35 CHAPTER 35: The unforgiving Goddess mother... (2/2)

”BLADE MEMORIA...”

”DA REAZ!”.

There were sudden lavender and purple lights that had wreathed around his claw. Sooner or later, a very long serpent-like whip blade seeped in whole abyss emerged from his golden claw. The blade's body has amethyst gemstones embedded in each segment. The weapon was truly elegant in its prime appearance. Even though, it was the mix of the darkest colors and the form of evil, its aura wasn't filled with malicious intent nor evilness. Instead, it seemed to be the result of the fallen hero's bond with his dark Goddess, in which it was letting out a divine mystical aura soothed in passion. Zeran was amazed in his thoughts, as he was wielding the enchanted blade with his golden claw,

(”Gwoooh! cool! and it feels like...Ru's with me...”).

Afterwards, the Ru plush doll pounced and stuck unto his left claw. Then, it gave him a determined nod, as if it was supporting unto Zeran's newly acquired weapon somehow. As he saw the plush doll around his hand, he wore a soothing smile and he said in his thoughts,

(”Now it really feels like Ru's with me...”).

Sooner or later, Arseia released her divine judgement,

”CARNAGE FALL!”.

Suddenly, lots of huge white burning meteorites were falling at a fast pace unto Zeran's location, such as those were ready to pummel him into extinction. Zeran exhaled and brandished out the whip-like blade quickly like it had no weight and the blade wasn't hitting him for some reason, deflecting and breaking down the huge divine meteorites heading unto him like it was nothing. The meteorites were almost endless but, Zeran's just crushing them into smithereens with his powerful blade, disintegrating them into a cloud of dust. Sometime soon, the falling meteorites had ceased and the dusty air had cleared. The air of judgement was gone and the white pentagram had dispersed into the air. Zeran looked exhausted and battered but, he was still standing on his feet, breathing as he was still alive. Suddenly, his tummy growled unexpectedly. Zeran felt that he was hungry but, he didn't mind it that much. He panted and said with a loud voice,

”Hah...hah...so how do you like them apples? Mom...”.

As Arseia saw the magical blade that Zeran was wielding, she cracked out a confident smile, turning her cold shell and terrifying aura to disappear. Her dangerous scythe was gone. Then, she says to herself, in which Zeran overheard,

”A blade memoria...I see...”

”I guess my first work here is done...”.

The air of sudden death was gone. Later, she descended and let her feet touch the ground. Though, Zeran wasn't relieved, instead he was surprised that his mother had a sudden change of mood and aura, so he asks her,

”Huh? Why'd you stop mom? I thought you were going to kill me?!”.

Arseia felt irritated, though her expression was like she was a teenage girl, despite her matured appearance and age, as she says,

”Stop saying that geez...”

”You make me sound like I'm a cruel mother...”.

He responds,

”Uhhh kay...”.

Though, in his thoughts,

(”Now she's being a tsundere again...these Goddesses are TRULY weird...”).

Arseia sighed and calmed herself down. She went near him and she explains to him with great honesty in her very expression, trying to let him believe in her words and actions,

”And I only tried to slay you because, you'll need to REALIZE something...that would be really DARK and cruel...”

”By that...you'll also become stronger...not just physically but also, emotionally, and mentally...”

”Now I'll ask you...what is it that you want to do now?.”

Zeran replies,

”You don't need to ask...”

”I'LL SAVE RU!”

”SAVE MY DARK GODDESS!”.

It seemed the Ru plush doll looked happy, as she pounced unto Zeran's neck and wreathed around him. Zeran wasn't crept out but, he felt a sudden joy in his heart, making him to pat its head, as if he was feeling that Ru was with him. Arseia smiled with a relieved look. Then, she said that seemed to be filled with some kind of deep interest in her eyes,

”Okay...and I'll be rooting for you...”

”And here...some kind of prize...”.

She gave him five temporal sealing spheres, in which he had already gotten two of them, while he was accompanied by Goddess Ru at Celestia heavenly mall since before. Though, Zeran wasn't that much pleased, since the very item looked kinda useless to him, as it was his reward from surviving the grand judgement. More than that, Arseia brought out a magical card but, the very image of the card was showing a white koi jumping into the dark starlit sky. It seemed it was similar to Ru's card that let her transfer to divine places. Zeran accepted the items, although he just transferred them into his dimension inventory. Arseia twisted her body around and looked at the opposite direction. Then, she says, while she was walking away from him,

”Oh and I'm sure you'll think of a way to defeat Nassus...”

