33: Plan

[Is this true?] - asked Michael while crossing her arms and highlighting her breasts a bit - [If so, it's a bit worrying]

"At last we can talk about what we came for" - said Veritha as she let out a sigh of relief - "Yes, the reason for the call is none other than Rivenna."

Raphael's expression changed slightly before he let out a sigh - [I knew it... the reappearance of the [tower of babel] was more than enough proof of my sister's resurrection...]

[We should have intervened the moment she cast her binding curse on Draco Dragonhart's soul] - Michael added with a frown - [The problem is that we didn't notice this until it was too late, just as we were about to return the hero's soul to its original world...]

"Rivenna made sure we didn't detect her plan" - growled Brutus as he gave the table a firm thump - "And now that she revived, their connection is much greater than at the time she cast the curse, because their souls were growing evenly."

[What do they have in mind?] - asked Chamuel with concern.

"Honestly, we are worried just like you, Rivenna having access to the hero's soul will only make [it] more susceptible to awakening" - said Lucia while frowning - "Rivenna doesn't know what she's messing with, in fact, none of us would know if it wasn't because we found out when we saw the hero's soul."

A deep silence pervaded the room as those present looked at each other.

There was a secret that no one knew, and that was that the sword the gods gave Draco Dragonhart was cursed, but not to the person who would use it, but to the entity he would kill.

The gods had created a single-use weapon, one that could only be used against the fallen god, a weapon whose only function was to reduce the power of the god Chaos.

The gods' plan was simple, they would summon a human from another dimension to become their hero, command him to "kill" the fallen god, and when the time was right, they would use their power to send him back home. What the gods did not tell Draco, was that after "killing" Chaos with the sword they gave him, Draco would absorb part of the soul of the fallen god and take it back to his world, with that Chaos' power would be reduced by more than 50% when he revived in the future.

However, all this went to shit thanks to the actions of Rivenna, who had used her soul as an anchor to keep Draco's soul in this dimension, making Chaos able to have a complete rebirth, one that would make him much more powerful thanks to his access to the [Tower of Babel].

Just the thought of those consequences made both Sins, and Blessings, feel a shiver run down their spines.

Oh, don't misunderstand them, the sins desired a world of chaos because that would increase their powers to unimaginable levels, but what they did not desire was a world full of darkness, because that would make them slaves to their domain, they would be nothing more than shadows without consciousness at the command of Chaos, the fallen god.

The blessings would become empty silhouettes, a reminder of what was once a peaceful era, or they would even die trying to stop the rise of the dark age.

[What's your plan?] - asked Gabriel with a frown, after all, she didn't like such dark topics, however, it wasn't as if she could tear herself away from this conversation, not when the world was hanging in the balance.

"We have a plan, though we need your help" - Lucia replied as she gritted her teeth - "We want to take advantage of the connection between Rivenna and the owner of the [Tower of Babel] so we can make him become the new sin of greed."

[But won't that get Rivenna killed?] - asked Raphael with a frown - [I understand that the situation is critical, but I don't want my sister to die in the process]

"That's why we have decided to talk to you, maybe we can come to a better conclusion" - replied Goliath as he continued devouring the food he materialized - "It is possible that we can make this human become the new sin of greed without the need to kill Rivenna, although that might make her his familiar due to the huge connection that exists between the two of them."

[I guess you want to use the darkness of Chaos' soul that is inside Draco Dragonhart's reincarnation as a catalyst for him to absorb the essence of the sin of greed inside Rivenna] - said Rafael while nodding - [Sounds like a feasible plan, in fact, we just need to put an object in the process to make everything go as planned]

"And that would be?" - Veritha asked as she let out a long yawn.

[Subordination medallion] - replied Michael calmly.

"Oh, I hadn't thought of that..." - Ozma said as he earned the neural gaze of the other members of the discussion - "What?"

"You haven't given any ideas, in fact, you've only spoken to make Chamuel cry" - Brutus replied as he gave him a blank stare.

Ozma looked at his brother neutrally as he gave him a raised middle finger.

[Let's get back to the point, this is the best chance we have, though we need the timing to be right, so we can start with the operation] - Jophiel said as he let out a long sigh - [Does anyone know what Rivenna is up to right now?]

"I think I have an idea" - Ambrosia replied while frowning - "I can sense a huge lust from the place where that idiot is currently."

"You say she's already made her move?" - Goliath asked as he put the food aside and looked at his sister with a frown.

"No, this lust is not coming from her or the reincarnation of Draco Dragonhart" - replied Ambrosia, though her expression changed to one of fury when she heard the distant scream of one of her subordinates - "That bitch!"

[What's going on?] - asked Michael calmly, though he was beginning to feel a strange sense of unease.

"That bitch used her stealing magic, so she could absorb the essence of one of my succubi!" - Ambrosia exclaimed angrily as she looked around - "I'll be back in a moment..."

"This is not good... if she did this, then her plans have to be in motion" - said Veritha with a frown - "Do you think you can give a medallion of protection to that boy while we start with the plan?"

[I'll send it right away] - answered Raphael with seriousness - [It's the least I can do for my older sister's idiotic actions]

"So... Shall we do this plan?" - Lucia asked with a frown - "Make Draco Dragonhart's reincarnation absorb the essence of greed..."

[Yes, it's the best plan we have, not to mention that it will make him absorb Chaos' soul, which means that we will have an ally more than capable of facing the mad god] - answered Michael while shaking her head - [For now, we can only wait]

[Done, I already gave him the necklace of protection, with that he will be free of shady dreams and lethal poisons or aphrodisiacs] - said Rafael while he shook his head - [Let's hope she won't make a move so soon after discovering our intervention]

"Relax, she needs to make small moves because she is currently not powerful enough to oppose us" - said Brutus neutrally - "Ambrosia's appearance will be more than enough proof that we are aware of her actions."

[We cannot allow the reappearance of Chaos] - Chamuel said firmly, though this only made her look much more cute than usual - [Balance, that's all we need].

"Hmm, well, you're not wrong" - said Veritha as she shook her head - "The mortal world is much funnier than the dimension of higher beings."

"Well, you're not wrong, that place is too boring, all they do is talk and talk, and keep talking" - said Brutus as he folded his arms - "Seriously, I still can't believe you guys are still in that place, and don't come to the mortal world longer."

[It's because we can't go down directly because we would be corrupted by the sins of humans] - replied Michael honestly - [In fact, we can only go down to a place without preparation, and those are the churches]

"Oh, that makes sense" - nodded Lucia as she smiled fiercely - "Does that mean we only have to destroy the churches?"

[Good luck with that, sister, the churches were built with divine stone that the gods themselves created to form a link between the mortal world and the higher dimension] - replied Michael neutrally - [For the record, there is only one way we can destroy the churches, and it's confidential]

Lucia clicked her tongue before starting to eat some ice cream to get rid of the annoyance she was feeling from her sister's words. She was not interested in destroying the churches, she just wanted to annoy Michael a little.