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The Void, city of Null, capital of the Void Empire.

"Greetings, everyone." I declared, my voice carrying far and clear, raw power echoing in my every word. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you all."

I looked around at the group of representatives of various factions gathered around the Empress of the Void Empire, my gaze lingering on several of them as I did.

"King Aeon." respectfully declared the Empress, standing up from her seat and bowing deeply. "Queen Azathoth, Lady Innomina, Lady Tenebrae. Welcome to the Void Empire. It is Our greatest honor to have you here today."

"The honor is ours, Empress Bel'Veth." I politely replied. "Today is an important day for the future of the Void Empire, after all, and I am glad that it will help ensure the continued prosperity and security of the Empire's people."

"Of course." calmly replied the Empress. "May We introduce you to our honored guests? You are already familiar with Lord Mephistopheles, I believe?"

I smiled at him, finding some amusement in the way he was desperately trying to hide his nervousness at the sight of the gathered Outer Gods before him. "We have indeed met previously. A pleasure yet again, of course. I trust that matters in Hell have been going well since we last met?"

The look on his face as he visibly struggled to not say "You single-handedly almost started a civil war" was hilarious.

"But of course, King Aeon." he smoothly chose to reply instead. "The House of Hell has been going strong for untold eons, it will continue to be strong for countless more."

I had to hold back my amusement at the not-so-subtly defiant answer.

"Indeed? It pleases me to hear it. If a Devil of your caliber believes it to be so, then surely it must be!" I cheerfully replied.

Mephistopheles barely held back a twitch at the sheer sass I was throwing his way, though the woman by his side was openly snickering at his plight.

I turned towards her, my expression softening. "And I am glad to see you in good health, Lady Arazni."

The former undead woman gave me a bright smile, standing up and bowing far deeper than was necessary.

"You helped me get my life back, King Aeon… Literally so. Let it be known that if you ever have need of me, I will gladly answer. It is the least I owe you for cleansing me of the curse of undeath."

"It was my pleasure, my Lady." I told her honestly. "What was done to you was unacceptable, and I'm glad that I was able to correct the great wrong done to you when you should have been free to rest in peace. Nonetheless, I am glad to see you returned to Heaven's halls once more, and I'm sure we will have ample opportunities to work together for the good of all in the future."

She gave me another bright smile. "I look forward to it, King Aeon."

"Look at you being diplomatic! That's a new side of you." cheerfully declared Azathoth, beaming up at me.

I looked at her in amusement. "Just because I am a God of Truth doesn't mean I have to be bluntly straightforward all the time."

"No, but you do enjoy it." Oedon remarked, poking fun at me with a grin.

"It's not my fault that people's reaction to someone being as blunt as a hammer to the face is so entertaining! Quite clearly, people should just stop being shocked at someone being brutally honest!" I shamelessly shot back with amusement.

"A god of Truth? Is that truly all that you are, King Aeon?" questioned the Empress.

"Well, obviously no." I replied with a careless shrug. "I am far more than just that, it is merely one of my primary domains… or rather, one extremely close to my personality."

The Empress stared at me in silence, as if hoping she would discover all of my secrets by just staring hard enough… then her gaze shifted, and she bowed deeply once more.

"It is a pleasure to meet you both once again, my Ladies." she declared.

"Bel'veth." nodded both Mist and Darkness, or Innomina and Tenebrae as the locals called them. "It has been some time."

"Over three hundred million years, my Ladies." calmly replied Bel'Veth, while in the background I saw more than one human present whisper the words in disbelief. "It fills Our heart with Joy to see you both for this historical event."

"Yes, well…" They both glanced at me and Oedon, before almost comically shuddering in terror and quickly looking away. "We were strongly encouraged to come and saw no reason to not do so." said Mist, while Darkness muttered "New daddy and step-mom are scary!" under her breath.

The Empress gave a polite smile, giving no indication that she heard anything wrong. "I'm certain that Archpriest Malzahar will be delighted by your presence."

"I'm pretty sure I heard him squeal in religious ecstasy all the way from here." muttered Kai'sa.

I took a moment to glance towards the part of the stands reserved to the religious leaders of the Void Empire, and had to hold back my laughter at the sight and feel of an entire gathering of priests almost keeling over from sheer joy at the presences of so many of their gods.

For now, I continued looking at the people gathered, and smiled at both Kai'sa and the very recognizable woman by her side studying us with curious red eyes.

"Greetings, Ladies. It's a pleasure to see you again, Kai'sa, though I do believe that I've yet to meet your friend." I said with a warm smile.

"I'm Tifa Lockhart of the Grand Empire. It's an honor to meet you, King Aeon!" the woman straight from the very famous game told me with a smile so bright it would make Angels blush.

We shook hands, one of my eyebrows rising at the strength in her grip.

"Hm. Quite the strength that you have here. Rare for a mortal to get this strong." I praised her, though, considering what I knew of the Grand Empire… This version of Tifa was basically a cultivator, a Young Mistress… except without the ego to match.

"I could say the same for you, my Lord. It is my understanding that you were born a mortal man, no?" she replied.

I smiled. "Indeed I was. Though the circumstances of my Ascension were… quite bloody and brutal, the story did end with a happy ending." An ending I have yet to fully write, but soon. Soon I'll go back to Bloodborne and finish what I started at long last, I swore to myself.

I just needed to secure my rule properly and then I could go back there to finally save everyone, and recruit the locals.

"But let us not linger on the darkness of the past. We are here to see about creating a brighter future, after all." I said warmly, and Tifa nodded in agreement.

"Yes. A great many people were worried that the Void Empire would start an indiscriminate campaign of conquest. It will reassure us all if they instead focus their efforts on allies of the Abyss." she agreed firmly.

And yet…

I tilted my head, looking at her curiously.

"And yet, I can tell that you are still uneasy about something. May I inquire as to what?"

Tifa flinched slightly, her smile faltering.

"It's nothing-"

"Lying to a God of Truth is not going to work, my Lady." I chided her gently.

Tifa grimaced again, harder this time, and Kai'sa sent her a concerned look.

"I… apologize." she said weakly. "It's just…" she hesitated, then let out a resigned sigh. "I'm worried about how much death and destruction the war to come will bring. Not just the one waged by the Void Empire, but-"

"The one against the Abyss." I finished.

"... Yes." she admitted.

