< System Space, Battle Maiden's Room >
" Plot Armor, huh? this is expected... " Ragna says as he sees the last record.
" I was quite surprised too, but then... "
" The corpse then told you that the ones in charge at that time are the five gods that didn't do anything until they were in a f*ked up situation? " Ragna straightly asks this, he knows this kind of plot in the fictional world, being the nerd he was back then, he knows the bullshit that higher beings do when they exist in the mortal plane, always laid low until shit happens to their humans or to them.
" And allow me to theorize, Grand Priestess Arisu is still available there as I see six starlights glowing from the body... " Ragna says which made Battle Maiden impressed.
Seeing her reaction, Ragna sighed as his theory was correct, he perfectly predicted the plot.
" It wasn't that hard, I knew those five gods wouldn't be killed easily, even after my Uncle successfully did the Fatality on their Avatar Vessel. "
" Besides, back in 2021, I heard that the Grand Priestesses is still in a coma, so that would mean... "
" Yes, the gods revived her, still managed to maintain Alice-chan's soul in the mortal plane as you theorized. "
" But... "
" It wasn't that great, after this she needs to be taken to a safe place after the five gods of the Takamagahara helped us deal with your uncle and... " Battle Maiden opens the next memory record.
" And that woman he just met? " Ragna asks.
" Yes, she is the cause, Maiden. "
" The cause of what you will face in that realm. "
" Now, will you show me the record? " Ragna asks as Battle Maiden opens it.
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< A Dark Turn Part 1 Opened >
< CG Cutscene Played >
< This Memory Record will be shown based on the Battle Maiden's memories plus some things she get to know from others at that time, plus again some knowledge she gets after Ragna Twelve helped her know more about what happened at that time with his 'Twelve Eye of Time', transferring past visions to her before she confronted Player Ragna Current. >
( October 2020 )
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< In the Unknown Realm, in an unknown place. >
" Grah! " Andrew gasps as he wakes up, chained by Chains made from the Dark Element.
He then tries to manipulate the very matter using his power but fails.
" Your prowess over the Darkness is still insufficient to bend the very power to your will... " said a woman's voice as she enters Andrew's place.
The woman from before, the goddess who claims rules over Darkness and Night.
" I guess this is your lair, isn't it? " Andrew asks, already knowing that he must've been in the woman's place, whatever this place is called, he is not like every ordinary captive who asked their captors where they're at or something.
" My home... " the woman says as she approached Andrew.
" The place where I will examine you further, my dear Hunter... " she says she then checks Andrew's eyes, mouth, tongue, and ears.
" Hmm... healthy, sturdy, and had the capacity of great ingenuity. "
" Your very physiology and mentality are already suitable for the power you possess, Hunter..., but... " she tries to check further but Andrew evades her touch.
" Hey, hey! before you examine! "
" Isn't it better to tell me who you are!? to ask my questions before you do, whatever you do right now!? " Andrew asks as the woman stops 'examining' his body.
Seeing Andrew's confusion, the woman then understands what's going on.
" I see, so the mortals had forgotten me, my very existence," she says while sighing.
" Huh!? why do you say- "
" I can see it from your very confusion, Hunter... "
" Mortals, in general, know things from each other from their interaction, they always had what's called 'common knowledge' in their society. "
" Back then, mortals, all of them 'know' me to their very hearts as I once ruled over time, each of them engraved my existence into their very hearts and souls. " the woman says as she holds Andrew's head.
" None of them didn't know me, but, if a mortal now, like you, didn't know my very appearance... "
" Then I could quickly conclude that the others had erased the records of my existence in the mortal plane, erasing my very existence from the mortals' minds for generations. "
" I guess so... " Andrew responds as he slowly understands her reason.
" It'll be a bummer and annoying to see your past popularity meant nothing in the current age, huh? " Andrew asks.
" Guess all existence, all life form lives are meant like grass, all grow and decay through time itself... "
" Even you, goddess, hehehe, ukh! "
" I see that you had the courage to tease me... " said the goddess as she shows a bit of her aura.
" Who the hell do you think you are!? " she asks as her voice gets a sound effect, showing that she is superior.
" Who do I think I am? I'm Andrew K.! Woman! the First Hunter! "
" I'm the one who should've asked that question, woman! who the in the deepest abyss are you!? A demon!? A goddess!? " Andrew asks which the goddess then quickly answers.
" Nyx," she answered while letting Andrew's head off from her grasp to let him breathe as he coffs.
" *coughing*... Nyx? " Andrew hears the name and then asks about it.
" The goddess of Darkness and Night as I told you earlier. "
" If you know the gods of Olympus then you should've at least known me... " she tells him.
" Wait, you're a Greek Goddess? " Andrew was surprised, he never thought that an item, that would lead him to open this Gate, which he founded in the Chamber below the Main Exorcist Fortress in Japan would lead him to meet a 'Greek' Goddess out of nowhere.
Nyx sees Andrew's mind, realizing that's how he got here.
" I see, so you've been through so much to come here, without you intended to do so... "
" Huh!? what do you...- "
" I see your mind, mortal... " Nyx tells him which made Andrew surprised.
" Oh, don't be surprised, Andrew, was it? "
" I am above you, your superior, seeing your mind was the at least normal thing I could do when dealing with an inferior such as you. " Nyx told Andrew that which made him try to add some thought to cover his current thoughts, a technique he used against those who could read minds, basically adding some other thoughts to make them not see the real thoughts, like showing vulgar thoughts out of nowhere or having a sudden imagination or something.
" Such a creative way to confuse me, but it would be too late now. " Nyx as she holds Andrew's head with both of her hands.
" Now, I will continue what I was curious about from you. "
" How do you have the Dark Elemental Gift despite I never Gifted this to any mortal since I'm here? "
" Show me. " Nyx says as she scoured Andrew's memories.
" Goddamn, you! " Andrew struggles as he tries to hold her scouring over his mind as the goddess began to look for the answer she seeks.
( At the same time. )
"( Wait, that Andrew was taken by whom!? )" Artemis asks Arisu, or the god inside her who interacted with her telepathically.
"( The Goddess of Darkness and Night, this is her realm. )"
"( Or her prison, in the realms that you greeks made... )"
"( Shit! )" Loki responds as he bites his thumb.
"( So it was really 'that goddess' then? )" he asks while fearing what will happen beyond.
"( If it's true then we're f*ked! especially when we were correct about where we're actually at. )" Loki feared while behind him, Battle Maiden who had Athena within her, listen to all that they said in their minds thanks to Athena.
"( Why are they talking like that, goddess? )"
"( Just what is this place? )" she asked to Athena.
"( The realm of Tartarus, but this is just one of its sections... )"
"( This realm we're in, was just part of the entire realm's region, or put it simply... )"
"( This is just a prison cell to the goddess we discussed, the one who took the assassin just now. )"
"( Who is this goddess? )" Battle Maiden asks.
"( One older than me, young one, one who should not return to the mortal plane. )"
"( In any way... )"
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