The World's most Overpowered Side-Character

Chapter 278: Point of No Return.

"I assume our services in the meantime are not needed?" Dr'ul spoke up when everyone remained silently digesting the information Sol and Alpha had placed on their plates.

"Are you in a hurry?" Dina looked around at her and the goddess of war smiled and held her fist towards her.

"It is quite uncommon, but as of recently, we related the information of the Grand Collective and the Emporium to the newly extended pantheon and a lot of the gods have been training; actively getting stronger in the hopes of one day joining Sol's fight against those who would see us harvested for our power," Dr'ul answered and Dina nodded with a hum while Sol dismissively raised his hand and a gateway back to Arkadia opened up before her.

"I appreciate what you're doing, Dr'ul," Sol nodded at her. "Hopefully it never reaches that point."

"I can only pray for the same, but in the meantime, I wish you the best of luck," She smiled and gave him and Ikaris a small bow and turned. "Brothers."

"Yes," Adonai paid his respects and left, and then after him S'mael waved his hands flashily and departed after a small exchange with Renia.

"Master, Milady," Arla sat on the opposite side of Sol.

"Would you mind not leaving today?" She asked, pointing out the fact that even while they had been present recently the two of them had been going through several different things and hadn't spent their time together being together, they were just present, From Sol's attack on the collective to umbra attacking Ikaris and nearly killing her, they'd been occupied.

"I already said I'd deal with Keele's situation-"

"If it's no bother..." Keele spoke up.

"I would rather stay here, I know that you have already placed my homeworld somewhere safe within your collective, my family and friends are safe, that is all I wanted, but I believe that being here would have me be more useful rather than staying on call, if it's a matter of letting them know what happened; I could send a message or speak to someone at a distance," She stared at them.

"With your permission, of course."

"Are you sure?" Dina turned to her and asked. "There's no telling what's gonna happen in the future, you may never see them again."

"Yes, ma'am, I'm certain of my decision; I've already given it some serious thought," Keele answered and saw Usami who was sitting on the far end scoffing and patting her brother on his shoulder while he too chuckled.

"Ma'am?" Dina repeated with a vein popping up over her left eye. "Do I look like a ma'am to you?" She asked and Arla began snickering when she saw Keele begin to panic and search for an appropriate response.

"You are a mistress to Mister Vestic, I assumed-"

"But do I look like a ma'am?" Dina turned her head and crackled her knuckles. "You're picking a fight, aren't you?"

"Wh- huh?" Keele reclined and raised her hands defensively while Sol began laughing almond with Renia and Ikaris.

"Keele," Alpha stood at her side and held out a smartphone.

"This device can connect and clearly communicate with your homeworld, you have access to anyone you know, every president, every prime minister, every mayor, every single person who has any form of communication can be contacted by you, so you can speak to them at your leisure." She explained watching the woman slowly and carefully take the device from her grasp and turn it, staring at the simple features.

"Contact anyone from another universe? That's amazing, how did you do that so quickly?" Keele tapped the screen and blinked at the interface. "It looks so simple."

"That's right," Sol spoke up, resting his cheek against Dina's when she stood behind him and leaned over, resting her chin on his shoulder and kissing his cheek. "You didn't meet Alpha officially,"

"I thought she was just a maid," Keele stared at her, but the system only smiled politely and walked over to Sara's side taking a seat and straightening her maid's outfit on her legs.

"Alpha is what's known as a system, she is a fully sentient artificial intelligence created through the powers of divinity from Arkadia, you actually met her creator, Adonai," Sol pointed out. "She has powers similar to mine, but even more precise in what she's able to do; by simply being present, she is capable of mapping and seizing control of the very laws of any universe she finds herself in.

Currently, she's mapped over 30% of the Khalla-Nova Collective.

"That being said, I am not a biological lifeform, the avatar you see is merely an attempt to appease master's tastes, and interact with physical lifeforms" Alpha gestured to Sol. "I have no real body, I am an existence akin to the atmosphere should it gain a mind."

