The World's most Overpowered Side-Character

Chapter 242: Unkind Fate.

"Let's quickly find Ikaris and the others and get the hell out of here before-"

The Captain had once again returned and was in the middle of issuing an order when he and his vice-captains felt a throbbing sensation against their skulls as though the space they occupied was collapsing on them.

He didn't see it, and the other three were blind to it as well, what they collectively recalled of the next two seconds was the shattering of the planet they occupied, it happened so fast that they did not even regroup immediately and instead floated through a field of debris wondering what had hit them.

"What the hell was that?" The Baldy rubbed his head while he scanned, but there was nothing there, Dina had vanished, the rift that would have led them to Alpha's dimension had disappeared and all that remained were the chunks of a former dwarf planet rapidly spreading through the void.

"Dina!" Arla ran from Ikaris's side and slit to Sol when he appeared in their midst cradling her gently with his hair blazing and his face contorted in a pained expression. "Is she..." Arla wanted to ask, but when she saw Sol's expression she held her hand over her heart and began weeping. "I'm sorry, Master, I should have remained at he'd side-"

"She's alive, Arla," Sol closed his eyes and held Dina tighter and the elf watched the four gaping holes in her torso quickly shut and witnessed her chest rise and fall slowly as she began breathing again. "Please, take her." He looked up at Arla and she sucked in a breath when she saw the ominous black rim around his eyes. "I have to go back outside."

"Where are we?" Alpha asked. "I have been trying but aside from this physical self, my power over all has been completely shut off."

"Ikaris, don't come any closer," Sol stood and turned his back to her when she took the newborn from Sara's grasp and turned to him, ignoring Alpha's question entirely.

Ikaris's stride faltered and her smile slowly turned into a concerned frown. "I keep fucking up, this time I barely made it at all -I had to force her to stay alive again." He rested his hands on his hips and hung his head low.

"Master Vestic, these enemies are all easily more powerful than the likes of Void or even Darkness and HIM, the one who leads them, in particular, is especially powerful, it is advised that you retreat now while you still have a chance and find an alternative means to beat them later on," Alpha teleported to his side and stared up at him.

"What are you even saying, do you have any idea what's out there, do you even know why I brought you here to The Beginning rather than to some random universe like before?" Sol glared at her and she lowered her gaze and took a few steps away from him.

"As I said, I have been blind ever since you took us here," Alpha admitted and Sol huffed again.

"Sol," Ikaris called his name with her voice broken and her eyes streaming with tears. "Is there no other way, will you not at the very least see her before you go again?"

"It seems..." Sol raised his head and looked around at Ikaris. "I'm already starting the day as a terrible father-" His voice was abruptly cut as he disappeared, leaving an echo while a small house on an isolated hill in the great grey space appeared. Continue reading at m|v-l'e-NovelFire

"Why did he do that?" Usami gestured to Ikaris when she slumped and held the child firmly. "He could have at least-"

"No, I understand, I completely understand." Ikaris was raised off the surface by an unseen force and brought to the house on the hill and placed directly onto the bed while Arla carried Dina on her shoulders and the others followed suit.

"Ikaris, you say you understand but... I've never seen such an expression on you before, not even when he... When Sitri attacked us." Usami stared at her visibly disturbed as she saw Ikaris crying while Sara helped her relax and cradle the baby properly, exposing her little head of dark brown hair as she soundlessly clung to her.

"I do understand, if he has brought us here then that means nowhere in the collective is safe, I know you can't feel it, but didn't you see the pain in his eyes?" She asked.

"The Beginning is the only place where they are unable to find us, but as it is the safest safe here it is also very dangerous, the powers that it manifests are terrifying beyond what any of us can counter or resist."

"I may be able to withstand it for a longer period, as well as Arla, Dina and the baby because we are all connected to Sol, body and soul, but for the rest of you, the beginning will reject your existence and slowly eject you, if he takes too long... you might end up in some random place or dead."

