Chapter 32

"Here" Leo says while sliding a cup of tea towards a golden eyed Ajak who just stares at him

"This is called 'chai' it's good for your body and mind" he poured himself a cup and drank it slowly

"..."

slurp~ *Drinks tea slurping*

"..."

*Continues drinking tea while slurping *

"...what ?" He finally asked Ajak who just staring at him

"Why am I here ?" Ajak/Arishem asked not giving a damn about the tea going cold

'Straight to the point huh'

"Nothing actually I just wanted to ask some questions" Leo said while gently placing the cup down

"..." Ajak aka Arishem just continued staring at him, he sighed and placed his cup down

"Are you the one that kept sending those insects here ?" He asked as his eyes lost the usual playfulness while slightly emitting his presence changing the skies from blue to dark as clouds started gathering

(AN:- Presence- A natural arua/pressure exerted by higher lifeforms towards the lower ones. In extreme cases it can lead to breaking reality just by simply existing, there is a reason why gods and other higher beings usually just send avatars to lower realms.....now let's continue )

"Yes" Arishem said emitting his own presence creating a clash between them causing the sky to split into two sides while slightly dominating the fight

(AN:- Arishem is the one who created them so of course he has control over Ajak as she is the one who usually speaks with him and temporary possession is something he can do if necessary)

•With the Eternals •

Every human was shaking in fear with Liana, Maya and Eli being the only ones staring in one particular direction while the Eternals were trembling for some reason

"W-What is h-happening ?" Sprite asked shaking

"It's Leo...." Eli said with her iris glowing white

"...and someone else " Maya said while her hair turned red

Meanwhile the Eternals were confused with Thena muttering something incoherently leaving Gilgamesh and Sersi to take care of her

"You! Tell me what's going on! " Ikaris power walked towards Liana and was about to grab her shoulder when he suddenly felt something behind him breathing down on him

"Go ahead....do it " a growl sounded making goosebumps appear on everyone's bodies except the girls

Every Eternal stared dumbfounded at the 8 meter tall Fen just standing behind Ikaris menacingly with his wolf grin

*Smack*

"Stop scaring the poor guys, brother already did that " Liana smacked Fen in the head and the atmosphere return to normal as Fen was redirecting the pressure from Leo's location away from the group

Liana landed on Fen after smacking him and continued staring with the sky constantly changing colors from red to dark and purple to gold

•Back to Leo•

"Why?" He increased his pressure creating a balance between them

Suprise flashed in Ajak's eyes for a split second before going to normal

They both stared at each other in stalemate before they both dispersed the pressure

"...To help this planet evolve " Arishem/Ajak said after a pause

"How ?"

"The blood of the deviants seeps into the ground naturally increasing the energy this planet produces in turn making it tougher...And I know you know this too" She ended that note before drinking the hot tea calmly

Leo just smiled slightly doing a little victory pump in his mind

When he first killed every deviant in a thousand kilometer radius, he burned them and turned them into Energy and absorbed them. After a week the deviants were back, no change in their numbers so he eventually repeated the process again and again.

At first he thought it was the TVA erasing the branched timeline as killing deviants will mean that Eternals won't have to fight and some legends will never be made. But how the heck could he remember if they did and if they did erase it why didn't they arrest him? So he continued testing and repeating the process

Killing deviants, absorbing the energy, increasing his stats and some things along the way

He got stronger but he also noticed something weird. He and Fen had bets and competitions once in a while and kept their preys as trophies, while he just burned them Fen like to keep some spoils. What he noticed was how the ground in Fen's land was tougher than his, so conducted few tests. And lo and behold the land absorbed the blood and became more tougher and harder with more energy radiating from it

It was rigged from the start, deviants would kill humans becoming strong, then Eternals would kill them spilling all the blood and energy contained within them. The ground would absorb that energy creating a more stronger shell for the Celestial within the planet who was slowly but surely absorbing the said energy.

If anything this was similar to Firmi's Paradox which birth of the Celestial being the final filter.

(AN:- It basically means that every planet or civilization will have to go through various extinction events when eventually they will run into a final one that will destroy the said planet/civilization )

Now the problem started when Leo absorbed that energy, the planets natural energy regeneration couldn't keep up with the absorption rate of the Celestial breaking the balance, so as a result Arishem had to send deviants to the planet to keep that balance but Leo being the menace just decided to take full advantage of the real life unlimited deviant glitch. Leo got a little excited and snapped deviants over half the globe out of existence. He literally held every singel one of them via telekinesis and burned them all at the same time creating mass panic amongst the humans living in those areas and a dumbfounded super wolf who was at time debating to whether to facepaw himself or smack the brat on his head.

Arishem was royally pissed at this and just stopped when the number of deviants killed hit trillions. Leo also decided this was enough when his warning sensor started going haywire thus creating a temporary cease fire between deviants and him. He just stopped absorbing them and only killed those who entered withing 500km range of his tribe and Fen just hunted them for the heck of it.