"She's also capable of granting power and life to anything and anyone, as well as interacting with any form of technology; it's with her help that I've already infiltrated every dataset belonging to the grand emporium, she can change the form and nature of anything that crosses her path."  Sol added and then looked at Alpha with his brows raised. "She is a terrifying existence; she is an omni-god."

"Omni-god..." Alpha mused. "I have never seen myself as anything other than your servant and tool, Master." She shook her head. "Free will would be too much for me, I must only act according to your desires, I would only rather be the system which aids you."

"Have it your way," Sol raised his brows, unamused that she rejected the title so quickly. "My point is, if you need anything Alpha is the one you seek, if it's a decision that requires personal guidance she will forfeit the issue to me, but otherwise she's the equivalent of my secretary, as is Sara." He gestured to the maid.

"Sara?"

"Correct," Sara nodded and gestured to her politely. "We have yet to find the time to converse, but I am sure that your staying here will lead to many opportunities."

"You must be incredibly strong as well," Keele smiled at her. "I am surrounded by amazing people."

"I am not that strong in comparison to everyone else," Sara answered with a smile. "My roles do not require strength; Alpha takes care of the matters Master assigns outside of his personal life I am simply his personal handmaiden." She chuckled.

"You say that but you exist on a plane that nobody, not even I can interact with without you." Sol furrowed his brows at Sara.

"So, overpowered..." Keele nodded. And saw everyone agree.

"I will be taking my leave as well, Master Vestic" Lumi who had silently stood and observed them interacting finally spoke up and at her words all heads turned to her.

"Master?" Ikaris furrowed her brows at the emissary.

"I can't seem to escape the title, that's why I'm glad for people like Jenifer, she doesn't call me anything other than Sir."

"Jenifer law, the first to escape your hands?" Keele asked shocked.

"I let her go, she's an ally." Sol chuckled.

"I knew it," Keele muttered under her breath with a snap of her fingers.

"You are far too lenient on your enemies, mister Vestic," she looked up at him, but then shook her head and almost laughed at the absurdity of her statement; this is the same man who has wiped out entire forces in the past for simply being allied to his enemy, he wasn't lenient at all, he simply had a soft spot for those who were capable of being saved.

Everyone seemed to share her sentiment as well.

"Well then," Lumi made gestures to everyone. "Best of luck, I will continue to watch from the sidelines." She waved and vanished in a flash of light.

"Who was that anyways?" Keele asked. "She has such a terrifying gaze.

"Lumi is the emissary of fate; she is pure light and creation, a being that has existed before time was conceptualised and before any Godslayer or Vatui existed. She is currently the most powerful being within my collective."

"Even-"

"Yeah, she's stronger than I am, even with all the power I've amassed," Sol stared at his baby girl and smiled at her sleeping form resting against him. "Lumi could still kill me if we went into a fight to the death."

"Yet she does not want to help?"

"She is passive, if you provoke her she will kill you, but otherwise she remains an observer to all that happens in order to protect the will of her previous fate." Sol scoffed. "It's ridiculous but since she doesn't antagonise or interact with any of us I kind of forget she even exists sometimes."

"... Again, you are surrounded by the most amazing individuals..." Keele mused, Alpha an omni-consciousness, and Lumi, an existence that even he speaks of with reverence as the man capable of ending universes on a whim.

***

"The General is calling me back to my post," Sal stood from her seat watching Cecelia who was intently staring at the residue of the molten tab on the floor.

"Go, I'll stay here for the rest of the shift and return later."

"Okay," She stepped into the transportation pod and sat down. "Let me know if anything happens."

"I will," Cecelia answered watching her friend leave before locking her hands and fiddling her thumbs. "Did I make the right decision, after all?" She wondered but negated that thought and shook her head.

"I'll wait, there are only two ways this goes, and both of them are more desirable than remaining his plaything, if I die then that is the end of it, and if he decides to help me, I will remain loyal for the rest of my eternity," She said something akin to Ikaris's usual declarations.

"Either way, there is no going back."