Chapter 202: Afterdawn I
Under the falling dusk of Calissa, Rias and her peerage were taken with armed custody on a royal carriage to the city's centre, the most affluent area. Along the way, they witnessed the lively and clamouring atmosphere of a town that had just survived Armageddon.
Some more faithful citizens were even kneeling on the ground, still praying to the sun god.
Although the girls felt proud they still felt a bit weirded out at the scope of influence Ray had reached in this world.
"He may be worshipped more here than he is back on the earth," Akeno remarked, earning the attention of everyone in the carriage, except Anna-chan, of course.
"It is a byproduct of the backward technological development of this world, and naturally… the fact that we devils don't exist here. Devils and fallen angels are the main pushers of technology as a form to overcome faith for the longest time on earth" Rias complemented, both King and Queen hadn't only been enjoying their holidays with their new boyfriend, but they were also, little by little, analysing the circumstances of this world.
'What does this world have that Ray has to waste his time here?' That was the main question in Rias' mind.
"Excuse me, Lady Rias" Anna Blair raised.
"You don't have to be so formal, An-nna! We are friends, Aren't we?~" Anna-chan extended her hand to which the elf smiled and took it. Only to be pulled to sit on the girl's lap all flustered.
"Bear with her, she's just too cuddly" Rias laughed.
Anna Yamada's cuteness was not something she was going to get used to any time soon, considering her tough training regimes with the five saintesses.
"I wanted to ask about Ray..." She mumbled shily, fidgeting... all ears perked up, "How exactly is he seen in the other world where he is from and… will he leave this place one day and return?"
"You don't want him to leave?~" Rias teased.
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"I-I never said that…!" Anna's ears fluttered, an opportunity the youkai took to fondle them with delicacy, "Ahn!~ No! Not my ears ahn!~"
"Oh look at you! You haven't had Ray-chan for more than a few months and you already want to keep him? hu-uh, you can't!"
"Arara that looks nice, I want to do that too let me join!~" Akeno giggled with a rather eerie grim and hopped to the other side of the carriage, to bully the elf.
Rias merely giggled at the display of her peerage, still better than happy with the outcome of this journey of her getting two new members, 'I know mom won't believe it when I tell her I got a powerful Elf Princess from another world'.
"Sorry, Lady Rias, I actually would like to hear the answer to that question" The Empress asked, not wanting to divert the topic as it was a good time to raise some information about the Sun God prior to his arrival, although her faith was no weak by any means, she was curious and she knew her so was her husband.
"Hmn, Let's see… it is quite complex actually. He doesn't know this yet but there is currently a big war between mythological regions going on back there caused indirectly by him".
"E-Eh…?!"
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Within the endless expanse of clouds, atop the peak of one of the greatest mountains of Europe situated a shrine of deities that never knew anything other than war, debauchery and a lavish lifestyle.
And yet today, war is once more brought at the gates of Olympus!
*CHAAA!*
Lightning strikes roared.
With a bloodied eye and half of his torso scorched, the patron god raised his hand holding a streak of lightning so vast it could blind the whole world. Its might would have been incomparable, were it not for the foe ahead of him.
Sitting on top of the mountain that was once a paradise of gods, was a gargantuan flaming crimson fox with ten tails, her form was so massive that she resembled the ancient titans they once fought to reclaim ownership of this mountain, the clouds concealed half her torso and her tails coiled around like serpents.
The sun shone high above in the skies but under unexpected and miraculous atmospherical circumstances, soon, the world began to darken, making the world into a pitch-black abyss where only the eyes of that fox brought nightmares to the onlookers.
High in the skies, a cloud of darkness had taken over the world.
Zeus stared at it, even more despaired.
"Ancient Youkai!"
The begin high above did not pronounce one word while seemingly using her power to transition the world from day to night, creating an artificial moon even, powers beyond the scope of gods.
Myriad dead deities lay beneath the fox's claw, they had already demonstrated they were in another league of their own.