I stared at her for a moment, pursing my lips with a slight frown, Tifa fidgeting slightly as the weight of my cosmic stare fell upon her and did not move.

It clearly freaked out Kai'sa, as she tried to protect Tifa by stepping forward and talking quickly.

"She meant no offense, my King!" she declared frantically, clearly worried that I got offended over being questioned. "I'm sure that-"

I raised a hand, a sigh escaping me. "It's fine. It's a good concern, one that is to her credit in showing her compassion for the countless innocents that will be made to suffer in the upcoming war."

I looked at Tifa sadly. "And yet…"

"And yet?" she pushed gently, seeing as I was willing to answer and wasn't irritated by her question.

I stayed silent for a few more seconds, before speaking up.

"Tell me, Lady Lockhart. If you saw a cruel person strike at an innocent, would you stop them?" I asked softly.

"Of course." she replied without hesitation.

I smiled wryly. "Even if it meant putting a target on your back and risking conflict with powerful individuals, ensuring that others might yet be harmed in the long run?"

She hesitated a little, then nodded firmly. "If I'm not even willing to stop the evil done right in front of me, then when will I ever act?" she answered.

I stared at her, then chuckled. "A good answer. Then, allow me to ask a final question: If you could see all the evils in existence… would you sit back and do nothing? Or would you act, even knowing the consequences?"

Tifa and Kai'sa eyes widened, as understanding suddenly flashed clear and bright in their minds.

I smiled, grimly and determined.

"There is a saying that Evil thrives while good men do nothing, Ladies. And I can't help but wonder… Are we truly good men, if we choose to do nothing?"

The words I spoke echoed around us with the weight of their implication, and my expression hardened.

No longer was I the friendly deity, or the diplomat.

Here and now… I was the King of Reality passing Judgement.

I was the Good Hunter.

And I was declaring the greatest Hunt against Evil that Creation had ever seen.

"I considered the question at length, when I first came here. When it became clear that I was to become King, even more. And ultimately, there was only one answer that I was satisfied with, no matter the cost to pay for it."

I leaned forward, staring both women in the eyes, gravity itself seeming to rise as the pressure I casually exuded grew.

"I will not do nothing. I will not stand aside. I will act. I will fight. I will stand against Evil, and see it crushed until it bends the knee, never to threaten Creation and the innocents within it ever again. I will shatter the status quo, break a billion years or more of fragile peace, for the sake of a simple fact: It is not enough to tolerate equality between Good and Evil. It is not enough to accept that countless innocents will suffer, just because countless others might if we choose to stand and fight for our right to live! Change for the better cannot come without courage. Good, as a concept, cannot prosper if we are unwilling to stand up to Evil for fear of the consequences."

I straightened, my expression thunderous and unyielding.

"So yes. There will be war. There will be sacrifices. But ultimately, as the King of Creation, it is my duty to strive to create a brighter future! So for the sake of ensuring that, in this future, no child will ever be born having to fear the cruelty of the Abyss ever again… Let there be war! Let all that is Good challenge all that is Evil! For when we will succeed, not if, but when, then all of Reality will be free to prosper without fear of the greatest source of Evil in existence. A Reality where no child will ever have to fear the dark, where the greatest beasts of Creation will be relegated to mere bedtime stories… that… that is a war worth fighting for!"

Tifa and Kai'sa stared at me, wide eyes and stunned silent, and I calmed down and smiled wryly at them both.

"Does that answer your question, Lady Lockhart?"

"I… yes. Yes it does." she whispered, still rather wide-eyed.

I might have gone a bit heavy on the Charisma, here, though thankfully I made sure to keep this conversation private for the three of us, since I didn't want Mephistopheles to hear this.

Too much risk he'd link the dots and understand that no matter what, I wasn't going to accept Hell remaining free from my control forever.

"Good." I replied with a gentle smile. "It is easy to think that I did not consider the cost of this upcoming war, or that I didn't care. Truth is, it's the exact opposite. As an effectively omniscient god, I know better than anyone the cost of this war. The lives lost, or simply broken forever. And yet… for all that I weep at the cost of it all, I also see what would have happened if we didn't fight this war. The countless lives lost anyway, the countless souls damned to fates worse than death because nobody dared to rise up and say Enough! to Evil. In the long run, the cold harsh truth is that, for all the destruction the war will bring… It will still be a drop of blood compared to the ocean of it that will result if we let the Abyss exist unchecked for eternity."

Both women stared at me… and then Tifa smiled.

"I see. I was wondering what kind of person would become the King of the Eldritch… Now I know. Someone who cares. Someone who wants Reality to be a place of happiness, most of all."

Her expression turned gentle. "I'm glad, then, that of all people the crown will go to you."

I smiled warmly at her. "Thank you for your extremely kind words, Lady Lockhart-"

"Tifa." she interrupted firmly, but kindly. "Please, just call me Tifa." she requested.

"Thank you for your extremely kind words, Tifa." I told her with a warm smile. "I do not know if you will want to fight in the war. A part of me hopes that you will not, truthfully."

She blinked. "Why not?"

My expression turned sad. "Because people like you are exactly why I chose to fight this war. To ensure that you would be free to live in peace. That you would never have to fear all that you love being taken from you. So that, above all else, you may live a life of joy and wonder in this beautiful Dream called the omniverse. For the sake of people like you, I'd love nothing more than to destroy all the horrors of Reality, so that you can spend Eternity enjoying all of its wonders in peace."

Both women gazed at me, seemingly trying to find the slightest hint of lies or deceit, only to find none.

They smiled, then.

"I have often heard it said that Eldritch Gods, especially Outer Gods, are uncaring and apathetic at best." said Tifa. She smiled at me, wide and bright and happy. "I've never been so glad to be proven wrong. You will be a good King, I am sure of it. And as for whether or not I fight in the war…" She gave me a long look, then smiled mysteriously. "I suppose that we'll have to wait and see, won't we?"

"Agreed." said Kai'sa, giving me a look startlingly similar to Tifa's.

"Time will tell." I agreed. "Now, if you would both excuse me, I'd like to talk to my daughter and her boyfriend before we start this event."

"Of course. Sorry if we held you up." Tifa apologized while getting out of my way.

"Not at all." I replied kindly. "Your worries were legitimate, and I'm glad I was able to answer them to your satisfaction."

With that said, I moved on, coming to a stop near the gathered group of Azathoth, Oedon, Sherry, Saitama and Fubuki.

