บท 111: Chapter 110: Vol 3 Prologue
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"It's almost time."
Sat on his throne, the god awoken from his slumber. Almost ten millenium had passed as the micro universe embarked on its voyage across the void and was already reaching the end.
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Ray had returned to his main body after spending a few months with his loved one. Inevitably, he has to continue improving instead of feeling complacent of his strength. Thus led to the decision of creating two more bodies. One on Earth and another on Imperium. Both are remotely controlled by him as his strong soul allows such feats.
Meanwhile, due to the nature of the voyage that will take eternity to end. Most would have long died before even reaching half of the journey. He had used his time manipulation to dilate the time in his universes as much as possible. However, Ray didn't remain idle either. He used the time to absorb his gain from his battle with the Chaos Gods, completely assimilating their power for himself.
The forces of Chaos that previously belonged to the Chaos Gods had been absorbed by All the World's Evil and Ray converted into Wraiths and integrated into his Undying Legion. Inflating its numbers from a few million to a trillion or even quadrillion. He didn't bother to count after a hundred trillion. Basically, enough to drown a world and many more to come as the dead from his universes will go into the afterlife and end up in his Undying Legion. That number is as high as hundreds of trillion simply because of how big the population of the Imperium of Man is. That half a percent of deaths by accidents or natural causes can get that high.
Ray has to create several thousands of his flesh puppets to cycle back those souls and reincarnate back to the world to prevent his Undying Legion from inflating its numbers further.
His most notable creations during that time were the 72 Demon God Pillars that were given an upgrade from the familiar created as a byproduct of Solomon's Rings authority. Into proper Demon Gods that serve as his generals and commanders. As they were originally a formless being without a proper body, Ray created Homunculus from his own flesh and blood for each of the Demon Gods as a body for them.
Ray didn't fear rebellion as they are absolutely loyal to him and himself only. Not even another item similar or exactly the same as Solomon's Rings can change their loyalty.
Though, as a result of everyone using homunculus he modeled himself. Everyone shares the exact same face as him. Their only defining differences are their hair color, eye color and gender. Some prefer the female gender despite the fact that they should be genderless by nature.
Once he had awakened, he gazed at the void ahead of the micro universe. A bubble universe is within sight as he grinned.
"Full speed ahead." He whispered his command as the micro universe picked up its speed and accelerated slowly but surely. Like the captain ordering his crew to ram the enemy ship ahead.
Since Ray is already at universal level godhood. The other universe will naturally deny his entrance. Just like two magnets repelling each other.
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(Campione Verse, Earth)
The Netherworld is a place that has similar properties to Akasha, a collective memory of the world from past, present and future. Where the rules of time have no grip. Thus, memories of the future can be seen from the past and vice versa.
Exist a small group of people, descendants of the degraded Mother Goddess, possess a particular ability called Spirit Vision that can peer into the Memories of the Void, Akasha, to channel and sympathize with it. These small groups are called Hime-Miko or Priestesses. Beside them, a God, Heretic God and Divine Ancestors who were the origin of the Hime-Miko could also peer into the Memories of Void.
At the present, every single one of the Hime-Miko fell into a trance and gave out prophecies. Not something alarming as such occurrences are normal when a Heretic God is about to descend. However, what they didn't expect was the content of the prophecy. There aren't even any coherent words as Mariya Yuri simply convulsed and cried out that the world is in pain, screaming in terror for the horror beyond the stars approaching, seeking for vengeance. She passed out when her brain was fried from overtaxing her power with blood leaking out of her orifices. It's a gruesome display for Kusanagi Godou who is her lover and King.
A phone call caused his phone to ring as he quickly answered it.
"Lord Kusanagi. King Ray and King Artoria are calling for an assembly. The other Campione also had been invited to History Compliance Committee headquarters. I am to inform you that you have been invited too to discuss the recent prophecy."
"Got it." Godou responded before hanging up the phone and looking back at Mariya Yuri.
"Godou, let's just bring her to Lord Ray. He has healing authority and we also need to attend this meeting anyway. Two birds with one stone." Erica, his sworn knight and lover advised.
Godou nodded and calmed himself that Mariya can be healed with his friend's help.
"Good, I will inform Arianna to get the car." Godou immediately stopped Erica and shook his head fervently.
"No, we will be with Pegasus. Faster and… safer for my sanity and safety." He whispers the last part silently before carrying the frail and injured Mariya Yuri in a princess carry outside to summon his Pegasus, usurped after killing Perseus.
"Bah. A godslayer afraid of cars? The funniest joke I ever heard and I'm not even laughing." Erica said sarcastically and walked out of their home with Godou.
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Ten minutes later.
"Good, the Wakoku King had arrived. Let's start the meeting." Luo Hao said when Godou burst into the meeting room carrying Mariya.
"No, wait a minute. Ray, help me please. Mariya was suffering backlash from her Spirit Vision." Godou moved closer to Ray that sat with Artoria, Nyx and the two Mesopotamian Goddesses.
Ray sighed apologetically at Godou and said. "Unfortunately my healing cannot extend to heal spiritual exhaustion. Believe me, I tried." Ray could only offer words of assurance that Mariya simply needed rest to recover herself.
Nodded, Godou retreated to his seat with Erica and Liliana that arrived earlier than their group because she was running errands at HCC on Godou's behalf when the incident occurred.
