Bright purple eyes glowed in the dark; the four-pointed pupils stared emotionlessly at the person 2km away from her. Yet despite the distances, each of them could easily cross the gap in the blink of an eye.
"Nyx. What are you doing?"
Uxuna spoke coldly, gone with her gentle self.
"Don't take it the wrong way, Moirai-"
"Do not call me that."
"..." Nyx stared back at Uxuna, her moon-crescent shaped pupils peering back with grief of the past that is long gone.
"Answer my question first, Nyx."
Nyx sighed, her dark-blue hair fluttered from the non-existent wind. Rising as if it's alive.
"I have to keep you here, Uxuna"
"Why?"
Uxuna slowly spread her arms outward, and the glimmers of stars in her hair sharply increased in intensity.
"Phoebe said so"
Uxuna goes stiff for a moment before her figure is shaped like a T, her back arching slightly as she takes a deep breath.
"How rare..."
Nyx chuckled as she nodded.
"Indeed... So don't take it the wrong way, Uxuna."
"So confrontation is inevitable, huh?"
Uxuna's four-pointed pupils started changing from black to white.
"..."
"Uxuna. You can't interfere with that reincarnator's fate for the time being." Nyx's tone immediately turned sharp, and her grey skin started glowing white.
"So what? Akura is my own responsibility. She is everyone's responsibility, but I'm the one who stepped up."
"Yes, we know. However, the Outer Gods have noticed your absence from Heaven."
"Tsk." She frowned. "So what?"
"79% of the Gods have voted to keep you here, whether you like it or not."
"You should've brought more Gods here if you truly want to keep me here."
"Then you haven't heard the news"
"What news?"
"My race evolved."
Uxuna's eyes widened before she attempted to summon her shield of stars, but in an instant, as far as eyes can see, everything was claimed by Nyx 'Night'.
"No wonder..." Uxuna chuckled softly, still not concerned.
"Even if I can't beat you... I can surely keep you here for a long time," Nyx smiled widely.
"..." Uxuna waved her arms up and down as if she were attempting to fly like a bird.
Seeing this, Nyx is confused and dumbfounded, which makes her overlook that Uxuna's white pupils started glowing.
"When did you start doing comedy?"
Uxuna chuckled.
"I learned something from that cute cub... And do you want to know what I learned?"
"What?"
"The Akashic Record is sentient."
Nyx froze with fear in her eyes for a moment before she noticed Uxuna's glowing pupils. Uxuna is the Goddess of fate. However, Nyx had forgotten that Uxuna also had another title, The Guardian of the Akashic Records.
'Is that place really sentient? Wait! No! She was doing that to keep me distracted while she used that skill!'
"[Primordial Time-Stop]"
Uxuna's ethereal voice echoes throughout Nyx 'Night' as everything turns to grey. She is now the sole moving being in this dimension.
"Sorry, Nyx, but you really should've brought more gods..."
Uxuna sighed before walking past her sister.
"[Restrain]" A golden chain appeared from the ground and wrapped around Uxuna's legs and arms.
"You!" Uxuna shouted in shock as the new voice revealed himself. She isn't the only moving being in this dimension now.
"Sorry, Moira-"
"CHRONOS!"
"..."
She takes a deep breath.
"Chronos, what are you doing?"
Uxuna asked, attempting to calm herself, but failing to conceal her rising rage in her voice. Chronos was supposed to be the leader of the neutrality faction in Heaven. He even made an oath to the Abyss.
"You really must be kept here, Uxuna." Behind Chronos's head is a moving gear, the size of 3 human heads, rotating every second. Making the
Tick Tick Tick Tick.
..
"... Was what Phoebe saw in her vision so drastic that even you, who is risking your very being of existence by possibly breaking the oath, came here to keep me here?"
Chronos' green lips smiled solemnly, his silver eyes glimmered as he prepared to use [Time Lock] on Uxuna.
"Yes"
"..."
"..."
"I will eventually get out."
"I know you will"
"I will not forgive all of you gods."
"I know."
Uxuna's pupil reverted to black as she sat down. Letting out a deep sigh.
"... At least ensure Akura stays safe in my absence."
"I can promise that to you."
"... Don't tell Inari the truth."
Chronos made a bow, moving his top hat from his head to press it against his chest, as if ending a magic show.