"Nowhere in the collective is safe...?" Arla took a seat and rested Dina's head on her lap sighing as her face showed the worry she failed to speak or express. "Master must be so overwrought," She sighed a second time.

"Which is why he left us so urgently," Dr'ul sat and held Renia who was still more shaken than anyone else. "Between the time that Alpha took us away and he arrived something more must have happened."

"I would show what is happening on the outside if I could, but the powers of the Godslayer are always outside of my grasp, it doesn't matter when or where, whenever it comes to master I have limits to what I can do, I apologise," Alpha hung her head low sitting with her legs crossed.

"You are not being blamed for anything, Alpha," Dina slowly opened her eyes and hoarsely spoke igniting the I treat of the others.

"Stay still, you have healed but your body has yet to-"

"It's just a small headache," Dina raised herself from Arla's lap and stared at everyone. "We just have to trust that he'll handle it."

"Indeed," Ikaris agreed, cradling the infant as she held on to and squished her face against her breast with a gleeful smile.

"She hasn't made a peep yet, is it supposed to be like this?" Usami asked, remembering that when Gia was born she was so loud she thought her eardrums would fissure and pop.

"She is quiet because I asked her to be," Ikaris answered resting her lips again at the baby's palm and smiling sweetly at her as they both emitted a slight glow. "She is already very obedient-"

"May I approach?" An unfamiliar voice called from the bottom of the hill, and while everyone else went on high alert, Ikaris kissed the baby's sad cheeks again and hushed her. "I wish to see her."

"There -there, little one, she means no harm," Ikaris leaned and looked to the door. "She's a friend of your dad's." She smiled and nodded, mere seconds later there were knocks against the door and once again everyone went on guard. "All of you behave," Ikaris ordered them and watched them calm down one after the other. "You are free to enter, Lumi."

"Pardon the intrusion," Lumi pushed the door open and stepped through, it was strange though, she had no glow at all, she simply looked like a being made of blue-ish surfaces, with hair as white as snow and eyes crimson and bright.

"You... Are Vatui?" Ikaris stared at her face, at how beautiful she was even though she was blue and Lumi chuckled and shook in the negative at her question as she walked past everyone else and took a seat at her side after conjuring a chair much like Sol usually did.

"I am not, Milady," Lumi chuckled again. "I simply suppressed my light and reinforced a surface to hide it so I may cause no harm to those who cannot witness my power."

Lumi smiled at Ikaris's shocked expression and then looked down at the baby again. "Goodness, she is brimming with power nearly comparable to that of her father," Lumi looked up at Ikaris again and slowly reached for the child, pressing her finger against her cheek and causing her to peer her big eyes open, revealing two bright pools of blue the same as Ikaris's.

"You may look like your mommy, but those are definitely the eyes of that defiant Godslayer aren't they?" Lumi chuckled and then looked up at Ikaris once more.

"On that topic," Ikaris narrowed her eyes and picked the child from her lap holding her against her chest and covering her in a veil of warm mana hiding her from the others as she began breastfeeding her. "You have control over The Beginning just as much as my husband, can you tell me what is happening outside?"

"As it does not tamper with fate's will you may know," Lumi nodded and closed her eyes.

Before the complete destruction of the 3795th fleet and the death of all its captains aside from Captain Law who was on suspension after trying to resign, they managed to send an emergency broadcast to the outside, the 100th fleet responded, although they are much smaller than the 3795th, they are far more powerful, and the one spearheading the reinforcement is someone who could fight the Godslayer all on his own..."

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Sol stood on a piece of debris with his body emitting radiant gold like a healthy sun and his eyes set on the hundreds of ships before him.

[What he faces is a second invasion that is happening across multiple breaches in several different areas within your collective]

[Your collective is now a hot target]

[The Emporium Is here]

"Can he defeat that Captain?" Arla asked worriedly.

"He could," Lumi answered glancing at her and then looking at Ikaris again. "But I am afraid fate is not always kind, the one who is considered his enemy is not alone, there are others of nigh similar power to his across his armada."

"If the Godslayer chooses to fight this army, it will result in his death."