"I am in a Deathtrap." He grinned deprecatingly to himself. "I was played."
He realized too late that he has been played. The god of life probably knew the capabilities of the demon king. That's why he didn't sabotage the GodSlayer when he found out about it. The only one that probably truly cared about the plane is the god of fate. He can be trusted because he never done anything to endanger the plane.
He shook his head in regret. "I should have invited him for this attack."
He felt regret for not trusting the god of fate. They have a long history and the god of fate is a giant that will ultimately try to protect his plane as compared to the god of life who betrayed the plane. If only he had invited the god of fate to join in the attack they won't be in such a bad situation.
He closed his eyes waiting for death. If he is to go out then he will go out bravely. The skull crashed into them and ravaged them. They were quickly pushed to the brink of death so the fail-safe of the GodSlayer was activated.
A fail-safe mechanism has been programmed into the GodSlayer to protect the lives of its ammunition. It will activate when the attack has been compromised to a certain threshold and there is no divinity to repair it The GodSlayer forcefully withdrew the attack. It used the Godhood in the pillar to pull on the energy that made up the attack. The attack flew back towards the divine plane while the black skull chased them relentlessly.
The skull followed closely behind what has now become a small sphere of three-colored energy that used to be the size of a wave of the ocean. The two of them disappeared into the sky. They entered the divine plane and went straight to the GodSlayer.
The GodSlayer is still running so it received the remnants of the energy with minimal issues. It performed according to its design but it didn't account for the skull. The skull crashed into the GodSlayer since it swallowed its prey making the machine become easily overloaded when it was trying to reform the ammunition it made. Then it blew up.
Unfortunately for the gods, they were standing around the GodSlayer in anticipation of its result. They didn't know about what transpired in the attack or how it performed against the demon king. They don't have any priest or influence around the demon fortress. They were waiting for the attack to be retrieved so that the reformed gods will tell them how it went. What they got was an explosion for their effort and hope.
The gods protected themselves as best as they could but scores of them died. Only grand gods could withstand the explosion but the ones too close to the explosion died. The god of knowledge is one of such grand gods. The explosion ravaged and tore his paper body apart. The death of the child he never had killed him too. It seems he was too attached to his prodigy for him to continue living after its death.
The explosion died down quickly after wreaking havoc on the gods. But the problem of the gods hasn't ended. The scythe in the godhoods of those still alive began to vibrate. They fell to the ground in pain as the core of their existence began to ache.
Meanwhile, the GodSlayer was destroyed leaving two orbs of power. All the grand gods that were involved in the attack died including Harkam leaving the two Celestials or what remains of them. One orb is white and black while the other is orange like a tiny star. The two of them have suffered so much damage that they can't even take on a form anymore. They are near death with only their consciousness active.
"We are alive," Zernon exclaimed in relief.
He said to Stelios. "We should get to our divine kingdoms and try to heal."
He was about to whiz away as an orb can only do when he was suddenly attacked from behind. The orange orb jumped on the white and black orb and bit it.
"What are you doing? Get off me." He shouted in panic.
"Or what. You ruined us. Give me your power. I'll be a better leader." Stelios replied.
He refused to let go of the Celestial Supreme and began to consume him. The Celestial Supreme is much stronger than the sun god even without the Authority of the Supreme but they are both weakened and dying while the sun god is getting support from someone else.
It is like savings and investments. Zernon had invested all his assets into that attack while the sun god only invested 40%. The remaining 60% is somewhere else and giving him returns on his savings. Savings always give poor returns compared to investments. His returns are like that of savings because of the poor help that Stelios is getting from the other 60% but it guarantees that he can not die.
As long as that 60% is still around somewhere and Stelios is the true God of the sun with the divine flame to prove it, then he will remain alive unless Helios decides to let him die and lose the 60%. So his situation cannot get much worse unless he dies while Zernon is actually dying.
Zernon yelled as they struggled. "You ungrateful bastard. I helped you when your own son stole your power. I saved your life when your son tried to kill you. Now you're betraying me. I wish I had never helped you."
"You led us to our doom. I have repaid you for your favor by helping you. We are even now so it is not a betrayal. I don't have a choice, I need you to die for me." Stelios shouted.
Their deal was for Stelios to assist the Celestial Supreme in killing the demon king. He believes that his part is done since he put his life on the life for it. A rare opportunity has presented itself to him and he is going to take it.