"Welcome to the galaxy of Blain stationed in the southern sector of the universe!" Hope said to Odin as the two existed a large teleportation pad.
Everyone around the two looked at them in shock, as they were the only two humans to be seen.
Odin had taken up Hope's invite to the arena as he wanted to buy more items from the store they had left the war hammer universe and had arrived at another one. This universe was the Prime universe, the universe that gave birth to every other universe in existence.
From what he knew, they were in the southern sector of the universe, which was the most war-torn and improvised sector of the universe. The planet they were on was the representative planet of the sector called Sakeer.
The southern sector had no humans, so seeing one was like seeing an angel. The most well know races that lived in the southern sector were ogres, succubus, psions, wraiths, robots, light people, gravity people, and level 7 archetypes.
They walked towards a huge tower that seemed to pierce the sky. The city was chaotic, Odin assumed that a place that harbored intergalactic life would be more open, but it was the opposite. It seemed like anyone was looking to start a fight with anyone.
"Oh yeah, if someone starts shit, kill them and don't worry, no one will bother you about it. If they do, though, I'll take care of it." Hope said as he slowly turned into a dark mass of eyes and tentacles.
He quickly returned to normal, but the surrounding people looked horrified.
"Remember kido an open mind only leads to death out here." Hope said as he took a kabab out of a child's hand.
For a few minutes, they walked in silence and soon arrived at the giant building. They walked into an elevator and Hope took out a key that he used to open a small compartment. Inside was a button which he pressed and the elevator lifted the two up.
"Oh, great! This bastard can't lay off sex for one day!" Hope said as he seemed to look through the elevator.
"It seems like the perfect time to switch forms hope I can creep the fucker enough that he listens." Hope said as his skin darkened to a coal black and his veins shined with purple light.
His hands turned to long claws. His nails were the same purple as his veins. His mouth grew large mandibles. His eyes turned purple and red, large horns grew out, and on his back, sharp tentacles grew with large red eyes that stared at every inch of the elevator.
The scent Hope produced changed, and Odin seemed to fall into a trance before it faded.
"Sorry nearly made you into a slave heh." Hope's voice sounded jovial and melodic that Odin nearly fell into a trance again.
"What the fuck did you do?" Odin asked as he made distance.
"Well, I'm the demon of hope and I transformed into a demon, but can you guess what septet I am?" Hope said.
"Uhh I don't know what that word means and I don't know what demon you are?" Odin said.
Hope looked disappointed as his back hunched. He looked at the elevator door and sighed as he took out a knife and gave it to Odin.
"Here, help me out. Once we enter the room, place this knife on the nightstand to the left of the dude, remember. Your left. Do not fuck it up." Hope said as the elevator stopped.
The doors opened, and a room filled with luxurious items and lots of naked bodies appeared. Odin was stunned, but Hope acted like it was normal. His beast-like legs stepped on the naked women as if they didn't exist.
"Go!" Hope said to Odin as he scream whispered.
Odin did as told and placed the knife on the nightstand.
"Odin, you're here! I've been waiting for ages!" the person in the bed yelled as they got up.
"And I was about to have the kid cut off your genitals." Hope sighed as he reverted his form to his original appearance.
"Also call me Hope. It'll confuse the readers if you call me Odin as well." Hope said as he sat on the side of the bed.
"Oh, is somebody watching us quite kinky isn't it my well-proportioned body displayed to outsiders it's making me all hot and bothered!" the person said.
"And I've decided I'm going to rip out your organs and shove them up your ass!" Hope said as he got up and grabbed the person by the neck.
"Har...der.. dad..dyyy!" the person said as he was being strangled.
"Author, I'll say this once. If you don't time skip to the arena, I will make Moses look like a saint compared to what I'll do right now!" Hope shouted.
•••••
The trio arrived at the arena and they entered the VIP booth. Volokh, the person in the bedroom full of naked women, had red handprints over his throat. Odin looked to be out of it and Hope looked like nothing happened.
"See if you listen. You get rewarded, right author?" Hope said aloud.
"How did we get here?" Odin said as he looked into the distance with a confused expression.
"It's called a time skip we got moved to the next scene." Hope said as he looked at Odin.
"You guys want a drink?" the person said as he raised a bottle of wine to the two.
"No." Odin said.
"Damm, you had a bottle of eldrik blood?" Hope said as he took the bottle and opened it.
"Yes, my grandfather got it when he left the south sector over 40 trillion years ago. It's finally matured and can be drunk a shame he can't taste it." the person said with a sad look.
