BXBX NOVEL Chapter 355 You Are Not Alone.
"But look, Princess Ikaris is his supposed to be his wife, right? And yet, she still presents herself on her knee as his follower, there there has to be a reason."
"He said he would take us into his soul? What?"
"How is something so absurd even able to come from his mouth, still less possible?"
After Ikaris and the others had made a spectacle of Sol\'s presence and then openly revered him, the masses were equal parts confused as they were entranced.
A godslayer with the power to challenge the Grand Collective by himself; not even in the legends were such a being mentioned, his very presence was cause of concern.
One by one though, those who could began taking to their knees in the example of the representative of their race, and those who had no platform to kneel on saluted with their hands across their chests, balled into fists above their hearts.
"If that young woman is able to so freely follow you, I have no doubt that you are a man of stature,"
The elder smiled, keeping her thoughts hidden while looking at Arla, who had gained both her favour and her respect after the respect in which she had handled things on their end.
"Master, it seems they are open to the idea after all," Ikaris whispered, but sol shook his head and gestured to her, taking her hands and pulling her to her feet.
"It was thanks to you all, I deliberately stayed out of this conflict to see how accepting they would have been without me having to demonstrate my power," Sol explained. "I even made a show of exaggerating the pitch to join you, just so I could get a better understanding of their mindset, the strong can only follow someone who is stronger; these people," Sol gestured to them using the same manasphere that he had encompassed the Dysos Sphere with and locking it on the entire system as he raised his hand and made a snapping gesture.
"They follow the simplest structure of power, this will inevitably cause many conflicts in the future, but it will also be a lot easier to assess them by rank and ability, following the laws of strength have always led to better constructs of community... with the right leaders, of course," Sol smiled and then snapped his fingers.
The armosphere wobbled and vibrated as though there was a quake in the air, and the blue of the evening skies became distorted with waves and spectrums of different colours streaking to and fro as the space they occupied along with the entire Sphere vanished in a thundering burst, leaving more ripples across the dead sector pushing against dead stars and planetary objects floating aimlessly in the darkness.
Before the first Emporium ship had arrived, Sol had taken the entire G.Gamma system into his collective, rejuvenating their star with his mana and placing them in the Earth universe.
"Master," Alpha appeared at his side. "Something interesting happened with the Earth Project while you were away," She informed him.
"I\'ve only been gone for at most two weeks, I know I asked to not be bothered in that period, but what could have happened that\'s making you smile like this?" Sol raised his brow at the System weirdly, seeing her smile an almost genuine smile, making it creepy given her emotional range being that of a reptile.
"Evolution, of course," Alpha responded, making a gesture with her palm and bringing up a chart of people he had been monitoring because of their unique powers granted by the system. "Here..." She singled out a child, no older than a day old. "This little one is the first that has been born with a unique ability since you allowed me to install the system, his parents have named him, Kang Yu Law; he is from the eastern great continent, near the wall provinces."
"Born with the ability to fly and manipulate the winds from his mother who learnt to float from excessive jumping, even while pregnant and his father who has been a parachuting instructor for all of his adult career," Sol mused, smiling at the window with intrigue. "The first of many..." Sol paused and looked at Alpha. "He blew out the wall and several hospital staff as soon as he was born?"Nôv(el)B\\\\jnn
"Yes, Master, luckily, medicine as Earth knew it has been changed forever, there are people in hospitals with healing abilities now, mostly former practitioners, so the staff that were injured as well as a few patients were quickly healed."
"Keep monitoring the kid, Alpha, if his family has any needs make sure that Eve and Usami are aware of it-" Stay updated through empire
"Lady Takae has already taken the initiative," Alpha added and Sol smiled and huffed.
"Well, usually when there\'s a trickle, a flood follows soon after," He dissmissed her and turned to Ikaris and the others. "The collective has seen a massive increase this time, the stronger the inhabitant, the larger it grows," He informed her. "I\'ll actively seek out the rest of the Vatui and Godslayers hiding in the Khalla-Nova, you only have the Emporium as a threat to deal with now." He smiled at her.
"I know you are doing this to benefir yourself more than you are to benefit the others, but thank you nontheless, Lord Vestic!" Shar-Khan saluted before Sol again and then turned to Ikaris, giving her a bow of thanks as well. "Princess, this is the most progress our people have seen since your disappearance many aeons ago, I thank you from the bottom of my heart."
"We are only just beginning," Ikaris released Sol\'s hand turning to everyone who were still gathered and giving them a sad smile. "For the next two weeks, we will not venture out into the Khalla-Nova collective, for two reasons," She folded her fist and raised a finger.
"The first, is to mourn those who have died, even as they have betrayed their own, they are still a part of us, we will not disgrace their lives like they did their victims."
"And the second main reason is that in two weeks my supporting pillars will return from their suspension, there will be more on that in the future for anyone who wants to join the fight for the wrong reasons," Ikaris concluded and then turned to Dina who walked up to her side and took a calming breath as she prepared to address the thousands present.
With a nod from Alpha, Dina cleared her throat and began, knowing that there were tens of billions watching her from across the four worlds.
[I am Dina Levina, Ikaris\'s adopted Kin; the second and newly appointed; Goddess of Calamity in the Sol Collective, with Ikaris being the First as the Queen of the Gods and the Goddesss of Balance] She kept a rather straight and expressionless facade while she spoke, allowing her voice to do the majority of her perfoemance while she focused more on her nerves not giving way in this situation.
[The name of this power I am sure you are eager t ohear of is called Mana, it is the first and most powerful source of energy preceeding even matter and life itself.]
"Goddess of Calamity," One man spoke quietly to his friend smirking. "She is cute for a goddess with such an awful sounding title-"
"It is a cocktail of my chaos mana and the power of destruction she honed on her own," Renia seemed to emerge like smoke behind the man, resting her hand on his shoulder. "Dina and Ikaris are not the only gods here and although you are free you should know that the heavens are watching you all keenly at the moment, seeking out the rest of the traitors who made off-book deals with the Emporium."
"You are new so let me warn you firmly before you end up handicapped and unable to recover," She loomed, growing to her full height and glaring down at him and his friends.
"Dina Levina, Arla Amastacia, and Ikaris Vestic, these three are the wives of Sol Vestic, to even attempt to court them is an offense to His Majesty, I will ask Alpha to relay that across the four worlds when you gain access to the System, too often you fools get injured and humiliated and even beaten within an inch of death because you reach farther than your little hands can stretch and try to touch the three lights which surround our sun," Renia glared at the man.
"Wha-"
"Unless he permits it, no being dares approach his wives," She stared at the man.
"But I was onl-"
"Unless Master Vestic permits it, none should even think indecently of the three!"
Renia\'s eyes dilated into squirming lines and her expression became horrid as she made an effort to scare the man, deawing closer and almost bumping her forehead against his upside down and for the most part, it seemed to work perfectly when she felt his shoulder shudder beneath her grasp.
"Understood?"
"Y-yes!" The man shut his eyes and slenched his fists losing his nerve after her voice doubled and her fangs were aimed in his direction.
"Wonderful!" Renia cheered, reverting to her usual attractive self and tapping the man on his shoulder while he and his friends stared at her shocked at how beautiful.
"Little men should know their place."
"Who was that woman?" One of them asked, tracking the red haired woman as she walked through the crowd before suddenly grabbing another man and growing tall again.
[The system will provide a codex with all the public information availible about Master, Ikaris, myself and all the others who closely follow them, Vatui, Godslayer, Human, Elf, Divine, no matter the race you are, under Master\'s umbrella we are a singularity, remember this going forward, you are not alone].