On the top floor of Babel, only the sounds that came from the screens could be heard after Koneko and Kuroka's victory over Aktzin.
And the one who broke that silence was Serafall with a bit of a disappointed tone, "So she couldn't use her attack-oriented form nor any of the special actions of any of her other forms, huh? There were even a few windows of opportunity where she could have used the 'Titan Slayer' of her Javelin form and could have ended it then and there, but she totally missed those."
Yoruichi shook her head, "I'm sure she saw some of those, but you see, she and the other girls have developed the bad habit of copying how Kisuke does things."
Serafall turned to her and asked, "Is that why you stopped all the sparring sessions and just let them focus on monster hunting?"
"I mean, there was already no point.", Yoruichi nodded her head, "Instead of learning something new, they were only getting used to us no matter how severe or strict we were. Even though we kept pouring on killing intent, they knew deep in their hearts that they wouldn't die, so they ended up adopting Kisuke's tactic of observing everything first before acting."
Serafall touched her chin and returned her sight to the screen, "I see... That only works because Ki-tan sees the situation differently and he's already anticipating most of what could happen. To those girls, it only ends up with them being frustratingly careful and hesitant."
"T-they're just, talking normally... And Aktzin could have been dealt with easier?" muttered Takemikazuchi on the side with cold sweat running down his forehead. Although he was significantly stronger than Aktzin, being a bonafide combat God, he was still very unsettled with the fact that someone could actually kill a God without being a Deity themselves.
Of course, all of the guest Deities had similar thoughts to him, but each were minutely different. Miach, while concerned, was largely relieved that one of the problems was dealt with. Ganesha, on the other hand, was also the same, but also full of interest with his eyes shining like the stars after witnessing that a mortal was capable of slaying a God. As a God of the Masses, he finds this incredibly uplifting, aside from being somewhat concerning, "Magnificent..."
In the first place, Ganesha already had a positive impression of the Hestia and Artemis Familia's because of the technologies that they provided to enrich people's lives. It was the main reason why he agreed for his children to join the expedition.
Ignoring him, Hephaestus could only sigh and say, "So it was to this extent. I already thought that Kisuke Urahara was extremely strange, but to think it extended to his entire group."
"You're not surprised?", asked Loki.
"I am. But I already expected something like this when he created those things. Even I, with my full capabilities as a Goddess, couldn't have forged a weapon that could potentially evolve to be on par with a Divine Armament, or even surpass it. The next time I see him, I'll ask him to make me one."
Not just the guests but also Loki and Freya were speechless at Hephaestus' remark. And why wouldn't they be? After all, she's one of the few Deities that forged some of the strongest Divine Weapons in Heaven.
"You're giving it too much credit, Hephaestus-sama. Soul Gears only grow stronger alongside its user and you can create those quite easily. Besides, Bell Cranel also received the same thing and it isn't as powerful as the one Koneko used.", replied Yoruichi with a small chuckle.
"Indeed. I could make one, but it won't grow to be as powerful as that. Even if it can only happen in a very specific situation and the rarest of the rare, it's still a treasure."
"Hmmm~ Should I also ask him to make me one?" Freya asked with interest.
"I'll definitely force him to give me one if Hephaestus is saying that," Loki muttered to herself.
At that moment, the extremely quiet Hermes finally made his voice heard, "Isn't this great?"
Yoruichi and Serafall turned in his direction with questioning looks, "Hmm?"
"This is great!" Hermes repeated himself while standing up, "With your strength, the last trial finally wouldn't be a problem! You can become the beacon of this world's inhabitants!"
Yoruichi and Serafall were obviously not amused at this God's musing.
"What? Are you actually worried that you won't be able to deal with that? Rest assured as you're undoubtedly the strongest beings in the Lower World aside from Gods themselves!"
Yoruichi clicked her tongue, "Tch... And I was wondering what you're going to say. Unfortunately for you, we won't do anything against the Black Dragon or any other trial that might come up from the Dungeon. It's not our place to interfere."
"...What?" Hermes was surprised, "B-but why wouldn't you use that power to save everyone?"
"First of all, we're not heroes. Second, as I've said, we can't interfere with that." Yoruichi then looked straight into his eyes that were already glazed with craze, "Third, do you actually know what happens after the world is 'saved'?"
Stunned and shocked, Hermes didn't actually know the answer to that. All this while, he thought that after taking care of the biggest threat, it'd be the revival of the Age of Heroes and prosperity would come after. But with how Yoruichi worded and toned her question, it seems that there was more to it.
Yoruichi smirked at his obvious response and continued, "See? You actually don't know beyond what you're expecting to happen. Why don't you ask who you are working for about it? Ouranos or Zeus? Either way, it's very obvious that you only have a half-assed knowledge of things going on."
"W-what are you saying?"
This time, it was Serafall who replied while looking at Loki and Freya who has a small smile on their faces, "Well, we don't really know what's going to happen either, since all the Gods who seem to know about it don't want to say anything, not even to their fellow Gods." Returning her sights back to Hermes, Serafall continued, "But that doesn't mean we didn't do any investigation, so we have some guesses. If we're not wrong, the moment this world is 'saved' it'll be the moment it'll end."
Hermes wanted to say more, but before he could speak, a Magic Circle appeared underneath him and he was forcefully teleported outside of Babel.
Yoruichi looked at Serafall who looked annoyed, "You actually lost your patience?"
"I just really hate people like him who move in the shadows and act as if they know everything. Most of the time, they start an even bigger problem that everyone else has to deal with and I'm surely not doing that favor for him."
