Wu Hai had just left with the representatives, they were standing on the Moon's surface watching the drama unfold in front of them. They watched from Tower City as countless steeles, similar to the ones that had captured China, Began to encircle the Earth at its Lunar Orbit. '1.6 million moving parts' He could tell that there were questions but he didn't want to elaborate, mysterious ways needed to be maintained.
"So many. Heavens." The British representative covered her mouth. The Earth had rotated to where they could see the scar where china had once been. Water could be seen, from orbit, flooding and churning the area. Mud and volcanic activity filled the water, it was primordial to watch. The change in landscape had triggered volcanoes and fault line shifts across the entire planet. From her prospective, the Earth was going through an Armageddon.
Hundreds of operations were going on, there was not just the Emperor taking action on or above Earth, thousands of people were working in tandem, building, tearing things down and changing structures of the world as a whole.
A ship flew out of the main shield in Tower City and began collecting satellites, networks around the world went dark as communication relays that were in orbit suddenly vanished.
In the distance, small dots, smoke plumes, appeared in the Russian Tundra.
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The Sage Titan had just set off to seed the Americas, Kink had been handling things with the formations during their arrival, directing troop movements along with Ragann. Titan was busy in America, Kink was busy in Africa and Europe, though Kink had a different idea, he turned the Sahara desert into a wetlands. Lebanon, which was once a desert, was quickly overtaken by the Marshlands. As a former soldier, Errit originally wanted to fight. His mind was changed after meeting Zao Wu Hai, the Emperor's decided punishment was far more fitting than any beat down, the World was headed for a reckoning.
When the Kinky Farmer and Titan Sage decided to meet with the Emperor, no matter the length of time they had to wait, they would convince him of their desire, their plan and its merit. It took only a single afternoon to convince him.
They both wanted to go back to Earth, to resolve the problems they both brought up. His plan required no alteration, only an extension of his proposed deadline. They had both come from different generations, the problems were entirely spelled out and glaring. China, the Middle East, the Warlords of Africa, the Cartels, the Church, all of them would be forced into re-learning what they thought was real.
The Kinky Farmer was dressed in tribal clothing from the Nyankin, his Mask bore several types of eyes. To the tribesmen of Africa, a Great God had descended.
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"Carving his name into history for all time," Brazil's representative stood beside Ying Qingchi.
"That's my Uncle for you, he wanted to make his mark on the world and that was way before he ever died.. Although there is nothing I can say to change his mind, his intentions are benevolent. The world's people will have to come to grips with the fleeting nature of mortality and the concept that they are not alone in the universe. Gods, Devils, Demons, Dragons, Aliens.. They all exist and Uncle is intent on earning this place."
"Isn't it a bit blasphemous to think someone a God?" The Brazilian Rep tried to wait but he had his own questions.
"What makes up a God?" Qingchi wanted to know what the man thought, she didn't let her power be known but she kept reading him to see if he was lying.
"God is unfathomable. I cannot say.. perhaps, to be the creator, the light, to transcend death, to wield enormous power, able to hear prayers and answer them? Maybe just hear them?" He did his best to list off reasonable traits that would be associated with gods, he felt like he was saying the truth.
"I see. So, the Emperor was human.. died. Resurrected in another world, came back from the heavens, down from the sky, carries fire in his hands, with the flip of a hand, he destroyed a nation. He can travel anywhere freely, seeds the world with life, heals the sick, tends to the weak and wounded and yet.. its wrong to think himself on the path of Godhood? Does he have to create life in his image?" Qingchi's explanation had left the man at a loss.
"Destroying China like that.. its just too much." He tried to retort but it was worthless quibble.
"It seems the only cure for this world was their amputation." Qingchi was Chinese, but she herself had been hunted for just being related to the Emperor in his past life. "It was flooding all the time anyway." It sounded like a bad joke to the members of the press that were present but Qingchi waved it off. "There is no point in worrying, also, China isn't destroyed. Its just removed like a Cancer from the Earth. They won't be abandoned for 1000 years either, they will be strictly managed."
"I don't understand.." The Brazilian rep shook his head in disapproval and confusion.
"The Lord works in mysterious ways, how do you know this isn't Amen's wish?"
"Amen? Ah.. I suppose that's one way to distinguish him, but isn't God more appropriate?"
"Even your bibles say that other Gods exist, it warns about worshiping them. Not as false idols but other Gods. So, why shouldn't he have a name?" Qingchi laughed, Luitian brother had told her to say that when asked.
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At the same time, in Europe, Kink had made his way to Italy.
He took whatever he wanted but his primary objective were the contents under the Vatican. Flying above the Vatican, Errit's ship descended into the main courtyard. More than a thousand Armed soldiers opened fire on the ship as it landed. They had seen the Emperor and the broadcasts from before and refused to believe that he was indestructible. They had expected to be fighting more Espers, Human Espers could be shot and killed but many of those who came out of the ships that were traveling around the Earth were not humans, at least not anymore.
Most terrifying of all was a large Black Phoenix that loomed over the skies of Earth. Lu Sha had frightened everyone with his size, in the daylight he was black in the skies, at night, he burned like midnight oil, a star of doom circling the globe in the upper atmosphere.
Grenades, rpgs, even a rocket struck the ship but not so much as a dent appeared.
Errit laughed from inside the cabin. 'This is really ridiculous.'
Great rumbling, it spread throughout the Temple.
"EMPTY THE VATICAN" Puppets were flung out of rings attached at the front of the ship, they walked forward and started to tear down the walls stone by stone. People came out, they were dressed in delicate looking robes and scrambled to flee in terror. Some threw things like holy water or tried to destroy the puppets but nothing was able to damage them.
Errit laughed from the cabin again. 'Too easy.' He kicked up his feet and watched the puppets tear down stone after stone until there was a path for him to move the ship forward.
