The Book of Cosmi

Chapter 14: Gaea

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I didn't want another Cosmi God to be born, but I guess it could be worse. He was under the care of Xander, the new guardian of the Cursed Tower. I've been training the Dragon King for a while now and he's become extremely powerful. He's changed a lot, it might not seem like it because his main antics remain regardless of what you do to this man. He went from the ruthless unknown ruler of the Celestial Dragons, to fulfilling the Divine Right of the Celestial Dragon Dominus while being an absolute insane, psycho, maniac. Now, he's psychotic, a madman of absolute power but within reason, and he's only gaining power. The race of the Celestial Dragons are capable of holding unfathomable amounts and levels of power and never they never stop gaining. I also started taking notice of my sister taking a liking to Xander, she seems to be romantically interested in him. She's basically trying to tame a wild monster. Ose only was able to keep this man from going berserk because she kept him interested and always wanting to surpass her level of power. Now that was my job. I was training him the same way I trained Ose–no–worse than that. I was going to destroy this Dragon's mental state to no return. That's what it meant to be the Tower Guardian. I had to go through perilous mental torture, go face his fears dead on with nothing to defend himself, I had him travel through the shadow realm and back with once more, nothing to defend himself. I sent him to the "Everlasting Rift" the core of the Omniverse's cursed spirits, scaling from the worst possible being "Armageddon" Cursed Spirits to even the smallest infinitesimal cursed spirits. All of this stuff drove Xander absolutely insane, but gave him absolute power. I could tell he was catching up quickly, but he was still a long while of training off from being anything yet.

Right now I was training Xander with Cosmos, Hestia, Chronos, Verri, and Mavis all watched as I trained him. This was the first time in almost forever that I had been personally training someone, especially now that this someone was not a divine being, but a mortal that was as close to godhood as a mortal can get. Despite me being invested into the training and wanting to train Xander, I was not fully focused. I couldn't help but think of the spontaneous disappearance of Ose. It was completely out of the blue and she was visiting Cosmos and I that day, but she never came. According to Hestia, there was no sign of her left at all, not even footprints from when she left the Cursed Tower. I tried to rack my mind around this while training Xander, it was difficult to multi-task. I just couldn't move on from this. I could only think of a few instances of how or why Ose vanished. A possible Helcurt resurgence, but it was highly unlikely... she could've simply gotten lost, but horribly lost, maybe accidentally stumbled into the abyss? I just couldn't think of any feasible options for such a spontaneous disappearance.

Xander broke my train of thought and spoke out to me all of the sudden.

"𝐄𝗏𝖾𝗋 ɦ𝖾α𝗋ᑯ ⱺ𝖿 α 𝗌ꭑαᥣᥣ ρᥣα𐓣𝖾𝗍 𝗂𐓣 𝗍ɦ𝖾 𝗏α𝗌𝗍 ⱺꭑ𐓣𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝖼αᥣᥣ𝖾ᑯ 𝐄α𝗋𝗍ɦ ⱺ𝗋 𝐓𝖾𝗋𝗋α?"

"Can't say I have, why?"

Xander jutted out his foot performing a swift front kick, it grazed my gut, but I swiftly dashed backwards and avoided all damage.

"𝚰𝗍'𝗌 𝖼υ𝗋𝗋𝖾𐓣𝗍ᥣ𝗒 α 𝖿ᥣ𝗒𝗂𐓣𝗀 ꭑⱺᥣ𝗍𝖾𐓣 𝗋ⱺ𝖼𝗄 𝗂𐓣 𝗍ɦ𝖾 ꭑ𝗂ᑯᑯᥣ𝖾 ⱺ𝖿 𝗌ρα𝖼𝖾, ᑲυ𝗍 𝐎𝗌𝖾 𝖿ⱺ𝗋𝖾𝗍ⱺᥣᑯ 𝗍ɦ𝗋ⱺυ𝗀ɦ 𝗍ɦ𝖾 ⱺ𝗋α𝖼ᥣ𝖾 𝗍ɦα𝗍 𝗂𐓣 𝗍ɦ𝖾 𐓣ⱺ𝗍 𝗌ⱺ ᑯ𝗂𝗌𝗍α𐓣𝗍 𝖿υ𝗍υ𝗋𝖾 𝗍ɦ𝖾𝗋𝖾 ω𝗂ᥣᥣ ᑲ𝖾 α 𝗋α𝖼𝖾 𝖼αᥣᥣ𝖾ᑯ '𝐇υꭑα𐓣𝗌' ⱺ𝗋 '𝐇ⱺꭑⱺ𝗌ρα𝗂𝖾𐓣𝗌' 𝗍ɦα𝗍 ω𝗂ᥣᥣ 𝗋ⱺαꭑ 𝗍ɦ𝖾 ρᥣα𐓣𝖾𝗍. 𝐃𝖾𝗌ρ𝗂𝗍𝖾 ᑲ𝖾𝗂𐓣𝗀 ꭑⱺ𝗋𝗍αᥣ𝗌, 𝗍ɦ𝖾𝗒 𝖼ⱺυᥣᑯ α𝖼𝗍υαᥣᥣ𝗒 ᑲ𝖾𝖼ⱺꭑ𝖾 𝗂ꭑꭑⱺ𝗋𝗍αᥣ α𐓣ᑯ αᥣᥣ ρⱺω𝖾𝗋𝖿υᥣ. 𝐓ɦ𝖾𝗒 ɦα𝗏𝖾 αᑲ𝗌υ𝗋ᑯ ρⱺ𝗍𝖾𐓣𝗍𝗂αᥣ ω𝗂𝗍ɦ𝗂𐓣 𝗍ɦ𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝐎ꭑ𐓣𝗂ρ𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𐓣𝗍 𝐕𝗂𝗍αᥣ𝗂𝗍𝗒."

