YOAN knew something was wrong when he suddenly couldn't contact Neoma.
Even so, he couldn't leave the human world because of the strange air pollution that was killing all life forms.
But he regretted staying in the human world instead of checking on Neoma.
[I overestimated Neoma's capability to protect herself and our baby.]
If it wasn't for Astrid's urgent message, he wouldn't know what was happening in the Upper World.
But Yoan should have dropped everything the moment he stopped receiving Neoma's messages. He should have returned to her side to protect her and their child. No, scratch that. He shouldn't have left in the first place.
[This is all my fault.]
"I'll kill you all," Yoan growled angrily. "You'll pay for touching my family!"
That day, Yoan destroyed half of the Upper World by striking it with thousands of his Divine Lightning– each single lightning bolt containing one billion volts of electricity– all at once.
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AH, DAMMIT.
Drystan almost spit his tea when the ground suddenly shook.
He could tell right away WHO the cause of that was.
"This is why I told Larissa to not anger the God Slayer," Drystan whispered to himself while shaking his head. "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes."
He was about to return to his residence and sleep when another trouble came up.
His jaw dropped at the same time he dropped his teacup, his gaze focused on one thing.
The ETERNAL FLAME suddenly appeared and BURNED DOWN the Sentinel Tree where Neoma de Moonasterio, the new Aether, was planted.
"What's happening?" Drystan asked, confused. "Why is the Eternal Flame here?!"
[No, not another stupid job when I barely get to sleep already!]
***
"YOAN, I have bad news for you. But before I share it with you, promise me that you'll give me access to your floating island in order to protect myself from your wrath."
The fact that Astrid immediately asked for protection only meant that what she was about to say was bad enough to give Yoan a reason to destroy the Upper World.
"What happened to Neoma and our child?"
"My condolences, Yoan. You better return to the Upper World if you want to save Neoma de Moonasterio and your baby."
Yoan didn't waste his time after that call and immediately returned to the Upper World.
On his way there, Astrid filled him in on what happened when he left for the human world a few months ago.
Neoma cleansed the air pollution in her residence.
Then the gods tried to force Neoma to clean up their places, too. But since Neoma was pregnant and had to be careful, she turned them down.
And that was when the gods in the Upper World decided to work together.
Then the faction that Larissa led succeded in planting Neoma as the new Aether.
Worse, Larissa managed to trick Neoma into extracting her baby from her womb before those damned gods planted Neoma in the dry soils of Hell.
[I'll never forgive them for what they did to Neoma and our child!]
That was why Yoan didn't hold back this time.
He tried to destroy the entire Upper World because he knew he could, but someone protected it.
Hence, he only managed to destroy half of it.
"Yoan, stop."
It was Lord Levi.
If it wasn't for his divine father putting up a barrier to protect the Divine City where most major gods resided, then he would have destroyed everything already.
Astrid told Yoan earlier that Lord Levi took a nap after purifying Neoma's body.
[Lord Levi probably woke up because he felt my rampage.]
"Lord Levi, step aside," Yoan said, his hair raising as he gathered the same amount of volts he released earlier. Yes, he was planning to summon the same number of lightning bolts again. "I'm not myself at the moment."
"Neoma is still alive."
That was enough to calm him down instantly.
"If you want to save her, then don't waste your time here."
He knew that.
However, he couldn't satiate his anger yet. And he couldn't face Neoma if he only stopped at destroying half of the Upper World.
[Well, I probably killed a few gods. But not the gods I want to kill, so I'm not satisfied.]
"Let me just do one more thing, Divine Father," Yoan said, addressing the God Among Gods in order to gain his approval. When his divine father didn't say anything, he descended and walked towards his target. "I just need to punish the Goddess of Fertility."
Larissa, who was kneeling behind Lord Levi, flinched.
The Goddess of Fertility was burned from head to toe because Yoan made sure that she would be hit by his lightning bolts. If she wasn't an old god, she would have been dead by now.
But Larissa's healing ability was slow, hence she was in a terrible state.
"I have done nothing wrong," Larissa insisted, her pupils shaking in fear, as she covered her burned body with a huge piece of clothing that materialized out of thin air. "Callisto de Luca and Lord Levi made a pact. We have the right to turn the female de Moonasterios into our Aether!"
THAT pact?
Yoan laughed bitterly, his red eyes glowing menacingly. "Do you think that pact would save your life from my wrath?"
Larissa looked confused. "Even though you're a God Slayer, you cannot kill me without a proper reason! I did not commit any crime!"
"You did," Lord Levi said calmly. "The pact that Callisto de Luca and I have is not as simple as you think it is. The female de Moonasterios that we're allowed to turn into an Aether is the female de Moonasterios that Callisto de Luca has killed himself."
Larissa looked like she was in disbelief. "That can't be…"
"Of course, you wouldn't know," Lord Levi said indifferently. "That pact happened during the Ancient Period, and you were just a young girl back then, Larissa. And that's the same case for the gods of your generation. Hence, such vital information wouldn't have reached your ears."
Larissa suddenly went pale as if she had just realized the mistake she had committed. "No, that's not possible…"
"Where is my child, Larissa?"
The Goddess of Fertility only glared at him.
[Should I just kill her now?]
"Yoan, your baby is here~"
It was Astrid.
