Chapter 31

~After a week of his return/rebirth~

"Muranu *sniff* can't you save her ?" Eli asked me sobbing, holding a dying Gula's hand

"No...." I say while feigning sadness, dead inside remember? Things like these have gotten numb to me ....guess getting a new life didn't change that huh

Well I do feel a little sad keyword being 'little'. Just because I'm numb doesn't mean I don't feel anything, I do feel everything alright it just gets tonned down by a lot. If there was a scale of 1-10 I would rate loss of a loved one at 3 that too depending on how much I know them

Right now the meter is at 1 but for the sake of this crying mess I'll just quickly check what's wrong with Gula and the result is not that optimistic

She couldn't be more dead. Her soul has a hole in it and that hole is eating up the rest of it like a star swallowed by it's own gravity, kinda like a supernova

If Reaper was here I would've been able to save her but he's not and besides just because I can absorb energy doesn't mean that I can control it ....I mean I need to absorb it via the flames first then I can use it, so I can't help even if I want to, so I stay besides Eli as Gula breaths for the last time. We held a small funeral and burned her body, kinda has a symbolic meaning for these people.

After that me and sis went to stay with Eli for the night, couldn't leave her alone, turns out it was good decision. One fucker tried to break in the house and me being the night owl caught him red handed

Right now I'm in the forest with the man who is trembling binded by the energy ropes.

"So answer me this, why are you here spirit?" I ask the man or the one who's controlling him.

The man stops trembling and sits up straight "You are not supposed to be here" he said in a distorted voice

"Well, I'm here deal with it, now....let's get some answers" I smile while holding his hand and crush his bones

"....."

"....."

The man didn't even flinch at that

"This is not my body, human " he pointed out

I just stare deadpan and proceeded to do a telepathic search of his mind

"It....won't work..." he's right it didn't

"I'm a spirits human normal ways don't work on me hahah-" I just at look at him deadpan while rasing my hand and...

*Floof*(or the sound fire ignition makes)

".....wait....."

"Why aren't you laughing now huh?" I smile with flames in my hands

"no wait....I'll tell you everything....No NOOOO!! "

"Too late~" I say while holding his head

*Loud screech *

After burning it, I go through his mind doing a quick soul search. As it's a spiritual lifeform, it has a soul and soul searching is the best way to do it

You see there are different ways you can use telepathy and I only know few of them, first being the basic which most psychic or mutants use. They basically just mess with brain waves via their own, it's like catching a radio signal or something. Now this guy had 2 wavelengths which I could've easily hacked into....but where's the fun in that? so just messed around a little bit.

Second is by using energy to tap into that neural network or mind in simpler terms, just like how Druig or Wanda do it. Wanda or any other sorcerer do it with magic and Druig uses cosmic energy to directly control people

Third using soul or spiritual sense of a Cultivator.

Now I may not be a full-fledged soul Cultivator but I know some tricks and soul reading is basically reading everything that the specific soul has been through even the experience, so yes I'm stealing real time exp from this spirit.....couldn't they just give me a system or something?

(AN:- Be careful what you wish for )

.....O...kay, advice taken

Anyways let's get back to burning

So turns out this is a stray from some war that happened in his dimension....let's call it the spirit dimension. Long story short one side wanted to rule the world while the other wanted peace...cliche plot. The spirit Gula had was from the Peace faction but got replaced when she reported me to her superior, and the plot went as always, one side wanted my help while The other wanted to control me hence the hostage situation with mum. But they failed so aimed for Eli but failed again .....what the heck is wrong with them? Like seriously what made them think that controlling my family was a good idea?

Well let them come, more exp for me ...the fake system has to be updated huh....great more work just what I needed

After buring the spirit i just head home and from that point on Eli stayed with us

~After 10 years~

It's been 10 years, the year is 5001 BC. In one year Eternals will come .....though I'm doubting that at this point.

You see I went a little bit overboard killing deviants.....wiped every last one of em in 10000km radius.....okay that was a overkill, but hey you can't blame me! Blame Fen, he's the one went trigger happy after gaing new upgrades

(AN:- Pic in comments for ref)

Apparently hunting with a bloodthirsty wolf is a bad idea, especially if it's a almost God Mode wolf

You see I just wanted to test somethings and I already had a lab ra- I mean a volunteer for that so .....ended up upgrading the wolf alpha

Just gave him super strength, speed,durability, regeneration and a little bit of cosmic energy, well his energy signature was getting dangerously similar to deviants so had to change all the energy into pure physical force

If it was before the new upgrades he could crush a 5m rock to pieces with his paws and now ? He can just change the geographical structure in 100km radius with a casual swipe.....

