The woman and Diphram made their way to Asloth, a kingdom owned by the goddess of beauty and desire, Aphrodite.
After days of traveling, they both finally arrived at their destination, the woman landed the dragon right in the middle of an empty field.
She then jumped down from the dragon and began to walk away.
Diphram was blatantly confused by this but he also did the same, he got down from the dragon and followed behind the woman.
"Are you not going to ask where I'm taking you to?" The woman asked as she walked.
"The thought has crossed my mind." Diphram replied.
With a stop, the woman looked at Diphram and sighed, "You ought to be wary, here give me your hand." She said with her right hand stretched out.
As always, Diphram reluctantly gave his hand for the woman to grab hold of.
Once she held onto it, she immediately tugged him with a smile on her face, and just like that, a raging force of light fell on them.
In the blink of an eye, Diphram found himself in front of a giant ice fortress and all around him were female workers dressed in white.
"Welcome to my Homeland, hehe." The woman announced with a giggle following right after as she climbed the crystal stairs.
Diphram followed behind her and they both made their way inside the castle, where the woman was being greeted every minute by the working slaves in the castle.
They headed inside the main room of the castle, where the throne was seated and two huge looking tigers were placed.
Once they got in, the woman petted the tigers before she sat down on the throne with her legs crossed while she stared down at Diphram.
"Can you take me to Aphrodite now?" Diphram asked.
"Your search has ended, god of destruction, the one you seek is right in front of you." The woman responded with a smirk.
Diphram looked around for a while before he focused back on the woman, "I'm supposed to believe you are the goddess of beauty and desire?" He raised a question.
"Of course you should, do not deny that you were lusting the moment you laid eyes on me." The woman said teasingly.
".... You make a valid point." Diphram uttered, "Well since you are Aphrodite, I'd like to request that you let me embark on your trials for power… I need to gain the strength to rise above the rankings of the gods''.
Aphrodite stared down at him first before she smirked, "You already passed the first trial, making a goddess moan is quite a difficult task".
"Uhn?"
"I will allow you to take on my 5 trials, and at the end of the trial, you will get powers beyond your wildest imagination," Aphrodite informed, "But be warned, once you take on the trials you cannot quit, if you do, you will most definitely perish".
"You have my word." Diphram responded.
With a smile, Aphrodite helped the god of destruction seek the power he was yearning for.
She opened a gateway and told him to enter and thus he did. Diphram's first encounter was a huge magic gate that asked him a question.
[Why do you seek power?]
"Because I want to rise above the ranks of the gods," Diphram answered
But the gate did not open and then the question came again,
[Why do you seek power?]
Diphram took his time to answer, thinking of what he could say that would lead to the gate opening.
"I want to be praised and adored by the people." Diphram replied
The gate opened, leaving a path for Diphram to walk in and he did.
The second trial was cleared, and the third trial was in an underground house where light barely touched.
Diphram was fighting one on one with a giant golem, and with just a touch the monster scattered into pieces.
The fourth trial was Diphram reliving all the bad memories over the years in a single time frame.
It was enough to break a person's mind but Diphram still came out victorious, and then the last trial came.
Diphram walked into the white coloured world, and meant a female angel with white massive wings and a black blindfold covering her eyes.
As soon as he laid eyes on her, a voice echoed in his head.
[This is your last and final trial, kill the angel seated before you]
Diphram stared at the angel for a while and different thoughts began to occur to him.
"How did an angel get here?
Why must I kill an angel?"
But at the end of the day, they were just thoughts that hindered nothing in Diphram's action.
He walked in front of the angel and stabbed her directly in the chest with his hand before he activated his power.
The angel screamed in pain as her body began to melt from the inside out with nothing but her feathers remaining.
Not too long after, Diphram suddenly found himself in front of Aphrodite, she told him he passed the trial and he should go home and challenge whosoever he wants.
Diphram did as she said, he went back to Nevora on dragon's back, as soon as he arrived the first thing he did was challenge his master to a fight.
Every citizen that heard about the fight wanted to witness it with their own eyes, the god of destruction fighting with the god of sword Abeil began to spread far and wide.
And they did fight the next day, but it also came with something horrific happening, after Abeil defeated Diphram, Diphram's mind became clouded with rage.
All of a sudden, his eyes began to glow, emitting signal waves that spread throughout Nevora and beyond.
People started dying, even gods whose rank were considered higher, had their whole body scattered on the floor like cow meat.
And this went on for days, some people hid inside temples after they found out that seemed to be the only thing that can protect them.
Diphram felt bad and ashamed that he couldn't control his own powers, so he forcefully ripped out his eyes before using his powers to get rid of them before he died.
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