"You know, I almost managed to forget how ridiculous your very existence is." sighed Azathoth, before glaring at Saitama. "And now I'm reminded of it all over again."

Saitama just shrugged. "I'm just me."

"Say the strongest hero in the entire omniverse." I pointed out with humor in my voice. "Face it Saitama, even Outer Gods consider you bullshit."

"Is he that powerful?" questioned Arazni, pausing her endless snark battle with Mephistopheles to glance our way in surprise, though I could tell that she wasn't the only one listening and being interested in the answer.

I looked at her and snorted loudly.

"Let me put it this way: Azathoth considers Saitama to be an impossible existence. That's how ridiculous he is." I said with amusement.

"I really hope that the two of you aren't going to have another spar anytime soon." firmly declared Azathoth. "The last one was bad enough to freak me out as it was!"

Mephistopheles blinked slowly. "I'm sorry, are you saying this mortal man had a spar with the King of the Eldritch… and it reached such a level of destruction that it made you fearful, Queen Azathoth?!"

Azathoth crossed her arms, pouting at Saitama and at me.

"It's not my fault, what kind of insane maniacs start breaking my Dream while just having a spar?!"

There was a collective blink from everyone not in the know of the details of the fight.

"Are… are you saying the fighting ended up causing damage to the very fabric of Reality?!" exclaimed Mephistopheles, his wide eyes glancing from me to Saitama like he couldn't believe his ears.

Saitama began to mutter how it was just "a small hole, it wasn't that bad." which, needless to say, did nothing to reassure those listening.

"In any case, we are here for Tatsumaki and Cho'Gath. So let us take our seats and watch the fight, hm?" I told everyone. No need to start freaking everybody out by giving the details of how crazy my and Saitama's fight ended up being.

Saitama grunted. "Tatsumaki is pretty strong these days. I doubt that she'll lose."

"My sister has always been strong." disagreed Fubuki. "... Though I suppose that, by your standards, I can understand why you wouldn't see it that way."

Oedon nodded. "Tatsumaki has trained hard for a long time to make Aeon proud. I have no doubt that she'll do fine."

"How strong is she, anyway?" asked Tifa, as everyone began to gather and take our seats.

I smiled.

"Outer God level." I replied.

I admit, I couldn't help the amused, proud smile on my lips when more than one person present promptly choked on their own saliva at the revelation.

Yes everyone, those around me were all kinds of bullshit, even the so-called "mortals."

I was a god who encouraged greatness after all, what did you all expect?

Tatsumaki stared at her surroundings, an unimpressed expression on her face and her arms crossed under her breasts, her long black dress fluttering in the winds.

Oh, the demi-plane she was in was impressive in the sense that it could really take a beating without having to worry about harming anybody watching outside of it, but she had been the wife of Aeon for many years now, and quite frankly she had seen far more impressive things than a mere demi-plane being used as an arena, no matter how well-anchored and empowered it might be.

Opposite from her, she saw that damn bug staring at her, the distance between them mattering little in the face of both of their abilities.

"You were foolish to challenge me, Lady Starlight. The Void Empire will profit from my victory immensely!" boasted Cho'Gath.

Tatsumaki raised an unimpressed eyebrow, but decided that if he wanted to banter before she crushed him, she might as well do the same.

"Says the overgrown bug in stomping distance." she replied carelessly. "I have crushed far bigger things than you as a hero. You won't even last ten seconds."

"Your arrogance will be your undoing." scoffed Cho'Gath.

She gave him a coldly amused smirk.

"Funny, I was thinking the same."

"Are the participants ready?" came the voice of the Empress.

"I am. For the glory of the Empire!" shouted Cho'Gath.

"Let's just finish this already." bluntly declared Tatsdumaki, her eyes narrowing as she uncrossed her arms, her body floating in the air with a faint green-black glow.

"Then… Begin!" shouted the Empress.

The realm they were in was a vast land filled with the power of the Void, with little vegetation and a terrain mostly filled with flat, rocky terrain and the occasional hill.

There was no other life beside the two of them, allowing them the freedom to go all out without fear of collateral damage.

The purpose of this place was simple: to provide an arena where two individuals could go all out in their desire to fight one another.

Thus, from the moment Tatsumaki heard the shout to begin, she didn't hesitate.

She clapped her hands together, and the ground surrounding Cho'Gath began levitating… as in, all the ground surrounding him for over 5 kilometers just instantly began flying upwards.

From one moment to the next, a giant rocky formation filled the air, at the center of which Cho'Gath could be seen, staring at her.

"Surrender." she declared with a bored voice. "Or I'll split this in two and squash you with-"

Her eyes widened in surprise when Cho'Gath suddenly swiped the air with one claw, tearing open a hole in front of him… one leading straight in front of Tatsumaki.

She jerked backwards, years of training with Aeon allowing her to react near-instantly, which was the only thing that saved her from Cho'Gath mighty jaws clamping shut right where she was standing a second ago.

She scowled, glaring at him. "Fine then. The hard way it is!" she shouted, summoning a dozen balls of Entropic energy with a thought and unleashing them straight at Cho'Gath, who had crossed the portal he had created and was already rushing at her with stunning speed for something so large.

BBBBBBZZZZZZZ-* *CHOMP*

Tatsumaki's eyes widened yet again when Cho'Gath straight up ate the entropic balls, seemingly uncaring of the danger they presented, before letting out a feral scream that shook the very air around her.

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!*

Tatsumaki summoned a shield around her, gritting her teeth as the feral scream tore into the surface layer of the shield with shocking strength. If she had been weaker, or just as strong as she had been when she had first met Aeon, that scream would have torn through her shield like it was wet paper tissue, before doing the same to her body.

The green-haired psychic narrowed her eyes, grudgingly admitting that the damn bug before her wasn't quite as helpless as she had first thought.

Still… while he would have posed a great threat to her old self, she wasn't as weak as she had once been.

"Begone!" She shouted, throwing her right hand forward.

Her eyes glowing with psychic power, the air rippled around the purple-coloured bug as she stopped him in place, enough psychic power to casually annihilate a city suddenly pressing down on Cho'Gath on all sides. A ball of pure psychic energy surrounded him, slowly but surely crushing him down into nothing.

The leader of the Void Empire's armies grunted once… and then roared again.

RRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!*

Tatsumaki jerked backwards as a shockwave of pure Void energy was blasted out from all around him, shattering the telekinetic grip she had trapped him in instantly.