*Faceplams in realization *

I just created a new God didn't I? Now the definition of god for some people or mostly people is just they are strong or related to some pantheons or something so Fen can be counted as one

*pfft*It might be funny seeing how people will address him years later

But.....something is wrong, the TVA didn't barge in to arrest me.

Did you really think I could just wipe out deviants over half the planet and not fuck with the timeline?

Come on people, I ain't like those cheat mf who has protection of some OP God that made them fit right into the fucking timeline or has some OP power that shields him from that.

I know for a fact I ain't a Nexus being ....not yet, so the one's that send me here aka the dead ones either made a timeline where I exist or the TVA doesn't exist

Now I don't know if that's a good news or not cause if it's the first option then I don't have to worry about causing a Nexus event just by moving a damn chair or throwing a rock at something....but if it's the second....then this Universe or Timeline just became fair game to every Kang variant out there or anyone for that matter and if TVA doesn't exist then the plot is already fucked cause anything can happen....fucking multiverse

Well....not my problem unless they make it so and besides....it might actually make things interesting

I stare at the clear sky as sleep takes over my eyes

•Outside Earth •

Ajak woke up as the ship nears the planet.Her eyes remain gold as if in daze when the color disappears. She blinked her eyes in confusion before getting down from the platform looking at other Eternals

Ikaris and Sersi were looking at the blue planet while Kingo and Sprite were introducing themselves to others

"Hi,I am Sprite nice to me you !" She introduced herself to Sersi and Ikaris

"And I am Kingo, a pleasure " Kingo said in a gentleman way

"Ikaris" he just nodded his head to her and Kingo who had awkwardly stretched his hand for a handshake

"Hi I'm Sersi. Nice to meet you too" she shook Kingo's hand to avoid the awkwardness on the first day of their mission

"You are Ikaris ? The strongest Eternal ?" Kingo asked dumbfounded

Ikaris just smiled at him leaving him speechless

"So....is this your first mission too?" Sprite asked the three of them

"Yes, although I'm sure it's not the same for those two" Kingo gestured towards Thena and Gilgamesh who were discussing their last mission

"Why? Who is that?" Sersi asked

"That my dear new friend is Thena the Battle Goddess and Gilgamesh the Kind Giant " Kingo said dramatically with Sprite adding background effect showing their battles

"Wait, That's her!!" Sersi started fangirling hard

Her squeal got Thena's attention as she with Gilgamesh started walking towards them

"Did you call?" Thena asked

"Uh no....I mean yes...I'm Thena nice to meet you Sersi" she panicked earning a laugh from others

"Nice to meet you too " Thena chuckled while shaking her hand. She looked at Ikaris and gave him a nod which he returned

"It will be honor fighting with the war goddess Thena" Ikaris said

"The honor is mine, Ikaris"

Druig and Makkari were taking with Phastos, debating about something

"Ok everyone, if you're done with introductions, please gather around " Ajak clapped her hands and called everyone

"As you may already know, I'm Ajak responsible for this mission your leader, caretaker and a guide if you ever need one, I'm also the one responsible for reporting our progress to Arishem so if you need help or anything else please don't hesitate to tell me " she ended that note with everyone staring at her

A awkward silence followed before it was broken by Phastos

*Ahem* "As the boss lady said our task is to erase deviants from this planet and guide its people, any questions ?" He asked them

"Yes Sprite? "

"Do we have a sensor of some kind to search for deviants?" She asked a solid question

"Yes" Phastos waved his hand in air creating a hologram of the planet with red and green dots all over it

"This is the live feed of the planet, red shows the deviants around it and green showing the native species" he rotated the planet to the other side

"....Why is that area clear ?" Sersi asked while pointing at a small circle clear of any deviants with only green in it

"Hmmm....that's weird and interesting, maybe we should check it out ?"

"It will be better if we clear some areas of deviants and then check that circle out " Ajak suggested while pointing at the green dots swarmed by the red ones

"Ikaris take the lead and deal with the flying ones Thena and Gilgamesh join him, Kingo, Sprite, Druig focus on protecting the humans, Makkari save as many as you can and assist if needed, Phastos you're with me " Ajak ordered as they all got to work

Ikaris got out of the spaceship flying full speed towards Earth breaking sound barriers while decending

•Meanwhile on Earth•

~When the Ship just hit the atmosphere ~

*Ring*x2

"Huh...what the..." Leo sat up on the rock rubbing his eyes with his ears twitching like a cats listening alarms going off from somewhere

