Author's Corner: The first part of this chapter could be considered the latter part of Ch 6 but chronologically it doesn't matter so 6 or 7, it's all the same!

Legend

" " = people talking

italics = people thinking

* * = sounds

' ' = people talking within telepathy

CAPS = Power usage

Book 3: Chapter 7: Chapter Titles are Lame!

Hina’s POV

This whole situation is confusing! First Loki comes to me and says I’m his daughter which makes me want to gag because of the whole Hiro situation, but then he brings in another girl who is also his daughter but at the same time is clearly me!

No, this girl doesn’t look like me as say a twin might, not she looks just like me after my upgrade minus the hair and eye changes! This is not possible unless she is also me!

I guess I should have paid more attention to Nick when he said that this planet we call Zeus is an alternate Universe similar to our own only the main planet is Jupiter and not Earth. This means that this other girl Alice is most likely me from a different Earth, one so similar that the differences are next to nothing!

This leads me to believe that Sovereigns must exist in more than one universe at the same time, else how could he simultaneously have two daughters that are identical?

The craziest thing is, once we merged, our souls became one and our memories blurred together. Yet for some reason I became the dominant one. Sure our personalities were close enough to be the same, but I’m clearly Hina and Alice though a part of me, is no more. This probably has to do with our childhoods, hers was so horrible that death seems like a great alternative to anything else. An abused orphan is not a good childhood, of course this explains how she became the Mistress of the Dark.

Arrg I’m afraid of what my status will look like now that we have merged! I did all those things too, not just Alice!

I also feel like a lot of time has transpired while we were merging yet I’m still in darkness. Am I really conscious or is this a dream? Also how much time has passed?

Wait! I can see the timer from Earth in the corner of my vision, which means this is not a dream but is reality. Also I must be awake in some form or else how could I see the timer that says about 2 months have passed?

Wait? Could I be in some type of trap that I have to break out? I can feel my limbs so maybe it is best that I try to escape.

*CRACK*

After punching the darkness I felt something in front of me break a little. I see a crack in front of me, though I’m not sure how since I’m in total darkness. I guess it is because I’m now the Mistress of the Dark and thus can see even without any light whatsoever.

Wait if this is a crack, am I in an egg or some circular cage? Who cares, let’s use some fire and see what happens.

FLAME EXPLOSION! –Me

*BOOM*

Yes! Looks like a cage or egg or something like that.

Looking around I’m in the same spot that Kiki was previously. I guess I was in a cocoon, which kind of makes sense I guess. Especially with Loki being involved…

“Mistress you are awake and alive!” –Kiki

“Yes, I’m fine. Anything crazy happen while I was gone?” –Me

“No, but are you a butterfly? First a cocoon and now wings? What happened?” –Kiki

Now I look behind me and noticed the wings on my back. Bright white feathery wings. At least they aren’t bug wings… I’d hate to be a real butterfly. Unfortunately, before I could respond to Kiki the dreaded blue screens started going crazy.

*DING*

Evolution Complete!

Well I clearly evolved, though I’m not sure into what or the why… What is Loki’s game?

And is if my thought was a challenge to the Gods…

*DING*

Quest Complete!Quest Complete!

What? I only had the one quest… oh wait, that’s right. Alice also had the same quest, I guess that makes sense.

*DING*

Quest Accepted!

Oh hell. Of course Loki would give me a new quest.

“One second Kiki while I figure everything out. I evolved but I’m not yet sure into what or the why.” –Me

“No problem, also the man that said he is your father said you have a week until the War Tournament starts to prepare or something. He also said your mana has changed or something.” –Kiki

Ugh, that’s too much info for now.

‘Hey Sally. Any idea what the fuck just happened?’ –Me

‘Yes. Really a genius plan too. I can’t even hate Loki at this point, especially if it succeeds. Just check your status and quests and you will understand. You don’t even need my help either as like Nick, nothing should be able to stop you. Though there is one thing you need, but I’ll make sure you get it before the tournament.’ –Sally

Way too cryptic! I guess I have no choice but to see what is going on.

