Goddess Genesis

Chapter 10: Peace

There was the despair. A touching moment of mother and daughter, penetrated by an arrow from the goddess of the hunt. Rhea and Artemis shared looks. The Titan spoke,

"Grandaughter." Artemis followed up with,

"Happy to see me?" Artemis then began twirling one of the arrows from her quiver. Odin narrowed his eyes on the goddess and said,

"How would Zeus feel about you being a part of this group?" Artemis shrugged. Salem balled her eyes out, streams of water from her eyes spilling onto her hand that tried to heal her. As this happened Aria noticed something. Her forehead. It was ticking. She didn't know what it was, but she did notice Salem also had markings all over her body that glowed radiating energy.

"This power..." Lucifer remarked surprisingly. Salem noticed the angel's reaction as if that made her remember something...

"Salem, you're the witch Goddess of the hourly, you have revived your students thousands of times throughout the years, surel-" Mizune remarked before Lucifer cut him off,

"That's true, in your own domains, you reign Supreme, you can heal her." Joshua smiled and nodded his head and looked at Lucifer whom looked back at Salem and Teyza.

"Healing someone means replenishing their aura. Your magic power or divinity concentration is stored in your aura. Teyza's energy is higher than any chief god. Probably comparable to Azura." Salem explained as she wiped her tears. As soon as she said this though, Lakia looked a bit disgusted. She had visible discomfort on her face, it got so awkward she had to turn around and not face the rest. The lot of them just assumed she couldn't stomach the sight anymore. Lakia with her back turned formed a blue flame in her right hand, but then quickly put it out by closing her palm. Due to the builds all over the place they were sort of blocked off from the other students and gods.

Lakia frowned and spoke while still back turned,

"So basically, you don't have enough energy to replenish the aura of someone that power...ful. *head tilt*" Salem looked at her and then back at Teyza's unconscious face.

"Powerful gods are immune to the side effects of time. I can reverse in this world, but Teyza would remain unchanged. Time has no effect on someone of this level. Healing is a different matter, I need to replenish her aura which inevitably heals her wounds. She's not dead, but she will be." The witch elaborated. Everyone seemed defeated until Mizune got a thought in his head.

"Wait, but you absorbed a vast amount of energy that was stored in the academy, why not use that energy?" Mizune thought. This brought light in Aria's eyes and even caused Lakia to turn back around.

"Salem... I can feel it. You did not use any of that ridiculous power against your daughter. You were holding back." Mizune followed up confidently. Aria gave a smile and Lucifer had her wing tucked under her chin. The angel butted in,

"And if you aren't strong enough then, why not absorb this world?" Lakia quickly interjected,

"I don't think she needs any more streng-" Aria butted in as well,

"Kia?" They all looked at Lakia and the sorceress elaborated.

"Just saying that could take a toll on your body your grace." Lakia bowed in respect. Lucifer felt an uneasiness about the pink haired sorceress that she couldn't put her finger on.

"Unfortunately, this power is temporary. All of my powers are time based. Minutes, hours, 60 days... Huh.. ironic isn't it. In the past, I prepped for all this power to destroy you, yet, here I am using it to save your life." Salem explained emotionally as she caressed her daughter's face. Suddenly, footsteps were heard behind all of them. The first person, that they saw was Athena. She had a stern, determined to kill angry look on her face. But they knew it was not directed at Salem since Athena looked right at Artemis as she pulled arrows out her back. Beside her was Michael, he had a silver light longsword in his right hand, he too was also in a non joking mood. Amaterasu limped but she was being held by Hera, her sworn enemy. The queen of the gods was healed up to full. And behind all those beings was a wave of her students. Scared or not of the gods their care for Salem was still ever so high despite her confession. This made all of them smile except Lucifer whom just looked away and crossed her arms. Suddenly, a dark pulse of energy was felt. This caused Artemis, Rhea, Odin, and Ra to look. A dark beam of light shot high in the sky. Lucifer knew all too well what that was, As did Michael. Artemis looked serious as she watched a flock of arrows fly upward hundreds of meters. She drew her bow again ready to fire.