It took Miko a while to calm down. Not only him, Kimiko was fuming for quite some time.
After they “calm down”, they moved to kimiko’s room.
“……..”
Miko sat in chair with eyes that lacked focus.
(That ungrateful brat….)
Tiamat growled.
(I knew that I should've killed him all those years ago. I shouldn't have listen to his begging.)
She was obviously angry.
(Anyway, do your best to avoid him Miko.)
‘I refuse.’
(What?)
‘I said I refuse.’
(What do you mean, you refuse? Listen, Miko. Krow is an extremely arrogant and dangerous person. In his eyes Augustus was the one and only God. In other words he's a fanatic towards his father. Him being the last remaining child of Augustus gave him the feeling that he was unmatched when it came to prestige. In his eyes, everything in the world is rightfully his. Because of this he won't hesitate to kill anyone he wants.”
‘I don't care about that. I'll definitely kill him.’
(How are you going to kill someone who rivals Nero and Nova?’
‘I don't know yet. But I'll definitely do it. Me and that bastard can't live under same sky.’
His outer appearance was calm, but inside he was getting angrier by the second.
He was angry at how he treated Momo, someone who was doing her best to help him grow stronger. Even if her methods were extreme, they were successful.
But what Miko was really anger at, was the fact that Krow got in his way and prevented him from taking what he felt like was rightfully his.
‘Me and that brat can't breathe the same air. One of us gotta go.’
He thought to himself.
“M-Miko.”
While he was thinking that he heard Kimiko called out to him.
He calmed his heart and focus returned to his eyes as he looked at her and smile.
“Yes.”
“How are your injuries?”
“Thanks to Momo, I'm fine.”
“I-I see. That's great.”
Even though her face lacked expression, her voice indicated that she was nervous.
This confused Miko.
He stared at her with a curious gaze.
His first impression of her was that she very beautiful despite the lack of expression. This made him acknowledge that Nero had good taste in women.
His second impression was that she was acting strange. Even though this is their first meeting, there wasn't any reason for her to be nervous. Unless-
“Ah, I see. You heard about me from Nero or Momo.”
She nodded.
Seeing that, Miko took on a casual air.
“There's no need to be on your guard or nervous. I might still have my past memories but you saved my life earlier so I'll acknowledge you as my grandparent.”
“Is that so?”
She didn't hear Miko mumbled “At least for now”.
She then looked at Miko again.
“You really do look identical to my husband and son. Say how old are you mentally?”
“29.”
“I see. Then you're still a toddler.”
“I heard that Nova was 5000 years old, then you should be older than that. Can I ask how old are you?”
“I'm 10,363 years old.”
“I-Is that so?”
Even though he expected that she would be around that age, it still felt weird the hear the person say so from their own mouth.
“Oh, Miko. Here's something you probably didn't know.”
Momo who no longer seemed angry about earlier, casually joined the conversation.
“Ms.Kimiko is the world's first female [Tyrant]!”
She said with an excited tone.
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This shocked Miko since Sasha never mention anything about her mother being a [Tyrant].
“Is that true?”
Kimiko nodded.
“Then Sasha has a [Tyrant] as her mother, father, brother. That's an impressive family.”
Miko spoke his honest thoughts.
“However, let me clear about something.”
Said Kimiko.
“I'm different from Gamiko and Junior who intentionally became [Tyrants]. It was circumstances that led to me becoming a [Tyrant].”
“Circumstances?”
“I'm an assassin. The only reason I killed those Proxies was because I was paid to. It wasn't until I was summoned to Summit Of The Gods that I realized the position in placed myself in.”
“Wait? You were summon to Summit Of The Gods too? Does that mean that all [Tyrants] are summoned there?”
Kimiko nodded.
“I always thought that Nero was the only one since he was the first to go against the laws of the world.”
“When you become a [Tyrant] you're automatically summoned to the Summit Of The Gods where you're bestowed with your [Tyrant Title] and then teleported the [Tyrant Monument] where you’ll see your name and title written on it.”
Kimiko showed a faint smile, a little death aura leaked out but nothing serious.
“The one who bestowed me my title was my mother.”
“Your mother?”
“Ms.Kimiko’s mother is Hel.”
“The Norse death goddess?! Then you're a demigoddess?”
“That’s right. I can be consider a minor death deity.”
Miko remembered hearing from Luka once that Sasha was something called a Death Maiden and that she used death magic, but because he was busy attacking the crime world he didn't have time to confirm it.
“She's also the queen of Niflheim and Helheim, as well as the leader of the Mors Clan.”
Said Momo.
