( Somewhere else. )
[ Olympus ]
The skies filled with Thunder, the red Thunder coming out from the Abyss Tower, as its lightning even flashed outside the barrier of District T. In Olympus, Athena returns, after she went away for some time, leaving Zeus behind as the Allfather had a meeting to attend to.
"( This is it, isn't it. )" she still thinks about the Battle Maiden, her precious Avatar, the woman she even deems to be her daughter.
She can't take it anymore, the stress, the worries, the sorrows she's having for hours. Worrying about her inside the Abyss Tower.
"( Curses..., this makes me more disgusted to my own kind. )" Athena says for she knows the truth behind the Abyss Tower Raid.
"( All of you would just sacrifice a large number of humans, in order to kill one specific human, my human, my Avatar! )" Athena gets saddened for tears to become leaked from her eyes.
" Athena. " said someone as he approached her.
" Hermes! " Athena was shocked to see Hermes, the god of Speed and the Divine Messenger.
" Why are you here? shouldn't you keep doing your duties? " she asks Hermes.
" What, sending a message? well, I've already helped humans create the Internet-Mails (I-Mails) and helped them create those fast messaging apps, supplying them, so right now I'm only sending the Divinely Important Messages from the High Diviners, you know... " Hermes says, telling her his contribution to the humans, helping spread the information much more quickly with the help of Technology and his mortals.
" Since I already helped innovate those, I now only need to do the important ones only, sparring my time. " Hermes tells Athena for he brags about how easy his works had become.
" You're putting all your job at humans...? " Athena asks.
" Entrusting them...! Athena... "
" I'm only entrusting them since these humans might like faster information... "
" After that, that's not my problem anymore... "
" What my problem now is to make sure that the important messages are given immediately... "
" Oh yes, by the way, I came here to tell you! " Hermes says as he then tells Athena about the news.
" Him!? here!? on Olympus!? " Athena yells in her anger.
" At ease my sibling, whether you like it or not, he's officially the King of Asgard now. "
" So let me tell you this, even if his origins bothered you so much, don't forget why the hell the other gods often want him to be the Asgardian's ruler in the first place. " Hermes tries to calm Athena down.
" Because he's the one who does the dirty work, isn't he? " Athena asks in her angered face.
" Why the hell Odin had to bring him to Asgard in the first place, while he... "
" While he already has my dear brother, Athena. " a voice suddenly came from behind her.
" Oh, you're here Asgardian Ruler, I didn't expect you to be here. " Hermes greets the Divine God, he who comes unnoticed despite his official visit.
"( That voice, it couldn't be... )" Athena looks at the person with anger.
"( The Current Ruler of Asgard! )"
"( That Divine Pretender... )" Athena looks at the man as she felt disgusted.
" What's with the face, Athena? "
" You're feeling unwell? " he asked while smirking.
" No! " Athena responds to the man sharply, making Hermes worried that she might do clashes with him.
"( Damn, by our Divine Might, Athena! )" Hermes slaps his forehead, hoping for Athena to stay put.
"( Would you please be rational more and stop fulfilling your 'goodwill' wishes...? )" Hermes could only plead in his mind, knowing for sure Athena would lash out at him.
" I will never feel well, just by seeing you here, Asgard's Current Allfather. "
" The god of Trickster, Loki! " Athena shouts, calling the man's name the man smirks even more after hearing her calling him with such a tone.
" Oh, you flattered me, goddess of Justice, you flattered me! " Loki says as he brings [Gungnir] with him.
" I never thought that someone will call my previous title with such excitement. " Loki says while he knocks the ground with Gungnir, in order to show his might.
Seeing him showing off, Athena almost decided to slash him but suddenly, she was stopped by the other Olympians. Ares, Artemis, Hermes, and even her own father Zeus too.
" You really need to cool your head, daughter! " Zeus says to her, preventing her from harming Loki even more.
Seeing Zeus's interference, Athena begins to bursts out in anger, anger at her father who worked with Loki in the first place.
" Father! why do you even work with this Divine Pretender!? "
" Have you fallen so far!? " Athena says recounting Loki's origins.
Just so you might already know, Loki was adopted by Odin in the myths, to be specific he was actually the son of the Giant Laufey that was also part of the Deviant (Demon) Giant Race. Thus, after he was adopted, Loki began to learn much from Odin, and become more powerful than the others, hence he's the ruler of Asgard now.
" Look at him, he's part of the evil we try to destroy, yet you and the other gods decided to legitimize his reign in Asgard! " Athena yells to Zeus as she still remembers that he and the other Allfathers of Earth's Pantheons decided that by de facto he's the Allfather of Asgard.
" Are you out of your minds!? "
" Letting a Devi-... " Athena suddenly felt numb as she slowly calms down suddenly.
"( What's this..., why I'm... )" Athena slowly falls to the ground while her eyes look at Loki who smiles at her happily.
"( You... you... )" Athena seems to get something from Loki's happy face, it was just her speculation but in her Divine heart, she knows it's true.
"( The .. Ab...s .... Tow... )"
"( W..s ...y...r.... )" Athena falls to the ground while in her last moments of consciousness, she still looks sharply at Loki who seems unhinged at seeing her down.
" What did you do? " Zeus asks Loki which he responds.
" Just some things I learned from my 'mother', you know what I mean? "
" Besides, uncle Zeus... "
" Shouldn't you ask the other Olympians to take her now? "
" It's bad for her to be left on the Floors, you know? "
" At least a nice bed would be suitable for her, for I can tell she's having a hard time right now, isn't she? " Loki asks Zeus which Zeus immediately agrees.
" Your request makes so much sense. " Zeus orders them to take good care of Athena.
After she was taken, Zeus then takes Loki around as they continue their talk about the Current Event in Trinia.
" So, it seems you were right about the Abyss Tower. " Zeus says to him.
" I can see it now, the opportunities gathered from it. "
" Of course, Allfather of Olympus. "
" I told you that this was a good investment, for the inside the Abyss Tower, there's... " Loki continues his words, entertaining Zeus even more during the Thunderous Day.
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( Meanwhile. )
[ Abyss Tower, 6th Floor. ]
"( Hmpph... So it's his idea... )" Ragna Twelve says using the [Twelve Eye of Truth] as he looks outside the Tower.
"( Those Divine bastards, all of you are demons! )" Twelve says while Aphrodite is near him, ignoring him while looking at Ragna Current who just destroyed his greatest weakness.
" This is the end for you, my Divine Curse. " Ragna says during the Yakan Curse struggle against the bite of his Gigantic Black Shadow Summon.
" Grrkkhh... " the Divine Curse still struggles despite the Black Shadow's Aether slowly destroying her Divine Energy, destroying her Divine Energy Spiritual Form slowly, and shattering her.
" Uwaaakkkhhh!!!!!!!! "