"Do you know anything about the Godly Superstructure?"
Philip asked in a rather serious tone. Sai and Katara became confused and intrigued from the foreign and mysterious term
"Godly Superstructure?"
"It is the state or level of being that an existence could achieve"
"Can you elaborate?"
"As the name suggests... It is a superstructure, composed of several segment or, as I would call it, Godly Components. Each Godly Components has a specific amount of Godly Fragments. Some Godly Components are on their own and doesn't have a single Godly Fragment"
"Godly Superstructure, Components, Fragments... What do these entail?"
"So, I'm guessing both of you have no idea what this is?"
"No, not at all! It's my first time hearing it after all my years living in this universe"
"Same as me..."
Katara and Sai answered respectively
"Well, let's just say that out of all the divine beings, deities, and gods in the universe... There has been no one who completed the Godly Superstructure yet"
"Huh? Then, is it one of those conditional aspects where you can't have the other if you have another?"
"Depends on how you interpret it, but yeah, that's the case"
"Then, why are you telling this to us?"
"You see--"
"Also! How do you know these things?? If no god has achieved that yet and even I don't know about it, how did you learn about it?"
"Hmmm... Let's just say that I met beings that have completed and achieved that state or that are close to that state..."
"What?"
"Beings that couldn't reside in this universe because of the level of their status"
"The Ancient Ones that you mentioned?!"
"No, it's another race or beings that live in the Field of the Multiverse... The True Gods"
"True Gods?!?! That's stuff in the oldest legends!"
"It's true... I met at least two"
"What?! When?? Oh yeah, you can travel through time... But when?!"
"One from when Earth was formed and the second during the Genesis War... Oh yeah! I also saw three silhouettes of True Gods from the memories across the past Gods of Darkness, specifically from the first God of Darkness"
"Genesis War, you say? Also, a total of five? What are they??"
"That doesn't matter for now. You'll both learn it later... The reason I'm telling you this is because there's a Godly Component that you can achieve"
"Me?! How would I know if this Godly Superstructure or whatever is beneficial to me?"
"Because attaining it will make you more powerful"
"Why? Why do you want me to become more powerful??"
"Remember our contract?"
"Of course!"
"Have you decided on what will you do from now on?"
"What do you mean?"
"You know what I mean"
"..."
Katara became quiet and contemplated for a while
"Staying here would be ideal... I can consider staying here as my retirement plan, I don't know..."
"What do you really want?"
"To be a hundred percent honest... I just want rest. This is my first time in a long time since I paused applying curses across the universe. It has been several hours in your time and that's a long time relative to the universal time"
"That's fair... You can rest here anytime you want"
"What are you trying to get at?"
"Nothing... It's just that, approximately 5-6 years from now... You'll never get rest moving forward"
"Why? What's going to happen?"
"I don't know... Remember when I told I could see the future?"
"Yeah"
"I can't see past that... Exactly at five years and around three months from now"
"What does that mean?"
"I'm not too sure... I predict that it could be a disaster or calamity... It might even be the period where I achieve my ultimate goal..."
"Your ultimate goal?"
"My absolute death and complete erasure"
"Hm... I'm not surprised"
"Huh, I didn't expect you to be nonchalant about it"
"Why? Did you expect me to tell you to stop trying to attain your ultimate goal? It's true that it's selfish, but I can understand"
"Is it because of the curses you've seen in me?"
"Oh? Yeah!"
Katara was surprised and impressed that Philip could reach that conclusion
"Though, I don't understand what your ultimate goal have to do with me"
"I think it's because he wants you to be a part of it to reach his goal"
Sai answered on behalf of Philip since she already knows what his ultimate goal is
"Hm?!"
"The reason he's asking you your plan is because, depending on your answer, he wants you to help him. Staying here meant that he needs to make you stronger..."
"Not only that, allowing you to become stronger will provide more power and protection over this mansion, this family"
Philip continued
"Because if you stay here and your power became stagnant, you will suffer from the dangers that will come as long as you're around me. It doesn't matter if you're the second generation Goddess of Curses, there are dangers out there that are out of your league"
"..."