She seemed to want to sell kimiko's good points to Miko. She obviously wants him to get along with her.
“I know about Niflheim(World of mist) and Helheim(World of Hel). It isn't surprising that Hel’s descendants rule them.”
It was then he realized something.
“Wait. If you're Hel’s daughter then you're Loki’s granddaughter.”
“I've never met him, but according to my mother he was a bastard.”
‘Well, considering that Loki allowed Odin to throw her to the darkest and gloomiest place of the nine worlds, its natural she thought so.’
Miko thought.
“Oh. I heard you fought my uncle’s Proxy. How was my uncle? I was a little close to him.”
Said Kimiko.
“I've never met Jörmungandr, but I talked with his main persona Ouroboros. We're in an alliance together.”
“Is that so? That's great.”
It was only then that Miko realized that he was technically related to Ouroboros and was also a descendant of Loki considering he was Sasha's great-grandfather.
“Too much god blood run through my veins.”
Miko said while he sighed.
“Wait. Both Hel and Loki were giants. Does that mean that you can turn into a giantess?”
“I can. But I prefer being this size.”
“What other powers do you have as a minor deity?”
As she was his grandmother, there was a high chance that he could use some of Kimiko's abilities. So he wanted to learn them just in case.
“Unfortunately, you can't learn most of my abilities or the abilities of the Mors Clan.”
As if she knew what he was thinking, Kimiko shut down his hopes before they even began to take root.
“My clan is a matriarchal clan. This is because only the women inherits my mother’s power over death.”
When Miko heard he was disappointed. But it was then Tessa’s face popped up in his mind.
‘The blood of a dragon goddess, a strong affinity for Qigong thanks to Augustus’s blood, the demon curse that prevents her to staying down, and now the natural ability to use death magic…..She's like the MC of a Wuxia novel.’
He thought.
He then turned back Kimiko.
“Don't the men inherit anything from Hel?”
Kimiko nodded.
“The men might can't use death magic, but they have a strong affinity to ice, dark, and mist magic. Everyone in the clan is also immune to the cold and ice magic.”
The battle with him and Luka flashed through his mind. He was pretty sure there were a lot of times he felt like he was going to freeze to death.
“That wasn't the case for me when I fought Luka.”
“It wasn't?”
Kimiko then thought about it for a bit before speaking again.
“It's probably because you're a Proxy. Your body contains mostly Tiamat's blood, so the 1/8 of my mother's blood that you're suppose to possess might've been surpassed or devoured.”
“…I see.”
(So what? Whose Hel compared to me? You don't need that brat’s blood.)
Tiamat spoke arrogantly in Miko's head. It made him feel like she was competing with Hel for some reason.
“Are there any other abilities that members of the Mors Clan can use?”
“Well, there’s soul magic. But not many can use it.”
“Can you?”
“Of course. I can take out a person’s soul and place into another person or object. I can also destroy their souls, as well as switch the souls of others.”
“In a way, you're more awesome than Nero.”
Miko praised.
But Kimiko shook her head.
“Your grandfather is a 5star [Tyrant] while I'm only a 4star one.”
“4star? 5star?”
Miko said with a confused expression.
“Ah, its an unofficial ranking system among [Tyrants].”
Momo explained.
“When one kills one [XXX Class] Proxy from each of the four factions, God, Demon, Beast, Hero, they're recognized as a [Tyrant] or a 1star [Tyrant]. If that person repeats the same feat again, they're recognized as a 2star [Tyrant]. Every time they repeat the same feat a star is added to their [Tyrant] rank. However, once you become a 5star [Tyrant] you can't go any higher no matter how many times you repeat the same feat.”
“I've killed a total of 30 [XXX Class] Proxies in my life but there were mostly Hero Proxies. So I've only repeated the feat of killing a Proxy from each of the factions, 4 times. Hence I'm a 4star [Tyrant].”
Said Kimiko.
“Then is Nero stronger than you?”
“Yeah. He is. But not by much. If I put my life on the line, I can kill him.”
“What about Nova?”
“I'm stronger, but him being a Qigong God gives him a bit of an advantage. So if we fought it can go either way.”
If that's the case, then something didn't add up.
“Even though you're not a 5star [Tyrant] you're still considerable strong, but why aren't you as popular Nero or Nova.”
When Sasha mentioned Kimiko’s name when she talking about Nero and Nova with Miko and the trio, no one reacted to her name. This meant that not many knew about her or not many knew about her connection to Nero.
