"Dina, wait, he is luring you into a-"


    [Unknown Tier:]


    Ikaris, who had managed to keep herselfposed, looked to the skies; she was not in a position where she could freely attend to this issue, as much as it grieved her like it did A, she was facing Curt, and he was not to be underestimated.


    Unlike everyone else who was fighting in ces where nobody would get hurt unless something unexpected happened, he insistently remained close to the poption, making it hard for her to exert any kind of forcs, so unlike the others, her fight to that point had been rather underwhelming.


    That all ended, though, with the emergence of Dina''s divinity reaching heights that only she could intercept, she could sense A rushing up toward Dina, as well as S''mael who had left his enemy in to face Renia along with Adonai, making it a two versus three scenario with the odds against the gods, not that they had been struggling much to begin with.


    "Do you think he will make it in time?"


    "Mayb-"


    [COSMIC SCREAM]


    Ikaris snapped to Dina''s direction again, even Curt paused and stared off into the void trying to find them when he felt the sudden spike in violent mana.


    The attack hit Raiden at point nk range and for a few seconds a second star was present in the Dyson Sphere, but, something was different; unlike all the other times her and Ikaris had used the technique there wasn''t even a sign of any movement.


    The light remained in a singr spot, there was no violent explosion, no mana or radiated leakage of any kind, not even the space around them which had simted a small pocket of breathable air had been disturbed.


    "Dina!" Alpha appeared at her side resting her foot on Raiden''s shoulder and easing him away while he was still unresponsive. "Are you-"


    "So that''s what it is, hahaha," Raiden stopped drifting and slowly raised his head, the white of his hair was now a slight shade of pink like Dina''s and there was a shadow of a crest in the moddle of his exposed chest, it was almost an exact replica of Sol''s Godyer ring when he was using it with his divine mana, the white crescent. "What is this power that you brought?" Raiden stared at them.


    "What the hell...?" Dina looked ar alpha who was still holding on to her.


    "I was trying to tell you, Dina, the moment he made contact with your spirit he has been eating away at your mana, and you just delivered him a dosagerge enough to destroy this entire sector," Alpha released her with a long sigh and stared at Raiden again.


    "Master has long theorised that he may not be that special of an individual, he was just lucky to have all the ingredients and the mana at hand to create the perfect cocktail and drink directly from the tree of evolution," She admitted.


    "Godyers are brings capable of utilizing the Beginning, it holds no moral code and does not differentiate between right and wrong, it grants usage to all who are strong enough to reach it." Alpha continued with her somber exnation, gesturing to Raiden who was experiencing mana for the first time. "He used the begining to store and absorb everything you just unleashed, from the start, this has been his n."


    "Mana," Raiden repeated what Alpha had called it.


    "How fascinating, it multiplies by simply being present within me, you selfish assholes have been gatekeeping something incredible,"


    Raiden began chuckling again holding out his hand and creating a small orb of pure mana in his palm. Continue reading on empire


    "How?"


    Dina paced away from him slightly.


    "He just acquired mana, how could he already have that kind of mastery over it?"


    She mused, raising her hand and conjuring one of the same potency as his in reaction when he raised his hand and aimed it at her.


    "He is a Godyer who has lived through the war, he has unprecidented amounts of battle experience andplete control over his body and all the energy which flows within it, mana is


    WILL,


    manifest as


    INTENT


    and turned into something our mind can understand; it makes sense that he could grasp the fundamental nature of a power already so close to the energy he possesed before." Alpha answered, not realising it was a rhetorical question. "The Beginning makes such things possible," She added.


    "It makes for a nice trick, but even if he now possesses Mana, he has no Idea how to cast-"


    "Relying on casting is the Arkadian way, Dina," Alpha shook her head, staring at the orb in the Godyer''s hand as it pulsated and began contracting into a solid object. "He is already at the stage of a Celestial Divine, do not drop your guard, do not underestimate him, especially not at this moment when he is high off the fight if you are thinking anything other than the moment Master became Godyer then do not even think of approaching him."


