Established Pinnacle: The Enigma

Her tone was also laced with a bit of interest, as a visage of a smile could be seen on her poker face. And Allen, being Allen, kept the conversation flowing.

"Being beautiful, I believe you recieve compliments on a daily basis. Receiving too much, and you will one day get bored of it, receiving less, and you will require more. I am just curious, which it is for you?"

"...Why don't you take a guess?" Goddess Ruby subconsciously smiled as she teased, watching as Allen let out a playful smile of his own.

As for the background, it was reduced to nothing but that, a background. They didn't seem to even exist to the two conversing Gods. Worst of all, they weren't even hitting on each other.

"...."

"A guess, you say. Alright then... You're Stunning." He said, without even taking a guess, he went on and complimented her, watching as her smile got bigger.

"Why, thank you."

"Not going to compliment me back? How cruel,I'm quite the narcissistic prick, you know." He exaggeratedly spread his arms apart in feigned shock abd betrayal, as if not believing her selfishness.

"How could I, when you're hiding your face like that?" Goddess Ruby shrugged her shoulders in feigned annoyance and anger. She even scoffed at him.

"I am afraid of people..."

"Oh please." She rolled her eyes at him, not believing him one bit. And Allen lightly laughed out as he responded to her disbelief with playful arrogance.

"Hahaha, it's true, I'd be sad if you were to look at me, and feel betrayed by my handsome-ness."

"Oh? Why don't you prove it?"

Allen smiled at her provocation, and just helplessly spread his hands apart, while shrugging his shoulders. "I really am afraid of people. Say, let's go out, maybe I'll show you."

"I am afraid of strangers." Goddess Ruvy smiled and responded as such, causing Allen to look at her for quite a while, before gently laughing at himself.

"I see what you did there." He said, admitting defeat and brushing his hair back, "My name is Al, just your average, saintly voiced Demigod. Nice to meet you."

"Ruby. Just your average beautiful Transcendental Goddess." She reciprocated his own words once again, and threw them back at him.

"I think I might fall for you..."

"I think I might have fallen already."

Both of the smiled at each other, before bursting out into light laughter, still ignoring the world around them. Niether did the Divinities expect any of this.

Not even the few Transcendental Gods that could be seen, anticipated this flow of Fate. Not even Lin, who had long lost hope. But unfortunately, with this newfound hope, came yet another emotion, and a hint of dissatisfaction.

"Idiot, if you do it so brazenly, won't the Deadman come kill you?" She could not help but say to herself, as she watched how close Allen and Goddess Ruby had become.

Their tempo, was immaculate. They gave out the impression that nobody could match up to it, thus making them feel unworthy to even disturb, or bother focusing on anything else.

Time flashed by, and the night only got deeper. At some point in time, the ball continued, but the center of attention were still those two.

Even now, their conversation was subtle and abstract, not hinting at serious intentions towards each other. If anything, they just teased and teased and teased each other.

But their rhythm was still unmatched.

Especially after Goddess Ruby completely got used to chatting with Allen, temporarily disregarding all the information she knew about Seduction and Seducing.

Or rather, Allen's voice, was more than just enchanting on a metaphorical level. It was silently, but absolutely bewitching the targets listening to him.

And worst part, the effects were Supreme and Absolute, unless one was likewise Supreme or a Cosmological, or had a Skill Enigma had yet to know its grade name, could defend against him.

But unfortunately, there were none here.

There was also no one with the same level of Bloodline as him. He had long come to learn that his Fantasy grade Bloodline, was actually ranked above Supreme.

Bronze grade was the equivalent of Deific, Silver grade was then Lesser Divine, Gold grade to Greater Divine, then Unique grade with Supreme Divine. Now, if Fantasy grade was above the Unique grade, what did that mean?

It was at minimum, at the level of a Primal Bloodline like those created by Descendents of the Origin Era, an Era Transcendent of Omnipotence itself.

The Bloodline of beings possibly at the Creator Realm, or possibly beyond!!

And for him to even exert a portion of this level of Bloodline, meant that he was no longer just a True God, but the illusory and all powerful, Ascendent True God.

• • • • •

Back in time, when the Monster Gods had their gathering and discussion, a secretive trio also had their own conversation within a completely cut off domain.

"...Firstly, I would like to apologize. It seems my plan did not go as it was supposed to have." The Lord of Darkness spoke with a weary sigh, his dark cloak still obscuring his face.

"...."

"...."

The other two, Sword Lord and the Lord of Balance did not comment. They also did not blame the Lord of Darkness, as even if it was a failure, they still did cause chaos.

"As things stand, we failed to bring absolute disorder, and instead just brought small scuffles." The Lord of Darkness spoke as they watched the other two Lords.

They then waved their hands and projected three screens of light before everyone. "But... we can be sure to say that, at least the God Realm's Gods are not as close as they used to be anymore."

"Even if everything took a different route of Fate, we still have a chance. And if we truly play our cards well, we might augmentate the chaos, and create a perfect platform."

The Lord of Darkness continued, seemingly not intent on giving up their whole plan. The other two Lords only exchanged a glance, and did not say anything.

