I looked around the room, it was a tall hall, but it wasn’t very spacious, it was as if this was just the corner of the hall and a large wall separated this place from the rest of the great hall, all the walls were curved in a half sphere with the door to the stairs right behind, in front was the only straight wall with the gate.

I could see some claw marks, some small dents and some burn marks, but they were just small imperfections in a massive structure like this metal gate.

What made me hesitant was the blood, dried blood that stained the floor, walls, cages and even this portal, old blood and so many different colors, the smell in the air was strangely tasty, which says a lot about the quality of the blood.

I close my eyes and let only my Aura sense the surroundings, I can feel the traces of vitality, Divinity, fragments of Divinity and killing intent of dozens, they were not all Gods, I feel Anomalous power mixed in, there are also only 3 that seem to stand out abnormally. “(A calm Aura of Divine Level…)” (me)

“(An Aura completely consumed by murderous intent… a God for sure…)” (me)

“(A Divine Aura filled with the power of nature, it was as if I was feeling the Aura of a wild galaxy where there were no civilizations on any planet, it was an Aura similar to Freya’s, this was the Anomalous power and it seemed unconscious at the same time that the Will was still there.)” (me)

I tried to feel those on the other side, their emotions were written in their Auras, there were none in despair, all of them were strong Auras, some were filled with sadness, others were filled with anger and hatred, some had their emotions under control, only 3 were beyond anything I could have expected.

One was completely calm, another was the incarnation of murder and the last one was too natural to the point of abnormality, these 3 were interesting beyond anything I could have expected.

Not having anyone broken in there was a surprise in a way, but in the end they are Gods trapped here, breaking the mind of a God would not be an easy task, I know from my own experience that the Will of a God goes beyond what anyone can hope to understand.

“I have to warn you, what will happen there, you may not like it.” (me)

“Kid, if you are not going to kill the Dragon of Wisdom, then I don’t care if I end up destroying everyone else.” (Akatosh)

“That’s sad considering you are Gods, but I trust you know what you are doing, Zenos.” (Karina)

“Thank you for trusting me.” (me)

Kiss

I exchange a loving kiss with Karina, to be honest, I don’t like what I am going to do, but I will still do whatever is necessary to win against the Ascendants.

I take a few steps forward and feel the Ascendant Laws of this entire room vibrate, this was the most stable room so far, compared to the rest of this planet, this room was only holding on by a thread from collapse and that is because of the power of this crystal, the Rune in it connects with all the powers of the Laws around it, functioning as a support column for the stability of this room.

I open my 5 pairs of wings and this stability falls apart with the same ease as ice melting in the middle of a summer day in the sun, these Laws begin to try to connect to my wings and this even includes the power of the Rune of the crystal.

The crystal was shining brightly, the door vibrated while its Runes seemed to pulse, the Laws in this room including the Law of Space were creating a storm around me.

“That just makes it easier.” (me)

“< Law of Eclipse: Corrupting Seal >” (me)

Once again, Ruan is drawn on my hand and when I touch the crystal on the door with it, the crystal becomes covered in cracks while a hand-shaped Stellar energy is imprinted on the crystal with the cracks around it, the Rune that was previously the basis of the Laws in this room was now in the middle of these hands of stellar energy with red spots corroding the Rune until it was completely red in a few seconds.

“Take the rest!” (me)

My will spreads through the Rune that floats out of the crystal before returning, creating a wave of stellar energy that runs through the entire door making all the Runes of the Law glow red.

After that I hide my power of the Law once again and as the gate was already under my control, I then walk forward and the gate opens as I approach, inside I soon see a level 3 Ascendant looking at me, one that I recognized by the description.

A young Human man with brown hair and eyes, he walks barefoot and shirtless, with angular tattoos running across his body, a confident smile on his face and as soon as the gate opened his eyes were not on me, he was focusing his eyes on Karina while smiling strangely.

Cough

“Why are you here and how are you not hurt?” (me)

“How can I forget manners, I am Arlan, Ascendant of War and hopeless Romantic, a pleasure to meet you, Zenos.” (Arlan)

I had heard of him before, one of Davoth’s subordinates and a traitorous Ascendant, it seems he is paired with Valius, the Ascendant boy I met before, Orion told me he was in his body for a long time and he is a great womanizer.

