VOLUME 1: CHAPTER – 5 : I AM SORRY (PART 2)

ALMIGHTY WORLD GOD

“Damn it! I only left for a while thinking that everything will be fine, and this is what happens under my nose.”

I started recalling what Athena told me. She came running and directly barged into my office. Just by looking at her face I could tell something bad has happened. According to her Fenrir has gone berserk and Sachi took the job of decoy while giving space for Athena to escape. Well, I can understand, she wanted to protect her goddess but sacrificing herself even before things started is going too far. There are barrier stone so teleporting directly is not an option. Also we don’t know the exact location of Sachi.

Is she alright? She should still be alive if she runs far away? But how can a human fend off against such a beast?

As I scouted the whole forest while I flew high above in the sky. I followed the direction in which the howling of wolf could be heard. There were so many fallen trees which went in a straight line. How did the trees fell in this orderly manner, if it would have been Fenrir, he would have just broken through without wasting time.

As I was about to land I saw a huge ray of pure divine light while the dark matter curled up around it rose up high in the sky. A fierce wind storm blew up all the trees in the near vicinity, and the barrier which until now was isolating the forest vanished in a flash.

I reached the point source of this abnormal power. All that I could find was, Sachi lying unconscious while Fenrir lay dead by her side. Its whole body charred and face burnt up. Blood flew all around it. I picked up Sachi, and teleported myself into Athena’s room where she was waiting.

Athena rose up from her seat and came running towards me. By looking at her face I could tell that she was crying. She wiped her face with her left hand, and helped me to lay Sachi on the bed.

“Is Sachi gonna be fine?”

“Don’t worry she is just unconscious and little roughed up while running. I have already casted my best healing magic, though…”

I used my All Seeing eyes on Sachi and then turned back to Athena to complete my statement.

“She might be asleep for a day or two, take good care of her. I will be taking my leave.”

This time I teleported directly to the spot where the dead wolf lay. Its white fur had already turned black and its upper body was half-turned into black soot. I would have killed it myself if it would have really hurt my granddaughter, but whatever.

I clapped twice and an angel appeared before me.

“Find barrier magic stones in this forest and anything that looks suspicious.”

The angel disappeared just when I dropped the sentence. They are really quick on the intake.

I took up a final look at the wolf and tried to figure out what events actually transpired here.

At first point, Sachi worked as a decoy and lured out Fenrir while providing Athena the window gap to escape and seek help. A smart yet reckless move.

Then somehow the trees in the trail which she ran are all destroyed. And she was able to run this far without getting caught, which somehow sounds impossible for a human with a poorly built body like her in terms of strength and stamina. Finally she took shelter in the base hollow of a large tree.

She must have first tried to use fire magic to scare Fenrir off. But it would mean nothing in the face of such deadly heavenly beast. She kept on increasing her firepower, to fend herself off. Even though it must have hurt as her hands were burnt pretty badly. She must have kept on firing, even though she was being hurt herself.

And finally the most interesting thing of all, she broke through her first seal and temporarily broke through the second seal. Protecting the people whom you love even when you are powerless and only death awaits you, which must have been the trigger of the breaking through the first seal. How smart of Urza, I wonder what conditions are to be met to break the second seal.

Just by breaking the first seal, she was able to obtain such tremendous power. Using black miasma and divinity together in divine realm by a human, even I cannot imagine it. Having a soul realm representing abyss and assimilating the apple of tree of life, she has finally obtained what she desired the most, the power to protect others.

Even gods cannot use black miasma because it is poisonous to them. Also divinity and black miasma cannot exist together. I wonder what future awaits her. Whether she will be able to control her mighty strength or be crushed underneath it? Just thinking of them to make contact is considered a taboo.

Finally the attack was so powerful that the barrier broke and even the soul core of Fenrir is destroyed. Power that can destroy and dominate over other’s soul core itself. A power even beyond the reach of gods. I am looking forward to how she uses such a deadly ability and how it matures within her.

This world, not only the divine realm but the mortal realm and the hell are going to experience a huge revolution. Now it all lies on the shoulder of this little girl, whether she ignite hope in life of others or submerge in the despair of darkness and gory of war.

