As Alex's softly spoken words echoed across the battlefield, he ran his gaze over everything around him.
Many of the gods quickly averted their gaze when his eyes met theirs, but their minds and the minds of every single entity watching the battle had the same thought running through their head, 'a devil had obtained the divine power of a god'.
Demonic and divine powers were exact opposites of each other, completely incapable of coexisting within the same 'vessel' unless the being in question had been created with such properties, like Hades, or so they thought. While this had been true for Alex in the past when he first used the SSJG form during his fight with Ehito, ever since then he had been slowly cultivating the spark of divine energy he then possessed in his body, nurturing it to coexist with his demonic powers.
Now, unlike the time with Ehito, Alex had achieved a full God form while also retaining his demonic skills, while a voice within his head announced that he had also fully attained the 'Divine Commandment' skill, compared to when he had only temporarily acquired it before.
However Alex wasn't thinking of most of this aside from brief acknowledgement, as his eyes scanned the entire battlefield. Then, as the entire world was holding its breath in anticipation for what he would do next, Alex finally opened his mouth once more, and declared,
"This battle is over." Then, before anyone could even blink or think to respond to him, Alex snapped his fingers and the world around them all suddenly changed.
Olympus again stood tall and proud as it did only a few short hours before, every single bit of the damage done to the home of the Olympian gods erased as if it never happened, while the magical defenses had not only been reestablished, but strengthened. All of the armies that had gathered for the battle had been fully healed of any injuries they sustained during the fighting, while those who had even died had been brought back to life(Alex even threw in a little extra and erased the 'side effects' of Kurumu's battle with Aphrodite from everyone's minds). Meanwhile the higher ups and leaders of each and every faction found themselves in a kneeling position directly before Alex himself, with the members of his peerage around him while the maids and Asoran Valkyries surrounded them.
Looking over and and every one of them, Alex then said once more,
"Now then, I'm just going to point out the elephant in the room and say that each and every one of us here understands that this was all just a farce." Surprisingly, this didn't seem to be the case as the leaders of various divine factions looked away awkwardly, while the other gods or their subordinates looked around with confusion
"What is he talking about father?!" The goddess Athena demanded angrily to Zeus, who groaned before admitting,
"It was fairly obvious that none of us would actually stand a chance against the Dragon Emperor if he decided to seriously come after us, but we all knew that certain members of our respective factions wouldn't accept joining the Asoran empire so easily." Odin nodded before he piggybacked off of Zeus and continued,
"So we decided to orchestrate a 'war' to give you youngsters a chance to experience the Dragon Emperor's might for yourself. However I'd say things might have gotten a little 'too' extreme." His words made all of those who hadn't known the real reason for this 'war' directed angry glares at their respective leaders, who merely shrugged away their anger since it didn't change anything.
Nodding in affirmation, Alex then added,
"That being said, there's no reason for any perceived animosity to result from the day's events." As he said that Alex directed a pointed look towards three people in particular, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and finally at Ares. The moment he laid eyes on the war God though, Ares suddenly lunged forward from his kneeling position as a sword materialized in his hands.
"Fuck that, AND FUCK YOU!" Ares roared as he put every bit of his divine strength and authority over weapons into his one strike, only for his sword to shatter in his hands before it even came close to Alex's skin.
Before Ares could even be surprised at his own weapon being destroyed in his hands, Alex suddenly stepped forward and raised his own hand until it was less than an inch from his chest.
"This is just a small taste of what awaits anyone foolish enough to earn my ire." Without any further ado, Alex gently pressed his open palm against Ares's chest, and the next thing the war God knew he was suddenly hurtling away from the planet itself.
"Wha-!" He began to exclaim, before realizing that he was unable to even breathe due to being in the endless vacuum that was space. Despite this though, Ares was otherwise unharmed even as he watched the little blue ball he called home quickly disappear while hurtling further and further out into space.
Then he suddenly passed a second great ball, except red this time.
Before Ares could even process that he had just passed Mars, he suddenly hurtled passed Jupiter with all its moons, Saturn with its rings, Uranus(haha), the great blue Neptune, before finally crashing through poor little Pluto and flying out of the solar system itself.