"Sweet dream, Uxuna"
'Things won't go your way, Phoebe.' Uxuna made one last move in defiance, discreetly converting 0.01% of her power to somewhere else.
"Any last word?"
"Aah... I fucking hate thi-"
[Time Lock]
Now this entire space is locked in time. Nobody except for him is capable of moving normally in such a situation.
'I'd better get Nyx out. Ah... Good thing that I came here just in case...'
Golden blood dripping down his green lips, he can feel the consequences of almost breaking his oath. His soul had almost shattered.
"The things I do for the sake of everyone... Jeez..."
He walks toward the frozen Nyx and is ready to exit the dimension with her.
***
Akura, who is currently so close to getting 100% on her [Qi Sense(Low-Basic)], received a notification.
[The Goddess of Fate has donated a 5 "Roulette Ticket" to the user]
º△º
...
..
.
"What?!" She jumped up excitedly.
She can now gamble 'responsibly.' Her oversized, fluffy tail started wagging as she completely forgot about [Qi Sense(Low-Basic)].
'Will I get another letter like the Goddess of Fox did?'
She waited, but no letter arrived.
'Maybe she's busy...'
Smiling widely, she opens up her gacha system.
"Put 2 each in Item and Skill!"
She puffs her chest up in pride because this time she is saving 2 tickets in her inventory. That's how responsible she is!
[Affirmative.]
[Rolling...]
[...]
[Ding!]
[You have received the skills "Dancing", "Strength Increase", and the items "Mana-Gauze Bandage", "Lovers' Lockets"]
Info
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[Dancing]
Show off your own charms proficiently! Subtly increases your agility and charm.
[Strength Increase]
Increases your strength by 1.3 multiplier.
[Mana-Gauze Bandage]
Enhance healing by 2x and prevent scar formation.
[Lovers' Lockets]
Two lockets, when worn by two lovers, will warm up once the other person thinks of them.
[collapse]
Feeling the dopamine, Akura lets out a soft, adorable howl in happiness as she slowly melts down into a liquid.
[...]
[Times like this, I wish The Goddess of Fate permanently banned gambling for you.]
"Nuuu..." She softly whimpers as she savours the dopamine rush in her blood. Her intelligence is currently nonexistent.
[Idiot.]
'Status...'
Status
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Name
: Akura
Race
: Eclipsed Dream Kitsune (Blessed)
Gender
: Female
Age
: 3
Class
: [Not Chosen]
HP
: 300/300
MP
: 240/240
ST
: 210/210 ->
220/220
Vit
: 109 ->
122
Def
: 130 ->
136
Res
: 112 ->
120
Str
: 25 ->
29(x1.3) -> 38
Int
: 81 ->
87
Agi
: 184 ->
192
Charm
: 319 ->
327(x3.7) -> 1210
Elementary Affinities
: [Shadow], [Dream], [Water], [Air], [Illusion], [Space]
[Active Skill]
Howl LV. MAX, Bite LV. 7, Scratch LV. MAX, Puppy Eye LV. MAX, Instinctive Parry LV. 5, Fox-mark Sigil LV. 1, Big Leap LV. 4, Aggro Control LV. 1, Deep Listening LV. 1,
Dancing LV. 1
[Passive Skill]
Basic Sense LV.
7, Cold Resistance LV. 2, Charm Increase, Double Jump, Fine-Ears Tuning, Strength Increase
[Magic]
Qi Sense(In progress)
[Racial Skill]
Illusion Magic (Not Learned), Spirit Vision (Passive), Fox Fire (Unawakened), Human Transformation (Unawakened), Night Vision LV. 5 (Passive)
[Unique Skills]
Language Comprehension, Inventory, Brimming Health
Blessing
: [Divine Protection of the Goddess of Fate], [Divine Protection of the Goddess of Kitsune and Beauty]
Title
: [Reincarnated], [Named], [Gourmet]
Items
: 1 [Skill Combination], 1 [Evolution Card], 2 [Specific Stat increase], [Beast-Scent Masker], 2 [Roulette Ticket], [Kitsune-Silk Kimono], [Proper-Posture belt],
[Mana-Gauze Bandage], and [Lovers' Lockets]
[collapse]
"Kukuku... I love gambling..."