"Huh he should've been here by now." Charlotte said then checked the clock on her pendant. "What's keeping him?"
"The Outing Portal is very unreliable so there's a chance he got transported to a random location. He should be fine though, he is the God-Emperor after all." Raven said.
Venus looked out the window. "He's in danger...I can tell."
Charlotte and Raven looked at Venus. They looked at each other and wondered what Venus meant. Venus kept looking out the window and her tail swayed.
Merla and I rested under a slime free tree together. Merla was asleep in my arms and I looked at the sky and noticed the clouds move by. I looked at Merla and rubbed her shoulder. She warmed up to me quite a bit and I was glad she did.
"That Tiger Clan...what did the fourth truly do...Is he the true reason why Luceros is hated by the world, if so the God-Emperors and Goddess-Empresses after him have done all they could to rebuild a broken trust, but it seems the damage caused by the fourth was too great for some to forget." I said to myself.
Merla made a soft sound and opened her eyes slowly. She looked up at me then rubbed her eyes gently. "Mmm...what time is it..?"
"It's around 9 AM...We've been fending off slimes and running away from slime monsters all night." I said.
"Did you sleep?" Merla asked.
"No. I was up keeping watch. I don't really need sleep." I said then felt her wrap her wing around me. I looked at her then she closed her eyes.
"Sleep...we may never have another chance to rest for a while..Like this...snuggled against you." Merla said then her cheeks began to get a bit rosey.
I looked at Merla then smiled. "Alright.." I said then closed my eyes and drifted to sleep.
Four hours went by and I heard a twig snap which instantly woke me up. I closed my eyes and used my aura as an expanded vision to have omnidirectional vision. It was only one person. Their movements were very slow, but not in a stalker manner. I sat up and Merla softly made a whining sound then gripped my shirt. She opened her eyes and looked up at me.
"What's wrong..?" She asked.
"Someone's here." I said.
"What..?" Merla asked and ruffled her feathers. I stood up and helped her stand up. She rubbed her eyes and held onto me. "I don't understand what's going on.."
I held her hand then picked her up bridal style and walked off until...
"Someone...help.." A woman's voice said in pain.
I stopped and looked in the direction of the voice and noticed a Tiger Clan woman walking with a terrible limp.
The woman had on a ripped orange shirt to the point you could see her left breast handing out. She wore an orange skirt and black shoes. Her hair was a basic tiger orange color with a white gradient at the end and had tiger stripes on it. She also possessed tiger ears and a tail. Her arms generated tiger's fur and she wore thigh high tiger like stockings which was connected to a garter belt. From her appearance she wasn't attacked by the crows as her clothing had claw marks. She was attacked by her own clan.
I hurried over to her with Merla in my arms. "Hey, hey! Stop walking, you're bleeding beyond reason you'll die if you continue."
The woman looked at me. "God...Emperor.." She said then passed out, falling on the ground.
I looked at her surprised then picked her up using my aura to construct an ergokinetic limb. I was forced to use my powers to create anything. I created a little cottage big enough to fit the three of us in then walked inside and laid the two women on two separate couches. I went in the kitchen and created medicine strong enough to head the woman's internal wounds and hydrate her at the same time. It was a mystery on why she was attacked, but I needed to get answers.
Charlotte stared at the clock and looked at Venus. "He hasn't come back. Maybe he is in danger."
"I tried to tell you. He may be a God but he still has to deal with the hatred that comes behind his bloodline. It's amazing how one man could change the opinion about someone's bloodline. The First God-Emperor even was upset at the fact that the Fourth potentially ruined the name of the God-Emperors. No matter what damages the others healed, they will never be looked at the same." Venus said.
"We should go find him!" Charlotte suggested.
"Yeah right. The Outing Portal isn't the most reliable and we all know that. The chances of us not appearing in the correct area has significantly raised because His Majesty has four wives now and has four kingdoms under his belt. We could literally appear anywhere now." Raven said.
