The World's most Overpowered Side-Character

"Sometimes, void of the context, Master says the most interesting things, we should start quoting him," Dina hummed finding his words sagely while Arla and Sara nodded in agreement.

"I usually do," Sara admitted, bringing a book from her shadows and showing it to the intrigued mage who snatched it from her grasp, gasping as she came across the first page.

"Sara, this is literature gold!" Dina looked up at her, a lot of what she had seen from just a quick scan made her aware that Sol spent a lot of time speaking to his personal maid and best friend. "Can I borrow this?"

"Surely not," Sara chuckled taking the book and smiling in Sol and Ikaris's direction since their little interruption had completely disrupted the serious conversation they were having previously. "Master says interesting things every day, I need to be on standby in case he drops another wise remark or quotes heaven's texts," She chuckled at Dina's pout and quickly wrote down what he had said.

"I can never be too serious around you lot," Sol smiled and sat again, rubbing his forehead while Ikaris waved her hands, changing her clothes and sitting next to him on the handle of his chair. "I think I might have spiralled into some pretty dark thoughts if I had continued thinking the way I was," He added, resting his hand on her leg while she picked up Talia and kissed her exposed belly.

"Thank you."

"We help in whatever way we can, even unintended, that is our purpose as your wives," Ikaris smiled while she continued kissing the chuckling baby. "No?"

"Of course," Sol nodded and rested his cheek against her leg, but unfortunately, you are going to be a lot busier than before now that we have come across this crucial detail." He looked up at her, but rather than share his stare Ikaris continued to wordlessly play with the babe.

"Is that an order, dear?" Ikaris asked, covering Talia's leg with her lips and blowing, making silly noises as she laughed.

"Unless you want to retire from the front and leave it to someone else," Sol smiled taking the baby and holding her with one arm using his mana to make her float.

"Then yes, I will take part if need be as well, we need to find Umbra as soon as possible, unless she knows, then [Reapers Calling] is the best way of dealing with that monster protecting him, it has to work and there is only one chance that it does, after that then everything will spiral out of control."

"You plan to kill the Primordial God and Trap Umbra with [Nightmare Prism] right?" Arla asked, and he nodded. "How sure are you that it would be enough to kill her, even considering what you said about the technique being a sure hit kill?" She asked again and Sol took a thoughtful gaze and looked her way once more.

"That is why I am constantly casting it to increase my chances of making a perfect cast, on the scaling of power alone she is so much stronger than I am that I have no idea whether my skill will work against her if it doesn't reach a certain threshold, I need to be at my best, there can be no mistakes, because I am certain...

if I fuck up and fail to kill her I will die right after, there is no doubt or debate."

"So, the autonomous activation-"

"Yeah, I want it to activate as soon as theirs and my mana cross paths, it sounds kind of cowardly, but it is my hoe that the confrontation ends as soon as it begins, this is something that I don't think that I will win if I face them together firstly, or if I am forced into a long fight against them, Umbra's mana works as a corrosive to mine, and I fail to comprehend what the emissary will even be capable of doing," Sol answered Dina before she even finished asking her question.

"Is she that scary?" Ikaris asked him, not even his preparation for his fight against Sitri had left him with this much reservation and hesitation in his voice, she could feel his anxiety on the topic without tapping into the connection they shared.

"Imagine if you had to fight Orion instead of Saleos, in the dark universe" Sol looked at her, and she narrowed her eyes, Saleos was strong, he had powerful skills and a dangerous berserker mode that very nearly killed her, but in comparison to his father that Sol had fought, the Prince was fodder as she had seen it, Sol would have lost his fight against the Demon-Lord if he had not forced himself past all of his limits and evolved into Godslayer.

Compared to Saleos, Orion could have killed her with a swipe of his finger as she was back then, the difference in power was inconceivable.

"I see," Ikaris lowered her gaze, raising her brows as the revelation of the power Sol had pit himself and spoke of killing, once more he had found himself going against an opponent so strong they defied his existence by simply being present, Drul...

the Emporium which he still suspected of having elites as powerful as he was, and now this unknown, it seemed like every time he gained insurmountable power he was thrown before a great mountain as a small ant, starting from his days as the weak man on Atla to the Godslayer capable of ending entire realities on a whim.

"Nothing has changed," Sol spoke what she was thinking and she nodded once more.

"Nothing?" Dina repeated.

"That's right, " Sol stood and looked out the window scanning the earth with a simple thought. "Every time I think I have found power above powers I am thrown into a situation which forces me into perspective, I have no choice but to accept that greater will always be out there, even Umbra."

"He is not your equal, let alone anywhere as powerful as you are." Arla furrowed her brows.

"And I want it to remain that way," Sol chuckled darkly.

"What I mean is that he is I and I am him, Just as I once had Ikaris as my shield he now has the dark emissary, his power and hunger for greater heights is the same as I share, the only difference is that he is willing to go to lengths that I never was, he is willing to cross lines that I would never dream of even looking at, that one difference which can cause the gap between us to close faster than I can anticipate."

"How fast are you thinking?" Dina raised the question seeing Sol prepare a gate back to Khalla-Nova while everyone else prepared to leave with him.

"It took me around eleven years of constant fighting to get this strong, but if I had broken my rules and did unthinkables to gain power at whatever cost then you could trim that down to about six or seven, he has existed for seven years, he has been free for at least four or five, with the aid of this new Darkness clinging to him, I would say that he may take three years the most and two the least."

"Anywhere between now and the next thirty months, Umbra will be ready or damn fucking close to it." Sol gestured to the gateway, and with a deep sigh the mage entered, stepping into a courtyard on the other side where she found the Vatui forces patiently waiting with Adonai, Alpha, S'mael and Renia standing in wait.

"It has been half a day since the Goddess Dr'ul and the Clan head were taken away after their fight, we were starting to think you would not return; that you had... abandoned us who cheered for a winner." Hudor stood and inclined his head towards the approaching group of respected individuals.

"I would never do something so foolish, Cecelia and Dr'ul are not going to cause such a drastic decision, they are only two individuals," Ikaris walked ahead of everyone and stood before the masses, raising her hand at their reaction to her retort.

"I will say it once more, those who wish to leave are free to do so, but if you remain and fight amongst yourselves like that again you will recieve a harsher punishment than they did, there is no guarantee that I won't just kill you for insubordination, we are at war, in-fighting happens, but you must show restraint."

"Where are they?" Adonai looked at Ikaris, and she narrowed her eyes at him and then turned to the mass again, responding: Experience new tales on empire

"As of this moment the Queen of Arkadia and Éloén Cecelia are inside of a Time-Space rift called [Nightmare Prism] serving a month's probation for their actions." Ikaris spoke causing the gods behind her to flinch and almost exclaim in protest, but the lot of them held their peace when they even thought of speaking out against her.

"For those who do not know, it is a pocket dimension no less cruel than hell, fuelled and haunted by your worst fears manifesting to kill you day after day, night after night, a day here is equivalent to a month for them, they either emerge changed or never at all, it is equivalent to a death sentence."

"Why would you go that far?" Zara spoke up when everyone else seemed too afraid to open their mouths.

"They are the leaders of each faction, they should have known better, I disagree with the Vatui and Arkadians fighting, I absolutely condemn any further fighting of that nature, if you hate the idea of fighting alongside each other then leave now, the Arkadians are as much my people as the Vatui are, on one side lies my ancestry and on the other my heritage."

"Cooperate or face the consequences, it is just that simple."