The Rise Of Calamity

{ENORMOUS THANK YOU TO KAIF CHOCHO FOR THE SPACECRAFT GIFT! SUPER APPRECIATED!} 

'I see... Thanks Hela!' I smiled and finally focused on the ginormous horse in front of me.

"Yo~" I waved at the horse

The horse looked back with a complicated light flashing within its eyes, yet it did not take another second for me to find it kneeling in front of me while simultaneously roaring "KNEEL BEFORE YOUR SAVIOR! KNEEL BEFORE THE GODDESS WHO BROKE OUR ENSLAVEMENT! KNEEL BEFORE THE ALMIGHTY WHO GIFTED US FREEDOM! ALL HAIL HER MAJESTY!"

"ALL HAIL HER MAJESTY"

"ALL HAIL HER MAJESTY"

"ALL HAIL HER MAJESTY"

"ALL HAIL HER MAJESTY"

"ALL HAIL HER MAJESTY"

The chants went on and on yet on the human side, every single person in the crowd with quiet. Some held the hilts of their weapons in their hands while others had already taken their weapons out of their sheaths and had gotten ready to charge at a moment's notice.

The unity between the beasts had caused all the humans to tense up, yet this was only the beginning for them. In their perspective, they had just watched the strongest beast among the beasts lower itself to the level of Lilith, but that was where it ended. After that, most of them had become too preoccupied with the sudden unity of the beasts while their skins crawled at the thought of what possibly could make beasts that they believed to be stupid, wild, and instinctual to rally up like this.

The fact that the beasts weren't attacking yet only made it worse for the humans, making some grip the hilts of their weapons hard enough to make the dent, bend or shatter. Countless splinters, shards of metal, metal scraps, and many other pieces of weapons began to fly around, yet not a single person moved even when they were hit by one of these broken-off scraps.

Yet, the tensest person in the entire crowd was not the weakest, but instead, it was one of the strongest that was literally shaken to her soul.

'They just called her a goddess... What is happening... This shouldn't be possible! Beasts of the human continent are not supposed to be this intelligent!' River hand clenched her hand so hard that the dagger that she was once holding turned into dust while at the same time, her power began to fluctuate.

'What did she do! WHAT IS SHE' The terrified expression did not fade from River's face and instead, only grew deeper as she looked at my back.

"So you guys came here to thank me?" I tilted my head and looked at the warhorse.

"Yes, your majesty. We could not thank you enough for what you had done for us by breaking our enslavement once and for all. We are willing to give you anything in repayment for your service for us." The horse's kneel deepened even further than before as if he could not show how much respect he had for me through body language alone.

"Ah, no it's fine. I don't really think you have anything I would need, however..." I paused and an idea popped into my mind.

From everyone else's perspective, I seemed like a crazy ma-... Woman who had started to speak to a beast randomly, causing many of the humans including Rose and Yuri to look at me strangely. Olivia would have done the same but we had decided to leave her behind just in case something dangerous were to pop up. She was technically the weakest among us and therefore we decided it was better if she was left in the back lines.

"Actually, I have something to ask off you" I smiled mysteriously behind the mask, but the horse could almost feel it.

'Hela, is the soul space ready for use?'

[Uhhh... No? I mean, you can only fit something the same size as an average human female body. In reality, that is barely anything. It increases with our soul strength so when you proceed and ascend to a higher soul cultivation level, you will get a much larger one than this. Why?]

'You know why' My smile widened

"I was looking to get a pet, what do you think?" I spoke

This caused the warhorse to widen its eyes, yet it only stayed like that for a single second before answering honestly "We have a few eggs that you might be able to take, but I am not sure if they would be to your liking... Their potential is not the best, to say the least."

"I saw a snow-white egg hidden in one of the walls when I entered the underground laboratory. What was that?" I crossed my arms

"Are you talking about the crystal white egg that looks like marble?" The warhorse wanted to confirm

"I am not sure. I looked through the walls so I am not sure, but it might be crystal white." I nodded

"Yes... Well, that was one of the experiments that the wyvern had conducted, or it would be more accurate to say that experiments were conducted on it. According to all his rambling, it was an egg he found when he went up the Neverend mountains. He was not sure what it was but he said it was as if fate had guided him to the egg and that he felt like it was calling to him all this time." The horse replied.

"And?" I tried to inquire further

"He could never get it to hatch. He apparently had it for many years now yet not once did it show any signs of hatching." The horse lowered its head

"I see..." Nodding, I looked at the horse again and surrounded the two of us in a silencing wind barrier laced with arcane magic before whispering "Meet me in the laboratory today at midnight." 

I swiftly turned around on my heel and walked in the other direction, as if I hadn't just talked to the current strongest beast of the forest.

The horse also chose to turn back before rallying off the beasts towards the first with the noise and intensity of a marching band.

'Well, that went great, right Hela?' I rejoiced.