Fear began to creep into Ares's heart as he flew further and further into open space and away from the comfort and safety of his little blue home, until he suddenly noticed another bright light flashing past him, followed by another. Soon there were thousands of flashes of various bright lights as Ares flew by star after star, until he reached the outer edge of the Milky Way Galaxy itselfand continued going even further.
Eventually Ares arrived at a point in space where there was absolutely nothing around him for as far as he could see, no light, no planets. Nothing.
The God felt as if his stomach froze as he drifted there, in the nothingness. How much time had passed since Alex sent him hurtling into space? How far had he been sent to reach the point where he couldn't even see any light itself?
Slowly genuine fear like he never felt before began to set in, as Ares wondered if he'd ever get to see that beautiful blue rock he called home ever again, when suddenly a force began to pull him in the direction he had originally came from.
Slowly light returned to Ares's vision as he returned to the Milky Way Galaxy, before eventually passing the shattered remains of Pluto as he quickly returned towards Earth.
CRASH!
Suddenly a sense of relief filled Ares as he literally crashed directly into the same exact spot he had been launched from on Mt Olympus, right in front of Alex. His relief was shortly lived though as Alex's voice reached his ears,
"Welcome back, ready for another trip?" Looking up in fear, Ares was about to beg not to experience that hell again, only for Alex to quickly send him flying to outer reaches of space once more. While the trip felt like another eternity to Ares, in reality he was only gone a few short minutes before landing directly in front of Alex once again.
Alex sent Ares flying three more times before finally allowing the God a chance to speak as he pleaded,
"P-please... Not again..." Alex however cocked an eyebrow at him and asked,
"Why? So you can try to kill me again? So you can try and target one of my wives because of an issue Aphrodite started? Maybe I should just leave you out there this time to rot?" Ares paled at the thought of spending an eternity in the hell of nothingness, before literally begging,
"Please no! I'll never do anything against you or yours ever again!" For several seconds there was silence as Alex glared down at the pleading figure of the war God, before finally saying,
"Very well, but if there is even the slightest hint of you or anyone affiliated with you targeting any of my wives or children again, I WILL inflict upon you a fate worse than what you just experienced." As he spoke Alex's aura began bearing down threateningly upon Ares, making the God shudder in fear of what Alex might do to him if he ever did target him or his wives and children again.
Satisfied with the look of fear in Ares's eyes, Alex lessened his aura as he turned to look at the rest of the gathered gods as he materialized yet another throne to sit upon. Once he was comfortable, Alex then began by saying,
"Now then, my first act as this world's new emperor will be to reinstate Prima Nocta-"
SMACK!
The moment the last two words left Alex's mouth a large paper fan suddenly smacked him on the head, courtesy of Grayfia as she asked with narrowed eyes,
"Are you planning to singlehandedly populate this world with Saiyans or something?" Rather than appearing to take her words seriously, Alex instead cocked his head slightly before muttering,
"That actually sounds like a good idea..."
SMACK!
Another large paper fan suddenly impacted his head, this time courtesy of Rosswiese as she and the rest of Alex's wives narrowed their eyes at him. Smiling wryly, Alex then said,
"It was just a joke, obviously I would never actually implement such a law. Even I'd feel bad for all the husbands that would never be able to satisfy their own wives after that." While several of his wives groaned at Alex's remark, the rest of them, along with many of his maids and the Valkyries, snickered in amusement at the truth contained within his words.(A.N. For anyone who doesn't know what it is, Prima Nocta was an ancient law granting various lords the right to claim a bride's first night on the day of their wedding.)
Coughing lightly to return to the topic at hand, Alex then said to the various gods,
"In all seriousness though, I have no intentions of changing much of the current state of the world. Until such time as I believe you may be unsuited, I intend to leave each of you in charge of your various factions with the most immediate difference being that you will all now report to Asora."
Nodding in understanding, as that was along the lines of what they expected to begin with, the tension seemed to leave the leaders of the various factions as Odin then stood and said that perhaps that was a good point to stop at for the day. They then lingered only long enough to confirm a date for every one of them to travel to Asora to properly pay tribute to their new Emperor, before Alex prepared to send them all home with another snap of his fingers.
