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"I do owe you quite a bit." Shiro smiled.
"However, it'll have to wait till later since we're not exactly in the best place to experiment with you fusing with my weapon." She added.
"That's fine, I just wanted to see what your response was." The Ancient Terror nodded before making his way back to the lantern. Watching his soul bounce up and down slightly, Shiro could imagine that he was rather happy with her response.
Chuckling to herself, she shook her head and walked towards Nine, Iris and Arnea who was injured on the ground.
Iris was currently healing her but Shiro could see traces of fear in Arnea's eyes towards her.
Keeping some distance between the two of them, Shiro opened her mouth..
"How are you feeling?" She asked, scanning Arnea's body to see if there were any more traces of the Raven.
"You spoke of my big sister, do you know where she is?" Arnea asked as she tried to sit up but was not abled to.
Seeing that her first concern was about her big sister, Shiro chuckled.
"I do know where she is. As for her current situation, it's… complicated." Shiro said as she made a chair for herself to sit on.
"First, tell me what you know so far so I can fill in the blanks for you." Shiro offered as Arnea bit her lip and nodded her head.
Listening carefully, Shiro realised that everything Arnea did as the Chimera empress was not of her own choice. Everything she did was under the persona that the Raven had created for her to optimise the false authority he bestowed upon her. The fake Empress.
Hearing the fear in her voice, Shiro felt pity for the girl who was forced to commit mass murders under the control of the Raven.
"Is there anything else you need to know?" Arnea asked nervously as she wanted information about her big sister.
"No, that's everything. Let's see…"
Filling in the gaps of Arnea's knowledge, Shiro decided to leave out the parts of her massacre. She figured that Arnea probably knew parts of it but Shiro I'll keep the knowledge to herself for now.
As for Niphim, Shiro told her about what Niphim did for her and their battle again the Raven.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the realm of gods, an altar started to stir.
Dark energy started to flicker from the alter as it morphed into a being with long black hair and blood red eyes.
"Ahh… I didn't think I would be stirred awake…" He muttered while looking around him.
Seeing three people kneeling in front of his alter, he narrowed his eyes.
"I permit you to speak. Tell me who you are and what has happened."
"My lord, it is I who have awakened you. However, had it not been for a certain situation I would not have been able to accomplish this. The First Born has awoken." He reported as the man on the Alter paused.
"Hou~? Well isn't that something." The man muttered as he sat up properly.
"You said that they had recently 'Awoken' right? That means they haven't recovered from the war yet. Hmm… I suppose you've woken me up to deal with them?" The man narrowed his eyes.
After all, he had sworn an oath. One that he couldn't breach. Should anyone wake him up due to a First Born's awakening, he had to deal with it.
"Yes, all of the Gods have reached a truce right now. They're waking up the others and it is our job to wake you up, my Lord." The man nodded.