“Show quests.” –Me

*DING*

Quest Log:War of the Gods

“Okay that’s not ominous or anything. Show details war of the gods.” –Me

*DING*

QUEST:

War of the GodsAs a Champion of Loki, you are tasked to join the War of the Gods. In one week you will be teleported to the location of the tournament, those of God rank are exempt from the preliminaries and will be teleported in two weeks.Rewards:

Ultimate power to the sole victorFailure:

Death is possible, otherwise nothing bad will happen

“What? I’m Loki’s Champion? This is unbelievable!” –Me

“What’s wrong Mistress?” –Kiki

“Nothing, it appears this was all a trap to turn a Hero into a Champion, something that should be impossible!!!” –Me

“I still don’t understand.” –Kiki

“It’s okay. Now time to see my fucking status! Show status and skills to all.” –Me

*DING*

STATUS WINDOW!Name:Hyu HinaAge:16Race:ArchangelAlignment:EvilLevel:200True Aura:20.0Titles:Hero, Dandere, The Balancer, Champion of Trickery, Mistress of the Dark, ArchangelStrength:10000Vitality:10000Dexterity:10000Concentration:10000Intelligence:10000Wisdom:10000Unlocked Affinities:Light, Dark, Balance, Fire, Water, Holy Ice, Hellfire, Soulfire, Frostfire, Hellfrost, SoulfrostStat Points:1766

SKILL LIST!

Active Skills:Analyze (level 10)

Cultivation (level 10)

Disarm Trap (level 10)

Mapping (level 10)

Stealth (level 10)

Taming (level 10)

Torture (level 10)[table]Passive Skills:Light Spell Mastery (Level 10)

Dark Spell Mastery (level 10)

Balance Spell Mastery (level 10)

Fire Spell Mastery (level 10)

Water Spell Mastery (level 10)

Holy Ice Spell Mastery (level 10)

Soulfire Spell Mastery (level 10)

Hellfire Spell Mastery (level 10)

Frostfire Spell Mastery (level 10)

Hellfrost Spell Mastery (level 10)

Soulfrost Spell Mastery (level 10)

True Aura Mastery (level 10)

True Aura Manipulation (level 10)

True Aura Control (level 10)

Balancer Dual Dagger Mastery (level 10)

The Balancer Class Mastery (level 10)

Detect Trap (level 10)

Sense Presence (level 10)

Night Vision (level 10)

“Holy shit, I’m an Angel? Wait wait wait, what does this Aura thing mean? Didn’t Nick have something similar? Does that mean I can be as strong as he is? Also how did I become evil?” –Me

*DING*

Due to the actions of two lives, your alignment has changed to Evil.

“Okay whatever, it's not like anyone can stop me from being me anyways. Show details archangel.” –Me

*DING*

Race: ArchangelDescription: Highest evolution for the Human species.

Effects: Stat is limited to True Aura and caps at 2000 for Aura under 5.0 and 10000 for Aura under 20.0.

Level cap unlike all humans is 500.

“That doesn’t explain enough. Show title archangel.” –Me

*DING*

Title: ArchangelDescription: This title given to Humans who evolve into Archangels.

Effects: Mana is removed.

All skills that use mana are activated through True Aura.

True Aura never runs out as only mental stamina can keep it up.

“BUAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ultimate power is at my grasp! Ugh more leveling? I don’t want to bother!” –Me

‘If you level to 500 I can give another gift.’ –Sally

‘Oh, then I know what I will ask for. Any good place for me to go level up at?’ –Me

‘Just go back to the labyrinth and have the new Lich summon saint ranked undead until you max out. Should take an hour max. Also you should be able to teleport there since True Aura is much stronger than mana.’ –Sally

‘Great idea!’ –Me

“Okay Kiki, I have a trip to make, I’ll be back in an hour or so!” –Me

Okay I’ve seen Nick do this many times. Also Alice had mastered how to teleport using shadows, now to use what I know about Aura and what I know about the Dark to create the true teleport ability!

TELEPORT! –Me

Success! And though I have never been here before, I can still tell that I have. This is only one floor lower than before, plus I still have Alice’s memories.

“Mistress you have returned! What can I do for you.” –Old Undead Necromancer turned Lich

“Yes I’m back and I do have a command. But how can you tell it is me? I do not look the same.” –Me

“Undead do not see the same as others. Our Mistress shows up as our Mistress, you will always look the same to us.” –Lich

“Okay, I need to gain levels from 200-500 so summon undead so I can kill them!” –Me

“Your will is my command! Denizens of the Dark, come forth to die!” –Lich

With that a few thousand undead all of the saint rank spawned in front of me. Once they saw me they all kneeled one by one.