"Is that so? Why would I really care though? It wouldn't be the first time I heard something of that essence."

"𝐖𝖾ᥣᥣ, 𝗍ɦ𝖾 ⱺ𝗋α𝖼ᥣ𝖾 𝖿ⱺ𝗋𝖾𝗍ⱺᥣᑯ 𝗍ɦα𝗍 α ꭑⱺ𝗋𝗍αᥣ ω𝗂ᥣᥣ 𝖾𝗏𝖾𐓣𝗍υαᥣᥣ𝗒 𝖼ⱺꭑ𝖾 𝗍ⱺ 𝗍ɦ𝖾 𝗋𝖾αᥣꭑ, 𝗌ⱺ 𝖼ᥣ𝖾α𝗋ᥣ𝗒 𝗍ɦ𝖾𝗒'𝗋𝖾 ωⱺ𝗋𝗍ɦ 𝗌ⱺꭑ𝖾𝗍ɦ𝗂𐓣𝗀 𝗂𐓣 𝗍ɦ𝖾 𝖿υ𝗍υ𝗋𝖾."

I propelled myself towards landing a powerful strike to his shoulder. My speed allowed me to maneuver right behind Xander within mere moments of the strike, and allowed me to kick him in the spine.

"Sounds like they mean business? Who brings them to the realm?"

"...𝐘ⱺυ ᑯⱺ."

"Interesting... I wonder what their worth will be."

"𝐎𐓣ᥣ𝗒 𝗍𝗂ꭑ𝖾 ω𝗂ᥣᥣ 𝗍𝖾ᥣᥣ."

As Xander and I fought, I let the idea sink into my mind. I have heard of Earth/Terra before, but by a different name, "Gaea." I've heard that name. Where though, where... in the midst of the battle a book summoned in my hands while I fought Xander. He probably thought I was screwing with him, which made him work harder, but in reality I really wasn't trying to test him or anything. As I looked through this book, which was titled "Gaea" it says that she often prays to the Cosmi Gods multiple times an hour and possibly hundreds of times a day, seeking a blessing. I shut the book and made it vanish to the library. A minor goddess who prays to the upper gods? We answer no prayer nor give out any blessings. Absurdities to its finest. I wonder what will make me pique interest in this little tiny planet of all of them in the vast Omniverse... I wonder...

Then suddenly, as I dodged one of Xander's attacks, the world went dark. Did he just transport me into a special domain? What kind of attack did he just pull on me? But the thought of this being Xander's doing was quickly taken away as I turned my head to see Cosmos was next to me as well... It was just her and I. It was almost nostalgic of when we were together all those years ago. Just her and I. The void was empty and dark. It was reminiscent of Oblivion. Then there was this voice that echoed out to us both, the darkness of this realm lit up and there was a gorgeous woman in front of Cosmos and I. The woman spoke out to us.

"𝙲𝚘𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙾𝚖𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚜𝚖𝚒 𝚃𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚜. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝙼𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙶𝚊𝚎𝚊... 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊/𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙰 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎, 𝙶𝚊𝚎𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝚄𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎! 𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙾𝚖𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙾𝚖𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎. 𝙳𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍'𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎... 𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚋𝚢𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛."

Then suddenly... everything went black again and I was in the depths of Zexaos, chained down over a pit of eternal flames, burning my skin, cooking me alive. I was so confused. I yelled out, crying out for Cosmos or anyone... but nobody came. I was in Zexaos, a place where if anyone goes deep enough, their power becomes essentially useless. My own creation, I was now trapped in the deepest depths of Zexaos... hopeless and worthless. To my right of me, out of the corner of my eye, I saw Ose, tortured to no return... her body was mangled and her eyes were bleeding, she was chained up by the limbs and neck, but she was still alive and in utter pain, I could tell. It seems I was next in line. Whoever Gaea was, she was not a joke... Zexaos would never imprison another Cosmi God, especially not his creator. Gaea definitely manipulated him and took control over his intentions to the utmost extent, where he now sees Ose and I as prisoners. With no way to escape, all I had left to do was just burn in the depths of Zexaos' Inferno.

I don't know what happened to everyone else like Xander, Cosmos, Verri, Mavis, Chronos, etc. But I hope they're okay. It seems that no matter how much I worked hard, how much I did for the Gods, they all still hated me in the end. I reigned as the best leader I could've, but in the end of it I ended up being thrown into a torture chamber for the rest of eternity... One day I'll hopefully escape and see the light of day again, but until then... I'll see you all in the next world.

. . .

"𝙴𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚑. 𝚆𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙. 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚛, 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙... 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚎. 𝚆𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛..."

"Alright... Mother Gaea..."