Zero followed by Hikaru walked to the empty lobby to find a man sitting with a woman at his side.
The man was fair-skinned and stood at 5' 9" tall. A particularly notable feature about him was while he had an aloof feel about him you could see a remarkable intelligence. He had a lean face, a large nose, and thin lips. His hazel eyes are bulging and he has thick eyebrows and thick dark brown hair which was un-styled. He had pierced his left upper ear and wore formal clothes that were mostly earth-colored, and he also wore no jewelry except for a necklace with a glowing blue crystal gem.
The woman was also equally fair-skinned and stood at 5' 2" tall and had an aimless feel about her. She has a petite face, a delicate nose, small ears, rosy cheeks, and large lips. Her black eyes are deep-set, and she has thin eyebrows. Her black hair, streaked with shades of vivid blue, is mid-back length, wavy, and features a messy fringe. She wore a subtle foundation, natural-colored lipstick, butterscotch blush, and electric blue eyeliner. She wore a beautiful blue formal dress that accentuated her curves and showed the elegant tattoo that covered her left shoulder and chest.
Zero walked over to the 2 unknown guests and said, “You requested to see me?”
“Yes, do you have somewhere private we may go to discuss I believe this will be important and a long discussion.” said the man with a smile
“Hikaru can we discuss this in your room?” asked Zero
“Sure, follow me.” said Hikaru as she led them to the elevator
When they arrived, the usual guard let them enter the room after receiving a nod from Hikaru and shut the door standing guard. Hikaru then turned and said, “This room is secure and is soundproof so please have a seat.”
The man looked at Hikaru and Zero coughed bring the man’s attention back to him before saying, “I trust Hikaru so whatever you say will stay here and no one will hear of it.”
“Very well then allow me to start with our introduction. My name is Loki Fárbautison the God of Fire and this is my daughter Hel Lokisdottir the Goddess of Death” said Loki
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The news shocked Zero as he was silent as he look at Loki who smiled at him. He shortly managed to overcome the shock and said, “My name is Zero and this is Hikaru Ito. I have a question for you. Isn’t Loki was a god of mischief?”
Loki laughed and answered, “Well humans have said that about me but my true divinity is fire. I’ve played a few tricks in my lifetime but I’m not a true trickster god.”
“Are you really a god?” asked Zero
Loki waved his hand causing divine mana to form in his palm turned to look at Zero and asked, “Does this answer your question?”
“Yes, it does. So, to what to owe this visit from 2 gods?” asked Zero
“Ah, yes you must be curious about why I’m here. Well, the answer is simple I’m like to make you a proposition.” said Loki as he looked at Hikaru with a curious look
Zero looked at Hikaru who looked calm on the outside but Zero figured that she was just trying to seem calm. Divine mana would normally be overwhelming for a normal human but Nyx had placed a sort of protection spell on Hikaru not only making her immune to mind manipulation but also the divine mana.
“Looks like you’re curious about my sister but I’ll ask you not to pry. So, what is this proposition?” said Zero as he shifted closer to Hikaru to deter Loki from looking at Hikaru.
“Very well that was quite rude of me I apologize. My proposition is quite simple I’d like us to form an alliance between your family and mine.” said Loki
Loki’s words caused Zero to be surprised yet again as he asked, “What did you say? I don’t think I heard you right. Why on earth would you like to form an alliance with me?”
“Calm down Zero you seem to lack an understanding of the gods and the current situation in the divine realm. We have time so I’ll explain it all to you and then answer any other question you might have.” said Loki
Loki went to explain the current situation. He told Zero that multiple pantheons existed both for the Divine and the Infernals. In the beginning, the Divines and the Infernals come into existence almost simultaneously and lived off the souls and faith of mortals. They were few in numbers at the start but as they fed they grew more powerful and in hopes of spreading their influence they started to breed and find a mortal to raise into godhood in exchange for their eternal service. So, their numbers grew and the number of worlds they could influence and rule over also grew. Soon enough there weren’t enough worlds to sustain their number so the deities formed an alliance of sorts not to invade each other's worlds and would look for new worlds together. They found a few worlds but these worlds were under the control of a race of grotesque beings with godlike abilities that called themselves Devourers. War broke out with the Devourers and lasted for ages killing many on all sides so a new alliance was formed including the Devourers. The alliance stated that any new world found would be under the jurisdiction of a natural 4th party. A council was formed with 1 powerful individual from the 3 groups serving on the council to keep it from favoring any group. This balance worked for a while and things seemed to change for the better when they discovered a new race of deities who could build and shape worlds into existence called the Makers.
A new order was born with the Makers shaping worlds, the council dividing up the worlds, and the deities filling it up with mortals protecting the worlds until they could feast. This balance has existed for almost an eon but for some unknown reason that perfect balance started to break and the sides began preparing for war with each other.
“Except this is all a nefarious plan.” said Loki after pausing for dramatic effect