457 Retribution (1/2)
Yet, this made Zero absolutely livid. How dare those gnomes pull a dangerous stunt like this? Did they think weapons were toys? That blast was more powerful than Baal's sneeze, it could annihilate an entire country!
”Zero! Have you come to?” Truen asked. He was still reporting the situation to angry Great Gods and Goddesses who were planning to wreak havoc on the gnomes. Truen tried to convince them to put their anger on the back burner because Zero was still not coming to. They eventually agreed and stewed in their anger while waiting for Truen's follow up report about Zero's condition.
Zero groaned and sat up. ”What's going on? Did you see that light? Someone has to teach those gnomes a lesson. Why do they make such dangerous weapons?! It could destroy countries in one blast! I don't want to allow it.”
Truen agreed and calmly explained to Zero in a brief summary of what he did. Then, he told Zero to check his i-communicator. The Great Gods were waiting for his reply and Truen was waiting to pass the word to the Onion Union if further action was needed. They would erase the gnomes completely if required. The knowledge of this weapon was too dangerous to be kept or passed down. History would repeat itself all over again if nobody stopped them. More of the remaining Gods will fall and the world's balance will shatter, pushing it faster towards the point of no return.
Zero checked his communicator and answered the group chat to let them know he was alright now. Zeus' lamp was a gift that saved their lives and Truen's quick thinking saved him the trouble of having to wait for a new vessel to be created. Still, Zero expressed his mild frustration at how much the mana reserves he painstakingly built up was depleted in one go.
The real question that remained unanswered that everyone was waiting to know was: What did Zero want to do now?
Zero remained motionless for a while. Somehow, he knew that if he asked, it shall be delivered.
The gnomes had to be taught a lesson about using technology for the wrong things and the weapon they prided themselves in making must be destroyed. As a doctor, he didn't want any lives taken. Also, seeing as these could very well be the last gnomes alive, Zero didn't want them to be physically harmed. He still needed these gnomes to fix Dorgon's crafting suit.
Slowly, Zero formed his reply.
The moment Zero hit the send button, several things happened at once.
Truen heard the doorbell ring and went to get it on Zero's behalf.
”Special delivery from Arabesque, Nirvana and Heaven,” Swift smiled and handed Truen a get-well-soon basket of mana recovery potion, mana lotuses and mana generating plants still in their pots.”
Truen signed the papers and thanked the harpie who left quickly. Zero slowly recovered his mana in the lamp and Truen did the same. His vessel was still slowly recovering and the special health potion that Merlin made for them took effect quickly.
Truen groaned in pain on the bed when his torn muscles started growing to repair itself. Zero was in a slightly better condition because he had his pain sensations turned off, courtesy of Mind's Eye system.
Back on Earth, the gnomes barely spoke two sentences in the meeting when the ground shook and the base was struck by a neverending supply of lightning.
”What's going on!” Wesley yelled and Thomas appeared dazed. The six gnomes were frightened but nobody knew what was going on until a portal opened before them and out walked a hooded skeleton carrying a signature scythe.