Goddess of the Netherworld II

One by one they joined the fight against me, I fought Loki, Hela, Fenrir, Crom Cruanch and Apophis all on my own; Rizevim had already departed, taking with himself Samael's soul.

Two of my wings had already been sliced apart and there were injuries all over my body. I wouldn't be able to last long enough, perhaps... even after receiving Hades' divinity, I was still fated to perish here.

*WHOOOSH!!*

Or at least, that's what I thought... Nyx was the first to arrive from the Gods involved in the operation, she was together with Erebus, but Tartarus was missing. Ares wouldn't come here as he doesn't belong to the faction, he was merely aiding for his own selfish purposes.

"Azrael!" Nyx yelled my way, Erebus seemed to be unconscious; the Goddess manifested her dark aura and deterred Loki and Hela from continuing their onslaught.

"We won't be able to take her authority away, Hela, let's go... you are touched by her curse of death".

*Cough!*

Hela had been spitting mouthfuls of black blood all this time, my curse wouldn't kill her, but if she wasn't treated, the damage would be irreversible.

Before Parvati could engage against them, Loki took Hela and Fenrir away towards Helheim or Niflheim I presume.

*RUMBLE!!*

I saw Nyx twitch her lips and throw Erebus away as if he was a pile of potatoes before focusing on Apophis.

"What a pain... traitors everywhere, what else could we spect from a god of trickery? so, the sack of bones is gone..." Nyx seemed to be irritated. I would have complied with her, but Crom Cruanch wasn't giving me a bit of respite. Our battle was shaking the whole Netherworld, under the Dragon Gods, there must be no one able to match this bastard.

"And soon you will too, Nyx!" Apophis finally spoke, seemingly holding a great deal of resentment towards Nyx; those two both have authorities of darkness; I was focused on Crom Cruanch to notice the appearance of yet another goddess from the faction, Parvati.

"Don't stop! Azrael!"

I grit my teeth facing this battle maniac, preparing to eject him out of the Netherworld the moment I had the chance.

"What is going on here?" Just like us, Parvati was fatigued from her own fight.

"No time to explain, Parvati! We were betrayed by Loki. Hades, Tartarus and Persephone are gone!" Nyx gave away the quickest explanation possible and the Hindu Goddess hurriedly flickered to assist her against Apophis, I witnessed how her aura rocketed drastically and her hair turned from purple to a black colour, several arms appeared around her, giving her a more eerie appearance.

*RUMBLE!!*

The Goddess' aura even managed to sway Crom Cruanch's attention from me even if just slightly, "So that's the infamous Durga, huh?~ so many sweet opponents right here!"

This bastard won't ever stop; form my side I saw Apophis' attacks grow more and more maniacal towards both 'Durga' and Nyx until he finally decided to retreat, overwhelmed.

"HAHAHAHA! YOU HAVE MY GRATITUDE GODDESSES, SUCH A NICE BODY I GOT FOR MYSELF~!"

The Dragon's voice seemed to have changed into something more disturbing, but no one of us paid much attention to his tone rather than his words; from the beginning, Apophis has always been a psychotic evil dragon.

"Tch! What are you even talking about, filthy dragon, hurry up and die again!" Nyx and Durga both insisted on trying to end his life today but it wasn't possible... Apophis managed to flee and not much after Crom Cruanch manifested the intention to back off as well.

"Such a magnificent destruction we caused, Azrael, let's dance again later!~"

"Don't chase, Azrael!" Nyx stopped me from chasing after Crom Cruanch who created a portal to flee.

Durga landed beside us, the Netherworld had been rendered into a wasteland.

"You're the Goddess of the Netherworld now..." Nyx said, slumping on the ground, utterly tired.

"..."

I didn't say anything and also fell down, completely wasted... I have been fighting the whole day opponent after opponent... not even in the first war between angels and devils did I fight this much.

"What are you going to do?" She asked me, we both saw how 'Durga' grasped her head as if she had a huge headache before she transformed into 'Parvati'... all of her arms retreated and her hair went back from black to purple.

"I-I'm going back to Kailash for now..." She said with a stutter, not even awaiting our confirmation before she entered a portal back to her home dimension in the Hindu Pantheon.

I remained silent but my senses managed to catch onto something.

"What's wrong?" Nyx asked me, but I stood up with furrowed brows, fixing my gaze in a direction, high above us...

Instead of flickering, I merely flew above lazily and Nyx followed me on guard.

"What are you doing here?" I asked towards the 'nothingness' brandishing my scythe.

Nyx was momentarily confused at my actions until something appeared in front of us, materialising like peeling golden layers of scales.

!!!

Nyx gasped immediately while I found my gaze growing solemnly.

"Why are you here, Richter Golden-Haze?"

"..."

The person who had become the focal point of the whole supernatural community smiled towards me before drifting his gaze towards Erebus who had been unconscious the whole time.

"Nothing much... just following a trace of darkness... a suspicious one".

"W-What do you mean, Richter-sama? were you looking all this time?!"

"Not all the time, but yes... I was looking at Nyx... it is also my time to retreat since the spectacle is finished~"

"Wait, you haven't told me why are you here?!"

"Hoh? are you going to take the answer out of me by force, Goddess of the Netherworld?~"

I clenched my hands on my scythe, right now I'm in no position to face him... even if I was in my peak condition, this battle would be fruitless. Therefore, I turned around and decided to just leave him be. If he had ill intentions, he wouldn't need to conceal them.

"Your name is Azrael, right?~" He asked me, his arms crossed and his crimson-slitted eyes regarding me with an interested glint.

I remained silent for a while, just looking at him as if in a staring contest.

"Yes..."

"I shall remember it..." Having said so, he began to dematerialise, but... Nyx grasped his wrist in rebellion.

"What about me, Richter-sama!? you will remember my name, right?!" Nyx pouted as I rolled my eyes, leaving the two of them to their own designs. Now that I'm the ruler of this Netherworld... there is plenty of work for me to do... Hades just dumped this responsibility on me; I shall not fail.