Established Pinnacle: The Enigma

Four Transcendental Gods, and an orb, sat within a Hexagonal table as they faced each other. Behind them were multiple Minor Vessel Gods and Major Vessel Gods, the madam of the Palace, and the 'Vampire' Matriarch.

The sorounding atmosphere was silent, deathly silent. As none spoke after the words of Diedrich, which were a bit too heavy to just brush off.

Especially so, since no matter the results, no matter which side the newly promoted Transcendental is from, or joins, the War was Irresistible.

This action was a trigger for an upcoming War, as the other two Camps had a perfect excuse to purge them. Plus, there was already no order between the Gods to begin with.

The battle was predestined.

"I, for one, do not know who is causing such mayhem within my territory." Alton was the first to speak, as it seemed that everyone was secretly glancing at him.

He then added after a brief moment of silence, "I do not know the person, nor do I know how long they have been living there. But I do know that the area is not of importance, and the beings there as well."

"We are not blaming anyone." Diedrich also decided to say, in case some of the other Gods decided to pin the blame on Alton. Knowing Alton, he would not sit back for that level of disrespect.

As the second strongest after him, and the most temperamental amongst them, he could actually kill when he set his mind to it. After all, killing, was just a part of his Divinity.

"...."

Alton did not comment, and Beatrice behind him slightly relaxed. He knew for a fact that Beatrice was powerful, and even her backing was great... thus nobody could touch him.

He did not want to rely on her, but her being his wife, already set his identity. He was automatically protected by her existence, and presence. 'How distasteful.' He thought.

"What do you guys think we should?" Katalin leaned forward a bit, as she rested her arms on the table and coquettishly inquired. But none of the Gods fell for her charm.

"I think we should just take them head on." Her sister was the first to respond, right after deriving the actions of the two other pantheons against them.

"Agreed. We are not afraid of them." God Eli also added, in support to Katarin's bold words. His face was flushed red in excitement, as he seemed keen on fighting back.

"...."

Katalin did not say anything, but also did not back down. Likewise for Alton. But he had to say something, before everyone carelessly threw away their lives.

"What about this variable?"

"We can send someone to check him out. It has to be a Transcendental God, as sending out anyone weaker..." Diedrich did not finish his words, and let their imaginations run wild instead.

"Agreed. I just lost a son in that very same place, thus I believe the other party is not friendly." Alton added, not turning to look at Beatrice, as the child lost was also hers.

"...."

She also did not say anything about it. She did not want to mention the topic much, and just decided to forget about him. He was already gone anyway, crying over him now was useless.

"Yes, so who would want to volunteer into going?" Diedrich inquired as he turned to everyone else within the table, "I will have to overseer the City, as we all know of its importance."

He added after a second of silence, not giving anyone the chance to even think of nominating him. The next to follow was Alton, who responded less than a second after Diedrich spoke.

"I also cannot participate... I have to go fetch the Soul of my son, within the Afterlife. The journey would be arduous." It was selfish of him to think of himself in this situation, but who cared?

Alton did not. His son was more important, and they knew this, thus nobody argued with him. "I am also busy trying to create a Divine-grade elixir that can boosts one's strength. So count me out too."

Katarin was the next to spoke, as she truly seemed busy. Even throughout the conversation, her Visage within the floating Orb was continously busy.

The only two left were God Eli, and Goddess Katalin. And even though Katalin should be smarter, Eli was still able to outwit her and hurriedly spoke,

"I am also in the midst of drawing the blueprint of a powerful Anti-Divine artifact. If successful, this Ragnarok would be way, way more easy for us to win." His tone was hurried, afraid that Katalin would come in between his words.

"...."

And she was dumbstruck, as she still had yet to come up with a proper excuse!! What excuse did the Goddess of Misfortune have in this case?

Managing everyone's misfortune? As if the others did not have Divine duties to do, but none used them as an excuse. She was truly left dumbstruck.

"I will go... Husband, if I may?" Unexpectedly, as she was about to sigh in defeat and prepare to wallow within her sorrow, Beatrice took a step forward and volunteered.

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Everyone was surprised as they turned to look at the ever apathetic Beatrice, whose gaze was only on Alton, whom  did not turn back to glance at her. Thus he missed the gentle glow with her eyes when they fell on his throne.

"...Do as you please."

Alton coldly replied, as he himself wondered why she even bothered asking him at this stage. Who didn't know that she was above him in status, authority and everything?

"Thank you, if you may excuse me." Beatrice sighed internally and lightly nodded to the other Transcendental Gods before leaving the room where everyone was at.

"...."

"...How envious." God Eli bitterly sighed as he did not understand this couple. He truly wondered why Beatrice even bothered to stay with Alton, or why Alton avoided her this much.

"You guys have potential, yet you throw it away everyday." Katalin subconsciously commented as she shook her head and stood up. "I'm going to prepare myself, adios, gentlemen."

She winked at Alton boldy, as his wife was not hear anymore. She would not do this in fear of being killed, but now she could. As for Diedrich, his wife was here.

And Eli? She'd rather go bald.

"...."

Alton did not respond to her seductive behavior, and just sighed, then stood up and chose to leave. Staying here any longer was useless. He also had to get back home.

"Protect your domains, your children, your vessel family, and yourselves. The amount of opponents are most likely more than twice ours. Be careful." Diedrich spoke when Alton was about to leave.

"...."

Alton remained silent but waved his hand in affirmation. He then disappeared out of the hall way, leaving behind the remaining Transcendental Monster Gods.

"...How envious. Guy has a girl deeply in love with him, and yet his pride got between their perfect life." God Eli could not help but comment out of bitterness and envy.

But the others ignored him, and each went to do their own bidding. And Eli did not throw a tantrum, instead, he preferred it if they did not comment on his envy.

Meanwhile, outside the City of the Damned, a cloud of black mist flashed at a speed that was terrifyingly beyond light speed that covered half a light year every microsecond.

And this was when the restriction of the current God Realm was in place. In no time at all, in just a couple of nanoseconds, he covered tens of billions of miles of distance.

"...."

Beatrice waited until he landed right before her, and looked her straight in the eyes. She did not maintain the eye contact, and slowly lowered her gaze after an instant of staring at each other.

"I'm going to the Underworld, I will be fetching the soul of our son." Alton coldly spoke, not mentioning the journey she was going to take, nor comforting her.

"Hm." Beatrice did not say much, and just obediently nodded. She did not know whether ether he truly cared for Dame, or it was because of her that he acted as such, but it did not matter.

But regardless, she was still his wife, and had to show some level of concern. Even if he did not care much for her, "You should be careful, and take–"

"You think I can't take care of myself? Well, that's understandable, considering you feel like you're constantly taking care of me, am I wrong? And I'm not weak, don't look down on me." But Alton coldly cut her off, while taking off to the sky.

"I'll go there, retrieve his soul, and return. There is no need for your superficial concern. If you want to say I'm weak, then say it outright. Ots not like I can do a damn about it."

His last words only drifted towards her ears, as he was long gone. Beatrice stood there without a change of expression, only opting to respectfully lower her head.

"Yes, my apologies." Unfortunately, Alton was not here to see such a side of hers. Not like he would even believe that her obedience and respect for him were genuine.

She then turned around and flew towards a totally opposite direction than Alton's, heading towards the target forest, which she would arrive at in less than a microsecond with her Speed.