8 Thank you for everything! (2/2)
Auren leaped towards the goddess in a mad rage but before he could touch her he was also hit by the beam of light and turned into a metal statue.
”What are you doing!!? Stop!!”
”But imagine how much more motivated you will be with your friend's lifes on the line!”
Gustav was hit next and also turned into a statue.
”Daren!! Help me stop her!!”
”Yes!”
The two combined into their silver-haired fusion form and charged towards the goddess. Daren and Marceus powered all of their strength into their fist and stroke the goddess with all of their combined energy.
”You really think i would be hurt by that...? I gave you that power silly child!”
She was holding their fist with her bare hand barely making any effort.
”My... You two really do look great together... It really is such a waste...”
She grabbed the other hand and started to pull both arms in opposite directions, forcing Marceus and Daren to split up. She was now holding the two of them in each of her arms and proceeded to open the hand that was holding Daren making him fall to the ground.
Daren looked at the hand that had dropped him and noticed something. She acted like she was fine but he could see it... There was a very small tiny scratch on her palm.
”It's not about that is it...?”
The goddess holding a now crying Marceus looked at Daren at her feet.
”The power of curses... They can hur-”
Before he could finish it the goddess turned him into a statue as well.
”Stop it!!!!”
Marceus could not stop crying. She was taking out his friends like they were ants to her. Lilith came closer to them and tried talking with the goddess.
”I... I'll do it...”
”Mmm...? Do what child?”
”I'll be Marceus's partner... So please turn everyone back to normal!!”
”...”
”Please!!”
”That's very brave of you little girl...”
”Then...”
”But i already told you... I'll be choosing his definitive partner!”
”What!?”
””What!?” ”What!?” Is that you people favorite word or something? I already now that i can't count on you humans for anything... I'll just kill another child from Marceus's world like i killed him and make him his partner!”
”What did you say...?”
Marceus stared at the goddess with eyes of disbelief.
”...You were the one who killed me...?”
”Again with this ”What”... You all really are just children who can't see the bigger picture... Ah... I know! I'll just make you immortal! This way you will start thinking like me! Soon, everything will start to make sense!”
”You-”
”Goodnight my champion!”
The goddess blasted Marceus with another of her energy blasts making him completely faint on the ground.
”Now that's taken care off... Let's see... Who should i pick to be his partner... Maybe i should pick a girl this time... There are not that many heroes who also happen to be woman...”
”Bring them back...”
”Hmm? Oh my i completely forgot about you! Silly me!”
Lilith was the only one left alongside the goddess. Marceus was knocked out and all of her friends were turned into metallic statues.
”Bring them back now!!”
”Or what? You going to see my future to death...? Please tell me, does my amazing plan to rid this world of evil actually bears fruit?”
With a last desperate move Lilith looked into the future trying to search for something, anything to give her hope. Suddenly her expression changed from a raging pain to just a sad pain.
”I... Wanna be with me friends...”
”Huh...? If you say so...”
The goddess then proceeded to turn Lilith into a statue as well.
”Well my little metallic friends, i hope you do a good job serving as fuel to motivate Marceus to give his best at his job!”
The Goddess came closer to Marceus and whispered a few words on his ear.
”Do your job... Or the same will happen to the rest!”
She prepared to leave before giving one last look to the new collection of statues she had created before finally parting with a few words.
”Thank you for everything! Cya!”
And proceeded to vanish into thin air.