Chapter 1760: Cap 1758: 'Fair' Exchange...!?
Pov Davoth:
I was wringing my hands, this time I was on an isolated moon, I could stay on an inhabited planet, my emotions are fluctuating too much.
"You're going to be hated." (Yaffe)
"I know." (me)
"You're too serious and too dramatic, you know...?" (Yaffe)
"There's no perfect ending, your plan has too many flaws from the start, so why let yourself get stuck in it like this?" (Yaffe)
"I couldn't think of anything better..." (me)
In front of my eyes was Yaffe's technique showing Mavor showing himself in front of everyone on the battlefield, if it weren't for no one else but him being able to hold the crystal skull, then I'm sure he would create a clone of himself to go in his place.
"I like the boy, he's quite sincere and innocent for a Chaos Bringer." (Yaffe)
"(Zenos, just hand him the cube... don't hinder our future plans, don't let hatred consume you.)" (me)
I was focused on what was happening, but suddenly I felt an Aura behind me and turning my face I found it.
"Cold as always, just another sacrifice for the cause, isn't it?" (Nala)
"I don't have the patience right now, Nala... I advise you to measure your words if you want to keep your teeth together." (me)
"You should listen to him, his negative emotions right now are a sight to behold." (Yaffe)
I turn my eyes back to what was happening in the distance, I wish Zenos would just follow what Mavor was doing, if he forced a fight it could only be worse.
"Why are you here, Nala!?" (me)
"I'm going back, I need to leave before Mavor, I'm leaving Ephiliel with you, I'll be waiting at the Temple when you get back, bring the Chaos Bringer with you." (Nala)
"I'll do that, but anything?" (me)
"..." (Nala)
Even without looking, I can feel her eyes boring into my head from behind, I know she doesn't like me, but her gaze seems a little different than usual.
"I hope your plan works..." (Nala)
Saying this in a frustrated tone and with a little anxiety, I feel her moving away, but I didn't care much about her at that moment, not when Zenos was about to make a move against Mavor.
"(Don't do that, please...)" (me)
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Pov Zenos:
I, like all Gods, could control our emotions. Getting carried away by emotions when your power can affect entire worlds and even the Universe itself is not something that any God, not even a Demon God, wants, so everyone was able to stop their intentions to attack, including me.
"You say you want to negotiate, but it seems more like blackmail!" (Selene)
"You seem weak, what could you do if we all decide to attack you directly, ignoring those around you!?" (Aine)
"(Hinata, get that Skull back.)" (me)
"(Hinata understands... get it back...)" (Hinata)
Hinata, who was behind me, disappears like a Ghost. Her concealment techniques are excellent and I don't trust the Ascendants to negotiate anything with them.
I would like to throw everything up in the air in an attack against him, releasing all the anger boiling in my stomach, but putting his words together with what was in his hands it is easy to understand his threats as true.
He killed a large number of people, stealing their Souls in the process. That Skull was containing those Souls. Clearly, doing so must have cost him since he seems weakened. This would be the best opportunity to rid us of one of the Ascended leaders.
"You could indeed kill me if you ignore all the attacks that will rain down on you, but it would not be without cost since all those Souls would be lost with a single thought from me." (Mavor)
"Do you think we are ignorant of the greater rules?" (Akatosh)
"..." (Mavor)
"You just sacrificed many people. If you do something similar with all those Souls, then you will not be dealing with us, but with a real Entity." (Akatosh)
"Those sacrifices were ours, you idiot God. They were our troops carrying our power. Do you really think I would think nothing of it?" (Mavor)
"I know very well how far the line is where my wings can take me..." (Mavor)
He stopped smiling and kept a more serious face, he must know that we are very close to attacking and that it would be counterproductive to remain too provocative.
He waves his arm when a creature appears next to him, this creature looks like a mummy with 3 meters tall and a head with 3 faces, its body having 3 arms and its Aura was distressing with large amounts of death energy leaking from its body.
