Ascension of the Nephilim

Mechiel opened her eyes.

She found herself in the same small room.

Some of Kyros's belongings were on a nearby bed, but Kyros himself was absent. The room now had various scented candles that added light and a touch of coziness.

"This room?" Mechiel was confused.

"You're husband is quite the eccentric man. He must have asked the elves to decorate this room. I'll admit, I like it." The voice of a familiar foe was heard.

Mechiel turned and saw Lea on her bed.

"You!" Mechiel stood up in shock and prepared to harness her powers.

"Don't. We both worked together to save you." Another voice spoke.

Mechiel saw the other woman, Listrel, also on her bed.

"I envy you. Your vampiric regeneration never disappeared. It must be that name. What power was it?" Listrel asked.

"The name?"

"Yes. You are a member of his Coven, correct? Of his name that that powerful god announced, Mysterion is the only one I do not know." Listrel answered.

"I have the blessings of Kyriachos. And yet, that power was taken from me."

"I have Soter. And that, too, was taken from me. But you and he didn't lose the power. Was it Mysterion?" Listrel asked.

"I... am not sure. I am but her humble servant. Even I dare not present myself as his wife unless he commands me. Lord Kyros is... too great."

"He must be. To think that through him, I would see Fate and Destiny. But who was that other God?" Lea asked.

"That old man... He matched the God that Lady Diana and Branze said they met. The god called Histerion."

"The Steele family met him?!" Listrel was shocked.

"Just who is your husband-lord, and just what did he pull us all into?"

"My Lord should answer those questions. But, you should have understood that Lord Kyros is the champion selected by Fate hers;f. We are serving a God called Beginning, and we are fighting to survive as the God End wants to end everything. Fate serves Beginning, and Destiny serves End. And it seems that Fate has bonded you both to him."

"What does that mean?"

"It means that we are allies." Kyros suddenly entered as more men arrived.

"Lord Kyros!"

"Please drop the Lord, Mechiel." Kyros chuckled. Along with him were several elves. They were the strongest Elves among the team. The strongest was as strong as a Champion.

"It's a new world out there, girls. Force, Magic, cultivation, and the basic way life works are all different out there." Kyros explained.

"Were you all able to hear and see when those gods appeared?"

,m "Yes. Just what have I gotten myself into?"

"Let's talk about that next time. Right now, I need you guys to see what exact level of strength you can bring out? I heard you two managed to create a massive attack that saved our fall."

"Yes. We did. But now, that power isn't coming out of us. It's sealed... Or probably gone... Or whatever happened to my power. From the conversations of those gods, it seems that the power of Blessings that aid forming a Class up on the jobs we have disappeared."

"I sense it too. The different Jobs and classes I mastered have all been banished. I am left with a raw capacity to move around my Force and Magic. Unfortunately, it's not resonating or following my will. I have become so weak."

"I'm sure you can piece together whatever power you have is missing. You are stripped to the bare minimum without the powers of those gods and fallen. But you two are still the strongest. Although many of my powers remain, it has weakened. I already had been weakened prior to entering this place. And the added layer is making me so weak that I should be capable of defeating Champions in our previous world. But we need to move. I took the liberty of observing the world outside. And it's not good. So I hope you have rested enough. We have to go now." Kyros explained.

The group nodded and got out of their beds.

Listrel and Lea still had numerous wounds as they began to walk outside of the room.

As they moved out, it was clear that they lived inside a giant tree that was as big as an entire kingdom.

"A World Wood Tree? I would have never known that this was a World Wood Tree with all the decays."

"This place is one of the few kingdoms that managed to survive after the apocalypse. Gentlemen, please make your preparations. I need to discuss with my allies certain private matters."

"Yes, Lord Miracle." The Elves nodded and moved back.

"Lord Miracle?"

"That's what they called me. I decided to roll with it. By the way, I told them that Mechiel is my wife and that you two are my retainers. Anyway, let's set something straight. You already should have some idea what this world is."

"An abandoned timeline. It seems that you have the power of the Time God. Did he use his powers to time travel and bring your original soul back?"

"Right. You catch on quick." Kyros chuckled.

"But we have a very strange new world to deal with. What did you two remember when we entered the scroll?"