"Firstly, Purgatory and the Abyss are too above us. The Prosecutors are the peak of the Nine Worlds, far above us, and the level of Supremes cannot do much to them."

"The Abyssal Monarch is also a force to reckon with, as she i as troublesome as the Prosecutors. We must also pull back from Hell, as it is now under the lordship of the Abyssal Monarch." He added, and the other two nodded in agreement.

"Every plan we had there, must be canceled this Instant. The craziness and pettiness of the Abyssal Monarch goes beyond common sense itself, so don't test her."

"As for Heaven, keep things as they were. Do not pull back any of our plans at all. We must still bring as much trouble for them, like the Gods of the God Realms."

He concluded up to there, not mentioning the Middle Realms as they were easily manageable and could come last. For now, they had to discuss about the chess board.

"Well, what do y'all think the problem was?" The Sword Lord spoke carefreelly, as he did not seem to be that much bothered about everything, Success or Failure, he still enjoyed himself.

"I believe a few factors came into play." The Lord of Balance instead responded, fiddling around with a myriad colored marble with their fingers.

"Indeed." The Lord of Darkness affirmed, then continued from where the Lord of Balance left off, "First, would be our scapegoat. The disappearance of the Ancient Goddess of Abomination and Discord was a fault within our whole plan."

"Can't we just, still use her, even when she's not here? Not like Ancient Gods even interact with living beings anyway." The Sword Lord said with a shrug of their shoulders.

"We can, and we will. But her disappearing like this brings many faults to our plans, and many questions. How can a Goddess of her caliber, who had the capabilities to destroy the God Realm, result to this?"

"Even if Sealed, she still proved herself worthy and powerful of being an Ancient. And yet, she vanished just like that. Thus doubt would arise, 'If she could destroy the God Realm, why didn't she, and just preferred to scheme instead?'."

The Lord of Darkness responded to the Sword Lord's inquiry. But the Sword Lord still found that something was not quiet right.

"The new Gods have no such knowledge about Ancient Gods and her power, how can they know that she was a God Realm-level threat?"

"They do not, but the Lesser, Greater and Supreme Divinities of the Forgotten Era do. But that is not all, there are other doubts that could arise with us using her as a scapegoat."

"But as you said, these doubts do not stop us from still using her. Which is why we come to the second problem to our plan." They calmly spoke, as if not involving topics of millions of years ago.

Of an Era that had Supreme Divinities flocking the World like cabbages, and probably even higher Divinities than those... Divinities like the Ancient Gods.

"Which is?" The Sword Lord seemed intrigued by the flow of the conversation and continued his inquiries. Unlike the two, he was not well vexed in information gathering."

"The second problem, was the participation of the Ancient War God, Bellum. Just his descent alone, halted most of our plans. Almost all Gods did not dare go down because of him."

"Likewise, the Abyss and Hell would not dare invade with his presence spilling out within every corner of the God Realm and beyond. Even the Ancient Abyssal Dragon or the Mad Dog, would not dare descent."

"...."

Sword Lord frowned slightly at the mention of one title, but did not say anything. He just continued listening, albeit with a foul and thoughtful expression.

Of course, the other Two Lords ignored that. Especially the Lord of Darkness, who continued their explanations, of the problems.

"Though the Mad Dog did attack, for quite a brief moment before God Bellum descended, for some reason, the battle did not reach its peak before he vanished."

"His opponent just so happens to be one of the major problems. But of course, the Mad Dog did not lose the battle... it is believable that he only stopped for the sake of the Realm." The Lord of Darkness added while briefly glancing at the Sword Lord.

"I'm not Child, hmph." And the Lord in question scoffed, but could not help the smile on his face thickening. He also seemed satisfied with his fellow comrade's words.

"Of course. Now, for the third problem... yet another Another Ancient Goddess being on the loose. Or rather two of them. These ones being the neutral Forest Goddess, and the neutral Nature Goddess, older sisters of the chaotic Abomination Goddess."

"This... is also another reason why we should not pressure the Ancient Goddess of Abomination much. Lest her sisters, one being the forger of the Mortals Realms, and the other being the mother of Terra.... would target us." He added, his tone somber.

"Gaining their ire is as good as fighting the whole of Terra, including Purgatory. But unfortunately for us, the deed has already been done... But fortunately, both are within the Abyss, and Purgatory respectively."

The Lord of Darkness paused for a moment, waiting for more inquiries from the Sword Lord, but none arrived this time. Instead, the Lord in question was still enjoying his brief period of satisfaction.

"The fouth problem, is the arrival of probably all Ancient Gods. Ancient War God, Ancient Sword God, Ancient Abyssal Dragon, Ancient Nature Goddess, Ancient Forest Goddess, Ancient Goddess of Abomination, Ancient Goddess of Hope & Truth..."

"Wait, aren't they eight Ancient Gods?" The Sword Lord inquired, but the Lord of Darkness did not respond, nor did the unresponsive Lord of Balance.

None of them said anything related to the Sword Lord's question, and nor did he himself pursue the matter. Something like this was not a first, so he just went with the flow.