Chapter :-44 The Goddess of Underworld (Part-2)

"I shall offer this one strike as the ceremony of separation!"

"I speak of the beginning. Heaven and earth are divided, and nothingness celebrates Creation. My Sword of Rupture rends the world apart."

"The vortex that turns the stars, this heavenly hell signifies the end of the eve of genesis. Subside with death!"

"Enuma Elish!!!!..."

Before releasing the crimson vortex, Henrik along with Freya and Kiyohime were teleported at the foot of the blocked cave using [Apparition]. As soon as their figure materialised, the seven altars glowed with a black light.

A seemingly formless figure emerged from the altar, from the foot of the statue residing in the middle of the altar. The figures turned into undead creatures and pounced towards the Mikaelson siblings and Kiyohime.

Their seemingly vast number sent a numbing sensation down Kiyohime's spine while Henrik and Freya launched the devastating vortex of destruction towards the incoming forces.

Borne of the winds drawn unto the revolution of the three cylinders of [Ea], a spatial severance is formed by use of the [Sword of Separation]. Compressed and intertwined stratifications of wind become a virtual dislocation of space-time, annihilating any who would stand in opposition.

The billions of undead creatures reduced to ashes in an instant, the vast power of [Ea] greatly surpassed any other authority. Even though the sheer number of enemies were overwhelming, in front of the "Sword", nothing seems to survive.

(Near the entrance)

Freya and Kiyohime were both stunned speechless while Henrik immediately moved towards the Cave while thinking to himself.

ᒥ....It is the primordial sword that is the actualisation of the works of a god recorded before humanity came into being, and it is that which divided the formless into distinct heaven and earth in ancient Mesopotamia. It is a Divine Construct created by a God....ᒧ

ᒥ....As it is "The Sword That Cut the World Apart", it isn't wrong to call it "something that knows the hellish planet before genesis", the planet's primordial form before heaven and earth were split, where it was a land filled with nought but lava and gas and a hell of scorching heat and intense cold....ᒧ

ᒥ....Referring to it as hell, ancient texts state that it is the source of all legends of the land of the dead. The memory of the time before the existence of the planet, a place and time when organic life had been impossible, is something possessed by all organisms, but it is no longer found in the imaginations or spoken memories of people....ᒧ

ᒥ....It is the first memory of the life that is a genetically inherent and repressed knowledge which can only be shown to those looking upon the sword....ᒧ

ᒥ....Showing its power as an "Anti-World" weapon, it attacks everything in sight with a single strike. It cannot be said that what the blade cuts down is limited simply to "the enemy" as it is not a matter of aiming it, and it is impossible to even discuss as to whether it will hit its target or the practicality of the force behind it....ᒧ

ᒥ....Grinding at the laws of space with its power, it creates a rip in space that extends from not only the earth but also to the sky and atmosphere. It is a crack that distorts space to pierce the very nature of the World itself to show the "Truth"....ᒧ

ᒥ....All that uses the cut space as a foundation is swallowed and crushed by the void, and the dazzling light only continues to grow as it continues to complete the destruction. Its use in a fight is not something that can be called a battle, but rather the wrath of nature itself....ᒧ

ᒥ....Performing the miracle of genesis, something that reveals creation - the beginning of everything, the attack opens an abyss capable of crushing all of nature, and the centre of the storm is not calm, but rather a hole to hell itself that returns all that enters its realm to the nothingness from which it originated....ᒧ

ᒥ....The wind pressure creates a vacuum that takes all things with form, the land, the atmosphere, and the sky, into the whirling void. The tumult of genesis takes everything that was nothing more than chaos which could not form any meaning, and creates a new truth that divides and distinguishes Heaven, Sea, and Earth....ᒧ

ᒥ....Within the darkness where everything is returned to nothingness, only [Ea] is left to shine with brilliance like a [Star of Creation] amidst the destruction, the first thing illuminating the new world....ᒧ

Without wasting a single second, Henrik put his palm over the considerable boulder blocking the entrance of the cave. As soon as he did, he found himself within a dark space with nothing around him. It reminded him of his heart as he continued to explore.

He turned around and saw a beautiful woman standing behind him. She wore a [Pine-colored] [Yukata] with an [Red-Obi] around her waist. The lower portion of the [Yukata] was grey coloured with maroon colour over the ends. The beautiful dress didn't cover her shoulders and collarbone, highlighting her cleavage.

She had smooth black hair, the black eye with a white pupil, pale white skin like jade, her left hand held a [Red-Wagasa] with its inner side pure neon while a yellow lantern chained to a small stick held in her palm glowed in the darkness.

