36 CHAPTER 36: Generous Goddesses... (1/2)
Afterwards, Zeran was now in another area. He glanced around the place. The whole room looked-like it would be the very haven of a japanese princess in historical times with wooden flooring. The walls appeared as authentic paper doors but, those were made from dazzling otherworldy silk, proving the place was laddened in divine presence. The very atmosphere was brimmed in the deep sea mystical sensation, even though the whole place doesn't have any water at all, although there were floating fishes around the place, as if they were swimming smoothly in the unseen ocean floor. Zeran was convinced that the whole room was the haven of a certain Goddess. He looked straight and saw that the Goddess Otorine was sitting on the floor at the very end of the room, proving the formal and traditional seiza, such as she was a traditional royal princess from the land of the rising sun. Though, her calming appearance made Zeran to be even more shocked, since her posture amplified her divine form even more. More than that, he was now convinced that she was the one who invited him to her sanctuary. Zeran moved near her and he sat on the floor too, doing the same posture as Otorine. Later, Otorine spoke in a very formal way,
”Welcome to my sacred sanctuary hero Zeran...”.
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Zeran responds, as if he was in a hurry,
”Okay...cut to the chase Goddess Otorine...”
”What is it that you want to talk about? I don't have much time ya know?”.
There was a deep silence in the air, as Zeran released his pent-up words and expressed with a furious face. Otorine didn't respond but, she just closed her eyes. Tears started to leak out from her covered eyes. Goddess Otorine's serene and calm appearance was gone, as she opened her eyes, depicting such as she was no longer a highly revered Goddess but, just a concerned lover to her dear Nassus. Her tears were falling out more and more from her glistening eyes of beauty. She rushed unto Zeran. She grabbed his sleeve and shoulders, pleading to him with all her expressive soul,
”Please...don't destroy Nassus and his ambitions...I beg of you...”.
Zeran didn't feel any pity for the begging Goddess, instead her plea made him to be even more furious than ever before, making him to engrave an angrier look and grind his teeth in fumed-up rage. Sooner or later, he replies with a sudden impulse of hatred and utter disrespect,
”What? So he can enslave all the Goddesses and do his bidding?”
”I never knew you're the one who would say that...”
”If only you KNEW the horrors he had been doing...”.
Otorine's face was still crying and she was still holding unto his sleeve but, she spilt-out her honest words very softly, in response to his previous statements,
”I know of his pain and sufferring...”
”I know why he is doing this...”.
As he heard her truthful replies, his anger reached its boiling point, making him to voice out his intense anger,
”Then why don't you be the one to stop him!”
”Since you know all of this!”
”YOU MASOCHIST!”.
Afterwards, he pushed her down on the floor due to his uncontrollable rage. Zeran was on top of the Goddess Otorine, turning their very situation to be very awkward and uncomfortable. Otorine's tears stopped leaking and she looked widely surprised that Zeran was on top of her, although she noticed that the angered Zeran won't comply with her normal pleas, so she turned her face away from him. Then, she says with a soft voice,
”If you were to ignore him and let him do his bidding...”
”You can take me as your own...”
”You can do this to me for the rest of eternity...”
”Isn't this what you yearn for?”
”A Goddess who will be by your side forever?”
”Love you with everything she has to offer?”
”An eternal bond that cannot be broken by death?”
”The secret for...immortality?”
”After all...I'm just one of his slaves..”.
Her crystal tears started to swell again, as she expressed something about her situation. She looked at him directly and continues to say,
”He'll get more and forget about me...but you...”
”I know you're not the same as him...”.
The air was becoming more and more tense, while they were still in an awkward situation. She touched his left chest with her gentle Goddess touch, vowing on her words yet, her heart was still inclined unto loving Nassus no matter what, so she felt a sting of pain inside her chest in a sudden glimpse. Though, Zeran wasn't pleased of her generous and tempting offer, instead it made him to release his wrathful words in full force,
”WHY ARE YOU GODDESSES SO...”
GAH!”.
He punched the ground near the Goddess Otorine's gorgeous face and bore a crack on the wooden floor. His dire action made her to be shocked. Zeran was still furious but, he got up as soon as possible, since he doesn't want to talk with her anymore. He brought out the magical card that Ru gave to him previously. There were violet mystical lights and an intense surge of energy surrounding him afterwards. Though, he still uttered out his words, bidding some sort of farewell to the surprised Otorine who was still lying on the ground,
”I'm leaving Goddess Otorine...”
”I'm gonna destroy Nassus whether you like it or not...”
”And I shall save Ru and...”
”NOT YOU NOR THAT SCHEMING ANGE!”.
Soon, Zeran vanished without a trace. The air cooled down and the serene feeling of the place was back to its former self. Though, Otorine was still lying on the ground but, she wasn't crying anymore, since she was delving in her thoughts, recalling what Zeran had said before,
(”Me...stop him...”)
(”Now I see hero Zeran...”)
(”Thank you...”).
