[57th Return!]
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[Helios POV!]
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All of us looked at that guy, Adam, standing at Laplace's place as he smiled after making that statement. His eyes observed the surrounding area with little concern, as if he was lost or something.
-BOOM!!!
And then another exchange occurred as Laplace returned, attacking Adam with all his might, but Adam just created a powerful barrier exactly where Laplace was present. It wasn't even the concept of speed… it was as if he knew where Laplace was going to attack.
"Are you the 10th?" Laplace spoke as he looked at Adam, while Adam just smiled as he answered,
"I am. No need to wet your pants."
-BOOOM! BOOM!!! BOOOOOM!!!!
3 more attacks, each more powerful than the last one. Though barriers that seemed to contain the power of the entire world in them appeared in between, erasing those attacks as if they never existed.
"Is this your power?" He narrowed his eyes at Adam while I gawked at the duo. It wasn't just me, but everyone present. Gods, angels, other beings, even demons and those giants. They all just looked at the exchange between Adam and Laplace.
"Kind of," Adam spoke as he looked at Luciana and then said," hey. I want to know. What is exactly the deal between you two? I could see that you were contemplating between choosing him and fighting him."
'Was she?' My eyes widened at that realization. If Luciana joined that monster, then it would be impossible for us to win. And perhaps Adam wanted her to not go to the other side?
-BOOOM!! BOOOM!!! BOOOM!!!
Maybe because Laplace understood Adam's intention, he tried to attack him as fast as he could, but none of the attacks worked. Adam simply kept looking at Luciana, who saw him standing there before she spoke.
"In all the futures, I saw him emerging victorious. Plus, he said that he can help me meet my mother, father and sister, as long as I can get him what he wants, that is, to marry him."
Ah! Isn't that what she always wanted? But that's impossible, isn't it? Can Laplace really do that? No wonder Luciana was tempted to go back in time. Even I have so many regrets that I want to go back in time… Even I would be ready to go to bed-
-Slap!
I slapped my cheeks before letting my thoughts wander in the wrong direction. That was more dangerous than the end of the world.
"Is that so? Well. I can't promise that I can help you go back in time. But I think… meeting your family… it's not too out of the box. I might need to pull a few strings or two," and Adam dropped a huge bomb on us. Our eyes widened as we looked at him. He didn't seem to joke, though.
"Lies! That is not possible! Even I would need to devour the primordials before I could turn back time. But bringing the dead back?!! You think I haven't tried that?! That is impossible! Their souls have long since dissipated," Laplace spoke as he looked at Adam with shock, who just simply ignored him.
"Neptune! You think the leader would agree?" He turned towards a certain someone. A guy we knew from before, the guy in whose clinic we worked.
'Leader? You are saying this monster has a leader?' This question rang in all our ears, as we looked at Neptune floating towards Adam and Luciana.
"Stay away from here, you demi-human! Filthy people should-"
-BOOM!!
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And once again Laplace was thrown back into the dimension through the portal, under our shocked gazes. This time, even Luciana and the heaven's guardian were shocked. Their eyes were almost out of their sockets.
"First, turn off your aura. You are scaring the kids," Neptune spoke, while Adam made an oops expression before turning off all that mana. While we just gasped as we looked at him hiding all that mana so finely. I couldn't even tell if he had mana or not.
"Kid. You are Luciana, right? I wanted to ask before. Why did you mistake me for Adam before?" Neptune asked with a smile, making Luciana look at him with contemplation. Luciana then answered properly,
"The First said that it will go to Adam. All I need to do is follow directions."
"Ah! That makes sense."
"Ah! That makes sense."
Both Adam and Neptune had a knowing gaze before they chuckled a little.
"To think we were worried about something so small," Adam spoke before he shook his head before looking at Neptune and then at Luciana and asking," do you think the leader will help her out?"
Neptune then pondered and spoke," I don't really know. Though, personally, if we ask him, he might do it. He is a softie for kids searching for parents and stuff, remember?"
Adam nodded at him before looking at Luciana as he spoke," don't worry. We will help you out with your goal. We will revive your family, though there are going to be a few steps, okay? Like we might need something you have as a keep-safe from them? Even a memory is fine. You do have it, right?"
Adam was worried for a second, but as Luciana nodded, his worry dissipated. He then smiled and spoke,
"You have waited far too long. Just wait for a bit more. Don't worry, I promise on the name of my brotherhood that I will help you meet your family pretty soon. Trust me!"
Luciana wanted to ask something, but then someone else shouted first.
"You are lying!! There is no way that is possible!!!"
"Do you have any lie detection skills?" Adam just smiled back at him, while his eyes automatically turned red. Not only his, but Luciana, All-Father, that blue-haired kid, that angel, Hecate and Castellina. Everyone's eyes changed colors as well.
Everyone was using their lie detection skills here, including me.
"Everything that I have said. From the start to the end. Everything was true. I will fulfill my promise even at the cost of my life," he spoke, creating a deafening silence in this echoing battlefield.
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[Author's note: The battle has just begun and will go on for dozens of chapters. Just saying!]