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Chapter 13 - The Ritual

As Aria and Daniel were beginning their catch-up talk, there was a demon on Enam waltzing through the ruins of Daniels old kingdom when he was still Rapham. The Demon's name was Misael, and he was the original demon that assisted in "finding" the wicked God. "Heh, little did they know that was just a ruse." Misael says as he walks into Raphams old throne room. Even though the rest of the castle was in ruin, this space was relatively untouched. "How are the preparations going?" He says as he takes his seat. He does not need to look back to know his subordinates had appeared behind him. "They are going well, milord. So far, we have collected the sin essence of 3,000,000 mortals from Enam, and another 10 million from Earth."

Misael grins, taking a glass of blood wine from his butler as he looks down. "Good, it seems the preparations will be complete soon. The God's think that we demons will follow their will! Shall we let them walk over us any longer? Shall we forever be known as the dogs of Satan???" Misael jumps down, looking at his subordinates. "For eons we have gone through the multiverse spreading sin, malice, discourse, and fear. Now, let us reap the benefits that we have sewn. From here on out we will absorb the souls of all mortals: we shall become the God's the Olympians only wish they could be!"

After his rousing speech, the 100 demons in attendance let forth a mighty cheer. Finally, they could sell chaos and become death bringers to their hearts content. No longer would they hide their intentions of death and destruction. "Bring forth the mortals." Misael says as he snaps his fingers. In the next moment, a magic circle covering the whole city of ruins appeared. Instantly, the countries around went on alert. Such a magic circle could only mean the appearance of something sinister or powerful. The king of Tazman looks at the circle with tired eyes. The circle had six layers, which means it bordered on the powers of God. Not even his newest Ally, Daniel Faras could hope to touch power. Such a circle had never appeared in all the land of Enam, even in the times of the Golden King Rapham.

As Tazman observes the magic circle, so too do Apollyr and Hades. Hades grimaces and Apollyr looks at it in shock. "Impossible!" Apollyr says, slightly dazed. "I thought such a spell did not exist!" Hades looks at the spell with a tired look. As a primordial God as old as time itself, he had seen such spells twice. With both Apollyr and Hades both being major God's, the language in the spell circle was perfectly transcribed to them through the world mirror they had been watching Enam and Earth through. "Transformation of worlds." Hades says as he looks at his beloved Nephew with a weary expression. "So, the wicked…" Hades stops mid-sentence as he reads the mana signature coming from the circle.

"YOU DARE!" He screams angrily as he notices the perpetrator of the circle. In a second, he appears on Earth, and mana oozes from him in waves. He tries to break the circle, but even to a primordial, breaking a 6-layer magic circle was difficult. As Hades raises his hand to cast a spell, Zeus appears in front of him. He stops the other God, holding his hand up and forcing him to stop the spell. "BROTHER, STOP!" Zeus says loudly. "The spell has already been cast. The only way to stop it would be to destroy this world, but such a thing is now impossible as it would kill both worlds."

As Hades looks at Zeus, he growls. "Congratulations, brother. You may have just allowed your son to bring forth the end of us all. Your 'lesson' has become a twist of fate. Allowing that demon Misael to live has now brought forth a calamity to the multiverse. I hope your foolishness will not allow such things to happen in the future." With that, Hades disappeared, leaving Zeus to look down at Misael. Misael smiles up at Zeus with a sneer as he stands in the middle of the summoning circle. "Goodbye, esteemed Lord Zeus." It is time for myself and my minions to shred you to pieces once we collect all these delicious souls." Zeus just laughs at the demon. "When the boy my son finds out about you, his sword will pierce your heart, boy. Remember that well." Zeus then disappears, looking coldly down at the demon.

When Hades re-appears in his throne room, Apollyr looks at him in confusion. Apollyr had watched the whole scene through the world mirror, and he was confused. "Uncle, would you please explain what has happened?" He says, looking through the world mirror as human armies in Enam begin to mobilize, marching towards the borders they share with the old kingdom of Fulite.

Hades sighs as he looks up at the ceiling. "I taught you of the story regarding the first two worlds of Sed and des, right? The mortals in those two worlds had done a forbidden ritual that collected souls?" After hearing his uncles question, Apollyr nods. "Yes. I remember it well. The ritual had led to…" Apollyr trails off as he realizes what was going on.

"These fools want to combine Enam and Earth?!" Apollyr says in shock and anger. Mana starts collecting around him as he begins to lose his temper. "I knew I should have crushed that pest when I had the chance." He says with a growl.

Hades sighs as he looks at his nephew. "Yes. They plan on creating a new world by combining Earth and Enam. The soul power they have collected was enough for us to fool your father, and all of us old gods, into thinking there was a wicked God on Enam. There never were any wicked Gods on Enam, now there will be 100. Unfortunately, the fates have said we can't intervene. I hope the mortal you have sent to Earth is as powerful as you say, because war is coming between Earth and Enam."

Apollyr sits there in shock. With this predicament, he may just lose his immortality and life. "Wait, but Earth doesn't have a system like Enam does…" He says as he looks at Hades. Hades smiles and nods. "Yes, Earth will begin a transition phase… That system you put on Enam will gradually make its way to Earth. This will be interesting to see." Hades then pats Apollyr on the back. "You see, this, child, is why we do not give mana to worlds like Earth. Demons like Misael will take advantage of it every time."

Apollyr grimaces as he looks at the world mirror. "Hopefully, Daniel can prove to be as powerful as you said he can be."