Chapter 1045 A Small Revenge
Chaos' face frowned for the first time. He didn't know how Hestia could use her Divine Powers but he knew that Kisuke had something to do with it. He looked around again at the remaining few Deities and thought that there might be another trap waiting for him like how they trapped Tiamat in an almost helpless situation despite possessing a strength that rivals him.
In addition to that, Hestia is the only Deity that he's wary of because of the nature of her powers, 'This shut-in could shut off the whole dimension if given enough fuel.' As much as he wanted to deal with Hestia now, he doesn't have enough time to break this barrier.
Soon enough, Chaos' smile returned to him, 'Oh well, they'll be a good practice partner for my army before they go on to do the real thing.'
Chaos then stood up from his throne and said, "Try to survive as long as possible and entertain me. If you're thinking of escaping, forget it. I already isolated this world from outside influence and the only way out is to kill me. Good luck."
He didn't wait for their reply and just silently disappeared along with the heavy aura he was pushing down everyone with and the throne he was sitting in.
Hestia sighed in relief but kept up the barrier while also slowly expanding it.
"Anything uncomfortable, Hestia-sama?" Kisuke appeared behind her and asked.
"Nothing. My power is working as intended and I don't feel anything wrong," Hestia turned around and smiled, "But enough about me. I'm prepared but the same couldn't be said for the others left behind."
Kisuke turned his head and saw the disgruntled Deities and their panicking children.
"Artemis will convince Zeus to let you take the lead," Hestia added.
Kisuke scratched his head and replied, "Well... It's not like they have any choice." He then started walking towards them. But before he could go far, Kisuke added, "Yoruichi will signal you when she needs to create a hole. Please open a path for her when the time comes."
"Leave it to me. And be careful."
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Yoruichi and Serafall gathered the remaining Deities into the largest tent while Riveria started pulling out snacks that originated from Earth. She thought that the strange snacks could take some of their minds off of what'd happened earlier, but it was mostly ignored and only a few tried it out but didn't say anything about it.
"What's with the long faces?" Kisuke finally entered and he still has this casual aura surrounding him, "Just be glad that we were able to get away."
"Get away to where? We're trapped here. The moment we leave this place, we'll be besieged from all sides." Astarte grimaced, "Just what's happening? And what of my children back in Dizara?"
Zeus, Ouranos, Odin, Loki, Freya, Hephaestus, Hermes, Takemikazuchi, Astarte, Demeter, Ganesha, Miach, and Kali. These were the only remaining Deities from the base. All of them still couldn't believe that it was only them who remained. They thought there would be a lot more who'd take their side but reality was a bitter pill.
Before Kisuke entered, he also saw their children in very low spirits and some of them are on the verge of panic attacks just remembering Chaos earlier.
"I don't know if this will comfort you or not, but I doubt they'll be eliminating everyone who disagreed with them. Some might have fallen but that's probably to set fear in everyone. It may be true that there are only limited spots, but only for now when Chaos' influence on the world and system is not yet adequate. Once he gains full control and gets what he wants from the Dungeon, I presume that he'll present this offer again." Kisuke explained while taking out some equipment to set up his personal computer.
"R-really?" Astarte asked with hopeful eyes.
"I'm not sure, but we're going to find that out right now." With a click of a button, multiple holographic screens and a keyboard lit up in front of him and he immediately started operating it. And just a few seconds later, various scenes were displayed and Astarte immediately recognized one of them, the Pandemonium.
Astarte perked up and looked at the constantly changing screen that shows the very familiar city. It was a dreary atmosphere and there was not a single soul on the streets. But soon enough, Kisuke's surveillance finally caught some people and it was on the underground network that connects the four cities of the Dizara Region, "They are imprisoned and some are injured, but very much alive."
Astarte stared at it for a while and saw the familiar faces of her children. Although very disgruntled, she sighed in relief when they saw them alive.
"It still doesn't change the situation we are in." Hermes added, "If we want to save the people who refused his offer, we have to get out of this place first and put up a fighting chance... Still... I can't believe we're the only ones remaining here."
Freya, who has been frowning all this time, muttered in a dark voice, "Unforgivable... Really unforgivable. To think they would agree on something like that? Just how afraid are they for their lives that they'll even sacrifice their children for power?"
"That's right." Loki also nodded with a dark expression, "Even I didn't think that some people that I trust would agree to that. The next time I see them, I'll be cutting their heads off myself."
And everyone was of the same opinion as Loki and killing intent began to fill the entire tent. But amidst all of these, Kisuke calmly pointed out, "Don't worry about your friends. Not everyone betrayed you. I arranged some of them to agree with Chaos' offer."
Stunned, everyone looked at him busy with his work with wide eyes, "Explain!" Loki raised her voice.
Kisuke didn't immediately give an answer and waited for a few seconds to wait for someone. And at the long fifteen seconds of heavy atmosphere where only his tapping fingers could be heard, someone else entered the tent, "Kisuke. I managed to create a strong connection but it won't last long. You have to do it now."
"...Artemis?" Ouranos uttered her name. Of course, with Hestia's appearance, she should have been around too, "Where have you been?"
They could feel the lingering Divine Power around her and could tell she just used it so they are wondering why they haven't felt anything until now.
"Laying the foundation for victory," Artemis answered vaguely.
"Alright~! I got the connection!" Kisuke excitedly voiced out and increased his fingers' tapping speed so that they could only see a blur, "...Initial analysis complete... Securing connection... Creating decoys... success. Initializing purge sequence..."
As he started muttering nonsense, everyone could only wait until he was done with his work.
"...Sending the codes... And done!"
The moment he hit the last button, Artemis' Divine Power erupted from her and spread out uncontrollably as if she was announcing her existence to the whole world.
And with this eruption of power, a coded message went out to the selected Deities before it was dispersed with a purge. At the end of it all, Kisuke chuckled while saying, "Good luck finding the traitors among you~."
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