Godslayer's Legend

Chapter 9: Various powers make their moves (REWRITTEN)

"The yellow head said something about others receiving the same prophesies, so let's just ask for their co-operation."

"A surprisingly smart idea coming from you, Ares. Also, I have a name, it's Apollo!"

"Whatever you say yellow head."

Ares replied to Apollo with a yawn, waving him off. Before Apollo could even think about retorting, Hera, the Queen of the gods, asked a question that had been on the minds of many.

"We've talked about how to find the mother of this child, what about the father? What actions are to be taken regarding him?"

Her question was met with nods of agreement, especially from the goddesses. Zeus coughed and replied as he felt Hera's gaze boring into the side of his head.

"The prophecy gave us no hints on his identity, as if it did not intend for us to find him, even the talk of him being a high-rank god is merely our assumption."

"So you intend to do nothing?"

Hera gave Zeus a skeptical look as she asked, Demeter and Persephone were also giving him similar looks, making him feel uncomfortable.

"In the future when he's found, maybe, but for now, there's nothing we can do as we have no idea on his identity."

Before Hera could speak up again, Zeus continued.

"Ares' suggestion would be taken up. Cooperation with other god pantheons is very necessary if we wish to find this being faster, we might even end up finding out who the father is in the process."

Athena voiced out a question as soon as Zeus was done speaking.

"The 'Day of Black Sun' that was spoken about in the prophecy, I believe this is most likely talking about an eclipse. Isn't that right Apollo?"

"Yes, a few galaxies with the same time flow have a partial eclipse scheduled in a few weeks however, I doubt that is what the prophecy is referring to.

It doesn't fit the description of 'Black Sun'."

"The sun would still be black, would it not?"

"Yes, however only a part of it. Besides, I feel like this eclipse, if it is an eclipse, would not be natural."

Upon hearing Apollo's words, his twin sister, Artemis, gave him a look that one would give an idiot before scolding him.

"Watch your words, Apollo, you are the god of Oracles, your words might just come true."

Apollo tried to reply, however, Zeus cut him off instantly.

"Save your sibling spat for later."

Hearing this made Artemis roll her eyes as she felt the urge to ask Zeus about his earlier actions with Hades. Zeus however, ignored her and kept on speaking like he wasn't the least bit guilty.

"Hermes, contact as many of the nearby god pantheons as you can and find out what measures they wish to take in regards to the prophecy.

If their goals align with ours, we would spare no help to help them."

"No problem." Hermes, the messenger god, replied before disappearing from his seat.

"This meeting is adjourned then."

"Seeing as you're done, there's no reason for me to be here anymore."

A soon as Zeus adjourned the meeting, Hades spoke through his avatar as it dissolved back into darkness.

"Huh? Uncle, wait a-!"

Athena attempted to speak to him, but he ignored her and retrieved his avatar. She clicked her tongue as she thought of how annoyed Hades would be if she were to go to the underworld herself to meet him.

"Is there a problem, Athena?" Poseidon asked upon seeing her actions but she only shook her head in reply before teleporting out of the hall, most likely back to her home in Athens.

The rest of the gods took that as a cue to return to their previous activities as they started leaving one by one through various means. Soon, only Apollo and Zeus were left behind.

Zeus scanned the area and confirmed there was no one else besides Apollo within earshot before asking.

"Is there anything else besides the prophesy I need to know?"

"No, there I-"

"Don't lie to me boy, I can see your divinity has been halved, what's more, you stink of causality."

Apollo was cut off by Zeus who then revealed the reason he asked Apollo to stay back in the first place. Hearing his words, Apollo let out a hearty laugh before replying.

"You are right. I have temporarily lost the ability to recover more than half my maximum divinity.

My curiosity got the better of me and I ended up trying to take a peek into the prophesied 'child of destruction' with my authority.

The law of causality did not take too kindly to that, not only did it prevent me from finding out anything note worthy about the child via the law of fate, I also suffered this repercussion of having my divinity halved.

However..."

"However?"

"I did find a feature of the child's mother, which is why I did not object to Athena's assumption that the child's father was a god.

What I saw led me to believe she is either a demon, devil, or a fallen angel."

Zeus placed a hand on his chin with a pensive look on his face as he pondered on Apollo's words.

"I doubt it's the demons, those bastards hate half-bloods quite a lot.

Exactly what did you see that made you suspect these three races?"

Apollo frowned as he replied.

