Detective Dickson 3 : Identify Crisis

War in heaven

Larias had a cruel smile on his face, d**k and his comrades had just departed through a black hole that they created, it was the only way to get in and out of the Rezkem realm also called the god realm.   Marcel who was unconscious opened an eye, soon he was standing on his feet, he was lucky a Bobbole didn't engulf him.

"You are a strange one, the bobbole didn't even bother coming towards you, you must be in a deep grief" Larias said aloud without even turning, Marcel said nothing, he kept staring, he looked around Dickson was gone but that wasn't the only thing else, Shekindra and Azexela were lying unconscious in different bobboles.

Larias turns towards him, there was emptiness in his eyes.

"And that is a good way to start, grief is the ultimate emotion, when channelled properly, it can cause even an ant to kill an elephant."

Marcel looked at Larias, that was the first time he was hearing any positive thing about grief, usually, everyone who spoke about grief makes it sound like it was destructive.

"Your grief however is channelled wrongly, you desire revenge, one thing about vengeance is after it's achieved, a shallow feeling of nothingness follows, I know about that better than anyone" Larias speaks as he points Excalibur to his right, a black wave shoots out, bobboles bounce out of the way of the incoming wave, it hits the bobbole where Shekindra was and bursts.  Shekindra falls to the ground.

"You know nothing about me" Marcel snarls angrily.

Larias gives a mild chuckle, he looked at Marcel the way an elder looks at a stupid child

"Excalibur grants me knowledge over all living creatures, you are very unreliable, once you have avenged your best friend and sister, what will be your next step, will you try and betray me, you make the mistake of thinking we both have the same primary goal."

Marcel looks up, his eyes were burning with green flames

"What do you mean, don't you also want Dickson dead."

Larias gives a cruel chuckle as he points Excalibur in another direction, wave shoots out of it and hits the bobbole where Marei laid, it burst and the demon falls to the ground

"My main goal is to conquer all like I did in the past, about Ixonquious, he is just a mere toy, if revenge is my main goal, then I am truly miserable and pathetic."

Marcel bits his lower lip

"How dare he call me miserable and pathetic, does he know what I have been through, what I have accomplished on my own.."

"Organising a pitiful underground agency whose sole purpose was to sell children and young women, you couldn't even take over a single city, I was born far weaker than you and yet your greatest achievements are like mere dust, if you call the little misery you have wallowed your pathetic life an achievement, I must have overestimated your worth" Larias interrupts with a cruel smile.  Marcel steps back, whosoever this person was, he terrified him.

Larias continues

"I don't trust you and your pattern of thinking isn't helping your case, if you show the slightest move that you will betray me, I won't hesitate to pluck your miserable life form and send your soul to eternal torment."

Marei and Shekindra were on their feet, Larias leaves Marcel, he walks towards the duo, looking over at the bobbole where Azexela was unconscious in

"For a mistress, one would think she will be more useful, if not that Excalibur forbids me for destroying her miserable existence, I would have done so"

He sighs heavily as he points the sword to her direction, a black wave shoots out, hitting the bobbole and causing it to burst, the woman falls down.   She was extremely enraged, she was going to get back at d**k for this.

"Azexela, I understand I placed a limiter on you but that doesn't mean you should be completely useless, if you don't prove your worth soon, I won't fufill my end of the bargain" Larias said to her without flinching his expression.

Azexela stared at him, she was full of anger and bitterness.  She once was boundless in power and grace, then this mortal had struck a deal with her that should she kill the red god, he would make the most revered being in the multiverse, she annihilated the red god for the pathetic scum but instead of him to fulfill his end of the bargain, he used Excalibur to limit her powers greatly so much that without soul power, she would be pitifully weak.  For some reason, Azexela couldn't figure out how to use Excalibur and restore her former glory, if she could, she would destroy Larias and d**k, those two had taken everything from her, she would never forgive them.

Larias smiles manically, he knew what Azexela and Marcel was thinking.

"I won't destroy them yet, fools are allowed their thoughts, it's their actions that attract consequences."

The sword in his right hand disappears, he smiles, a black miasma covers his entire body, he points ahead and a dark portal forms.

"Are we going to fight d**k now" Marcel asks as he stood up, his expression seem to have lightened as his face now wore smiles.

