Chapter 116

C 116

"And we are back!" I exclaimed thankfully as I stepped out of my portal back into Azazel's lab. I was not expecting a multiple day long adventure when I was supposed to be popping in and out of other dimensions to find Earth Marvel. 

[It was the fact that the portals cost so much of your MP that screwed you over. Now though, that's no longer the case.]

'Yeah I've got plenty of MP to spare now don't I?' That was a nice change. Being able to spam endless [Lightspear] attacks was pretty awesome! The expression on Hela's face when I matched her hundreds of conjured weapons was priceless!

[You didn't notice? That portal you just made didn't cost you any MP at all.]

'It didn't!?' I asked the System in surprise. I checked my stats real quick and saw that my MP remained unchanged. That was cool! I guess I now know at least one effect feeding the Space Stone to my Sacred Gear had. I could spare portals now as much as I wanted! I wonder if I could even use them in fights? I'd have to practice that a bit. I've only ever used portals for long range transportation before. 

Sif popped out a second later behind me carrying Andrea over her shoulder. Andrea was still passed out with a pained expression on her face. The process of becoming a higher level being was not supposed to be pleasant. All of her organs and muscles literally had to destroy themselves and then be rebuilt by the power of the apple. I had the other apples tucked away in my inventory for now. 

"What should we do with Andrea?" Sif asked me. I turned and gave the unconscious human/ soon-to-be-Asgardian a once over. She was going to be out for the next couple of days at minimum. I also didn't want to risk trying to ease her pain with my Sacred Gear lest I accidentally screw up her transformation. 

"We can take her to my room." I said. " Cmon, it's this way." I led Sif out of Azazel's lab and into the hallways. I noticed that there weren't that many other Fallen Angels meandering about. Glancing at a clock on the wall, I noticed that it was currently the middle of the night. "Why don't we call it a night as well? I'm pretty mentally tired from all that fighting we've done the last few days." I suggested.

Sif looked like she endorsed the idea. "I would like to bathe first please. I am covered in Draugr guts…"

Yeah…We both could use a bath to be honest. Andrea's bunker didn't have a shower and magical cleaning spells don't exactly work that well. 

…

I awoke the next morning well rested in my own bed. I let out a yawn as I opened my eyes. Right across from me still passed out was Sif. Her beautiful blond hair was messily draped all around her. Last night she had been so exhausted that she pretty much passed out right after she rinsed herself off. 

She'd had quite a few life and death battles lately and had been under a lot of stress so I decided to let her sleep in more. I didn't think I'd need her with me if I decided to search for Earth Marvel again later anyway. Now that I could spam portals with no MP requirement, I could just pop in and out of each dimension until I found the one I was looking for. I got dressed in a casual pair of jeans and a white t-shirt and quietly made my way out of my room. The grigori HQ was set up like a commune with hundreds of rooms on the upper floors while the lower floors contained recreational areas and meeting rooms for the various businesses that our race ran. I passed by Asia and Akeno's room and could sense that they weren't inside. They must be having breakfast right about now.

When I reached the cafeteria I saw it was almost completely packed with my Fallen brothers and sisters. There were hundreds of them inside. I wouldn't expect it to be so full this early in the morning. That was odd, because we were an entire race of immortal lazy beings that love to sleep in…

The reason for why it was so full became clear when I saw Gabriel. She usually spent the majority of her time holed up in Heaven. It was a rare opportunity to lay eyes upon her, especially down here in the Underworld.

Gabriel was sitting down casually at a table next to Asia and Akeno. It looked like all three of them had just had breakfast. She was chatting with the younger blond exuberant. Whatever they were talking about was halted though when I noticed Gabriel stiffening. Behind her, her twelve white wings ruffled. She spun around and looked directly at me with wide eyes. 

I walked over to the group with a smile on my face. It was so nice to see people who weren't zombies and trying to eat me.

"Layla?" Gabriel looked at me questioningly. She stood up, walked over to me and put her hands on my shoulders. Gabriel stared me right in the eyes. "What happened to you!?" She asked in concern. "You were gone for days and now your power…you've become a 10 winged Angel!" She exclaimed with her eyes glowing gold. I could feel her magical sight wash over my being and inspect me for injuries. Thankfully, I couldn't even get those anymore as a Gamer.

Even if my wings were not currently exposed, nothing could escape a Seraph's sight it seemed. I let my wings spill out behind me and I could hear dozens and maybe hundreds of gasps from everyone in the room. 

"Ah, I can explain…" I said. "But first, I want some pancakes." 

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