Will of chaos

Pov Hades:

Hours have passed since I spoke to the master at Davoth's urgent urging, he used my body to talk to him, but sealed my coincidence of hearing his conversation, which doesn't matter to me, I am his Herald and you will know what he wants me to know.

But what disturbs me is Davoth's behavior, he seems distracted since he spoke to the master, his eyes seem lost in the past, I have seen many eyes like that in those who walk the Stellar Path.

"Why did we change course?" (me)

"The Cores have become secondary, we need to find someone first." (Davoth)

"Wouldn't it be better to mark the Universal Cores first?" (me)

"Now that 2 Entities are invading this universe..." (me)

"If we find that person, we won't need the Universal Cores." (Davoth)

"This person is ancient, he is also the basis of the Network Flow of Law between Universes, we can say that he is the heart that maintains it." (Davoth)

"If he is so important, then why wasn't he our target from the beginning?" (me)

"Because I have no idea of ​​his current conditions or if he is stable, not to mention the dangers involved." (Davoth)

"But now it is different, the Entities will already mark territories, their Concept powers will sooner or later influence the Cores, taking them will be too difficult, especially when there will be others targeting them too." (Davoth)

"Not to mention that the place where he is imprisoned will be difficult." (Davoth)

"What are we going to do then?" (me)

"Get ready..." (Davoth)

"I will warn the others." (me)

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Pov Adella:

Something was wrong, Nix who was embodying Zenos suddenly stopped, her Aura has been empty for a few minutes and every time I try to touch her body a strange presence stops me.

"I'm tempted to use my power, but that would expose me..." (me)

"What happened to you, Nix?" (me)

With nothing to do, I had to watch her, I couldn't leave her alone without even knowing what was happening here, I can't tell if something happened to her or to Zenos, but I can't do anything but wait, which only increases the anger I'm feeling.

"If it wasn't for him..." (me)

The increase in anger took me back to those memories, the memory of him smiling at me, his hand on my face, his voice beside me, his words of love.

"(Calm down, Adella... calm down... don't lose yourself in hatred again...!)" (me)

My emotions were in turmoil, ever since I heard about him from Wendel, it was as if a dam had broken inside me, emotions that I thought I had left behind, emotions that I thought were buried in the past resurfaced like a raging titan inside me.

His face stamped on my mind with every thought, his smile turning into whispers in my ears the more my murderous intent grows.

Every time I close my eyes a different memory of him comes to mind, the anger never goes away, the hatred only grows, the fury spreads more and more threatening to make me return to that bestial state again.

"Adella!" (Nix)

"Huh...?" (me)

"Nix...?" (me)

Suddenly a hand shakes my right shoulder and my vision is in front of me, Nix was looking at me with concern and looking out the window the light became brighter, it was already dawn.

"(For how many hours was I distracted by those damn memories...?)" (me)

"Are you okay? What the hell happened to you!?" (me)

"Someone used me to contact the master, at least that's what he said, I don't know anything else." (Nix)

"But why were you still like that?" (me)

"The master sealed my consciousness to control my body more easily, when I was used as a means to get to him, that seal became much stronger, I couldn't do anything but wait." (Nix)

"Zenos said something about..." (me)

"Adella! Do you have any idea what was happening to you!?" (Nix)

"What are you talking about?" (me)

"Your eyes were purple, a cursed energy was being emitted throughout your body, fortunately we had the master's stigma, thanks to that this cursed energy was all consumed by the marks on your arm, otherwise we would have already been discovered!" (Nix)

Sigh

"Look at the state of your body." (Nix)

"..." (me)

I look at my hands that are covered in wounds, my clothes are embedded in blood and corroded, running my hand over my face I feel traces of thick blood in my eyes.

I look inside myself, the blood vessels were normal, but I could see traces of recently healed wounds, my energy was strange, traces of cursed energy were flowing along with my power, my emotions clearly feeding this corrupt energy.

