At the entrance of the Coast City, there stood three entities that were attracting more attention than anyone else at the place.
"Is this the place?" Asked the man with the golden hairs as he looked around the city entrance.
With a sharp jawline complimenting his mesmerizing bluish golden eyes, his handsome face attracted the gazes of all the ladies in the vicinity. His bulging muscles screamed of a defined body as he looked around with a half-bored, half-scared look.
He was the God of Sun, Helios. 5th of the 12 Higher Gods.
With his arms tucked, he then turned to his partner with a question filled gaze.
"Helios. Don't you trust me even a bit? My foresight is never wrong!" complained the woman with a blindfold. Despite her eyes being covered, her beauty wasn't tainted even a little. In fact, it added a certain charm to her beauty.
With her head covered with a veil, and her eyes with a black cloth, she stood there with most of her body covered. But despite this, the men and the women around couldn't help but look at her with an enchanted look.
She was the Keeper of Fates, Castellina, 4th of the 12 Higher Gods.
"We are surely going to find clues to their existence here. This time I can bet one of my treasures on it," she smirked a little as she turned to Helios, who only observed her speaking nothing. Then, after thinking about something, he opened his mouth.
"Still. I don't know if I am ready to face those monsters or not."
"You two keep quiet. We are here to wait and observe if those two are going to make their appearance or not," spoke the third member of the trio. Simple looking, with a plain face, he stood there observing the city with his bluish eyes.
Though if any person were to see him with [Mana Eyes] or something similar, he could see the real appearance of this young kid, who had nothing but mana in his entire body. Each and every fiber of his screamed mana of many kinds.
He was the God of Magical Existence, Hecate, 3rd of the 12 Higher Gods.
"I don't sense any powerful entity in the city yet. And for now, we just need to wait and watch. If those two make their appearance or we find anything at all related to them, we will call the All Father. And let's decide how we would deal with the situation from that point onwards," Hecate spoke with a distant look.
These three were a few of the gods who managed to survive in the past against the Fate Weaver Luciana. And among the gods present in the current era, they were part of the higher gods that watched over heavens.
They differed from Freya and Alepsia, who watched over 2 of the 7 nations of this world, as they had powers over the heaven realm different from the mortal realm.
Consequently, Alepsia was 12th of the Higher Gods and Freya was 11th of the Higher Gods. Ranking based on their powers, influence and authority.
"I don't understand, though. Even if the angel's fall is a big deal, it's not the first time. Just what exactly is the reason for this appearance? That too in a town like this? My 'bad feeling' alarm has been ringing for a while now, you know?" Helios asked with a concerned voice. He gradually hid his aura as the people slowly stopped looking at him and started doing their own thing.
"Don't know. We have been searching for them for over millennia now… for them to appear here in this rundown town? There must be something here. Something must be related to that angel," Castellina mumbled as she too withdrew her aura, turning her presence barely visible to the folks around them.
"Whatever it is. We must wait and watch. If we disturb even a single stone, things might run out of our hands again," Hecate spoke as he took the first step into the city. The others simply followed behind him as he looked around, walking every step cautiously as if the city was filled with landmines.
Three of the strongest higher gods walked into the city, keeping an eye on everything that was going around. Having prepared for this day for thousands of years, they couldn't make any mistakes now. Even if it were a fluke, they would not leave any stone unturned. They have waited for too long for this rematch.
But it wasn't just them. While their presence was known only to them, doesn't mean the others would not enter this city. It's not every day that an angel falls from grace.
Angels, minor gods, saints of the other goddesses, there were more of them coming to this city as time was to pass.
But you know the fun fact? It wasn't just angels and gods. But demons, too, were showing their interest in the city. After all, the news of an angel's fall isn't easy to suppress.
An angel is an entity whose entire existence screams divinity. Unlike extremely condensed and concentrated divinity, an angel's divinity is… somewhat easy to control. Their body parts can be used, their wings can be sacrificed. Their powers can be stolen… that is, if you are powerful enough.
A fallen angel is still an angel. And the fact she had lost most of her power is even better.
Dark mages, demon worshippers will soon flood the city and the surrounding, brimming within the city, raising its population to max. And not just them, but crazies who just want to 'have' an angel by their side, whether dead or alive, too, would make their own moves in this city.
But you know…
Even then, within all that chaos where everyone knows something about something and nothing about everything. Where everyone is an enemy of at least half the population, and would kill their counterparts at any other place at any other time, things will remain calm.
Because even without talking or telling. Even without being a single word spoken, everyone would understand… that the first to make the move will be the first to die.
So they will all wait… until the angel herself will make the first move.