After Arty fainted due to injuries and exhaustion, Ikki quickly floated and began to fly in a specific direction while focusing the [Hands of Nirvana] on the unconscious girl's body in his arms to heal her.
The hands that held the small body of the girl his age glowed in a faint green, and she seemed to relax even more in his arms.
His eyes shone faintly upon realizing her "Condition"; he activated the [Akashic Eyes] and noticed that her internal flow was somewhat chaotic, as if it had been affected by something external, preventing her from using the almost absolute power she had felt in her small body. At first, he thought he was mistaken for sensing such great power and seeing her left in that state by small ants, but upon observing the flow of energy, he confirmed it.
The girl in his arms could only be a divinity or at least someone extremely powerful.
Although he knew it was his fault for being unable to use a teleportation spell to reach his friends properly, he could not think it was "destiny" intervening for this to happen, but he couldn't reach any plausible conclusion about why that was. It could just be his paranoia, as the spell to move through space had the minimum requirement that he had visited the place in order to be able to move there.
And since he didn't have a clear image at the time of activation, he simply imagined meeting with his friends; he ended up in one of the places he was most familiar with.
He had come to Central Park many times in his childhood with his mother.
He smiled slightly as he recalled the good memories he had made, shook his head, and accelerated his flight. In an instant, he arrived at a private property that no one was using, a mansion surrounded by a forest. He entered through the balcony and used a spell to open the doors that led to the master suite. He then placed the girl on the enormous king-sized bed and looked around the room.
Besides the bed, the room was filled with luxury furniture and even had a safe hidden behind a painting on the wall—something he only noticed thanks to using his [Akashic Eyes].
"If I had a house like this for myself, I would never leave it and would take it easy until the end of time," Ikki said, amused. He was never someone who cared much for wealth but always had the desire to live close to nature. Perhaps that's why he enjoyed the demigod camp so much.
After taking another look at the things around him, Ikki turned his gaze back to the girl of transcendent beauty on the bed. He analyzed her injuries, which had improved with the help of his [Hands of Nirvana]. Although she was much better than she had been before, she still had several broken bones; her lung had been punctured by one of her broken ribs, and she had several internal organs injured, resulting in a terrible internal bleeding!
Someone in her condition shouldn't even be breathing...
Not to mention that she was poisoned by the Chimera's venom.
Knowing it would be dangerous for her life if the poison continued to affect her, Ikki first began to circulate the energy of the 'source' within his body and made her capable of containing poisons. He then placed his palm on the toned abdomen of the girl and poured his energy into her body. It took a few seconds to isolate the poison from the bloodstream and move it to a non-dangerous location. Having done this, he moved on to the next step; through his body manipulation, he created a second mouth in his hand—something very strange from his perspective but necessary. He then placed his hand over the girl's arm, and the mouth in his palm opened, its teeth sinking into her snow-white skin until golden blood mixed with a corrosive purple liquid flowed out.
The girl let out a soft moan, and a grimace on her face was the indication he needed to know that it was something uncomfortable or painful...
"Then, she really is a Divinity...?" Ikki murmured to himself as he made the second mouth in his hand suck the entire poison out. As the poison left her body, the girl seemed more relaxed, and her breathing began to stabilize. Ikki then started to heal her wounds with the [Hands of Nirvana], closing the wound he had inflicted in a few minutes and slowly healing the injuries caused by the monsters.
Knowing it would take a little while, he didn't rush and treated the girl with care. As for the poison he had sucked into himself, he had already adapted his body and gotten rid of it the moment he entered, something easy to do for someone with perfect body control.
While treating the girl, he noticed that her clothes were all torn. He could remove her clothing and magically put some new ones on her, but he imagined it would be inappropriate to do so, and the girl might get extremely angry about it.
As he healed the girl, he thought about the vast magical knowledge he had acquired earlier from using the 'feeling of the sky' to swap the existence of Hercules. He thought it would be good to create a large area healing spell, and after a few minutes of thought, he managed to form one in his mind that used the properties of the [Hands of Nirvana] as a base. He named it [Kansas Heka], which basically had the power to restore living beings to their full state of health, healing them from various types of ailments in their bodies, such as wounds, damaged bones and limbs, diseases, and even the effects of poisons, toxins, and burns.
Through this spell, amplified by his [Hands of Nirvana], he was capable of healing critically and fatally damaged cells, preventing scars, and could also restore lost limbs and complementary internal organs. Even damaged nerves could be healed to a certain extent. In fact, through this spell, he could heal anything depending on the time, as long as his target was alive.
Knowing that the girl's condition was dire, although he had treated it partially, he immediately used the spell. He snapped his fingers, and a kind of circle made of magical energy with unknown drawn patterns that conveyed a mystical feeling appeared beneath the girl's body, where he poured his mana, and slowly her wounds began to recover at a visible speed.