The reason why he wanted to meet Eternals was just to confirm this and .....

"How long have they been fighting?" He asked Ajak

(AN:- Ajak is still possessed )

"Long enough....why?" Ajak gave him the cup asking for refills

"Just curious " he poured some tea for himself

"..."

"..."

They both just continued drinking without a word

".....Why are you still here on this planet?" She asked

Leo stared at her for a second before looking at the clouds

".....You know, we both are Immortals... except you miss some emotions and stuff" he sipped the tea and continued

"But I have emotions .....although I can turn them off but I just feel I'll lose something if I do that "

"And that answers my questions how exactly?"

"I'm getting there ...see the point is I'm virtually Immortal and knowing that changes you. I don't know about you but I have a family here and I have to live with the knowledge that one day they will die and I will have to watch them as they breathe for the last time...." he paused smiling sadly

The golden eyed Ajak just stared at him

"....So, I want to spend each day of their lives with them till that fateful day.....after that maybe travel the universe, who knows what I might find, maybe innerpeace ?" he ended his note finishing his tea

"All the power you have and you are still binded by those things called emotions?" She asked in bewildered tone although Arishem himself did not have such expressions Ajak did so even if he didn't want to she was still showing emotions

"That's what makes me human and I want keep it that way, for when the day comes I stop being human .....I fear for what I will become" Leo knew the darkness he had within his heart and it was dangerous. He knew the things he is capable of doing if he didn't stop himself

It's not easy staying sane when you can literally control the entire world. He can just become the new Adam of humanity and pull the world into degenracy and shape it however he wants. He barely kept his sanity in check by killing deviants.

*Leo/3rd POV*

"..." Ajak said nothing as her eyes lost the golden color returning to normal

"....where are we ?" She asked confused and scared

"....Emerald Peak in a vacation house I bulit....well not house exactly but you get the point "

It technically shouldn't exist but I just created it with earth manipulation....I literally have power to create mountains and seas, would be a shame to not create some beautiful stuff like that and besides it's peaceful up here and is a nice place to relax

(AN:- It's a mountain from Genshin Impact and ngl it's just too peaceful and he could've made other stuff from other games but it would change the history too much so he didn't, otherwise imagine a mountain in shape of a dragon)

".....Now what made you think I didn't create one "

*smirks at the camera*

"Create what?" Ajak asked confused looking around

"Nothing " he answered still looking at the camera

"...what are you looking at?"

"I'm looking at them"

*points at the audience *

"Where?"

"Don't worry about it " he shrugged it off leaving Ajak confused

"What are planning to do with us ?" She asked

"To you? nothing. But Ikaris maybe throw him to the other side of the planet....and that's if Fen doesn't tear him apart first " he looked in the direction where the Eternals were watching at a struggling Ikaris beneath Fen's paws

".....How do you know our names ?"

"Don't sweat the details "

"Now then ...." he slowly got fr from his seat

"Let's take you back before Fen tears him to pieces " He covered them both in telekinetic shields

*Snap*

Ajak was stunned, one moment they were on a mountain somewhere and the next on the beach

She was welcomed by the scene of Ikaris and Gilgamesh struggling to lift the giant Wolfs paws with some human girls betting with Sprite and Kingo while Thena was having the best day of her life. She looked to the side to see group of humans talking with Phastos who was showing them something that dangerously looked like a trebuchet

*Ahem*

Leo coughed to get their attention making everyone pause

"Fen release the rip off superman and Ajak please drag the over excited mad scientist over here and you....." he said looking at Makkari making her flinch "Next time check your surroundings before breaking any sound barriers, people don't want to lose their hearing do they ?"

"Mura he tried to threaten the little cub "Fen growled

"Take the paw off first " he looked deadpan at him

Fen reluctantly lifted his paw off Ikaris who immediately tried attacking Leo who dodged his fist by simply tilting his head

"Next time ..." he grabbed Ikaris's head ignoring the laser blasts

"...Try to be patient, now go and cool off in the sea " he spinned with Ikaris in his hand and threw him like a ball making him dissapear over the horizon

*Dusts his hand *

"....why are you looking at me like that ?" He asked the stunned crowd

"Did he just ....?" Kingo asked Sersi pointing at Leo

"Yes..." she answered

"Psst Sprite " Liana whispered

"Yeah" Sprite whispered back keeping her eyes on Phastos getting scolded by Ajak and Makkari being healed by Leo after getting few head chops

"How far do you think he threw him?"

