Chapter 2: The Next Step

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???: "That's weird."

A young male in a robe and glasses seems to be overlooking the bustling world below.

Boy: "Something's wrong."

The space around him is beginning to waver.

???: "So this is the realm of the fabled gods."

A man wearing a black suit, bald head, and a dragon tattoo coiling around his neck and eye steps into the area.

Boy: "How'd you get here?!"

The man looks at the boy.

Man: "So the only one here is Dae, god of Confusion."

Dae: "Only the others should even know I exist!"

The man steps closer to Dae.

Man: "But that makes finding the other nine quite a pain."

Dae gets on the defensive.

Dae: "Y-You honestly believe that you can deal with a god?!"

The man stops.

Man: "I'm performing just that."

Dae creates a sort of bubble of white energy around him.

Dae: "I'm not risking anything!"

Man: "So you plan on doing the same as your predecessors?"

A white orb leaves Dae's body.

Dae: "I don't know who you are, but I already know that your bad news!"

The man stands just outside the bubble.

Man: "Go ahead. My men are on the hunt and something like that will give your chosen one away."

Dae: "Never underestimate us!"

Man: "Here's the thing, I'm not."

Dae: "(in head) No one has been here in 3000 years and somehow a mortal gets here before the others? Just what is going on?"

Dae uses his strength to keep his bubble and orb together...

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