He appears stretching out his hand and grabbing a point near where Mavor was, there didn't seem to be anything there, but as soon as his hands close, Hinata appears trapped in his hand, my murderous intent rises as my body transforms completely into a Dragon looking at him.
"I figured someone would try something like that..." (Mavor)
"Let her go or I'll attack!" (me)
"No, you and everyone else will hear... huh!?" (Mavor)
"< Breathing... >" (me)
This time I wasn't just concentrating my energy, I was trying to connect my Chaotic Devourer skill to my breathing attack, I didn't know if it was possible, but if it was...
"Stop him!" (Selene)
Suddenly several Divine powers descended upon me, each of them only on the same level as mine with some even stronger, this made it harder to circulate my power and in front of me the Goddess Selene appeared, her intention clear to make me calm down.
But doing this to me wasn't without consequences since my Heralds and Divine Beasts follow only my Will, even my 3 Saints were ready to attack.
"Release her or this negotiation ends here, we can't hold everyone and not all of us will be able to hold ourselves against a worm like you." (Selene)
"Filthy gods... throw that thing back at them!" (Mavor)
The Creature threw back Hinata who surprisingly disintegrated into deformed shapes, I smiled as I understood what was happening and letting the restraints hurt my body, I raised my claws.
"< Divine Summon: Hinata >" (me)
Hinata appears hugging that Skull in a tiny form as if she were a little child hugging a big teddy bear, when that body disintegrated her tiny Aura became visible and before they could do anything against her, I summoned her in my hands.
Strangely Mavor just smiles seeing this, I have a bad feeling that is confirmed when Hinata appears in my hands alone.
"..." (me)
"Gone..." (Hinata)
"Do you really think I would underestimate any of you just because I despise your ridiculous existences!?" (Mavor)
"This object can only be delivered, not stolen." (Mavor)
"So I'll say it again, I want to trade... you have something I want and I have something you want!" (Mavor)
"Then let's make a fair trade... hahahahahaha...." (Mavor)
I stopped trying to attack, but my killing intent only continued to grow and it wasn't just me, the Gods stopped trying to hold me back as I looked at Mavor, he said all this looking straight at me, he knows that I'm not the strongest God here or the most influential, but what he wants is in my hands.
"Do you think anyone here would trust you?" (me)
"The same goes for me, that's why I requested an intermediary who doesn't care about any of us." (Mavor)
While everyone was confused, someone flew from our side to stand right in the middle of all of us, but the one who did it surprisingly was Niryna who had a helpless expression on her face as she looked at me in shame, that was more than enough to make me understand when her voice began to sound mixed with her Infernal Aura.
"I am Niryna, representative of Callidora, the Infernal Entity that is the very Concept of Hell in all existence!" (Niryna)
"In accordance with the fair payment of the Ascendants, I will be the intermediary of this exchange and as was informed to the Ascendants, I will not be on their side, I will only ensure that the items go to the hands of both sides without any falsehood, in case one of the sides tries something during the exchange..." (Niryna)
"..." (Niryna)
"My dear is a bit sentimental, but as she was saying, I am highly biased, I can kill some Gods of this universe or snatch half of the Ascendant territory with all those inside..." (Callidora)
"That was not the agreement!" (Mavor)
"No, but I don't care, from the beginning I said that I am more on their side than on yours, consider yourself lucky that I only accepted 1 universe as payment." (Callidora)
"Callidora!" (me)
"Don't look at me like that, I don't want to start laughing, business comes first, right? Hahahaha..." (Callidora)
I was furious, but I couldn't do anything about it, since the beginning Callidora wasn't on our side, Niryna was clearly uncomfortable being in this position.
I was looking at them and my Daughter was avoiding looking into my eyes while Callidora in her spectral form hugged her from behind with a big smile on her lips.
My blood was boiling with pure rage, but I couldn't let so many Souls of this universe be lost, the genocide from before still weighing on my mind.