The Play Has Only Just Begun

"Wha... What? Me? But m... my name..." Draco stammered.

"Shh. Your name is Duck from now on. So, why don't you elaborate on your idea further? I'm curious." Stella's smile grew wider.

They felt something was wrong with this situation. A little mortal girl entered the Hall of Divinity and started questioning and mocking the Gods. And in turn, they were scared of her. How ridiculous was this chain of events?

Zemes finally broke out of this stupor. "Who are you??! How did you enter this place??" She used her Divinity and sobered up the remaining ones in the hall.

"Ugh. Shut up, Zemes. It's not good manners to talk when a child is having a conversation." Stella rolled her eyes.

Sylvania who was being kept invisible further away had a weird face. 'Did she just call herself a child? Does she need to mess with them to this extent?' She tried to move, then she realized she was locked in her position. Stella didn't even let her make a sound.

Zemes was stunned for a moment. But she quickly readjusted herself and bellowed, "You dare call me by my name, mortal?! If you don't stop this foolishness right now and apologize, I'll have no choice but to punish you."

"Oh? You're a proud and arrogant one, aren't you? I thought the Goddess of Nature was supposed to be gentle and compassionate. I guess I was wrong." Stella shook her head, seemingly losing interest in hearing Draco's answer. She jumped down from the pedestal and started to leave.

"You! Do you even realize where you are?! You think you can leave this place after saying something like this?" Draco bellowed out.

"Die!" Zemes couldn't hold back anymore as she teleported right in front of Stella and struck down at her. The force in her hand was terrifying as the elements of nature itself were infused into it.

But as soon as it tried to come in contact with Stella's body, Zemes's hand rebounded with an even more terrifying force. Her hand simply exploded into small chunks.

"Aaaaaah!" A high-pitched scream of agony spread out. Zemes screamed as she saw half of her arm turn into bits of flesh and blood scatter onto the ground. The pain was unbearable even with her innate regeneration as a Divine being.

Stella looked up at Zemes with a cold face. "Do you think you're better than mortals? I was originally here to seek answers to some of my questions. But looking at your actions, I don't think that would be any longer necessary."

Stella raised her hand and plunged it into Zemes's chest, then grabbed her heart and ruthlessly pulled it out.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Another piercing scream was heard as golden blood poured out of Zemes's chest. She dropped down to her knees. As a Goddess, she wouldn't die even if someone pulled out and crushed her heart, but it would slightly weaken her body until she could regenerate it. And even if this body was destroyed, she could form another one slowly as long as her Divine soul was unscathed. Unfortunately for Zemes, this simple injury will never heal.

Whenever Stella struck, she was also using a part of her authority. So, if the target did not have greater authority over the laws and elements of reality than Stella, their injury would never heal. And having a higher authority than her? Only the other nine Primo###### had that much power.

Looking at the beating heart on her palm, Stella didn't feel anything. She looked at Zemes who was writhing in agony.

"Tell me, is your heart worth the price for your arrogance? It hurts a lot, doesn't it?" Stella tilted her head.

"You... I'm... I'm going to kill you!" Zemes erupted with her Divine powers as she transformed into her battle form.

But Stella didn't even bother with her anymore.

As soon as she entered the Divine realm and put it under her dominion, she accessed everyone's information and unsealed a few of her abilities. And they were too terrifying, as always.

She focused on their details to find out what they do.

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[Infinite Energy Access: Has inexhaustible access to all types of energy and essences including Ultimate Tier (Void Energy), High Tier (Nihility and Ather), Medium Tier (Mana and Ruination), Low tier (Elemental) Energy sources. An exclusive ability of the Primo######]

[Absolute Energy Control: Can form, manipulate, and dissipate all types of energy as long as you have access to it. Also, constructs and objects with wondrous properties can be made with the usage of this ability.]

[Arcane Mimicry: Can copy all properties of any being or objects including aura, appearance, ability, skills, and memories to mimic that existence. All unique and special traits can be copied too. What or how much you want to copy and mimic depends on your choice. However, due to the title of <Adorable Fluffball> given to you by ######, You cannot modify your appearance under any circumstances. Realities would bend themselves to accommodate your mimicry instead.]

[Mastery over <Gaze of ######> has reached a new threshold. Now it is possible to see the history and memories of the targeted object or being. The target's memories can be accessed and experienced freely from a third-person perspective, or as themselves. It is irrelevant if the target has any memories or not as <Gaze of ######> will pull the memories from the existence's source.]

