77 Bast (1)

East Africa, Wakanda, the panther tribe camp, 1100 AD.

As the panther goddess, Bast, watched her followers and worshipers perform their daily duties that ranged from training, hunting, cooking, worshipping and sacrificing, she could only feel a little proud of her work.

Originally she was an Ennead called Bastet, the goddess of protection and cats. The deities of their kind belonged mostly in places like Egypt and Far East Africa, but after coming to Wakanda she became known as Bast, the panther goddess.

Several centuries ago, a meteor fell from the sky filled with a miraculous metal with mystical and radiating properties called Vibranium, When the humans wanted to approach it, they were exposed to radiation and mutated into 'demonic spirits' as the people of this earth call them.

the Ordinary and primitive humans were no match for these demonic spirits so they could only turn to the gods, as one of the tribes of this land requested Bastet's help.

Bastet took advantage of this opportunity in order to come to this land, and by using the natural resources of this area, such as the Heart Shaped Herb - a herb that had mutated due to the metal radiation, she claimed it was a gift from her. - She helped and strengthened the Panther tribe in order to defeat the demonic spirits and uniting the Wakanda tribes.

Using the Spirit realm as her base and the afterlife of her people, which is pocket dimension connected to Wakanda, she ruled Wakanda by taking Care of the later generations of the panther tribe and ensuring the continuity of their rule, she hasn't encountered any inordinate thing before, until now.

Today, around noon, a stranger entered Birnin Zana -the panther tribe camp-, because he looked similar to the people of Wakanda and everyone seemed to think he was an african traveler.

But Bast was not an easy-to-deceive goddess, she knew a lot about magic because she was a goddess, and it would be a shame if she, a protection goddess, did not recognize an intruder, because this human was using a simple illusion spell, while he could deceive other humans Except that she could see through it.

Because under the illusion of the humble black man, his true form was a man with vital white skin, why would a white man be in this place far from his home? And how can he use this spell? The inner energy of humans was pathetic little.

Could it be that he was one of those unusual humans who appeared several decades ago? Isis told her that she had become the guardian god of a family of new species called wizards who can store their magical energy in their blood vessels.

While Bast was a little interested, because it would be nice for Wakanda to get a bunch of these Wizards, she lost interest after learning that while Isis had become their guardian god, they were worshiping another deity called The High Father, who she thinks is not a real god because she don't recall him, also, it seems like a new belief.

She used some of her mystical abilities to put an illusion on this intruder in order to get him out of the camp, seeing that her power had worked, she could not help but feel at ease.

Although they have an deal with the celestials in order not to interfere with humans, and she've heard that her grandmother had promised them that no God or supernatural entity would interact with humans for a thousand years, she and most other gods do not care.

First, the celestials did not have any authority over them, second, they did not agree with them and it is not their fault that Gaia could not control them, third, Gaia was not even god and she doesn't seem to stand with her own agreement, fourth, what would they gain or lose from this deal? Do the celestials even know the definition of a deal?

However, she has kept her interactions with humans very limited, and has only used indirect methods to interact with Wakanda people because she does not think it would be an exaggeration.

After being led into the bush outside the tribe where there was a group of panthers, she possessed one of them from afar and controlled the others in order to surround the human before her spell was canceled.

"O mortal! How dare you encroach on this goddess's lands ?!" Bast said forcefully while using her divine power to terrify this person.

" mortal?" Without showing any fear or terror on his face, the human said calmly as he raised his eyebrow in exclamation. "Yes, I think you can call me mortal."

Upon seeing the human's indifferent response, she was stunned for a moment, but the human began to speak without giving her time to respond.

"As for why I am here, I have heard about the rare minerals and herbs that exist in this land, so I decided to come to this place and borrow some of these resources, of course since this is your land I would be more than happy to barter with you."

Upon hearing his words, Bast immediately realized that he was talking about the Vibranium and heart shaped herb and could only question how he knew them because she kept all these things a secret, and while she thought about his exposure for a second, she immediately realized that a human like him Wouldn't have Something that might interest her.

Additionally, infiltration was his first option so he may have intended to steal its resources.

"Do you really think I might need anything from you?" Bast said angrily, thinking that this human was trying to deceive her, so she controlled the panthers in order to jump on him, any other information can be got after his death.

The panthers surrounded the man and jumped at him very quickly and also dropped him with their weight, and his spell and his illusion was canceled revealing his true form - a white man without any rare characteristics -, the animals bitten, injured and tore the man, but the strange thing is that the man did not scream throughout the process.

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it seems that Bast killed an unimportant character, who cares right?

if you had any Question or Suggestion leave it in comments.

I'll put the mc power in the description.