BOOK 2/46 - Chaos vs God King

ATHENA'S POV

There was something wrong. Something different about the mobs now. The first thing was in their numbers and types.

Crystal golem's, serpents, birds, deers, spiders, Yetis, wind elementals and all the mobs of all five floors were here. I twisted away from a golem's blow., essence flooding the wisp I held. I dropped it and mind leaped just as detonated clearing a bit of the mobw.

The second difference was in the creatures themselves. Unlike before when I could mind sculpt them to my bidding. Now it was hard, impossible. Each time I tried I hit a wall of light blocking me off from their minds.

The Seraphim Warrior's sword cleaved through a group of monsters of all kinds. I was gone before another group could retaliate. Appearing at the edge of the temple I flicked my wrist.

Vines, big , large, small, thin , fast and slow erupted from the temple ground. Mobs were speared through, some were constricted and squeezed.

I had been so busy fighting I fled to notice some of the more important mobs had drawn back. My body was suddenly smashed down into the ground.

I didn't even get to groan as I was hit again sinking deeper into the ground. Mind Leap.

I reappeared in the corner of the room only for another pillar of holy energy to smash me down again. My skin burned, my veins ignited. My throat got parched like I needed water. Mind leap and Side step were disrupted as I tried to flee but I couldn't.

The pillar winked off and the mobs were back on me. My Mind Leap worked this time and I crashed into the entrance on my back.
The mobs didn't care. The ground shook, a sthe raced for me. My burns had been tatted and torn apart by the ones that managed to survive.

I saw it then. The glare of golden white light that spawned more of these things. Its just making...more. Anger landed up my chest and the Bastard sword appeared in my palm quickly. The forest pendant vanished and the Celestial Amulet replaced it.

It's not full. But it should be enough. Tugging at the strings as the things got to me I mid leapef to the corner of the room again. The sword glowed and pulsed brightly as celestial energy flooded it. I side stepped back to the entrance redirecting the attacking mobs back to my new location.

Now.

I dashed forward sword ready to swing. My eyes crossed the small horde and found a spot, tight at the throne's stairway. I swung.

Mind Leap.

I appeared right on the steps sword already quarter way swung. The beam of energy that blazed free of the sword shook the air.

The Boss jerked but I was faster. White solid chains looped around his arm and feet binding him to his throne.

BOOM!!!

The strike reached and the explosion sent vibrations through the ground. I could feel my chains shatter. Glancing behind me I found the mob still there, charging back at me.

The Pendant switched back for the Amulet. I stomped the steps. Unnecessary but helpful in controlling the large vines that smashed below the stairs and shot forward like serpents bowling over the mobs. Smaller bones grew from the large vines and grabbed , crushed and flung foes away.

I sent the bastard sword away and sculpted a Large spear and Shield for myself. I darted forward, spear shooting forward in a thrust. The fell mob fell, and I drew back my weapon while spinning and smacking my shield into another.

I stomped the ground again pulling out the vines to assist in blocking off sowm attacks while I killed the others. I drained another essence orb. My spear kept shifting between spear and a short sword as I impaled, and cleaved through the mobs.

I knew the boss wasn't dead but I knew it wouldn't be so easy to kill it. Best to cull the mob a bit and then engage it once it stands before it can spawn more. Wait, is that hwy I can't control them. Their it's mobs and not the dungeons.

I wasn't sure so I shrugged. Spinning to face another attack I let it clang of my shield then I kicked the thing away. Mind Leap took me clear out of the way of one of the Sentinel's attacks. A golden hammer smashing into my former spot.

Sidestepping to its side I slashed. The force blade bit deep but only carved a deep line that spilled light not blood. It still staggered meaning it felt it. My shield me and sword vanished and I clapped. Vines burst out in a circle forming a wall as I summoned the bastard sword.

I swung separating its head from its body. I unsummoned the sword and reformed my force shield and spear. Seraphim Knights flew into the circle with me. I leaped up to meet them. Their swords swung and slashes of fire descended for me. Mind Leap took me higher and above them.

Using sidestep I appear next to them and formed a sheet of force that I stood on. I decapitated one, stabbed one through the helmet, abandoning the sword in it I formed another more longer blade and swung out cleaving open the others.

I jumped off the sheet to the ground and attacked the others. Armor, bodies and crystals fell around me. I blocked a deer's antler bash with my shield. Will my blood work on it instead. Maybe something like Tepes.

