Gaea

"I am sorry I caused you pain and despair." The adorable girl apologized to the group with her eyes staring at them all puppy-like.

Tenebrea had already explained exactly who she was and why she was like that.

Normally, the group would have been mad, but Julius and Davina couldn't stay mad at the adorable little girl.

Julius walked up to her and patted her head, saying, "Don't worry, little one. You actually helped us instead. We feel far stronger than we actually did before you released those clones on us. Besides, we did not feel pain or despair. We are really strong, just so you know." Julius puffed his chest, but doing that caused him to overstrain himself, making him whimper in pain.

Davina, who was still looking ragged and injured all over, also came over and gave a nod with starry eyes as she stared at the girl who looked like a doll.

"Okay, if you say so." She just nodded. Since they weren't mad at the fact that she almost had them killed, it was fine.

"What is your name?" Talia had already placed the trident away and walked up to the adorable girl. She crouched as she stared at the girl.

"My name? I don't have one. I never needed one, so there was no point having one," She said a bit sadly.

It was then that Tenebrea realized she had never actually asked the girl if she had a name. She almost facepalmed at her obliviousness.

"So what do you want to be called?" Talia asked

"I don't know. Maybe Father will name me when he gets here." She looked up with bright eyes that were filled with hope and excitement.

'She is really excited to see him. I also hope he gets here soon, but that means I will have to be stronger than I am right now. I would not be able to reach my peak, but at least I need to find all my fragments on this continent. Tenebrea was in a state of thought.

"Don't you want your father to be proud of you for having your own name when he comes? You don't want him to start thinking all over again about a new name. You need to show your dad you're a big girl." Davina was tempted to hug the little girl, but she held back.

'Technically, she is a big girl. She is older than all of you combined, but I'd rather keep that to myself.' Tenebrea thought about the fact that the forest started to form over two thousand years ago.

"So what do you want to call yourself?" Julius smiled at the girl.

"Tree!! My name is Tree!" They all tumbled down when they heard her choose "tree" as her name.

"You cannot name yourself tree." Julius sighed.

"Why not? I like trees 'cause they are pretty," She said with an angry pout.

"Well, trees are pretty, but you need a name that would personify your beauty." Scarlet finally spoke, convincing the girl.

"I can't think of anything." Her eyes started to water, like she was about to cry.

"Do you want someone here to give you a name?" Scarlet asked

The girl perked up and said, "Yes, I want her to give me a name."

She pointed at Tenebrea, who was still in her head, until she realized they were all looking at her.

"You want me to name you? Why?" Tenebrea asked

"Because you kind of remind me of Father," She said.

Tenebrea blushed and thought till she spoke, "What about Gaea?"

The girl's big eyes glimmered as she heard her new name. She murmured

"Gaea. My name is Gaea."

She clearly liked the name, as she was sporting a huge name and introducing herself to everyone in Tenebrea's group. It was very comical to watch the little girl shaking the giant boar's hoof and saying, 'Hi, My name is Gaea. What's your name?'

After the fight, they were still exhausted, so Tenebrea told them to rest for a while before they departed.

"So what is the plan, your highness? Are we heading to the dark dwarves den?" Anastasia asked

"Yes and No. I will be going to the dark dwarves den while you and the disciples will be going back to the palace." Tenebrea said with a yawn.

"My queen, I don't think that is a good idea." Anastasia was definitely against the entire thing.

"It doesn't matter if it is a good idea, Ana. As long as I say it, then that is what happens, do you understand me?" As she stared at Ana with a smile, Anastasia shivered. She remembered when she was a little vampire girl, and Tenebrea always had a smile on her face as she spanked her for being naughty.

"Yes, my queen. I will obey your order." Anastasia bowed. The disciples wanted to protest, but seeing unrelenting Anastasia actually accept the order, they did not bother.

"I want to go with you!" Gaea yelled and held the dress of Tenebrea. She had a wry smile on her face as she felt she could not say no to the adorable Gaea.

"Fine. You can follow me." She then faced her disciples and said, "When I get back, I want you all to be at least peak green rank. Do you understand?"

They all nodded excitedly. Their levels could have actually increased a long time ago, but Tenebrea told them to slow down for an explosive burst later. Knowing their power level would increase finally, they couldn't hold back the excitement.

"There will also be a final test when I get back, so prepare yourselves properly." Tenebrea said once again:

This time, they all gulped in fear. They had seen how Tenebrea's tests were unpredictable and also somewhat deadly, so they were a bit worried.

"Gaea, are you ready to go?" Tenebrea stretched her hands toward Gaea.

"Not yet." Gaea walked a bit further from everyone, and the entire forest started to shake. The tall trees started to go into the ground, and beautiful and scary shrubs also shrank down. The energy around Gaea was colossal, and in about 2 minutes, the forest was gone. Gaea smiled as she ran and held Tenebrea's hands.

The entire group had dumbstruck expressions on their faces. Tenebrea just stretched her free hand forward, and the soil began to move. It slowly formed a 4-meter serpent with four giant wings on its back. This was a pithon made from earth and blood. When Gaea withdrew all the plants in the forest, the beasts were all squashed in the energy storm, so their blood flowed through the storm that Tenebrea used.

Tenebrea and Gaea got on the pithon, which just flapped its wings and was gone.

Anastasia sighed and said, "Let's go back to the castle."