“I only have on request for you. Die for me.” –Me

*DING*

[a]Congratulations! You have gained a level x300!

Well that was easy, now time to come back.

TELEPORT! –Me

“Mistress you are back! Oh and you look stronger!” –Kiki

“Stronger?” –Me

I only have more stat points, how can I be stronger? Stupid system here things levels actually mean something!

‘Okay Sally I have reached max level. What can you give me?’ –Me

‘Oh I have to prepare it, it should be here in a few days tops so no worries!’ –Sally

‘Okay, I guess now I sit here and wait. Nothing else to do for the next week or two.’ –Me

Nick’s POV

After a night full of passion, Nick was still ready to go but the young 18 year old Alf passed out before the sun came up. This game time for one to interrupt Nick if they chose to do so.

‘Nick Nick! I have questions!’ –Sally

‘What is it Sally?’ –Nick

‘When can you come back? It’s almost time for you to send all your wives to Zeus so we can protect them in case the Earth dies.’ –Sally

‘Sally… What do you want?’ –Nick

‘Not much, I promised Hina a gift, she now has access to Aura and needs one of your costumes.’ –Sally

‘I can make it when I bring Voarag to meet Kiki, but you know I need her DNA to make it properly… Though I guess she will give it freely once she knows why.’ –Nick

‘That won’t be a problem. You will get it shortly after meeting her I’m sure. Fufufufu.’ –Sally

‘Well after tonight I should be done here I’m sure. No way I won’t get my questions answered by then!’ –Nick

‘Okay then I’ll talk to you after the celebration then!’ –Sally

Fishy fishy, what could this girl be going on about? And why do I feel like she is keeping way too many things from me! Oh well, my current task needs to stay on point, I’ll confront her later about it! –Nick

*KNOCK* *KNOCK*

“Come in.” –Nick

And in walked through the door was none other than Nick’s four wives that were rudely shuffled out the night before.

“Ahh there you are. Sorry about last night, but mission accomplished?” –Nick

“Yes, you successfully seduced someone in power, now did you get the answers we need?” –Solaria

“Not yet, but after today our mission will be done! We can finally go back to Zeus and live happily.” –Nick

“What about Earth?” –Solaria

“Fuck Earth, the girls are safe on Zeus, all my family and friends have access to Sally and I’m sure she will send them to Zeus, there is no reason for me to safe Earth at this point. Of course I will still try, but I’m not going to kill myself over it.” –Nick

“Good, my castle on Zeus is better anyways.” –Lily

“Yea right, you only care about your toys and other contraptions I’m sure!” –Maya

“No one asked you!” –Lily

“Enough! We have a plan, let’s leave tonight because if worst case comes then I will need those last few weeks to get my shit together.” –Ruby

“*GROWN* Nick? What is going on?” –Des

“Fufufu, it appears sleeping beauty is finally awake. Now answer our questions!” –Maya

“Calm down Maya! She just woke up!” –Nick

This caused Des to blink the sleep out of her eyes and get a better look around. Though she didn’t notice them before, she finally realized how beautiful the other four women are. This made her realize who or what they must be.

“Nick, are these my sister-wives?” –Des

“Some of them…” –Ruby

“No need to get jealous Ruby, it’s your own fault for being so far behind us!” –Maya

“You all are just too young! The game used to take longer in my day so I had to build up suspense!” –Ruby

“None shall ever beat me! I’m the first!” –Solaria

And before she could say she was also the strongest, Nick made sure to give her a kiss to make her forget her train of thought.

“Okay let’s get up, don’t we have an all day celebration to get you?” –Nick

Fortunately all but Des were dressed for the occasion as Nick got ready while talking to Sally. Of course for him that was a simple mental command to his costume, but Ruby and Lily had to actually get dressed the old fashioned way as they didn’t have their own Aura controlled costume.

“By the way, where is Voarag?” –Nick

“He is outside the door, but he has been acting Emo for some reason, else I would have dragged him in here.” –Maya

Leave it to Maya to be the only one to pay attention to the poor lovestruck Dragon.

“He will be fine soon, after today even as Des already plans to leave with us, so no need worrying about answering our questions.” –Nick

“What questions do you have? The sun hasn’t fully risen; the celebration won’t start for at least an hour!” –Des

“We need to turn our Class 4 planet into a Class 5 one” –Maya

Leave it again to Maya to not keep anything to herself and just blab it out.

