Chapter 896 Final Preparations Before The New Age

Sitting in the cafeteria, Madison was eating some food while glancing at the rest of the party.

"So can you lot fill me in on what's been happening recently?" Madison asked as Shiro nodded her head.

"Of course, but I'm sure there's something else that we're curious about first. How did you reach tier 6 directly and why did it take so long for you to evolve?" Shiro asked as the party nodded their heads.

"Hm… well while I was in the crystal, I was actually in a different space. I met the old god that I'm a descendant of and he was helping me master my power as well as help me refine my energy to reach tier 6." Madison shrugged while eating another mouthful of food.

"So you met the Demon God Markon huh? Did he tell you anything important about the new age?" Shiro asked curiously.

"Not really. All he said was that since I've allied myself with you, it's best that I prepare myself for grave dangers. He didn't explain what the dangers were since he wanted me to master my energy first but he mentioned that it was something to do with demons." Madison replied.

"Ah right, I might have pissed off 60+ Demon Gods but that's not important for now. It's not like they're arriving immediately so we can set them aside." Shiro nodded nonchalantly as Madison dropped her fork.

"Anyways, I think you were able to reach tier 6 so quickly is because Markon must have shared some of his power with you. While it's only a little, I definitely sense some Divine Energy in your body that's constantly helping you refine your energy. From now on, even if you don't do anything, you'll get stronger. I'm not sure what your lifespan is right now but it's far surpassed what could be considered the limit. While you might not be ageless like a god, I can say that you'll live for a long f*cking time." Shiro grinned and gave her a thumbs up.

"Madi, even though you're the one who wanted to be the most normal out of all of us, you're actually the closest one to reaching Shiro's standard since you've got Divine Energy in you now." Lyrica laughed as Madison wanted to cry.

However, her chances of being normal were long obliterated since she finally found out the reason for awakening her bloodline.

That was because the moment she met Shiro, her bloodline that belonged to a god reacted to her dormant Divine Energy! She was doomed the moment she met Shiro!

Even if they didn't become friends, she would have become abnormal sooner or later.

Thinking back to this, Madison felt like crying again.

'Goodbye, normality. It was fun knowing you, even if it was all just an illusion!'

"So is there anything else that I need to know? I'm sure it is less shocking than the fact that she pretty much pissed off an entire pantheon of gods." Madison asked while resting her chin on the table.

"Should I summarise everything related to gods first so that we can get it out of the way?" Shiro asked as Madison nodded.

"Let's see, in terms of enemies, you already know about the 60+ Demon Gods. However, I have also pissed off two light goddesses, a light god, Zeus, Poseidon and maybe a few others from the Greek pantheon. In terms of Allies, I have close ties with Hades' since my bloodline is that of reapers that work under him. I also have the five primordial gods backing me up along with the being before them, Chaos. You'll see them during the second half of the new age when the gods descend. Gaia is nice, she's a battle junkie like me but she doesn't have much combat power so we'll be using mechs for her. Nyx is nice too. Some of the oldies sound strict and mean but just think of them as tsundere's and it'll be fine. Hmm what else… ah right. I've become a proper Demi God now and Lisandra will be able to use Divine Energy once she finishes her upgrade to tier 6." Shiro explained as Madison was trying her best not to react to the things that she had just said so nonchalantly even though they were completely insane.

[Gaia wishes to express her agreement]

[Chronos, Ouranos and Tartarus are raising their eyebrows at your statement of calling them oldies.]

[Nyx is laughing at the three god's expressions while restraining Gaia so that she may not propose using the system message.]

Reading the three notifications, Shiro's smile twitched as she showed a hologram of the messages to the party.

"See? They're not as majestic as you might imagine." Shiro shrugged.

Seeing this, Madison decided to focus on her meal while listening to everything.

Looking at the city, she didn't think that something like this was actually possible but that wasn't her main focus.

"Uhhggg…. I actually missed your birthday." Madison sighed.

"It's fine there's always a party next year you know?" Shiro chuckled as Madison nodded.

"I know but hais, stupid crystal actually sealed me up for so long. Plus, Markon was so happy to see his great great repeated many times granddaughter. We settled for just calling me grand daughter and me calling him gramps but I have to say, my impression of gods from now on is pretty much shattered. I thought gramps was an exception but it seems like all the gods aren't so different. At least the ones you know." Madison shrugged as Shiro nodded.

"True. With how the system is, I'd say that Gods are just very powerful people that lived for a long time. There hasn't been a true biblical god that is all powerful and all knowing. Though I guess the system fits that premise a little doesn't it?" Shiro smiled however she knew that it couldn't be called the biblical god either.

After all, her future self removed it from this world!

She still had her concerns about it since she didn't know what caused her to remove the system.

Plus, Lisandra was still 'normal' right now. Her wings were still white and it was nothing like the black wings she had in the future.

'Maybe Lisandra was the cause? If I was to think of it as a fallen angel, something might have happened that forced her to fall hence why I got rid of the system. If the system isn't around, she'll keep her sense of self since falling was something caused by the system.' Shiro thought to herself.

{Take it easy for now Shiro. While there are many mysteries around the system, the benefits it brings can't be denied. Since it hasn't acted up for now, we should let it be but keep an eye on it.} Nimue reminded as Shiro nodded her head.

'Don't worry I know. Setting that aside, how's Estrella doing?' Shiro asked.

{Her aura is increasing but it's slow. It's similar to what happened with Madison but it's being stretched out. At this rate, she'll reach tier 6 after the new age starts.}

'Hmm… that delays things a bit but that's fine. We don't need to get the gateway constructed immediately. Since our territory is limited to just this city, I can stay here and monitor everything. Even if they invade, I'll send them out. But once we have more cities, the gateway will be needed.'

"I know that Madison's just woken up but do you want to make a move on getting the Demons into the city now?" Nan Tian asked.

Thinking about it, Shiro glanced at Madison.

"What do you think? Since you're their ruler now, it's up to you. Plus, you also need to set up your anchor don't you?" Shiro smiled as Madison nodded her head.

"Yeah I'll help you move everyone to this city. As for my anchor, gramps helped me make it and compress it down to this jewel. Right now it has no benefits but the moment I want to set it down, he said that I can just push my energy through it and it'll expand. He did say that I should make a contract with you first before putting it down since we're allies. It'll make the process easier because the system apparently recognises us as enemies if we set the anchor next to one another and changing that is a pain." Madison shrugged as Shiro nodded her head.

"Sure, we'll work on the contract once we get everyone to the city. The demons might take some more convincing so we should start immediately." Shiro smiled as they discussed their plans for a little longer before setting course for the Demon Continent again.