" What the hell is that? is that a Demon!? " Yukino says as she could see the evolved Adrian that flies in the skies above the destroyed Abyss Tower from her place.
She was in the medical facility far from the Tower's radius for she chose to stay to guard the wounded.
" Kya, Lady Yukino...! " Kikyo one of the subordinates screamed as she also sees Adrian from afar.
" Wha... what is that!? " Kikyo says while her senses are tingling for it can be seen that she could sense the danger from Adrian even if she sensed it from far away.
" Is that thing in the sky so dangerous, Kikyo? " Yukino asks while Kikyo doesn't answer.
"( Kikyo... )" Yukino says as she remembers something about her very subordinate Kikyo.
Nekoto Kikyo, her Gift is the Tier III [Cat Sense], with her Gift she can sense danger from any direction. With her heightened Senses, she can sense the incoming danger and survives, her own Gift is basically her 'lucky charm'.
But despite her abilities that give her luck.
" Lady Yukino, that thing... " Kikyo says as she burst into fear looking at Adrian.
" It seems, I've been watched. " Adrian says from his place, she can see Kikyo using his evolved sight.
"( I can see things that far, interesting...)" Adrian comments on his newfound talent.
"( So this is what the mortals called the 'God's Sight', huh? )" Adrian says as he sees around, sees all the being around him.
"( I can see it, humans, monsters, animals, insects, and even corpses... )"
"( I can see it, the power flowing inside them, to think everyone actually has powers inside them... )" Adrian says as he sees all of it and realized.
"( How sad that many of them didn't get the chance to awaken their very potential, to attain more heights as I am? )" Adrian realized the irony, to think that back then, he thought only those who had the powers of the gods are the ones with power, but now, with his new sight, he gains another point of view, a point of view that unravels the other side of his beliefs.
"( It such a waste, to think that the so-called weak humans actually had great strength and talent inside them from birth but decide to kneel themself with the gods. )" Adrian says, seeing the signs of Ki, Mana, and many talents from every human he sees, while he can also see the Divine Power in their Gift Cores is trying their best to wipe those things out of them while supporting it's very user, the Gifted humans.
"( Thank goodness, I am now above them all now, above these wasted potential humans... )"
" Losers. " Adrian says as he then sees Artemis coming near him.
" What did you just say? " she asks she then shows herself in front of Adrian.
" Artemis, the goddess of Hunt, the god who's responsible for blessing the Hunter Association. " Adrian greets her sarcastically.
" To think you will come here yourself must've been some serious thing... " Adrian smirks before her.
" And you are...? what are you, creature...? "
" Are you a Demonic monster? or are you a Deviant (Demon)? " Artemis asks Adrian as she thinks that Adrian is a Demonic Monster or a direct Demon that knows their history where their real race's name is Deviant.
" Demonic monster? Deviant? "
" Are you serious, goddess!? " Adrian says, his ego hits again after hearing this from the goddess.
" You think I'm some kind of a joke to you!? " Adrian says, showing his very aura to her.
" This is...? " Artemis senses Adrian's power, she realized the Deviant Energy and the Divine Energy within him.
"( The hell, this couldn't be!? )"
"( Deviant energy and Divine energy in one body!? )" Artemis realized this which shocks her.
"( No, this shouldn't be possible, this is impossible that he's...? )"
"( He's what...? )" Adrian uses his Divine Telepathy.
"( You can hear me!? )" Artemis says as she prevents Adrian's attack using her Divine Arrows to attack Adrian.
" It's useless, goddess... "
" You are beneath me now! " Adrian says using [Avarice] to devour and absorb the very attack.
As it happens, Artemis realized the thing Adrian just used to nullify her attacks, the [Avarice] Sin Ability, the ability she knows so well as one of the goddesses.
" Is that [Avarice]!? "
" You're a Deviant Monarch's Anchor!? " Artemis uses her arrows again, but this time not the usual Divine Arrows, but.
[ Divine Curse Arrows ]
" Gah! what is this!? "
" Divine Curse Arrows, Anchor! " Artemis says as she now confirms Adrian is the Deviant Monarch's Anchor for she realized the Crown in his head.
