Chapter 261: chapter 261- Aging Is Certainly A Scary Thing.
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"Well~ I don't care; for now, let's talk first, Shall we?"
mmber"... HERETICS!"
Said Zeus who then wanted to create lightning in his hand, but all that appeared was a small spark before it just disappeared.
"... What is this? Why can't I use my 'Authority'? Is this some kind of curse, Apollo, do something"
Zeus orders Apollo, who is also the god of healing.
"No, Father, It's not something like a curse, it's something else"
Apollo replied to his father, Zeus.
"It's useless; no matter what you do, it won't work; the only way you can get out of here is if I allow it... Or simply kill me, but well, it's impossible to kill me here, so it's no way out for you guys"
As explained before, in this place, things like 'Concepts' were completely absent, which meant that the gods couldn't use 'authority', but this also affected Taufik a little, in a room that didn't have 'Concepts', it meant that the 'Concept' of death also didn't exist, which meant that he couldn't kill the Olympian Gods even though this was his 'Domain', where he could do anything he wanted, Taufik could just return the 'Concept' of Death, but in that case, Demeter, the God of Agriculture, Fertility, and Harvest, who also had the power to control a 'Concept' of Death, would be able to do something to him.
*Swoosh!*
An arrow then headed toward Taufik. The arrow was released by Artemis, the god of hunting, but Taufik just looked at the arrow, and the arrow stopped right in front of his face.
"Nice try, Huntress, but unfortunately, here I am, the God, and you are all... Just a mare Mortals, so please behave well, okay... All of you here have nothing other than your bodies and the Divine energy stored within your bodies; your connection with the outside world has been cut off while you are here, so you should keep the Divine energy you have safe. Do you all understand?"
"Why do you do all of this?" Ask Athena.
"What kind of questions is that? Of course, I do this because all of you planned to kill me, remember?"
"YOU FOOL! DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE IF WE, THE OLYMPIAN GODS, DISAPPEARED? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON EARTH!!"
Zeus shouted angrily, then continued speaking.
"... YOU! YOU!! YOU SHOULD NOT BE HERE, NOT IN THIS TIMELINE; WHAT YOU HAVE DONE HAS DISTURBED THIS WORLD'S ORDER; YOU HAVE MADE ENOUGH OF CHAOS! DO YOU WANT TO DESTROY THIS PLANET TOO?!!"
"Blah~Blah~ You think I don't know? You only have the power to 'Control' not 'Determine' Even without you all the Earth will continue to survive, As long as Gaia is still safe, the Earth will continue to survive Because you are not 'Aboriginal Beings' like Gaia"
*Snap*
Taufik then snapped his hands, and light returned to the room; a replica of the sun appeared far behind Taufik, leaving them floating in space with only the Sun as a celestial body, allowing the gods to finally see.
*Woosh!*
The moment Taufik returned the light, Apollo immediately manifested a spear of light in his hand and threw it towards Taufik.
Seeing the attack, Taufik only tilted his head slightly, and Apollo's attack was successfully avoided, but suddenly, Ares and Athena appeared on Taufik's left and right sides.
Athena, with her spear, thrust toward Taufik with power and precision, and Ares, with his sword, was ready to slash Taufik; his sword was large and had the sharpness to cut steel like cutting butter.
Both deadly attacks were aimed at Taufik, if it hit him, death would be certain... If it hit.
"!!!"
Ares and Athena looked surprised when they saw that their attacks had indeed hit Taufik, but a moment later, Taufik's body slowly became blurry and disappeared, Taufik himself reappeared a few steps behind his previous spot.
"*Tsk* Stop you're useless attempt-"
*Woosh!*
Just as Taufik was about to order them to stop their futile efforts, another arrow flew toward him, making Taufik sigh lightly.
Taufik then caught the arrow casually and threw it back towards Artemis at full speed; the arrow shot very fast and then penetrated Artemis' thigh, which made her bleed golden blood.