"We still have to try! I don't know about you, but I'm not leaving my husband to suffer alone!" Charlotte said then walked off.
Raven watched Charlotte then sighed and stood up. "Charlotte wait. I'm coming with you."
Venus shrugged and decided to follow them as well. "It could be days before we see him again, but I'm sure we can find him."
I helped the tiger woman take the medicine I made and her body slightly glowed. Merla looked a bit surprised seeing the effects it had on the woman. The woman grunted softly and opened her eyes slowly. She looked at me then sat up slowly. I set the cup on the table then went to sit down in the rolling chair.
"You..helped me God-Emperor..?" The woman asked. "Why..?"
I looked at the woman. "Let's start off with introductions."
"Yeah of course. My name is Ashelia, I am the new heir to the throne of the Tiger Clan." Ashelia said.
"How did you end up in this position? You look like you were...no you were attacked by your own clan weren't you?" I crossed my arms and made eye contact with her.
"I was...Yeah. I refused the position of Tigress of the Clan and even told them that they were being brutes and unjustified towards you and Queen Merla." Ashelia said.
"Why would you speak of my name to your people..? Why would you defend me?" Merla asked.
"Because I'm tired of this cycle of hatred and war. After the Fourth God-Emperor started that World War, the Tiger Clan was allied with him for a while before he killed Byakko...the First Ruler of the West and from there he sought destruction...at first we all thought it was for peace as the Dark Lords have been disrupting the peace but we were wrong. He commanded our clan to strike down your clan, Merla. If my clan had disobeyed him we wouldn't exist. I wouldn't exist. He got his name Divine Tyrant because of his abuse of power on the throne. He grew so powerful that even the Four Horsemen and the Five Divine Beasts had to step in to stop the Fourth. It was a war against Luceros and the World." Ashelia said.
I summoned a book about the Fourth God-Emperor. I began to read about his atrocities committed against the world. "Genocide, Killing Hostages, Torture, Plunder of Territory, Destruction of Nations, Slave Labour, Mass Sexual Enslavement, Killed the Five Guardians of the world and the list goes on. He damn there committed every war crime in the book. A complete menace what the hell..?"
"From there...Every God-Emperor from that point fought to make peace again, and it worked for the most part. The Ninth literally became a God to create peace once again. Five Guardians have a pure hatred for the God-Emperors and Goddess-Empresses. They will stop at nothing to kill the Rulers of Luceros and end their bloodline for good." Ashelia sighed and looked down.
"Which one attacked you?" I asked.
"What?" Ashelia asked. She looked at me with visible confusion.
"Who attacked you?" I repeated myself with different wording.
"U-Uhm...It was the New Divine Beast of the West. Baiko is his name." Ashelia said.
"Baiko huh. Alright, I caught a good look at his face as well, I know what he looks like. Attacking your own clan member without reason is a douchebag move." I said then stood up. We heard roaring and knew that it was the Tiger Clan.
"They've found us. Probably by tracking her scent." Merla said.
I destroyed the cottage and made it disappear. We were now out in the open and the Tiger Clan stopped once they spotted us. One of the tigers walked ahead and transformed into his humanoid form. He was a buff white tiger with blue stripes on his body. He wore royal clothing and his eyes shined a ice blue color.
"King Sirius! Your orders!" One of the soldiers said.
Sirius held his arm out and kept walking forward. "God-Emperor. The Sixteenth of your kind. The time has come for your bloodline to end. I shall eliminate you and all of your wives." He spoke with a deep, low growl in his voice.
"Dad! You don't have to do this! This God-Emperor is different he saved me after your God attacked me! Why aren't you going after him?!" Ashelia yelled.
"Little Ashelia, you have a lot to learn about this life you live. The Tiger Clan can never know peace with anyone of his kind. It will just end the same. He will betray you." Sirius said.
