Chapter 139: 2.16 Lord X (1)
The masked god’s eyes scanned over 1000 different areas displayed on a giant wall, examining what each member of the Saviors, The Fallen, Paradise, as well as other universes and realms were doing. He rewinded, fast forwarded while leaving some in their natural flow of time. His new eyes allowed him to process information more efficiently.
"The silly elves finally revealed their location," he said to himself as he worked methodically on his giant panel. The wall continued to zoom in on certain groups, out on others while reading data that consistently fed him information across the bottom of the screen.
"The demon with the baby and most of the vampires are at the settlement. Maybe I should send the princes there?" He said as he shifted focus again.
"Ignis’ group returned from Solstice and Celeste finished up the Primrose, Haven and Sorbella tour with dog man. I haven’t seen the werewolf, the Ashwood vampire or their child, nor have I seen the other human."
"Do you always spend your day talking to yourself?" Hades laughed as he floated behind him, scanning the thousands of displays. "You’re almost as insane as Chronos. You ever just wanna take a step back and kill some gods with me?"
"Not my cup of tea. I prefer providing you the necessary information to ensure we are successful with our long term plans."
"If that were true, Eris would be here. This spying is pointless with the Lockhearts in Paradise. We need to figure out what the fuck Lox meant by ’Xander knows all.’"
Hades’ laughter turned to violent screams.
"What the fuck is "all?!"." he shouted.
Trying to distract Xades from the thousands of screens, the masked god turned to face him directly.
"Calm down. I was waiting for you before I tried forcibly summoning Eris like I did with Lox. He was a mythical soul, not a goddess. I may need your help."
"Hurry up! I don’t have fucking day!"
He scanned the planet Eris, Helen and Azazel completely destroyed and laughed at how slowly Azazel and Helen moved compared to Eris and her titans. Once he located her, his white pupils turned red, illuminating and spinning, faster and faster until eventually, Eris landed softly on a table Hades warped in at the last second.
"Hello Master Hades, why have you pulled me from the absorption phase? I must return quickly." Eris said, failing to realize chains wrapped around her arms and legs immediately, strapping her to the table she landed on.
"Hey what the fuck?! Let me out this you fuckheads."
"Please stop squirming. You’re here to receive a blessing," Hades scoffed.
"What fucking blessing are you talking about asshole?" Eris complained. "Why don’t you just give them to Lox or something."
Hades and the masked god laughed.
"What’s so fucking funny?!" Eris screamed as she tried to free herself from the restraints.
"Lox is with him now," Hades pointed toward the unknown god.
"You are to refer to him as Lord X or X moving forward. I am creating another realm for us."
"What the fuck is going on? What do you mean Lox is with X or whoever the fuck that asshole is!" Eris cried.
"You really don’t remember do you?" Hades turned his head, laughing.
"That’s fucking brilliant! I never cease to amaze myself. It only took about 50,000 trial runs but those little creeps did a good job expanding the tunnels!"
"Didn’t they collapse and kill your minions when the ruptures were destroyed in Paradise?" X asked.
"Yes, don’t remind me. Fucking Lox. Useless fucker. Since no one is raising their hand to help us... that brings us to little miss sunshine over here" Hades said as he ran his nails across her forehead sinisterly.
*****
"Where the fuck did Eris go?" Azazel sneered as he received a transfer of power from Helen. "Thank you, that feels amazing. At least we get all of these souls for ourselves?"
"Stop. If I don’t give some to Ankha the titans are going to throw a fit. Why do we have to keep doing these planets? I thought 10 was the assignment in the Exterian Universe and then we were free to go fight Sora." Helen sighed as she opened a portal and allowed Ankha through.
She cast a spell, shrinking Anhka to six feet. He looked like a prized bodybuilder with the face of a model.
"Where is Eris? I’m concerned about her. She was with me and then she was gone. I heard her scream when she was taken away"
Helen sighed. "There’s only one place she’d be if she was taken. Last time Eris didn’t remember what happened. What did we even sign up for at this point?"
"To absorb Exteria’s souls including the Lockhearts so we could take over Paradise with Hades and the Fallen. Things seem much more complicated than they did when this was pitched." Azazel complained.
"Now we’re going to planet 11 in a completely different universe. Hades and our hidden ally appear to do whatever they want without explanation."
"Wait, how are we able to move to a different Universe? Doesn’t only Athena have that magic?" Ankha asked.
"They’d never tell us how. They just told us to be ready." Helen said with a frown. "I hope Eris is safe, Ankha. Thank your titans for me."
Helen transferred Eris’ half of souls to Ankha knowing Eris could take what she wanted back... if they saw her again.
"Where to now?" Ankha frowned.
"Exteria. We’re to sit in the titan realm and await further orders. No time. No date. Just wait." Azazel said angrily.
Helen opened a portal and the Titan army marched back to their home realm.
"It’s good to be home but it feels so lonely without our Queen." Ankha frowned as he expanded to his normal size and walked to his Castle.
*****
"Nana Fena, they just got done with planet 10 and Eris got taken by Hades and the guy we don’t know!" Xander said while sprinting into Athena’s house.
"Great job Xander. You are beginning to understand the differences in time movement between here and other places. We will now focus on your magical abilities"
"Ok! It’s very strange. What are they doing to Eris? Xander asked with a hint of fear in his voice.
"Your parents are investigating Hades’ movements. Let’s go practice!" Athena said with a kind smile.
"Sounds good Nana Fena!" Xander said as he sprinted toward the front door.
’Hades’ what have you done? Those eyes... Are you really that afraid of a child?"
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