The World's most Overpowered Side-Character

Chapter 360 Grand-Scale Threats.

"You are leaving?" Dr'ul Stood from her seat in the lounge of the Vestic estates. "Is that a good idea considering the threat looms over our heads?" She stared at him so intently it seemed nigh hostile.

"What about Umbra and the Dark One?"

"Umbra is currently locked in trying to enshrowd and absorb the core of Khalla-Boris, he doesn't have the ability to attack right now, unless he chooses to abandon that he won't be moving for another month at least," Sol retored.

"And as for the Dark One; she has shown up several times already, but has shown no interest in anything other than to observe, I don't know why, but I get the feeling that she does not have the means to outright attack us, otherwise there is no telling whether the Grand wouldn't already have been thrown into darkness long ago."

"I would like to ask that you all try to understand," Ikaris continued sipping her tea daintily, sitting next to him while Talia was seated at her side in a baby chair to keep her still. "Sol has always done what is best for us, at every given point he selfishly takes risks with us at the forefront of his mind..."

*Sip*

"And it's no different this time," Sol admitted, resting his nose on his clasped fists. "The real goal here this time it so see if I could potentially find an ally; someone that could possibly help me in dealing with the Dark One, I don't usually even think about seeking help, but that's because usually there is nobody there to really help, I hate to say it to your faces like this; but you're

all

weak."

"Ouch," Dina placed her hand over her heart jokingly but the goddess of war was still far from receptive of the idea, she had just returned, ready to do his bidding, but now his bidding in her eyes was to abandon them, regardless of how he said it, that was how she was viewing it.

"What if they attack as soon as you are gone?" Dr'ul shook her head in denial, causing her siblings and the others in the massively extended lounge to nod in agreement with her scepticism.

"What if they do not, your Excellency?" Arla spoke up after sipping politely and then placing her tea on the table where Sara quickly removed it while Alpha went around cleaning up and laying down snacks.

"Master has already made up his mind, why are you trying so hard to stop him?" She added and the goddess huffed and sat in her seat causing it to rattle with Cecelia and Renia on her left and right. "You should be looking at the positives right now-"

"I totally understand what he means and his intentions, Arla," Dr'ul admitted with a sigh. "But the timing is ill-advised, we are in a turning point in a war that had previously been on hiatus, his presence is what rallied the entire Grand Collective, what happens when the leader of a movement disappears?" She asked.

"Another rises to take their place, whether that be temporary or permanent, every shoe can be filled." Dina retorted with a little more heat in her tone than before. "Master is doing this for the good of us all, he has already told you that at the first sign of something bad happening he will immediately return, what more of a promise than that do you need?" She narrowed her eyes and the goddess glared at her in return. "Just suck it up already-"

"When did you get so bold, even in Sol and Ikaris's presence, I am still your superior, watch your tone, fledgling!" Dr'ul warned Dina, and the new Goddess sneered and sat forward ready to retort again, but it was Sol's hand that stopped her from standing when he nudged her back into her seat.

"Dina," Ikaris looked around at her. "Do not start unnecessary fights with anyone over situations that can be resolved with words."

"But she isn't-"

"Dr'ul is an ally,

your

superior and our close friend, believe me, I am not against punishing you as well if you make an issue out of this," Ikaris stared at her, her eyes held no hostility but her words were chilling to the bone.

"In every land there has to be order, not even you are exempt from these rules, understood?"

"..."

"Dina."

"Yes," She calmly replied, lowering her gaze and biting her lower lip while her mana calmed. "I understand, I'm sorry," She looked up at Dr'ul and the goddess nodded and then looked at Ikaris again.

"Before you start, I will admit," Ikaris stared at Dr'ul, lacking the same kindness she had shown in her warning to Dina. "What Dina said is not wrong, Dr'ul, pushing for a change on this decision is pointless."