I pushed it back and stabbed forward. The length of my sword and it's distance gave it false safety. The sword bloomed a s extendwd into a spear. Golden ichor spilled around as the spear lanced out from its back cleanly severing its spine.

It happened then.

The temple trembled. The mobs still attacked me but my eyes were now on the shaking walls and pieces of rubble around. I ducked a Throne Guardian's slash and kicked away another Seraphim Knight.

My eyes darted to the throne. Is it up?. The smoke and dust from the throne had long faded and the thorn lay in shambles. There was no boss. Hmmh. It can't be dead. I moved around a crystal golem. Vines grew around it and squeezed. I didn't get a kill notification.

The ground trembled again. Then there's that. What is it doing?.

I got my answer the next moment though as the ground beneath my feet exploded throwing me up as well as chunks of stones and sand. The Boss too.

It looked smaller, much my size. Golden armor wrapping it's white form snuggly. A golden helmet as well.

What happened next was so fast. Midair it formed a sword of light and cleaved through the air at me. My blade of Force met it and the sound of both meeting was an explosion of air and sound. Knocked back when as we fell I remade another long sword to take away the distance it had.

We landed with the ground shattering. It stood upright and I mimicked it. Then it moved. The earth behind it blasting down the force of the motion. I moved as well sword and sheild raised.

The clash was like before. Air and sound knocking out blades away from he other. It thrusted and I knocked the sword aside with my shield and brought my blade around to take it's arm.

It vanished in an eruption of light. Hot searing pain flashed up my back and I Mind leaped to safety. I couldn't even glare as I realized this was exactly like I did.

I watched it wrupt into light that almost blinded me again. I side stepped and grinned as it's blade hit the ground. I dove into its shoulder checking it to the ground.

Mistake.

Grabbing me in firm hug it reared up its featureless face. I felt the heat first before the pressure. Hot searing pain that quickly became pressure.i thrashed, trying to run.

Mind Sculpt.

It was a rey but it failed. Fortunately it caused a jerk from and the skilk faded. I Side stepped away. It was up and next to me though. The sword was gone and in its place was the scepter it held before.
The thing hit me hard and it felt like a planet had bowled into me.

BOOM!!!

The explosion of air and the rupture of sound as I flew through the temple and into the Throne was jarring.

Another burst of light and It was bringing the scepter down on me again. I flinched and a sheet of force blocked me. The scepter smashed into it and I felt the crack spread before I saw it.

It smashed into the sheet again and I frowned mending the sheet again as I tried to understand how to take this thing. Its a creature of light. Like the sentinels it made. Probably won't even take damage if I cut into it. Well maybe not with my force Sword.

My sheet shattered and the scepter struck. The blow was less with the shield taking the brunt but it still collapsed the Throne and sent me burrowing into the ground.

I tried to side step but a burst of light struck me so hard it burned through my thigh. Then it cast another light beam and another. The pressure was keeping the pain away but I could feel the pressure weakening me.

Its burning me from inside. Purifying me. IT was dangerous. I couldn't imagine what dark aligned beings would feel. How was this thing so strong anyway.

I caught the next blow. Tugging the scepter towards me I waved my hand and chains formed from nothing binding it's waist and harms.

Skill. It fights better. I'm just floundering and depending on my power. I frowned. "Well power is all I got and yet that doesn't do anything. Why?". It smashed through my chains and tried to move with the light thing. It didn't work.

I guess so can disrupt it just like it does me. Focus. My skills are just plain. Weapons, vines , chains. Nothing that has really hurt it. So I need to create something that can hurt it.

I could also use my willpower infusion to amplify the power and lethality. I tried to think on anything I had made which would be useful. That was when the peaky mobs began dropping down the hole to me
I gritted my teeth.

"Ahhhh". It must have called them to distract me. The situation was frustrating. I had to fight it's armies and then it and then it and ts armies. It was getting seriously unfair. Is this the work us Elders must suffer for our power.

Gritting my teeth with frustration I couldn't helo my indiscriminate use of vines and chains around me to keep them at bay. Soon though I had to let go of the chain to cut down the mobs.

I knew I just made a grave mistake when I felt the descent of the light pillar. It was seriously over using that skill.

I grunted as the pressure held me in place. Retreating into my mind I thought of ideas ways to beat it. I tried creating a shield and using willpower infusion on it but the light just kept interfering.

I kept trying though. Its using it longer this time. A bit of panic reared its head in my mind. Its trying to end this now. There's something I should be able to do. There has to be.

