The Book of Cosmi

Chapter 20: Gone To Heaven

| Cosmos |

Chains? There were Vallen Kigeao chains falling from the sky and in mass! I had to dodge around them, each chain usually measured around one meter in length and per one meter the chains weighed around 50 tons and could absorb the power from any being, even Cosmic and I, that's what makes them so good for imprisonment of strong beings. This must've been Cosmic's final vendetta, his final attempt in helping me win this fight against Gaea. But all hope was lost, after being put in essentially a multi-year coma, my strength was all but nothing, especially knowing my brother was dead now...

I evaded and avoided the chains and so did Gaea, but Gaea being herself, she tried to get some cheap shots on me... all of which failed exponentially, to the point where her hand got crushed by one of the chains, destroying her hand. She had to cut it off, but because her regenerative powers were so strong, it didn't even matter. After a while of dancing around this "chain rain" they finally stopped, all scattered the ground. I stood at one end of Heaven and Gaea at the other... I caught my breath. Tears streamed down my face. I tried to keep my composure but it was nearly impossible to do so. My heart was broken... I felt shattered, hopeless, broken. I know Cosmic wouldn't be that careless... right?

Out of nowhere, the thousands, possibly even millions of chains that were scattered about Heaven, randomly dissolved into Heavenly Essence. It seems it is over... Cosmic's soul finally depleted fully from reality. He really was gone. All the memories I shared with my brother, everything we had been through together, all the love he gave to me, all the care. It was all but a burning memory now. And soon enough, I would be joining him. I was no match for Gaea. This fight was a lost cause. But I knew regardless of the current situation, Gaea would lust to kill me. I began to see her charge towards me at an exponentially fast rate... I stood my ground and stepped back, putting my guard up. I was ready for anything. I more so expected to embrace death at this moment.

Crash...

I opened my eyes slowly to see someone who I'd never thought I'd see again... how the hell this man lived was beyond me... It was the lunatic himself: Xander.

"𝐘'𝗄𐓣ⱺω, ᑯ𝖾𝗌ρ𝗂𝗍𝖾 ɦⱺω ρⱺω𝖾𝗋𝖿υᥣ 𝗒ⱺυ'𝗏𝖾 ᑲ𝖾𝖼ⱺꭑ𝖾 𝐆α𝖾α, 𝗒ⱺυ'𝗏𝖾 αᥣ𝗌ⱺ ω𝖾α𝗄𝖾𐓣𝖾ᑯ 𝗒ⱺυ𝗋𝗌𝖾ᥣ𝖿 𝗂𐓣 ꭑα𐓣𝗒 ωα𝗒𝗌. 𝐓ɦα𝗍 𝗂𐓣𝖼ᥣυᑯ𝖾𝗌 𝗒ⱺυ𝗋 𝗀𝗋α𝗌ρ ⱺ𝗏𝖾𝗋 ꭑ𝗒 ꭑ𝗂𐓣ᑯ α𐓣ᑯ ꭑ𝖾ꭑⱺ𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌. 𝐘ⱺυ ω𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗌ⱺ 𝖿ⱺ𝖼υ𝗌𝖾ᑯ ⱺ𐓣 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𐓣𝗀 𝗍ⱺ 𝗄𝗂ᥣᥣ 𝗍ɦ𝖾 𝐓ω𝗂𐓣𝗌 𝗍ɦα𝗍 𝗒ⱺυ 𝖿ⱺ𝗋𝗀ⱺ𝗍 𝗍ɦα𝗍 ɦαᥣ𝖿 𝗒ⱺυ𝗋 ρⱺω𝖾𝗋 ωα𝗌 𝖿ⱺ𝖼υ𝗌𝖾ᑯ ⱺ𐓣 𝗃υ𝗌𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𐓣 ꭑα𝗂𐓣𝗍α𝗂𐓣𝗂𐓣𝗀 αᥣᥣ 𝗍ɦ𝖾 𝐆ⱺᑯ𝗌' ꭑ𝗂𐓣ᑯ𝗌 𝖿𝗋ⱺꭑ 𝗋𝖾ꭑ𝖾ꭑᑲ𝖾𝗋𝗂𐓣𝗀 ωɦⱺ 𝗍ɦ𝖾 𝐓ω𝗂𐓣𝗌 ω𝖾𝗋𝖾. 𝐒ⱺ 𐓣ⱺω, 𝚰'ꭑ 𝗀ⱺ𐓣𐓣α 𝗋υ𐓣 ω𝗂ᥣᑯ... α𐓣ᑯ 𐓣ⱺω 𝗒ⱺυ 𝖼α𐓣'𝗍 𝗌𝗍ⱺρ ꭑ𝖾."

Utter chills went down my spine. I scrambled backwards to see Xander taking a full on hit from Gaea, her fist engraved into his gut, yet he stood there completely unaffected.

"YOU...YOU LUNATIC! YOU'RE TAKING A DIRECT PUNCH FROM GAEA, HOW!?"