    "Dina!" A called to her after she had finally arrived, but her eyes never left the form of the Godyer who was opposite of the mage. "What happened!?" She almost made to attack Raiden, but paused when she saw the godyer crescent on his shoulder, she turned to Dina and quickly retreated to her side.


    "What is happening here, Dina?" The elf asked again, also noticing the crest on her forehead and how it slightly hummed.


    "I made a careless mistake, that''s what happened," Dina answered with her eyes downcast and her brows furrowed in worry. "I was hasty and thought I could handle him by myself, but I messed up, A," She raised her head again.


    [The extra 20% stst increase has been worn and exhaused due to severe mana depletion, your hour will start counting down] Alpha notified her and she hissed and shook her head again.


    "There are always drawbacks whenever we learn something new, how long will it take this time?" She stared at the system.N?v(el)B\\jnn


    "Until your soul and body can hold your power, sealing it away is the only way I can assure your safety," Alpha responded without an ounce of sympathy for Dina''s situation, she would haveined but scoffed when she remembered that Alpha was the System they often forgot that she indeed had no Soul, no emotion, she was the System, built to serve a master; the perfect artificial entity.


    She had only assumed a physical form because it seemed that speaking to them in this way was more direct and effective.


    "I''m in a situation where I need to have everything I can use at my disposal, Alpha-"


    "Only under special and extreme circumstances will I allow such a backdoor to the guidelines which I was created to adhere by, I would also rather not be on Master Vestic''s bad side as he is the only one with the power topletely undo me, as my administrator."


    "Don''t you think that this counts as such a situation?" A countered, sensing the divine energy rapidly multiplying withinRaiden who she was sure was only waiting for someone to attack him first as he observed the mana around and within him with a keen and understanding eye.


    "Naturally, No," Alpha answered A with a shake. "Before the cast earlier wasplete, I sent out a distress call, no doubt is has been watching, if her decides to not intervene then I will take that as permission to release the limiters on your Divinity and let you do s you please," Alpha turned her back to Raiden and stared uo at the two fo them.


    "He is nowhere as strong as The Goddess of War, so you stand a chance at least."


    "Dr''ul does not even make sense as a benchmark," Dina countered clenching her fists while A began storing mana within her hands. "She is nearly as iprehensible as Master and Mdy are!"


    "Okay, time''s up, you''ve been droning about stuff that has nothing to do with me," Raiden chuckled, disappearing from their sights and attacking A who was clearly the weaker of the two, but the momentter he was at the starting point of his approach and his back was turned to them.


    "That again!!"


    The man roared infuriated.


    "A!" Dina made a punting gesture with her hands before the Godyer could turn to face them properly andunched the ready Elf at him like a bullet through the void, aiming her hand after A''s pat.


    [Unknown Tier]


    "Pulsar!" She called out the name and watched as it collided with A''s feer shooting her even faster, allowing her to p his arm before Dina''s attack sent her off into the dark.


    "Your fight is with me!" Dina drew his attention when hestarted seeking A out expecting her to return with another attack.


    "Don''t worry, I''ll kill the two of you either way, there is no need to be hasty-" Raiden''s eyes bulged when his counter to Dina''s attack went upwards instead of down and her palm connected with a t *p* in his face.


    "Pulsar!"


    "Enough of that pestilent attack!!"


    Raiden grabbed Dina''s arm, avoiding the beam of cosmic destruction and squeezing her wrist until it snapped in his grasp, but Dina barely even winced, she continued twisting herself until her elbow snapped and leaned her head to the side at him opening her mouth to reveal another great buildup, only to be denied that too when he dragged her and mmed the back of his fist in her throat.


    Even then, the mage persisted, continuing to inhale with [Greater Heal] already mending her injuries.


    [Unique skill has been triggered]


    Dina vanished from in front of him, leaving just her hand in his grasp as she appeared ways away next to A, balling her good fist with a wince and summoning her technique.


    [Divine Retribution!]