The dark apostles had gathered . Prior to the meeting shockwaves caused the ground to tremble and an arcana Strom threatened the tear through the city. Then the storm cleared and golden bells rang in the sky's above the Capitol as gold dust fell like snow signalling that the Tower Of Babel had been conquered.
Rigarde could only guess that it was Kojo's doing. It was common knowledge that the tower's 100th floor had treasures from the Age of Prosperity and relics of the Dark Ages. Rigarde had covertly funded many mercenary groups to clear the tower but they hadn't gone far. The saints used to use the tower for training anytime they were in the kingdom. Yukio was the first to break through 86 floors on her first day but she hadn't gone there ever since she went to Ekron for the Dio'ri tournament and even thought he had the title of bishop he had no authority over the saints who took their orders direct from the Holy See,thats the Pope himself.
" Tch" Rigarde said opening his eyes.
He was seated on a round table with the other Apostles. This time all of them were in attendance.
They were;
Antoine Winfred, a man who appeared to be in his twenties in a colorful robe and signs that he took great care of his skin. He sat emersed with his appearance in a mirror.
Rigarde Àalbers,the bishop who sat with his hands on his lap fingers intertwined.
Oslon the doctor who sat with a faint smile as if thinking of something extremely funny.
Nefaria who wore a revealing purple dress and sat with her legs crossed,her pokerfaced expression beginning to show signs that she was annoyed.
Urland Agaard the buff and hairy man with a bushy hair and long dreadlocks. He had tatoos of loops around his arms his sides and under his eyes.
Aldean Frost the handsome Knight with whatever hair and blue eyes who played with ice on the table.
Vammona Dugres a women in all black who was giving off goth vibes.
Hanzet Bizél a girl with pigtails sat in the lap of a buff oldman with a patchwork doll and all her attention in a book smiling as she looked through pages that depicted dissection and disembowelment.
Sid Qinette a well dressed young elf with blonde hair and green eyes who seemed to be twelve, well dressed in a white shirt and shorts. He siped tea,a tray of pastries beside him.
Astelasia Qinette ,Sids sister sat next to him elegantly wiping whine.
Faust Teufel, a handsome man with long black curly hair and aslit in his eyes like a cats. He wore a black robe and a plague mask on the table behind him.
Juan Bjornson who sat with his legs crossed on the table and his arms crossed. He wore earrings and had a Mohawk.
This group , meeting holographically from realms far and wide, pull the strings of that influence the lives of the millions of people all across the world from behind the scenes. This dark gathering,known to as the apostles of doom who Hail from places of power from all across Gaia and beyond had been playing God for generations.
This time however instead of the usual plans and plots they were gathered at this auspicios time in order to deliberate what to do about the newest obstacle ,Kojo Atari.
"Hey priest,when will we move forward with the plan? I'm tired of waiting for soo long, Rigarde. " Juan said.
"Patience Bjornson, the time for our revelation will soon be upon us," replied Nefaria.
"Still, you need to speed things up," Nefaria spoke to Rigarde ,a hint of irritation in her voice.
"It matters not , the objective of the operation has already been fulfilled. We can move forward with other plans. " Antoine Winfred said.
"However there's the matter of the tower being cleared. I hear it was by the Dio'ri champion Kojo. Shouldn't we be concerned," the feminine Astelasia Q'inette
"Shouldn't we see if we can make him into one of our pawns it would be beneficial to have someone like that on our side?" Hanzette asked.
"It would be best preferably but I doubt it's possible. If it was, Rigarde here would have done so ," Sid said .
"The fact that he has t been able to means that this one's different "His sister Astelasia added.
" Well it would be a difficult task. From what I've seen,he's not someone who can be easily convinced or manipulated." Oslon said
"All this is irritating . Why not just kill the fucker and get over with our plans. " Urland .
"Patience barbarian." a melancholic Aldean Frost said " But I do have to agree with him. If we can't bend him then we break him. It's that simple."
" If it was that simple we wouldn't be having this conversation" Rigarde said.
" Oh come on now,how hard could it be. I hear he walks around with a troupe of young women and one of them happens to be royalty. Seems like he's also a good manipulator.
" Not evryones like you Frost. I hear you made a name for yourself among a lot of ladies circles."Nefaria remarked.
Adrian just smirked.
" If your so convinced that he's having others fight for him,how did he win Archadia's tournament,hmm?" Oslon asked.
Adrian opened his mouth to reply then paused and thought for a moment.
" Yeah thats a fair point. But so what if he's a bit strong. He's still nothing but a small fry."
" Yukio told me that despite his appearance he's extremely powerful. He even managed to give her bruise on the cheek."Rigarde said.
Adrian looked at him. Yukio was the strongest saint. One of the strongest people on the planet. She once descemated a fleet of 250,000 strong within a minute yet this guy managed to bruise her. Even if she intentionally took the hit all attacks would have been nullified by the Goddess'Blessing.
" You have yet to give your thoughts something Hanzette." Rigarde prompted.
"I don't care,as long as I get to have some fun," said the cheerful Hanzette.
"Hmm," Rigarde said looking at her .
" What about you Antoine?"
" I couldn't care less what becomes if that brat. Hey does my hair look alright?" He replied
"What about the boy?" Vamona said as Nefaria gave her a side eye.
"Well he's relatively naive so it'll be easy to manipulate him. If not we can do it through the people around him. Come on we've done this before stop acting like your virgins. Even if he impedes us, it won't be a problem. I'll just go and eliminate him myself" Juan said banging his fist on the table.
" Do you have to be vulgar about everything?"
"I guess that's that then,"Hanzette said
" In the name of our Lorde." Rigarde said getting to his feet and raising his hands to his head and intertwining his fingers.
" In the name of our Lorde" the others said getting to their feet and doing same.
Kojo looked down at Reynolds. The girls had told him what had happened. Adriana had taken him to were her brother was.He glanced at Adriana and saw sadness in her eyes. He held her hand and smiled reassuringly. Adriana wiped her tears and smiled back. Kojo's other hand however was tightly baller into a fist.