270 The last god to leave the nes (2/2)
Claire gestured for Leona to come closer and whispered inside her ear, ”It's not actually his head, sometimes I sneak in after midnight and pretend that I'm a monster to scare him off! Hihi!!”
”Wait... What was that??” Joseph gasped.
”Nothing!” Claire replied while smirking at him.
At that moment, Leona began to pull Claire by her ear while glaring at her, ”Small pranks here and there are fine once in a while, Claire... But making fun of people's traumatic experiences is not something to joke about... How much further do you plan to go before your actions go from harmless games to straight-up bullying?”
At that moment, everyone present was left in shock by Leona's reaction, even herself a little bit.
”I- I'm sorry... I- I won't do it again...” Claire replied while still not believing that Leona would act like this with her.
It might have been because she couldn't stop thinking about how she almost lost her fellow fire mages, but Leona was not taking it nicely to the idea of mocking your friends and allies during a time in her life where so many of hers were living in such a crisis.
Leona began to feel that Claire was taking the friendships she had a bit too much for granted.
The group had finally arrived back at the temple of the North and once again were received by the bored god that habited that place.
”Oh... It's you dudes again... You guys ready to become my champions?”
Claire, Joseph, Ellie, and Dia were left speechless at witnessing the north god's image.
”This guy...?” Xadi whispered while sitting on Joseph's head, ”Really??”
”Hey... Is that a talking frog toy...?” the god asked, ”Man... I need to pay more attention to the things I eat at lunch...” Oh!! It's old East! Hi old East!”
”Oh, joy...” Detra commented, ”Of all the options to be the next north god, you of all things had to be chosen...?”
Ellie raised an eyebrow, ”You know him?”
”Sadly... From when I used to live in the divine realm after I became the goddess of the east... Not really the fondest of memories when I think about my time with him...”
North began to yawn, ”Man... Old East is such a downer... ”
North then began to analyze everyone present wondering if any of them could work to be his champion until his eyes stopped at Dia.
”Oh!! Hi there! You must be old North's old champion...” he commented while crouching to reach her height.
”Oh... H- Hi...” Dia answered while waving her hand with a fragile smile. She wondered if she might regain some sort of memories from her life as Mia if she came in contact with this new north god, but nothing seemed to have changed.
”I see, I see... You returned to get your old job back! I totally get it! there really is no greater honor than working for such a perfect god like myself... ”
”Wait, what...?”
”That's what you want, right? You came here to become my champion and bring me glory?”
Dia took a step back, ”Not really, no... I'm here because our lion just jumped into a portal out of nowhere and we came looking for him...”
”Ah... Bummer...” North said while standing up, ”So... Who will it be? The little girl with a missing hand? The shorty with curly-hair that keeps glaring at everyone? The little dude with Mr. frog on his head? Or maybe Mr. frog himself? Or maybe... Old East would be in the mood to become a champion again?”
”None of us are here to become your champion, North...” Detra stated.
”You're not? Oh... Bummer... Then... what are you guys here for? I'm waiting for Knucker's friend to arrive...”
”He already arrived...” Daren commented, ”But we couldn't let him become your champion knowing that you work for Knucker... So we killed him... Or rather... I killed him...”
”Whoa... Dude... That took a dark turn... ”
”And I hate to break it to you, North...” Detra added, ”But if you really are working with Knucker... Then we are gonna have to make you join the rest of the gods and destroy your temple as well... We can't let the power of a champion fall on that crazy man's hands...”
North began to scratch his hair, ”I see... I see... I see... I totally get you guys, totally get you... No hard feelings at all...”
Detra raised an eyebrow, ”You're not gonna oppose us?”
”Nah... I just joined Knucky-Tucky's side because I didn't want to have too much work... But if I'm gonna have to pull my own weight to get a shot at the competition, I rather just watch from the sidelines...”
”Don't you wanna try joining our side then?” Ellie suggested, ”You could help us fight Knucker!”
The god rubbed his chin, ”I don't see how that would benefit me in any way... If Knucker loses all the gods will be back... And I'll just be back at where I started... I rather you guys just pop my temple so I can chill on the divine realm...”
”Well... Works for me...” Claire responded as she just finished casting her spell and completely demolished the entire roof of the temple of the north with an explosion of fire and lightning.
”CLAIRE!!??” Ellie screamed.
”What!? You heard him! He doesn't mind if he is forced to leave...”
North observed the temple falling apart while Ellie and everyone else began to dash to get away from the falling debris and began to stretch his arms and legs while his figure started to vanish.
”Welp... Looks like this is it... See you later duuuuudes...”
And with that, all four gods of the west, east, south, and north had officially been cast out from the planet and locked in the divine realm.
”That must have been the weirdest god we ever met...” Daren commented.
”Come on...” Detra ordered, ”Let's stay outside and wait for the crossbow girl to arrive...”