A couple of minutes ago, the girl was walking in the woods, surrounded by nature. It felt more alive than any other forest in the world, as flowers are blooming, even ones that are dead, trees are greener than ever, and animals are being hard workers than ever before, and that permiated even when the girl leaves. She was an African girl, standing at around 5'9 despite not wearing high heals, relatively tall, just slightly shorter than Markos, with long black hair that reached her waist. Her eyes were a bright contrast of green, the allure behind them drawing those near her. Thought it would seem she'd need a bigger size, as her thighs showed a surprising amount of roundness for a girl her age. Her clothing seemed modest, not revealing a lot of skin, despite girls her age wanting to be revealing and attention seekers. However, at the same time, the alive vibe that the woods had was being reduced back thanks to the evil presence of a Demon, one that had wings. The girl didn't notice it, but she heard voices in her mind saying 'Run' 'Get out of here'. It was the woods. The woods were acting as her senses. The girl looked behind her and saw a Demon, she froze for a moment, shocked at the presense of it. The Demon then screamed and the girl immediately ran out of fear.
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In the present, after being knocked back by the new Demonic entity, Markos immediately recovered, knocking the doll off of him, and got back up. Moving at unparalleled speeds, he was able to move in front of the girl that the Demon was about to attack and got her out of the way. In an instant, Markos was able to get to the main city, which looked like a silhouette to the Demon based on his current position. He got to a tall building to leave the girl, but at that moment, when things calmed down a little, both Markos and the girl looked into each other's eyes, they felt a sense of familiarity, a spark was lighted per say, they didn't know each other but its like they knew each other their whole lives. Eventually, Markos let go of the girl and both were kind of emberrased.
"Um what's your name?" asked Markos to the girl.
"Sofia..." said the girl shyly whilst blushing a lot.
"Markos..." replied Markos "I'll come back for you... later..." he told Sofia shyly and immediately went back to fight the Demon, however for a split second, it seemed as though Markos moved significantly faster than normal, but it was such a small time frame for Markos to notice the difference. The Demon took flight up to the skies, reaching the clouds, then charged up beams from its wings, there was a certain energy signature.
'What is that? The energy looks like a light beam, but he is using an internal energy to mix it... very similar to Godly Energy.' Markos wondered trying to identify the properties of the beams. The Demon then fires multiple laser beams. What was being visible to Markos was several dozens of hundreds of thousands of beams of light headed towards him, it seemed as overwhealming as raindrops in an exceptionally rainy day, they didn't have much focus on strength but they were traveling faster than all known human substances, if avoiding rain was impossible, avoiding this rain of light was the embodiment of impossibility, a human would see their life flash before their eyes at that moment. Markos placed all his focus, and using his blinding speed, dodges and blocks all the beams with his hammer, making those beams dissapear completely, it was though they were cancelled out by stronger energy. Markos was moving at speeds that is beyond human comprehension, the very act of blocking two beams seemed impossible, but continuing to block most of the beams made Markos worthy of being Thor. However even to the Reincarnate, he was still too young and inexperienced, even with just his speed, he still got hit by one of the beams and got blown several yards away.
'Shit' Markos noticed a burn on his body from the laser but healed quickly 'The problem isn't the strength, its weak, or the speed, I can react to most of them as well, but regardless, its just too many. I need something around it.' The Demon then gave chase to Markos, prepared with another barrage, however, Markos threw his hammer at the Demon, he had an idea that he can do right now. The Demon braced itself to block it, but before the hammer could even so much as touch the Demon, Markos gestured it to return to his hand at the last possible second. A sonic boom occured with Godly Energy embued in it, knocking the Demon to the ground and leaving it dazzed.
'I can seemingly amplify phenomenas like sonic booms with Godly Energy, much like that Demon with his lasers. Based on what happens when you move faster than the speed of sound, which I can easily surpass, a sonic boom tends to occur. I was able to combine it with my lightning to make it stronger and faster. But the Demon will still come back, need to finish it before it has a chance to get back to its prime.' The Demon was only hearing a ringing from his ears and was feeling dizzy as well, it was indeed prime time for the God of Thunder to strike. The Demon however could sense with something else, it could still feel Markos' Godly energy and it evolved to where it didn't need the senses of sight and hearing to react to Markos, but rather, much like how Markos just now is moving at the speed he was when he arrived at the battlefield, the Demon reacted to the incoming attack Markos was going to perform on him 'What?!' Markos tried another attack from behind, but the Demon blocked with its wing and fired another blast of energy at him, stronger than previously, vaporizing half of Markos' face off, including his bones and brain, causing immense pain for the Reincarnate, and at the exact same time, as though through instinct in an adrenaline rush, a lightning bolt was summoned from the sky and shot at the Demon, eletrecuting it, including its internal organs, and causing immense burns, burns that were beyond even that of a 3rd degree one. Took some time, but Markos was able to heal half of his head back, and sadly, the window of oppertunity for Markos to kill the Demon is long gone, as it immediately recovered its senses of sight and hearing and was ready to strike at Markos. It fired 2 beams at the Reincarnate, one of them was blocked the other was dodged, but Markos saw behind himself and saw the other light beam was headed towards Sofia.