"Jet black wings, five pairs of them. The mother of this child of destruction has those, I'm 100% sure.

When you narrow things down to that stage, there aren't many candidates left."

"Very well then, I'd tell this to Hermes. He would be able to use this in negotiations when asking for cooperation to find the prophesied child. The other masters would not let such a thing slide, they are probably already taking action as we speak.

Zeus had a wry smile on his face as he thought about a few other god-kings who would have taken action already.

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Just as Zeus had said, the masters and main entities of other god pantheons were currently giving out various orders in regards to the prophecy.

At the Great Hall of Valhalla in Asgard, a one-eyed old man that looked no different from a random passerby on the street was currently giving out orders to a younger man wearing dull silver armor.

"Hermod, cooperate with the messengers of the other pantheons in searching for the prophesied child's birth parents. However, do not take hostile action."

The old man tapped his other eye that was covered by an eyepatch before continuing.

"Trying to kill the mother and child before the child's birth would result in adverse effects, the law of causality seems to be protecting them after all."

Receiving his orders, the messenger god of Asgard nodded in reply before promptly moving out of the hall, leaving the old man behind.

As soon as Hermod was gone, the old man stood up from the ground and spoke.

"The times are changing, I hope this prophesied child is not the one to bring about Ragnarok, I have my hands full dealing with those fiery bastards.

The old man was none other than the Master of the Asgardian Pantheon and leader of the Aesir god tribe, Odin.

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Meanwhile, in Musepelheim, the king of the 'fiery bastards' Odin was speaking about, Fire Giant King Surtr, was currently contemplating if the prophesied 'child of destruction' was worth his attention.

"Send personnel out to find out about this child's mother. If those arrogant gods attempt to take any hostile action towards her, protect her.

The child may be a potential ally for the future, we should get him on our good graces starting from now."

After relaying his orders to the fire giants kneeling before him, he rose from his throne and looked in the direction of the neighboring universe.

"I need to meet with Harmarti, it seems the balance might change soon."

He let out a laugh as he erupted into a pillar of flames, teleporting over to Jotunheim to speak with the Frost Giant's warrior King.

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Similar scenes could be seen playing out in other universes as their various masters ordered the search for the parents of this prophesied child. Some did so with Hostile intent, some with the intention to protect, while some remained neutral.

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Planet Aeturn.

Dorcaster Star System.

Burning Realms Galaxy Cluster.

A figure descended from the skies on a planet in the capital galaxy cluster of a certain universe, into the courtyard of an archaic castle, imposing enough to strike fear into the hearts of the weak minded.

Two men who were waiting in the courtyard lowered their heads in respect towards the descending figure. A soon as they landed, one of the two men spoke up.

"Princess, his majesty requests your presence."

Looking at the man who just spoke, the one referred to as 'princess', shifted the silver strands of hair covering her face as she replied.

"Mammon, raise your head. How long ago did he say this?"

"A few hours ago, your highness."

The princess placed a hand on her chin while wearing a pensive look on her face for a few moments, she then clicked her tongue before speaking.

"Tsk...He's most likely figured it out already. I really did not want him to know for now yet those fools made so much noise about my kid and now he has found out.

Stupid prophesies."

Upon hearing her words, Mammon's eyebrow twitched slightly. Holding doubt in his heart, he asked the princess.

"Your highness, you could not possibly be the one-"

"Oh yes, I'm the one."

The princess cut him off before he could even finish as if she already knew what his question would be.

Ignoring the obvious looks of shock on the faces of the two men, the princess folded her five pairs of jet black wings as she walked into the imposing castle while humming to herself.

She was the daughter of the Master of the Hell universe and King of its Devildom, Devil Princess Cattleya Vaughn. She was known by the moniker of 'Arch Devil of Destruction' and as she just confirmed to the two men she left in shock, she was the mother of the prophesied 'child of destruction'.

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"Whoa mum, weren't you a bit too casual about that?"

Arthur asked as he took a bite from the fired turkey on his plate, Layla nodded in affirmation as she poured a drink for herself.

"What's bad about that? They were gonna find out either way."

"Yeah, but you could have told them in a way that would not leave them slack-jawed for minutes."

Arthur replied to Cattleya who shrugged her shoulders.

"Can't change that now, so can I continue with my story now?"

The duo nodded and Cattleya continued narrating the events that occurred after she revealed the fact that she was the mother of the prophesied child of destruction to Mammon.