"No simpleton, I am not driven by vengeance, I seek to conquer and what better way to show by destroying the gods of the multi verse, also there's a certain reward I must claim" Larias answers without turning, turning towards Shekindra and Marei who had their heads bowed low before him

"In exactly twenty four taps, I will be back, proclaim this in the abyss, if any of the inhabitants love their lives, they should take off whatever insignia they bear and pay their homage unto me for when I am done with the gods, anyone that doesn't bow to me will instantly be slaughtered."

Marei and Shekindra instantly disappear from the area after they heard Larias' words.

Larias was about to step through the portal

"You two, try and keep up, and I want nothing more than to end your pathetic existence so I will appreciate it if you give me a reason to."

Marcel and Azexela had annoyed looks on their faces, but out of fear, they follow Larias through the portal.

Soon they appear at a realm, the entire scenery was white, right before them were creatures who possessed large white wings, some had halos on their head while the others didn't, they were dressed in white robes and were sitting on a large white cloud, right behind them was a large yellow door about seventy metres high.

"You two miserable maggots, engage the angels and I will decide if I should you kill you now or indulge your weaknesses longer" Larias says aloud with a cruel smile.

Azexela frowns, Marcel looked at the angels, he had heard of them from a local preacher while he was a teenager, he didn't believe they existed, well fate had a funny way of doing things, not only did he figure out their existence, he was going to have to engage them in battle.

Looking over at Azexela, she was visibly sad, her facial expression showed she was in intense turmoil, Marcel felt sorry for her, there would be another time to talk and listen to her story, right now, he had a bunch of angels to deal with.

Remembering what happened to his sister, he grieved and in that grief, he found anger, with the anger came strength.

His body was now enveloped with green flames, by his right, he summons an ice elf who about seven feet tall and by his left, he summons Red, he was about to dash into battle but almost immediately, a red cocoon appears and engulfs the angels.

"Do you really think I am this miserable that I wouldn't be able to dispose of a few heavenly servants" Azexela says, there wasn't anything joyful found in her voice, rather it wore shame and disappointment.

Larias really enjoyed what he did, he was once a weak human, not only did he have most of the multiverse fearing him, he got to boss around a mistress, someone with supposedly limitless power, he felt himself, he was too good.

Marcel looked back at Larias, the only emotions he felt towards him was hate and resentment, if he ever got a chance to end the haughty being, he wouldn't waste it.

"Now that the angels are gone, why don't we pay a visit to the gods, I have been away for quite a while, I am sure they missed me" Larias says with a grin as he walks towards the door, as he approaches the door, the door opens wide.

The trio enter the door, the floors were ocean blue while the atmosphere was white, there was this calm feeling and pure breeze that kept flowing as they passed the doors, for a while, Marcel forgot all his grieves, he felt this inner love and peace, his happiest memories begin to flow through him mind and for the first time in years, he genuinely smiled, he was overwhelmed with joy beyond words.

"So it has finally kicked in, the eternal bliss of the celestial city, how does it feel?" Azexela asks in his direction.

"Indescribable" Marcel replies immediately.

"It's a wonderful feeling available for all those who lived good lives in their physical existence, they should get it here, all of that will soon be over simply because I was selfish" Azexela says, tears were welling down her eyes.

"Can't you just go back in time and fix everything, I mean, I have seen that occur in a few movies, shouldn't be difficult for someone as powerful as you" Marcel asks.

"In the physical realm, time can be manipulated but this is a realm created even before time for us, like the mistresses and the gods, we are unaffected by the effects of time" Azexela replies, sadness apparent in her voice.

"I don't understand exactly, what happened?" Marcel asks.

"This isn't a time to tell tales and compare who's more pathetic, let's kill these gods that I might conquer the multiverse, when that's done, we go for the last Alpha-human, the only threat in my way" Larias say aloud, he then turns forward

"We are here."

They had walked a few metres since they got to heaven(the celestial city), right before them was countless number of people, the streets were made of gold, there was no visible sun anyway but there was light all around, everyone appeared happy.

"The souls that lived good lives in their universes, they are all here" Azexela tells Marcel.

Marcel looked around, he desired nothing more than to go to a place as glorious and happy as this but with all he had done, will he ever be given a chance, he wondered.

"Let's get this show started" Larias says as Excalibur materialises in his right arm, he points it towards a part of the people, a black wave comes out killing hundreds in the process.

"This should get attention" Larias smiles, sure it did, in minutes, angels had filled the area, some carried swords, some, spears and some swords and shield.

