Chapter 327: Stop It (2)

Perseus POV

After we left the strip mall, Dawn drove us to a diner and took some detours for some scenery on the way. The Texas road stretched ahead, surrounded by open fields and the occasional tree. The sun bathed everything in warm light, and the wind carried the scent of the earth when I opened the window. It was a peaceful journey.

We arrived after 10 minutes and took our seats, we quickly made our order and then there was this moment of awkward silence and I took the initiative to break the ice, I know, awesome, right?

"Say, if someone has a nut allergy, can we kill them with a deez nut joke?"

"I sometimes question what everyone sees in you." Dawn sighs, "But no, a deez nut joke cannot kill someone with a nut allergy."

"Damn, I was hoping one of Cain's guys would die to a deez nut joke, a nut allergy is common after all."

"We got cures to nut allergy now."

"Yeah, science!"

"That is so old, but yes, science. Though it'll work only temporarily though, like approximately 5 years."

"That's good enough. But let's get back on topic before I start making us question our existence, how do I protect those guys without being forceful about it or having to reveal myself and ruin their peaceful lives."

"Well, you can always use your powers to put them into hibernation and tuck them away safely before they know what's going on." she suggested with a somewhat serious expression, "I have several safehouses to lock them in if they wake up."

"Let's leave the kidnapping as a last resort."

"Well, it's the only solution if you don't want to reveal yourself, we can't stop Cain before anyone notices, he has gods on his side."

"How many?"

"2 goddesses and 5 gods." Dawn answered, "All swore absolute loyalty toward completing his plan just recently as they also want to help build a complete world."

"But they're gods, shouldn't they have magic to build one anyway, even if it takes a long time? Why rely on another god...unless they're very young and not that powerful."

"Exactly, even my children can create their own world if they want, but it'll take centuries, it'll be easier to conquer a habitable world made by the will of the universe. We have to factor in physics and basically a lot of things for it to be habitable, and there are things like human nature, it won't always be to your liking. However God has the power of influence over his dedicated believers, you can use them to start a so-called perfect being to repopulate the new world and have them completely obey your will."

"So 7 gods and a few dozen extinction class guys that we will have to go through, that's tough."

"Extinction class people can't cause an extinction in an instant, they are strong, but not unstoppable, they can be stopped. Do you think a giant like Project Typhon can't be stopped by an onslaught of modern military weapons?"

"I know that, they'll call that because they possess the ability to cause an extinction if given time and actually enraged enough, but I'd reckon that one of those extinction class guys is an Urgess family member and can use magic."

Our order then arrived, and the portion and calories of the food still amaze me, like 1000 calories just for the chicken fried steak alone...match that with my sides of fries and chili...we also ordered fried pickles for the appetizer since it was on the menu...they need to stop deep frying things even if it tastes good.

I also ordered a grilled fish for Buddy who seemed to enjoy it greatly. But I'm mostly currently thinking about the gods that Cain has...if they're young, Lilith can take 2, Maple isn't a combat goddess, but let's say she teams up with Leilah and Ruka, the 3 can take 2 gods, leaving 3.

Dawn is severely weakened as her mana and magic are used to prevent Cain from copying our powers, but she can hold one on he own if it comes down to it, so that's 2 gods left...if only I can convince Jerah somehow...

"You ordered very unusual foods to show off for a first date." Dawn said as she then fed me a piece of fried pickle, "It's not messy food like buffalo wings, but...still, you should have shown off more."

"You know me long enough, my love for food triumphs over everything, and I have been on a proper diet to maintain my physique for so long, I might as well have a cheat meal today. And since when was this a date?"

"I decided for it to be so, so it's a date." She replied with a giggle.

"Yeah, fine, but what we're talking about isn't something people would talk about on a date."

"We can have a proper one later. Your first date with Maple was sleeping on the same bed with your daughter in between."

"Fair point. By the way, I've thought about this long and hard, but we don't have enough time to fully go against Cain and win in one trip and might have to return later, Maple also wants to bring you back with us for our return trip, would you go back?"

"I don't mind, but it depends on whether we can contain Cain and his people till we come back here." she replied, "I rather not want him to be able to copy anyone's ability."

"Well, his subordinates succeeded once, I don't think the copy is like 100% accurate though."

"It isn't, but what are you planning to do tonight?"

"Destroy all their small offices across the whole country."

"What about the people who rely on these offices to get their meds?"

"They'll have to get them from somewhere else close by, but all these buildings they own are getting destroyed, and it will only be just the beginning for what I've planned."