117. Meeting the Landlord

A rift opens in the Abyssal Sanctum and Nytri flies out of it, she turns and lands on her feet to the calm cozy home in the 129th floor. Nytri walks to the 128th floor, her face twitches. The Azurians are already putting a play up about Nytri's performance and a bird brain is tied up for being egotistic.

They notice Nytri and one actor, Shansas (Azurian) speaks. "AND THERE SHE IS!" they all cheer for her then the actors continue.

Nytri walks up to Seren who is closer whispering, "WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?!"

Seren smiles brightly, "We're making a play about what happened. King's idea to create a culture is good so we wanna add this to our history."

Nytri's brow twitches, "Right," She makes an exasperated face, "A history about how the progenitor nearly caused the extinction of the gods."

Seren brightens up, "See! I knew you'd get it!"

Nytri is taken aback, her thoughts. "When did this sweet girl get so interested in bloodshed?" Nytri notices the sword lying beside Seren as it prays to not be noticed by Nytri. Nytri squints her mouth looking at the sword, her thoughts. "That sword probably sees me as some monster....But who is it praying to? It's pantheon is gone. OH well."

Nytri turns around and walks away, she sees action figures of her being carried around and she froze. "I'll ignore that." She walks off.

A Xeno is playing a violin to the side along with an Azurite, they seem to want to form a music band. The song they were making is about Nytri's journey to the divine realm. Nytri blushes, she looks away and moves to a different place.

Nytri sees Isadora in aa science rob playing the part on how Nytri made the bomb. "Oh come on!" Nytri exclaims, Nytri looks around her and sees everything trying to imitate her. Nytri feels embarrassed and runs off. She runs into Paxius bumping into him, she falls surprising him. Her thoughts, "How-"

Paxius gives Nytri a hand, "Do you need a hand, O great Nightmare." He smiles. Nytri blushes, she's about to take his hand and Lyra walks over and acts like Nytri when she looked down on all the gods before setting the bomb off.

Nytri looks away blushing, "I can get up on my own." She stops and gets up on her own, "You don't have to tease me so much!" she walks off.

One of the gods rescued by Nytri is coming to her to thank her holding Nytri action figure. "Hi Miss Nightmare!" He smiles.

"You too!" Nytri turns around and vanishes into the 129th floor.

The god is surprised, "What did I say?!"

Nytri makes a barrier blocking entry into the 129th floor, a certain bird brain flies over speaking. "Don't worry mu- Nytri, come out from there. It's a celebration. We just want to see how the Great Nytri spread despair among the gods!" He grins.

Nytri is sitting by the barrier with her back resting on it, she slams her hand into the barrier. *BOOOM* Someone screams from the other side, "OOOHHH!!! My tenders!" the sound of someone falling *THUD* and laughter fills the other side.

Anyway, people came trying to console Nytri with a little tease mixed in it. Nytri covered herself until they finished, she's easily embarrassed when she sees people act like her. And her kin did it too well.

After a few days, things calmed down. Nytri gathers her composure and walks out of the 129th floor. She gets teased a little but not enough like the previous times. Nytri jumps to the hole beneath the 128th floor and works on the farm, there's a small portion of garden which she grows herbs. The herbs are quite potent since they can actually affect her.

Agreth and Nalassa walk over to her, Agreth looks at Nytri with surprise. "I never took you for one to work on the fields."

Nytri stops pruning and looks up, she smiles. "Really? Farming is quite calming. There's joy is seeing your work flourish before your eyes."

Agreth smiles, "Indeed." He sighs and bows his head, "I'm sorry, I couldn't help you in your time of need." Nalassa also bows blushing for some reason…..Oh, she was helping the wrong person.

Nytri waves her hand, "No no no no, don't worry about it. You were chained up after all. Don't worry about it. And maybe if you had helped me, things wouldn't be like this."

Agreth opens his eyes wide and smiles warmly, "I guess you're right. You have a positive view of life, that's a good thing."

"You need to know negative to see the positive," Nytri speaks, "If I hadn't been through so much…..it makes me shiver whenever I think about it."

Nalassa is playing with her fingers by the side embarrassed, Agreth look at the herbs. "Would you mind if we helped?"

Nytri smiles, "Not at all. You might learn about nature." Nytri raises her hand and makes tools from her skill ARMORED SHELL.

Nalassa is taken by surprise, "I thought you couldn't separate tools you made from your skill from your body."

"Oh that," Nytri speaks, "My kin aren't able to do that. Even if we have the same skills, we can't use it the same way." She makes a gun, "See." The two nod not knowing what a gun is but they know Nytri is more versatile with her skill.

