Book 3: Chapter 99
A/N: This is 139 and a lil of 140 in the High King’s Bride but it is slightly different for clarification! Tbh this is as condensed as I could get it!
Eskaal
A little tone was played and I was put in a gods damn model creation menu… I killed the dragon who ruled this universe, and gobbled everyone in it, and now by right, I could remain flesh, or become a god.
I told them that music was fucking stupid.
\[Self Edit Mode: Active\]
Everything around me moved in slow motion as I thought about it.
Being mortal now is asking for trouble… As a mortal, I would be subject to even worse punishments than those before me, like Promethias, or any of the ‘Prometheus’ demigods who gave man fire, or knowledge on any of the infinite worlds…
I thought about this again, doubling my speed. There is no scenario where if I’m not groveling, I’m being turned inside out.
Or…. Unmade by unraveling.
Been there. Done that.
“Alright. I’ll be the damn God of Knowledge, Are You Happy Now?” I yelled at- *Nothing.*
I looked the same. I didn’t want to change anything, even the cosmic star skin I accidently put on myself years ago.
I kept my name too, because that’s pretentious.
I guess I’ll make a staff while this place was collapsing. Every god in my universe has a weapon, a herald, a high priest/ess, and magic related to their field.
*Damn it I’m still cosmic And my toe beans are 4% beanier….*
\[Creation Complete! Congratulations! God of Knowledge, Secrets, and Research: Eskaal Nox’thote, the Keeper of the Last Secret, leader of the Secret Keepers. Now downloading all secrets.\] The console they use to manage everything was a happy, chipper computer.
Confetti popped as this universe was about to be gone.
“I literally needed like One more minute!” I complained, pressing enter to expand my home-universe. This was tribute for my mate’s sake…. Hopefully they will take this sum of energy, and the new area I created from killing this place’s only guardian. I all could think about was how I had to toss her back home to shield her from my fuck up. If I die for it, so be it.
Time to blow this damn place up.
I made a portal randomly, so even I won’t know where I land… All the while I learned beyond my limits as a mortal… I could damn near see the cog in every wheel to how things work, however the cosmic body is fine I guess…. It contains the Last Secret as my heart… a normal beast elf body would probably explode, even converted to god’s flesh.
However if I look into the projects I left behind, the ones that stumped me can now be solved.
Maybe this random location will buy me some time... I could see that I was landing basically in the vast emptiness of space…
Maybe I can find my mate before they do. I could not sense her.
I did not feel the thread connect as I zipped through a portal closing behind me…. I was probably too late.
The moment I returned, I was yanked to Zearth’s Wendy’s. All the Nine were there with their mates and Heralds.
“Master!” yelled my herald, Grhakes…. It happened the moment I pet his hair… “They let me have cow!” He said happily, and I motioned him to go back to his spot, by where they set a place for me…
Food for me was literally fresh and steaming, next to one that only had one bite…
She’s dead. I know she is….
I did not feel the soulmate thread connect as I zipped through a portal closing behind me…. I was probably too late.
I don’t regret tossing her back to our universe…. I would never regret trying to keep her safe.
The moment I returned, I was yanked to Zearth’s Wendy’s. The Horned One’s favorite Lunarween themed world holds all walks of life, but only monsters.
All the Nine were there with their mates and Heralds. Arviel did mention it when they lost the game of chase I made to buy time… I didn’t think they’d actually go though.
“Master!” yelled my herald, Grhakes…. It happened the moment I pet his hair… “They let me have cow!” He said happily, and I motioned him to go back to his spot, by where they set a place for me…
Food for me was literally fresh and steaming, next to one that only had one bite…
She’s dead. I know she is….
“I bring tributes and trinkets for Victoria.” I said while Zuviel and Arviel ultimately agreed to hear me out… much faster than they usually do.
“But you didn’t bring beer, so the master won’t want anything.” Said Zytherian sarcastically. Lord Xaxas looked pretty deflated from his initial upright posture.
“Wha-” my master was cut off by his mate… Harmony looked like she was going to give birth later on today…. I was gone a few months, not a few hours.
“No, you didn’t bring an indestructible controller.” Queen Harmony giggled.
“You didn’t bring any souls to torment either.” Said Lady Lulliba. It seemed no one was safe.
