Last chapter, King Metallica- or Metallic now broke down after finally realizing and then accepting his past mistakes that he pushed to the back of his mind for all of his life. After seeing Seric somehow alive and "well", the now crownless robot was overwhelmed with joy and humbly revoked his Kingly title. Then with the help of Habram's blessings, a doctor who can save Karia arrives at the scene- however... a moment later, the leader of the Hopian Army, Head Commander Prósopsi rains lightning down on the quartet's parade.

Prósopsi's P.O.V.

"Mouths shut hands behind your heads." I command as I purposely intimidatingly slam down onto the massive piece of a building beneath me. I also of course have Aphrodite's- or technically Zeus' electricity armed in one hand, and divine flames in the other. I need to be ready, after all I'm the only Hopian Army member who's come to this scene due to how insane this damage is.

"Ok, ok, ok- calm down I have the help of a goddess! Seric the monster who probably did this has to at LEAST be unconscious, that other robot who could be a suspect is down, and Karia seems to be as well. But shoot this is bad, whoever made this massive hole was able to break FREAKING HESALO- they might be as strong as I am!" I think to myself as I sternly stare down at the debris covered ground beneath me as the charred body of Seric and the "lesser" fried body of King Metallica fall to the ground, with both of them falling face first.

"I hope that I don't regret not killing them here... I need to find out what happened here and fast!" I think to myself with a bit of doubt, and at the same time see a blonde girl with purple glasses sleepily staring up at me with wide eyes. A green haired man is also crouched down on the grassy ground next to her who's also terrified and staring up at me with a now bleeding head. ...But more importantly he has a giant briefcase next to him...!

"I said- hands behind your heads!" I command but almost lose my composure as I fire a lightning bolt right in front of the two conscious people, as who knows what kind of tech that guy has in that suitcase- maybe he made this mess using a giant bomb!

Anyways luckily this causes both of the potential criminals to snap out of their stupid dazes and for them to put their hands behind their heads as they sit on their knees.

Meanwhile my nude goddess Aphrodite is standing on top of my shoulders with her fingers circling her eyes like binoculars. She's of course scouting out the area using her godly eyesight for any signs of other potential threats. At least she's being serious for once- even she's not dumb enough to not realize how dangerous of a situation this could be.

"Can't see anything yet... oh hold on. There's a bunch of skeletons under the ground but there's... blegh, there's a fresh body with a crushed head underneath the dirt too..." She says with disgust, luckily like always with no one else being able to see or hear her though.

"That so- ok keep looking." I mumble to make sure it's hard to notice I'm talking to my "imaginary friend" as I continue to stare down at the two shaking people.

"Crap, I wish could get her to investigate that body's lingering soul but... I can't afford to let her leave me here. Anyways, ok if these two were going to pull something off they would've tried it by now..." I think to myself with a bit less worry now...

"Firstly how did you two end up here- and more specifically with these three criminals? Male, you speak." I command.

"M-my Air Mosey 9 malfunctioned and crashed right into he-here... and right after a bunch o-of shard- no purple and blue glass shattered around this area for miles! It was so strange, oh please help us Head Commander, e-everything looked fine beforehand, but suddenly this massive hole appeared instantly!" The man TRIES to explain... obviously he's kissing up to me in the process though, I can see it on his face...

I start to look around the debris covered grassy terrain, and jeez... anyways I then say, "Ok. Did you see who caused all of this destruction? Was it that boy, or that robot- or someone else entirely if you saw... hold on a moment." I stop myself when I realize something huge.

"Shattered glass- everything looking fine beforehand? There's no way someone could make a hole like this suddenly appear, no one should even be able to get down here in the first place and yet there's a fresh body under the "sacred" grass. So whoever did this was fighting for a while- and in secret... that's exactly like what happened during the raid on Vegahold! This was that spearman's work I bet! But... does this mean that he's as strong as me now?" I think to myself and get lost in thought for a bit. Bad idea.

"Ahem. Continue sir, did you see the culprit?" I finally ask.

"N-no... but I believe t-the lady here perhaps ma-may..." The man asks as he starts to shiver... good.

"Miss? Do you know who caused all of this- or see anyone who might have?" I ask as I turn my glance towards the girl, activating some of my powers at the same time which causes her eyes to open even wider in fear.

"Y-yeah... for... for sure either the robot here... or the red and black armored guy with a spear... I don't know where he is n-now though..." The girl says as tears start to fall from her eyes... hah... no I have to stay focused here- my assumption was right.

"Aphrodite, scan the area around that body you found, see if they belong to that servant of Habram we encountered before." I ask in a discreet tone as I slightly look up to her, seeing her "lips" above me... ew.

"Heh what body there's a bunch of skeleton- kidding kidding got it but it's "please"." She LUCKILY says as I give her an extremely dirty look.

I finally look back down to the subjects with a little bit of guilt, "Ok. Do know that as long as you cooperate here you won't be hurt, I'm trying to protect everyone here in these... unprecedented circumstances. Anyways now I'll ask, how are you 100 percent sure it was one of those two? Where was that boy during all of this?" I ask the blonde woman again who's now staring at the body of said charred criminal... maybe she does know them...