Yoan made sure that the Goddess of Beauty wouldn't be hit by his lightning bolts because he promised to protect her in exchange of the information she shared with him.
That was why Astrid was wearing his jacket.
[As long as she has my jacket, my lightning bolts won't hit her.]
"The Sapling was stored in Larissa's room along with the other plants that she's growing," Astrid said, handing Yoan a glass jar where the Sapling was. "Here."
Yoan carefully took the jar from the Goddess of Beauty.
He could tell right away that the Sapling belonged to Neoma because of the divine power that protected it.
[Neoma, you did well protecting our baby.]
"Neoma de Moonasterio is still alive, and so is your child," Larissa said, obviously panicking. "You can still save your lover, Yoan. So, can we just forget that this happened? I will apologize to you and Neoma properly. I'll even compensate you–"
"Shut up," Yoan said, glaring at Larissa. "You still must be punished for trying to kill another god. Don't worry because after I'm done with you, I'll kill the others who joined your faction."
"I know I've committed a sin," Larissa said, obviously in fear. "But that doesn't mean you can kill me! I'm still the Goddess of Fertility! I don't only take care of pregnant women. I'm also responsible for harvesting and– mff!"
The Goddess of Fertility was forced to stop talking when Yoan grabbed her face harshly.
Larissa, who didn't have the strength to fight back, could only glare at him again.
"Yoan, you can't kill Larissa since Neoma de Moonasterio is still alive," Lord Levi said sternly. "I'll look over the fact that you destroyed half of the Upper World. In return, calm down and give the gods their punishment later– no, Yoan!"
His divine father yelled in urgency when Yoan struck Larissa with his lightning bolt.
The Goddess of Fertility screamed in agony while getting burned alive.
"As the God Slayer, I forfeit your right to exist as a god," Yoan said coldly, his eyes glowing bright red as he slowly released Larissa who was finally burned to death. "You'll descend back to the human world and die as a pathetic human there."
To simply put, Yoan didn't kill the Goddess of Fertility directly.
However, Larissa was kicked out of the Upper World for losing her divinity.
The Goddess of Fertility disappeared in an instant because only gods had the right to step foot on the Upper World.
[Larissa would die as soon as she descended to the human world.]
"Yoan, do you want me to punish you?" Lord Levi asked, growling at him. "You've already injured ALL the gods here to the point that they might need at least half a century to recover–"
Yoan turned his back on Lord Levi, then he faced Astrid and touched her face.
Astrid's face turned red and her eyes sparkled, acting like a young maiden that she was not. "Yoan, was I useful to you?"
Yoan smiled "sweetly" at the Goddess of Beauty. "No, not at all."
The Goddess of Beauty's smile quickly disappeared, and then she screamed as the palm on her face suddenly turned boiling hot.
Yes, it was Yoan's hand.
"You bastard!" Astrid screamed, pushing Yoan. Then she fell to the ground, still screaming while covering her smoking face with her hands. "Why did you burn my face?! I helped you!"
"But you still joined Larissa's faction because you wanted Neoma to suffer," Yoan said calmly. "If you really wanted to help me, you would have warned Neoma about Larissa's plan, but you didn't. Be honest with me, Astrid. You only "helped" me because you were afraid to receive my wrath, didn't you?"
Astrid stopped screaming, then she fell silent for a moment before she raised her head– her red eyes glowing menacingly. "You know I can't fight you physically, but I can curse you," she said threateningly while standing up, her body turning opaque as she had already started to run away. "I curse you, Yoan– I curse you to never see your beloved face's again!"
That was what Astrid said before disappearing to probably get her face treated.
"Are you satisfied now?" Lord Levi asked in a threatening voice. "I've never raised my hand on you, Yoan. But you're making me want to smack you right now."
Yoan smiled apologetically at his divine father. "I'm sorry, but I'm still angry."
Once again, Yoan released his deadly lightning bolts. This time, he aimed the bolts in every single god in the Upper World– innocent or not.
That was the moment Yoan was cursed by the other gods.
***
"WAKE UP, little princess."
Neoma immediately opened her eyes when she heard someone call her, and then she abruptly got up– ready to fight and kill.
But she sobered up as soon as she realized that she was alone in that dark cave…
… and her soul was separated from her physical body.
[What the…?]
Neoma touched the tips of her long hair and was surprised by the sudden change she noticed. "Why is my hair pink?"
Ah.
Did she awaken as a Roseheart?
She would have celebrated if it happened during the last war. But she couldn't feel anything right now.
Not when she finally remembered what happened to her.
Larissa and Lord Levi betrayed her.
[The Queen of the Spirit World, too.]
That damned Goddess of Fertility forced her to extract her baby from her own womb.
"My baby," Neoma whispered in a cracked voice while hugging her belly. "I killed my baby with my own hands…"
To say that she was angry would be an understatement.
She didn't scream or cry, but her red eyes were enough testament to the boiling anger inside her.
[I'm going to kill them all.]
<"Do you want us to help you burn the world, little princess?">
Neoma looked up to see a lady– who definitely looked like a female de Moonasterio– and a ball of red flame in front of her. "Burn the world?" She paused, then she laughed like she had lost her mind. "Yes, that doesn't sound bad at all."
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