Katara was silent while only looking at Philip with no expression
"Haaah..."
Katara sighed deeply and groaned as she stretched her limbs and contineud to lie on her back as she faced the sky
"When I thought I could finally rest for longer... There's no rest after all, huh?"
"Well, you already knew that when you learned that I'm the new God of Darkness, the Fate Controller and Sword Concept, when we made that contract, and the moment you applied the Curse of Mark on me, right?"
"Yeah... You're right... I just didn't expect that it would be to this degree"
"So, what do you say?"
"Tsk"
Katara sat back up and scratched the back her head with her remaining finger, as if it's the most irritating itch in the world. She also closed her eyes in contemplation
"The moment my fate became intertwined with the Fate Controller... There's no turning back. Sure! I'll play along with whatever happens from now on!"
"...!"
Sai was surprised at Katara's answer. Knowing her, she thought that Katara would be extremely annoyed and leave because she was presented by a difficult choice
Nonetheless, Katara answered so easily. Maybe she doesn't know what absolute death and complete erasure meant when Philip told her his ultimate goal
"Perfect!"
Philip smirked and he stood up. With Katara's help, that will be another being that will help him achieve his ultimate goal
There was Tenshi and Sai, now there's Katara. Terra is still angry, Jude is also angry, and Mathilda decided to help people that will help me instead
"...?"
"...?"
Sai and Katara observer Philip with questioning eyes while Tenshi continued to quietly hum a soothing melody, which Philip can hear through Soul Link
"If you're set on your purpose... The reason why I told you about the Godly Superstructure... I want to awaken a Godly Component in you, Katara"
"Hm? You said it's conditional and other won't open if another is opened"
"Exactly"
"Then how??"
"I'm the Fate Controller"
Philip turned around and faced both of them while pointing to himself
"Ah..."
"..."
"As I said earlier, a god can attain a higher level of existence once they complete the Godly Superstructure... There is one god that I know who is the closest in completing the Godly Superstructure"
"..."
Katara narrowed her eyes and slowly looked at Sai
"Me?"
Sai made a realization while becoming slightly excited
"Yes! Though... Even if I said closest in completing the Godly Superstructure... I could say that Sai is just 5% in completing"
"Oh..."
"What? That's so low"
"On the other hand, you are at 1%... Maybe even less than that"
Philip pointed at Katara
"WHAT??!!!"
"Well, even if that's the case, you're still more powerful than Sai because of your experience and age"
"Wha-?!!"
Katara turned into stone
"Really??"
Sai was concerned and asked Philip for assurance
"Yeah... It couldn't be helped. She's the second generation Goddess of Curses after all"
"Hey! What about you?!! What percent are you on?!"
Katara was flustered and asked Philip
"Hmmm... Between 4-6%?? I'm not too sure..."
"What?!! What're the classifications?! Tell me what components there are!!"
"Relax! You need to take it slow. It's impossible to complete the superstructure in a short amount of time"
"Then, tell me how she's 5% and I'm 1%"
Katara really couldn't handle her pride being tarnished by her niece
"She's a World Goddess, she has a religion, she had a shrine, priests, and devotees... She has her Divine Soul, she has a Weapon Mastery, and she already unlocked Puredivinity. She might obtain one of the Cardinal Components or Ordinal Component in the near future... But unfortunately, she still hasn't manifested her Plane of Existence and controlled her Universal Dragon"
"That pushed her to 5%?! What about me??"
"Divine Soul, Plane of Malediction and Sumpaka... I think that's it"
"Ack--"
Katara turned into stone once again as blood spurted out of her mouth
"T-then, what do you mean by making me more powerful, it pertains to one of these Godly Components?"
Katara wiped the blood off her mouth. She's also blushing for some strange reason
"Yes"
"Are you going to make me evolve and reach Puredivinity? I remember when Sumpaka was shocked with a simple utterance of that back then"
"No... Making a god reach Puredivinity have different methods from each gods after all. Sai attained Puredivinity by fusing with her newborn self, who was originally born already possessing Puredivinity"
"Oh... Can't you just control my fate then?"