Before he could though, once again time seemed to slow to a crawl as Kuroka stepped towards the gathered gods with malicious intentions in her eyes as they focused on a certain goddess of love and Beauty.
"My mate may be able to let go of what you tried to do to him, but I won't~Nya." While any number of possible punishments to inflict upon Aphrodite played out in her head, Kuroka settled on one that she believed would hurt such a 'frivolous' goddess the most.
Kuroka then placed one finger in the middle of Aphrodite's forehead as he used Spirit magic to impose the first half of the goddess's punishment, before moving behind her to place her hand on Aphrodite's back and using her control over another's energy to inflict the second half.
Her task complete, Kuroka then hurried back to Alex's side as if she hadn't moved before resuming the usual flow of time, as Alex teleported them, and all of the gods to their respective homes.
...
Returning to the Misty Manor after dispelling his God transformation, Alex was immediately greeted by a emerald haired cannonball that launched itself into his stomach.
"PAPA!" Myuu cried out with tears in her eyes as she squeezed him as hard as possible. It wasn't just her though, as every one of Alex's children that were able similarly came running, each one as upset as Myuu as they tried to rush to Alex.
"What happened Myuu?" Alex asked seriously as he tried to juggle all of his children trying to hug him, to which Myuu answered tearfully,
"Earlier I suddenly hated papa more than anything in the world! I-it scared me..." With numerous similar comments coming from his older children, an indescribable feeling welled up within Alex as he realized the Aphrodite's curse had gone further than he thought.
Though a part of him wanted to go right back to Olympus to give her a piece of his mind, Alex forced the urge down as he prioritized comforting his children. What he didn't notice was a hint of a smirk appearing at the edge of Kuroka's mouth, though a certain silver haired maid did.
Rightfully assuming that Kuroka had done something to Aphrodite without any of them noticing, Grayfia stealthily held up a fist towards her that Kuroka bumped with her own, a brief moment of understanding passing between the two.
It was only after several minutes of comforting them that Alex managed to get his children to calm down, before bringing them into the space-time orb to spend a few days together.
***
In a small peaceful looking village, nestled in the heart of China based on its architecture, everything was quiet save for the trickling of water, and the wind rustling through the trees. Despite how relatively 'normal' looking the village seemed, there were two distinct things about it that would set it apart from other villages. The first was the complete absence of any life whatsoever despite the village looking like it had been active just moments ago, and the second was eerie wall of white mist that was on the mountains surrounding the village, preventing any access to the outside world.
For several minutes the village was almost completely silent, and then,
"FIRE DRAGON'S BRILLIANT BLAZE!"
A voice roared before the entire village was completely engulfed in a raging inferno, turning the buildings to ash within a minute from how intense they were.
Anything that might've survived though was instantly vaporized as a brilliant blast of holy light suddenly impacted the center of the village, spreading in an explosion that destroyed anything in its path. When the light began to die down all that remained of the tranquil village was scorched and blackened earth, which reached all the way up to the wall of mist. In its center was a single man who was dressed in only tattered scraps of cloth, with long, wild and unruly hair that had grown halfway down his back.
As his chest heaved from him breathing hard, the man then roared,
"JUST WAIT! WHEN I GET OUT OF HERE I'LL KICK ALL OF YOUR ASSES!" As if to punctuate his declaration, a terrific cyclone of air suddenly erupted from the man's mouth that made even the most fierce-some tornadoes and hurricanes pale in comparison, as he roared his defiance to the heavens themselves.
"You keep saying that, yet you can't even escape from 'Dimension Lost'.... No matter. The Dragon Emperor will be able to deal with you soon anyways." The man then pictured the disembodied voice shrugging as he said that, before fixating on the latter part of what he said.
"Oh? Who is this so-called 'Dragon Emperor'? Hopefully he's not another pussyfooting chickenshit like the rest of you!" As he said that fire, water, wind, demonic, and holy energies began to swirl around him in anticipation of what he hoped would be a good opponent.