Chapter 1812 Luminaria Descends
As soon as the two, the Goddess of Light Luminaria and Ark, were touching each other, they were turned into golden light. The body of the two became incorporeal as their positions suddenly changed. The Goddess of Light Luminaria was now on the other side of the Gate of Heaven while Ark is now the one on the side of the Divine Realm. The two were still connected with the golden chain but they were now on opposite sides.
The Goddess of Light Luminaria smiled as she no longer needed to be bound by the rules of the world barrier. She could feel the world barrier trying to push herself back to the divine realm as a being such as her should not be able to move freely in the mortal realm. The world barrier tried but all it did was activate the spell that connected Ark and the Goddess of Light Luminaria.
Ark was still caged in light on the other side while the Goddess of Light Luminaria could now move without any difficulties in the mortal realm. The Goddess of Light Luminaria is still connected to Ark as they have exchanged the fate of one another. The world barrier no longer pestered the Goddess of Light Luminaria as she was recognized as the individual named Ark instead of a goddess.
This is also the same for Ark as well as he was not getting burned in holy flames when he is on the side of the divine realm. Forcefully entering a divine realm of a god would often invoke the divine wrath of that specific god especially if the intruder is a mortal. The defenses of her divine realm have recognized that it was the Goddess of Light Luminaria instead of the Chosen Nephilim Ark.
The spell that the two are affected made fool of Providence itself. This was a spell that cannot be cast unless a vast number of resources were used since a goddess was involved. In fact, parts of the sacrifices were actually the energy of gods, and that type of potent energy is already at the power of a nuclear bomb or more. If the sacrifices were not enough, then other gods of light would have been used as well but they were lucky to stop at two.
The Goddess of Light Luminaria has truly arrived at the mortal realm in her full power which is that of a High God. All the angels even stopped their fights and bowed to her while the dragons and the demons stared at the power radiating from the Goddess of Light Luminaria. The two pinnacle races could clearly feel the difference between the Goddess of Light Luminaria and the greater gods that they were fighting earlier.
Adrian could clearly see that the area around the Goddess of Light Luminaria was chaotic which meant her very present distorts the fabric of reality. She was bustling with immense power which also meant that no one could push her into a portal to get rid of her. In fact, one might say that forcefully evicting the Goddess of Light Luminaria to another dimension would be impossible. The world barrier is also shuddering, but it was not getting damaged even with the presence of the Goddess of Light Luminaria.
The dragonkin that the dragon kings have with them have also come close to the Silver City as the Angel Uriel no longer supplied to keep the barrier up. In fact, even the energy that created the barrier of the Silver City was used as a sacrifice to make the Goddess of Light Luminaria descend. One would say that the angels paid the greatest price, and it was worth it because the Goddess of Light Luminaria is now here in the mortal realm.
The angels that were left from are all called to be in the presence of the Goddess of Light Luminaria. A lot of those angels even left the kingdoms that they protected as the gods of light that came with them also went away. The angels that had thoughts of escaping and hiding were alerted of the descent of their goddess which quelled any thoughts of escape.
Adrian could now clearly see the features of the Goddess of Light Luminaria or rather what she presents herself as. The Goddess of Light Luminaria looked like an extremely beautiful woman that is about ten meters tall with radiant white skin that shined like that of a pearl. She also had beautiful golden locks of hair that looked as if they are made of light. She is also dressed in a white dress that was weaved from light itself while holding a scepter that has a sun as the main centerpiece.
The Goddess of Light Luminaria also has a faint white veil that covered her face as if she did not want any being to see what she truly looked like. This is what the Goddess of Light Luminaria presented herself as or what her followers know what she looks like since High Gods are different from gods that are weaker than them. Gods would often take the form of what their followers know them as which can be many forms since gods are quite old.
Back then gods have no concrete form since the mortals would often imagine them as something like forces of nature. The gods would only take on a more humanoid form once they have their followers believe them to have such form. It is also the reason why the Goddess of Light Luminaria preferred to be worshipped by humans since High Gods are like forces of nature. Even if the Goddess of Light Luminaria was mortal back then, she has already forgotten what her mortal form truly looked like because gods like her materialize through the faith of the believers.
This is also true for the Twin Gods as they are only taking on their more humanoid form due to the way they are depicted. If one were to see the true form of gods, then they might turn to dust if they are an ordinary mortal. Only beings with strong souls or high Persona can directly look at gods in their true form which is pure power.
The gods also do not like to assume their forms of pure power as well since they are also their most vulnerable in that form when damaged. One could say that the humanoid forms of the gods are what the mortals can equate to their armor. The higher the power of a god, the better they have as an armor since it can contain their pure divinity.
As soon as the Goddess of Light Luminaria appeared, she felt as if she was the center of the world and even forgot that she was around enemies. She reveled in the praise and worship of her remaining angels, but it was not only them that praised her. All followers of the Church of Light felt a wave of power from the northern side of the world as if they knew that their supreme goddess has descended.
"I have come, my children." The Goddess of Light Luminaria stated as her melodious voice echoed through the world which was felt by all the beings that were a greater god to a normal human.
One can even say that the light that the world experienced at this very time was different. The light that covered the world was powerful and all the beings that were scared of the light could feel the repulsive nature of it. The vampires for example felt their skin start to burn even those that had high tolerance of the sun. The mortals also felt it as the light that touched their skin felt much warmer than usual as even some plants started to dry up much faster.
"We should retreat while we still can." Adrian stated as the presence of a high goddess was very overwhelming.
Adrian's skills and spells that were active are all destroyed due to the immense mana pressure that the Goddess of Light Luminaria emitted. Even his Limit Break skill was disabled which left him with three soulbounds around him instead. He knew that this would not happen a second time since he has now gotten used to the presence of a high god, but it was still overwhelming his senses too much.
Being sensitive to mana is sometimes great but there are also some drawbacks. Back when Adrian interacted with the Goddess of Light Luminaria in the divine realm, he did not feel the overwhelming might of the goddess as she must have been restricted by the gods of war or the presence of other gods cancelled each other. This time, the Goddess of Light Luminaria was all alone and Adrian could feel her pressure which made him have cold sweats.
The Goddess of Light Luminaria had thrice as much power as the greater gods that were in her place earlier. Adrian was certain of this, but he knew that she might be more powerful than that when in combat. A true divine being of her caliber should not be possible to descend at this time which raised a lot of alarm bells on all beings with divine power.
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