"Well, let's taste it for him. Hand me the glasses, Val." Hope said.
Val took two glasses and held them as Hope poured the wine into the glasses. The Scarlet red liquid seemed to look ethereal and as Odin stood close by he seemed to hear the sounds of chirping birds.
"That's not normal wine, is it?" Odin asked.
"Oh yeah, it's made from olvian grapes that are fed with the blood of a divine bird known as the eldrik it takes a long time for the grape to grow and even longer for it to ferment to become wine this bottle here is over 200 trillion years old." Hope explained.
"Yes, this bottle is 1/5th the age of my empire." Val added.
"How old is your empire?" Odin asked in shock.
"996 trillion-plus, but this guy's empire is 1 quadrillion the same as the age of the universe." Val said nonchalantly.
"What the fuck!" Odin muttered in disbelief.
"Actually, it's older all of us are, but if we add every cycle, then it'll be so many numbers that reality can't store it." Val said as he chuckled.
"..." Odin looked emotionless as he turned around and looked at the arena below.
"Don't get so hung over it trust me it gets crazier." Hope said as he patted Odin's shoulder.
"You know I have so many questions, but no answers. Also holy, shit you're tall!" Odin said as he turned around and it finally hit him.
The entire time Odin had been at his full height but he didn't realize it and thought Val was just a bit taller than his 'emperor form' but Val was easily twice his height standing at 31 feet even taller than Hope who was 21 feet.
"Oh yes, I'm the tallest of my kind, but you should see my daughter. She's only 19, but she's already 20 feet tall. I'm sure she'll outgrow me." Val said as he formed a spiritual image of a girl in royal clothing.
"Last time I saw the kitten she was so bright now she looks like the definition of an angsty teen." Hope said as he looked at the image.
The girl's face looked so fed up with everything it was in complete contrast to her father, who was smiling like the sun.
"You know I realize what happened to your arms in fact why the fuck do you look like a human?" Hope questioned as he looked at Val.
"It's called magic?" Val said like Hope's question was stupid.
"Oh yeah, but still eh never mind still what did you do to make her so angsty don't tell me you became a shitty father because so help me I'll kill you?" Hope said as he placed his arm around Val's shoulders ready to get him into a stranglehold.
"While I'm not a good husband, I love my little kat. I won't do anything. It was you who did. This did you forget she idolizes you?" Val exclaimed.
"Really, but how the fuck did she become like this?" Hope said as he let go.
"Well, isn't it obvious, or did you forget your own personality?" Val said.
"Wow!" Hope said as he looked at the glass and finished it.
"Yeah, now she's a fucking angsty teen that lives in her fucking room playing those virtual reality games and flicking her bean because of you!" Val said as he jabbed his finger into Hope's chest.
"Ok first what the fuck and second how is it my fault like tell me exactly with proof!" Hope yelled at Val.
The two argued while Odin looked back down and focused on the first fight. The entire event would last 2 hours and Odin would fight at the end as the closing act.
'I have to say I feel alone.' Odin thought.
'Eh, it's something you get used to.' a voice responded, which made Odin jump.
'Who the fuck are you?' Odin asked.
'You dumbass or like the Odin that was supposed to be doing what you're doing I won't up because those two fuckers are arguing too loudly.' the voice said.
'Dose it ever leave?' Odin asked.
'Sometimes it feels like it was never there, but that is because we were distracted. The loneliness is constant, I'm afraid.' the voice said.
'You know when my family was alive I felt happy and fulfilled like the days would never end most of my interest came from my brother and my mother but now they can't see my success in anything I'm alone and I feel like I'm being swallowed up by the abyss and I have no strength to fight back.' Odin said as he laid his head on the balcony railing.
'I know how you feel long ago when I was but a mortal man I lived a very fulfilling life but it wasn't until I lost her that the light in me faded it seemed as if my soul had left me and followed her while my body and thoughts remained here it was only her words that kept me going and now I am the man I am because of her I am the epitome of good and evil I have condemned an infinite amount of worlds to death yet I feel no regret they serve my purpose but I know I have become twisted I know I am not the man who sought peace now I seek war for that is my peace one more body to sate my lust for blood one more death to sate my lust for power one more star for me to devour and one more dream to follow.' the voice said his tone becoming more somber as he spoke.
'I wish you would not suffer yet. You are me and this is our. path life and death follow like the wolf follows the lamb.' the voice said as Odin's mind became silent.