She scowled, seeing him immediately rush at her fast enough to break the sound barrier. She pointed a finger up, summoning from the ground a giant wall of rock with deadly sharp spikes aimed at Cho'Gath before teleporting out of the way, leaving behind a decoy to make him think she was still behind the wall.

The giant bug didn't even slow down, his body covered in Void Energy rushing forward and shattering its way through the spiked wall and beyond without so much as a scratch.

With a jerk of her right hand, Tatsumaki hurled giant rock formations bigger than entire skyscrapers at Cho'Gath, making them spin at high velocity and turning them into deadly makeshift giant spears of stones aimed at her foe.

Her eyes narrowed as Cho'Gath' body seemed to break normal physics in a way she recognized all too well as someone using Void Energy to shatter the normal restraint of space and time movements, allowing him to avoid her attacks with supernatural ease, weaving back and forth between each deadly skyscraper-sized projectiles sent at him.

Clucking her tongue in annoyance, she scowled and decided to escalate.

Clapping her hands once more, she created four giant walls of pure Entropic energy surrounding Cho'Gath, and then four more, and four more, over and over again while sending each layer of her trap to close upon themselves and smash straight into Cho'Gath' body from all sides.

She could feel him try to cut a hole through space-time again, but this time she didn't let him. Flexing her psychic might upon Reality, she forcibly stopped any attempts at opening a portal out of her trap, forcing Cho'Gath to continuously suffer the entropic effects of her prison walls closing in on him.

For a second, she thought she had finally trapped him for good-

Only for him to straight eat a hole in the middle of the next wall of entropic energy rushing at him.

And then the next. And the next.

"How the fuck are you doing that?" she cursed, feeling the way he was managing to move towards her at high speed once more.

She stopped her constant attacks, thoughtfully considering the way that most of his body's natural armor showed signs of wear and cracks, before scowling deeper as those wounds visibly regenerated before her eyes.

"Regeneration… of course." she grumbled.

She floated in the air, throwing giant spikes at him and avoiding his attacks for a moment while considering the best way to take him down-

Before her eyes widened, and she quickly teleported away, right as thousands of deadly spikes came out of the ground beneath her and cut through the air she had been a mere moment ago.

The barrage didn't stop however, instantly changing direction and coming at her in near continuous waves of deadly sharp spikes cutting through the air at blinding speed.

She raised a hand, creating a psychic shield to protect her… and then frowning in annoyance as the spikes hit her shield much harder than she had expected.

Her eyes narrowed as she studied one example that was kept frozen in the air by her will.

"Poison…" she muttered, staring at the tip of the spike with frustration. "No, more than that…"

Her eyes widened at what she finally saw, her Insight letting her see the truth.

The poison wasn't merely physical, it was a memetic, conceptual threat that would infect down to the soul of the one hit and consume more and more matter and energy to strengthen and spread itself, turning the target into a formless mass of void energy that could then be consumed by Cho'Gath to empower him.

The spikes weren't what truly was hitting her shields hard, it was the poison itself devouring her psychic energy each time her shield was hit.

She scowled, staring back at Cho'Gath with renewed begrudging respect.

A memetic, conceptual poison wasn't something just anyone could naturally use, and he was throwing thousands of spikes filled with the damn thing at her with every second that went by.

"Fine then." she growled. "You want a fight, then let's have a fight!"

Her eyes glowing with greenish-black power, her hair turning into strand of pure light, she raised a fist-

And clenched it.

The next second, a thousand Black Holes appeared all around them, warping the space-time continuum. The very air shattered, and the ground tore itself to pieces, flying off into each of the numerous Black Holes surrounding Cho'Gath. She could barely even see him, as light itself bent and twisted from all the singularities-

And then she clapped her hands, and the Black Holes all collapsed, turning into blooming supernovas.

Everything promptly turned white as far as the eye could see.

"By the Gods!"

I smiled in amusement. Arazni wasn't the only one who reacted with shock at the sight of what Tatsumaki had just pulled out.

Of course, the Black Holes she had created weren't as big as any real black holes, each of them being barely bigger than Cho'Gath himself was, but even so I had to admit it made for quite the view to watch all of them suddenly collapse and turn into fiery explosions.

I could feel the shock of the spectating crowd as the view of Cho'Gath disappeared underneath the blooming fiery depths of the many explosions surrounding him, their gasps of awe, wonder and fear echoing in the air.

"Did she just… create a thousand small black holes and then deliberately make them collapse and explode all around Cho'Gath?" asked Tifa, rather wide-eyed.

"She did." I calmly replied. "It was the smart thing to do, too. Cho'Gath would have just eaten the Black Holes around him if she hadn't detonated them."

Tifa turned to stare at me in shock.

"Nobody eats a black hole!" she exclaimed.

"King Aeon is correct." declared the Empress, her cold gaze not looking away from the arena. "Lord Cho'Gath would have indeed eaten the Black Holes in his way."

Tifa blinked. "How?!"

"The Void." I answered. "His maw… You might not have noticed, but Cho'Gath turned his maw into something far more meta-physical than just physical. He can eat matter, but also energy or magic, and more abstract things like gravity and the likes. In fact-"

Before our eyes, the explosion dissipated, but one side of it did so unnaturally quickly, until Cho'Gath could be seen slurping the heat and power of the explosions in front of him and using it as fuel to heal his wounds over the rest of his body.

"-he can also consume explosions as raw fuel to empower himself." I finished.

"Impressive." muttered Mephistopheles, looking thoughtfully at the scene in front of us.

"I can't say I particularly like him, but he does have his job for good reasons." admitted Kai'sa.

"He's certainly pretty strong." agreed Fubuki. "But even so, I am certain my sister will triumph."

The two daughters of Azathoth present tilted their heads, and then frowned as one.

"We agree." they declared. "Entropy's embodiment will triumph."

A few people blinked.

"What?" asked Kai'sa, confused.

"I believe that you will see why they call her that soon enough." I chuckled, amused, before nodding approvingly at Mist and Darkness. "Well-spotted, you two. I'm impressed."

The two ducked their heads, smiles on their lips and a faint flush of embarrassed pride on their cheeks, which only grew when Azathoth smiled brightly at them.

"Oh dear. It appears that Tatsumaki is getting annoyed." commented Oedon with a hint of amusement in her voice.

I looked at Tatsumaki and winced. "Oh. Well, things are definitely about to escalate."