Those fiery claws clutched against that feeble mountain so hard as if she could shatter it away. Like it was just any mountain, not Olympus. And lastly, as if showcasing her accomplishment one of her tails hovered joyously, holding the impaled corpse of Ares, The God of War and one of the strongest gods of the pantheon, as he exhaled his last breath in dismay.
"PERISH FOR ME!"
The ultimate weapon of the patron Lightning God fired.
Zeus couldn't take it anymore, the fruit of his labour for thousands of years, sacrificed for the sake of patronage he didn't support. But too late, only now did he know that patronage was what could bring Olympus revenge for this outrage.
Sadly, his last struggle served to be pointless.
"Don't make me laugh, Zeus" The Suns-Tailed Fox hissed in annoyance with a voice so deep the clouds themselves shook.
The fox slapped that gigantic lightning bolt away.
Zeus paled staring at those foxy eyes as a tail coiled around his body, suppressing his already hopeless body.
*BAAANGGGG!!!!*
The plasma explosion of his attack rocked in the distance, shattering the clouds away, and revealing the true form of this fox to the world, a creature big enough to crawl from the bottom to the top.
"This is the last time you shall be asked. Where is Hades? Refuse to answer... and watch Olympus shatter from its roots".
Zeus held the tail that tried to strangle him.
"*cough!* W-We were... G-Gods! Fiend! What have we ever done to you!"
"Protect Hades and Rizevim subsequently. This is your last chance, where is Hades?".
Zeus smirked, "At this stage... they are the ones that could put a stop to the calamity that brat has created, the new Sun God. Who could have thought, those of the evil side may one day become the true saviours".
The next thing Yasaka saw was a middle finger.
*CRUNCH!*
The blood of a god exploded as if he were a mortal.
"A pity to behold your attitude, but it doesn't matter... I wasn't planning on letting you live. All of your bodies will be wonderful sacrifices for my baby girl's sake. And now..."
With a wave of her hand, all the bodies were taken away.
*BAANG!*
*BAANG!*
Her two claws pierced the mountain Olympus, the sacred prize of the Greek heroes and legends and split it open l, exposing her maw wide.
*RUMBLE!*
*BOOOMMM!!!*
A ball of crimson plasma fired from her hideous maw straight into the core of the mountain, creating an apocalyptic view. Flames that then resurfaced from the mountain in the form of scalding rock, melting its inside, incinerating its core.
Destroying Olympus.
A spectacle of magma and blood she was pretty dissatisfied with.
"With the girls being away this long we gained some time. I have shattered Olympus and have yet to find that scourge Hades. Aphrodite, Hestia and Hephaestus have fled… find them for me, Haku".
She said coldly, her claws coated in molten magma, sitting on top of the now shattered mountain that regurgitated hellish flames. Power beyond the scope she could have ever comprehended.
From the skies descended a head, this head was a ball of darkness with two white eyes.
"Fufu~ our time is over though, once Anna-chan is back, I must relinquish my duty as per master's order. His task for me was to protect Anna-chan~ you should know master's orders are always going to be my priority".
Yasaka stared at Haku with a deep frown as if having rebellious thoughts, "I didn't know you to be so obedient".
"Obedient girls get dicked down~" Hasshaku-sama countered.
"You lack foresight. Disobedient girls with a future outlook get dicked down better" Yasaka countered back.
"Now you are letting lust and solitude numb your judgement, Yasaka. Even if my beloved master wants Rizevim's death. Do you think he wished for this much destruction?".
"..."
*WHOOSH!*
The ball of darkness flickered and dematerialised, transforming into a humanoid silhouette that sat on the gigantic fox's nose. Like the only being in this world who would never be afraid of her, an equal.
"Are you trying to earn extra credits?~" Haku giggled.
"Master must be at the top of this world" Yasaka mumbled with determination.
"..." Haku's gaze intensified.
"And I can get a few sacrifices while I am at it~" Yasaka caved.
"That! That's right there! Huh! You naughty fox! I knew you were not so righteous" Haku rubbed that nose so hard.
"Get away from my nose!"
*SLAP!*