The angel soon appeared and gave its report.

“We were unable to find any magic stones. However near every broken tree and the corpse of Fenrir and inside its body. We found this metal cube shells half exploded.”

“Get rid of the beast’s body and you may go now.”

I took the cubes in my hands and asked the angel to take its leave.

On further inspection there were red and white cubes with dots from one to six. Now I remember I saw these cube with Sachi. Now I see, she is not only capable of holding such great powers, but is innovative and clever too. These boxes which had inflammable gas stored in them, she must have used them to break down the trees and make them fall on the beast to slow it down and threw it inside its mouth in hope to get rid of it. It is very much similar to the idea of detonating bombs from her planet. Even though it may have not worked in the face of a mighty heavenly beast like Fenrir, but the idea in itself is a genius. Using what little magic she was able to learn, she invented such a deadly weapon and made good use of it in a fight. She is truly a genius.

I should totally make her my apprentice, maybe after she had completed her mission in Isleguard. I have started to like her more as my granddaughter. Even Urza would be proud of her to be able to defeat Fenrir, save a life and turning table around even in the face of death under all the disadvantageous conditions.

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GODDESS ATHENA’S ROOM

It has been a day and Sachi is not awake. I still can’t forget the time when she made herself a decoy just to protect me when I haven’t been able to do anything. On the other hand, I tried to keep myself away from her, so that the other gods and goddesses do not pay much attention to her or harm her in any way because of me. But I was a coward. If only I had been together with her, this won’t have happened.

If only I acted a bit brave and tried to shoulder mine responsibilities more properly and not neglect them, then Sachi won’t have to suffer. Just by looking at her roughed up clothes I could tell that she was badly bruised everywhere because of running and falling.

“Please wake up quickly! I promise I will always be by your side.”

‘I will never leave her alone again, because she is dear to me.”

KNOCK.

KNOCK.

I went to the door and unlocked the door and behold stood in front of me the Almighty World God. He went inside the room and after taking a quick look at Sachi he took a seat and I started pouring tea in a cup from the kettle.

The special thing about this kettle is that, there is unlimited tea stored in it and the temperature could be controlled in an instant manually by magic.

“World God, will Sachi be fine. It has been a day and she hasn’t woken up.”

World god took a sip from his cup and took a sigh of relief.

“You don’t need to worry; she will probably wake up within few days. But, you see I came here to talk to you.”

“World God is there a complication with Sachi’s body, if she is still hurt anywhere; please tell me I am willing to do anything so please heal her quickly.”

“No, no, don’t worry. Everything is fine, its just that her body is exhausted and adjusting to the changes. But its very rare to see you so worked up and messy in a way.”

“Maybe I am, I have just been so worried about her that I can’t even focus on my routine anymore. It was all my fault to begin with. It was me who neglected her, thinking that it was the best way to keep her safe. But at the end of the day I still messed up. Maybe I am really good for nothing. Maybe the other gods were right and I should withdraw from this reincarnation and saving the world business. How can a non-combat goddess even hope to save a world from all types of dangers? If I participate then I will only be putting her life in danger again. Even when Fenrir attacked us, I couldn’t even move or make a decision. I am just too weak. Maybe Sachi is better off without me, she is brave and also survived the attack from the deadly beast, which is a miracle itself. She truly deserves someone better than me.”

“Hffffff, you don’t understand, she did all this because she wanted to save you. The reason she acted bravely was because she didn’t wanted to loose you. You are her strength and not the other way around that you think.”

I didn’t know how to answer to that. Is it really true?

“Athena tell me what does Sachi mean to you. Why did you choose her.”

“Well, during the Assembly, when I looked at her, I could see my own reflection in her. We had the same weaknesses, similar past, same passion and attitude towards life. But most important of all I just wanted to be friends with her and stay by her side and look after her. That’s what I first felt when I saw her for the first time. For me at that time it didn’t matter whether I save the world or not, but I wanted to save the person who stood among all, afraid of other’s gazes who were looking down on her just because she was alone. Sachi is my only best-friend and that is the very reason I chose her.”