"I-I meeeeean... I've lived here for years, and I haven't seen any people around here who's a-as strong as those two... and that kid was unconscious for the entire fight- I think..." The woman says shakily... but not giving me a very clear answer though.

"How do you know he was unconscious? Were you with him during this event? With Karia?" I ask her my rapid fire questions as Aphrodite also says,

"A spear is on the ground a little bit away from the site of that fresh corpse, as well as pieces of red and black armor... good call ungrateful idiot. The body probably belongs to that same ugly soul destroyer as before."

"So the robot killed him...? What the- but he's never done anything nearly this drastic before on our records, so why now? And how? Unless she doesn't have her story straight, Seric doing this would be a lot more logical... damn it this is stressing me out, this is why I hate going out on patrols!" I think to myself quickly as the blonde girl seems to be struggling to put a response to my first question together.

Hopefully she's not dumb enough to try anything with that sniper rifle on her arm right now...

"I... that robot, h-heee... found me and forced me into some cube w-with... both of them, so that I could protect the- no, heal them... but please, you're not just going to let her die are you? H-her cybernetics, they've been keeping her alive for this long somehow without a heart buuut... I doubt it'll do it for much longer." The woman asks as she shakily points towards Karia who seems to be struggling to breathe with her eyes closed.

"She changed her story there... I'm almost sure she was working with them." I think to myself with only a shred of guilt.

"I'll let Karia die if it helps to protect the people of this continent." Is all I say in a stern tone which causes both of the suspects jaws to drop. Of course I feel bad for these two, but Karia on the other hand saved a mass murderer.

Even worse she saved the criminal who killed Erucid- my best friend, and she killed many of our already slim amount of Soldier's herself in the process. Her death would be justified, but... of course I won't let her die IF it's possible here.

On that note I look back up towards my goddess and quietly mumble, "Aphrodite, have you found anything else yet?"

"Huh? You said to find evidence not to continue looking idiot, what do you want my eyes to hurt? Fine but I'm putting it on your tab." She scoffs... guess she is dumb enough to not care after all.

"Now then, I'll be taking you all in for formal questioning soon so-"

*BZZZZZZZZZ! BZZZZZZZZZ!*

"Oh come on what now?" I think to myself as the earphone I equipped myself with before I came down here starts to buzz. Someone's calling...

"Excuse me." I say to the stunned- as well as three unconcious criminals on the ground as I tap the "answer" button on the black piece of tech.

The high pitched voice of a man suddenly blares through it, "SIR very important news!! The asteroid that was projected to pass by us- i-it suddenly changed it's course! It's flying straight above and towards the Hopian Territory right now- it's speed somehow increased too! We need your help NOW, it could easily have the potential to destroy everything so pl-"

"OK ok just calm down. How long until it hits, I'm doing something VERY important in the Hopian Continent right now which could also lead to a disaster if not handled correctly." I respond, though with a bad feeling being in my chest now.

"R-right um- we're predicting two minutes until impact maximum, but it could hit us even faster. Please Head Commander you have to stop it! We'll get the tech department to temporarily take down the shield surrounding the continent immediately! Be prepared, you won't have much time to act once it's down!" The man shouts, causing me and Aphrodite to glance up into the dark cloudy "sky" past the outer rims of the Hopian Continent's artificial land.

"Alright, I'll get ready. Out." I say as I tap my earphone once again, causing the call to hang up.

"Hmph- so we're leaving the one OR ones who could potentially rival my godly strength here? Sounds fishy to me..." Aphrodite says as she finally jumps off of my shoulders and onto the building I'm on... she has a point though.

I look back down towards the blonde girl and green haired man, as well as the three half dead bodies on the floor.

I then change the electricity on my arm to Ae... whoever's the god of the wind, and launch Seric and King Metallica away from the other three.

I then change the same arm to the power of the god of earth, Ga... whatever their name is.

"Wall of earth." I then say- though mainly to Aphrodite to help me with my aim as I raise up my arm with literal grass growing out of it now.

"Three more immediate special massages after this FYI~" She says as she grips onto my shoulder, and at the same time-

*RUMBLE- CRACK- BOOM!*

I swing my arm down, causing a massive compact wall of rock to break through the earth in a vertical line in front of me. Of course this wall is separating that robot and boy from the two people I'm questioning and Karia. After all Seric and King Metallica are still alive, and probably the most dangerous people here.

I then look down towards the blonde woman and green haired man, "There. That should stop King Metallica and Seric from attacking you two in case they somehow recover. Stay put, I'll be back-"

*CHHHHKKKK!*

I hear a massive mechanical sound, and at the same time the "clouds" above us disappear, with the REAL blue sky now being above us which lights up everything a bit more than before.

"OH MY... time to fly." Is all I can say as I can see a HUGE brown object soaring through the air above us with a smoking trial being behind it. That must be why it's still a bit dark down here- that thing is blocking off the sun!