I kept trying to form the shield but it kept failing.Him. deciding to try attacking him I quickly focused on forming a chain around him.

It worked.

The skill wavered and I squeezed my fist. The skill shut off and I turned to it. I felt the chains shatter and then it fell inside with me. Golden gauntlets adorned its knuckles. Knuckles it threw at me with power. I formed a shield to block the attempts and I could see the head shake it made in frustration.

Light and heat seemed to just spill out of it and press against the wall. It didn't stop punching. The cracks intensified. I used as much Willpower Infusion as I could. The cracks mended as the formed z the shield grew denser, thicker Qnd more durable.

The boos simply upped its ante.

Attack it.

The thought registered again and I flicked my wrist. Chains. It'll break. Something to contain. To hold. A sphere. Invincible. I moved my fingers and suddenly the boss punches stopped. Its light held around it in a sphere.

BOOM!!

The sphere shattered and it laid into my shield again.

I grunted from the backlash of the sphere breaking and glared. It worked but I need something more. Think.

"My force and it's light is disrupted when the meet". I blinked. But the celestial amulet and Bastard Sword works just fine. Wist didn't I do this with the wisps too. Cage them and feed them power to blow up.

"What's the difference?". I took an orb from my storage and drained it.

"The sphere is weak. Meds to be stronger. I used Willpower Infusion to empower the sphere but the light is interfering". But it works fine with the sword and amulet.

I thought back to how I'm used the sword and amulet while holding the shielf and fixing it.

I thought of the energy I drew from the amulet, down to the sword. I controlled it, but I can't use Divine essense unless I'm filtering it for my essence. I blinked and looked up at the still enraged boss.

"Let's see".

I formed the sphere again. Quickly I formed a second and then a third sphere around the others. The Boss energy flashed and pressed against the shield.

Don't fight. The energy flowed through the sphere and into the second and then the third spaces between the spheres. The more it poured the more Divine energy gathered between the spheres.

The energy built.up and I realized the sheer amount would blow the sphere. I need to use the essence or send it somewhere.

A tube. I formed a tube to the outer sphere and let the Divine essence flow through and to me. First I tried filtering and absorbing the essence for my use. Too raw. Then I tried directing it to the amulet first and then to the bastard sword.

Powering both of them I see the boss was still going. And it didn't seem to like what I was doing. I ignored it. Crouching I picked up a dull Crystal orb. It was an essence orb that had been drained and dropped.

Holding it up I directed the essence into the orb and watched with glee as itturned a bright gold. A notification appeared to the side of my vision.


**Reality Sculptor**:
At this level, you can manipulate reality over a larger area, (triple your previous range) and create even more intricate, complex and stable environments or objects. The changes you make now require minimal effort to sustain them.The environment or objects you shape now feel more "real" and can have real-world properties, including resistance, density, weight, and texture.


**Willpower Imbue**:
You can now imbue larger objects with even more of your willpower, enhancing their properties significantly. The effects now last for as long as you spend essence, and the construct gain dual elemental traits. Additionally, you can imprint an object with sentience or a breactive ability depending on the construct allowing it to respond to your commands or the environment. This makes the object capable of limited autonomous actions.


I felt the range not just expand but explode outwards. White light leaked from my scales and skin, my horns gain a white hot glow and my eyes felt warm. I couldn't see it pulsing with white light, bright as torches.

I felt when my range washed over the finishing battle beyond the temple. Everyone was still standing albeit with a few injuries. My mind brushed against Tepes who shared curiosity at the feeling of my range washing over him.

He grabbed unto it and amplified it extending my range even farther than should have been possible. My senses had been overwhelmed to the extent that I forgot I was holding a boss prisoner. And that said boss had other skills to use.

I didn't realize untill the began attacking that he'd spawned more of those things. I neglected to keep the essence siphon going. Essence Siphon. Vines rose again to buy me time and I found the solution to this stupid problem.

I grabbed unto every intact and working mob armor within my range. I covered both the last battle and the field with the Seraphim Knights thanks to Tepes. I sculpted their parts, forming arms, legs, or heads for them. Willpower Infusion surged into each and when I snapped the connection I knew it had worked.

My vision blanked out.

I was standing next to one feathered being and a four eyed entity. Where am I?

There was a crowd of similar feathered beings but I could see the difference in the two talking. While one was completely different the other whole similar to the crowd had four eyes instead of two.

