At World's End

"Sorry world. Delara is gone. Dela lives on."

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Suddenly...

*WHOOSH!*

...a hole in the skies tears open in the usual dramatic yet gut-wrenchingly terrifying paraphernalia of Gorak's arrival, sharply breaking Dela out of her reverie.

"He's back!"

Gorak was home the moment Dela's deep words of farewell to her old self, had left her mouth.

It was like fate had received her words as the magical spell necessary to unlock her new phase of existence as an immortal; ushering her into the new person she would become once she sheds her mortality.

No longer would she be Delara the mortal, captive queen. From now on, she would be Dela, the immortal, and invincible conqueror of worlds!

And there before her, coming through the roaring darkness of the war-torn skies in a dramatic display of terror, and a fierce shower of red lightning, power and glory, was the "One" who would make it all happen... Gorak!

He had returned from his battles victorious once again. He was visibly more powerful. Even Dela could tell easily as he looked much more formidable, radiating an incredible amount of pure energy without even trying.

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Dela's face lights up with joy. Gorak was finally home! She was happy to see him. The love of her afterlife!

Judging from the look of his awesome figure in the great distance, descending ferociously from the skies, she could tell he was safe. There had been no incidents, thank goodness.

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Spotting Dela, Gorak floats downwards towards her on the balcony, the moment he sights her. His hand fondles her hair from above.

It was amazing that that was the first thing he would do on his return. Fly right to her balcony without even bothering to touch the ground first when his entire Fortress was eagerly waiting to welcome their Master home, staring up at him from the grounds below.

This immortal conqueror-god-being, was far too free spirited.

He looked awesome with his perfect jade-smooth face and dark narrowed eyes. Wearing a killer expression, his face matched perfectly with exposed torso, toned chest, hot abs, and fierce battle gear.

And did I mention? He had the largest set of black wings now, extending proudly from his back. An evidence of his most recent level up, they were the most beautiful thing Dela had ever set eyes on.

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'D*mn... so beautiful.', Dela muses, staring in awe.

When she had asked about his non-human features, Gorak had said to her before that he had what he called "the most awesome pair of wings you'd ever see", but she thought he was just being smug and exaggerating things.

Who knew?

They were indeed the most awesome pair of wings ever. For the first time, she truly came to understand what it meant to be a god.

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Excited, Dela stands on the tips of her toes to reach out to Gorak as he approaches her balcony. Gladly receiving him with open arms, she goes to plant a kiss on his lips, but just before their lips can touch,

*ZzZAP-WHOOSH!!*

... she hears a loud sound, and is immediately blinded by a flood of golden light that comes from the sky above to the ground, landing in what seems to be a massive explosion.

*BOOM!!!*

The insanely massive explosion causes an earthquake and takes out the gates, every guard, every beast and everything in a 360° radius, leaving nothing but a huge crater about 20km in diameter.

The city walls and defences within the area fall to rubble, crumbling instantly like brittle. Despite the fact that the main fortress where Dela's balcony is, is still afar off, it is caught in the explosion.

In the last moments before she is hit by the sudden explosion, the startled Dela shuts her eyes in fear by reflex, scared to death by the massive ball of golden flames charging right up her face.

For sure she was dead.

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**** KNOW YOUR GODS ****

(Continued from last time)

Chalding, Empyrean and Gorak's Phones: *Vrr Vrr*, *Ding! Ding!*, *Rrrr Rrrr*

Empyrean: As it seems, Tekh, Keeper of Entertainment, Partying and Good times is throwing a party to commemorate his 25 millionth birthday.

Chalding: Oh, his rave parties are always awesome.

Lilyak: Hey, how come I'm not invited? *checking her beeper device, aka phone in human terms*

Gorak: Lily, it's impossible for anyone to not invite you to a party. Especially Tekh. He probably wants to give you a special invite again... like last time. Haha!

Lilyak: Oh... *thinking*

I wonder why he thinks that's necessary. There's no need to be extra. *completely aloof*

Chalding: I want to hear about last time. *interested*

Empyrean: Me too. *also interested*

Gorak: Tekh contracted an entire party of Cosmo-fairies to erupt a chain of supernovas spelling out "Lily, come with me to my party", and right after he...

(Gorak eagerly starts telling the hilarious story of how Tekh invited Lilyak to his last party with a fireworks show and more.)

Lilyak: (to Gorak) No! Stop! Don't tell any more... *embarrassed*

Everyone: hahaha... *laughing*

Chalding: Man! And she still hasn't figured it out yet?

Gorak: Not at all. That's the funniest part. He literally was asking her as his date to his party, but his heartfelt confession ended up with Lily giving him a doctor's recommendation for extreme insomnia.

I witnessed the whole thing, but I still can't believe how it happened! Hahaha...!!

Everyone: *Laughing to death*

Lilyak: What? How could that be? He said he was having insomnia, and I was just helping. He needed the fireworks to cheer himself up! *completely aloof*

Are you saying he likes me? You're wrong. He just comes to me when he needs help... *absolutely aloof and unconvinced*

Chalding: D*mn! I feel for the man... hahaha!!

Gorak: (to Lilyak) What about the time he took you to see a constellation of aurora come to full bloom?

Lilyak: It was for his research on entertaining nature. A once in a 500 million years occurrence. It was so beautiful. *eyes glimmering in awe*

Empyrean: Oh my... *astounded by the entire situation*

Gorak: Come on, Lily. Even Empyrean gets it.

Lilyak: It was his job. He's the Keeper of Entertainment, remember. And he creates such beautiful things...

Gorak: *sighing, gives up* Sure Lily.

More importantly, how come I'm invited to Tekh's party? He knows I'm incarcerated in the Hold, right?

Empyrean: (to Gorak) I'm more surprised that the Council let you keep your beeper.

Chalding: Oh, it's limited and monitored. He can only get general notifications that make him yearn for freedom. I think that's why they let the party invite through.

He'll know of it, but can't go... haha!

Empyrean: Oh... that bites. I'm sorry, my good friend. Your suffering would be over soon. That said, I'm going! *happy mood*

Gorak: *sarcastic* Wow... thanks, Empyrean for sympathising with me so deeply. I'm touched. *eye roll*