“Oh. I have no clue how to become a Sovereign as the Alf are born from Sovereign and get there once they grow up and use the Orb, which is what I’m doing later today.” –Des

“Can others use the Orb?” –Ruby

“Yes… but there are stipulations involved, and right now only I can use it as the Orb is only usable twice a month and later this month it will be used as a prize to some tournament that I believe starts next week and goes on until the end of the month.” –Des

‘!’ –Sally

‘Huh?’ –Nick

‘Nothing, will tell later.’ –Sally

“So you are saying that it’s impossible for us to use the Orb today but may be possible if we join some tournament later?” –Ruby

“Yes! My dad has all the details, but you were sent by Loki, surely you know about it right?” –Des

‘Say yes, I know I know!’ –Sally

“Of course we know of this tournament, but we had no knowledge of the Orb before yesterday.” –Nick

“So we have a chance to save our home? Yay!” –Maya

‘Master, guards outside saying it’s time for the celebration, come as soon as possible.’ –Voarag

“It’s time for the celebration. Let’s go!” –Nick

“How do you know?” –Des

“Voarag is outside and he told me through telepathy.” –Nick

“Okay then just let me get dressed and we can go…” –Des

It must be stated that they didn’t “go” until three hours later. As that is how long it took for the young princess to get ready.

By the time they got to the celebration, which was supposed to be just an Orb ceremony and then food, it was already Noon!

“Good my daughter is here, let’s start the ceremony!” –King Alfarin

“Hey, who is the guy at her arm that she is hugging?” –Random Guest (non Alf)

“That is… well… err um…” –King Alfarin

“My husband! We have already gone through the ritual and are permanently married!” –Des

*GASP*

Of course the rumors have already passed throughout the Alf, but it must be known that there are many at the ceremony that are not Alf. Including a few Aesir including our favorite Loki, since the Orb is to be used later at his tournament as he likes to call it, since he feels he is definitely going to win this year.

“Well it is only a matter of course! I set this wedding up many years ago!” –Loki

This caused the crowd to quiet up and just start whispering as any plot of Loki, is a plot not worth talking about, let alone arguing about. Over thousands of years, most Gods and Sovereigns have learned their lesson already.

“Yes, as Loki has said. This was an arranged marriage so no need to be alarmed. Now let’s start the ceremony!” –King Alfarin

Oddly enough, this ceremony was much faster than one might expect. Especially from immortals. But with Loki give King Alfarin the stink eye, things went quickly. Loki was going to make sure that the Orb was back where it was supposed to be in time for his plan.

The Orb itself was sitting in front of King Alfarin and the new and improved ceremony was a simple come touch the orb and take the power situation.

“Okay Amarthandes come touch the Orb and take the power!” –King Alfarin

“My name is Des!” –Des

And with a pout, she walked up to her father and touched the Orb.

*BOOM*

With an infusion of power, Des was lifted into the air while power was infused into her. It must be known that a Sovereign has full power over an element or aspect depending on their nature, and Alf are known to be very good at light magic. Thus when Des was infused with power, the power was very bright, nearly blinding the audience looking.

Eventually, Des came back to the ground, but the power in her eyes and bearing were real. Even Nick could feel that he was not her opponent anymore. This caused Nick to include everyone in his mind link while asking Sally about the orb.

‘Sally, tell us about the Orb.’ –Nick

‘The tournament that Loki wants to win has that Orb as the prize, and the tournament is happening on Zeus so I know all about it! Also your Hina somehow ended up as Loki’s Champion for the tournament, but she needs your costume to win. Hence why you need to bring Voarag to Kiki soon, and send the rest of the girls to me so we can prepare for the end.’ –Sally

‘Yes! This sounds like a great idea! Master let’s do this!’ –Voarag

‘Okay sounds like a plan, but we still have to go back up Chloe as she isn’t connected to Sally, only Ruby.’ –Nick

‘Not true, she used the ring and found Tiffany thus going through my little tutorial already and also having contact with me. So you don’t have to worry about her. You just need to bring Des to Zeus when you get a chance.’ –Sally

‘Okay a plan is made, now to end this celebration thing… After we eat!’ –Nick

“Okay the ceremony is over so I will be taking back the Orb. See you later Nick. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” –Loki

And in a flash of light, Loki disappears with the Orb.

