Chương 40: Omniscience in Marvel 39

Title - Spar and Show of Strength.

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Meretseger - Goddess of the Theban Necropolis

Menhet - Goddess of beer and brewing

Renenutet - Goddess of nourishment and the harvest

Hedetet - Cobra goddess of childbirth and protection

Pakhet - Lioness goddess of hunting and war

Taweret - Goddess of childbirth and fertility

Shesmetet - Goddess of destiny and fate

Satis - Goddess of the inundation and fertility

Hatmehit - Fish goddess of life and fertility

Tjenenet - Goddess of beer and childbirth

Leucadius glanced and nodded at the women behind Isis as she introduced them. Like all Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, they all had one form of Animal as their symbol and he wasn't one to Judge.

"I will have you know that I am a strong advocate of Gender Equality." Leucadius pointed out after the introduction.

"Gender Equality? What's that?" One of the Goddesses asked.

"It is a principle that dictates that each individual be treated equally, irrespective of whether they are Male or Female." Leucadius answered as eloquently as he could.

"Heh, are you saying we are any less weaker than the Male Gods?" One other goddess asked with a sneer on her face. From her disposition, Leucadius could surmise that she was quite quick to anger.

"On the contrary actually. I believe that every individual should be treated equally, regardless of their age, gender, or race." Leucadius replied calmly

"For some reason, I find that to be distasteful...I don't know why." Isis said with a frown.

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it in a few Millennia." Leucadius said with a smile. Just like when he cursed Adam and Eve, relegating Eve to be underneath Adam.

Adam, unlike popular belief, committed no sin, his only blunder was listening to the woman, who had proven to be susceptible to manipulation.

"Anyways, when do we start and who amongst you would I be fighting? I'll be sure to educate them on the principles of magic to the fullest extent of my ability." Leucadius continued with a smile that didn't really reach his eyes.

"We women do not have skills related to battle..." Isis began but quickly remembered something and corrected herself. "A few don't, so this battle will just be a show of our Magical abilities."

"So..." Leucadius began as his smile fell. "A handicap? Didn't I just say I strongly advocate gender equality? During battle, fists have no eyes."

"Yet you do, and those fists belong to you."

"You..."

"Alright. Leuca, please do go easy on them." Oshtur cut in on their conversation before sending a telepathic message to him. <They can be a little bit conceited considering their lack of external conflict since their creation.>

Leucadius merely spared her a glance before snorting and stretching his right hand and waving it outward. As he did, the terrain began to change. The place they stood at expanded greatly as Oshtur was moved away from the center, allowing them ample space to duke out whatever magical attacks they could conjure.

That mere act caused the ladies to widen their eyes in shock while Oshtur was also amazed at his control. Although she felt that she could resist, she was still amazed by the fact that he could move her without her having a say.

"Now...I'll give you 10 minutes. Use whatever attacks you feel like using. If I step out of this circle, I lose. After 10 minutes, I'll attack. After a minute and anyone of you still remains standing, I lose." Leucadius said as he drew a circle around himself.

The circle was so small that he couldn't even move a step should he want to. The various Goddesses were immediately enraged by his actions and words that one Pakhet, supposed goddess of the hunt, immediately shot at him with her fist entirely coated with Divine energy.

However, upon reaching his, her fist were stopped just outside the circle. It was as though- "In order to reach me, you'd have to first break this little barrier I set up. Have at it, little girls." Leucadius said with a provocative smirk.

"You!"

"Me!" Leucadius countered comically. "Your attacking means that the time has started. Tic Toc little Goddesses."

As soon as his words fell, he felt the temperature of the place shoot up by a few degrees, turning his attention to the source, he saw a grand fireball making its way towards him. However, smiling, he said. "That is one impressive flame. However, if you think that's enough..."

BOOM

The ball of flame collided with his barrier for a few seconds before fizzling out. "It will take you at least 10 years to actually break through this barrier."

Leucadius wasn't joking. For a flame of that level to actually break through his barrier, it would need him to stop channeling his Energy into it, and even then, the residual energy in it currently won't still dissipate.

The one who attacked was Meretseger, goddess of the Theban necropolis. Leucadius had no idea how a goddess who has a major divinity to death and silence could mingle with goddesses with divinity in life, fertility or something related to life.

However, instead of trying to figure it out, he threw it to the back of his head and just took it as it was. Gods weren't limited to their divinity. They could use Elemental attacks if need be, but compared to Gods with Major divinity of Elements, they were rather weak, hence the validity of his statement.

"We'll see about that." The goddess said as the temperature instantly plummeted to below Zero. "Absolute Ice." She said as the area around Leucadius suddenly froze. "Heh. That should exhaust him a bit."

