After listening to everything I had a better understanding of the situation, basically, the Heretic God of Fun just wants to live peacefully having fun every day, the only thing that worries me is his way of having fun being too broad.
Athena is lost, she clung to Vanessa’s image of Saint to fill the void left in her heart when her faith in the Church of Light was shattered, I can’t say if she even realized she’s using Vanessa as a crutch to keep her upright.
The other 6 just wanted to run away and believed Athena about someone able to free them from the Church of Light, she happened to be right, but for her, there is no other option but to stay where Vanessa is.
“(None of them seem to be lying, plus I’ve been using my Aura on that crystal to see if the Blessings inside me react in any way, but nothing happens.)” (I)
I look at them both and think that Athena might be a powerful force in the future, but I don’t know what to do with an Heretic God.
He said that he is no longer technically a God but something called the Living God, he used some kind of technique to reincarnate himself as a mortal, and because of that he lost his Divine power.
The weirdest thing is that he’s happy with it, he just wants a body and living having fun without the restrictions that the Gods have to put up with.
I was wondering what to do with them, but the story about the Church of Light worries me a lot, nothing is more terrifying than an enemy capable of doing anything and having no limits.
I know I have limits like many people, limits of what I’m willing to do, I have my own morals, I have my own definition of right and wrong, and I’m not willing to cross the lines I’ve set for myself.
I don’t think I’d like to find out what I would become if I crossed those lines, I just know it wouldn’t be me anymore.
I still didn’t know what to do about the fake Hero’s soul, but I could ask Nix later about it, maybe I could use Dungeon as a means to send it to the Goddess Selene, I could even send it to the Demon Goddess of Death, but I’ll leave it to think about it later.
“Will you be able to fight the Church of Light or even your family in the future, Athena?” (I)
“I am more than a Vampire Patriarch, I am the child of the Goddess Selene as your report on me says.” (I)
“More people from the Church of Light will come after me in the future, standing by my side will be the same as becoming an enemy against the Church of Light.” (I)
“For me this is perfect, I’m disgusted that I’ve been so faithful to them, the worst thing is knowing that my family knows and accepts all this…” (Athena)
The look in her eyes is filled with disgust, revulsion, and sadness.
Knowing that her family is involved in things like the ones she saw must have come as a shock to her.
“So I welcome you until Vanessa Returns, please stay separate from this God until I finish what I have to do.” (I)
“It’s all right.” (Athena)
Athena removes her necklace which floats a little away from her, so I use my Aura and Blood Servant skill on her.
I ignore the usual messages, but one of them catches my attention when I feel the Blessing of the Goddess Selene bubble out of me in the form of red energy that enters Athena’s body causing several wounds in her body that oozes blood.
Ding!
<[ Lineage [ Servant of Light: 100% ] detected by the will of Goddess Selene ]>
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<[ Initiating purge of Bloodline tainted with the Blessings of [ God Baldr (God of Light) ] of Athena (Celestina) ]>
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<[ The Lineage [ Servant of the Light: 100% ] has been completely eliminated ]>
These messages appear in front of me as I see Athena’s wound covered body oozing more and more blood that burns until there is nothing left, then a red light covered Athena as her wounds healed in a matter of seconds.
panting panting
“Damn… damn…” (Athena)
Tears
“Even my blood… all contaminated… Damn…” (Athena)
Tears
Diana walks up to Athena and puts her hand on her shoulder, I could see a look of comfort on Diana’s face, it took a few minutes for Athena who had fallen to her knees to recover, and Diana helped her up.
She looks at me with respect and gratitude, but there’s still a hint of sadness in her eyes.
“Thank you, thanks to you I now know that even my lineage had been influenced by the Church of the Light, perhaps it is the result of generations of fools serving a religion without ideals.” (Athena)
“Now even my blood ties to my family have been severed, thank you.” (Athena)
“Just remember that there is more than one kind of family, it’s up to you now to build your own family in your heart.” (I)
What I said might be a little corny, but it was the truth, as much as she was determined to walk a separate path from her family, knowing that her blood ties had been severed must have come as a shock, she needs to find a new family with which to connect to, I hope your friends and Vanessa can fill that void.
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After everything is resolved, Athena puts on her strange necklace containing a mad Heretic God and the Soul of a false Hero, then she uses an item of disguise to die along with me, Ragnar, Freya, and Lawrence the Elves’ envoy to Venon Fortress City.
We entered the city through the front gate, as expected there was an ID check which we passed easily. .𝘯𝘵
Those walls being seen up close were huge, I also only noticed something when I got closer to the city, but around the city under the walls, there was a flower used as an ingredient for antidotes scattered everywhere.
I could even smell the sweet aroma of this flower wafting through the air around us, when I asked Louren?o about it, he said that this is a way of preventing poisons that can spread from the Poisonous Forest to the city, it also helps to keep the Poison-type monsters away from the city in normal situations.