When he was inside some of the inner sanctum, he ordered the puppets to continue and then he opened the back door. The puppets were all equipped with storage rings, it didn't matter if it was dust or dead bodies, they collected it all, even the foundations were torn apart, revealing several staircases that descended into the Earth itself.
The Clergy were not fools, some of the more devout believers stood in Kink's way. He wasn't in the mood to be demonized and lashed them to the walls with chains that stole their life energies. As their corpses dangled, they would eventually be collected as debris by the puppets.
Lisetya had returned to his side after having dealt with the UN. She didn't even wait for them to respond, Lisetya simply took their lives.
It left the entire world feeling a bit of outrage, the world was being plundered, savagely. News reports were unkind, venomous and seething with rage.
When some of the surviving Clergy saw Lisetya, their hearts almost stopped. They had passed the corpses that were bound to the wall, no manner of pulling could free them from the chains that sank into the stone.
She turned to them and bright letters flowed across their vision.
-{'The Battles of gods over a domain, plane or planet, happens once every few thousand years, on average. Mathematically, it should happen more often but a number of opportunists die in the race of the Path of power, unable to even make it to the battlefield'}
"BLASPHEMY!" Many of them yelled and prayed to Amen for their survival.
Lisetya made a giggling gesture.
-{'If you value your lives, change as a people'} Her figure liquefied and flowed down between the stones, she was looking for something.
The words disappeared with her.
Slipping through the cracks and into the lower levels, she found a chamber with many women strapped to odd machines. They were being studied and harvested. Most of them had little to no life remaining, she stole materials and paperwork, studying what they were doing.
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Kink was taking his time descending down the staircase, many guards rushed unknowingly into his path. Originally, he had planned to ignore them all, their bullets and tactics did nothing to harm him but the soldiers were blocking the way with their bodies. He had to either deal with them, or turn back and turning back was not an option he could live with. .
The clergy tried chanting an exorcism, Errit's mask scared them in more ways than one. When it was of no use, they began to pray. It happened very quickly, Kink sent out his chains and laid a net of chains over their kneeling figures.
He took a step.
It was atop a bishops hat, it crumbled and crushed under Kink's weight and the bishops face was pressed into his knees and the stones below him. Pressed to the floor with a boot atop his head, the bishop wailed in pain. He cried for Amen to come down and break the non-believers but there was no response.
Kink took another step, then another, walking on the heads and hearts of the clergy, he passed through the corridor and turned to see a room with many tanks hugging the walls. Women of every shape were floating in them, wires and tubes entered their bodies and they all had their eyes pinned open with plastic. There was little life in them but their hearts were beating and their eyes followed his movements.
"This is sick.. even by psychotic standards." Kink looked over the faculty. They were huddled in the corner of the room, terrified.
Kink was purple, had wings and a ferocious looking tail. The Mask on his face had several pairs of eyes, each of them gave the staff a sense of foreboding. "Who's in charge?"
The underlings quickly betrayed the boss and singled him out.
A man in white, carrying a digital device like a tablet walked out of the group. 'Che' "Judas." He sneered at them, knowing it was likely his last chance. "What do you want?"
"What do I want? I want a fucking explanation. What the hell are you doing here?" Errit pointed to the Tanks. "What sort of experiments are you running?"
"Gods work, a Demon like you could never understand." He looked at his tablet.
"What are you looking at?" Kink grabbed at the tablet but the man tried to shirk away. "Trying to hide what you're doing?" Chains restrained the man, Kink stopped the leeching effect, he had questions that he wanted answered.
"No. Gods work will never be stopped!" The man moved his thumb slightly and hit a button on the screen. "You're too late! Now! God will protect me, Oh Great God, look down upon me and smile, For I have done your work. these nonbelievers, their blasphemy, strike them down and show your vengeance, smite them, smite them oh lord..."
Kink cut the man's words short. A chain was shoved down his throat and into his lungs. "Your God, if he ever existed, has moved on." He took the tablet from the man in white's hands and noticed the blinking message.
It was a timer.
The countdown was almost over. '00:12'
'00:11' Kink laughed and He called out for Lisetya.
'00:10'
'00:09' She appeared and saw the timer. She had read nearly everything in the Library of Tower City and was very familiar with what she saw.
'00:08' "Grab the Girls and any equipment." Kink flew into action, his wings spread out like he was about to devour the staff.
'00:07' Errit's Tattoo revolved, the chains were quickly moving around the lab and surrounded the staff. He stuffed the man in white into the ball of chains and threw them into the ink demon pocket dimension.
A Truthers could get answers if they wanted them later.
'00:06' Kink was rushing down the stairs as fast as he could, he waved his hands in every direction, picking up anything at all. There was not much time remaining.
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'00:04'
'00:03' Lisetya rejoined him on the stairwell down.
Errit churned out a formation that surrounded him, a barrier encapsulated them both.
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'00:01'
When the timer reached 00:00, there was a deep silence and a powerful explosive push.
Rocks displaced the Earth and traveled up or out.
Hundreds of thousands of stones and bones flew at great speed.
Inside the shield, Kink and Lisetya watched the scene. They were buried under the soil, under the Vatican ruins. It was a very decisive choice, to extinguish themselves rather than allowing their sins to be discovered. "Fools." Errit shook his head, they could have survived had they just ignored him and escaped. They had died by their own hands and no pity could be bought with their actions. "Lisetya, how many did you save?"
She held up two thumbs and nodded.
"All of them? Damn. You're faster than I thought." The Kinky Farmer had always been quick on the draw but his woman was a different being altogether.
She made a giggling gesture while shaking her head and held up the black card. Lisetya was happy for the praise, she wiggled and wormed her way around Kink's body.