"𝐓ɦα𝗍'𝗌 ωɦα𝗍 𝗍ɦ𝖾𝗒 𝖼αᥣᥣ ꭑ𝖾! 𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐇! 𝐘ⱺυ 𝗍ɦ𝗂𐓣𝗄 αᥣᥣ 𝗍ɦ𝖾 𝗌ρα𝗋𝗋𝗂𐓣𝗀 ᑲ𝖾𝗍ω𝖾𝖾𐓣 𝐂ⱺ𝗌ꭑ𝗂𝖼 α𐓣ᑯ 𝚰 ω𝖾𐓣𝗍 𝗂𐓣 𝗏α𝗂𐓣!? 𝐍𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋, 𝐂ⱺ𝗌ꭑⱺ𝗌! 𝚰 ᑯⱺ𐓣'𝗍 ρᥣα𐓣 ⱺ𐓣 𝗌𝗍ⱺρρ𝗂𐓣𝗀 𝗍ɦα𝗍 𝗍𝗋α𝗂𐓣𝗂𐓣𝗀 𝖾𝗂𝗍ɦ𝖾𝗋. 𝐁𝖾𝗌𝗂ᑯ𝖾𝗌, 𝐂𝖾ᥣ𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂αᥣ 𝐃𝗋α𝗀ⱺ𐓣𝗌 ɦα𝗏𝖾 α ᥣ𝗂𝗍𝗍ᥣ𝖾 𝗌ρ𝖾𝖼𝗂αᥣ 𝗍ɦ𝗂𐓣𝗀 𝗂𐓣 𝗍ɦ𝖾ꭑ ωɦ𝗂𝖼ɦ 𝗂𝗌 𝖼αᥣᥣ𝖾ᑯ 'αᑲ𝗌υ𝗋ᑯ ᑯυ𝗋αᑲ𝗂ᥣ𝗂𝗍𝗒.' 𝐍ⱺω, ρ𝗋ⱺ𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗒ⱺυ𝗋𝗌𝖾ᥣ𝖿 𝐂ⱺ𝗌ꭑⱺ𝗌, α𐓣ᑯ 𝗋𝖾𝗃υ𝗏𝖾𐓣α𝗍𝖾 𝗒ⱺυ𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𐓣𝗀𝗍ɦ. 𝐓ɦ𝗂𝗌 ᑲα𝗍𝗍ᥣ𝖾 𝗂𝗌 αᑲⱺυ𝗍 𝗍ⱺ 𝖾𐓣ᑯ 𝗌ⱺⱺ𐓣... 𝐃𝖾α𝗋 𝐂ⱺ𝗌ꭑⱺ𝗌"

I was stumped. I had no words. This took a turn for the better. I flew back and began to heal myself and my power, a fight of all eternity was about to go down. The Dragon King V.S. Mother Gaea. Destruction V.S. Creation.

"𝙾𝚘𝚘𝚘𝚑𝚑𝚑... 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚇𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛! 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛... 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 "𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝙶𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗" 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚖𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎!"

Suddenly an array of extraordinarily loud sounds that could compare to that of a planet exploding, came from Gaea's fist against Xander. I squinted in fear... I hoped that Xander wasn't underestimating Gaea or overestimating his own strength...

"𝐃𝖾𝗌ρ𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗀α𝗂𐓣𝗂𐓣𝗀 "𝗂𐓣𝖿𝗂𐓣𝗂𝗍𝖾" ρⱺω𝖾𝗋, 𝗒ⱺυ 𝗍𝗋υᥣ𝗒 𝗀α𝗂𐓣𝖾ᑯ 𐓣ⱺ𝗍ɦ𝗂𐓣𝗀. 𝐘ⱺυ 𝖼α𐓣'𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𐓣 ꭑα𝗄𝖾 α ᑯ𝖾𐓣𝗍 α𝗀α𝗂𐓣𝗌𝗍 ꭑ𝖾... ωɦα𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝗍ɦα𝗍 𝗒ⱺυ 𝗍𝗋υᥣ𝗒 𝗀α𝗂𐓣𝖾ᑯ ⱺυ𝗍 ⱺ𝖿 𝗍ɦ𝗂𝗌 αᥣᥣ 𝐌ⱺ𝗍ɦ𝖾𝗋 𝐆α𝖾α? 𝐒ⱺꭑ𝖾 𝗌α𝗍𝗂𝗌𝖿α𝖼𝗍𝗂ⱺ𐓣? 𝐘ⱺυ'𝗋𝖾 α 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾ᑯ𝗒 𝐊𝚰𝐓𝐀𝐇. 𝐖ⱺ𝗋𝗍ɦᥣ𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𐓣. 𝐘ⱺυ𝗋 𝗂𐓣𝖿𝗂𐓣𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗌𝗂ꭑαᥣ ρⱺω𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝗍ɦ𝖾 𝗋𝖾α𝗌ⱺ𐓣 ωɦ𝗒 𝐄𝗏𝖾𝗋ᥣⱺ𝗋ᑯ 𝐂ⱺ𝗌ꭑ𝗂𝖼 𐓣𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 α𐓣𝗌ω𝖾𝗋𝖾ᑯ 𝗒ⱺυ𝗋 ρ𝗋α𝗒𝖾𝗋𝗌."

I didn't even blink... and in an instant Xander was closer to me and Gaea had half of her lower abdomen torn to shreds... Xander landed a devastating hit on Gaea. His body was flowing with energy I've never seen before. His Dragonic Vitality was absurd in strength. Something wasn't right here...

"𝙶-𝙶𝚄𝙰𝙷... 𝙽𝙷𝙷... 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍... 𝚋𝚞𝚝... 𝚋𝚞𝚝... 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐!"

Gaea's body instantly healed and in a moment's time she was able to take Xander by the scalp, smash his face into the ground and pin him into the ground of Heaven. My eyes widened in distress, but surprisingly enough, my hopes were still high.