“Master, welcome back,” Aegeus bowed humbly, his knees touching the ground and his head kissing the earth.Mane watched him silently. Aegeus had grown massively. Now a 7th rank Noble, Aegeus was capable of dealing with every average Noble, regardless of their rank. His power was great enough to allow him to face Ascenders and win! Only High-Level Ascenders would be able to take him on now. Without using his spiritual energy, Mane was able to sense this because he was a Scholar.“It’s no wonder he became the spiritual leader of the team even though I put Abe in charge before I left,” Mane thought silently.Aegeus was not a member of Hidden Cloak. Mane had never extended an invitation to him, and he definitely didn’t remember doing so before he left. So, he was certainly surprised when he woke up and was told that Aegeus was leading the team. His confusion had been cleared by what he had seen though. That brief moment in which he had watched his disciple easily deal with Heaven Realmers
“Hahaha! Oh my God! You? You fell in love?! That’s hilarious! Hahaha!” Abe held his tummy and rolled around on the floor hysterically. Although there was still a storm happening right around them and they were surrounded by the corpses of their enemies, Abe was unrestricted in his actions.“What’s ridiculous about that?” Mane’s brows twitched in annoyance as he watched Abe roll willingly in the mud. While the latter could easily coat himself with his energy to keep his clothes clean, Abe had chosen not to.“You? Mane Harbinger?! Dude, when you broke through the entire universe heard your name. You are basically a celebrity now. Yet you still got your heart broken? You? Also, you have no emotions and you have never looked at any woman twice. Do you even know what you are to do in a relationship? You are a child for crying out loud! Hahaha!”“To think that there is one that an speak to the Supreme this way and not be punished in any way for it,” Hildegarde mumbled in awe while watching
“Loki, the one who births the beasts of Chaos that destroy the world. What is one like you doing here?” A beautiful woman with chocolate complexion and eyes that could easily cajole the heart of any man – conservative or liberal – gazed curiously at the man in front of her. For before her was a god whose mischief was known to all the realms. It was this very god who had thrust Asgard into war with the giants once again, and it was he who had pushed Ares to the throne of Olympus!“Do not give me that gaze of naivety or try to deceive me with those pure eyes. We both know you are far too clever to think that would work on me.” Loki, the one who birthed the world serpent and was fated to raise the world destroying wolf, chuckled and spoke. His voice was melodious and soothing, and one would have thought that he was a singer because of how deceptively charming his voice was.“You are right. There is no need to pretend with you.” The woman smiled and said. Her innocent appearance disappear
“What you are asking of me would destroy every bit of reputation that I have built. You are asking for me to smear my reputation for your sake.” Ananse had a huge frown on her face while looking into Loki’s eyes. Even this displeased expression was full of allure, and were this to be any other man, Ananse would have succeeded in beguiling him. Unfortunately, Loki was no ordinary man. Even the charm that worked against gods was useless when placed before him. Casting his eyes away effortlessly and surveying the dangerously sleeping golems that were all around him, Loki nodded his head and said,“I know what I am asking of you is not easy. I understand what it is that I am requesting of you, and it is for that reason that I have prepared a price that I have judged to be equivalent to your sacrifice. The reputation you have built, the good you have done and the relationships you have fortified over millennia; all these you did just for one thing and one thing alone.”“To rack up enough
“What? Did you think your secret was yours alone to hold?” Ananse taunted Loki.“How?”Loki, the man Mane had referred to as Uncle Jake for a large portion of his life, did not deny his identity any longer. He was speaking to one of the most intelligent people in the universe. Ananse had no reason to lie to him, meaning that it was most likely the truth that she had attained her present success by discovering the real meaning behind the prophecies. The Allverse was the only sentience in the myriad of universes that knew everything. At the same time, it knew nothing. It was a contradiction of self that not even Odin could come close to understanding. What they did know however, was that it was the Allverse that rewarded Scholars for their findings. Once truth was given, the Allverse rewarded.“I am not called the Goddess of Wisdom for nothing, Loki.” Ananse shook her head and said.Loki frowned upon hearing her words, but he didn’t push. Just like he had chosen to keep his secrets to h
“You helped the Supreme escape,” the Golden Sky, the very man who had usurped Zica’s authority and now played king in the Dreamscape Universe, accused.He was in a space that was best described virtual, for it was in a realm between realms. It was similar to where Mane had met Ananse. The Golden Sky, the one called the Usurper, was standing before a throne that was higher than any other. He who was seen as the sky was now before the true sky.“First and foremost, I did not such thing. It was you who did that. By allowing the one he loved to kill him, you helped him accomplish his mission. Secondly, what is wrong with that,” the shrouded figure on the throne asked.Seated on the throne was an entity that was greater than any other in the Allverse. It was he who had confined the Watchers, beings of great power, to a liberal prison. It was he who had interfered in Mane’s test and spoken to the Supreme before he left. It was he who had offered the position of Envoy to the young Supreme of
Hearing the word ‘Fenrir’, the Golden Sky’s expression changed into that of shock. As someone who was born and raised in the True Universe during his youth, he was aware of what that name meant, and the prophecies surrounding the one called Fenrir. Fenrir, the wolf of the end who will swallow the world, was a figure of fiction to the Golden Sky, and it had been that way until right now.“Fenrir would swallow the world he originates from first, before seeking the other universes to quench his thirst.” The Reaper guffawed madly, revealing information to the Golden Sky – information that the latter was not privy to.“He is from the True Universe,” the Golden Sky mumbled.The prophecies about Fenrir were endemic only to the True Universe. The other universes did not know of such a being, neither had they heard about the world-destroying wolf. Prophecies of the major universes could only be repeated in other major universes. Minor universes did not have the amount of fate required to drink
“Have you grown lax over the past few years?”*Bang*“Why are you so slow?”*Boom*“Not bad; but that wouldn’t catch anyone off guard. At least, it won’t catch any sensible person off guard.”*Bang*“Did you somehow become stupid in the time I was away? How can you call yourself a Scholar with such silly tactics.”*Boom*“Huh? Are you really my student? And is that pitiful thing the staff I gave you? Do better Aegeus.”*Boom*Aegeus was sent flying backwards as he struggled to stabilize himself. Next to him was Abe. The former prince was wiping blood off his lips with a large frown on his face. His body was riddled with superficial injuries of various sizes, the largest being the one on his abdomen. The depression in the earth he stood on and the Abe-sized engraving in that very depression told the story of what had caused his injuries. While Abe and Aegeus looked miserable, their states were better than the others around them.Jake and John, the ones known as the Hydra Twins, were t