Chapter 553: Waking up (1/2)

”Ugh...”

A groan escaped from Raven's mouth as he felt a sharp stinging pain on his head. He felt the world spinning, and his body aching as well.

He tried opening his eyes, when he did his vision was slightly blurred. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath in. He then sank his perception within his body to discover what's wrong with him and when he did, his lips couldn't help but twitch.

His reserves were as dry as it could get. The once blooming cosmos within his body was reduced to a dim and lifeless one. The only thing that brought color to it, was the small sprout resting at the very center of the cosmos.

It was no wonder why his body was aching badly...

He briefly checked upon his Avatars and saw them doing their own thing, thanks to them being almost a separate entity from him, they could still function even if he was unconscious.

Raven asked them how long he was out and one of them answered almost one month.

One month. That's probably the longest time that Raven had lost consciousness ever since his Soul Rebirth. Of course this didn't count the times when he was having breakthroughs, this time was different.

He briefly recalled the memories he had before passing out and sighed.

That event was tough...

What originally should be a rather simple mission, turned into a huge deal. It even started a whole ass war.

Raven went all out with the war. He practically spared no amount of effort in order to make sure that they come out on top of the whole thing. And thanks to his valiant efforts, they did.

He didn't know the specifics just yet but from what he could remember, this war should be an overwhelming victory for their side.

With that out of the way, Raven could now focus on his recovery and relaxing. He really outdid himself in that War.

He discovered the scheme and the devious plot, he formed a plan that benefitted many people. He created seals for the 9th and 12th Floors, they wiped out an army of devils which was at least millions in numbers, slain the Sin's Children and Lust itself. All of this was an outstanding merit, and Raven was at the center of it.

Still lying down on his bed, he started siphoning energies from his surroundings to refill his dried Cosmic Energies.

Due to Raven's incredibly large reserves, he knew that he won't be able to refill everything overnight but still, he should be able to absorb an amount which allows him to move and feel slightly better.

'I really went all out in there, huh?' Raven chuckled slightly inwardly. 'I shouldn't be dry of energies but that Sin just has to appear and ruin everything. Man, I thought I could be sneaky but alas...'

'The Sin of Lust was too strong...if I didn't went all out on my attack back then, I would probably end up in a more miserable position.'

Their confrontation against the Sin of Lust might seem easy and fortunate but in truth, it'll only take one wrong move for them to suffer a huge loss.

Even with many War Gods by his side, the Sin of Lust was a troublesome opponent to deal with. Had it not been for Levi appearing, the War Gods would've probably lose their confidence to deal with Lust, specially after seeing how easy it dealt with the full-powered retaliation from Paolo.

Raven managing to sneak past the sin was pure luck. The situation was tense and everybody's attention was focused to Lust, the Sin itself, was overly arrogant and completely disregarded its surroundings. Lust wasn't even paying attention to his surroundings at all, its guard wasn't up since it was looking down on the War Gods who appeared to be extremely weak on its eyes.

This allowed Raven to sneak past Lust and seal the entrance to the 12th floor. And by the time that everyone noticed him, it was already too late. He already laid down the seal and it only needed a small amount of time before it starts functioning.

Raven was also lucky enough that he was able to repel Lust from attacking him. Nevertheless, his attack drained him most of his energies. On top of supporting everyone with his cleansing flames, Destruction Domain and pseudo-Slaughter Intent, his energy reserves were really wrung out.