Saitama shrugged. "She always had a temper."

Not a second later, our words proved true when Tatsumaki began glowing even brighter-

And then enough power to obliterate half a planet slammed down on top of Cho'Gath and everything else around him as far as the eye can see.

Things promptly went downhill from there.

Tatsumaki stared in satisfaction at the floating mass of dust, rocks and more floating all around her, spreading out over thousands of kilometers.

The damn bug might have proven tougher than expected, but surely even he couldn't have easily taken what she had unleashed without being badly wounded.

Not that it mattered, since the very nature of the arena would ensure that any damage dealt in it would not apply outside of it, and that anyone caught in a deadly situation would be instantly teleported out of there.

So she could go all out and-

RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!*

Her eyes bulged in shock when Cho'Gath, without so much as a scratch on his body, bursted out of the cloud of debris to charge at her.

How-?!

No, this wasn't the time for questions. She moved fast, calling on Aeon's lessons on how to break space to move faster than normally possible, her body seemingly glitching her way out of the path of Cho'Gath' open maw.

His body flew at a mere hairbreath away from her even so, and for a moment it felt like the world nearly froze, allowing her to almost see her own reflection on the surface of Cho'Gath exo-skeleton.

She could see every ridge, every spikes, every centimeters of impossibly tough natural armor passing right in front of her face-

And then he was gone, and she let out a breath she didn't even remember holding in.

That… had been too close, she couldn't help but think.

Her expression grew thunderous with anger and shame, bitter over almost losing this fight to that damn bug because he almost caught her of-guard.

She turned to face him once again, growling as she confirmed once more the lack of any visible wound, and the answer of why was obvious.

The bastard had been playing her for a fool! Deliberately weakening his own exo-skeleton somehow to give the appearance of weakness when there was none!

"I'm going to feed you your own teeth, you overgrown bug-"

Her eyes bulged when Cho'Gath bit the air in front of him and somehow created a portal leading right in front of her!

She teleported out of the way before his second bite could fall on her body, only to then have to teleport again when he repeated the same trick.

"I'm not a fucking snack!" she growled, calling on her power to gather in her right fist.

The next time he opened a portal, she socked him straight in the teeth hard enough the shockwave put the destruction she inflicted on the demi-plane before to utter shame.

This time, Cho'Gath actually bellowed in pain when she shattered a few of his teeth, while a shockwave bloomed from the point of impact powerful enough to annihilate an entire world. The fact it only tore out a few of his teeth showed just how badly he had been sandbagging before this.

The ground beneath her floating form turned into a chaotic mass of fire, dust and rocks as the shockwave spread, acting like a bomb capable of blowing up a world to shred.

Uncaring of all the collateral damage, Tatsumaki didn't hesitate to pursue her foe. With a swipe of one of his claws, Cho'Gath tore open a portal and dived into it, but Tatsumaki was ready and forcibly wrenched control of the portal just enough to keep it open.

The hunt was on, and Tatsumaki flew as fast as she could behind a fleeing Cho'Gath who was frantically opening portal after portal to try and escape her, without success.

And then the next portal opened straight into the wrecked ground of the shattered demi-plane, and she pursued him through countless falling bits of rock and dust, going ever deeper downwards-

And then her eyes widened when another portal opened, to reveal a much smaller Void Monster vaguely resembling Cho'Gath.

"What the-"

She avoided it, but had to begin dodging left and right when more and more attackers appeared, tearing open portals with their claws to get at her. Her surroundings turned into a maddening sea of opened portals and purple Void-spawns trying to eat her, coming from every direction and angle to get at her flesh.

"What the Hell?" she finished her cursing, clenching a hand and casually crushing hundreds of small Voidspawns, her psychic powers letting her know that they were no smarter than animals, but even so-

Where did these all come from-

And then, she felt it.

Or rather, she felt them.

Opening a portal and rushing through it, she found herself in a vast, newly created cavern that spread out far into the distance, covered wall to wall and ground to ceiling with eggs and void spawns like Cho'Gath…

Along with a giant monster that constantly birthed more eggs.

A queen? But how-

Her eyes widened.

When she had hit him with all the detonating black holes, he had disappeared from her sight for a few moments.

Did the damn bug just… create this thing during that time?!

"Impressive, isn't it?"

She whirled, seeing Cho'gath standing right next to the queen.

"I am the leader of the armies of the Void Empire not just because of my personal strength, but also because if any parts of me are cut off, I can turn that part of me into new, subservient lifeforms… like a queen, one capable of very quickly raising an army."

He seemed to smirk at her. "Are you ready to give up? You will not escape me or my soldiers forever."

Thousands of eyes stared at her across the chamber, and thousands more would soon be born, over and over again, until everything was drowned in an endless tide of purple monsters.

Tatsumaki scowled, but did not back down.

She suspected that the queen in front of her wasn't the only one he created while she wasn't watching, but it did not matter.

She was Tatsumaki Starlight. Mere numbers meant nothing to her.

"I have nothing to fear from weaklings." she mocked, feeling the rage he felt at her mockery blooming in his mind-

And then she decided that she would put action to words.

Her eyes glowing like twin green stars, her hair burning like liquid fire, Tatsumaki called on even more power, the kind she usually reserved for when she was starting a spar with Aeon.

The very air crackled with power.

The light in the cavern dimmed considerably until the only thing left with light was Tatsumaki.

Gravity suddenly increased a thousand-fold, crushing countless eggs and some of the weaker void spawns.

Time seemingly stood still, even as hordes of voidspawns desperately rushed forward, led by Cho'Gath, whose ever animalistic instincts were screaming at him to stop her at any cost-

And then she clapped her hands.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

Silence.

Pure, absolute silence followed the explosion of power that just happened.

The cavern wasn't so much destroyed, as instantly annihilated down to its component atoms.

Those within who were unable to handle the release of psychic might didn't so much die as they were erased from existence, body and animalistic souls included.

But the release of power didn't stop there. Tatsumaki knew that there must have been other caverns, and this time she didn't intend to let even a shred of matter left to hide in for any void spawns.

The shockwaves of psychic energy bloomed ever forward like the deadliest flower in history, annihilating everything on its path down to the atomic level on the physical side of things, and acting like a shredder for any minds it encountered.

