Chapter 9

Deep within the mountain range of plague and corruption stood a man. He wore a gray cloak that covered his head and back, making but the blackness of his eyes show from beneath the darkened face of his.

This man was known as Abaddon, the disciple of Pestilence, to which he spoke

“Master, we have more intruders than we anticipated” Spoke Abadon

However, what one would recognize as but a black blob of sludge, was, in fact, this one’s master. The powerful and mighty Pestilence is shaped after a black pool of crudeness and slime

“I know my disciple” he said “For that these ones to present themselves to me is nothing short of a luxury, However, She might be hard to deal with, for that, you must distract her until I deal with the others, the cursed one is with them, and I need to see what he is capable of, unless that he shows his value then his life is for naught”

“Understood, Master, I shall take my leave and take care of the one that is trying to prey on thee”

He spoke as he disappeared from view leaving the black slime on its own speaking uncomprehensive words and laughing alone. For that was Pestilence, the definition of madness.

***

“So, what did you find?” I said to Haru who was inspecting some items he found

“Well, it seems that the stuff that thing left is of great quality, but I don’t know about their usage,” he said

“Let me see”

Ice essence

The essence of ice, the purest ice form that can freeze anything that it touches.

Can be used in alchemy and could enhance ice related magic potency if consumed properly

200Kg

Ice Pheonix Feathers

The feathers of a legendary creature, they can be used in alchemy, and empower ice-related items, can also be used in forging exotic equipment.

4000Unit

Pheonix’s ice claw

Sharp razors of ice claws that are said to be sharper and sturdier than steel.

Can be used in alchemy.

6 units

“It seems that the loot this thing dropped was not as expected, but they make good forging materials, I should ask the blacksmith to make something for you guys,” I said as I summoned the blacksmith again

“Good to see you again” I spoke to the zombie that rose from the ground.

“The pleasure is mine, my lord, t seems that you have slain once again another creature of legend, could I please have the honor of making you new equipment out of its remains?”

“Yes, I called you for that exactly, however, I have something in mind,” I said as I asked it to make us something specific this time

“Right away my lord,” he said as he listened to my request

we have enough firepower, but it is protection that we lack. We at least not me. But the guys are suffering from it. if they make a single mistake then it is over for them.

“The element I am going to forge is made of ice, your hellfire will not be needed my lord, but I will still be needing a hot blade would you mind making one for me?” he said

I then used the metamorphosing blade to become a blade of fire, as it ignited with internal heat

“Good this should do,” he said as he grabbed the blade and began cutting the ice with it.

I even thought that he was ruining the resources at first but after a while, he managed to forge the first item.

Immortal aegis

(Legendary)

A shield made from the remains of a legendary Phoenix

100% physical damage reduction (On shield)

75% magical damage reduction (On shield)

Special ability

Poise

Grants enormous sustain and anchors the wielder to the ground.

Enlargen

Can increase the shield’s size by 300%

(Level Requirement 500)

It was a shield made from the phoenix's feathers, it looked like two large intertwined white wings, with a blue marble in the middle. It looked heavy but it was light as a feather.

Immortal ice war-hammer.

(Legendary)

A legendary weapon made from the remains of an Ice Phoenix.

600 blunt damage

300 ice damage

Special ability

Freezing blow

Creates a zone of ice in contact once the ability is activated

+25% additional damage on hit

200 mana per usage.

(Level Requirement 500)

The second item was a giant ice Warhammer. It looked like it would do great damage and would devastate anyone that was unfortunate enough to receive a hit from it.

“Thank you for the hard work,” I said to the forgmage as he disappeared into nothingness

“These are your Haru, you should know how to use them best,” I said

“Really dude, thanks!” he said as he inspected them, “The states on these things are amazing, they would do great for tanking damage.”

“These are for your protection, don’t use them to act as a tank, I don’t want you to die like an idiot, leave the vanguard job for my minions,”

“Yes sir!” he said

Sigh

“We should move forward, there isn’t much left to do here, By the way, guys. I do appreciate you coming back to help that time, but considering the next foe, I don’t think that would be an option, if I find it to be too difficult of an opponent, if they chose to fight, then you will have to leave once I tell you to. There is no point in losing your lives mindlessly, this is not a game, you might die before you know it so once I tell you to run. You run”

“Alright”

“Misaka, you seem to be lacking in firepower, I will try to get you something you can use the next time, your blood magic is sure great but without opponents that have blood on them you lose your power.”

“I know, I have been thinking about it for a while now. I should probably learn another type of magic, I used to use fire magic before I discovered this…ability, but I was ignoring it for a long time now,”

“Fire, I have ways to teach you how to better your control, we will do so after we finish this journey.”

