Zero appeared on a beachside found the 3 playing by the edge of the dark sea. Nova turned to face Zero and ran then jumped to hug Zero. Zero caught the little girl and lifted her up into the air and smiled at her.
“Papa! When did you come back?” asked the excited Nova
“I just got back a little while ago.” answered Zero
“What’s mama doing? I can feel her power all round here.” asked Nova
“Yes, I’m curious as to why we’re able to feel here when she not in our realm.” add Dahlia
“She’s begun her apotheosis. She’ll soon be a demigod.” explained Zero
“Hey that’s mean you helped her become a deity before us.” whined Azalea
“I didn’t help her she managed to attain it on her own. She was manipulating Sophia’s divine energy and that helped her breakthrough. It’s honestly a surprise to me.” said Zero and he placed Nova and patted her head. He looked at Azalea and asked, “How's the soul collection going?”
“They’ve managed to collect 22,000 souls and we expect in 3 hours we’ll have 3 times the amount.” answered Azalea
“Wow, that’s impressive. With that amount I can start your apotheosis right now.” said Zero
“Thank you but I believe it would be wise to wait until Yoko finishes hers first.” retorted Dahlia
“Okay then we’ll wait.” said Zero with a smile as he held Nova’s hand and began to walk back to the temple.
Dahlia and Azalea followed behind Zero and they walked in silence until they reached the temple. When they entered the twin goddess immediately notice the 3rd throne now within their hall.
“We would have prepared a throne for you my lord you only need to ask.” said Dahlia as she kneeled before Zero.
“Woah wait stand up It’s only there because I was too lazy to stand up that I transported it along.” said Zero
“I know what you mean sometimes I teleport straight here from my room even though it’s a short walk. Also, sister I’ve been thinking this for a while now but I think you’re too serious.” said Azalea
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“And I believe that you’re not serious enough.” retorted Dahlia
“Now now girls don’t argue. You’re bound to have opposing personalities due to how I created you both.” said Zero
“Papa where is aunty Valna?” asked Nova
Zero turned to face her and realized that he had forgotten about Valna again. Zero snapped his fingers and a portal opened up in the corner. He then smile and said, “She’s having plenty of fun through that portal so she’ll come out when she’s ready.”
As soon as Zero finished speaking Valna emerged from the portal. Her armor had a few dents and covered dust and blood. Valna walked toward the seated individuals yawning while stretching.
“Did you have fun? Got used to your new body yet?” asked Zero
“You forgot about me, didn’t you?” said Valna as she glared at Zero.
“I defeated the entity and gave the energy to Yoko. Once that was done I freed you.” said Zero with an innocent smile.
“I doubt that.” sighed Valna
As they were having their banter creatures began to emerge from the open portal. Erinys, Liliths, Shadow knights, and the skeletons emerged from the portal and they all kneeled down before them.
“Did you become their queen or something?” asked Zero
“I know why the Erinys are kneeling before me but I don’t know why the rest are since they attacked me before.” said Valna
“Oh, right the rest are probably knelling because of myself and them.” said Zero as he pointed in the direction of Dahlia and Azalea.
“So, what shall we do with them?” asked Valna
Anomaly Detected
“You guys figure that out I have to go check on Yoko.” said Zero as he stood up and placed Nova on the throne before attempting to teleporting away but failed.
‘System why can’t I teleport?’
INDIVIDUAL YOKO BELNADES IS RELEASING MANA WITH NEGATION PROPERTIES
HOST AND OTHER CREATURES IN THE VICINITIES WILL BE UNABLE TO USE ANY SKILLS
‘Damn I guess I have to do this the old fashion way.’
“Aren’t you going to teleport to her?” asked Azalea
“I can’t Yoko’s mana is stopping me. We can’t use any skills that require us to use mana outside of our bodies. So, I have to physically fly over to her.” explained Zero
“Well, this is troublesome. Until she finishes her transformation we can’t do anything.” said Dahlia
“Would you like me to come along?” asked Valna
“No, you should relax since you’ve been fighting for a long time. I can handle it on my own” said Zero
Zero then walked out of the temple and manifested his wings. He then took to the skies and flew in the directions of the mana. As Zero head in the direction where the mana was being emitted, he began to feel a growing pressure. As he got closer and closer Zero found it hard to even fly because the mana pressure had increased even more making it difficult to fly straight.
‘Damn she releasing even more mana. Is her mana pool limitless or something?’
Zero created multiple shields with his skill but they were instantly destroyed. Zero was suddenly hit with a physical wave of mana that pushed him back, crippled his wings, and cause him to spit out blood as he fell.
Zero managed to use his mana internally to fix his crippled wings and strengthen them thus allowing him to regain his balance. Zero looked at the dot size moon still far away wiped the blood off his mouth and said, “This is absurd how can a simple wave of mana hurt me as much as the archon and Dracula did. I hope this works.”
Zero then began circulating his mana throughout his whole body while focusing a majority in his wings. With his body now strengthen Zero flew toward the planet-size cocoon at a speed so fast multiple sonic booms resounded as a result. Flying straight towards the cocoon Zero saw another wave of mana more intense than the previous one head straight for him so he placed his arm to protect his face while increasing his speed.
Crashing into the wave of blue mana Zero felt the bones in his arms breaking as he pushed past the wave. When he finally passed the first one he was instantly hit by a second wave luckily his bones had somewhat healed before they were broken again. Through the cycle of having his bones break, then heal, and strengthen them again Zero finally managed to make it near the cocoon.
Zero was shocked to see the blue cocoon that he had left now was completely cover in purple sigils and now almost looked purplish-blue.
‘System what happening?’
ALERT DUE TO INDIVIDUAL YOKO BELNADES’ SOUL LINK WITH HOST HER ASCENDENCE IS BEING INFLUENCED BY THE HOST’S CHAOS ATTRIBUTE