“Well now that he is gone, let’s eat and celebrate! How do you feel Des?” –King Alfarin

“You called me Des!” –Des

“Well now that you are on my level, it’s best to treat you like an equal and not a little girl” –King Alfarin

“Oh well in that case, I feel powerful! I have become one with the Light element! I feel like I have power over life itself, if I don’t want someone to die, they simply won’t die!” –Des

*CHEERS* *APPLAUSE*

Though it seems they are cheering for Des, they are really just happy that Loki is gone and that they can finally eat.

Once everyone started eating, King Alfarin walked up to Nick and sat near him so he could ask him some questions.

“Okay so I know Loki sent you here, but why?” –King Alfarin

“We need a way for one of us Humans to become a Sovereign. I guess he wanted us to see the Orb, but another from our party is already in the tournament so I’m still not sure what I’m supposed to learn.” –Nick

“Why do you need to become a Sovereign again?” –King Alfarin

“Midgard has become a Class 4 planet and needs help becoming Class 5 within the next month or it gets destroyed. But fear not, we have a plan.” –Nick

“You know Class 5 isn’t the end, sure once you reach Class 5, nothing will be able to destroy your planet again, but there is still Asgard and Olympus which are both Class 6 areas. Hell they aren’t even planets yet they are considered Class 6 anyways because the rulers are above the rank of Sovereign. I’m sure you know of Odin and Zeus.” –King Alfarin

“Of course I have! Although, we have had little contact with the Olympians as we are under the care of Loki. I think Ares has run into one of our members but that is about it.” –Nick

“Well just be careful, though Des cannot help you with Midgard, she can still ensure you don’t die.” –King Alfarin

“We should be fine there, somehow my daughters are Sovereign of a different universe, it’s confusing I know but they can protect us, I’ll be sure to introduce Des to them soon so she can help.” –Nick

“When do we leave? When do we leave?” –Des

“Now is as good as any. Though I have one question, how does one become a Sovereign without the Orb?” –Nick

“Simple! Master your Aspect or Element and become one with it!” –King Alfarin

*SILENCE*

Even the eavesdroppers went silent. How preposterous, if it was that easy, no one would ever die!

“Okay never mind, let’s go Des! Everyone ready?” –Nick

“””””Yes!””””” –Voarag, Maya, Ruby, Lily, Solaria

‘Okay Sally send everyone to Tiffany’s castle and bring them all together. I will bring Des with me.’ –Nick

‘Okay doing now.’ –Sally

Then everyone but Nick and Des disappeared.

“Hey where did they go? I didn’t even see a spell casted!” –Des

“My daughter took them home. Let’s go, it’s time for you to meet her.” –Nick

“Okay!” –Des

GROUP TELEPORT! –Nick

Des’ POV

As soon as my husband casted his teleport, instead of waking up with him at our destination, instead I was in a room that started off pitch black and then bright white. Then I found myself in a field of some weird short growing plant that seemed to serve no purpose (No useless plants like grass on Alfheim).

That is when I noticed 7 girls in front of me. The cute one with short brown hair and freckles spoke first.

“Hello mother! I have been waiting long time to meet you!” –Sally

“Mother? I do not understand.” –Me

“We are all Nick’s daughters and call all of his wives mother. You won’t abandon us will you?” –Sally

“Oh, no that’s fine. It’s good to have daughters. But how are you as strong as I am? All 7 of you are just as strong as I am!” –Me

“Long story, but we need your help to watch over planet Zeus with us and ensure our family survives. You probably do not know how to create a mortal body like Loki so you need to stay here and just use telepathy to talk to everyone.” –Sally

“Can’t I just go down there in my normal body?” –Me

This is upsetting! I just got married and now I can’t be with my husband? Who do I need to kill to fix this?

“Not yet. Loki will notice, and for now he doesn’t understand that we are his daughters, but if you show up, that means you got permission from the Goddess of Wisdom… which right now is me, he will then seek me out and ask how it happened since Nick should not be able to gain such power.” –Sally

“Ugh, so I have to wait until after this tournament huh?” –Me

“Correct, one month here with us looking over the world, then you can do whatever you want!” –Sally

“Fine, I will help, it is the last I could do!” –Me

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That is all for this weekend. Tournament arc coming up. Only time will tell if Nick can figure things out in time.