Meanwhile, in the case of the poor dark Goddess Ru, she was still bound in the torture chamber below. She was looking ever battered than ever before. Her amber eyes were now falling out crimson tears. Though, she wasn't devoid of emotions but, she was wearing a hopeful smile for some reason. Ange came inside and noticed that Ru was smiling, even though she was struck with lots of thorny pain already. Ange looked truly disturbed, so she asks her counterpart, Goddess Ru,
”Hmmmm...it seems you're happy of something Ru...”.
Ru replies,
”Zera's coming soon...”.
Ange responds back,
”Yes I know...but...I'll have to tell you something...”.
Ru looked at Ange and says,
”What?”.
Suddenly, Ange went close to Ru's left ear and whispered something very dire and atrocious in meaning, that made Ru to be shocked that even penetrated her fragile heart. Ru was frozen in fright and her heartbroken crystal tears mixed with deep guilt leaked out. Ange closed her eyes and she wore a vile smile that wasn't even the face of a light Goddess yet instead, a blooming candidate to become a distorted light Goddess. A little while later, Ange left the torture chamber and Ru was left alone once again. Though, Ru wasn't wearing a hopeful smile waiting for her dear savior Zeran. Instead, her face was masking a scarred look devoid of any kind of fleeting emotion. Her deathly aura was even seeping into the air, turning the place to become ominous, that'd make anyone to see her as a terrifying menace than a damsel in distress now.
On the other hand, back at Zeran's situation, he had lots of training in fighting monsters, making him to be more formidable and stronger than ever before for quite sometime. As soon as he was ready, he departed in order to save his dark Goddess Ru. Strangely enough, the Ru plush doll didn't wave him a goodbye but, it seemed it wasn't controlled by Ru anymore, such as it was a lifeless doll again, making him to be filled with doubts. Afterwards, he fought a few numbers of knights and warriors outside the bridge leading to a white castle. Though, due to his exceptional skills and better movements, he was able to crush them easily, turning the fight to be finished soon enough. The golden warriors were down for the count and weren't breathing anymore, as their bodies were penetrated by Zeran's claw. It may seem unforgiving but, he needed to do this kind of bloodshed in order to save Ru. Later on, he grabbed a chocolate bar from his pocket and ate it. He noticed that there were only a few of them, making him to say in his thoughts,
(”Kay that was easy...seems she anticipated this...”).
He overheard cries of jeering pain from the warriors at the distance. He turned his face to the direction his ears had heard. He noticed that Cyron and Sheena were fighting the other warriors and knights by the distance. Cyron took notice of Zeran's sight, so Cyron gave him a thumbs-up. Sheena gave Zeran a determined nod too. Then, they continued to bring onslaught to their enemies with their mix of quick physical stirkes and magical downpours of destruction, since they wanted to help Zeran's objective for some reason. Zeran was in his thoughts afterwards,
(”Seems Cyron and Sheena are still kinda helping me...”)
(”Sigh...those two...”).
He stopped looking at the loving couple in sync. He turned his look back unto the dead warriors on his side and he says with a loud voice,
”My fellow brethren...I'm sorry for smiting all of you down but, my dark Goddess is being held captive by your queen...”
”You know...you should've chosen to save your lives by being with your families and loved ones but, instead you stood by the queen...and this is what you'd grab...I mean get...”.
As he noticed that he flunked up, he was in his thoughts,
(”Damn...I almost slipped out on that script...”).
Though, there was still a warrior down on the ground on his last dying breath. He tries to respond to Zeran's statements,
”Dark Goddess?”.
Soon enough, the warrior died and passed on to the other side. It seemed the warrior or the other warriors working for the kingdom of Queen Fae doesn't know what atrocious and menacing things were happening inside the castle. Zeran walked straight to the bridge and he opened the castle doors. Thereon, he saw the very presence of Mai. Mai aimed her crossbow at him and says with a cold look on her face,
”I knew you'd be here...Zen...”.
Her valkyrie eyes even made the whole atmosphere to be very tense. Zeran wasn't fazed nor frightened, instead he wore a sarcastic grin that was oh so very hilarious to witness upon, despite the fact his head was targeted straight on. He held his chin and says, oozing with grave sarcasm,
”Mai...wow...I never thought...you'd switch sides now...”.
Mai objects,
”I didn't switch to Queen Fae...”
Rather, I'm here to pursue the late queen's ideals even though she's no longer in this world, tricking that wretched Queen Fae here...”
”And you are getting in the way...”.
Though, her thoughts were deeper in sense,
(”I also want to know what Ange is up to...”).
The air was becoming colder and colder and the searing heat of the upcoming duel was very suffocating, as Zeran readied his claw and tried to anticipate Mai's first strike, while he was on a formidable stance. The next moment, she sighed and closed her eyes. She stopped aiming at him and held down her crossbow, proving out the sheer intent of bloodshed was gone in that very moment. Zeran was surprised and dumbfounded. Soon, Mai opened her eyes and looked at Zeran with a joyful smile that came from the heavens above. Her very expression wasn't filled with any dangerous intent to Zeran unlike before, as she says proving her intentions were pure filled with soothing grace,
”But, really...I'm here...to see you Zen...”.
Zeran replies,