardian of Emotions, Mortus.”
Far from the flashy entrance Milo pulled off, Shoji materialized in the air with teleportation but he took everyone by surprise as his body was covered in strange markings that glowed before they peeled off to form his emotion shadow.
He smiled and turned to the president as his status appeared.
Name:
Guardian of Emotion, Mortus
Strength
36,675
Dexterity
38,292
Agility
35,640
Intelligence
50,970
Constitution
36,072
Wisdom
44,532
Even more cries of shock at the young man’s power that was even stronger. This was purely because Shoji had learned to fuse his psychic construct with his emotion shadow and enhance his body with it. The effect created a x6 multiplier and his base stats were all 6k and up. His intelligence and wisdom even more since he was biologically an esper who had the most mental evolution potential.
With so much boost, it was no wonder he gained his status as a hero. Learning the most effective means to use your power was the key to becoming a hero since without body enhancement traits there was no way to go about getting this much boost. The status screen also doesn’t include the boost gained from the quality of energy in their bodies.
He soon joined Milo sitting down as his shadow once more merged with him and created a rather imposing air to him despite his face being young.
“The next graduate is the disciple of Mephesto, with control of the demon kind. Please join me to welcome the Queen of Hell, Mania Satanis.”
Suddenly a surge of imps and demons surged out and a demon fog filled the air before Lola came down. Her name was in honor of Lily’s real name, Mania Sek Elizabeth Satanis.
Lola descended in her battle mode, wearing her gorgeous demon armor which had grown with her and she smiled as landed while a large pair of demon wings adorn her back.
Everyone looked in shock and fear at the thousands of demons and knew why she would call herself Queen of Hell if she could summon forth so many hellion creatures.
Name:
Queen of Hell, Mania Satanis
Strength
33,912
Dexterity
27,805
Agility
32,227
Intelligence
16,800
Constitution
34,950
Wisdom
14,995
Almost equal to Shoji however her own modifiers were no more than 2.5 caused by human biology and had not caused any more boost but it also meant her stats were all over 12k in their base state.
“Next we have the disciple of Chasm Might, the one that drew the first hero to the school that would eventually become our academy now, please welcome the man who carried Atlas’s stone for 2 years and became a hero, the first elastic hero…” the president paused and looked a moment to Chasm Might who nodded, “The first elastic hero, Robin the Black Fae Dragon.”
The next moment, a powerful gust burst over the crowd and a blur rushed up and spread four wings in the form of a 3 meter tall dragonoid.
He shot down and stopped right in front of the president and everyone saw the dragon man that was growing more dragon-like but it shrank and became Robin.
Robin wore a bodysuit that was snug around his body and was designed with a space for his wings that he maintained extended.
Status
Name:
Robin the Black Fae Dragon
Strength
29,592
Dexterity
28,926
Agility
28,920
Intelligence
17,970
Constitution
31,926
Wisdom
11,370
Not as high as Lola but it was by no means weak and he was still very strong regardless.
Right after Ruth joined as his twin but Ruth did something to herself Robin hadn’t realized. Hardening would have made her black just like him and their brothers but for some reason, she wanted to keep the ‘pink’ from her original name so her hardened state actually caused her scales to turn pink instead.
Her stats were no weaker than Robin. Ruth went the same path as Robin and gave up on an alias and taking a path like Vincent they used their real names and she became Ruth, The pink Fae dragon and both were the first and second elastic hero twins.
After that, Marcus and Silk had their time.
Marcus called himself the Ape Titan, Wukong. Indeed, he did not keep Kong as his real name and instead he called himself the king of monkeys Son Wukong.
On the other hand Silk’s biology had fully bloomed and he was called the Metal Elemental, Iron Punk.
That said, the one thing no one expected was when the president began to call Kevin.
“Now the hero that made the most change to society in these 4 years, the person holding the innate superiority over even Server Admin himself, I am happy to introduce you to Game Master!” he said.
Robin and the others looked shocked that Kevin was revealed world wide and looked at the heroes.
Their faces were stoic but clapped, it was clear that it might not have been a decision they wanted.
