After going in and out from the building a couple of times, Zeke tiredly turned beside Alice. "Alright, everyone seems… ok."
Despite having a couple of burns on his body, Zeke didn't look like he was hurt. But something was wrong with him, and Alice knows the reason.
"Zeke, you need to go to sleep."
Zeke raised an eyebrow and looked at Alice. "Huh, this is the first time you called me by name, isn't it?"
"It doesn't matter, you need to rest your mind now."
"Relax, it's nothin-" Before he continued, Alice flickered Zeke's forehead, and surprisingly, he fell down unconscious.
With an exasperated sigh, she picked him up. "This idiot… He didn't slept since 2 nights ago and wants to act tough."
No matter how much stamina Zeke had, his brain was another matter altogether. He has dealt with the Treasure Cove's Monsters, Nanabi, Tamamo and Alma Elma for an entire night. It is still a miracle how he was still up, but his own body could be responsible for this.
However, she couldn't help but be interested to him. He is clearly born somewhere near the continents, but she felt as if he was in a completely different world.
Sun Authority, before Zeke talked about a legend of a lion with impenetrable skin, protecting it from any blade. His Sun Authority came from that lion… She never heard of it.
Evil God's Immortal Blood, there is a God that is self-proclaimed Evil God because of a certain matter regarding his acquaintances, and is also immune to every element except light… She never heard of it.
Mantra of Wrath, a Demigod called Asura used it to increase his power by using his sorrow and rage for the kidnapping of his daughter and death of her wife to attack the other 7 Demigods who have their own Mantra… She never heard of it.
Pumpkin, a man, 1000 years ago, created 48 weapons called Imperial Arms that have powerful properties so that he could maintain his rule on his territory… She never heard of it.
Those stories didn't have any single bit of relation with each other, and yet Zeke talked about them as if they were real. There wasn't a single bit of lie, or he just didn't go in deep details. Anyway, the point that anything that comes out from him defied any logic…
Then there is this Omni Gacha, the direct source of his power. Zeke confirmed that he didn't have such a thing before, so it means that the 'Person' who 'kidnapped' him from his 'home' might have an hand on this case, but Zeke didn't seem to care at all about this.
The more she thought about it, the more she is getting confused.
She clearly knew a lot about him, from what he was doing to what is his favorite animal. She knew where she came from, she knew about his family, she also knew insignificant things such as his birthday… But there is that creepy feeling that she knew nothing about him, and it annoyed her a lot.
However, she didn't know how to solve it, Zeke already told her a lot, what else she didn't know?
Alipheese Fateburn 16th, the current generation's Monster Lord, didn't have the slightest idea about what to do with this creepy feeling.
…
"Now what the fuck is happening?" In a completely different place, more precisely, in Heaven, Ilias was looking at two different mirrors.
One of them had Luka, the boy she was obsessed, the most important piece of her plans.
Son of Lucifina, the second Seraph she created and nicknamed Daystar due to her signature move. She betrayed her 500 years ago and lived as a human until 10 years ago.
Son of Marcellus, distant descendant of the Legendary Hero Heinrich, who achieved something no human did, kill a Monster Lord at her full strength. With a mighty attack, he brought her down, however Heinrich also betrayed her and slaughtered many of her angels, earning the nickname of Angel Killer.
Luka is the son of a betrayer and the descendant of another one, but despite that, she felt potential inside him.
The potential to bring an happy end to her plans, she is grooming her as best as she could.
She cleaned Ilias Village, which was a xenophobic village before an epidemic spread out 10 years ago.
She gave a revelation to the strongest Adventurer in Iliasburg to teach Luka the art of war.
She gave him an objective, kill the Monster Lord, even if it was obstructed from his dreams of coexistence.
She built a path for him to reach San Ilia, where the sword that once belonged to Lucifina, Goddess Sword, was.
It is said that every monster would kneel in front of the one who wields the sword, but it was just a hidden meaning pointing to beheaded monsters at the feet of Lucifina when she still did her job properly.
Right now it is just an empty and fragile vessel, but once Luka will inject his Angelic Powers that he got from his mother inside the sword, it will reveal its full potential.
It is also one of the only 2 weapons capable of harming angels, which was useful for her plans when he himself will come to Heaven after she began her "Purification" in the mortal world.
But…
Zeke appeared.
Before, she didn't know what to do about him, he appeared near Ilias Village in the same spot a black lightning fell, which was probably the thing that "Created" him.
But apparently, he wasn't "Created", but "Transported" since he seems to have memories of his past.
Then he held a weird power that summoned even weirder things.
Jackal, the holy gun used against zombies and vampires, or so he explained it. When Zeke held that gun, Ilias felt a smile extend through her face.
Was he another one willing to follow her?
Was he strong enough to accompany Luka in his journey to complete her plans?
Was he another one willing to kill monsters?
Was he a possible important pawn of hers?
The answer of all these questions was NO.
Follow her? He never heard of her until Luka explained him who she was, and even then he didn't care!
Accompany Luka? He used the excuse of being a burden to him, and also stole 20 gold coins from him!
Kill monsters? He is wielding Angel Halo, the other weapon capable of harming Angels and had the Monster Lord herself behind his ass!
Be her pawn? She didn't have a single idea about what in 'herself-be-damned' fuck he is doing!
Then what are those things?
Impenetrability from any sort of weapons?
A gun that gets stronger the more he is in danger?
Powers belonging to an Evil God?
Become the Demigod of Wrath?
Is he a possible pawn or an april fool joke for her?!
This guy is CRAZY! THERE IS NO FUCKING WAY SUCH A PERSON SHOULD EXIST!
Then the most worrisome thing… He went in Enrika. She knew about the place because she felt an interference there, and sent a spy to look at the cause of the interference… What a surprise she received when she found out that Micaela lived there.
What did Zeke talk to her about? Did she also got married and Zeke was some sort of secret child? That's impossible, his own "System" as he calls it said he was human, until today though.
But it is impossible for him to know her plans. She also lied to her own allies.
Her plan was to turn Luka into the strongest and make her his enemy, then she will spew a massive amount of lies, letting her allies betray her and devour her for her energy, and when Luka defeats the one who devoured her, she will use the body as a cataclysm to turn into the Ultimate Being. Simple as that.
However, as she turned towards the other mirror, seeing an unconscious Zeke being carried from the Monster Lord, she couldn't help but feel something wrong.
Fortunately, one of her allies, Promestein, is preparing the only weapon capable of beat him, so she could feel safe when his head rolls down.