They get to work on the farm, working for hours or 2. Nalassa kept looking at Nytri as they work and Nytri always smile at her. When they finish working Nalassa speaks, "How come you're different from the others? You're not as big as the Azurians or look like an Azurite. As for the Xenos, they look like different races mashed together."

Nytri rubs her chin, "About that, whenever I use my BERSERK skill, I'm the same as the Azurians. But if not that I'm me. It was strange when they all became bigger than me, I think it's because they worked harder than me to level up in the Monster Realm."

"Harder than you?" Nalassa asks, "Aren't you the strongest?"

Nytri shakes her head, "No," She smiles, "We had a tournament in the Nexusphere and I was ranked 48 out of everyone."

"WHAAA!" Agreth is shocked. "HO…H…Wha…How is this possible?! Aren't you their progenitor? You even faced off against countless gods.

"Yeah," Nytri scratches her head, "I'm strong when I fight in my numbers, it had to be a 1 on 1 fight. And I couldn't use my MIST mode."

Agreth mumbles, "47 others were able to best her? How is this possible?"

Nalassa looks at Agreth mumbling then she turns to Nytri, "So, you aren't the strongest?"

"It depends on how you put it," Nytri rubs her chin, "If it's a long battle so far no one can keep up with me. Even if they can recover mid-battle it's not on par with me. But in a 1 on 1 battle then Kael is the strongest, followed by Sweet Dia."

"Sweet Dia?" Nalassa asks, "Oh, you mean the golem Xeno!"

Nytri nods, "Yeah, Kael barely lost to her in the battle. I couldn't even get close on my own turn. If I fought normally, then I could easily get close to her and win."

Agreth recovers from the news, "Then who's the weakest?"

"The weakest," Nytri rubs her chin looking at the roof, but in actual sense she's looking at a scoreboard on a screen. "It's Lao. He's ranked 279th."

"Isn't he an Azurian?" Nalassa speaks, "He lost to Azurites!"

"Yeah," Nytri speaks, "The Azurites are stronger around Azurians so the Azurians are always at a disadvantage when they fight Azurites. Not all Azurians, Xenos or Azurites took part in the tournament so the weakest amongst all us is uncertain. The Xenos on the other hand mostly ended in a draw."

Agreth nods, "That's understandable, they may act silly but I can tell they're very strong. Fighting till one loses consciousness makes the tournament hard."

"Actually," Nytri has a wry smile, "We use HEALTH MONITOR ARTEFACT. We set everyone's HP to 100, the first to reach 0 loses. It's not a fight till one loses consciousness, that would make the fights take long. All my kin have great endurance."

"Hmmmm," Nalassa rubs her chin, "Can I take part in the next tornament?" Agreth looks at Nalassa in shock, his face says 'ARE YOU INSANE'. Nalassa has an exasperated look from Agreth's stare.

Nytri nods, "Yeah, the tournament level restriction is 100 so everyone is level 100 during battles. But that doesn't affect skills, but everyone's defenses is high so no one cares."

Nalassa sighs, "Basically, I'll get one-shot if I join."

Nytri gives her a thumbs up, "Don't feel bad, you can always train and get stronger, the EP density here is high so you can level up quickly."

Agreth looks sad, "It's not a matter of experience, we need believers to level up. If we don't get enough we'll never level up. It's the same for every god."

"Geez," Nytri speaks, "Then why be a god? With such a big restriction, isn't it better to never evolve into a god?"

Agreth sighs, "You're a right, but we had to because of our enemies."

Nytri rubs her chin, "I wonder if evolution can be reversed." She speaks to them, "Since all your enemies are gone, if I found a way for you to lose your godhood. Would you become mortals again?"

Agreth nods, "Of course." This surprises Nalassa, Agreth continues. "That means we can grow to be as strong as you."

"It is possible," Nytri speaks, "But I doubt you can catch up to me. For Calamities, levels are meaningless. I can fight up to 2 Generations above me but no more." Nytri's brother Ryu is 5 Generations above her, and let's not even go to the rest of the family.

"So long as there's a way," Agreth speaks, "It's good to try." Nytri smiles. The 3 jump to the platforms and Agreth and Nalassa go to their tents. Nytri sees Lyra with Paxius and her chest tightens. The two are at a stall having a mood.

Nytri sighs looking up, "How nice....It's for the best." Nytri walks to the 129th floor.

[AU:INFO:

- Agreth, the primordial abyssal god currently lives with Nytri and her kin. His subordinates are with him making about 150 gods though, there are mostly demi-gods. Agreth had a hobby of picking weak creatures and strengthening them. Though they were weaker on average, they could face opponents stronger than them with a chance of victory.

- The gods under Agreth are of different divinities (Law Manipulation).]