"No." Shesmetet, goddess of fate and destiny said as her eyes shone. "He's unaffected. In Fact, he is currently sneering at you."

"Huh?" Meretseger intoned but Shesmetet merely shook her head and turned to Isis.

"My Lady, it appears we will lose this battle on both counts."

"Oh? Is that the future you could see?" Isis asked in surprise to which the fate goddess nodded. "When he attacks, we will stand no chance."

"Even against me...?"

"Forgive my bluntness, but despite your strength, you are not combat oriented." She replied, causing Isis to snort and conjure a magic circle that quickly expanded, reaching a height of merely 2 meters.

"Lightning SpearBarrage" She declared as thick bolts of lightning began shooting at the frozen body of ice created by Meretseger's attack. In next to no time, the Ice was obliterated however, the bolts of lightning didn't manage to penetrate Leucadius' barrier.

"That one was impressive, I'd reckon it would take half a year to succeed in breaking this barrier." Leucadius' nonchalant voice reached their ears causing them all to shake in fear. For some reason, they didn't feel he was joking about that.

"What are you all standing around there for? We still have a few minutes to show that outsider the might of our Magical abilities!" Isis cried out, shaking them back to their senses.

Pakhet, goddess of the hunt and first to strike at Leucadius finally gathered her senses and began conjuring weapons which she shot at Leucadius. The other goddess also joined in. However, their efforts were proven futile as Leucadius voice sounded again after a few minutes.

"Time is up." As his words fell, the Goddesses all felt a change in the air as suddenly there was an Energy Void.

An energy void was a state of No Energy within a certain area. This was impossible as They were in a Divine Realm. This realm was Energy itself, and the absence of energy was logically impossible.

To aggravate the situation, they had all been bombarding Leucadius with all manners of Magical attacks. Logically speaking, there was no way all those Divine Energy would up and disappear.

With this train of thought, they could only come to one conclusion. Leucadius.

And as if to support this, a Golden magic circle suddenly lit up the gradually darkening sky causing them to all look up.

"First lesson of the Day. Energy exists in each and every thing in existence. Wherever there is matter, there is energy." Leucadius voiced out causing them to all turn back to him. "Second lesson. Energy can never be created from nothing. It only moves from one form to another, which means that, while it can create matter, matter can also be reverted back to energy."

CLAP

Leucadius clapped his hands together to add to the dramatic air he had built up. "This is but a minor application of one such lesson. World Magic: Shattered Heavens!"

As Leucadius invokes the spell, the very fabric of reality begins to ripple and warp, as if the boundaries between dimensions are being blurred.

Suddenly, the sky above Heliopolis is filled with a dazzling array of lights and colors, as bolts of golden energy arc and spiral through the air. These energies converge upon a single point, forming a swirling vortex of power that crackled with intensity as a meteor slowly formed and descended upon his foes.

At that moment, The entire dimension trembled as the colossal mass hurtled towards the ground at a speed that defied the laws of physics.

As it made impact, the meteorite unleashed a cataclysmic explosion that sent shockwaves that rippled through the divine realm. The force of the blast was so great that it shattered the very heavens above, causing a downpour of cosmic energy upon the land below...

...Or so it was supposed to, if not for the additional barrier Leucadius had placed around the area upon its expansion. As for the Goddesses, they had all been teleported out of the way by Oshtur who had foreseen the results.

Of the eleven Goddesses, all but one had looks of horror as the dust settled minutes later as Leucadius was revealed.

Shesmetet, who had already foreseen this outcome, could only look at her sister Goddesses with pity. There was a difference in knowing what was coming while knowing that everything will be alright, and actually having it happen to you.

In her case, she had seen their inevitable loss and rescue at Oshtur's hand, so it was already expected, but to them, they had just escaped death. After all, had that attack hit, they truly would have died.

"Don't you think you went too far?" Oshtur asked as Leucadius walked over to their location.

"On the contrary actually. I believe they've all learnt a valuable lesson. One that will remain with them till the day they die..." Leucadius shook his head and replied.

Waving his hand, a portal opened up as his Throne floated out. "Magic isn't about theories and Energy alone. It is through Practice that those two come together to make one stronger. Bear that in mind." He said as he flew to his throne and sat down.

"It has come to my attention that there is a race of people going around using the appearance of my creation and causing some troubles in the Nine Realms. I need to see to their immediate... reformation." Leucadius said as another portal opened up behind him.

"Send me regards to Osiris, and tell him that we will meet soon enough." Leaving those words, he was immediately swallowed by his Boomtube, leaving a group of goddesses with indescribable emotions.

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