She appeared to be sitting on yellowish-clouds with small light green coloured skulls floating around her. A brownish snake coiled against her back along with a white moon shining over her head.

Henrik narrowed his eyes as he looked at the beauty in front of him.

ᒥ....[Izanami, the Goddess of Underworld]....ᒧ

Her entire being induced only feeling inside those who were within her presence,–Fear.

A feeling foreign to Henrik every single he came to this world, every God had a unique atmosphere around them. [Amaterasu] had a calming sense about her, [Susanoo] had a sudden feeling about him, whereas [Izanami] gave so Fear.

ᒥ....Fear, huh?, it's been so long since I last felt it. Truly worthy of the title of [Goddess of Underworld]....ᒧ

" Can you do it?"

ᒥ....Straight to the point, eh?....ᒧ

"I am confident in freeing you from your confinement. Of course, only if you are ready to pay the appropriate price for it."

[Izanami] stared at him for some time and said in a pure tone.

"I will only serve you, not your sister....."

Henrik dangerously narrowed his eyes towards [Izanami] as veins bulged below in eyes, his sclera turned black while he spoke very slowly.

"I don't need you, and I want you to serve my sister. I already have your daughter...."

"You may be 1000x times stronger than your children, but I have no interest in using your power."

"It doesn't matter if you need me or not, and it is you who is freeing me, not your sister."

Henrik stared at her for a few moments before asking her for confirmation.

"You will follow my orders?"

"Yes..."

"Then bind yourself to Freya's pendant, I will act as the medium for the transfer. You must protect her from all danger, provide your divine power to her and help her in whatever she requires."

"I won't ask you to follow her word, but you must abide by these conditions....."

"You can give me your [Command seal], but you must protect my sister from any kind of danger."

"Very well, help me take revenge against [Izanagi], and I swear to serve you for eternity."

"For a [2nd generation God], you agree to my conditions too quickly. It is pretty suspicious of you to do so!?...."

"I had to spend millenniums sealed inside this cave, and you are the first one to reach till here."

"If you fail today then [Izanagi] would surely increase the security around this place, this is my only chance to be free of this seal."

"My hate for him is more than my thirst for freedom, I will agree to serve you for eternity, but first I must make [Izanagi] pay for his crimes."

"Then, let's begin..."

Henrik created a bridge for [Izanami], leading to Freya's pendant using [Esther bloodline] as the binding agent. His blood will be the medium for Izanami to escape through.

"Fuer re me ta fuer re me ta fuer re me ta....."

The ancient spell of [Soul travel] was activated by Henrik who was borrowing his sister's magic since he hadn't recovered that much power, needed to activate the spell.

"Come through....."

[Izanami] floated towards Henrik and touched his shoulder, and a sturdy suction devoured her being as the black space surrounding him started wrapping around his body before it assimilated into his body.

(Near the Altar)

Freya who was currently casting [Hex] towards the incoming zombie when she felt the purple pendant around her neck getting warmer. An immeasurable amount of power filled her pendant as she felt something enter the space inside the pendant.

A three-tomoe pattern appeared over her neck, pure black colour with a little glow, similar to the one on Henrik's neck but his had mysteriously disappeared. Instead, a black rose tattoo appeared over his right hand. The sharp thorns were also very life-like for a tattoo as it coiled against his whole arm.

In the eye of the black rose, a three tomoe blood-red eyeball was right there as if looking straight at the person who saw it. This eye-rose was Izanami's [Command seal], signifying her status as a servant.

She escaped from her prison and entered inside Freya's pendant before materialising beside her in her human form, and she waved her slender, pale white arm holding the lantern towards the [Undead army].

As if a vacuum cleaner was turned on, the undead army was being sucked inside the lantern before the flame within it burned then into oblivion.

Freya intently looked towards [Izanami] with caution and slight fear while [Izanami] also observed her 'master' and thought to herself, a bewitching smile on her face.

ᒥ....I wonder why he cares so much for her even his she is his sister....ᒧ

(At the cave)

Near the mouth of the cave, Henrik knelt on the ground on one knee while holding his right arm in pain. The tattoo on his right hand looked alive, the thorns dug under the skin and drew blood. The crimson coloured liquid splattered all over the Black-rose with a blood-eye at its centre.

Soon the blood dried, his skin healed, the thorns out of his skin, but the blood on the rose didn't disappear; instead it looked like Henrik's blood filled colour into the black tattoo.

"Huff...huff...huff...."

"The spell took a lot out of me....."

Henrik observed the tattoo over his hand with a slight smile over his face.

"But it was worth all the trouble I went through...."

"Time to finalise the situation...."

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