"SOFIA!" Markos tried to save Sofia, but he was too late. It is hard to tell, but to Markos, it seemed Sofia got hit by the beam, at the stomach region. Markos then immediately returned to fight the Demon, he was going to end the fight immeidately. The Demon was ready to fire another barrage, but something odd happened. A tree spontaniously grew in this open field, grabbed the Demon and delayed its assult. Whilst the Demon did break free from the tree with ease, it was too late to block Markos' attack, as he immediately used the hammer and destroyed the Demon's entire body with the Hammer's holy powers, erasing the evil spirit's body, mind and soul into particles that then became absolute nothingness. Markos then moved as swift as Godly lightning, reached Sofia. She was still on the ground, but she still showed signs of life, even at a distance, Markos was able to tell she was moving.
'How is that possible? She got a hole in her stomach, shouldn't she be dead?' until Markos saw something; Sofia healed the injury. When he arrived, Markos kneeled down and placed his hand on her shoulder.
"You okay? I am sorry for my sloppy attempt to save you." he apologized, despite knowing that Sofia had some form of healing beyond what humans can do.
"Its alright..." she replied.
"But, how did you do it? Normal humans wouldn't heal from a beam of that nature, but you did."
"I guess the secret is up..." said Sofia, as she sighed "Ever since I was a girl, I had a connection with nature."
"I heard that story before."
"Yes, but its not like those stories. To me, its as though nature is an extension of me. Just me being around it, everything becomes better. One time, I held a dead flower in my hand, it was like that for a week, yet just from me touching it, it became healthy again. Just now, I made a tree appear to help you." Markos then look surprised, he was going to ask Tom about the tree and if it was a part of his set of abilities.
"You made the tree?!"
"Yes... I saw your fight as well. I always wondered if there was someone like me, but I was too nervous to ask them. Do you know what I am?"
"I think I know, but I need confirmation." Markos then took out the disk Tom gave him since they first met. He noticed a button, got close to Sofia, pressed it and instantly the light of the Yygdrasil consumed both Markos and Sofia, and they were instantly sent to the Realm of the Gods. Sofia was amazed at the cluster of stars and the numerous galaxies that exist within the Realm. Eventually, a train arrived, Markos took Sofia inside the train, took a seat next to the window and held onto her "Be careful. This train moves really fast."
"What do..." Sofia got interrupted when the train instantly started moving at speeds beyond what she is used to, but it wasn't as bad as what Markos experienced, likely due to him holding onto her "How fast is this thing?!"
"Well it took me like 20 minutes or so to arrive to the palace. We're going to a school this time, took this thing lesser time to arrive there." When it was traveling across the city, Sofia was amazed at how different the place, but she noticed a structure in the background. It was seemingly a cylinder structure, but then with a closer look, she noticed there were multiple structures.
"What are those things?" asked Sofia pointing to the structures, which Markos looked at, but Markos looked surprised.
"Oh those things exist?" said Markos.
"You never noticed them?"
"No, not really." Eventually, the train arrived, and Sofia was little tired from just how fast the train was moving, but Markos was able to help her to move. After sometime, Markos started to search for Tom, with Sofia following behind him, and she was equally as amazed at how different the school looked, with its bright shinny gold accents or the technology heavy looking doors and windows. It didn't take long as Markos heard Tom's voice in a classroom. After sometime, the class ended, as a bell rang and all the students left the classroom. Markos eventually spotted Tom and went to him "Hey Tom." eventually, the train arrived, and Sofia was little tired from just how fast the train was moving, but Markos was able to help her to move. After sometime, they arrived at the school, and Markos started to search for Tom, but it didn't take long as he heard Tom's voice in a classroom. After sometime, the class ended, as a bell rang and all the students left the classroom. Markos eventually spotted Tom and went to him "Hey Tom."
"Oh Markos. I see you're here..." said Tom with some humor, but then he saw Sofia and looked serious "And I see you have someone with you."
"Yeah, I need confirmation of something. I suspect she is a Reincarnate." Sofia then looked at Markos surprised.
"A Reincarnate? What's that?" asked Sofia, but Tom had a serious look on his face.
"Come with me." he said, as Markos and Sofia followed behind.
"Markos? What's a Reincarnate?"
"A being who is the reincarnation of a mythological being."
"That's right, every single aspect of it is reincarnated into you, including those stories you heard about them, and learned at school." Tom added. Eventually, they arrived the same place where Markos was at previously. The moment they arrived, the trees and grass were becoming more alive and Sofia started hearing voices, voices saying 'I am alive! Thank you!' 'We're so grateful!' Tom noticed the difference and looked at Sofia.
"I see you're doing this to the trees, they become more alive just by feeling your Energy remotely touch their skin." explained Tom "What else happens?"
"I am not sure why, but I hear voices in my head. Nobody else is talking, but I hear their voices the moment I entered. They stopped talking now for some reason... and I have also made a tree to save Markos from a fight he had."
"Markos, I think you have found one. A Reincarnate." said Tom.
"Really? Of whom?" Tom then looked at Sofia.
"Sif, the Goddess of Agriculture."
To be continued