17: God Hand.

"Slan, stop it, it makes no sense, we're not at our best and she's under the influence of foreign elements in her blood," Ubik said, sensing the abnormality in Samus' body, as if the blonde's body was stimulated by compounds processed in a way that fascinated him.

Slan smacked her lips, then stopped trying to attack Samus, who saw this as a victory for her, so she gave a mischievous grin to the divine being she had been teasing.

"You're strong, why don't you join me?" asked Femto, ignoring the hateful look Guts was giving him, he was impressed by Samus' strength and wanted to recruit her, such a person would be quite useful for his plans, a mentality that would be strengthened in the future when he heard the things the blonde had done in the city.

"Sorry, I don't hang out with traitors who think they've done nothing wrong," Samus' smile disappeared and her answer was clear and blunt, making Conrad and Ubik laugh.

"Sharp tongue, no doubt!" said Conrad, floating around Samus and Ciri, though his gaze was always on the blonde, sometimes he would spare a glance at Ciri, intrigued by the power he felt in her.

"A fascinating human, if the slots were not full, she would surely be with us," Ubik said, making Guts look at Samus with some trepidation, but that emotion disappeared, even though he barely knew Samus, he felt that the girl would not join them.

"Having divine beings recognize how awesome I am is the best thing that ever happened to me, too bad they don't impress me," Samus replied, who returned some interested looks to Conrad, and the two even shook hands.

"Wow, you have very nice hands, if I may say so," said Conrad, who then looked at Slan with his usual expression, avoiding the powerful woman's scathing look.

"What? It's true, he has beautiful hands!" although Conrad claimed to be telling the truth, his humorous tone irritated Slan, who had lost his composure for the first time in centuries.

"ENOUGH!" Guts' OD-infused scream echoed throughout the Godhand's incomplete domain, making everyone pay attention to him, even Femto glanced at him for the first time.

"Stop acting like humans, you are just monsters, monsters that took everything I had, and now you want to stop me from killing this guy," Guts pointed out to the Count, who was being comforted by his daughter, the blood spilled by the monster had created a large puddle under his body.

"Oh, right, it's just that we don't always have the opportunity to come to this plane, besides, we didn't come for that guy, Skull Knight ate the Behelit, thus defeating the purpose of our arrival," Ubik said, making Guts grit his teeth, then ran towards the Count to cut him, and Ciri, understanding our swordsman's dilemma, teleported to the noble girl's side, then teleported back again.

Guts brandished his huge sword, a rough, heavy piece of metal that made it hard to believe anyone could wield such a thing. The sword was once again bathed in the blood of an apostle as it sliced through the count's head, taking his sad life. 

"You're still as beautiful as you were that day, little human," Slan said, biting her lip as she felt all the negative emotions building up inside Guts, she liked the swordsman, and she wanted to drag him into her domain for days and nights of unbridled passion before turning him into a shell of his former self. 

Guts breathed with some difficulty as he slung his sword over his shoulder, ignoring Slan's comment and focusing his gaze on Femto, who this time reciprocated. Both beings looked at each other, once friends, superior and inferior, now simply enemies, though....

"You always tried to create a relationship between us when you were nothing but my property," Femto said, mocking Guts' former thoughts, making Guts boil with rage. 

"You bastard, you had people who would live and die for you, she did... now she's a shadow of her former self," Guts' voice was full of hatred and malice as he spoke to Femto, especially at the mention of Casca. 

"Oh, you're talking about that maid... you can't imagine how much I enjoyed her, you should remember her face, right? Before she collapsed, the look of pleasure on her face, the moans she let out, how could I not know that this was what she wanted ever since I rescued her? I just gave her what she wanted," Femto's harsh words made something inside Guts snap.

Yes, he knew that Casca had been in love with Griffith, but with the glowing, beautiful image of the man, not the monster with the divinity in front of him. But she would not tolerate the disgusting and absurd words that were said, Casca did not enjoy it, and besides, she was just a broken puppet now because of the things that had happened during the eclipse. 

Guts' OD reacted as if the anger and hatred in his being was a tonic for this power he was just beginning to manipulate. A black aura appeared around the swordsman, manifesting itself as thick smoke. His sword seemed to respond to the negative emotions of its wielder, and like its name, Dragon Slayer, it began to emit a humming sound that could be compared to a roar. 

"Come on, no need to fight, there are interesting things here, a couple of aliens, one of them can control space-time, another one just changed the entire causality of this world with a simple act, isn't that more interesting than your meaningless conversation?" Ubik's words fell on deaf ears, Guts just glared hatefully at Femto, and the black aura on his body began to envelop him like a cloak.

Samus and Ciri already knew a little about Guts' business, especially the blonde, and seeing him in that state bothered them. Samus picked up her staff and began to manipulate the energy in the area, attracting the attention of Void, who watched with interest. 