" Now you will face the punishment from the Divine for even daring to present yourself in front of me! " Artemis says.
" You gotta be kidding me! " Adrian says as he can see his body is being melted and feeling great pain.
But in his very accursed pain, he immediately activates the very ability of Avarice he wants to try.
" [Avarice Null] "
[ Skill: Avarice Null ]
[ The 'Avarice' will nullify any effects that damage the User's body. ]
" What the!? " Artemis says as she sees Adrian just nulled her effects.
" That won't work on me, goddess! " Adrian says as he was freed from the accursed effects while Artemis begins to attack him with all kinds of Arrows she stored.
[ Divine Wrath Arrows ]
[ Divine Purification Arrows ]
[ Divine Obliteration Arrows ]
"( Arrows, arrows, is that the goddess of Hunt could unleashed? )"
"( Only bunch of arrows! )"
"( Did this Divine Being only trained on firing arrows only, doing the Bruce Lee Quote thing*, for ages long, millennia even? )"
"( 'I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.' )"
"( In this case, then it must be like 'I fear not the god who has practiced 10,000 fields of abilities at once, but I fear the god who has practiced one field of ability 10,000's of years.'... )" Adrian realized this.
"( Pfft! be real Bruce Lee! )"
"( If you can only kick but can't punch then it is also a joke then! )" Adrian reflects this with everything he has right now.
" So this is what one of the Twelve Gods that ruled Olympus can offer, huh!? "
" Twelve Higher Gods of Olympus, why the hell they gave you all this title back then if this the only thing you could do for ages!? " Adrian says while countering more various Divine Arrows.
" How impertinent, die! " Artemis fires more destructive arrows at him.
[ Divine Eradication Arrows ]
" Is that what your Divine Arrows can do!? " Adrian survives the attack.
" Seeing you did this, I began to wonder if the other gods of Olympus only can do one thing in their million years, only can do one thing, being overpowered at it for ages back and ages to come!? " Adrian roasts Artemis, still attacking with more Divine Arrows.
" Eat this, whelp! "
" Your blasphemy ends here! "
[ Divine Retribution Arrows ]
" Every arrow that you got, those which you filled with various unknown effects won't work on me anymore! " Adrian just says it straight, telling the goddess that he is immune to any ability effect for his Avarice will devour it instantly.
" Don't boast too much, Anchor! " Artemis then uses her Divine Strength to attack Adrian their fight can be seen by the humans around for they still are there to watch Artemis punching Adrian like hell.
" Yeah, that's it, Lord Artemis! "
" Bring that thing down! "
" Kill him! " the people around the Abyss Tower cheered for her, they know in their hearts that Artemis would win, they screamed for her victory, and they even pray for her and all of her faithful euphoria.
" It seems the humans below want your victory! " Adrian says while being attacked by Artemis.
" Of course, Deviant Anchor! "
" Slave of the Deviant, you think that you could even win against me! " Artemis asks Adrian.
" 'Slave', what are you talking about, 'Archer'...? "
" To think you can still fight while knowing you can no longer shoot me with the arrows you were adored about. "
" Such a waste, when I was a mortal, I thought you were also a pro in other things... "
" But it seems you've just been wasting your time, honing one skill and abandoning the others! " Adrian says he strikes using Avarice, wounding Artemis badly.
" See! this is what I mean by it, Divine goddess! " Adrian says as the Avarice immediately opens its large physical mouth, attempting to devour Artemis in front of the people who cheered for her.
" NO!!! " all of the people cheering for her suddenly burst out in despair, and their faithful thought immediately disappear as they see the goddess was helplessly devoured by Adrian.
" Farewell, Artemis! " Adrian says as he devours her.
" Say goodbye to that wasted life of yours. " Adrian says as he realized that even the gods are dumber than him, what an insightful lesson he just learned.
" As I defeat you, now I have the confidence to proclaim my rightful place as a god! " Adrian says after he shows literally everyone that he just defeat one.
" This couldn't be possible, right? " Yukino sees it from afar, realizing that the thing she sees is bad news.
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Extra:
* 'the Bruce Lee Quote thing':
" I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. " -- Bruce Lee.