Ghastorix's eyes stared coldly and sternly at the world. His sharp face remained frozen without a smile. He is a god that acquired his power on his own. He doesn't need anyone. He stands alone, impervious to the laws of the void universe. Every single move of his brings reality to submission. His Will must be made manifest.
The other origin gods looked away at the sight. They know the look on their ancestor's face. It is the same one he has when he is about to scold and punish someone. They signed in their heart because they know that their ancestor is very angry at someone. The target of his anger tends to lose its normal shape and form when Ghastorix becomes angry. Ghastorix is very angry right now. He has probably never been more angry than this moment. Someone targeted Hadrick who he has risked his life for several times. So the origin gods are afraid of what's going to happen to the target of his anger this time around.
'Who will we fight this time around?' Guntu thought to himself in pity.
He doesn't know exactly who will bear the brunt of Ghastorix's anger, but he knows that they have something to do with the people that ambushed them. Salvini already informed them that the thieves have an informant in the plane and promised to help them find that informant.
As for them, they will surely target the group of Origin gods that tried to steal ancestor Hadrick from them. Guntu is very angry at them, but he can't help but pity them because the one that they have angered is Ghastorix The Lightning Of Heavenly Punishment. Any Origin god will pity the target of anger of a world god. But Ghastorix was already terrifying before he became a world god.
Ghastorix waited patiently as Hadrick came out of the cube. The short but wide stump of the emerald gem tree expanded into the void. Hadrick saw Ghastorix and it shouted.
"Is that you Ghastorix? You're all shiny and flashy now. Come here and give me a hug."
Hadrick is very excited. It has been a very long time since it saw Ghastorix and it is excited to be reunited with its partner. Ghastorix finally smiled. His face split into a grin as his anger bleed out of him. His smile was rigid but it was genuine. Hadricks has that effect on him.
Hadrick wasn't terrified by the white light that threatened to escape when he parted his lips. They are the same white light shining from his eyes. It is like Ghastorix is a vessel with a dangerous power sealed within him and about to be unleashed with any careless movement. But Hadrick thinks that he is cute. Powerful or not, Ghastorix is still that thin boy who cried when sitting on her because he was being picked on ages ago.
Ghastorix went forward and hugged the tree stump.
He said to Hadrick in a gruff baritone voice. "I have missed you. I have missed you very much."
"I have missed you too," Hadrick replied.
A small black statue with three moving tails is hugging a short, round, and very large tree stump in the void. It really is a sight to see. They stayed hugging for 4 hours and 23 minutes. It was then that they separated. Their observers kept track of the time they spent hugging. Then money changed hands amongst the origin gods after Ghastorix and Hadrick separated.
Apparently, some Origin gods lost some money while some gained some money because of the amount of time that they spent hugging. The origin gods standing guard watched the entire thing silently though some of them snickered within themselves and shared jokes amongst themselves.
Their ancestor is usually so gruff and stern. This is the only time they are seeing him smiling when it doesn't involve a fight. They didn't think anything apart from violence could make their ancestor happy. But no one hurried them on or interfered with their hug. No one is that stupid.
They also didn't mention the bets they made either. Their ancestor might not like the fact that his descendant bet on whether he will display any public affection for Hadrick.
"I hear you need my help," Hadrick said after separating.
Ghastorix nodded. "Yes, I do."
He put his arm forward and a shiny core appeared within it. This shiny core is the life fragment that he bought from mother high heaven. She sells it to Origin gods that are about to become world gods and she also tells them how to become world gods. But she only does this for origin gods that were born in her realm and became origin gods by using Origin essence that they got from the trial of heaven or through the tribulation for ascension that Sovereigns can go through.
So any origin god that wasn't born in her plane or used other methods to become an origin god like using the purged origin essence of an origin god will not enjoy the services that she offers. They won't be able to become world gods unless they get a realm heart somehow. Ghastorix attended the trial of heaven several times and got Origin essence. He used all his savings of thousands of origin cycles which is millions of years to acquire this life fragment.
The life fragment is the next best thing after a world seed. People that are familiar with it will notice that it looks like the dungeon core of a certain divine dungeon. It also looks like the Authority of a Celestial Supreme. Of course, they might be mistaken. No one can be sure that the two are the same unless they do an intense analysis of the core. The fact that they all shine brightly like a small star doesn't mean that they are the same.
Ghastorix offered the life fragment to Hadrick and asked. "Hadrick. We have known each other for a very long time. You were there for me when I was at my lowest. You raised me up and strengthened me. You were my treasure and you will always be my treasure. You deserve to be treated like a treasure and you deserve to have freedom. I promised you freedom and I have come to pay it. It is not enough for what you've done for me but it is the start. Here take it and be free."