Chapter 261: In The Backyard.
Chapter 261: In The Backyard.
"Um..." Arla looked at Sol as the sigils on his right arm lit up, causing hers and Ikaris's to brightly flare up as well.
"Master?" She addressed him timidly, but Sol's eyes and attention were focused on Dina and Keele; even though she was right next to him and they shared the same double vision where they saw the fight and everything before them in tandem, he still seemed to completely miss her calling him, even after she repeated herself.
"Let it be," Ikaris smiled at Arla, taking Talia from her grasp and smiling at her. "Do you see that little one?" Ikaris smiled at the child sharing her vision of the final moments of the fight. "Look how beautiful it is~" She chuckled closing her eyes and nuzzling against the baby who began smiling as she held her face and left a wet kiss on her cheek.
"I'm going-" Sol spoke in the middle of vanishing just as Dina and Keele moved to attack each other.
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"ANNIHILATION!"
Dina screamed out as she took off with so much built-up speed and momentum it seemed like she was running in slow motion with the ground beneath her feet turning into puddles of molten magma upon contact.
"Release."
Keele in contrast was fairly calm, her technique had no name since she was the one who created it, but even without mana surging around her the ground still evaporated as she ran towards Dina covering the ground even faster as the two of them spun around each other gaining footing in the direction the other had been coming from and then thrusting their hands intent on clashing to see who's power and resolve was greater.
A microsecond before Dina's palm and Keele's fist made contact, Sol appeared without the fanfare of his golden aura and diverted their hands, turning Dina's palm over Keele's shoulder and directing Keele's fist upwards at the skies; for a few seconds nothing happened Sol had Dina pressed to his back and her arm on his shoulder facing Keele with his hand firmly keeping hers to the skies, his hair turned white and then blinked and flares up in gold and all three of them were engulfed in his mana as the rings manifested like a shield.
"Wow," Ikaris stared in awe as the atmosphere above them exploded out into the void and the star in the galaxy they were inhabiting suddenly exploded in the opposite direction from them forming a tail as Keele's attack ripped through the galaxy in an invisible fury turning multiple other stars into spaghetti as it travelled out into the gaping darkness between galaxies.
In the direction of Dina's attacks the entire half of the planet starting from right behind Keele disappeared in white particles, and then the rest of the solar system became a blazing pit of Divine Chaos flames rushing outwards into other systems and burning even the stars that it caught, unlike Keele's though it didn't go that far, but opposite of Keele's attack that left evidence of anything in its wake Dina's new skill took everything with it; as her flames rapidly subsided they left a gaping hole in the galaxy where no light existed.
"At the epicentre of the destruction Sol had only ever seen Dr'ul and the elite of the Emporium pull off, he stood between the two of them and waited for their chaotic attacks to run their course before he stood and raised his hand, Keele flinched and closed het eyes thinking she was going to be attacked and Dina did the same as she knew she had gone overboard, but what they heard was a snap instead.
As if nothing had happened, as though there was no fight at all, Sol snapped his fingers and the entire region was reset in the blink of an eye; the sun appeared above them, the world was fixed anew, and the moon that had been shattered reappeared in perfect condition, all the stars were remade all the planets reappeared, it was as if time itself had been reversed, but in truth he had simply recreated everything as he had designed them before.
Dina opened her eyes first when the warmth of the sun kissed her cheeks and a bird started chirping above them, and following her Keele peeked one eye open when she realised that she was still alive.
"I said friendly, didn't I?" Sol stood next to them staring at Dina as her transformation was undone and she slumped forward holding on to his hand and taking a deep breath before she began coughing.
"Sir, you also said to not hold back, and indeed, if I had held my punches, I would have died at this crazy woman's hand," Keele rested her hand on Dina's shoulder, staring at her concerned.
"Same..." Dina looked up at him, usually there was always some hint of glow within the highlights of her hair, but for the first time in a while she seemed to have lost that glow and he hummed and stared at her.
"How are you feeling? I know [Child of Chaos] doesn't have a punishment aside from the one rule of overuse, but are you okay otherwise?" Sol asked, and Dina nodded and stood upright, using her sharpened canines to cut into her finger and watching her previously white blood drip out golden.
"Thanks to the nourishment of the divine tree feeding my mana I managed to suppress it without any issues, I feel great; like I'm ready to go again-"
"Absolutely not." Keele furrowed her brows at Dina. "You may feel fine, but you do not look fine, you look like you're sick," she gestured to Dina and she looked at Sol who nodded in confirmation.
"Even though I'm a Divine now?" Dina furrowed her brows.
"We still have our limitations regardless of what we are, Dina," Sol raised his brow at her and snapped his fingers again bringing them back to the others who were seated in a large backyard around a big circular table full of food waiting for them.
"You can't expect that using such destructive power wouldn't have any effects at all, that's why I asked," he gestured to the table and then towards the entrance to the backyard area where Eve was standing politely with her hands folded before her and Mark standing several paces behind her staring in shock.
"What the-" Dina looked at Sol again and then the familiar estate off to the side. "We're on earth?"
"Yes, we have been to a lot of places recently, but inside or out of our collective there is only one place that can feel like this, there's something magical about this world," Arla answered and Ikaris nodded in agreement as did Sol and Sara.
"Of course, he is the light of our collective and the nexus to every living being within it, here is where Master's story began, Earth holds tremendous significance as his birthplace." Alpha appeared in her maid outfit and following her appearance someone rang the doorbell of the estate and she quickly went towards it while Sara continued setting the large table.
"Yo Sol, Ikaris!" Usami walked out of the main building, waving her hands with Uriyu behind her and Gia sitting on his shoulders, laughing and waving as well.
"Hello, everyone, Alpha," Uriyu greeted Alpha and the house happily and then turned ushering through another young red-haired woman after himself before Alpha closed the doors and turned with a polite bow.
"Is there gonna be a party?" Mark adjusted his glasses and stared at Eve.
"I have no idea. I was just told to be here, and I thought I'd bring you along since it meant they were coming back," Eve smiled through her teeth and then entered the space when Sol gestured to her. "Sir, it's great to see you in good health," She greeted him with a bow and Sol sighed in acceptance and gestured to her.
"Thanks for coming, Eve, how's earth?"
"Hectic, sir," She chuckled. "People are hard to handle."
"Is this everyone?" Ikaris asked, and Sol shook his head and extended his hand to an empty corner in the backyard creating a rift in the shape of a door.
"The main man has arrived!" S'mael walked through first, though, he looked human aside from his sharp zip-like teeth.
"What's up main man?" Sol extended his hand and bumped fists with the god of destruction.
"Master Vestic," The woman who had walked in after Usami and her family greeted Sol with a bow and then looked at S'mael. "Brother, are you well?" She asked and he hummed and rested his hand on her head. "It's good to see you've recovered."
"What about you, Renia, how are you fairing away from Arkadia?" Dr'ul walked through the rift next, regarding the redhead with a smile. "I miss you,"
"I miss you too, Sister," Renia leapt into Dr'ul's arms and sighed when her older sister hugged her back. "How is home?"
"As bothersome as you remember it, even in times of peace Arkadians find a way to disturb some kind of natural order," Adonai entered after Dr'ul and then the rift closed behind him.
"How has earth been for the retired Goddess of Chaos?"