Kevin wasn’t flashy with his entrance as the powerfully built young man, who was forced to adapt to the beatdown from Robin and his rivals, walked up. Compared to the others who showed off their aesthetic, Kevin was just himself and had the same vibe as Server Admin.
Robin worried for his friend but he wouldn’t be able to hide forever but this for sure didn’t feel like the time to show him off until he at least had some kind of strength to match the other heroes.
Not to mention needing to be careful with him since he was the last person that could die if they wanted the gamer system to reach fruition.
They could only relent to the political pressure though.
The crowd exploded in cheers for Kevin because he had changed humanity and a huge number were people who once had disabilities and could now live a normal life because his system helped cure them and help them adapt to their own powers.
After that was Rudy, called the Triforce Ice Phoenix, his alias was Flash Freeze.
“And that brings us to the end of our graduation. With great honor, please join me in one more round of applause for the 9 new heroes entering the world of heroics.” He said
The crowd instantly exploded as the 9 students stood up and the energy was palpable because 9 new heroes meant 9 new protectors who could truly protect them against the world’s greatest threats.
Together with the 9 remaining heroes and maybe even the retired Vincent, that would mean the American Union was the most secure union with almost double the heroes of any other union and now the Villains would need a significantly larger force if they wanted to attack without any heroes actually being able to protect against the destruction and even then the new generation of braveman were exceptionally stronger and more varied compared to the last generations.
With this year, the hero academy could fully live up to its name. With a 1% graduation rate, it had produced genuine heroes directly out of school and about 30% braveman a rate of graduation never before seen since the creation of the original hero union to take back the world from ‘him’.
***
‘He’ watched the world wide broadcast and all around were other exceptionally dangerous individuals that had to run from the world because of the system picking up on them.
They all looked solemn as the cheers from the video filled the room and the cold anger from ‘his’ eyes was clear to everyone.
“The American Union are brave, ignorant and stupid.” he said.
“Do we move to erase them? I call dibs on the fucking rubber fuck.” Tempest said.
A cold grin became visible in the shadow, revealing fangs, “Our target is not him, he is not the most vital.” He said as he licked his lips and three images pulled. “The Demigod of death, the new devil lord and the core of their stupid little system. Transmit world throughout the remaining underground world wide, I want his head, only dead.” he said but then turned to the other two, “But those two, no one can kill them except me. I will suck the very marrow from their bones, they are my key! The key to unlocking my full power!” He said, his eyes glowing bright red.
Everyone looked at them and engraved their faces to mind.
“When will we destroy the American Union?” one of them asked.
The grin on ‘him’ vanished as they heard his teeth grinding, “2 years from now is the day they all die, especially that maggot Mephesto!”
“What is it this time, More super villains?” one of the active super villains asked.
“Clones and bioengineered puppets.” He grinned coldly.
Clones could only mean a single thing and it was shocking that he had obtained genetic materials.
“We will have to amass materials some other way because it is difficult to rebuild the underworld when all heroics world wide have been delegated to the military now, especially material development.” a calm member of the table said, “And their subsequent move to some unknown place but somehow they became so much more active after the uprooting of even our implanted spies.”
Another growl came from ‘him’ because the spies had been such a massive supplier of test subjects but there was literally no supply anymore and they would have to resort to the most crude method of obtaining minions.
“We will have to return to the most crude method and send infiltrators to kidnap the poor and rural populations.” He said, cursing at the fact that they would be reduced to this tactic once more and with the system, it was impossible for his parasites to remain undetected. ‘He’ was clear of how active Gaia’s soul was becoming with the constant expansion of the gamer space.
The more active it got, the harder it became for him and he felt a pressure on himself. He was focused in on Milo and Lola now but his attention to Kevin was no weaker if not more intense because he was the current key to fully awaken Gaia and a world’s soul awakening fully means it will gain the capacity to manifest a physical form and such a thing was as strong as a supreme god of heaven because she draws power from the entire world and also helps divinities take form in this world. Without unsealing himself, he could never destroy the manifestation and start absorbing the world’s soul and its countless divinities.
“Get ready to start war, attacking the Union will definitely send the world on an attack against us.” ‘he’ said.