As he healed the girl, Ikki looked at her face; the bloodstains had vanished through his spell, revealing a beauty worthy of toppling nations.
Her black hair, tied in a ponytail, had come loose and fell like a waterfall behind her on the bed.
Indeed, that caught his attention a lot. However, there was another striking feature he could ascertain, and that was her beautiful facial features.
Restless, he contemplated the serenity of the beautiful girl, as if he were hooked by the shimmering of the pulsating stars in the vast sky above.
The worst part was that he didn't understand his interest in her at all. However, thanks to that encounter, the façade he had maintained since the recent events, where he thought he was a monster, regained the colors of life as he raised his eyebrows and slightly parted his lips.
His gaze never left the girl.
Indeed, she was an unusual presence. Despite all the sensations he felt emanating from her, as if something surrounded her, he hadn't seen her in any of the last few days.
It took him a while to collect himself. He gently shook his head from side to side.
"What am I doing...?" he thought, letting out a sigh as he calmed his heart, which had begun to race out of control. In that moment, he focused the [Will of the Emperor] in his mind to soothe his emotions, and although he had used this ability very little, it was one of the best in his arsenal. He felt a wave of energy swell from his abdomen and extend to every part of his body. A cooling sensation similar to dipping his head into a bucket of cold water spread in his mind, and he could feel the presence of an invisible force extending around him.
He was aware that this was his 'Domain' that easily stretched for 500 meters; he usually kept that ability active to avoid being caught off guard, but since his soul evolved and he gained a sixth sense, it had become less useful. In fact, this was the first time he consciously activated that ability since that time at the demigod camp.
When he activated his domain, he noticed some monstrous presences within a radius of five hundred meters. This didn't surprise him as he had sensed them earlier through his supernatural senses; what surprised him was that he now had the ability to communicate with those monsters through his domain. Having an idea, he focused the effect of his domain on a nearby Hell Hound, and immediately the monster fell to its knees and placed its head on the ground, trying to hide its eyes with its malformed paws.
Ikki was able to vaguely sense that the hell hound was trying to establish a connection with him through the [Will of the Emperor]. He knew that if he wanted to, the monster before him would become his subordinate and follow his will. The more he contemplated the decision, the more he noticed the monster trembling. He almost felt pity for the creature, but he rejected that feeling, knowing it would try to kill him at the first opportunity it got.
"It seems that this ability of mine has changed a bit... I better name it [Monarch's Domain], since I can feel that I have more freedom and applications within the area of my domain..." he thought, deactivating his ability, causing the monster to quickly flee as far away as possible.
He shifted his focus back to the girl lying on the bed.
In fact, he even thought about leaving her on her own now that she was healed; after all, she was safe, and he felt that he was about to get involved in the biggest problem of his life by staying here, but that would go against something he believed.
He liked to finish what he started and felt terrible if he didn't. And since he had already involved himself with the girl by saving her from those monsters, leaving her like this would mean doing things halfway. So, he decided to wait until she woke up; afterward, he could join his friends.
Ikki sighed and walked to a corner of the room, sitting cross-legged. He entered a deep meditation to pass the time.
His computer-like mind had been working overtime throughout the day, always generating ideas for skills or techniques he would archive for development, and he had many ideas that only needed a touch to create.
Mainly, his [Artificial Divinity], the trick of developing a second mouth in his body was something easy that he had learned; he also discovered the ability of internal reading over other people through his senses, which is how he knew how to treat the girl lying on the bed. With the help of his [Akashic Eyes], this became an extremely powerful ability, although it may seem simple...
The most complex ability he created was the capacity to emulate any traits or faculties with which he had been struck within himself, adapting in various ways and even naturally creating such things. For example, if someone used a power to hit him squarely, he analyzed it within his body and through his abilities could replicate it, although it took time, and it was not entirely absolute, as he had to stay within his capabilities...
He also returned with a mental superpower through various tests, becoming an 'esper'. He created [Telekinesis] through his mental energy generated by a powerful psychedelic system; he was now able to move, levitate, or destroy anything with the "power" of his mind, besides being able to, for example, create impact with telekinetic waves, suffocate opponents, or protect himself from great impacts. While still at a basic level, it was only a matter of time and effort before he would reach a powerful level.
Currently, he could only attract, repel, levitate, and immobilize. The most he could lift with the power of his mind was a simple house, which weighed several tons... This would increase as he aged; unfortunately, he couldn't train to develop even more powers, but if one day he needed to, he would manipulate his age and make himself older to see how far his "telekinesis" would go...
In addition to these powers, he also managed to further develop the [Kansas Baal Law], which was currently a series of techniques with the highest destructive power, able to destroy a country with some of them easily. Lightning was an extremely destructive power to begin with.
While he thought about more techniques and skills, Ikki felt that the girl was waking up. He slowly opened his eyes and looked in her direction.
He was a bit curious about her identity and why he strangely couldn't gather any kind of denial regarding the girl lying on the bed.