Larias laughs cruelly.

"You are far too pathetic to challenge me, inform the gods to come down and guard the tranquility of celestial city, tell them that the one true god is here."

"You have been banished, you are no longer welcome here, after all the cruel things you have done" An angel says aloud pointing his sword at him, the angel was over seven feet and was unreasonably muscular, he wasn't in a robe like the ones seen in the passage, rather he was dressed as a medieval warrior.

"You have really grown rude, didn't the other gods teach you it's rude to point" Larias ends with a manical smile.

"CHARGE!!!!" the angel screams as it points it's weapon at Larias, the other angels nodded their head in unison, they were also dressed in medieval warrior garments, those holding swords and spears, it burned brightly with white light.

"Finally, some entertainment" Larias smiles as he leaps in the air, his arms were cloaked with red miasma now, he dashes through the first wave of angels, when he appeared behind them, the ones he had made contact with each transform to puffs of smoke.

There were screams of pandemonium as the citizens of celestial city began to flee, all sorts of creature were there, vampires, humans, werewolves, lycanthropes, minotaurs even dragons were in the celestial city, some looked formidable but instead of them to try and aid the angels, they each scamper away.

Marcel's face wore sadness as he stared at Larias, if this man took over the multi-verse, then it was surely doomed, he looks over at Azexela, she too also has the same worried look, Larias' war with the angels was too fast, even though Marcel could achieve light perception thanks to his confrontation with Rudy, he has having almost an impossible time following Larias or the angels movements.

Larias was clearly having fun, after the gods and mistresses, arch angels were the strongest in combat.  The one who had originally shouted at him dashed at him, Larias smiles as he parries the sword s***h with his right arm which was full of red miasma.

"This is the sanctuary of the righteous, the home of the gods, I am it's defender and I won't let scum like you in" The angel screams as white light overflows his body.

"That's a real lovely speech, you should be writing poems not fighting" Larias smirks as he tries to punch the angel but the angel puts his shield forward to block it, the shield shatters as the angel flies backwards, Larias laughed cruelly as he dashes towards the angel, the angel spots Larias coming, flapping his wings, he was able to attain balance in the air, it flies towards Larias.   Larias smirks, the angel flies lower as an arrow swooshes past him but as it gets to Larias, it dissolves to dust, Larias looks around, there were lots of archer angels readying their bows at him.

The angel who was locked in a confrontation with him smiles

"It will be in your best interest to forfeit, these arrows fly at a spiritual light which is hundred times faster than physical light, we have evolved from the last time you were here, though you beat us before, now you shall succumb to defeat."

Larias laughed cruelly, his voice the manifestation of fear and wickedness

"The angels ain't kidding about the speed of their arrows, it's time I got serious."

Larias raises his right arm, Excalibur appears

"Now, try and land a hit."

All the Archer angels fire as fast as they could, Larias yawns loudly as he cuts billions of arrows approaching him from every side targeted at him

"Is that all you got, my turn."

In a flash, all the Archer angels which were innumerable were dead.

"How can this be, our speed is immeasurable" said the angel who led the charge says with fear, Larias laughs as he dashes at the angel, he reappears at the back, the two arms had been detached, instead of blood to flow out, white dust splattered everywhere.

The angel collapses to the ground, Larias laughs as he approaches the angel

"You were right about one thing, when you said you changed.."

Larias was now in front of the fallen angel, he raises Excalibur as he stabs the chest

"..You guys have grown more entertaining, it's a shame we won't be able to play anymore."

Larias' ears pick up something, a deadly wave was approaching him, he evades to his left and turns around, he smiles cruelly.

Right before him were six creatures dazzling in all splendor, they each had human forms but they shown so bright it was impossible to see their face, three were like male seeing their flat chest while the remaining three had nice curves.  The Gods had finally shown themselves, they each shone in different colors, the males shone in yellow, violet and green while the females shone in blue, indigo and orange respectively.

Their mere presence caused Marcel to fall to the ground, he was superbly weak, Marcel shivered under intense pressure and fear, his teeth was chattering, Azexela came over to his side, she had a look of concern on her face as she crouched down to the fallen young man.

"Larias, why are you here" the green god says.

"Ain't it obvious, here to kill all of you."

"Your stupidity is unparalleled, do you really think you stand a chance against us all?" The blue goddess asks.

"Well, ain't that what we are about to find out" Larias smiles cruelly.