“I see. Then I am sure everything will be fine. Because Sachi is your strength and you are her’s.”

My neck felt a bit tight because I was overwhelmed, with what I had realized now.

“Why don’t I let you on a secret? Tell me who killed Fenrir.”

“It was obviously you. Such a dangerous heavenly beast is even considered impossible to be killed by some of the gods including me.”

“Well you are wrong, before I reached on the scene, Fenrir was already dead.”

“What? ... You mean… could it be”

I stared back at Sachi, but could not shake off my feeling of astonishment.

“Well, it is true what you think it is. The one who killed Fenrir was Sachi.”

“But how is that possible?”

I had almost jumped from my own seat but my gazes were all set on Him and what he was about to speak.

“Tell me did you know that she could use magic.”

“Of course not, humans or any other mortal cannot use magic in divine realm because they lack divinity. I am sure I gave her a book of magic but it was just to fulfill her curiosity, when she learnt that she will be able to use magic after reincarnation.”

“Didn’t you take her to the tree of life for star gazing?”

“You do know about that. Yes after the banquet I was too upset so I took her to my favourite spot. Maybe at that time I just wanted to share my happiness with her.”

“Well if you do remember coincidentally the next day was the ripening of the fruit of Tree of Life and it seems that the tree of life chose Sachi as its consumer while she was there and accidentally ate the fruit.”

“WHATTTT? ....... Is Sachi going to be fine? Everyone one knows that even gods cannot handle the soul power of the fruit of the Tree of Life contains which has both divinity and black matter.”

“But it just so happens to be the case. Sachi not only properly assimilated the apple but is now able to use both divinity and dark matter, which is a matter of both interest and concern. I too realized it when I saw the Fenrir dead body whole burnt by divinity and black miasma at the same time. So keep watch on her.”

“Is it my fault again that I took her there. Is she really going to be fine?”

“You are worrying too much. She is much stronger than she looks, so have faith in her. I see, it has been a much longer stay than I thought. I will be taking my leave now.”

“World God, just before you leave, I wanted to ask something. If I try again, will I lose again what is dear to me now? Can I be really strong enough to achieve what I desire?”

‘I have never seen Athena, to open her heart to others. The serious look in her eyes, reminds me of her father. She has really grown up a lot in a matter of few days. Maybe it is because she is truly worried about the well-being of Sachi.’ World God thought to himself as he drew a deep breath.

“When you wish to protect something truly special to yourself, you can become as strong as anyone can be.”

After God Almighty left I went back to where Sachi was sat beside her, hoping that she would wake up anytime soon.

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FENRIR

In the Era of Gods, the Heavenly Wolf God was once captured by the devil race during war and sealed inside the Netherworld Demonic Hell, and suffered endless torment, which gave rise to endless hatred and resentment in his heart. Later, his obsession and hatred gave birth to an incomparably powerful energy that helped him break out of the prison, and he managed to leave the territory of devils with his own strength and flee back to the Divine Realm. This power of obsession and hatred was what took the form of a deadly beast ‘Fenrir’ later on. Afterwards it was chained at the top of Mount Olympus in a freezing environment to stop it from going on a rampage.

Status Window

NAME : FENRIR

AGE : 20564499 YEARS

RACE : HEAVENLY BEAST

LEVEL : 840

HP : 22000 MP : 13000 SP : 45000

SKILS : [Body Armour LV 10] [Destructive Enhancement LV 10] [Strength Limit Over LV 10] [Perception LV 10] [Sense Enhancement LV 10] [Adaptibility LV 8]

TITLES : GUARDIAN OF MOUNT OLYMPUS

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INFORMATION BROCHURE

FACTS RELATED TO REINCARNATION

DARK SIDE OF THE RULES LAID FOR THE REINCARNATION

DEATH OF A GOD OR GODDESS IN ISLEGUARD

After a god or goddess are killed or die due to some other cause, after some time their soul return back to the divine realm and are forbidden from descending upon the land of Isleguard again. Also the reincarnate in contract then is to be deemed as a failed attempt in his mission and is now a regular resident of Isleguard.

