A Delicious Banquet III

"Who are you!?"

All gods stood up on guard, summoning their weapons and going into an immediate frenzy against this deity that appeared out of nowhere and slaughtered one of them as if he was an inmate ready for execution, no questions asked.

Seeing them all guard themselves against him as if they were capable of anything, made the 'demon' sigh.

"My name is Jie Fei from the Heaven Smiting Devil Clan. My master is Richter Golden-Haze, my mistress is Devil Emperor Jie Yuan and from now onwards I'm your police, mortals".

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Utter contempt, never had the crowd of gods been ridiculed so, Jie Fei didn't even allow them the benefit of the word.

"You are free to play whatever games you wish, but any actions going against my master's interest will only be rewarded with death, just like this boy".

"You dare call us mortals?!"

*RUMBLE!*

Zeus and Vishnu weren't up to jokes, this degree of disrespect wasn't one they were willing to tolerate, even the Golden Dragon hadn't been so openly contemptuous to the Gods of this universe.

Sadly for them, their auras wanned as quickly as they had previously flared. Because one by one they started to appear in this room, producing rolls of cold sweat.

One, two, five, ten.

Each of them emitted a ridiculous pressure that didn't lose to the likes of Great Red and Ophis!

They couldn't be sensed, they couldn't be seen... perhaps they were here all the time and no one noticed, one of the most surprised ones was precisely Aphrodite who yet concealed herself astonished.

'You brought a bunch of troublesome fellows from the Z-AXIS, Richter... I couldn't have expected less from my mate~'

While she was relaxed, the gods weren't so much.

'WHO ARE THESE MONSTERS?!'

"I dare call an infant, infant... why then wouldn't I address you, pitiful gods, as mortals?" Having finished his words and finishing the execution of what Jie Fei would call 'infringing fear on the foe's soul' he prepared to leave but was stopped by Nyx who walked up to him, she didn't bow but spoke with respect.

"You must be the leader of this crowd of headless chickens".

Nyx resisted the urge to smash the man's face, he was arrogant and clearly of Chinese origin, 'only those bastards are this arrogant with their peers'.

"You're together with Lord Richter".

"He is our saviour and master, this time I'm here just to get the information... sadly, one of you had to openly show your hostility towards my master's home".

Seeing that Nyx was somewhat reasonable, Jie Fei also addressed her politely as the rest of the Devil Gods started to disappear one by one.

"It won't happen again, we apologise".

"Since that's the case we shall take our leave, there are two certain dragonesses who are flaring their aura intending to get my master's attention... this can't be allowed".

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Jie Fei disappeared as fast as he had materialised, leaving words that once again pounded the hearts of all gods present.

"H-He's talking about Great Red and Ophis".

"Our universe is once again in danger, why did Lord Richter bring those monsters with him!? they're ruthless!"

A furious argument between gods ensued about what their next actions should be now that it was revealed that there was a group of a dozen gods capable of effortlessly obliterating them. They didn't even need to worry about Richter Golden-Haze again, now there were these bastards as well!

Ignorance was indeed bliss... little did they know, this was just a small part of the Devil Gods' group, their true number was in the three digits. But there was more than just a single banquet in this world to supervise.

...

Nyx walked out of olympus, feeling a huge headache. For some reason she felt she was no longer a goddess... powerful entities appeared one after the other, leaving their faction as powerless as infants in front of adults. Her security was drifting apart.

Azrael walked beside her absentmindedly, wondering what she was thinking.

'Aphrodite'.

'Hmph?~'

'Is that offer still on?'

'Of course~ you know, even I couldn't sense this crowd of Devil Gods'.

'And yet they can't sense you, even though you're not wearing Hades' helm'.

'I wonder why?~'

'I have a condition'.

'You're in no position to state conditions'.

'I want Azrael in'.

'No'.

'Why not?'

'I don't want to share my master with another pussy if I can help it... this offer is for you, not for her'.

'Must you always be so foul-mouthed?'.

'I wouldn't be like this if my master hated it~'.

'Your master, or the crowd of gods you have surrendered your body to?~' Nyx thought she could deliver one of her classic jabs at Aphrodite, a big mistake.

*RUMBLE!*

The world stopped as if time itself had been rendered a slave to this being, only Nyx could move but even in her disbelief she failed to see how Azrael and everything had frozen, all she could see in front of her was an angry goddess, a face she had never seen Aphrodite make. Crystals seemed to protrude out of her body in different places, shining in rainbow Prisma and giving her a surreal appearance. Before she had merely sensed Aphrodite, it had been a long time since she saw her face-to-face and this only confirmed.

This person is no longer Aphrodite.

"If you mention any of those filthy beings again, I will slaughter you, Nyx".

"I apologise" Nyx knew better than to gamble her life for pride, this entity in front of her is not someone to joke about with.

The moment she apologised, it was as if Aphrodite changed a hundred and eighty degrees.

'Ingvild is the one you want" Nyx stated while Aphrodite walked forward, her clothes were materialising and dematerialising in what resembled a show of lights that Nyx didn't understand, regardless... she never looked completely naked.

'Naturally, you're just the middlewoman. I could get rid of you, Nyx. But I haven't... do you know why?'

'... you want allies?'

'Fufu~ such a foolish goddess, fate needs no allies. I only want to control your body eventually so I need you to lower your guard'.

'Y-You...'

'Don't worry, just like Aphrodite, you shall be allowed to feel everything. All the pleasure... all the love. Trust me, it will be worth it.

'You are insane, I mean... Aphrodite was insane, but you're something else, is this love?' Nyx felt this entity's love for Richter was so toxic that it almost disgusted her. It made her wonder if that was correct.

'Love makes us do insane things, sweetheart... and to be denied love, even more so... I have waited for too long for my mate to love me, and I am not waiting anymore'.

'J-Just who are you? someone that knows Lord Richter? from his and Lady Calliope's world?'

'I am the FATE that can't be denied or stopped. I am absolute Nyx, my whims and fancies shall determine this universe's history, such is my being'.