Chapter 846 The Divine Star Carriage
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As we decided to move on to our next stop, the second city of Goldsand, Sapphire Temple, a city ruled by the Church of the Water Goddess, which has a rather tight grasp on Ruby Palace, we continued talking in private.
"Excuse me, Akhenaton…" Jonathan asked. "I… I don't know if you're aware, but I am a "chosen hero", a human given a Blessing from a young age. I was given the blessing of Baldr when I was a child. And since then, I've always believed he was at least better than his father Odin. But… is this true? Did Baldr really do this to you?"
"We don't know if it was exactly him, but the Scepter belonged to this God, and he is known as a God of Brilliance and the Sun. That brilliant flare light that consumed it all… It couldn't had been anybody else. I doubt it was Odin, as the King of Gods, he wouldn't just come down to punish us, he would probably believe we are not even worth his time." Shrugged Akhenaton. "But it remains a mystery. If we ever find the Scepter, we could learn exactly who it was, if that god decides to attempt to punish us again for holding his treasure."
"I see…" Jonathan sighed. "Well, at this point I should just stop thinking about it too hard. Although, even after betraying the church, I have not lost my powers, which feels strange. Could it be that their blessings cannot be taken away once given?"
"Maybe." I shrugged. "Or maybe Baldr still considers you worthy… We don't really know. Though, at this point it must be really hard to take away the blessing because you've grown so powerful, your level is high and most of your skills are very high level too. Isn't it?"
"Y-Yeah, right…" Jonathan sighed. "I just have this weird paranoia where I might get my powers taken away from me at any time."
"Divine Blessings are not just some sort of piece of equipment that can be easily taken away from you. A god gifts you a piece of their soul, boosting your power, talent, and growth speed." Explained Akhenaton. "At first, it might be easier for them to take it back, but as you become stronger, it should be almost impossible, unless they come for it personally, or send a Divine Spirit to kill you and retrieve their Fragment."
"You sure know a lot…" Partner laughed. "How did you knew all of that?"
"We used to have those like Jonathan in our kingdom. Blessed ones, we named them Champions. There was the Champion of Water, the Champion of Light, and the Champion of Sun. But their appearances were brief amongst our history." Akhenaton explained. "Now, it seems they have once more appeared in other areas of the continent, I see."
"About Divine Spirits, do you know what they are?" I wondered.
"They're special beings, Spirits created by gods to carry their will, my kingdom, in more ancient ages, were visited by them, oftentimes bringing news from the gods themselves. Other times, they came to seal away an Evil God Fragment. They're silent and cryptic…" The Pharaoh said. "That's all I know."
"Well, we fought and killed one, that was serving Thor…" I laughed. "He wasn't that much of a big deal though, once I evolved to my current state, I squashed him like a bug."
"Impressive!" Akhenaton seemed rather fascinated by the tale. "Could I learn more about how you did it?"
Like that, we spent the rest of the day talking about many things. We learned a few more things about his kingdom, and about his people. And how it could be that some of the descendants of his people could quite possibly be the citizens of Goldsand now.
At the next morning, after having a hearty breakfast and leaving a lot of trees to produce fruit for the people as a new sustainable method to generate food for their population, we decided to depart.
Fabian and his friends had already decided to come along with us, and Catarina as well. Although she was free to go wherever she wanted, she decided to stick around and see this to the end.
"Thank you for everything, I hope we can meet again, Lady Maria." Sanctus II smiled, bowing his head to us.
"Sure, we'll come check things out from time to time." I smiled, waving my hand.
Lucifer was already on his gigantic dragon form, spreading out his huge black wings, and setting into flight.
"Bye-bye!" Little Nyx said, waving her tiny hand.
"I guess this might be the last time I see Ruby Palace." Fabian sighed. "Once we're done with this mission, we'll go to Lady Maria's village." Silently admiring the city as we slowly departed higher and higher into the skies.
"Oh, is that so?" Spectra wondered. "Sounds interesting, I guess. I am not going to miss the desert's sunlight at all though!"
"Ugh, I heard it's a bit cold over there, is it? I don't know if that'll be a good thing… We come from the desert and all after all, guys!" Said Nick. "We'll freeze even harder!"
"Aren't we like, freeze-proof now with our new bodies?" Beery wondered. "I think we'll be fine, Nick!"
"Hmm, it will be fun to set into faraway, and distant lands we've never seen before." Garon smiled into the distance. "Let's make sure to help Lady Maria as much as we can!"
"Eh? Ah, sure." Nick said, he didn't seemed to be that willing.
"Don't worry guys, it's not like I want you to work for me or anything, just stick around for the adventure." I shrugged. "Don't feel forced to do anything that you don't want to do."
"Well, thanks for the comforting words." Fabian sighed. "Ah, and Silva…"
"Hm?" Silva wondered, tilting her head.
"Sorry about being rude to you back then again… I know I've said this a few times already but… Sorry." Fabian sighed. "I wasn't right in the mind back then, so much stress and hunger… I…"
"It's fine!" Silva smiled gently. "We're all friends now, right, Fabian?"
"Silva…" Fabian sighed, giving the little lamb-like girl a few head pats. "Yeah, I would happily be your friend!"
With such adorable words, we set off to our next destination, Sapphire Temple, where the Second Pyramid was located, and where one of the Parts of the Divine Star Carriage were sealed.
And of course, to try to look for my little brother…
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