DEATH OF A REINCARNATE

After a reincarnate dies due to a certain cause no matter its nature, the mission is deemed to be a failure for the reincarnate as well as the god in contract. However the god in contract can choose to stay at Isleguard or come back to the divine realm.

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ISLEGUARD

Isleguard is one of the many worlds created by Almighty World God. It is one of the biggest and most resourceful world in terms of divinity, magic power, dark matter and a multitude of mortal species that inhabit it.

Humans, demons, elves, beastmen, dwarves, spirits, fairies monsters, magical beasts are the major species in this world with human population surpassing any other species without any doubts.

Every race and every individual have different affinities for magic towards different elements and hence magic is the part of day to day life activities.

Whether there are students who attends magic academy, or adventurers who seek out adventures in dungeons or hunt down monsters, whether the imperial countries are at war with the demon race or a squabble of their own.. The dwarves who are known for their magi-tech and weapon creation or elves that are known to live in reclusion. Monsters that ravage the lands and dwells in the deep and dark parts of labyrinths or the magical beasts and fairies that have occupied the magical forests or live in the harsh conditions of mountainous regions.

The world where once the Gods themselves descended to lend the mortals a helping hand and defeat the tyranny of devils and denizens of hell. This war later came to be known as the Holy Crusade War. The legend of the heroes who vanquished the evil and defeated the demon lords, or the scholars who attained enlightenment and brought revolution in the world through their wisdom, or the great Kings who were known for their economic policies and kindness to the common masses.

Now after 200 hundred years of the Holy Crusade, Gods have again decided to descend on this world with new heroes to unite and save the world from chaos and reveal the evil plots that may bring the world to its extinction. At the end of their journey, what will these new heroes choose? What awaits this world is peace or war?

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STATUS WINDOW

Every living being in the world of Isleguard has a status window; frame designed by the world system to measure and keep a check on the growth of this world. So, the reincarnators and gods will too be provided with this status window.

COMMON ELEMENTS OF THE STATUS WINDOW

NAME : -----------------

AGE : ------

RACE : -------------------

LEVEL : ----------------

HP : ------------------------

MP : -----------------------

SP : -----------------------

SKILLS : -----------------

TITLES : --------------------

HEALTH POINTS (HP)

This is the parameter that measures health status of an individual. If someone takes damage from an attack or suffers from an illness then his health points start decreasing. When health points hit zero the individual dies.

HP points is directly proportional to health, endurance, dexterity, agility, stamina, body strength.

Hence more HP points gained a day, keeps the doctor away.

MAGIC POWER / MAGIC POINTS (MP)

This is the parameter that measures the amount of magic a person can store in his body and use in magic arts and spells. The more the magic points the more the person has an affinity for magic and restores magic from the surrounding easily than reproduce it slowly inside the body again.

Magic power can be basically of three forms – magic of the mortal realm

Divinity of heaven – the divine realm

Black miasma or dark matter of hell

The basic attribute of magic are – fire, wind, earth and water. Light and Darkness are other independent attributes.

Mixture of two or more attributes give rise to a totally new nature of magic like – wood (water + earth), magma (earth + fire), and ice (water and heat manipulation).

Then there are other special independent attributes like beast tamers, sound, lightning, metal, gravity, shadow and many more which depends on sophisticated and special affinity for the base elements.

Other psychic powers do exist like telekinesis, space and time control magic, telepathy etc.

SOUL POWER (SP)

Soul power directly refers to the individual’s life force or energy. Every individual has his own soul core placed inside one’s soul realm. The larger the soul core and the denser it is the more the Soul power is and the larger the soul realm and its constitution the more the soul power it can contain inside it.

If the soul core ever breaks or the SP parameter hits zero the individual dies.

Using SP combatants practice special arts called AURA SPIRITUAL ART which increases every fighting aspects like instincts, mobility, endurance, combat abilities and heightened senses. Even mages uses SP points to convert them into MP and recover their lost magic quickly.