"So....they are here? this early? " he muttered half asleep staring at the sky

"Well..." he got up stretched a little "Let's see what they are up to" and vanished without a sound

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"So brother.....why are we here again ?" Liana asked Leo who was swinging his legs while sitting on the edge of a rock with Maya and Eli watching some people fighting those blue things

"Because I need you to watch that " Leo pointed at Ikaris who was blasting a flying deviant with his laser eye

"And why do we have to ?" Liana stared at Thena who was cutting deviants like vegetables with Gilgamesh basically playing catch with them while punching one deviant after the other in air

"No idea....I was just curious" he said and got blank eyes look from the girls

They all watched as the Eternals fought with deviants. Sersi and Sprite guided humans to safety away from the fight with Kingo shooting any deviant that came near them.

Druig was mind controlling few of them who were panicking and running around while Makkari just blasted deviants with shockwaves creating booms and whoosh each time

"Muranu, why are they so weak?" Eli asked innocently as she has seen him slaughter hundreds of deviants with ease

"They aren't weak Eli, I'm just too awesome" he answered while patting her

"Can you fly!?" Maya asked excited while watching the flying Ikaris punching deviants left and right

"Yes" he answered while floating a little

"Will you take me flying ?"

"...Yes" he sighed

Leo felt someone looking at him and snapped his head 270° to the stunned Ajak who paled looking at him in the eye

"I-Is that supposed to be possible?" A frightened Phastos asked Ajak looking at the human who just snapped his head like that which shouldn't be possible given their biological structure

"..." Ajak didn't say anything and continued staring at the human who smiled and moved his lips saying something before looking back at the battle

[Welcome to Earth and don't worry I won't interfere with your work. Just be sure to keep everyone in check ] was the message she heard before the thing looked away

They continued watching the show when a deviants crashed into the rock they were sitting on and Leo suddenly stared in some direction.

His ATP kicked in as time slowed down him making him see everything in slow motion. He stared at the excited Makkari about to blast that deviant into the rock while watching Ajak, Sersi and Thena eyes widening as they looked at his group atop the said rock

He stared deadpan at Makkari who ignored her surroundings before deciding to trip her creating a solid stone right in her path

Time started flowing normally as he watched Makkari trip and crash head first into the deviant hard enough to lift it off the ground still crashing into the rock.

Leo just dispersed the shockwave and wind via telekinesis shields to absorb the impact.

Makkari got up stumbling while rubbing her head while Thena and Gilgamesh rushed towards her shouting

"Behind You !!" Druig screamed as he watched the deviant got up and clawed at Makkari. She stared at the deviants claws slowly getting closer to her face but she couldn't move as her legs got hurt

Everyone watched as the deviant's claws stopped mere inches away from Makkari's face.

Makkari for the first time in her life felt fear watching the claw, she lost the strength in her legs as she fell down breathing heavily. Druig quickly made his way towards her checking on her.

"Girls, why don't you go and play with the small one over there" he said looking at a confused Sprite as if asking 'me?' while pointing at herself while girls didn't move not interested in a social gathering with a random person

"She has many stories to tell" he said while making them float towars the ground

Liana, Maya and Eli had already made their way to Sprite and basically kidnapped her with them leaving the stunned Sersi and Kingo staring at the deviant who was paused in attacking motion.

Thena slowly made weapons while Gilgamesh already has energy exoskeleton covering his arms. Ikaris slowly landed staring solemnly at the human looking down at them from the rock which Makkari crashed into

Leo was sitting on the rock with his arms crossed looking deadpan at the tense Eternals ready to fight

He just raised his finger making everyone tense and tapped it on his arm

*Boom*

*Crunch!*

The deviant got crushed into paste making a circular pit of blue blood which quickly got burned in purple flames

Thena watched in interest as the humans eyes shined purple as she dispersed her weapons, Gilgamesh shrugged his shoulders and dropped his guard while Ikaris had a frown on his face

Eventually Sersi, Kingo, Ajak and Phastos joined the rest looking the purple flames which were absorbed by the human which was pretty questionable at this point

"So...." Leo clapped his hands making Makkari jump waking her from her daze

"What should I do with you ?" He asked releasing a bit of spiritual pressure making the air vibrate making the Eternals tense

Ajak's eyes turned golden as the pressure increased

"Halt your actions, human" she said making the pressure vanish from them

"and nice to meet you too Arishem " he smirked while patting Ajak's shoulder "Let's talk somewhere else shall we? " and disappeared leaving the group dumbfounded Eternals behind

"....What just happened?" Sersi asked breaking the silence

"Ajak just got kidnapped " Ikaris said solemnly