Anything that somehow, through some miracle, managed to survive the physical damage caused by the shockwave was doomed to die from having their minds torn apart instantly. The technique that Tatsumaki created with Aeon's help was a cruel, brutal one… but it was unquestionably effective, and would be horrifying to fight against even for other psychics, as they would struggle to prevent their very minds from being shredded into pieces.

For the countless lesser Voidspawns that Cho'Gath had helped create, not one of them survived the attack unleashed far and wide. They died, one and all, without so much as being able to scream.

Not even the Queens that Cho'Gath had created by tearing off pieces of himself before regenerating were spared, as those few far enough to barely survive the physical wounds inflicted upon them instead died from their minds breaking apart as a result of the psychic damage Tatsumaki's attack inflicted upon them.

Those unfortunate few let out terrible death screams, the agony of having their bodies and minds torn to shreds clearly audible in their pained shrieks, before they too fell silent forevermore.

The only one who, against all odds, clung on to life through sheer grit and fury was Cho'Gath, though this time the wounds on his person were certainly not faked.

Blood flowed from his mouth and from the countless cracks on his exo-skeleton, several of his teeth had once again been broken, and a few limbs were clearly badly wounded.

His once proud stature was now a shadow of his former self, as he struggled to heal from all the wounds he had accumulated, both those visible from the outside and those internal.

And yet, for all of that, even as he coughed blood and spit broken shards of his teeth, a bloody fanged grin crossed his face as he stared at his opponent.

Because for all that Tatsumaki made him bleed… this time, it had been an exchange of blows.

Channeling every bit of Void energy that he could gather, he had unleashed a series of spines coated with his poison straight at Tatsumaki when she was most focused on unleashing her attack.

For all her power, she was not all-powerful, and Cho'Gath was by no means a weak foe. In the end, through luck or raw power, Cho'Gath had successfully managed to slip one of his spikes through the tiniest opening through her shield… but it was enough.

Tatsumaki spit out blood as well, grimacing at the sight of the deadly sharp spike having hit her right underneath her right breast and going straight through her body, before the tip of the spike bursted out from her back.

She let out a pained gasp as she felt the deadly poison on the spike begin to course through her body, doing its best to break down every atom making up her flesh and transform it into raw Void energy for Cho'Gath to easily consume later.

The gaze of both warriors met, grudging respect and equal determination to win clashing, before they both smiled through bloodied teeth at each other.

"Not bad…" she spat out a mouthful of blood, then glared at him, one hand on the spike embedded inside of her. "For a damn bug."

"I could say the same… for a pink primate." Cho'Gath growled, before coughing up more blood.

She scoffed, then swallowed a mouthful of blood. "I'll show you… why I'm the strongest mortal wife of Aeon."

She took a deep breath, then with a muffled cry of agony tore the spike out of her body, swaying on her feet as more blood splattered on the ground.

Her vision swam, her head was pounding, and she could hear her heart beat like a drum in her chest…

But here and now, she still smiled like a madwoman.

"Ah… I wanted to use that against Aeon in our next spar… To see the look on his face as I Ascended… But fine."

She took a deep breath, despite the agony flaring through her body.

Her expression softened, pride and love mixing in her features.

"Witness me, my love… I'm taking a step closer to you today."

Cho'Gath froze.

Before, his instincts were screaming at him to stop her.

Now…

They were screaming that he was already dead… and that there was nothing he could do to stop it.

Tatsumaki's body began darkening unnaturally, before turning into a vaguely humanoid shape made of dark green energy-

"TATSUMAKI=ENTROPY."

This time, everything didn't turn white… but a deep black.

Light had ceased to exist.

Sound had ceased to exist.

Matter had ceased to exist.

Energy had ceased to exist.

Time and space had ceased to exist.

Nothing remained-

And would, forever, remain nothing.

The demi-plane, created countless eons ago and having endured countless duels amongst incredibly powerful beings for all this time, promptly shattered like a fragile egg before the might of the newly Ascended Goddess of Entropy.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

There was a deep, stunned silence across the entire Void Empire.

In fact, the silence spread out beyond it, far beyond its borders and into realms of the Void far too deadly for any mortals to be in, or even most life forms in general who weren't Eldritch Gods.

It was a silence born from watching the impossible.

It was a silence caused by someone doing the unthinkable.

It was a silence resulting from an incredible event that no one and nothing thought likely to ever come to pass.

It was the stunned silence of countless minds screeching to a stop as one as they witnessed something so utterly impossible that even the greatest minds could only stare in silent shock.

And as seconds ticked onwards, as the impossible only grew more unthinkably real, that silence was only broken by the loud, delighted laughter of a teacher seeing a beloved student successfully reach incredible heights thought beyond reach, and of a husband delighting in the success of his wife.

In a moment, the entire demi-plane where the fighting took place shattered to nothing.

A second later, and much of the entirety of the Void shook under the power of the newly arisen eldritch presence standing within its borders.

It was a presence that could not be seen, as light ceased to exist around it.

It was a presence that could scarcely be comprehended, as it existed beyond mere mortal understanding of existence, and into the realm of the conceptual.

It was a presence who had studied and trained long enough, hard enough, to claim a part of Infinity for itself.

High in the sky, Tatsumaki stood in a form that only the eldritch deities present could safely look at, much less hope to understand.

To my eyes, it bore the unmistakable form of a woman, but no other features could be seen, as it looked more like someone had cut away a vaguely human-shaped figure into the very fabric of Reality, and allowed that figure to possess life and sentience when, by all logic, it should not possess either, indeed should not even exist.

And yet, here it stood. My eyes shifted, both of them becoming pitch-black pools that seemed to resonate with the figure, as its impossible form tuned its body towards me.

Tatsumaki had, through her hard work and sheer will, become an Eldritch Goddess of Entropy. To study a concept antithesis to life itself was already dangerous enough, but to safely Ascend to Eldritch divinity through that concept, on top of that…

Still laughing, I stood, my body morphing into one more fitting for this moment.

"EX NIHILO."

My declaration echoed like a bomb across the Void, and I felt every creature within it, from the smallest of insects to Mist and Darkness themselves, kneel in instinctive obedience to one they recognized as sovereign.

Tatsumaki had managed the impossible feat of becoming an Eldritch embodiment of Entropy, without losing her mind to such a deadly concept.

The least I could do was show off my own Ascension in return, out of respect for her achievement.

I moved through the air, my form warping Reality as it did. The countless souls watching stayed silent, frozen in place by the weight of one who embodied the opposite of Reality more than any other.