[<Fate Executioner> has transformed and unsealed <Controller of Fate and Destiny>]

[Controller of Fate and Destiny: Everyone has a Fate, but very few are graced by Destiny. As their controller, you have the power to decide everyone's paths, actions, and thoughts. You are the <Ultimate Puppetmaster>. All the realities are your theater, and the beings in it are your puppets, playing out a performance that you created. This is the exclusive ability of the First Primo#####]

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Stella started examining her newly unsealed abilities one by one.

The first ability was simply ridiculous. It would grant her unlimited access to all types of energy and essences. But because of this, the second ability became bugged too. She could create structures, objects, and items with pure energy. And using pure energy to make them would also bring terrifying properties.

Stella was quite familiar with Ather energy. She had seen many futuristic technologies that depended solely on Ather. She couldn't help but think what would happen if she were to construct a sword with pure Ather, then slashed at someone. 'What if I create a battlesuit with Ather? Wouldn't it look cool? What about orbital canons? Railguns? Hmm, maybe an enormous spaceship?' Stella's imagination ran wild. But she suppressed her excitement to look at the next ability.

But she was a bit disappointed with this one... at first.

Because, as soon as she encountered someone with a new ability, she would automatically unseal the ultimate version of it. There was no need to go out of her way to copy their unique abilities and traits. They were much much inferior to what she would unseal from her soul anyways. And this ability wouldn't let her change appearances either. She would only brute force reality to make others perceive her as a different being. But then she realized something.

'Wait a minute, If I can brute force reality to make others perceive me differently, then what about....' She examined a bit more and found that her idea was correct. Even though she wouldn't be able to change her appearance, she could force others to perceive her just like what she wanted. This ability was a true treasure to her.

Even though she was a little girl, she could force others to perceive her as a frog, a stone, a giant, a chicken, a house, or whatever she wanted. Her aura would change too. She could emulate any traits and attributes, even Divinities.

But the next notice she received was even more surprising.

'[Gaze of ######] can now even access any being's memories across all their different lives? That's convenient. I can finally see what happened with Lynnette.' Stella was quite pleased. This ability was wonderful for 'interrogations' and for prying out truths. From now on, nobody would be able to hide anything from her anymore, even if they deliberately destroyed or sealed their memories to try to keep them away from her grasp.

However, this wasn't the end. As she read the last two notices in her consciousness, she trembled. Looking [Controller of Fate and Destiny], she felt.... fearful of herself.

'Who.... am I? This kind of power.... I shouldn't be given access to such abilities.' She felt the same when she unlocked [Absolute Authority]. But this ability was far more dangerous. They weren't even at the same level.

'Am I turning into a terrifying being that everyone will run away from? What would Anne think if she knew about my true identity?' But Stella shook away this feeling. [Absolute Protection] didn't let her mind get corrupted with negative emotions. She would always stay true to herself.

Slowly, her emotions started to stabilize.

'If everyone and everything is meant to be my puppet... then, why not make a good show for my amusement?' She smiled inwardly. 'I am free, and my identity is what I choose to be.' Stella's eyes cleared up..

Only a few nanoseconds had passed since Stella started examining her abilities.

Every time she thought or calculated about something, time would slow down to a snail's pace. Well, she could freeze time entirely and think for as long as she wanted to. But she no longer needed to do that due to [Nihility Computation]. However, her thought process became more and more complex as her powers grew.

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Stella was in an unexplainable mood. But the situation around her was heavy. Most of the Gods were getting ready to tear her apart. Especially Zemes and Draco.

Being able to injure a God to a considerable extent, they knew this girl was anything but a weak mortal. So all those who wanted to attack her erupted with their full power from the start.

But these poor things didn't know her current mood was the most terrifying one....

'Ah....so this is how it feels.... to control everything... to write everyone's future under my dominion. Is this what those terrifying beings feel? The Primo######..... What is my connection to them?' She was currently in a state of semi-omniscience.

Stella could control and manipulate everything under her dominion now. Laws, Elements, Fate, Destiny, Karma... She had access to everyone's paths. Their Fate and Destiny were hers to create. She could influence everyone to do exactly what she wanted, she could write a story.... and play it out to perfection. This world was currently her theater, and she had free rein to shape its story.....

Stella smiled as hundreds of Gods charged at her, 'The play has only just begun....'