"That'll be hard and time consuming... Besides, I already have a plan anyways"
"Hm... Alright, what is it then?"
"Awakening your weapon mastery"
"Ha??? No no, it's impossible for me. Even with your Fate Control"
Katara waved her left stump in front of her
"Why?"
"The Divine Realm and Mastery Realm were supposed to be separated... No divine beings are able to obtain any mastery because they are already gods of equivalent concept masteries"
"Hm??? What about Sai with her Spear Mastery and Valkarrie with her Gauntlet Mastery??"
"To be honest... I don't really know... It was a mystery that lingered in the Divine Realm the moment the first divine being earned a weapon mastery"
"Ah... I see that the Divine Realm is missing crucial information?"
"What do you mean?"
"Of course divine beings won't receive their equivalent concept masteries because they're already a God of their own Concepts... A God of Fire can't be the Fire God... But in terms of hierarchy, a God of Concept is higher than a Concept God... This is because as a being is a Concept God, they are just that, while a God of Concept is a God of that Concepts. A God of Concept is the god of the Concept God"
"..."
"..."
Sai and Katara became confused, but Philip kept explaining anyways
"However, a Concept Law is already above the God of Concept, as well as the Concept Itself... In summary, the Goddess of Curses can't be the Curse God or any another stage of Curse Mastery... But they could be another one!"
"...!"
"One classification of the Mastery Realm bypasses this limit... Weapon Mastery!"
"I see!! That makes sense!"
Katara had an epiphany
"If that's the case... After all this time, why haven't I receive my weapon mastery??"
"I don't know! Wouldn't it be because you only have a hand with a few fingers and you can't try out any weapons and see which weapon will awaken your weapon mastery?? Your Mastery Potential also hasn't even awakened yet! It's murky and lost"
"How are we going to find my weapon mastery then?? That would take a lot of time even if you conjured thousands of weapons from your blood and have me try everything, wouldn't it?"
"Oh! That's a nice idea! I didn't even think about that"
"Urk-"
"But, we won't be doing that"
"Phew..."
"I'll be using Fate Control... Please stand up"
"Okay"
Katara stood up and gazed at Philip. Sai also stood up and watched from a distance
"..."
Philip raised his right arm and aimed his right hand at Katara. It's as if he's about to grab her head
His eyes shone in gold light and the tips of his fingers seem to be emitting faint golden rays of light
「 Fate Control... Level 4... 」
"..."
Tenshi made a reaction as she stopped humming and turned her head towards Philip
He used level 4 after all, one level before making a sacrifice for a Fate Control
At this moment, he pulled his hand and made a hand gesture in front of his mouth like he's a ninja
「 Full Force Contro--- 」
"Curse Invocation"
「 !!!!! 」
'!!!'
"!!!"
[!!!]
"..."
Emily, Tenshi, Katara, and Sumpaka made intense reactions while Sai was clueless
"..."
Tenshi held herself back and clenched her fists
"Wha?!! Stop that now!"
Katara was about to grab Philip's hand and pull it away when a loud roar was heard in the sky
[*ROOOAAAR*]
Sumpaka showed her presence as a silhouette of her head, almost like an insignia, manifested behind Katara
But before anyone could do anything else, it was already too late as Philip's eyes became whitewashed as a sinister dark maroon aura emerged from his body like smoke
Katara was stunned and couldn't move while Sai is contemplating if she should do something. Tenshi stopped her at the last second and told her to trust Philip
At this point, Philip's head tilted backwards with his mouth opened. His jaw trembled and saliva spilled on the right side
"Ewcwsk tiye qwsoib nsarwet! Rgw xyeaw rgsr qukk wbcwkiow rgua xibxwor! Sqsjwb!! Vieb dein xyeaw urawkd!!!"
"!!!!!---"
[!!!!!---]