Athena, for once, had left her precious throne and took a casual stroll out of the Void Island. Yet just like usual, her stroll was not so casual as most would have expected. For not only did she emotionally destabilize an entity almost at the level of creation, she also did the same to an aspect of a monstrosity.
And that aspect, Teach, remained floating within the Void in silence. The words of Athena made him question a lot of things that he previously ignored. For example, what was the purpose of his existence?
To teach and guide Enigma's people?
Yet not too long ago, Enigma had sent him and Neonate away, to bring back the dragons and druids. But along the way, they were bombarded by an attack from two Transcendental Dark Pantheon and Light Pantheon Gods, and one Transcendental Monster Pantheon God.
A formation of five Transcendental Gods against a single Transcendental Goddess. That was also why Teach was given complete mastery of the Law of Knowledge and access to the Cosmic Destiny Guider Divine Skill Tree.
To help Neonate survive, and bring her and Dui's people away. For them to survival. And by them, that included him as well.
Yet it must be known, before then, Enigma had the complete understanding of the Laws of Knowledge, Fate, Destiny, Karma and Time. And all these Laws, should have given him complete knowledge of what would happen to Teach and Neonate, yet he was still sent away regardless.
'So... Am I a chess piece on a larger board that he set? But what purpose do I have in all this?' He thought to himself, his calm immediately falling apart.
"...."
Neonate saw through his worry, and gently squeezed his hand, attracting his attention onto her. And to his surprise, he was presented with a beautiful smile of reassurance from the dragoness. "It's okay. Let us descent, and you will have enough time in the world to think about your purpose." She consoled him.
"...."
Teach sighed at her words, and nodded. There was no need for him to stress too much, when time was on his side. A month to Enigma, was almost three decades for him here.
'Time is on our side.' He thought, squeezing Neonate's hand in return. "Thank you." He added, a smile on his face, which had Neonate subconsciously waving her tail back and forth in excitement.
"Pleasure." She responded, and allowing him to drag her away from the void that Athena created. But as Neonate was a perfected Transcendental Goddess, it would be impossible for her to descent.
"Ah..."
"...."
And such a discovery, had the both of them pause in shock. They froze, as none had really thought about this. At least, Teach had not expected for there to be a void that they would be sent to.
Athena... had trapped them.
"...."
"...."
Otherwise, they would have been able to descend directly into the world, and experience the suppression of the natural laws. But now that they appeared within this void, they could not leave.
Their situation was against them.
One could see it as two bubbles connected. To instantly move from the upper bubble, to the lower, would be as simple as breaking through a single barrier. But their situation was different. There was a smaller bubble in between the two bubbles, acting as the borderline connecting the two of them.
Hence instantly moving from bubble A, to bubble B, would be theoritically impossible. They still had to traverse through the smaller bubble AB.
"I didn't expect to this happen." Teach sighed, chuckling to himself in bitter realization at the trap that he fell in. 'I guess I should trust the memories of the true body within my brain. Lady Athena... is indeed terrifying.' He thought.
"Well, it's okay, isn't it? I'm the only incapable of entering the world, not you. So I believe you should descend, and find your purpose. I'll stay here and watch over you." Neonate said, her words attracting his attention.
Back in the Heavenly Divine Realm, she was a bit clingy and always stayed around him. Yet now, she was actually letting him go? Why? He asked her the same question, and she responded with a brilliant smile.
"It's because for you, I'd do anything." She said, her words surprising him a lot. He couldn't understand why. Wasn't he just a clone of the person she revered the most?
Why would she care so much, to such a degree? Was it the so called "Love" that was capable of clouding even the reason of gods?
"Well, there's no need to overthink it, is there? I like you, and want what's best for you. Even if it's at the cost of me suffering a small setback, I'll still do it just to make sure you are well and happy." She added, her words confusing him even more.
"...I still don't understand you. But I'll try to, with my experience down there. I'll use the coming years as a way for me to learn about the ways of gods and mortals, while waiting for your arrival." He said, a smile of bitterness still on his face.
"Please do that. And don't force yourself too much. I'll be watching you." Neonate said, stern for once. And it wasn't feigned, Teach knew that she was completely serious.
"...."