“I’m an assassin. Unlike Nero and Nova who lives in the limelight, I stay in the shadows. Of course my name is still known worldwide since I'm a Proxy, but that's all. Only those in the underworld knows that I'm the queen of Niflheim and leader of the Mors Clan. Even in the underworld, only a few knows that I'm Nero's wife and Nova’s mother; and to me that's beneficial.”
‘That's explains a lot.’
He thought.
Miko then got an idea.
“Since me being a Proxy prevents a lot of privilege as a descendent of Hel, is it possible for me to learn any of your clan’s assassin techniques? If so can you teach me?”
“!”
Miko saw Kimiko's purple eyes lit up when he said. It was obvious that she was excited.
“Sure. I'll love to.”
At this time, Nero was at the residential area of Xia walking with Sherry at his side.
“Your Majesty!”
“Your Highness!”
“Milord!”
While they were walking several women and children with azure and purple hair calling out to him.
The men simply bowed as he passed them.
Nero smiled and waved back at them.
“You're as popular as ever I see.”
Sherry said with a smile.
“I'm the all-powerful and charismatic Gamiko Dragna, I will forever be popular. Even after death.”
“And narcissistic too.”
“What's wrong with being a narcissist? Everyone is a bit narcissistic. Everyone believes that there are special and unique. Whether you believe you're better than everyone or worse than everyone else, you're a narcissist. As long as you believe you're special, whether in a positive way or a negative way, you're a narcissist.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
The two walked for a while in silence until Nero spoke up again.
“Sherry, you're technically my daughter, right?”
“…Well, yeah.”
“Then my daughter, let me ask you a favor.”
“….Depending on the nature of the favor, I'll do my best to grant it.”
‘Its not like you'd allow me to refuse. If I did, then our arrangement would be nullified.’
Sherry thought.
Nero smiled as if he knew what she was thinking.
“Well, you should realized by now that the tension in the country is raising.”
She nodded.
“A civil war is about to break out.”
“What? I didn't know things were so bad. Who's the other side?”
“My uncle, Krow.”
Sherry frowned when she heard that.
“So he's finally decided to make a move.”
“As you know, not everyone was happy with me becoming the leader of the Primus Branch. Especially since it was my daughter’s husband and son who killed the last clan leader.”
“But it's not like Sonia had anything to do with it. She wasn't even in the country at the time.”
“To them, that doesn't matter. She was guilty in their eyes.”
Anger was boiling up in Nero.
He remember coming back home to witness people trying to hurt his daughter and even calling for her execution.
This led to him killing nearly a quarter of the branch in a fit of rage until he was suppressed by Raven.
But the incident didn't end there. Because of his massacre the people were further enraged. They started to not only demand the execution of Sonia, but Momo and her twin brother as well.
They argued that even though they were toddlers at the time, they still shared the same blood as the two who murdered the clan leader. To them this was enough to execute them.
But those people made a horrible mistake. They forgot that Nero wasn't Sonia's only family member.
Nova who was at the Night Continent at the time came back and found out what had happened.
The result was a sea of blood.
Just like his father, he began to massacre everyone calling for his sister’s and her children’s execution. He didn't spare a soul.
Woman, children, the disabled, as long as you supported Sonia’s execution they were killed in the most brutal way.
This got worse when Nero's other sons Rihan, Gamion, and Gian got wind of what was going down.
The one-sided massacre got so bad that people started to wonder if the entire country was going to be slaughtered.
Because of this, the clan elders had to come to a compromising decision to exile Sonia and strip Momo and her brother of their chances of ever becoming clan leader. However, only if Nero and Nova stayed back in the country to take the previous clan leader’s place.
Both parties agreed. Sonia left the country, and Nero was named the clan leader.
“The clan leader must always be the strongest in the country. When I surpassed my uncle who was the previous clan leader, I should've been given the title from then. But I refused it. Those old foxes used the incident with Sonia to confine me here along with Nova.”
He said with an irritated tone.
“But like I said, I wasn't the only who didn't want me to become the king here.”
“And those people supported Krow?”
Said Sherry.
Nero nodded.
“The incident with Sonia happened almost 50 years ago. Since that time Krow has been making preparations to overthrow me. I got word that his preparations are almost complete.”
“So you want me to move my Inari Clan to back you up?”
“No. I don't want your entire army. Just you would be fine.”
“….Is that so? Then I don't see a problem if it's just me. But…”
“You're wondering if that will be enough?”
Sherry nodded.
“The fact that you're asking for my help means that Krow gathered a force that even you can't repel so easily. Then shouldn't we gather as much firepower as possible?”
“Don't worry about that.”
He displayed a sinister smile and said-
“I have a trump card.”