Guardian Of The End

​ 'What did you remember?' Amber asked with an interested expression.

[ I just remembered that I had left two beauties waiting before disappearing… ] Flamey replied in a depressed tone.[ I wish I had at least told them that I would be gone for some time. ]

'…' Amber had no words for what Flamey had said. She thought that the latter was about to tell her something important from the past but her guess had been completely wrong.

[ Don't expect too much from me. Also, watch out! ] Flamey shouted.

Amber reacted in time to dodge an incoming magma ball thrown her way. Julian had somehow used her own attack against her.

"It feels good to be able to use more of my abilities here without feeling any withdrawal. Having more followers is definitely better." Galirius spoke through Julian's body.

Jason and Hestia on the other hand simply kept on trying to hit Julian. The two remained in their thunderbolt state while using other forms of thunder to combat Galirius who was currently controlling Julian's body.

"Let's pla dodgeball. I throw the balls and you dodge. If you are hit by one of them, you die. Sounds good, right?" Galirius grinned before summoning a dozen magma and thunder balls around him.

"Oh boy…" Jason grimaced while remembering the horrible days of playing dodgeball. But currently, he had no choice except playing the game.

'Hestia, Amber and Flamey, think of a way to counter him. Till then, I will play this game of dodgeball.' Jason instructed.

Once they had finalized the plan, Jason closed his eyes and summoned his own set of giant thunder balls.

It cost him a huge amount of mana and divine energy which were fortunately shared by Hestia.

"Let's play." Jason grinned and tossed one ball at Galirius. The latter sighed and and tossed one of his own thunder balls forward.

"This isn't going to get us anywhere." Galirius muttered when he saw the two giant thunder balls clashing against each other.

Neither ball reigned superior since he was basically copying Jason's abilities. This was something he could do by being the supreme being over others.

It was also an ability that couldn't be directly blocked by using Sancus's divinity.

'So that's why you didn't allow me to use Sancus's divinity and instead asked me to simply use the divine energy you provided?' Jason asked the system.

[ Yes, that's the reason I asked you to do that. There's a chance that Galirius might be planning on draining the power of Sancus's divinity before using his normal powers to pressure you and the others. ]

'You are sometimes a lifesaver. Its like having two brains at once.' Jason smiled and continued tossing thunder balls at Galirius.

It turned out that the magma balls Galirius was using were slightly weaker than the ones used by Jason.

Explosions occurred every time the two would collide, making enough smoke appear to  prevent either side from seeing the other side.

'But we can still use other things to know where the other is. I would have definitely made use of the smoke to attack him.'

"Change of plans. I want to test your martial arts capabilities." Galirius interrupted and suddenly appeared in front of Jason.

Without any warning, he punched Jason in the gut and sent him flying towards the ground.

[ I guess I will be fighting agai. You both try to find some of his weaknesses. ] Hestia said and disappeared.

She appeared right behind Jason and gave him the support to go back up. Together, the guardian and vessel pair started fighting Galirius.

Punches and kicks were being thrown at each other and the entire moment was intense, at least to the three people involved.

'Are they fighting or doing some weird traditional dance? None of them are landing a hit and are simply punching thin air…' Amber thought with a confused expression.

[ Sometimes, high level fights appear like comedy to others due to the level of the people involved. The smallest slip up and the other side will manage to land a hit. ] Flamey explained.

At the same time, Jason managed to land a hit on Galirius's face by exceeding his speed. However, the god wasn't even fazed and the three once again got locked in a stalemate.

[ I think we should focus on finding a way to defeat Galirius. This is extremely boring to be honest. ] Flamey yawned and started brainstorming for ways to defeat Galirius with.

Amber did the same but there options were limited considering the fact that they were fighting against a god.

Simultaneously, Jason and Hestia realized that Galirius was just playing with them. If he wanted, he could have hit both of them on multiple occasions but refrained from doing so.

Suddenly, Jason and Hestia pulled back and looked at the god with narrowed eyes. A grin was present on Galirius's face when he saw the duo staring at him.

"I was waiting for the two of you to realize that what you are doing is worthless. I guess you finally understood it." A repressing aura was suddenly released from Galirius's body.

Its effects were so strong that Amber and Flamey were forced to kneel a bit in front of Julian. Jason and Hestia on the other hand had grim expressions on their faces.

Jason had already activated Sancus's divinity but even under the effects of Sancus's divinity, both of them were feeling a bit repressed.

It was as though Galirius had achieved a level that could no longer be taken care of by Sancus's divinity.

Jason tried using more divine energy from the divinity in order to increase the power of the aura. It somehow worked and the repression was completely gone.

'Hestia, looks like we will be going all out now.' Jason said as he prepared to unleash all of his stored divine energy at once.

The amount was quite big thanks to the advance warning given by the system. However, Jason still felt a bit doubtful whether he could do things normally.

[ Yes, let me remove my limiters as well. ] Hestia slowly stretched her neck and started removing the limiters on her form.

However, both of them weren't the stars of the show for the time being.

"That took longer than expected. Good job keeping him busy until now." Risa's voice entered their ears.

A moment later, a beam of light and a golden thunderbolt crashed against Galirius. The god, surprisingly, was pushed back by the impact of the attack.

His expression suddenly turned serious when he saw Issac and Risa standing in front of the duo.

"I am much stronger than I was in the past and you guys are much weaker now. You really think you stand a chance against me?" Galirius asked in a calm voice.

His body continued to erupt the same suppressing aura but neither Issac nor Risa were affected by it. Both of them were radiating similar auras to counter the effects of his aura.

"We might not be at our peak but we are at least closer to the level we were in the past. Also, I do believe we stand a chance." Risa smiled as a wave of divine energy burst out from her body.

Both Issac and Galirius were in shock when they saw a small golden object floating in front of Risa.

The object was radiating twice the amount of divine energy contained inside Galirius's body. The object rotated on its spot once before shooting towards Risa's forehead.

It entered her forehead and stayed inside it, making her eyes glow bright golden. A gentle aura slowly started spreading around.

In front of Jason's eyes, a golden cloak of divine energy dropped on the bodies of everyone present there, with the exception of Galirius.

Jason felt all of his wounds vanishing while his energy was completely being restored by the golden cloak.

The same thing happened with Amber and even the divine energy running wildly inside her body got controlled.

Hestia and Flamey were also nourished by the golden cloak while Issac felt divine energy moving inside his body through the cloak.

"Risa, does that mean that?"

"No, she isn't back yet and I don't think she will come back right now. However, she did contact me and I felt my divinity being awoken by fifty percent. I will take this as a sign that she is at least trying." Risa replied.

Galirius was currently staring at her with narrowed eyes as though he would kill her right at that moment.

"I don't want to admit this but you are dangerous if you awaken your divine powers again. Your patron is someone even I don't want to mess with." Galirius admitted.

"I know. No one wants to mess with our patrons." Risa replied, including Issac's name alongside her own.

Galirius didn't say anything and simply started cracking his knuckles with a serious expression.

"I always wanted to say this and I now have the opportunity to do it." Risa grinned. "Ia am back in the game.