"Oh, you're some kind of alchemist? I never expected to see such depth in the art of alchemy, reminds me of that race, the dwarves," Void's words only made Samus smile, but she concentrated on carving a matrix in the air, testing her limits once again.

Just as Guts was about to spin out of control, tiny sparks of light fell on him, restoring clarity to his mind and calming his wild energy in the process. The man looked at Samus, who was breathing heavily. In front of the blonde was an amalgam of lines and symbols arranged in a silver circle.

"Manipulating the energy in our domain, Godhand, even if this one is incomplete, is an incredible feat, child, you have my approval," Void said, then looked at Ciri.

"Lady of Space and Time, a pleasure to meet you," Void's strange greeting caught the attention of the other four members of the God Hand, especially Conrad and Ubik.

"Is that her? She's younger than the information said, I guess that thing about being able to play with time and space wasn't a joke," said Ubik, invasively approaching Ciri, who was sheathing her sword, but the divine creature only looked at her for a few seconds out of interest before floating towards Void.

"Yes, it has the characteristics described in the stories, I never expected to see such an important figure here," Ubik's words made Void think of something, and then a small ball of light emerged from his exposed brain and floated towards Ciri.

"This is my understanding of space, I hope it will be useful to you," Void said, causing the humans present and the Skull Knight, who had done little more than watch, to gasp in amazement.

"What are you playing at, Void?" asked Skull Knight, wanting to know why his old enemy was so friendly.

"You don't know, old friend, but this woman is ..... " Void found himself unable to continue speaking as if something higher than himself had conceptually covered his mouth.

"I see, my apologies," the being said suddenly, causing even the other members of the God Hand to look at him with interest, but Void remained silent, not saying much more.

Ciri, on her side, took the ball of light that was then inserted into her body. A lot of information about space appeared in her mind, including experience in how to manipulate it, and even how to develop her abilities. Ciri then waved her hand in the air, the dense magical power she possessed fully manifesting, surprising even Samus, who had known her for a long time. 

"You're cheating," Samus whispered as she watched Ciri easily create what appeared to be a green portal in front of her, though it soon fell apart, one couldn't help but think that with more practice she would soon master it.

"Looks like you guys aren't so bad, except Batboy," Ciri said, looking at Femto with a bit of disgust, something the divine being didn't quite understand, but figured that as members of Guts' team, they would know what he was doing from a biased point of view, so she didn't bother to explain. 

"Aside from the tentacle bitch, you guys are nice," commented Samus, who approached Guts and patted him on the shoulder.

"It wasn't easy to calm you down, I had to use a matrix to clean the corruption and calm the energy chaos, we have to solve your problem before it bites you," the blonde's words made Guts show a different expression, far from the spectrum of negative emotions, a tired face.

"I think so" Guts looked at Femto again, but this time his emotions weren't running wild, they were there, they would never go away, but they were very restrained, his one eye seemed to emit a faint red light, which then went out. 

"Well, I'm exhausted, why don't we go?" asked Samus, making Conrad chuckle a little.

"Yeah, we should go, causality be damned, we met a future heavyweight, and Slan was outclassed in beauty, it's been a productive day," said Conrad, drawing a look of hate from Slan, but he didn't care.

"Let's go," Void said, and the incomplete domain created by the presence of the five divine beings was undone, returning everything to normal. 

The streets around them were burning, shattered, and full of blood, showing the chaos he had caused in their previous battle. Skull Knight approached Samus, looking at her with renewed interest, it looked like he was going to say something, but in the end, he just shook his head and walked away. 

"I left him speechless, he's an example of how beautiful and amazing I am," Samus said narcissistically, causing Ciri to pat her face, then look at the noble girl who had been traumatized by everything she had seen; not just anyone could endure the presence of five transcendent beings and come out unscathed.

"What are we going to do with her?" asked Ciri, deftly ignoring Samus, knowing that if she answered her, she would only have to endure ten minutes of the blonde telling her why she was so beautiful and amazing. 

"Let her, she's a noble, they have immunity and stuff, this experience will no doubt leave a mark on her, but knowing some of the truth of the world will make her more aware of the dangers," Samus said, quickly dismissing the topic of the noble girl. 

"By the way, what about Puck?" asked Samus, making the three of them stand in silence... until a small flying elf approached them.

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!" shouted Puck, who had previously separated himself from the fight between Guts and the Count, and didn't want to get close to such an ugly creature, so he witnessed the arrival of the God Hand and felt the power of each of its members.

"That my friend, they were divine beings from your world," Samus' words made the little elf turn pale, so he flew to Ciri, who took him in to calm him down. 

"Hey, we should get going," Guts said, making the girls get going with him.

The story of three boys fighting many, many armed soldiers and a terrible monster spread quickly and far, bringing fame not only to the Black Swordsman but also to the Witch and the Alchemist.