54 History

Few hours later...

Lucas paced back and forth in the divine kingdom of eternal blazing sun before a massive silver door, his face tense.

Creak!

The door creaked and opened, as Aucuses walked out. Lucas dashed toward him and quickly inquired.

"How's she doing, Milord? Is she okay? Is she awake?"

Aucuses saw worry written all over Lucas' face. Then, he said, with a light nod.

"Diana is fine now, Lucas. I was able to heal her and stabilise her condition. She is still sleeping and will be for some time, so be quite if you want to see her."

Diana was actually on the verge of losing control after wielding the legendary sword and fighting against Medici.

Lucas's worried expression faded as he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he bowed quickly and literally ran into the room.

Aucuses sighed and turned to look into the room, where Diana lay in bed and Lucas already sat beside her, watching over her.

He waved his hands as the door closed, leaving the couple alone.

Then, he began walking down a long corridor lined with white pillars and oil paintings on the walls, eventually reaching the weapon shelf. He summons his weapon from here.

He raised his right hand, as Excalibur appeared in his hands with flash of light.

Aucuses gazed at the holy sword with gleaming eyes, analysing every detail of the sword in his hand.

The Excalibur is far from what Diana can envision with her authority, but he personally blessed her with her hermit uniqueness, which played a significant role in the successful envisioning of the holy sword.

However, the person who envisioned still have to pay the price. He also intervened at that time personally and also instructing Blaise, Lucas, and everyone else to pray for her and support her through the ordeal.

Aucuses was still quite surprised, when he first gazed at the envisioned sword. He wasn't sure if this could wield the same power as original held by Altria. However, after seeing the results, he is certain that, while not fully comparable to the actual Excalibur, it is not far behind.

His thoughts turned to the battle between the Medici and Diana. The Excalibur allowed Diana to compete with Medici in battle, and despite nearly destroying the northern continent, their battle was truly spectacular though.

He, Lilith, and Solomon eventually descended onto the battlefield, only to see the sea of scorching light expand outwards, annihilating everything in its path. If the light wasn't stopped, it would go on to completely destory the northern continent.

When Lilith saw this, she used her authority over "Earth" to tear apart the entire massive crater from the ground, as the sea of light was also contained within the crater by her authority.

Meanwhile, he and Solomon rushed to protect Diana and Medici, who were both seriously injured, though Medici fared better than Diana.

The crater with the sea of light was then thrown into the astral world by Lilith. It completely exploded there, illuminating the entire world's sky. It was the end of their battle.

Aucuses' gaze wandered over weapons on his shelf, which he had collected over thousands of years, finally settling on the newly added one.

It was the sword based on the sword of rupture, EA. He recently sent it to artisan to repair the damage caused by their fight with the mother goddess of depravity. Artisan was more than happy to assist and fixed it for free.

Aucuses chuckled as he thought of artisan's obvious ways of gaining favour with them.

Suddenly, he turned around, only to see Amanises enter the hall through the door, a sleeping boy floating near her as she walked towards him.

"Why is he asleep?" Aucuses inquired, his brow furrowed in curiosity, as he pointed to the boy floating near her.

Will Auceptin was the mysterious floating boy.

"When I descended there, he was on the verge of losing the battle. The authority of degeneration began to have an effect on his soul. Ouroboros, on the other hand, was not much better. After noticing the situation, your sun imploded, severely injuring him." Amanises spoke softly, her gaze wandering over the oil paintings on the wall. "I took care of the pollution that was bothering him and put him to sleep so he could recover faster."

"Though, fate truly favoured Ouroboros." She said vaguely.

"It's not destiny, Amanises. You should be more aware of this than I am." Aucuses smiled, his eyes growing distant. "It is 'His' blessing to 'His' most devoted and favoured angel."

Amanises remained silent. While Aucuses waved his hands, light appeared in the hall and gathered on the figure of the Will. It aided his recovery and teleported him to one of the castle's rooms, which also had ice cream waiting for him, when he walked up.

"Is that the fabled sword?" Amanises inquired ethereally, her gaze finally settling on the excalibur in his hands.

"Yes." Aucuses' nodded, raising the sword and looking at it as he continued. "Would you like to wield it?" He reached out his sword to her.

Amanises took the Excalibur in her hands and caressed it with her fingers, as her eyes behind her gauze flashing with a slight melancholy.

"The worthy are the one who can unleash the sword's power. Despite the fact that we, the gods, can hold it in our hands. Only Diana has the ability to unleash its true power." As he observed her actions, Aucuses explained. While also closing the small distance between them, by walking towards her.

"Aucuses, you're also certainly worthy, aren't you?" Amanises asked abruptly, looking straight at Aucuces. "The sword is the crystallisation of mankind's hopes and dreams. An archangel cannot bear the burden and cost of visualising something like this."

"Oh." Aucuses admitted, "You picked up on that. Amanises, you are truly the mother of concealment. Nothing seems to be able to hide from your gaze." With a chuckle, he said.

"So, Aucuses, you can actually use the Excalibur." While ignoring his remakes about her, Amanises pressed.

"Indeed." Aucuses gave a nod. "However, I am worse than Diana. She is the one who bore everything directly; I simply assisted her from behind."

"Diana is truly extraordinary..." Amanises remarked as she returned the sword to him. "Here."

"Isn't that obvious, Amanises?" Auceses spoke as he took Excalibur and placed it on his weapon shelf. "Considering who their leader is?" He said it with a narcissistic smirk on his lips.

"You're still the same in many ways, Aucuces..." After hearing his narcissistic words, Amanises responded ethereally, her lips behind the gauze turning upwards to form a shallow smile.

Something suddenly drew their attention, however, as Aucuses and Amanises turned to face the direction of Solomon Empire.

"It's time." Aucuses turned to face her. "The betrayal will occur at sundown..."

"History is truly repeating itself..." Amanises stated as she gazed at the Solomon Empire. Then, while staring at Aucuses, she said. "Ombella has already built a natural barrier around the sea of ruins..."

"It should suffice, as they'll only be keeping Sasrir at bay..." Aucuses was indifferent. "While we slay Solomon..."

Then, Aucuses' figure was immediately bathed in golden flames, as his suit was completely burned away in the flames, replaced by silver armour.

The symbol of sun graced upon his glabella, and his golden iris became vertical, as the flames that bathed his figure gathered to form two fiery golden wings behind him.

He held a purple "Book" in one hand while the other was empty. Then, he finally turned to look at Amanises, his golden vertical eyes gleaming.

Amanises wore a layered black gown with countless sparkling specks of radiance like stars. Her ribs and waist each stretched out two arms. Two of the six hands held a black scythe, two held a crimson "moon", and the rest were empty.

She finally turned, her deep dark eyes gazed at him.

"Aucuses, let's go."