”Power isn't everything Noah...”

”Use your BRAIN for once...”

”Those HUNGER ABILITIES you have would be somehow helpful in the most unusual way possible...”

”Oh and there is another Goddess who wishes to see you before you train yourself and head to the bloody battlefield...”.

It seemed her very words were giving him some kind of hint. Zeran kinda understood his mother's words somehow. She waved him goodbye, although she was in her thoughts later on,

(”Now then...time for the second phase...”).

Suddenly, her presence had vanished. Zeran felt that Arseia was totally gone from the place, so he sighed for a moment in order to relieve his sudden tensions. The enchanted blade vanished. The breezing winds were felt on his skin once again. He closed his eyes, relaxing his body and mind, while he was trying to recall the unusual statements of Goddess Arseia,

”Hunger abilities...”.

He opened his eyes. Thereupon, in his extraordinary vision, he saw,

[”FORCED HUNGER!”]

[”FOOD REJUVENATION!”].

Zeran looked disturbed, as he saw those weird information, making him to utter out,

”Geee...great...can't believe I have these odd abilities...”.

Though, he sighed and tells with a sincere look on his face, feeling kinda hopeful,

”But atleast I got BLADE MEMORIA now...”

”And these untested balls...”

”I think I'll have a tiny edge at Nassus now...”.

As soon as, he looked at the plush doll wrapped around his neck, he knacked out a grateful smile, in which his smile penetrated Ru's heart through the plush doll as a medium, making the plush doll to act so embarrassed. He took the plush doll, making it to be more flustered than ever before. Afterwards, he hugged the plush doll, as if he was feeling the true presence of his dark Goddess Ru was with him from the whole time. In response, the Ru plush doll embraced him with its short arms too and felt his warmth. Afterwards, Zeran says very softly,

”Thanks Ru...”.

Zeran and Ru were feeling the fleeting romantic sensation that freed them from their sudden sufferings. They were in their own world and both of them were feeling each others presence, even though they weren't together physically. Time stood still for them and space was wreathing them in bright twinkling starlights. Passionate petals were dancing around the two, as they were waltzing in their own world. Sooner or later, their trance had snapped and Zeran told the plush doll to accompany him upon entering another Goddess's chamber, although the plush doll just expressed to him that she'll just wait for him at her home. Zeran, just scratched his head, since he must be thinking that he must've been the only one invited or this is how a Goddess bid respect to another Goddess's privacy whatever their sides were. The Ru plush doll stood on the ground and waved goodbye. Afterwards, he says with a determined look,

”Now to meet this Goddess that mom told about...”.

Zeran brought out the card with a koi image. Soon rays of bluish lights surrounded around him. Suddenly, he vanished and his presence was totally gone from the area. The Ru plush doll walked away and returned into its home.

On the other hand, in the true state of the dark Goddess Ru, she was still bound in chains and she was looking worse and worse. Her shackled wrists were even red from the almost endless hold of the cuffs. Her eyes were almost dead and pitiful to see, since she wasn't given any sleep. Though, her index finger was still glowing in purple, such as she was still controlling the doll and she was using it as her medium of communication to the outside world. A little while later, she wore a weak smile, as she says,

”Thank...you...too...Ze...ra...”.

Her body wasn't even given any forgiveness, since whip lashes and cuts were all seen throughout her form. For some reason, her inner private parts were still untouched. Despite the grievous thorns she had experienced, she was still smiling for the sake of her dear Zeran. As Nassus noticed that the captive dark Goddess was still smiling, he was surprised with grave curiousity in his thoughts, while he was leaning on the wall, since he was on guard duty again,

(”With all of the things we've done to her...”)

(”She is still smiling and waiting for him...”).

The next moment, Nassus was seeing the poor dark Goddess Ru, as his Goddess Otorine once again. Though, the two Goddesses were seperate entities. A little while later, he left out a crystal tear from his cold eyes. As he noticed that he leaked out a tear, he was shocked in himself,

(”Why...am I crying?”).