Monarch of Darkness, Arsene

Blasting off her feet in a blazing brilliance of light from out of the Temple of Mercy, a smirk couldn’t help but rise over my lips at the haste in which Tia raced over the horizon.

Did she really think I would play fair after losing to Lilith in a similar deal? Fool! The moment it became a race, I had already won.

“Come Fourth, My Knight!” I said, chuckling evilly as a mist of darkness sprang from creation. She appeared, bearing a curious gleam in her eyes. Freya bowed.

“Master?”

“You’re the Monarch of the Realm of Blood, Iluthath, right? You have Authority to teleport me just about anywhere, right?”

“Master, what’s this about?” Freya asked, staring at me accusingly for some reason. “Master has never asked for a favor… In fact: He’s never asked for any—”

“Then shouldn’t that change my sweet Freya? I, your Master, desperately need to head to the Ruins of Olympus. I’m sure you’ve been there, right?”

Freya’s accusing stare became sharper. ” Master, where is Tiamat?”

“When did my loyal knight become so disloyal?”

“Tia told me about the bet. And asked I not help you when she felt you weren’t chasing her.” Freya instantly rebutted.

My jaw instantly grew clenched and then soft. ” What do you want?”

“To join, Master, Tiamat, Tene, Ezra, Zanris, and anyone else in a big sex—”

“Deal.” I hastily said, drooling at the image of all my women on little Arsene. Limbs sprawled all over me in a symphony of pleasure.

Yes, please.

Freya smiled. “Good.” She said, and without hesitation snapped, as the world began to change. We appeared before an abyss, lingering with a formidable amount of Sword Qi. “Here lies the remains of Mount Olympus.”

“What the hell happened?” I muttered, sensing a plethora of life within the depths of this abyss.

“During the final days, when the Myriad Gods attacked Zariel. Iluthath became the final battleground. The wreckage of Mount Olympus was the result.”

Mephisto was involved with Olympus, wasn’t he? He did give me Pandora’s box when we were in the Abyss.

I wonder if he ever retrieved Pandora’s Box. He should have, right? It was sealing some mega ultra race, wasn’t it?

“Freya, were you ever involved with the Angels or Fallen? Olympus had some connection to them. I’m curious if you guys did. In fact, how did your Pantheon even start? Because it’s quite famous.”

For Mephisto to get involved, I’m sure there had to be a reason… then again, he could just be fucking with them as he does everyone else.

“You’d have to ask the Primordials.” Freya relayed, folding her arms over her chest, with a frown. “We were all born from Ymir, but he was created by the ‘knowledge’ of the Primordials.”

“By the knowledge?” I repeated.

She nodded. “Within the Myriad Heavens, there are three types of raw energy. Qi, Ether, and Mana.” I nodded, having read about that. “These three energies can’t exist in tandem, at least not in the traditional sense. Combined, they form ‘knowledge,’ from which all energy is derived. Qi is raw power, Mana is fractured knowledge, and Ether is the affinity to connect the three. They all do the same thing but have their own meaning.”

My brow grew scrunched. ” That doesn’t make sense. If Qi is power, how do the others—” 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘭．𝘦𝘵

“Qi is power because it represents the strength within one’s self. Technically speaking. You don’t have to pull Qi from Heaven and Earth. That’s just bullshit the Fallen Azazel created to speed up cultivation. You can just build it within yourself. That’s what the angels do. At least, that’s what I’ve observed. I could be wrong. Mana is what you might call Dao. Ether, well, it’s the connection, aka your soul.

“So these three types of energy exist within me?”

Freya nodded. ‘Yep. But there separated. And can only be observed through the various Chaos Cycles. It’s a bit confusing, and you’ll probably have to ask Lady Tenebrae. However, what I know is that they all do the same thing. Mana grants the same amount of power as Qi. Same with Ether.

“That’s…”

“Confusing? Welcome to the club. It’s one of the Great Heavenly Mysteries. Back when I had just experienced my first Chaos Cycle. I saw the transition from Qi to Mana and was mystified. The two energies behaved the same and felt the same, but the meanings behind each other were utterly different. ”

Wanting to pull out my hair, I lamented in silence over the abyss below, pooling with darkness in which no light could travel.

“So you think a Primordial created Ymir.”

“Yes. We don’t think the Laws of Heaven created him as he was formed with abnormal knowledge of everything. I believe it’s the same for the Khaos, who created the Greek Gods.”

Primordials did all that, huh? But why the Fourth Dimension? Why not the origin realm or a higher realm?

“Teleprot Tiamat over to me. Let’s inform her of her defeat. No need to waste a few hundred years waiting for her to arrive.”

“Kay! Tell me when you’re ready for me, Master. I’ll be in the Tower of Balor!” She said, vanishing into a puff of smoke as Tiamat appeared with a blank expression of realization from out of the void.

Smiling devilishly, I took out a piece of paper and began writing: Blow job Monday, Doggy Tuesday, Cosplay Wednesday, S&M Thursdays, Anal Fridays, Mind Break Saturday, and—

“NOOOOOO!! You cheated!” Tia squealed, with tears flowing down her eyes.

“Training Sundays.” I finished, folding my arms with a nod. ” Don’t worry, Tia. Even if your legs give and your spine breaks. I will keep going.”

“Noo!! That’s not fair! You must have used Freya! There is no way! No!”

“A deal is a deal. For Half a Cycle, you are my slave. And in that time. I, the Great Arsene, shall tame the first dragon.”

“Brother Bahamut, Please save your sister!”

Brother?

“… You have a brother?”

She sniffled to herself, and Tia’s eyes shone rainbows as she nodded. ” yeah… I’ll tell you if you let me go!”

‘… Or I can just command you to tell me. You can’t say no, remember?” I evilly said, licking my lips. ” So, who is this Bahamut?”

Teary-eyed, she whimpered the words:” My Twin.”