Raising its arms in an attempt to block the strike, the avatar attempted to run but the strike was simply too fast.

  *KSHHH!!!!

  Slashing apart its guard, Iriel dug deep into its chest, causing a burst of energy to explode out.

  Shielding her head, Gaia gritted her teeth and slammed her spare hand down.

  Roots started to appear around her as her defences were bolstered. However, that was not the main purpose since she knows adding defence is useless against destruction energy. All of this was so that she could increase her size to pin down the avatar for Iriel to deal the last blow.

  Throwing Iriel into the air, Gaia focused on pinning the avatar down as energy gathered around Iriel's blade.

  "Move!" Iriel shouted out since the next strike would definitely hurt Gaia.

  Nodding her head, Gaia was about to move away when the avatar grabbed her arm and refused to let go.

  Using destruction energy to destroy a part of her body in order to fuse with her, it glared at her with a crazy grin.

  "Keep attacking! Trust me!" Nyx shouted out as she knew that the sword was help that Shiro sent over.

  Hesitating for a moment, Iriel gathered its energy to pierce towards the two.

  "Chronos, boost my perception of time." Nyx said as Chronos nodded and placed his hand on her back.

  The sound of clocks ticking could be heard in Nyx's ear but she didn't pay attention to that since her main focus right now was to make sure Gaia didn't die.

  Watching the sword approach slowly in her perception of time, Nyx bit her lip in nervousness.

  Just as the sword tip was about to touch Gaia, Nyx slammed her hand down and activated a tier 8 magic circle. She wanted to wait until the last moment so that the avatar couldn't cancel it out.

  *BANG!!!!!!

  Appearing next to Nyx, Gaia collapsed on the floor while Iriel pierced the avatar and started to absorb it into his body.

  Laying on the floor, Gaia panted heavily as she could see the mission complete on the system interface.

  Looking at the sword, Gaia smiled and glanced up at the sky.

  "Thanks for the help wifey~" She grinned as Iriel laughed before cutting through the void to return to Shiro's side.

  Feeling a surge of power in her body, all of the gods felt fatigued as a ray of light wrapped around their body like a cocoon.

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  Hearing what Gaia had just called out, Shiro choked on her saliva while summoning Iriel back to her side.

  "You're… married to a god?" The calm woman asked with a perplexed expression.

  "Not really. She just says that often. Though setting that aside, didn't I say they'll do just fine?" Shiro smiled.

  "Well that's only because your blade is rather unique. Without this blade, they would have never passed the test."

  "That's what you think. It would have taken a lot longer but I think they would have figured things out eventually. Don't give up so soon." Shiro shrugged as she reached out to grab Iriel.

  "I wouldn't grab that now if I was you. It's just absorbed a shard of destruction, unless you want your destruction divinity to enter your body again, I suggest you unsummon that sword and let it finish adapting to that power before having it return the power to you. Or if you don't want to access your destruction power just yet, use it as a container." The other woman said as her anger had faded slightly.

  "I see… Thanks." Shiro smiled, returning Iriel back to a bracelet.

  "So I now have two questions. Who are you and do you know about the Tomb of the Betrayer?" Shiro asked as the two looked at one another.

  "I am a spirit of this domain. A fruit who gained sentience after being exposed to your destruction energy. I have yet to gain a name. As for her, she's another shard of yours that you had split off from your main body. This shard is where most of your anger is gathered I suppose." The spirit woman replied as Shiro glanced at the other version of Anima.

  "If you're looking for answers from me then I can't tell you much. When I was split from the main body, I did not take memories or anything like that. Just the anger I felt in my soul." Anima said as she floated around in boredom.

  "What about the betrayer then? Do you two know anything about him?" Shiro asked.

  "There were many betrayers. Those that stood on your side during the war were counted as betrayers. You also count those that stood against you as betrayers so unfortunately we can't say much about it."

  "Hmm… Well I know I said two questions but I have one last one. Why am I here? What brought me here?"

  "I did." Anima said as she floated around Shiro.

  "I felt a connection to you before and knew that you had regained a portion of your power. However, you disconnected yourself from it so I figured I'd seek you out instead. Turns out that the five gods had just activated a trial that the system had placed down so I figured I could get you to indulge yourself a little. As for fruit lady over here, she was annoyed since you didn't seem like you." Anima shrugged as the spirit furrowed her brows from being called fruit lady.

  "But since you are so intent on trying to achieve creation, I'll keep myself here for now. See ya." Anima narrowed her eyes.

  Before Shiro could even say anything, black tendrils dragged her through a portal.

  "Shouldn't we send her off with something?" The spirit asked as Anima shook her head.

  "Nah, anything we give will only decrease her chances of creation since they've all been tainted by our power. If anything, we should help those five out a bit more. I'm sure she'll prefer that." Anima chuckled while looking at the five gods that were now undergoing their upgrade to rank 4.

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  "GAHH!!!" Crying out in surprise, Shiro was thrown out of the portal and into the air. Quickly adjusting herself, she wanted to fly down when she slammed against the ceiling of the dungeon.

  "£^&%&^%^!!!!" Cursing out loud, Shiro teleported to the floor and glanced around her.

  Seeing a shocked Nan Tian who had brought everyone here, Shiro coughed and waved her hand awkwardly.

  "Hi?" She forced a smile.

  ". . .I told you there was nothing wrong. It's just Shiro things." Madison sighed as she massaged her eyes and left the dungeon with the other demons.

  The other party members nodded their heads and also made their way back.

  "Oh, if you have anything important you can send it in the chat, we'll keep an eye on it." Silvia called out as Shiro watched them leave.

  "Cough, seems like I've troubled everyone." Shiro laughed as she scratched her head.

  "Hais, well it's good that you're back. Had us worried for a moment." Nan Tian sighed as he helped Shiro up.

  "Yeah sorry about that. Turns out that I was kidnapped by 'myself' for a short moment. It's nothing too major though, I'm still more concerned about who the betrayer is." Shiro said as she gestured towards the betrayer.

  "Let's just hope you don't get kidnapped again then." Nan Tian chuckled.

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  "Out of all the people I expected to meet today, I didn't think I would see such an important guest. What brings you to my altar today?" A dark voice rang out as Aria glanced at the figure sitting on top of the altar.

  He was currently meditating with one eye open to look at Aria.

  "Well as the first one to awaken amongst the First Born, I figured I should pay you a little visit." Aria said as she started to walk up.

  "Pft hahahaha, I may be the first to awaken but both you and I know the reason. Her grace has started to recover her power, it's just a matter of time before the others wake up." He grinned as dark energy started to flicker from his body.

  "Perhaps. Though you know it doesn't matter to me." Aria shook her head.

  "Of course not, all of us treated you well but you could still stab us in the back. When you were on the verge of death was it not us to helped you, was it not her grace that dragged you from the pits of hell and granted you a new life. And yet you still turn your sword against her." He glared but Aria was unphased.

  "It is a shame but it must be done. There is no future for everyone if she is around. You can hate me all you want but I will not stop what I've begun. If it bothers you that much then you can sleep some more." Aria sighed as her right arm turned black.

  Seeing this, the figure widened his eyes in shock as she plunged her arm into his chest.

  Ripping out a pulsing mass of darkness, she absorbed it into her body while the man fell on his back.

  "Sleep well, when you wake up everything should be over……" Aria sighed as she started to walk away from the altar.