"How am I supposedto know that"

"Fair point"

"How long do you think it will take for him to fly here ?" Sprite whispered to Liana

"No idea " Liana said getting attention of Gilgamesh, Thena, Maya and Eli who joined in

"8 gems says 20 seconds "

"12 says he will take a minute "

"6 says he will take 30 seconds" Druig joined

"Alright bet"

" Sersi wanna bet ?" Sprite asked

"Um....I don't have gems" she answered awkwardly

"Lia do sea shells count ?" Sprite asked

"Yes they do" Liana answered while collecting everyone's bets

"100 gem says he'll be having a existential crisis " Fen joined in dropping gems from his paws

"....How did you even get those ?" Eli asked while counting them

"Just made a quick trip back home " Fen answered smugly

Leo just smiled looking at the happy crowd and sat down on the sands enjoying the sunset as Maya joined him

"Muranu....is everything okay?" She asked while holding his hand

"It's fine ....but I don't want to raise any flags so fingers crossed" he answered while kissing her hand slightly before resting his head on her lap as she brushed his hair softly

It was gamble speaking with Arishem and hopefully it worked

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•Arishem POV•

The new discovery was interesting to say the least.

I noticed a change in energy readings of a certain planet which contained Taimut. They were low, dangerously so. Something was absorbing...no eating would be the correct term, all the energy making Taimut absorb more energy from The core damaging it. If this continued Taimut will die taking the planet with him.

So I sent more deviants to balance it but that strange creature just kept killing them until I thought about killing it, it stopped which was surprising but I couldn't have a unknown variable on that planet so I sent the Eternals earlier than the original time and I found 'it'

That 'thing' was something closer to a abomination. It didn't resemble anything he's ever seen. 'He' had pure energy coursing through his veins and something far more dangerous locked inside.

The thing is powerful, not like us but more like that planet eater.

Meeting that human was interesting and he was able to sense me when I arrived outside the planet.

*Audience POV* (When Arishem possessed Ajak)

The moment Leo kidnapped Ajak, Arishem arrived outside Earth

He wanted to capture that human but he felt something was looking at him

(It was at this moment when Leo increased his pressure )

Arishem looked up into the space to the face of a transparent gaint looking down at him while he was floating on the giants hand which was slowly getting bigger and bigger

(AN:- He basically pulled a Buddha move on him, what Buddha did to Sun Wukong before sealing him )

The giant was holding the entire solar system in his plams reminding Arishem there are bigger things out in the Universe and besides a civil discussion was more productive and a better alternative than just blowing stuff up, so he pulled his pressure back (on Earth they stopped the clash)

The giant smiled at Arishem and continued staring at him until it finally vanished

Arishem looked for a while before returning back, releasing his control over Ajak

*Back to present with Arishem *

"It was enlightening as that human called it, I can get more data while observing him and even though we created the Universe we aren't the only things out there"

Arishem stared at the universe wall that was keeping the darkness outside

"Let's see what you will do with your life" he went back to repairing the damaged star system left by the newborn Celestial

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•Love Realm•

"So he was able to survive it?" Love asked Death while looking at screen showing Leo enjoying the sunset in Maya's lap with rest of the gang besides them including the Eternals

"Looks like it " Death answered checking some paperwork

"But sis how strong is he ?" Love asked curious

Death sighed and put down her paper work while removing her glasses

"Technically he is not that strong, it's his various powers that are a pain to deal with" she patiently explained while pulling a white board out of nowhere

"You see each creature has a body,mind and soul..." she drew a humanoid figure on the board as Love listenes attentively

"But this guy...." she drew a quick full body figure of Leo "...from the moment of his birth his mind and body and soul were out of sync " she showed a image of a grown up Leo and a child version of him "See the Soul and mind were connected at one point with only leaving the body as it is..."

"Now....this shouldn't be a problem as they get synchronized as he grows up but the problem was when his soul itself outgrew his mind..." draws a sketch of a shining Leo with child and grown version looking smaller than that

"Good news is that when he returned his mind, body and soul were in sync....but bad news is this fucker decided to go down the Cultivation route..."

"What's Cultivation?" Love asked as she's never been out of her house ( Marvel Verse)

"I'll have to take you there sometime in future but a warning, that place is filled with maniacs so be careful " Death shuddered remembering her young days when she accidentally barged into a Cultivation themed world, not a good memory

(AN:- Comment if you want her separate adventures in that time, not really related to the plot but kind of like a origin story for her)

"Then what was that gaint thing ?"

"That my dear sis was his soul " Death answered with dropped eyes ' -__-'

"You kidding right ?" Love asked dumbfounded

"Nope~"

"How?"

"Well he figured out a way to absorb other creatures souls and he fought those spirit things which had pure soul energy with them being spiritual entities and all " Death sighed at the absurd stuff he did

"Right now he's powerful enough to destroy his planet and the solar system if he wished to or he can just eat it and become the second Planet Eater "

"Then why isn't he?"

"That my dear, is a question you should ask him yourself" Death ended her presentation making the board vanish and went back to her paperwork

"Maybe I should?"

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•Meanwhile on the beaches of the undiscovered America•

"Maybe.....I should take my revenge against him?" Ikaris questioned himself after getting tossed by Leo and landing on the beach creating a deep pit

Just as he was about to rush out, he remember getting manhandled by the laughing wolf and layed back down

"....that's a interesting cloud " he mumbled staring at the sky

Never has the sky looked so interesting until now

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