"K- Hiiiiya!" Aphrodite playfully shouts as she grips my arm, swings me around once, and then aims me up into the air and launches me up with a crazy amount force-

*FWOOOOOOOSH!*

An insane amount of air blows by my flapping face as I fly all the way up towards the massive asteroid, until I finally start to fly by myself. I then promptly stop my ascent right before I slam into the huge brown rocks rough jagged underside, with me floating in the air now.

"Damn- this things close! Aphrodite, make sure this attack doesn't effect anything down below, I'm gonna use the blue flames!" I shout over the deafening sounds of the rock that's passing just over my head, until-

*CRACK!*

A giant crystal extending from it slams my head, of course with me being unphased by it though due to the strength of hercules or whatever.

"Got it just hurry up my hair's a mess!" She shouts back to me, thank G- no Aphrodite for the advanced hearing she gave me as well.

"Alright thanks, I won't hold back! 100%- INFINITE SEARING DEAAAAAAATH!!!" I shout in a deep voice as I hover down a bit, and at the same time raise my flaming arm above my head. I then activate the full powers of Hephaestus- yes I got that right, as Aphrodite grips my robe covered shoulder once more.

*FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH- HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!*

My open palm emits an INSANE amount of superheated blue flames up into the giant rock- which immediately engulfs the entire object. The area around us in insanely hot, but with Aphrodite's powers I can only feel it a bit- and hopefully that applies for the citizens below us too.

"OHHHHHHHH!!!" I shout as the flames start to disentegrate the rock. Finally, the blue flames eradicate the whole thing as all the fire crashes into itself, with them combining to form a giant fireball.

I finally turn off the flames with a massive grin being on my face as I shake a bit. I could care less about the tons of miniscule twinkling pieces of stuff falling through the blue sky above us now, even if it is a bit pretty.

"...Really? Wasn't that attack from that stupid cartoon you watch you loser shut in?" Aphrodite groans as she floats upside down right in front of me. Her face is positioned right in front of mine as her pigtail braids hang down off her head.

"Ohoho yeah it is I've wanted to try that for years! And hey that show was actually good, Hendeaver was written wel- CRAP the other crime scene, Aphrodite let's go!" I shout in a bit of panic.

"Sure sure the show is great, why don't you tell everyone about it then manchild?" Aphrodite says with a laugh as I start to blush. At the same time I look down to see that the Hopian Continent seems to be ok which is still far beneath us. Well, besides the massive hole that's in it now of course...

"W-whatever, let's go already!" I shout as I start to fall back down to the massive crater at breakneck speeds, of course with Aphrodite following me as well with a satisfied look being on her face.

I land, but notice something VERY bad. "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no no no no..." I mutter with fear as I desperately search around the wall of rock I made for the suspects who were here before. But, every single one of them is gone now- even that robot and kid...

Meanwhile, outside of the universe...

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Habram's P.O.V.

"Take that you damned servant of Aphrodite. NOW I can rest... hah, changing fate like that is admittedly tiring in this state, first that doctor and then a whole asteroid..." I say with a sigh as I retract my tired hand from the universe and rest it on my lap.

After all, ever since I ended myself  many years ago I lost the majority of the power I used to have... a pity, if I could I would end the world and every sinners life as I please. But alas, I can only modify smaller aspects of the universes fate. And I can only alter major aspects of it like I did now once in a blue moon... even then the mortals are SOMETIMES strong enough to fight back against it.

"Ahhhh... I hope that Metallic enjoys the fate I've blessed him with for now. If it weren't for him being neccessary for my plans with that boy to work, I would've been honoured to let him die there." I think to myself as I rub my chin with a small smile being on my face... BUT OF COURSE I'M STILL CRYING, FIRST MARIONETTE- AND NOW DIOSA'S DEAD... my two most precious allies.

I close my eyes, "Again, at least I'm done with that boy and his "friends" now... hah. "Seric" that woman called him. Abduli sounds far more pleasent. Anyways, if he ends up dying during his quest without my divine intervention- he was never suitable for this job in the first place. So I'll sit back and watch for a while... wait. But Diosa failed too... oh well. He tried at the very least..." I think to myself with a slight laugh- after all for a God to have a slightly contradictory thought like this is quite strange. I suppose I musn't forget that I am in fact partly human as well.

"Now then... I will actually try to have sex with her corpse again... I wonder how shrinking myself would work. After all I may not even notice the now... "ugly" parts of my one and only at that size." I think to myself as I rub my hand over Marionette's cheek... so cold.

A/N: Prósopsi arrives to arrest the quartet- however, Habram's intervention seems to have saved them once again! However... how will their journey continue from now without any of his help in the future?

Yeah I was gonna post this chapter earlier but ya know, I pulled Zeldris in the Seven Deadly Sins Grand Cross mobile game so you already know I've been grinding that out-

Anyways I hope you all consider voting or commenting if you enjoyed, and see you next week!