"... *Sigh* I told you to stop, without your 'Authority,' you guys are just ordinary Beings with Divine energy, alright~ If you want to do it like that, then I don't have any choices, unlike you, here you don't have a 'Source.' Whereas for me, I am the 'Source', so I can do this"
'Imagination Magic- Chain of Darkness: Binding!'
With that, a chain made of darkness instantly appeared and then restrained the ten Gods who were there.
The Gods tried to fight back, but the only one who could put up more resistance was Apollo because of the replica of the sun, but because it was only a replica, Apollo couldn't draw the full power of the sun to use, while darkness was everywhere, so resistance was just like any other, meaningless.
"... I'm not done yet"
'Imagination Magic- Barrier of restraint!'
Then, Pure Mana came out of Taufik and immediately formed a box-shaped barrier that enclosed the ten gods inside.
"... Chain of Darkness, release!"
With Taufik's words, the chains that were blocking the movement of the gods disappeared.
"... You all can't do anything now, so are you willing to talk now?"
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"..."
Hearing Taufik's question, none of the Olympian Gods opened their mouths and only looked at Taufik with clear hostile gazes.
"... Ahh~ F*ck! Why are you all so stubborn, you know I don't mind accompanying you all here for a long time because the current me is not the real me"
Taufik said, revealing a surprising fact to the Gods, even so, it seemed that none of the Gods were willing to open their mouths.
Then, a thought crossed Taufik's mind, and a grin appeared on Taufik's face; he then looked at the gods with a grin still visible on his face and said.
"...Still don't want to talk? Alright... Do you know, I once read something interesting, It mentioned that all of you remain young, maintaining your immortality and beauty by drinking nectar and Ambrosia served by Hebe, but there is no such thing here, and do you know, in this place, in my world, all of you are nothing more than mortals, up to this point, do you understand what I mean?"
"!!!"
Hearing Taufik's words, the Ten Main Gods of Olympus who were in the barrier finally showed expressions other than hostility, especially Hera and Aphrodite, seeing this, the grin on Taufik's face widened.
"... Y-You, What do you want to try to do?"
"Ohh~ The jealous queen finally decided to talk, It is an honor for me to be able to speak with you, Queen, and for that, I will answer your question, it is not something complicated, I will only return the 'Concept' of Time here, that's all"
Said Taufik while bowing slightly towards Hera and then looking back at her with the same grin and said.
"... And maybe, I'll 'Slightly' speed up the flow of time, You know? Aging is a scary thing, but maybe you all have never experienced it, therefore, let me present that valuable experience to you all, okay let's start"
*Snap!*
With a snap of Taufik's fingers, the 'Concept' of Time returned to that place, and Taufik could feel the flow of time running. Likewise, the Olympian Gods felt that time was flowing again for them.
"... Now, Let's speed up that time 'a little' shall we?"
"... N-No, Wai-"
"Too late, My queen, ahaha~ Speed Up Time... 100 times!"
*Snap!*
With another snap of Taufik's fingers, changes began to be felt, the flow of time which was initially normal, began to accelerate rapidly, and Taufik could feel the acceleration of time, for Taufik, the acceleration of time was not a problem, because as a Vampire progenitor, he had an unlimited lifespan as long as the blood still flowed in his body which continued to produce Pure Mana, Taufik could live forever, but unlike the case of the ten main Olympian gods here, even though they had remaining divine energy stored in their bodies, it would not last for long, and they had no way to refill their Divine energy.
"N-NO! W-WAIT!!"
Hera screamed hysterically as she felt the changes that were happening. The Divine energy in her body was rapidly decreasing, and when the Divine energy in her body was used up, changes began to appear in her body; not only she but the other nine gods also experienced the same process.
"N-No... "
Hera looked on in horror as she saw her smooth skin was like a newborn baby starting to look wrinkled, her body which was the dream body of every woman, but underwent a drastic change, her body that was originally upright slowly bent, and because there was no 'Concept' of death here, the final result that would happen to them if this situation continued was to become living bones.
"... N-No.. M-My beautiful body... S-Stop! Stop this!! I-I'll talk, so stop this Immediately!"
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