Before I could understand though I noticed something else. Woah. Two beings of gold held down a winged man. They were equally winged but I knew they were fat different from the others around. A third winged man. Muscular with golden bands around his arms and a Circlet on his head held a large sword.

An execution.

The two entities arguef more and while I couldn't hear a word said I sensed when the conversation became heated. The next moment the entity who was different appeared next to the execution.

He did something to them. I could see the dark tendrils holding the winged beings. Angels?.

I forgot the thought as before my eyes I watched the entity possess the male about to be killed.

A pool of darkness gripped me and I was tugged down.

It felt like I was drowning but soon I was dumped in another scene. A city, filled with beings that were dark and purple yet similar to the ones from earlier. Above the city was a floating island.



**You have gained Domain - Mental Force**

Domain of Mental Force

The Domain of Mental Force governs the unseen powers of the mind, focusing on the strength, resilience, and manipulation of mental energies. It involves not just the inner workings of thought, but the projection and defense of mental power across realms.

Psychic Surgery: This portfolio represents the ability to heal and repair the minds of others through precise, controlled mental intervention.

Mental Shields: The portfolio allows the creation of powerful mental defenses to protect oneself and others from psychic intrusion, manipulation, or mental attacks.

Psychic Assault: The offensive aspect of mental force, allowing one to attack another's mind directly.

Mind Control: The portfolio Influences and dominate the minds of others, bending their thoughts, emotions, and actions to the will.



**You have gained Domain - Chaos**

Domain of Chaos

The Domain of Chaos embodies the forces of unpredictability, disorder, and transformation. It is a domain that revels in upheaval and change, constantly disrupting the status quo to create new possibilities. Chaos isn't purely destructive; it is the force that drives innovation, evolution, and the breakdown of rigid structures that no longer serve a purpose.

Anarchy: The power to break down established systems, structures, and hierarchies. Anarchy allows the wielder to incite rebellion, undo order, and create moments of pure freedom from rules or constraints, making everything unpredictable.

Disorder: The manipulation of randomness and confusion. Disorder allows the wielder to disrupt plans, sabotage strategies, and create chaos in both battle and society. It can dissolve organization and cause chaos on a battlefield, leaving foes disoriented and ineffective.

Mutation: The force of sudden and unpredictable change. Mutation governs the ability to alter reality itself, whether it's transforming physical forms, abilities, or the very rules of nature.

Entropic Force: The power to accelerate the decay of systems, objects, or even people. Entropy is the ultimate force of breakdown, making things fall apart and dissolve into chaos.



"Hah. Two at once". Suddenly the frustration and annoyance I felt with the boss diminished.

I willed Disorder and a blast of pressure spread through the temple. Around me the new mobs attacked themselves. I had a shit eating grin as I began walking through the fight killing any that was close enough to attack me while closing in on the Boss.

It was still adamantly trying to release itself. I released the sphere. Like expected the moment its feet touched ground it vanished in an explosion of divine energy. I sensed it the moment it appeared. My Reality Sculptor range marked him, my domains marked him. I Mind Leaped behind him as he swung his fist at me.

I grabbed his head.

Psychic Assault activated. Mind Control activated. And my skill Mind Sculpt activated.


**Boss - Celestial Sovereign the God King Slain**
**Floor Five Cleared**
**Dungeon Tafiti cleared**


**Floor Rewards**:

**Ascended Essence Orbs**: + 4

**Divine Shards**: + 20
Rare items used in high-level crafting and enchantments. These shards can be used to create or enhance divine artifacts and are highly sought after.

**Sovereign Celestial Essence**:+ 1
A powerful essence that greatly enhances all abilities. When absorbed, it provides a permanent boost to Power.

**Boss Reward**:
- Sovereign's Scepter: A legendary artifact granted to those who defeat the Celestial Sovereign. The scepter enhances divine power, granting the wielder control over light and boosting all attributes significantly. The scepter also provides the ability to channel powerful divine spells and abilities, making it an unparalleled weapon in battle.

**Dungeon Clear Rewards**:
- Dungoen Core: ?????


I sighed in relief and collapsed on my butt with a sigh. I didn't even bother checking with the now Mind Sculpted boss. I formed a wall of force behind me and wanted on it. I was so tired.

Outside the sound of a charging army rushing up the stairs made me grin. I'll let them clean up. Ignoring the amount of corpses, armor pieces, crystals and rocks strewn around, as well as the still confused mobs I leaned back to rest.

Another notification popped up but ignored it for now. The subtle signs of an ability activating around me was ignored.