“Alright, I am looking forward to it,” She said with a smile on her face,

Hmpf

“Where to, now?” said Haruka

“To the mountain, But first, Why don’t you reveal yourself?”

“Huh?” said Haruka

“Not you, the person who's been watching us from the start”

“You seem to have noticed me oh Herald”

Said a woman dressed in red, she was carrying something in her right hand, it looked like a man, she carried him from the belt on his pants, like if he was nothing but a rag.

I inspected her and saw who she truly was, and boy I was surprised

Shiva

(Avatar)

The embodiment of the goddess of destruction Shiva.

Powerful, mighty and supreme. A being that wishes not be crossed and one that does would never see the light of another day.

Level

???

Inspecting the other familiar entity on her right hand I saw

Abaddon

Demigod

Level???

(Unconscious)

One of plague and destruction

Shit…

Shit, shit, shit!

“Guys, remember what I just said about running?”

“yes?” they all said

“You should start running now…”

“Stop right there,” she said while a wave of pressure washed over everyone

I even faltered for a moment before regaining my composure and unleashing my own pressure to shield us from the power of her might.

“What do you want?” I asked

“I want to see the one that killed my disciple, I want you Herald… why have you done what you did then?”

I need to choose my words carefully, this thing managed to subdue a demigod. And clearly the fact that Ravanna was but her disciple tells me that she is much more powerful… fighting her is out of the question, so I must not make her angry… something I truly fail at.

“Because he was in my way” I bluntly said

“And just for that, you killed him, and stole his soul?”

“That is the fate of the vanquished…” I said

“You seem rather defiant, what if I slay you here and now.”

“Then I will rise again, and fight back.”

“You seem rather sure about your words.”

“I don’t think I have the strength to defeat you, but I know you don’t have the power to kill me”

“True, You are banished from death, but still your friends are not”

Shit… she went there…

“They have nothing to do with this, killing them will solve nothing and will not help you in achieving anything,”

“But it will make you feel the same as I did once my disciple died.”

“Then there is no reason for killing them, for I will feel nothing at their death. The same as you felt once your disciple died”

“Brave words you just spoke, so are you saying that I am not that caring about my disciples?”

“I did not say you don’t care, but you felt nothing at his loss and it is clear for that if he truly meant something to you, you would have ascended him, and never had left him to rot in hell.”

“You are smart for a human, indeed he was foolish and stupid, he wanted more power even after I gave him what he asked for, a greedy being, yet you, you seek power but not for you, you seek it to gain something else…”

“What do you mean?”

“You seek power to overthrow the gods do you not?”

“I do.”

“Then that means that you seek power to slay me, doesn’t that make you an enemy?”

“Only if you are with these so-called gods then I am”

“Intriguing, even against insurmountable odds you still defy…”

“to challenge is to grow, those that stop will wither… and I am not planning on doing so…However, it seems that Abaddon somehow offended you…”

“This fool tried to challenge me, you seem to know of him”

“Yes, I met him in hell, I wonder how he managed to leave…”

“That is not important now, child, I came here to meet you, and once I did I truly want to see how you will try to overturn the ruling of the Divine. So show me something of interest, I will be taking this fledgling back with me, Pestilence should not be hard to deal with without this one. For that he is now weakened, you should be able to gain his favor.”

“Why are you telling me this? you seem to be rather helpful”

“The ones above are rather boring if you truly try to upturn the events, force them to fight it will only mean one thing, carnage, and devastation, something that I missed, so go forward with your mission, for I will wait for you, I will wait until you come and then I will show you my true might” she said as she smiled. Her body turned to flame and she disappeared from the world. along with the one she was carrying.

I truly can’t understand the ones above. Though they seem to be from one faction, they seem to have some differences between them.

“Daiki…” said Haru

“Ah you guys are still here, I was so lost in speaking with her I totally forgot about you”

“Well, even I forgot about me for a moment, what the hell was that?”

“That was Shiva, The goddess of destruction, she seemed rather nice for her title…”

“Well… a goddess… you are rather popular” he said

“Being popular is not always a good thing, especially when most of the people that know you want you dead,” I said as I walked forward

The girls looked a bit out of it, but after a snap of my fingers they got their bearings

“Oh yes! The mountain, we should get going right, right.” She said while looking a bit red.

What is going on?

“Misaka…”

“YES!” she replied in full hype

“What is going on with you guys?”

“Nothing! Nothing” replied the girls.

Haru then got closer to me and said

“I think it has something to do with your ability…”

“Which one?”

“The one where you use your presence, it kinda felt euhh…. How can I say this without sounding gay… it felt good… a bit too good….”

Huh?

Aura of imposing pain had an arousing effect?

Did my friends encounter too many difficulties they turned M?

Good god…