61 Sending a message?

It's complete! "MWAHAHAHAHA!" Hrm! Luckily nobody heard that. I sounded like Margerie. 

When Seria explained the nature of the void to me, I had an enlightenment. She realized that the void isn't a space with no pathways at all. 

A pathway is a stream of energy and mana through the multiverse. Mortals often call them Ley lines, but they are only able to sense them in a very rudimentary way. A god can hop onto one of those streams and travel with them. They are able to do it because they can sense the fast moving current. 

Being able to do this is the most defining characteristic for being a god. It can't be done without aid by a soul which didn't ascend. 

By using this method, you can go anywhere you want at instant speed. That's why some mortals think of gods as omnipresent. Which we are not. 

Those currents flow extremely slow inside void zones. So an untrained individual can't sense them. That gives the impression of an empty space. 

After Seria had given me this hint, I ran back to my lab. It took me two sleepless days to complete the preparations and to instruct the palace to grow the necessary equipment. 

At the third day I fell asleep and when I woke up, the palace had completed it's task. Right now I have a small crystal in my hand. 

It's similar to the ring and earrings, I gave to Celes. By connecting directly to the users mind, it can show me a whole new view on the world. 

By using the mana-crystal as a sensor, the user is now able to feel even the tiniest bit of energy. 

Time for a little test! 

I close my eyes and concentrate. By blending out my surroundings, I slowly become aware of the pathways. They are dim and slow, but it's enough. 

A step takes me outside the void onto another world. Appearing in the sky above a big city, I look around. I know this world from a previous life. 

But I am not here to dwell in my memories. I want to leave a little message for the Council. For this purpose I need to talk to a god. Preferably not to a Council member and not on their territory. 

I need a messenger. Someone completely unrelated. What's better than to trespass into random gods territory and give him the message. All I need to do is to create a little commotion and hope for one of the caretakers of this world to notice. 

Using another pathway, I appear inside the town on a big open area in front of a university. There are so many students here. Hah, this feels nostalgic. A long time ago I was a professor here. 

But then the screams of fear and terror arise! 

"KYAA!" "DEMON!" "RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!""AAAAAA!" 

A few seconds ago the area was crowded with people. Now there is nobody left. They all fled head over heels when they saw me and dropped everything they had on the ground. 

Books and papers are all over the place. I take a few steps forward and grab a random book to read the title. 

"About the world, it's inhabitants and the gods.   -By Lerem Gerwais" 

I flip through the pages and grin at the stupid ideas inside. It's been to long since I was here. They already started to teach this esoteric shit again! 

Suddenly someone is shouting behind me. 

"Hold it demon! In the name of our holy protector Fendulf! Leave this world and go back into the abyss which birthed you!" 

I turn around and see a very shiny looking knight in full body armour, a wizard girl, a priestess and an archer. They aren't gods, just mortals. Meh... I turn around again and continue to flip the pages. 

"By the light! Holy sword! Slay this creature of evil!" 

I feel something poking between my shoulder blades and sigh. Yeah... what did I expect. This plan was stupid. Why should a god turn up if I don't ravage a continent or two. 

"What is this devilry!? The holy sword, given by his holiness himself doesn't even scratch him!?" 

I turn around and grab the knights sword. *Snap!* I broke the stupid thing at the hilt. 

"Adults shouldn't play with toys! Hasn't your mother taught you anything?" I smack him with the book. 

He falls to the ground like a felled tree and moves no more. A dent in his helmet proves the force with which the book hit him. "Aw! Look! Because of you I destroyed the binding of the book!" I complain to the unconscious knight. 

"Kyaaa! Hero!" The wizard girl starts a tirade while the priestess falls to her knees and starts to pray. The archer just stands there with a dumbfounded look on his face. 

Oh well. This doesn't look like it will lead to anything. I frown over the destroyed book when a sudden flash of light appears above us and a shiny figure of light suddenly floats there! 

"WHO HAS SLAIN MY CHAMPION!?" 

LUCKY! That's a god. "Come down here, I have to talk to you." 

"VILE DEMON CREATURE, BE GONE!"Another flash of light and the ground around me is burned and turns black from the heat. Had I not countered the spell by forcefully emitting my mana through my aura, I would have been roasted! 

The god didn't have any problems with my aura pressing down on him. But the archer is twitching on the ground and has foam at his mouth. Wizard girl and priestess are also panting on the ground like the gravity would be too much for them. As magic users, they are taking it better. 

Poor mortals. "Come down here stupid god! I have to talk to you! Or do I have to destroy this world, just to tell you a few words? And switch off this stupid light-show! That's outdated!" 

I wave a fist at the idiot. 

The figure of light descents to the ground and dims down to reasonable levels. Seems like he realized that I am a god too. Took him long enough. 

"What's a fellow god doing here? This is my world. Why are you stirring up trouble?" The wiry guy asks. 

"I need you to give the Council a message. Fendulf, I assume?" -Me 

Fendulf nods. "Why don't you give this message to the Council yourself?" 

"Because I don't like to walk into the enemy's territory. And for the message, tell them greetings from the void. We will soon visit them in their heavenly city. And then we will have a nice talk with them." I smile at Fendulf. 

He looks at me with question marks above his head. 

"Ah. And could you also spread the word to everyone who doesn't want to get involved in the Council's business! They should stay away and keep their heads down." -Me 

"You aren't planning something stupid like a rebellion are you?" -Fendulf 

"Count your ass on it! The final days of the Council are close and it's in their hands to choose if this will be ugly or not." I wave at Fendulf and then at the mortals, who are looking at me like the harbinger of the end. 

To them this conversation must have sounded like hell just declared war on heaven. 

I turn around and step onto a path which takes me home again. 

Back at home I start to sort my equipment. It's important to have an orderly laboratory. Order and cleanliness are the most important things in a workplace. 

Hmm.. I think I forgot something. Didn't Celes tell me to ….. 

AH! 

I forgot to get Seria and Aengus! They are still at Margerie's mansion! I am a sore excuse as a father! Forgetting my children at a friend's place! 

Teleporting, I reappear inside Margerie's home. After a few seconds, I found an employee who leads me to the living room. 

Inside are Seria and Aengus, together with Sandra's children. They are on top of Tanja, who looks like a slain animal while she is lying on the ground. 

"I will never have children.... this is hell....." Tanja complains with dead eyes, while she is looking at the ceiling. 

Sven is crouching down in a corner and mutters something incomprehensible to himself. Margerie is lying on a couch. Seems like she passed out on the spot. 

Sandra jumps out of a chair when she sees me. "Our saviour! I am so glad that you are back!" She runs to me and hugs me. 

"What's going on?" I ask with a confused voice while I pat her shoulders. 

"They don't sleep! First we lost Margerie, then Sven had a talk with Seria and since then he is looming in the corner. I don't know what she said to him. Afterwards they banded together and took out Tanja!" Sandra has tears in her eyes. 

"Looks like your children and mine are an explosive combination?" I walk over to the kids. 

"Daddy! We had so much fun! Can we come here to play every day?" Seria jumps on top of Tanja while she smiles at me. 

"Don't use my intelligence officer as a trampoline! And why didn't you go to sleep like they told you?" I ask with a strict voice. 

Before they were dropped off by us, we instructed them to behave. Which they obviously did not! 

"But we never had so many people to play with! How can you ask of us to sleep at such a moment!" Aengus pokes Tanja, who doesn't even flinch. 

I sigh and grab Seria and Aengus to take them home.