Fortunately it seems that this energy is slowly being sucked by the stigma that Zenos placed on my arm.

"(What happened to me!?)" (me)

"I'm fine..." (me)

"No, you're not fine, but I can't expect anything better." (Nix)

"The master left instructions with the Ascendants' plans, he's going to be a distraction and wants us to invade the prisons before the Ascendants." (Nix)

"Then let's go, what are you waiting for!?" (me)

"Adella, whatever you want to say or do to him, you'll have to wait." (Nix)

"..." (me)

"We can't let them find out about us or the traitors, we'll be in enemy territory too, don't put us all at risk." (Nix)

"I'll control myself." (me)

"I hope so or someone might end up dying and none of us want to regret it..." (Nix)

"..." (me)

I knew she was trying to remind me of the pain of my past regrets, trying to use it to strengthen my will, even though it's something that hurts me, it's also something to keep me under control.

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Pov Zenos:

I opened my eyes to find Barerosa kneeling near the wall looking at me, her two pairs of wings closed around her like a feather blanket, not far from her my hand was crossed-legged reviewing the plan information with holographic screens around it, it must be the preparations I asked them to make.

"Commander, I'm glad to see you awake, the other Commanders left a notice of the mission starting in less than 3 hours." (Barerosa)

"My Lord, all the preparations have been made as ordered, I double-checked to be sure." (Mother)

"Where are Wendel and Boris?" (me)

"Boris is with the Golem controllers, they all acted together for better coordination." (Barerosa)

"Wendel is preparing for the Ritual along with those focused on magic under the leadership of Commander Collins." (Barerosa)

"Very well, then let's finish our part too, shall we?" (me)

Looking at Barerosa I begin to understand some things, mainly how she became an Ascendant even with this bottomless thing inside her.

Ohara gave me some good information, but she didn't say anything about those who, like her, are Pride Troopers, at least she told me a little about Maximus and also the location of Vecna, one of the leaders of the Level 4 Ascendants.

But I couldn't find out more about the Progenitors or what she wanted to talk about regarding the Abyss, it seems to be some kind of forbidden knowledge, but when I spoke to Davoth his expression was one of horror, he knows something and clearly wanted to talk, even so he remained silent in the end.

There are many things I don't know and many movements in the shadows around me, I'm blind to the path I'm taking in the midst of this danger and I don't like it, but I have no choice but to continue on this path.

I can only do one thing at a time, after I finish this rescue I can finally focus on the real mission, I have many things to do and I shouldn't need to complete missions for the Ascendants anymore to keep hidden, the missions I've already completed and participated in will cover me for long enough.

Even so, I have to know more about the enemy in front of me, Davoth doesn't know who it could be and Ohara couldn't tell me, the Ascendants don't know who it could be either, but I have a feeling it must be an Avatar and with my luck this can basically be confirmed.

"(System, can you hear my thoughts, who is leading the Pride troops here?)" (me)

Ding!

<[ System checks your Authority level ]>

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<[ Confirmed ]>

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<[ The one leading the Pride Entity's troops has been identified as [ Ghanor (Pride Avatar) ] ]>

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<[ [ Ghanor (Pride Avatar) ] is undergoing a life-threatening ordeal of punishment ]>

"..." (me)

"Commander, did something happen?" (Barerosa)

"No, I'm just lost in my thoughts, let's go." (me)

"(System, any more information?)" (me)

Ding!

<[ You do not have Authority over the Pride Concept and the Pride Entity has not granted access to the other information ]>

"..." (me)

This message means that the Pride Entity has given me access to the previous information, he is using me in this ordeal for his Avatar.

I was lost in thought, Pride knows about me and knows that I'm about to start an attack against his troops here, but instead of going against me, he gave me information, this doesn't make sense, especially the part about the risk of death for his Avatar.

"(He wants me to kill his Avatar...?)" (me)

This realization almost shocked me, he was punishing his Avatar and still wanted him to die.

"(What did this Avatar do to deserve to be condemned like this?)" (me)