"Now, may we start?" Luo Hao self elected herself as leader of this assembly and no one objected because no one bothered to pick a fight against her.
Marquis Voban, James Pluto Smith, Madam Aisha and Salvatore Doni. Those are the Campiones that answered the call and assembled for this meeting.
"So, let me give the full version of the prophecy." Nyx, a primordial goddess that served Ray, stood up and spoke. "An unfathomable power from beyond the stars, voyager of the void arrived for revenge. A great devourer, master of life and death, commanding legion enough to drown worlds with its army of undying immortals. The world will break and shatter before its might."
Everyone listened with complicated emotions as having not a goddess but a primordial goddess reading the prophecy means its accurate and not place for error.
When Nyx ended and sat down, Voban called and asked. "Since you are a primordial goddess, can you use your power to peer into the Memories of the Void and look at the future for accurate divination?"
Nyx immediately nodded her head. "Yes, I tried but the results are always the same. It's better if I show you." She creates a curtain of darkness that envelops the room and shows the same place but is already in ruin. A destroyed world, fire as tall as skyscrapers scorching everything into slag and glass, an unknown army of bulky black soldiers killed indiscriminately.
The location changed and they arrived in a gigantic crater that devoured half of Kyoto, in the crater is everyone fighting against 73 beings that shared similar faces like they were clones but with different powers. Gigantic tentacles with eyes shooting beams at them constantly while battling the 73 beings.
"This…" Artoria immediately recognised the tentacles with eyes.
"It's the 72 Demon God Pillars of the King of Magic, Solomon." Ishtar and Ereshkigal continued but Ishtar frowned. "But they felt different."
"Hold on a minute, Solomon. As King Solomon, son of the first King of Israel?" John Pluto Smith finds it hard to contain his(her) surprise as he unconsciously demands an answer.
"Yes." Ishtar confirmed but added. "However, this Solomon isn't a Heretic God, he probably comes from my world." Artoria and Ereshkigal nodded along with this claim.
"But, I fail to see how we manage to have a grudge with Solomon for him to come here and exact vengeance." Artoria added.
"No, I don't think we are dealing with Solomon at all." Ray broke his silence and pulled his sight away from the Chaos Marines Wraiths." He pointed at the Chaos Marine Wraiths. "I recognised them and I hope I was wrong."
Before they could ask why, a commotion happened on the battlefield and Ray in the memory turned into his Beast form while a man who had no significant features unlike the Demon God Pillars, laughed with arrogance and sadistic joy. It's clear why Ray turned into his Beast form and raged.
Two women, one a blond fox and another a white haired albino with ruby red eyes, flail helplessly in an invisible barrier, set a blaze in Warpfire while Beast Ray howled with fury, trying everything he could to break the impregnable prison.
"How does it feel, Ray?" The man asked with a sneer on his face. "I made you and gave you everything you ever cherished. But I can take it back too." He put out his hand and grasped it into a fist. The reality contorted and bent before finally crushing Beast Ray into a small black marble that broke into dust.
"It's the price for your rebellion." The man said before turning his head to the group in the meeting.
"Impossible! This is a memory. How can he sense us?" Many exclaimed in panic.
"It's simple actually." The man suddenly appeared a few feets away from the group. "Feeble concepts such as time and space have little hold on me. Breaking reality is an easy task for me."
"My goal is Ray and his people only. Stay out of my way and you will be spared. Cooperate and you will be rewarded."
*SNAP*
Suddenly the curtain of darkness created by Nyx shatters like a brittle glass smashed by a sledgehammer, causing Nyx to puked a mouthful of blood from the backlash.
"Nyx!" Ray instantly dropped all his anger on the brutality on Bella and Haruhime and attended to Nyx.
"Don't… worry. I'm fine…" Nyx hacked out another mouthful of black blood before she stabilized. But her skin was pale and her pupils were dilated.
Ereshkigal made a quick check and informed them that Nyx's soul was injured by the backlash. Like a part of her soul was savagely ripped off.
While Ray and his group were busy with Nyx, the rest were discussing about what they had seen and heard.
"This can be a trick from our enemies to split and destroy our unity." Luo Hao said.
Voban countered. "But it's clear in the vision, he didn't care about us at all and focused solely on Ray."
"Voban, I didn't think you were such a coward. Usually, you are the first to fight, especially against a strong enemy." Doni gave a verbal jab and looked at Godou who was about to open his mouth.
"Yes. We should be united against enemies from outside our reality."
"But, I have to point out that Marquis Voban spoke the truth." Luo Hao remembered the last bit of the vision. "The enemy has a personal grievance against my foster brother, Ray. Those killing intent that were directed to Ray was too pure to be faked." Luo Hao said while still trying to deduce any useful information from the vision.
"How about you, King Pluto Smith? Do you have any insight to share?" Luo Hao asked.
He(she) stayed silent for quite a while and sighed.
"I do not want to sound offensive. But the safety of the people is my highest priority." John Pluto Smith said before returning to staying silent.
While Luo Hao frowned at her fellow godslayer's opinion. Godou quickly went in to diffuse the situation.
"No worries, Smith. I understand your reason." Godou said as he understood that John Pluto Smith is a hero of the masses. A hero of justice that strives to protect the weak from the Heretic Gods and other similar threats.
The meeting ended soon after everyone picked a side. Most decided to help and only two godslayers left Japan. That two godslayers being John Pluto Smith and Marquis Voban.
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