"Suck it up and move on,"

Ikaris glared, leaving the Goddess of War frozen when the blues of Ikaris's eyes seemed to pierce her soul and leave an imprint of fear within her. "This is happening regardless of your blessing, understood?"

"I..." Dr'ul raised her head and then very slowly lowered her chin in a nod of acceptance. "Yes, Understood-"

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Talia exclaimed, and without hesitance or even looking her way, Ikaris caught the child's hand and directed her palm upwards where a large bolt of raw mana ripped through the roof again, leaving everyone speechless when it easily travelled into the outer atmosphere and detonated while the baby laughed at the lights and debris falling.

"What the hell was that?" Cecelia's eyes were as wide as lamps. "Who taught the baby offensive magic!?" She exclaimed.

"Nobody, she learnt it on her own from always playing with her mana," Alpha responded, waving her hand and fixing the ceiling. "Master and Lady Ikaris seem amused rather than bothered by her power.

"Indeed we are," Ikaris chuckled. "Those little explosion spells of hers are cleverly adorable!" She pinched Talia's cheek after releasing her hand, placing a mana orb in her lap. "She is growing fast, at this rate by the time she is a year old she will probably already be walking and talking fluently, and possibly creating new magic."

"We made a total badass of a babuu~" Sol on the other side ruffled her hair with praise cooing and blushing.

"I swear..." Dina stared. "Only you two would not think this is terrifying, the other day she nearly blew my head off, I barely managed to react fast enough!"

"Haha, then be quicker next time, she is only a baby," Ikaris laughed, remembering how Dina had been freaked out by Talia's power as a toddler.

"She has as much mana as a cosmic deity..." Arla mused. "That is shocking, and wildly interesting, Master!" She pleadingly looked across Ikaris at Sol. "Can I begin teaching her defensive spells?" She asked excitedly. "I will keep them purely defensive so she refrains from hurting anyone around her."

"She does seem to like whatever you teach her," Sol admitted, and Ikaris nodded and smiled at the elf. "It seems like a good idea."

"... I thought my family was weird, but you lot make the Pantheon seem like normal people." Dr'ul commented, and Ikaris burst out laughing since she had been of the same thought while seeing Arla offer her skills as a teacher to a baby less than a year old.

"Weird is not enough of a stigma at this point." Dina chuckled. "We have a baby that could probably blow up the earth if she threw a tantrum, that is beyond what weird can cover."

"Alright," Sol stood. "Now to the finer details," He looked across the room at everyone. "I will be visiting all of the places I've recently taken into the Collective, that includes even the minor colonies that have gone unmentioned from the start, everyone who wants to join the fight will have the chance to leave."

"Are you saying...?" Renia looked up at him.

"Yes that includes Arkadia as well, you will no longer have the protection of the Sol Collective, you will be ouside from now on as a part of the Khalla Nova Collective."

"The Collective growing within me is still immature; to take something as fragile as a sentient being in and out is still outside of my capabilities, but once I achieve that power I will be able to do the same as my husband does, I already have the ability to fold space, but to force such a unique trait onto myself would harm my soul and possibly hinder or kill my future growth towards becoming a Primordial like he is." Ikaris added.

"I didn't even know that there was a Collective inside of you," Cecelia's eyes were once again as wide as light bulbs when she was exposed to this revelation. "How does it work, is there a way that we can do the same, is that why you are so powerful?"

"That's right, it is the main source of our powers being as absurd as they are," Sol answered. "Dina has one inside of her soul as well, the real reason you feel so threatened by her mere presence is not because she quickly evolves from tier to tier; it is because her mana and power far exceed even Dr'ul's, but her body would rend if she even tried accessing all of that power in her current state, she has no choice but to break her limiters repeatedly so she can access that massive pool.

"Ironically, Ikaris can only use about 20% of her overall power as well," Sol added. "And she has yet to even try using that much, we; the three of us..."

"We are already powerful enough to pose a threat to the entire Grand, it's just that I am the only one that can prove it."