Only a handful of individuals didn't freeze in place, instinctual dread, terror and purest awe coursing through them, and those were Oedon, Azathoth, Sherry and Saitama, as each of them in their own way either already knew of this form or had nothing to fear from it.

Coming to a stop before Tatsumaki, I leaned down and kissed her, the act more metaphysical than actually physical, since neither of us had flesh and blood right now.

Then, putting a hand over where her heart would be in a human body, I let my power pulse.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Tatsumaki's form shuddered as I formally welcomed her as a Goddess of the Void, smoothing out the ripples of her own Ascension and letting her fully settle into her own divinity, her form turning more recognizably human.

Then, satisfied, I pulled back my powers, returning to my default state, Tatsumaki following suit a moment later.

I grinned at her, engulfing her in a tight hug.

"I'm so proud of you." I whispered. "I know how hard you've been training to finally reach this point."

"I swore that I'd get to your level, one day. I'm no liar." she replied with smug pride, but underneath it I could feel her joy and love for me for my praise.

"I know. Just like I know that you're still not going to stop growing stronger." I teased her.

"As I said. I'm no liar." she replied, grinning up at me.

I pulled her back, my hands on her shoulders, and looked at her with pride.

"Congratulations, Tatsumaki Starlight." I declared with the voice of a god. "You have found your path to Ascension. The Eldritch Court welcomes you into its ranks, Lady of Entropy."

"I am yours, now and forevermore… my King." she replied, eyes twinkling at her words.

That seemed to be the moment everyone watching finally recovered, because we suddenly got hit by a wall of awed and delighted screams.

Everyone present for the fight in the stands and across the Void Empire, and even beyond that, suddenly got up and screamed their approval, awe and wonder at what just happened.

Not only Tatsumaki's victory, but her Ascension to Godhood and then my own Eldritch Void form being revealed to all had hit everybody upside the head with repeated shocks and revelations, and now the people were roaring in joy over the rise of a new Void Goddess born from mortal kind and my own nature as one of the Void Gods being shown to all.

It was one thing to worship me as the King of the Eldritch, but the fact I was now revealed as the greatest Void God in existence was going to have consequences. Even Mist and Darkness were seen kneeling when I assumed my other form after all, so the end result would be that countless denizens of the Void would truly see me as the highest authority in the Void, right there by the side of Azathoth.

I glanced around, seeing the millions upon millions of people screaming, shouting and jumping around as they sang my and Tatsumaki's name, and smiled. I could feel the power of their faith, the prayers aimed at both me and Tatsumaki, and through our Empathy we both could feel the emotions of everyone gathered, which could be best described as "Overwhelmingly positive."

I nodded at her, then grinned. "Come on, let's go see Cho'Gath, the poor guy fought damn well."

We floated down, coming down at the center of the arena, and saw that Cho'Gath was motionless on the ground, staring in shocked awe at us both, his body still covered in wounds.

"Lord Cho'Gath. A pleasure to finally meet you." I declared with a friendly smile, waving a hand and healing him of all wounds and cleaning him up too.

"... King Aeon." he replied after a moment, before bowing his head deeply. "I owe you both my deepest apologies. I let my ego blind me, and foolishly blinded myself to the true nature of your wife. I have nothing to say that could excuse my behavior."

I was about to reply, but surprisingly Tatsumaki spoke first, an angry expression on her face.

"Oh, raise your head you damn bug! I won't have it!" she shouted.

Cho'Gath raised his head, quite clearly bewildered by her words, and she scoffed and crossed her arms.

"Save me the excuses. You fought well, better than I expected. I will not have someone who fights that hard tremble like a coward! Or are you saying you're weak? Even after wounding me? You better choose your next words carefully, you idiot! Stupid!" she berated him.

"I…" he trailed off, staring into the thunderous expression on Tatsumaki's face.

"You nothing!" she huffed. "You're pretty strong. So stop being an idiot and raise your head. Not just anyone can make me fight for my win, you know? So stop being stupid, and be proud instead! If you continue to grovel I'll kick your ass!"

Cho'Gath stared, and then he started laughing.

Slowly at first, then harder and harder.

"Hah, hahah, hahahahah, HAHAHAHA!" he bellowed.

Tatsumaki reddened, her eyes narrowing angrily.

"What?" she said defensively.

"Nothing, my lady." Cho'Gath chuckled, shaking his head. "I just realized I really was being foolish. With that being said…" he bowed his head again. "It was an honor fighting against you, Lady Starlight! If you ever have need of the armies of the Void Empire, I would be proud to answer the call of battle in your name! Glory to the gods!" he shouted, pure passion in his voice.

I smiled. It seems that Cho'Gath took his loss like a man, and maybe learnt a thing or two along the way.

Tatsumaki, naturally, reacted to honest praise exactly how I expected her to: by blushing and stuttering.

"W-Well, good!" she huffed, looking away. "You're pretty decent in a fight, so I guess that you're not completely useless, even if you're an overgrown bug. So you better keep training hard, you hear me?" she shouted, and at Cho'Gath agreement she huffed again and turned toward me.

"Come on, let's go."

I sent an amused look at her, then at Cho'Gath, before I nodded at him. "I look forward to hearing of your victories in the coming wars, Lord Cho'Gath." my grin turned teasing. "It would not do to disappoint Tatsumaki now that you've proven yourself to be 'pretty decent in a fight.'"

"I live to serve, my Lord and Lady!" he replied without hesitation.

Tatsumaki huffed again, and I quickly bid him goodbye while healers and local officials began to make their way to him, opening a portal for Tatsumaki and I to go through to get back to the VIP stand.

"The returning hero, ladies and gentlemen!" I shouted, waving at Tatsumaki with a big grin on my face.

Needless to say, we both got hit by another wall of noise as everyone began shouting as one.

I laughed and raised my hands to ask for peace. "Calm down, everyone! I know that you have questions, we can do this properly though, no need to shout!"

I grinned at the twin daughters of Azathoth who were literally vibrating in their seats. "Yes, go on you two, before you start releasing anti-matter and anti-energy all over the place and everything starts exploding."

They flushed, but that barely slowed them down. "You're both Void Gods!" they shouted.

"Indeed we are!" I cheerfully replied. "Well, it's new for Tatsumaki, but I was one pretty much from the start."

"But you don't feel like it!" asked Mist, looking terribly confused.