"Hmph. You all hold me to a very low regard." I said and glared at Sirius.
"And we have EVERY right to do so! You believe you deserve sympathy because you're nicer than the other God-Emperors?! What happened to your kingdom was well deserved and we thought we had ended your life along with your parents but your damned advisories had to help you. You were lucky enough to live! I'm here to finish the job..." Sirius said then unsheathed his godslayer sword from the scabbard.
"Dad stop this!" Ashelia yelled then noticed me hold my hand out to her.
"If he wants this then anything that happens on the battlefield can no longer be held against me. You wish to fight..? So be it. Bring your entire army, I'll take you all on at the same time." I said then placed indestructible barriers around Merla and Ashelia.
"God-Emperor! Are you seriously going to fight all of them alone?!" Merla asked in shock.
I looked at Sirius and my crown appeared on my head. "Yeah." I transformed into my God Form.
"Foolish!" Sirius bellowed.
"This forest is sacred and I wish to preserve it. Let us battle in a more open area." I said then reality began to warp and we appeared in an open field. I warped Merla and Ashelia a safe distance away from the battlefield, but they were still able to see what was happening.
"He can't take on the entire Tiger Clan alone! There are hundreds of them thousands!" Ashelia said.
I looked at the Tiger Clan and began to walk towards them. They watched me and readied their weapons. I went into a jog then into a full sprint.
"Charge!" Sirius bellowed and charged forward.
The Tiger Clan roared and rushed into battle against me. I began to break through their forces with ease and the ones I defeated groaned in pain. Soldier after soldier I defeated, but didn't kill. I was showing them my raw power and they were dropping like flies.
Baiko watched from the skies and glared. "How powerful is he..?"
One of the soldiers fired an exploding bullet at me, but I avoided it and it hit the soldier's allies, exploding in the process. Sirius bellowed and struck me with a body shot.
"Take this! Lightning Roar!" He bellowed and blew me away.
I flew backwards then landed on my feet. I stood up straight and dusted myself off then looked at Sirius. "Hmph...is that it..?"
"What..? He resisted it..? But it was a direct hit." Sirius said in shock.
"Since you are using your powers now, I guess it's fair that I show you some of mine." I said then snapped my fingers and a massive fireball appeared above me. "Megiddo."
The fireball began to crash down at the clan. Some of the clan members manipulated the ground to create an earth barrier and blocked the fireball. I warped reality to make the barrier disappear then the fireball crashed into the clan and exploded. Baiko looked a bit surprised and clenched his fists.
Sirius dashed straight to me and went for a flurry of punches. I stepped back and dodged each punch. "We will never forgive your kind! The pain your bloodline placed on us! Killing Byakko!"
I allowed him to punch me and he groaned as he took reflective damage in his arm. I trapped Sirius in my aura and my aura alone began to drain his energy. He began to submit. "Kneel." I commanded.
Sirius fell to his knees and panted. "How-"
I grunted and kneeled his face, causing him to roll backwards. "That was for allowing your daughter to be attacked." I said then looked up at Baiko.
Baiko landed on the ground and spread his wings. His divine symbols shined a blue color and he pointed his sword at me. "You defeated my entire clan singlehandedly. That is a feat in itself. Whatever powers you have...it outmatches your predecessors. I'm impressed. I can't even get a clear sense on how powerful you are, but I know one thing. This is a battle between Gods now. This is where it all ends for you, God-Emperor Ares."
Charlotte, Venus, and Raven entered the portal and were transported to Rosehome Woods. Venus looked around and used her Spirit Sense ability to track a trace of me.
"He's been here. His tracks are still here. He never left from this place." Venus said.
"What is this place?" Raven asked.
"Rosehome Woods. A Goddess lives here. I don't know if he encountered her or not, but if he's still here then something happened. Let's find him quickly!" Venus said.
Charlotte and Raven nodded then the three ran ahead, following my tracks.