'I guess... to her, I'm not Enigma, but a different individual altogether... Maybe, I should also have such a mindset?' He thought, forcefully using his Reiki to tear through the void, and creating a small opening to pass through. "I'll be back."
He left behind such words, entering through the small opening, and closing it off once more. Meanwhile, Neonate remained behind, her eyes piecing through the void and lending on his descending figure.
She saw, as he tore through the skies, his speed traversing a couple of light-years at every second. And the direction he was headed to, was one where even she, could feel a lot dragon power within.
"I guess he chose dragons at the end." She chuckled to herself, then sat down in contemplation. 'In about a month or two, the Gods above will realize that opening we created, and forcefully expand it.' She thought.
She turned back to the dripping Void behind her, that was growing larger and larger ever so slightly. The amount of time they had was miniscule. Only fifty, or so years to the mortals. 'Good luck, Teach.' She added.
Meanwhile, Teach flew towards the surface at maximum speed, tearing through the vast distances, and closing on the southern Cardinal, where thousands upon thousands of vast Continents contaminated the Endless Seas.
And within the countless Continents, Teach flew towards a specific Continent vaster than the other Continents in size. His small figure flew towards this Continent leaving behind a trail of white light.
'This... should be a better place to start.' He thought. He decided to take Athena's advice, and incorporate himself amongst the mortals. Perhaps, he could learn a thing or two out of them.
And the place that he chose, was a land of the dragons. Well, one of the countless Continents inhibited by the dragon race. And here, was the territory of the rare space dragons, ruled by very few dragons.
The leader of this Continent being a dragon goddess with great proficiency with the space attribute. Unfortunately, being a battle hardened person, she hated practicing her Affinity, and loved fighting instead.
"A bothersome child." Teach sighed. The information he could collect with his Law was miniscule, due to his low realm of power. In fact, his current knowledge was inconsistent. An example would be how he wasn't aware of Athena's schemes until the very end.
Either way, compared to Neonate, this space dragon was far too immature. Which was why he subconsciousness called her a child. "Well, with that, I at least know how our little greeting will progress." He added.
At the same time, he spread out his aura, and made himself known. His frightening aura of a Demigod, blanketed the whole Continent, forcefully pressing down into the Endless Seas by a few miles.
The pressure was too much, and weighed heavily over every individual dragon within the Continent. Yet he made due to not kill the weaker ones. 'With all the knowledge I have of her, she'll respond right about... now.' He thought.
ROOOAAARRR..!!
And as expected, a terrifying roar shattered the sorounding space of the Continent, sending out terrifying waves of power and majesty.
And the roar didn't give the dragons within the Continent the chance to panic, as it gave them a reason to fight back. And listening to the roar of their queen, the other space dragons roared back in defiance.
Rooaarr..!!
Rooaarr..!!
A chorus of roars varying in frequency spread out, taking on the spot light, and fighting back at the terrifying pressure of a perfected Demigod, with a perfected Law.
"...."
But Teach remained unfazed. In fact, he already knew of how they would respond, and how they planned to fight against him. He knew before they even thought about it. These adorable creatures, were laid down bare before him.
"You should all calm down." And that being the case, he spread out his power, and let his Law empower his voice as he spoke. And his words, immediately silenced the roars of the space dragons.
...!!!
A set of five words. A single sentence. And yet that was enough to silence every dragon within this whole Continent? The space dragons quited down in shock and fear.
"And to add, if any one of you dares to rise up to my authority, I'll evaporate you from existence." He added, trying his best to avoid a path where the dragon queen chose to fight to the death with him.
Yet he wasn't sure if his words alone would do the deed. From his knowledge, this dragon queen was really stupid, and brute headed. 'So much for a dragon.' He thought with a sigh iof defeat.
Perhaps his expectations of dragons is a bit too high because of Neonate? He wondered to himself.
Yet contradictory to his guess, the dragon queen did not attack. She did not say anything, nor do anything in response. Instead, she remained floating within he central region of the Continent and expectantly looked up.
'Is... Is this a conquest by one of the three Factions?!' She exclaimed in excitement.
This 𝓬ontent is taken from f(r)eeweb(n)ovel.𝒄𝒐𝙢