I chuckled. "That's because I don't have one Eldritch form, I have two! And it's the second you feel most of the time, unless something specific causes me to use my Void Form… like here."

The twins paused, then looked at Tatsumaki. "And you… you became a goddess of Entropy!"

"I did." Tatsumaki tried to play it cool, but there was no hiding the sheer pride in her expression. "It took many years of very intense training, both by myself and with Aeon, but… I finally did it."

"Impressive." muttered Mephistopheles, though by the emotions coursing through him it was clear he wanted to say "Concerning" instead.

Turns out, the Devil preying on weak humans was worried about mortals becoming gods. Who would have thought?

"To think I would see a divine Ascension with my own eyes…" muttered Arazni, the envoy of Heaven (and Iomedae specifically) clearly being in awe of the incredibly rare event that she had just witnessed… and knowing that her report to Heaven was going to be even more crazy than originally expected.

"To think I'd see a mortal woman become a Void Goddess…" breathed Tifa, her red eyes wide, and Kai'sa looked just as stunned by her side.

Saitama, being Saitama, merely sent her a thumbs up and an approving "Nice." which made Tatsumaki huff up at him.

"So that's what that other form of yours feels like…" said Azathoth, staring at me with an impressed expression, though it was tainted with a bit of uncertainty.

Probably because of the fact that my other form was the antithesis of everything she had ever created.

I walked up to her and hugged her. "You don't have to worry. I would never use that form's power against you or anyone who wasn't truly deserving."

Azathoth didn't even hesitate in hugging me back, before looking up at me with a smile.

"I know. I trust you." she said simply, and the sheer devotion in her eyes made it clear that she was 100% truthful.

I kissed her hard, before pulling back with a grin. "You're incredible, and let no one say otherwise."

Aza blushed, both at the compliment and at the kiss, before her golden eyes turned mischievous. "I wouldn't mind being told that some more… Maybe tonight?" she whispered lustfully.

"But of course, my Queen." I teased her slightly.

Oedon chuckled at us. "Ah, love." she grinned. "Don't worry Aza, we'll give you all the praise you could desire tonight."

Aza grinned in anticipation, while Mist and Darkness shuddered.

"Please don't start mating here, we don't want to see mom like that!" they begged.

Aza grimaced. "Okay, yeah, we definitely should send those two back home before we start our fun…"

"Later, then." I promised her. "Though I'll want your help, as I want Tatsumaki to really, really enjoy tonight. She definitely earned it."

Aza grinned. "Don't worry, we'll all give her a night she'll never forget!" she swore.

I smirked. Tatsumaki will be so sore and tired by the time we're done with her that she won't even be able to move a finger without help!

Oh, I was going to enjoy pushing her newfound divine stamina through its limits and beyond!

In the background, Tatsumaki was getting her congratulations, and I could see her puffing her chest slightly at the praises sent her way by everyone, including some very excited looking Fubuki, Tifa and Kai'sa who were nearly blurring from sight with how quickly they went to her and started asking all sort of questions.

However, my attention was grabbed by the one person that had remained silent until now, and who was headed my way.

"Empress Bel'Veth." I said, nodding respectfully at her. "I take it you wanted to talk about what just happened?"

"Indeed." she sent me a smile, though her eyes seemed even more coldly calculating than before. "Today has proven to be far more fascinating than even We expected it to be. The rise of a new Goddess of the Void brings Us immense joy and honor, of course, especially as it took place upon Our lands."

Traduction: I would have appreciated a heads up, but overall the benefits of having a new Holy land where a mortal wife of the King of the Eldritch became a Goddess outweigh any of the negatives.

"To say nothing of your own revelation as the newest mightiest Void God in Existence. We did not miss the way that even Lady Mist and Darkness knelt upon the unveiling of your divine form." she continued, all but bluntly telling me that what I did will have major religious repercussions.

Though to be fair… What better moment was there to reveal that part of me than here, in the Void Empire, while under the eyes of countless souls? Secrets had a way of getting out, and I was not ashamed of that part of me.

So might as well smash it in everyone's faces in the best moment possible for the best rewards possible… And that's exactly what I did.

I did feel a little bad about upstaging Tatsumaki in her big moment, but this would actually benefit her. My name and divinity would be linked with hers, and therefore a lot more people will naturally pray to her, giving her the greatest currency possible for gods: followers.

Also, watching Tatsumaki deal with her worshippers was going to be an endless fount of entertainment, that was for damn sure, considering her personality!

"What better moment was there than here and now to show off that part of myself to all?" I replied, and the Empress seemed almost amused at those blunt words.

"Quite. In any case, Lady Starlight won her duel, and thus none among Our court will stand against the deal that was made. The only thing left will be to sign it and make the announcement." she declared.

I smiled and extended a hand towards her. "I look forward to all that we can accomplish together." I told her, and she stared at me with a piercing gaze, as if trying to peer into my very soul with her eyes alone… before shaking my hand.

"So do We, Your Divine Majesty. So do We."

A.N: Alright! Here is the next chapter in which we continue the events of Love Azathoth!

Aeon's first ever public event! And it's a bit of a doozy, considering that Tatsumaki straight up goes Plus Ultra and becomes a Goddess right then and there.

Honestly, it was only a matter of time. She did make Aeon the promise that she'd do her best to get up to his level, and Tatsumaki is many things, but a liar is not one of them.

And what better time to Ascend that in the middle of the Void Empire, while being watched by countless trillions of souls, if not more? Needless to say, True!Aeon might have just set up the entire Void Arc just so that he could give the perfect opportunity for Tatsumaki to show off and Ascend in style.

Let no one say he isn't a loving Husband!

And speaking of style, yes he also showed off his Void Form, which by default means he straight up just became known as the greatest Void God in Existence. Technically Azathoth is still greater, but she's Azathoth, so that muddle things a bit.

Either way, that single move essentially just caused the people of the Void to recognize him as one of their deities in full, so Aeon just got a shitload of new worshippers with that move, same with Tatsumaki.

Also, there's only two chapters left in the Void Arc, I'd say. There's the aftermath of this chapter, followed by Oedon having a "friendly chat" with the mad god who tormented her local equivalent as a goddess of Blood, and then we'll most likely move on to Aeon interacting with Gods, Eldritch and otherwise, in full.

Still, with all that being said, I hope you all enjoyed this update! Next time, more Aeon and co., as we finish things with the Void Empire!