Serafall just sighed and returned her attention back to the screens, more specifically at Akeno, Irina, and Osiris's battle, with the former two already laying on the ground with a pool of blood while the Deity still had no significant damage done to him, "They lost, huh."
"Nothing can be done about that. He was a really bad match for both of them."
Editors:
28th00: I chuckled at that forced teleport. Poor Dragon Angels. Cursed to be eternally pitiful.
When Yoruichi and Sona started talking about Osiris' battle, the Deities also looked towards the middle screen.
Osiris was currently looking down at the strange beings with wings sprouting from their backs. Everyone thought that they were the newly discovered Xenos that were capable of hiding their appearances, but both of their attacks have some trace of Divinities in them, making them question what their real identity was.
They also glanced at the last screen, which was showing a girl sporting a different set of wings and also possessing a darker shade of Divinity.
If Koneko and Kuroka's battle broke their common sense, the other two fronts broke their understanding of the world.
"Just what are they?" Loki asked. She knew that they wouldn't provide any concrete answers, but she couldn't contain her curiosity anymore, and that was the same for the rest of the Deities.
It's true that Kisuke, Koneko, and Kuroka's existence were too strange for Loki and Freya, but they could easily accept them as beings that they hadn't encountered before. However, the power that was exuding from Irina, Akeno, and Sona seemed to be closely related to the Gods, but they, as Gods, didn't know anything about it. In hindsight, they'd have more questions on the latter.
'Are Gods from their side capable of imparting their Divinity to others? But why and how?' Freya asked herself and Loki had a similar question in her head. The rest, however, could only stare with confusion.
"There's no point in answering that but I'll give you the assurance that they're not the descendants of Gods.", answered Yoruichi while standing up, "It wouldn't be a good idea to leave this situation be. Osiris is the God of the Dead, Life, Resurrection, and the Afterlife. What is his actual weakness?"
During their short encounter, Akeno and Irina did their best to fight Osiris, however, what happened couldn't even be called a fight as Osiris just stood still while receiving the attacks of the Dragon-Powered Angel and Fallen Angel.
Osiris received injuries and he was even surprised that they could hurt him that much. Even then, these injuries were healed in just the span of a few seconds, no matter how disastrous they were. But that wasn't the end of it, as the injuries that he respectively received from the girls were actually returned to them, greatly incapacitating them just as the 'battle' had started.
Akeno and Irina tried to find a work around his reflection ability, but even with their abilities, they couldn't find a way to even stop receiving the injuries for him.
Osiris, on the other hand, was greatly intrigued by their strange abilities that could be the antithesis to many things. Too bad for them, it was him they came across. Aside from that, he just quietly studied and figured out what they could do.
It didn't take too long when Akeno and Irina stopped attacking him and just focused on defending. At that point, Osiris also adjusted his strategy and recklessly charged at them without any care for the injuries he was receiving in the process, since even those were passed on to the poor girls who didn't know how to deal with it.
At one point, Akeno and Irina wanted to pour their everything to annihilate Osiris without a trace, but they stopped due to fear of him actually surviving and those wounds returning to them, which would spell their instant deaths.
Without being able to do anything substantial or give everything they have and learned, Osiris was able to knock them out in their own pool of blood.
"There's really only one thing that Osiris is afraid of, and that's the Gods of Death.", Freya answered Yoruichi's question, "He's an immortal that will always be reborn after death, but death is something he's not capable of resisting."
"I see... So that's why he's always scrambling to leave whenever there's a Divinity of Death in the surrounding.", muttered Miach to himself.
A grin emerged from Yoruichi's mouth and said, "Sera-chan, ask Medusa to pull Akeno and Irina out and bring me in."
Serafall chuckled and sent a signal to Medusa, "If it wasn't for the advantage he has over Akeno and Irina, I would almost feel sorry for him."
"And if you're the one who goes in?"
"I'll actually feel sorry for him and he'd wish he's dead after a few centuries~!"
"If you actually feel sorry, then don't try trapping the guy in a coffin where all of his senses would be sealed for eternity."
Serafall didn't say anything else and just sent Yoruichi in.
The other Gods, however, are very nervous at what she just said, "Uhmmm... Sera-tan... Can you really do that?" asked Loki.
"Aside from being undying, there's nothing special about him. If it were me, I'll freeze him along with the entire artificial space in a block of ice and toss it out in the vast expanse of outer space. Considering his ability, it'd only take a few Millenium to melt the ice and escape. Though he'd probably have drifted far enough by that point that he wouldn't even know which direction he even came from." Turning her head to everyone, Serafall gave them a bright smile, "I can't really trap someone for eternity ,so please don't worry about it~!"
That beautiful and mesmerizing smile, however, only sent a non-existent cold wind down to their spines, 'I definitely don't want to become her enemy!', everyone unanimously thought.
'Although I can't feel the aura she was emitting from when Kisuke and her 'sparred' last time, their powers were definitely compressed to a very small area if she's saying she can freeze that entire place into a block of ice.' Loki thought to herself, knowing that she was still underestimating her, 'She's certainly at Skadi's level or more.'
But what terrified Loki more was the fact that they were still improving, unlike them, the eternally unchanging Gods.
The Gods had all the time they needed to further satisfy their curiosity. For now, they wanted the current situation to be resolved first before they could calmly think about what's happening and what their future entails.
But they were in for another shock when Yoruichi pulled out her kodachi and Osiris started running away like a frightened mouse.
Editors:
28th00: Serafall’s solution is the Kars treatment, while Yoruichi is just like “Lol, send me in coach!” since she IS the resident Death God/Shinigami. Captains are effectively God-class entities because they have Bankai, and their name is not a joke.
Goyya: Their Bankai works on higher-order because each one of them is a ‘concept’.
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