"We were over the Planesworld... But there were fall small sources of light.

"Yes. Now there are three."

"Three? What happened to the other one."

"Wrong question. The right question is, what happened to the Planesworld."

"What? Where are you going with this?"

"What is the geography of the entire Planesworld. Since both of you are the rulers of their respective lands, you should know this."

"A large Yggdrasil tree planted on the Dark Earth. The Dark Earth is my homeland. The Netherlands, Netherworld, or Nether regions. Whichever name you prefer."

"Right. But now, that's not the state of the Yggdrasil tree. This is a world where the powers of gods and fallen no longer remain. But to be more accurate, it's being purged or burned out of existence. This entire place still stands because the World Wood Tree is technically a tree that feeds on the Yggdrasil. And the Yggrrassil should be a power that formed from whichever God caused it to exist."

"Goddess. That would be Goddess Antheiana." Listrel answered.

"She is born from the lineage of Solas. A daughter of Light and Earth."

"If this world is without these powers, the Planesworld would no longers exist. As you have deduced, and as was explained by Mechiel, we were sent here because of a battle between Fate and Destiny. So we need to figure out what happened to the Planesworld and what powers, Codes, or Corruption has been lost. Why is the Planesworld moving around?"

"Moving around? That means... that the Dark Earth is gone!" Lea had an ugly expression.

"Gone? so that's it... The Planesworld is no longer affixed to a certain location in the universe. It's floating around!"

"We can't know for certain. The good news is, this means that there is hope and a way to overcome this place."

"Then how?"

"And that's the bad news. The only way for us to leave this world is through something so impossible that even the God, Destiny, couldn't think of how that's possible."

"...So we're doomed." Lea frowned.

"Wait! Let's not lose hope, my dear enemy. We have here the chosen champion of Fate. Do you have an idea how to get out of this world?"

"Yes. We basically have to travel to the edge of this Universe and use tremendous energy to break out of this scroll."

"...What?" Listrel was shocked.

"Break out of the scroll?! You need to have the power of that God, Histerion!"

"Yes. Remember what the state of this scroll was?"

"It was burning! If that was the rendition of how the universe is, then it means that this Universe is burning! It's deteriorating! Which means we are doomed!" Lea cursed.

"Not yet. It was in the process of being burned. To be more precise, it was being purged. Did you not feel it? The power that sent us here? That heat?"

"Heat? I did feel that heat when Histerion pulled us out of our previous world. And I felt the same heat entering this." Listrel recalled.

"Yes. Of the many elements that I have studied, there is one that was hardest to find. While there have been sources of this element, it was very weak or too little that a cultivator could train in it."

"You're talking about Brimstone. You're saying that this world is being purged by Brimstone?" Listrel asked.

"I know it is. Fate knows that there is a way to get out of here. And when I saw the creatures that caused the apocalypse of this world, I realized that there is someone who can get us out of here! They were made of Brimstone! They were beings of ash and fire. Most forms of elemental-based attacks won't work on it. It absorbs fire, holy, and earth, melts ice and metal, is immune to lightning, wind, entropy, and it purges water and dark."

"Then how did you kill such a beast with your current power? Your current form is clearly even weaker when we fought!"

"Yes. I should have the strength of a Captain. But I have True Cut."

"True Cut?! Wait! You're the sword expert! The one that created a ripple! The Code of Hyperion!" Lea realized it.

"Steele? It can't be...! You're a Steel?"

"No. I'm an adopted member. I learned the Code of Steel. My adoptive parents are the real descendants of Steel. But honestly, with all the problems we face, that's not important right now. What is important is that the reason this scroll is burning is that Histerion is burning it. Those beings that we saw were the manifestation of him burning the scroll. They are creatures of Brimstone. And that could be the ticket to get us out of here."

"So we have Brimestone. We can harness that energy, and then we could break out of this world!" Listrel finally had hope.

"But how are we going to go to the end of the universe? We are still in Planesworld! How can we even journey through the stars! Not even my father or Listrel's father would be capable of interstellar flight without Codes and Corruption." Lea asked.

"I have no idea. As I said, even Destiny thinks it's an impossible task. That's why he agreed to Fate sending me here." Kyros shrugged.

"...We're doomed." Listrel finally agreed to Lea's assessment.