“Or any of his bastards.” Said Zumitas, the Endless Mountain. A clawed thumb was pointed at Arviel.
Zumitas *is* the realm they sit their thrones on, just as Apythmenos is the Pit. He holds a black halo, wings, and hair. Honestly since he’s as pale as a vampire, you’d mentally switch their heralds.
“Whatever.” Grumbled Arviel, while Lady Lia shared a chuckle with her mate’s herald.
“….Don’t worry about groveling.” Said Arviel biting into his burger with a hum. “Let’s all at least eat first, my treat.”
“You don’t even need food you jackass.” Scoffed Zumitas playfully. The Great Black Lion’s sass earned him a glare.
“Neither do you, but you’re stuffing your face.” Arviel grumbled back. “Pay for your own meal you little ingrate.” Arviel said that with a grin.
“Wait, Master I don’t have this world’s currency! It’ll look bad if I go Above to the bank.” Zumitas complained.
“BUT I DO!” Sang Apythmenos. “We got you bestie.”
“See what I have to deal with too.” Face palmed Zuviel.
The opposing heralds fist-bumped, making a black hole before more or less scrambling to fix it before they made any damage.
I ignored their antics… I could not sense Victoria.
So she’s not in his service anymore… and the thread still has not re-connected.
I put on a stoic face with these new powers.
Xaxas analyzed me. I could see when he uses his magic now… it really is instant.
“Oh he’s the God of Knowledge, smart choice…. But you still fucked with Time. He coughed a drop of blood. Time is MORTAL” yelled the master.
I got bonked on the head with a rolled-up newspaper…
It didn’t hurt, but I hated the master’s new favorite habit… I got giggled at by the mortals here, though I could not feel any joy from this pardon…
A pardon for the mate I *just* met…. Yet I still choose to serve.
I really am a dog. I should be barking, biting the hand that feeds me now that she was stolen before I even got to give her trinkets like you’re supposed to. I wanted to show her my collections, and do silly cozy things that make you fond of such a blessing.
But having it to never enjoy it is a curse…. I see why the Moon Goddess curses those who kill mates on Harvest Moon….
Someone must teach the God of Oblivion that is coming…. And we need to raise him *carefully* or we will make another dragon universe filled with nothing but a slowly dying ageless being….
Xaxas has made 3 whelps. His daughters will weigh the souls of the damned since they were gifted his mastery of magic, and his son will end all things, since he inherited his sword.
“Just drop it.” Lady Lulliba, Harmony, Nixxia, Humblon, all the Heralds…. Including Grendel, and Lia said at the same time. Grendel had his burgers in a dog bowl.
“Fine.” Huffed my master. “You’re such a minor god you won’t even need worship. You might get a few prayers during springs and falls though.”
“I… can I see Victoria?” I said thinking that he would be offended, but she was just in the restroom with a blanket over her shoulders.
“Where are her-”
“I put them away.” She sprouted her wings… they didn’t cut them off…. “The master said I could retire, but keep my wings because when I told them what happened, they knew you were coming back a divine being.”
“Well… If I didn’t, I’d probably be made a frog and boiled alive or something.” I mumbled.
“….That sounds… interesting.” Said Humblon.
“O-o-oh! You could do that to poachers and the HeadHunters you get.” Said Lady Lulliba. “That’s what they get for skinning my babies.”
“Oh, hunters who do that to innocent shifters get skinned themselves. They do that shit about 94% for revenge and profit, but it is nice to see the 6% not get lumped in with them all.”
“Nah I won’t be petty… I learned my fucking lesson killing numbered gods on impulse.” Grumbled Zuviel. He looked more pissed that he didn’t catch me than any crime.
“I vow my undying loyalty to my masters… One, Two, and Three. The rulers of the Light and Night Court. My blood, magic, knowledge, soul, mind and body are yours.”
“No loopholes, double speech, or counter-woven wordplay. Alright, then remain my High Priest.” said the Realm King. “Had you betrayed me I would not have allowed them to be so kind as to throw you into the Pit. I would have manually converted you to energy myself, particle by fucking particle.”
“I know.” I said quietly.
….I didn’t know he was made of so much magic… This was the right choice.
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