(***Muriel POV***)
Muriel sat in a room filled with divine light which she constantly absorbed. Her consciousness was still as she focused only on absorbing the power held in the light when she notice that the flow of energy stopped. When she opened her eyes she found herself in front of Archangel Phanuel.
“Muriel I’ve warned you not to stay in that room too long. Yes, it does make you stronger to absorb the power from there but Lord Kadmon’s will is also held in that light. If you stay in there too long you’ll lose yourself and become like many unable to think from themselves becoming carbon copies of our lord. If it were up to me that room would be done away with immediately.” said Phanuel with a worried expression
“Yes Lord Phanuel I was just about to leave when you pulled me out.” explained Muriel
“You don’t have to bother to lie to me, Muriel. I understand why you’re doing this but please heed my warning. Hinuel would not want you to do this. The fault of her losing her soul lies with me. An Apocolypse is occurring the tensions between the divines and infernals is at an all-time high so I should not have taken both of you with me.” said Phanuel with a look of self-deprecation
Muriel kneeled and said, “Please don’t blame yourself Lord Phanuel. You were preoccupied with that demon and I was… just too weak. Had you not arrived in time I too would be lost. I owe you my insignificant life and…” said Muriel but she was cut off by Phanuel
“Never say that Muriel all life is precious. Although I might be an Archangel this does not make my life more important than yours of Hinuel. This was my mistake and I should have paid the price rather than innocent Hinuel. I’m sorry I should have protected you both. I hope you’ll treasure yourself more.” said Phanuel
“I understand Lord Phanuel I will follow your advice. I’m sorry for causing you to worry.” said Muriel
“Please do, you have a bright future ahead of you so don’t go into that room and lose yourself. Take it slow and your power will grow as time passes. I will always be here to help you should you require it.” said Phanuel
“Thank you, my Lord. Is that all you require my Lord?” asked Muriel
“No, I also came to inform you of a new mission. I was at a council meeting with the other Archangels and was informed of an issue. Our department has been given the mission of investigating a punishment planet.” said Phanuel
“A punishment planet?” asked Muriel
“Yes, the divine forces control many galaxies and control an immense amount of planets. These galaxies are sectioned off to the leader of each pantheon to control and protect its own section. In our section, there are galaxies with only a few barely viable planets and those are called punishment planets. As punishment for crimes angels are sent to these worlds without any support or logistics and are told to handle the planet. Their divine energy is used to substitute the planet weakening them in the process. In the end, the angel is used up and fades out of existence.” explained Phanuel with a grimace
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“Are you against it my Lord?” asked Muriel
“Yes, I wholly am against it. For beings such as ourselves to have our divine energy forcibly ripped out is equivalent to being ripped apart on a molecular level over and over again. The only purpose of doing this is by bathing the world in divine energy a few humans adapt to it and will eventually become worthy souls to become lesser angels. These artificial angels will be weak and used as foot soldiers in wars leading to their quick demise. I find the whole process deplorable because now they sentence angels to such punishment for petty crimes. Sometimes I feel like we’re the real demons.” continued Phanuel still grimacing
“Please don’t say that my Lord what if somebody heard what you said.” said Muriel with a worried expression
“It’s okay I trust you Muriel it’s our little secret.” said Phanuel with a mischievous smile
Phanuel then stopped smiling and with a serious expression continued to say, “Your mission is to investigate the disappearance of the aeon named Sophia. She was punished on a world but her divine energy has vanished. Head to the world and find out what occurred. Confirmed her status and if she’s dead then there’s no reason to investigate what killed her just return. You’ll be traveling with 4 other angels but be careful even weaken she’s dangerous and quite deranged. Normally I would go myself on a mission like this but Micheal has demanded my presence. If I’m able to finish before you return then I will join you but don’t count on that so act as if I can’t come at all times. Remember don’t try to do more than what is necessary and return alive.”
Muriel kneeled and looked at Phanuel and said, “Yes my Lord I understand and I will carry out my mission successfully. May I ask who will be joining me on my mission?”
“I’m not too sure Micheal said he’d build a special team with a member from each department. So you’ll be working with angels from the other departments. Try your best to work alongside them and return as soon as the mission is over.” answered Phanuel
(***Nether POV***)
Elsewhere in the world of dreams a black shadowy figure appeared and walked through multiple dreams undeterred. The shadow faded away revealing a dark caramel skin tone with black, shaggy hair slightly covering a bony, gloomy face. This was Nether of the Primordials who had walked into his brother’s realm.
“Nether to what do I owe this pleasure. I don’t think you’ve ever been to my realm before.” said a voice out of nowhere
“I heard the boy visited your realm before Dream. I wanted to ask you what you thought of him.” said Nether
“Ah, our little nephew you mean. I think he’s an entertaining kid who will most likely get himself killed soon.” said Dream with a chuckle
Nether sighed and said, “Yeah I also thought that. I wonder what Chaos has in mind with that child. She gave him the ability to grow stronger but taught him nothing. It’s a perfect recipe for disaster.”
Dream laughed at Nether’s words and said, “No it's a perfect recipe for pure chaos rather. I think she knows what she’s doing and she didn’t forbid us from interfering and helping him if we deem it necessary. She only warned us that she was paying attention to the event around him. All in all the kid’s blessed to have us as his family although I think Void and Fate dislike him. They shouldn’t harm him though unless they planned to fight with our eldest sister. Now instead of that why don’t you ask me your real question.”
Nether remained silent for a moment before saying, “I need a favor. I need to use your realm to travel to the past.”
“You’re more than capable of traveling to the past on your own so why ask me this?” asked Dream
“You know the reason why. Dreams have always connected the past, the present, and the future. So it’s the only way to travel throughout time incognito.” answered Nether
“Yes, that’s true but with our power, we can already move throughout time without being noticed by lower beings. Unless you want to hide this from our siblings? Why do you need to do that?” asked Dream
“Now that’s my business. Will you allow me to do so or not?” asked Nether disregarding Dream's question
Dream sighed and said, “Very well but you owe me” and a silver door appeared in front of Nether. Nether touched the door and it turned black as he walked through it. When Nether entered the black door it turned to ash and scathered. Dream sighed agin and said, “Honestly what a troublesome family I have. I suppose I’ll visit Matter to take my mind off all of this.” After saying that Dream’s world grew silent before returning to its normal state.