“So you know me?” (me)

“Davoth and Valius told me about you, in fact, I was on this planet waiting for you to act on Valius’s advice.” (Arlan)

“Why are you so well and why are you trapped inside this place?” (me)

“Actually, I’m responsible for taking care of these prisoners, there must always be at least one Level 3 Ascendant here at all times and I volunteered, that’s how I managed to get my transfer here without raising suspicions.” (Arlan)

“You’ve been here the whole time?” (me)

“That’s right, but I followed what happened to the planet, it was impossible not to know after the Ascendant Laws were cut off on this entire planet with the exception of my own Law.” (Arlan)

“I see.” (me)

Looking inside I realized that it was a large corridor with 3 floors with doors of different colors, most were gray doors, one door was green and two doors were red.

The natural Aura came from the only green door, the red doors were where the calm Aura and the Aura of pure murderous intent came from.

At the end of the hallway there was a throne where piles of magazines were spread out, even from this distance I could see the indecent content in those magazines, the worst of all is that I know where those magazines came from, the mark of the Demonic Temple of Pleasure was on the magazine, they came from my universe and I’ve already met the Saint of that religion.

“I’d like to talk to you about something.” (me)

“But let me introduce myself anyway, I’m Zenos, the one next to me is Akatosh and that flower full of thorns next to me… that’s my wife and Saint, Karina.” (me)

“Your wife…” (Arlan)

Cough Cough

“Good to know… luckily you arrived, I was trapped here, both the physical blockers and the Runes used as a key don’t work, I was trapped here.” (Arlan)

“If I was trapped, why didn’t you release them? Together you could have gotten out of here.” (me)

“They hate Ascended, most of them would rip my head off before trying to talk to my corpse and some of them wouldn’t even let me die.” (Arlan)

“Their hatred for the Ascended is valid, but it also makes them untrustworthy, especially in a confined situation like this.” (Arlan)

I was sure that given the opportunity, they would all kill Arlan without caring if he was a traitor to the Ascended or not, they would kill him as soon as they saw his wings.

“So you won’t mind if I kill them, will you?” (me)

“Kill them?” (Arlan)

“I mean… didn’t you come here to save them?” (Arlan)

“It will depend on their decision on how they will serve me, that is if I give them a choice, depending on how I evaluate them, I may not give them a choice.” (me)

“It doesn’t really seem like there is a choice here.” (Arlan)

“Of course there is a choice, they choose to obey me by swearing their loyalty or they die, then undergo Divine Rebirth through my power, thus being reborn as a servant of mine.” (me)

“Once again, that doesn’t seem like a choice.” (Arlan)

“Do you two agree with this!?” (Arlan)

“I only care about the Dragon of Wisdom, what happens to the others doesn’t matter to me, it works for me too since we’ll get the Dragon of Wisdom either way.” (Akatosh)

“I am the Saint of Zenos as well as one of his wives, I trust him, if this is his decision, he must have thought about it deeply.” (Karina)

“You are crazy.” (Arlan)

“Are you going to try to stop me?” (me)

“No, but I expected you to be a little more understanding with Gods who have lost everything.” (Arlan)

“Be compassionate with their situation, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to release Evil Gods full of rage.” (me)

“As long as they are under my command I can supervise them, but I won’t let them free to do whatever they want, I’m not so naive to release a world-destroying force with accumulated rage just because I feel compassion for their situation.” (me)

“Ruthless, I understand… I don’t like what you’re doing, but I have no choice here, do I?” (Arlan)

“There is always a choice, but the consequences are a hindrance to those with a functioning mind.” (me)

“Their choice is to sit back and watch or ‘Try’ to stop me.” (me)

“Their choice is to serve me before or after they die.” (me)

“That’s not exactly a choice, it even sounds like a Demon God, I’ve heard Hernoth make similar statements and he is the Demon God of Sin.” (Akatosh)

“…” (me)