Healing a God

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Frank quickly went back to Terra, leaving Ruby outside of the house, he went towards his room through the use of Stealth, Camouflage, and Silence, without being found out by Hilvera nor anyone that shared his room.

Resting in the bed, he felt a bit relieved, however, as the memories of the many things that he had gone through just a few hours ago rushed through his mind, Frank could not help but think about them and what awaited the future in Earth, his homeworld.

"Haahh… Too many things to worry about, and these mind skills are not helping in this regard, they're making it worse because I can now remember everything quite perfectly… How much time has gone since I got my Ability? It has felt like an eternity, but only like a week has gone by between both worlds…"

"Tomorrow should be the weekend on Earth, what should I do then? Do a lot of Tasks to get more Contribution Points? Or spend time with my family? Well, I could do the family thing at the day, and later I can go towards the Clan…"

"And in here? I will most likely go to a nearby low-level dungeon tomorrow morning. I will convince Gwendolyn and Cathyl to bring the kids. If I show them that they had become strong enough, they might let me… I will make sure to protect them well, I just want them to have some real-time combat experience, killing Horned Rabbits and Walking Mushrooms doesn't bring much in combat experience…"

As Frank sorted out his thoughts and planned what to do, something that he had forgotten surged on his mind.

"I'm such an idiot… I was too focused on buying offensive Skills that could expand my variety, that I ended up completely forgetting to buy something to help me fly… Sigh. Well, I will buy it tomorrow whenever I exchange these items I grind for Contribution Points, so no rush there…" thought Frank.

"I miss Ruby… But I had to leave her outside, for now, to not make Gwendolyn angry tomorrow morning. I will convince her that Ruby can stay at home and that she is not a threat, if I show her that she can change her size and become small, I am sure that I will convince her…" decided Frank.

Deciding to finally sleep, he closes his eyes as darkness embraced his mind, alongside a tranquil stillness and peace of the countryside of this world, a place that lacked the annoying sounds of cars and people, quite common in the busy city of Tokyo.

As Frank slept peacefully, his mind dived into dreams, and his consciousness was driven into a world of jungles, greenery, and animals.

"Abraddon's Divine Realm…" thought Frank, as he recalled that the God had named this place as 'his Divine Realm', a special world that Gods were able to create where they could exist isolated from the outside world.

Frank walked around the jungles as he reached the large clearing, where the chimeric God, Abraddon, the God of Beasts, greeted him once more.

With his three heads, he spoke.

"Welcome back, Frank, did you bring me offerings?" asked Abraddon.

"Sigh… Yep, here they are," said Frank, as not even his Inventory had to open for all the items he bought for Abraddon to appear in the blink of an eye in front of the chimeric god.

"Ooh! Well done, boy! You brought a lot of new things as well! Excellent! You know how to please your benefactor!" said Abraddon, as he hurriedly began to tear down the plastic bags while eating the delicious savory and sweet snacks with his three different heads.

Frank grabbed a bag of chicken broth-flavored fries as he began to snack on them at Abraddon's side as if they were two friends already.

Abraddon did not seem to be annoyed by this, as he continued feasting.

Frank glanced at Abraddon's body, the horrific get the majestic chimeric body, a being made of many different body parts of many different animals, it was an amusing sight to behold, a being beyond human comprehension, which Frank was able to glance at such a close sight.

He then noticed as the bloody wound within Abraddon's lion body was still open, showing a bit of bone while leaking sparkling blood, forming a river within the jungle, where birds and many other animals drank from.

"Does it not bother you that you're bleeding?" asked Frank.

"Hmm… Oh? The bleeding is inevitable, the wounds I have were inflicted by a God. What you see as my body is a mere projection of my soul. This wound is a wound of the soul, and the blood is the Primordial Essence that I leak within my wound. It weakens me, but if I stay in my Divine Realm, I slowly recover, it was worse before," said Abraddon.

"Even worse…? Who exactly did this to you?" asked Frank.

"Hmm… It is better to not recall those memories, I don't want to trouble your mind with the knowledge that mortals should not know. Enjoy your life, and do not worry about me… Well, aside from the snacks, never forget to bring them," said Abraddon.

"Haha… I see. You're quite a simple for being a God, Abraddon," said Frank.

"Simple? What do you mean?" asked Abraddon.

"Well, although you acted a bit almighty before, you talk very casually and seem to be an overall nice and relatable guy. I would always think of Gods as beings that overlook all mortals and do not see them as equals. Yet, I am a mortal and you talk to me as an equal," said Frank.

"Oh? Do not get too cocky, I am indeed a God! …But yeah, I am not like my siblings. I do not enjoy looking at mortals with spite or order them as pawns. But within this nature of mine, a nature that seems to be related with my Divinity, there is a strong weakness," said Abraddon.

"A weakness?" asked Frank with concern.

"Hm, the weakness that they used against me…" muttered Abraddon, as the atmosphere became heavier.

"Anyways, just as I said earlier, that is in the past. We must cherish the present, Frank," said Abraddon.

"I have the power to heal wounds, would you mind if I tried it in yours?" asked Frank.

"Hm? A power to heal wounds? Is it otherworldly? Because I have tried many types of magic, and nothing seems to work… Not even my sister, the Goddess of Life had been able to close it," said Abraddon.

"Well, you don't lose anything if I try, right?" said Frank.

"Hmm… Very well, but do it quick," said Abraddon, as Frank nodded and walked near his large and fleshy wound, leaking sparkling scarlet blood of divine properties.

Frank put his palms near the wound, as he infused his Life Energy into it.

"Gift of Life…"

A bright golden glow emerged from Frank's hands, as it was infused into Abraddon's large wound, entering the open flesh, and slowly covering it with a strange warmness, which even Abraddon felt soothing yet odd.

"What is… this power?" he said, noticing that something was beginning to be 'healed' within his wound.

Flash!

"Such an enormous wound… The moment I began to heal it, I felt as if I was trying to fill an endless cup with water… Who exactly could do this to him? But for some reason… I am managing to heal it…?" wondered Frank, as the flesh within the wound began to quickly regenerate, the ligaments entangled together with each other, and the wound began to become smaller and smaller.

"This is… Impossible…!" said Abraddon, noticing that his wound was actually being healed!

Flash!

Another glow of bright golden light flashed, as Abraddon's wound began to close at an even faster pace, even Abraddon himself roared with the voice of many types of animals, a strange pain began to surge through him.

However, it suddenly stopped, as a feeling of relief that he had not felt since long ago embraced his mind.

"My wound… is… closed?!" he asked, as Frank glanced at the wound by himself.

It was completely cicatrized, although the skin was still growing on it, the leak of 'Primordial Essence' had been stopped, and the wound would now regenerate even faster.

"And it's… done," said Frank, as he glanced at his own hands, the ones that closed the wound of a God.

Ding!

[The Level of the [Gift of Life: Level 3] Skill has increased!]

"My wound is gone! My wound… is really gone! Well, it still there, but the leak of power… the leak of energy… is gone! I feel… It has been a long time since I felt so refreshed!" said Abraddon, standing up and walking around with his many limbs.

"Frank… You are incredible! You possess such a strong ability… Not even my siblings can heal the wounds of Gods as simple as that!" said Abraddon.

"Well, it is the least I could do, your Divine Protection and the Hero Crest you gave to me had helped in my growth tremendously," said Frank.

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