"Are you not going to help with the sudden descent of the Distorted God Apophis?" Adrian asked as he wanted the help of the elders with the problem.
"You know that we have already interfered enough. The mana storm that the mortals should be dealing with was solved by us. The Distorted God Apophis is also cut off from its own divine realm because of the spell that we did. We have helped enough in a problem that people have caused." Bronx stated.
"The strict old fogey is right. We have done too much, and we cannot easily help because that slippery god's trail vanished as soon as it descended. Even I cannot find its traces." Ascalor stated.
"My friends said that the Distorted God Apophis has descended to the location of the Temple of Horus. We can strike at it while it is still there as I know the coordinates to the place." Adrian stated.
"I am sorry to tell you but that being is not the Distorted God Apophis. Its divine energy is not twisted and sinister like when a dark god descended. Whatever the being that they saw in the Temple of Horus is… I am extremely certain that is not the Distorted God Apophis." Ascalor stated.
"Also, we cannot waste time here when the Distorted God Apophis is not even wreaking havoc. A lot more spatial rifts are happening in the world, and we must do our duty to stabilize the dimension. There will be a lot more evil gods descending if we do not do our duty." Koronn stated.
"We should let the ones that created this mess first sort out this problem. The western gods have already blessed the world using some of their divinity for mortals to handle this problem. We can only step up once more when the entire world is in danger." Bronx stated.
"Plus, we cannot say that our race is not doing anything. You are already participating, and the participation of an Arch Demon is much better than a hundred greater demons." Ascalor stated as he pointed out that Adrian himself is already looking into the problem.
"I understand." Adrian replied as the three elders vanished to return back to Avalon for their next mission.
Just as the elders told Adrian, the large spatial crack that appeared in the western continent has spread throughout the world. The dimension is starting to fall apart because if one large crack. The elders need to go to different parts of the world in order to fix everything as greater demons cannot fix large cracks that is about a quarter of what appeared in the western continent.
"Still, they told me something that is very important." Adrian muttered as he internalized what the elders told him.
The Distorted God Apophis that is posing on the Temple of Horus is not the real one but a sham. Adrian immediately told the information to all of his allies, but they still needed to verify it. Solstice immediately told the shadow unit to test the Distorted God Apophis that they are currently seeing.
"I need to hurry to help them as well." Adrian muttered as he teleported to a place near the Temple of Horus.
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The shadow unit that is under Awraka received the order to test the waters. They are a bit puzzled that they were told to attack but they must do what they must when commanded. The shadow unit of the Pantheon guild has already been known to some guilds, but they were only known for their espionage.
For the first time, the shadow unit that was only doing espionage is now going on the offensive. It was not only the Pantheon Guild shadow unit that is observing the gigantic snake slithering on top of the ruins of the Temple of Horus. All the espionage unit of the top guilds are also present at the scene.
"I shall be the only one that will move while all of you will collect information. The guild master will arrive soon." Awraka stated.
"If you want to but be careful squad leader." A member of the shadow unit stated.
Awraka immediately vanished from her location as she melded into the shadows. The Distorted God Apophis is said to be a being that has great control over darkness which is why Awraka never used some of her skills earlier to avoid detection. She thought that she would be caught walking in the shadow realm, but she was shocked that the snake did not even look in her direction.
"It seems that the information from the guild master is becoming true. As expected of my idol!" Awraka stated as she was excited but returned to her serious attitude immediately.
Awraka prepared her weapon which is a sharp nail on her middle finger. She immediately went out of the shadow realm and plunged her finger on a part of the serpent's body. The mark of a black butterfly suddenly appeared on that part of the serpent's body.
The guards that were present in the scene suddenly saw Awraka plunging her sharp nail weapon on the serpent's body and immediately acted. The guards of the serpent were from the Temple of Shesmu and tried to use poisonous scents to paralyze her. Awraka did not stand still though as she suddenly appeared on another part of the serpent and plunged her weapon as a mark appeared.
"Stop her!" One of the guards stated as Awraka started to deal damage to the serpent, but it was not actually attempting to protect itself. It was safe to say that the serpent was like a moving doll instead of an actual being.
"It is not even reacting to my attacks or is it just not minding me because it is a godly being?" Awraka muttered as she proceeded to resort to a more powerful attack.
"Flash Arts: Dance of the Midnight Moth!" Awraka stated as her body is suddenly filled with such a powerful force as a light veil covered her body.
Awraka suddenly spread some small orbs of light that only she could clearly see while the enemy can only see it vaguely. She then blitzed through all the locations of the small orbs of light and plunged her weapon once again on the marks that she has created. The marks that she has triggered exploded in energy as bits of flesh exploded from the area.
Awraka did all of that, but the serpent did not react to her attacks or even tried to attack her once again. She has now realized that the being that she is damaging is not even reacting to the intense pain it felt as she used a powerful skill to deal damage. Even a large human would find a fly bothersome if they are hovering all the time in its face.
"It did not even use its tail to swat at me and I realized that it is always slithered in a predetermined motion. I must return and report my findings immediately." Awraka stated as she has verified that the being here is not the Distorted God Apophis but a gigantic flesh puppet.
Awraka is about to escape using the shadows once again but a powerful being suddenly appeared in front of her. This being is none other than Lebou, the Avatar of Shesmu. She could immediately tell that she cannot escape into the shadows as the being in front of her could fish her out before she sinks thoroughly.
"Where do you think you are going little lady?" Lebou stated.
"Even if you manage to hold me here, there are other eyes that have seen that this serpent here is not even real. You might have done a better job if it was able to counterattack." Awraka stated as she wanted to throw off Lebou for a split second, but it was not effective.
"Do you think that we did not expect that the prying eyes of you people will not be present? We already expected things to be like this which is why all of you are now trapped here with us. Your bodies would make great sacrifices to our god but that only means all of you returning to life. This place will be your prison." Lebou stated as a huge barrier suddenly covered the entire area.
[You have been imprisoned in a Barrier of Silence.]
[External Communication will be disabled.]
[You cannot leave the barrier unless you have destroyed the barrier stone.]
Awraka suddenly cannot reach her guild chat as it was now disabled. She was able to chat with the other members of the shadow unit and told them to look for the barrier stone. She knew that she must make sure to deal with Lebou while her team members found the barrier stone, but she did not expect that other enemies will sprout up.
The ground trembled for a few seconds and beings that are serpent humanoids appeared in all the barrier edges. They are no longer just eyes watching as they have turned to prey trapped in a cage.
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