The World's most Overpowered Side-Character

Chapter 279: Regnarok Incarnate.

She sat there with bated breath for the entirety of her free time, not moving an inch, not even blinking as she listened for anything new, but there was nothing; in the end, it was Sal that woke her from her state of complete focus after she sent a message.

[Times up, come back]

"Well," Cecelia stood and made a gesture to the molten debris on the floor and a small cleaning bot came from the wall and began neatly scraping it up. "I suppose I was reaching too far by expecting a swift response, he is constantly moving around, Sol Vestic must be a busy man who doesn't even have someone like me in his sights-"

"The Master simply decided not to respond immediately."

"I figured that was the case, I just meant... that..."

Cecelia started responding but slowly quieted as a form that wasn't there a second ago suddenly showed up in her left peripheral just as she was about to enter the pod, on instinct Cecelia swung her fist at the intruder; not hard enough to kill anyone who'd be able to sneak up on her, but with enough force that if they weren't skilled they'd be killed on the spot, but she froze when her fist missed its target and the small woman appeared next to her again staring at her intently.

"Is this how you intend to show your gratitude after gaining Master's attention?" Alpha asked, and Cecelia did a double take as she continued to stare, flabbergasted.

"Master...?" Cecelia stared at her. "Are you referring to-"

"Did you contact someone else?" Alpha asked and the woman blinked several times, snapping herself out of her stupor and standing at attention.

"I-It's my mistake, I apologise...!" She averted her eyes when Alpha kept staring.

"Anyways," Alpha brushed her apology to the side. "Cecelia."

"Yes ma'am-"

"Master has no intention of helping you for free, I hope you understand what this means," Alpha gestured to the elevator instead of the pod and Cecelia obeyed her gesture without a hint of hesitation, standing in the elevator and watching Alpha step in with her.

"I figured such was the case, I'm ready to do whatever it takes to escape-" Cecelia stopped speaking and held her mouth.

"I have disabled all the audio devices, you are free to speak."

"Whatever it takes, I'll do it," Cecelia declared. "As long as I can be free and escape with my people, there's no sacrifice too great."

"You say you'd do anything, but what if I ask you to kill the general, can you do that?" Alpha raised a brow at her and Cecelia swallowed and rubbed her arm nervously staring at her feet as a bead of cold sweat rolled down her forehead.

"The thought alone makes me shake. I could try, but he would eventually kill me; he does not trust me; it's impossible to attack him with his guard down as it is never truly down," Cecelia shook her head. "If I wanted to only die I'd have attacked him long ago, but I need to know that you would protect my people before I did something so reckless."

"You want my word?" Alpha asked.

"No, I have no idea who or what you are."

"Of course, my manners, how could I be so careless," Alpha snapped her fingers and in an instant Cecelia found herself standing in a field of grass under a blushing evening sky.

Aimless, the woman reached downwards and picked a small flower that was at her feet. "I am his assistant, should you pass my evaluation I will be your escort, but as I said earlier; Master has no intention of meeting anyone else today, he is busy elsewhere," Alpha made another gesture and Cecelia found herself at the doors of the cockpit with the flower in her grasp.

"Until he is ready, resume your duties diligently and do not draw attention to yourself, you're of no use to him as a corpse."

"... Understood; I have a question, though..." Cecelia looked at Alpha. "About what happened earlier-"

"If you are worried that it was the limits of his power then fret not, it was merely a demonstration and a warning that Master has the capability to kill you all whenever he chooses," Alpha replied. "If that is all then I'll be going now... and another thing, that woman, Sally..." She rested her hand on the doors preventing them from opening.

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"She is your enemy."

After warning her, Alpha disappeared from her sight as though she never existed at all and Cecelia was left there staring as the doors slid open and the guards looked at her and then stood at attention and saluted.

"Ma'am."

"At ease," Cecelia nodded at them, straightening her uniform and walking in; there she found the Stark sisters standing and conversing with the 100th General.

"She has returned, what the hell happened?" General Stark raised her brow, it was evident in almost all of her actions that she didn't like Cecelia, but after finding her presence of use she was trying a lot harder to be more tolerant of her, considering she practically saved their lives before she had her attack.

"She had a panic attack in the face of the Godslayer's power, it is understandable, from what I know of them; they are capable of sensing each other's power the same as a scanner can pick up signatures from great distances, they're like beacons to each other, so while our systems were only fried a d we witnessed a spectacle, Cecelia experienced his power to the fullest," Viktor answered and looked around at her.

"Is everything okay now?" He asked, and she stood at attention and nodded.

"Yes, sir, I apologise for the disturbance... I was overwhelmed." She responded with a weak salute.

"Good, can you pinpoint his location again if we get close enough?"

"There is nothing there, sir," Cecelia responded, looking past him at Sal who was watching and listening intently and immediately having a flashback of Alpha's warning. "With the retreat of his power, it has gone back to being a barren space, as for the other sectors that the explosion spilt into, my senses don't reach that far." She stood at ease and placed her hand over her chest. "I'm sorry."

"If not for your warning we'd all be dead," Viktor admitted.

"If I didn't have something to live for, I'd have kept still and died, my life has been misery for the vast majority, I'm tired of suffering at your hands, you bastard," Cecelia thought to herself, still in the process of nervously rubbing her forearm.

"I'm glad I didn't though, I got Sol Vestic's attention, I could turn everything around and stop aiding in the destruction of my people, I could even... with Her Highness..." Cecelia sucked in a breath and looked up at them with a small smile.

"Don't worry, we'll get them, we'll get them all," She declared and General Lina Stark narrowed her eyes at her.

"Where did that sudden confidence come from, weren't you terrified of dying a few hours ago?" She asked and Cecelia nodded.

"I am still terrified, but the fact that I can't sense his power means that's not something he can repeatedly do, it's likely he's resting, it was dangerous and incredibly powerful; to be anywhere near it is a death sentence, but if he can only cast it once before needing to hide and rest again then we can capitalise on that weakness in the future," She balled her fists.

"I'm confident, if we can corner and force Sol Vestic to use that power again, we can defeat him."

"Interesting evaluation," General Stark looked at her sceptically. "Are you sure?"

"It's not set in stone, but the fact remains; before it happened he was exerting mass amounts of power that we could track, but now he has gone completely still, even though we've returned to the point of the eruption I can't sense a single shred of power from the Godslayer."

"It goes without saying, but we still need to amass power, if we want to get rid of him," General Flint added.

"Of course, after seeing that I am sure I alone would never be able to take down such a beast, he is Ragnarok incarnate," Lina nodded and closed her eyes. "What remains to be known is where he goes to recover, if we can find a way to infiltrate that place wherever it lies we will have an advantage.

[Such a place] Cecelia heard Alpha's voice in her head and almost jolted, but managed to keep still as she realised they were being monitored by the little mysterious woman who could go anywhere undetected.

[Master is not hiding, he is taking a break at the request of his loved ones to spend time with them, why would the pinnacle of power hide from these lesser creatures?" She asked and Cecelia scoffed and held her mouth.

It had been a while since someone said anything to humour her but thinking of them as lesser once more gave her a sense of pride as she found comfort in the truth that Alpha was still with her in this hostile place where she had no allies.

"Something funny?" Lina looked around at Cecelia again, annoyed, and the Vatui woman shook her head and gestured to them again.

"Of course not, please, continue..."

"Lesser indeed," She mused silently tapping fingers along her forearm. "I never saw it before but looks how scared they are, they are terrified even more than I am, they simply find comfort in each other's company, nothing more than the weak bonding together in the face of absolute power!"

"I can't wait to meet Master Vestic."