The World's most Overpowered Side-Character

"What is Ikaris to you, why are you so insistent on killing her, yet you have not tried doing it yourself after all this time watching her grow?" Umbra questioned her actions which contrasted her urgent words.

"Ikaris... is..." Giza contemplated telling the truth, and the man before her found distrust in her eyes when he attempted to read her. "She is the one who stole my greatest opportunity before I met you, he was mine, his darkness was mine, but the moment she gave him her soul, I lost him, I do not harbour hate for any individual, rather I am hate itself, but if there were to ever be a being who deserved my concentrated scorn it would be her; she stole what was mine."

"Hm..." Umbra turned to his task once more. "Is that the whole reason?"

"Do you doubt me, my King?"

Of course I do, I doubt and distrust your every breath and action." Umbra responded with his brows furrowed and a dirty smirk across his face. "You're the least trustworthy being in existence as far as I am concerned."

"Is that the whole truth, my King?" "Giza repeated his words back at him with an undertone of sarcasm.

"You seem different than before, somehow..." Umbra, after taking a breath to calm himself, glanced over his shoulder at her when she began idly hovering behind him. "Did something happen when you left earlier?" He asked.

"Ah, nothing important, staying around you when you are upset at me is troublesome, mostly annoying, so I took a stroll across the collective to breathe a little, have I been offending you in some way, my King?" Giza settled at his side and rested her cheek against his shoulder. "If that is the case I sincerely apologise; you are all I have, I would rather not create a rift between us when I am son deeply connected to you."

"I... honestly can't take anythin you say seriously, Giza," Umbra kept his gaze straight, "Just remain at my side like you promised, even if we hate each other our goals are still the same as before, cooperate with me and I will kill Ikaris and Sol Vestic for you, with them gone, you will be free to act as you please."

"Very well," Giza chuckled. "I look forward to the battle that will end all light."

*** Sector G.Gamma***

"This is all of them; everyone on the list has been accounted for," Alpha floated leisurely next to Ikaris using her power to leave a triangular upside-down red tag floating over their heads to distinguish them further in case someone later decided to try and escape.

"Princess," Zara approachedraising her hand to her chest once in selute when Ikaris acknowledged her presence with a nod. "Considering that we have now visited the four planets in the sector, is there no possibility that there could be more traitors hiding amongst the civilians and the Resistance?" She asked, turning and looking at Hudor who had been the one to raise the question privately a few moments prior to her arrival.

"Naturally, there is." Ikaris answered matter-of-factly, folding her arms with a sugh and turning to the great platform before her with nearly ten thousand Vatui, Godslayer and Human traitors, amongst a few other minority groups. "We have only succeeded in capturing the ones that have done official business with the Emporium; by Alpha's calculations, this is probably seventy percent of the total wrongdoers, we will find the others soon enough."

"It's not like they'll be able to run away either," Dina joined the conversation. "Master has agreed to take the entire sector inside of his collective and grant them mana, this is both to empower a newand more effective resistance, as well as to keep a closer eye on them, since with the system they will likely be exposed as soon as they mess up." She explained, leaving the Vatui woman to nod seriously and Glance at the massive army of traitors once more.

"How will you go about it?" Dina spoke up once more, staring at Curt who was standing, facing the consequences of his bad leadership and the terrible examples he had set over the years.

"Privately," Ikaris answered. "Currently, only Sol has the power to deal with this painlessly, I am heartbroken to see this many of my people fall into the depths of greed, it's arguable that some of them could repent and turn their lives around, but for the sake of those who have lost loved ones because of their actions, to settle their grudges and douce their immediate pain, we have to make an example out of them," She sighed sadly and walked forward standing next to Curt and resting her hand on his shoulder while he stood there quietly.

"To think that the act of saving us, would see this many getting killed for crimes against their own; Your Excellency, I am deeply regretful," Curt admitted. "I was ready to fight for the greed of the Emporium, even after witnessing your return with my naked eyes, it was only through acknowledging your power that I was able to let go of those thoughts of evil and nonrepentance, do not be disheartened, the strong must lead the weak, otherwise there will be terrible cases like this where history repeats itself." Curt gave her a few words of wisdom.

"Thank you for surrendering, Curt, it is not to my tastes to hastily execute, even an enemy deseeves the respect of a proper death... aside from the Emporium, I wish them all the worst deaths, and will go out of my way to see them suffer."

"Hahaha, even with no memory of your past, you are still the same, Princess." He laughed haughtily and then looked to the great crowd again. "Brothers, Sisters, today we answer for the crimes we committed against our kind, do not fear death, just as we did not fear sending them to theirs, the atrocities we committed are unforgiveable, even if we are reborn a thousand times, let our incarnations do nothing but good deeds to repay that which we have taken!"

"HUU!" The crowd resonated with cries after the man had finished his short speech.

"Is this enough?" Ikaris asked, seeing Curt and a majority of the crowds fighing their tears while the others openly cried to the skies above.

"It is all I will allow, as the one who lead them to this state of ruin." Curt answered, watching Ikaris walk ahead of him with her hands clasped, and after her was Dina, and then Arla and the other Gods of Arkadia, followed by Cosmo and the rest of the apostles, all clasping their hands as if they were praying for the souls of the damned.

The skies darkened, winds began howling, and clouds of white began racing to and from the horizon, reaching into the ceiling of the atmosphere and fanning far and wide in every cardinal direction. Say turned to night, and the space that they had all occupied was sealed off from the outside world when a great golden sphere appeared in the sky above them and a person clad in gold armour came forth.

"Sol," Ikaris stared up at him when he began descending towards them, unlike his earlier appearances, this time he really did look like a being of legend, his hair was neatly tied back in a low ponytail, his outfit was dazzling almost hard to look at or look away from, and his mana descended warmly, gracing them all with a sense of ease, it was orchestrated to feel this way, he had played his part as the exacutioner brilliantly.

"Ikaris," Sol greeted her first, gently landing on the platform before her and raising her hand in his own, kissing her fingers softly while she lowered her head.

"Master," Ikaris responded, and with her address the rest of them lowered their heads as well, the new Apostles had never seen anything like this before, his appearance of grandeur left them speechless and nigh thoughtless, Shar-Khan in particular couldn't keep himself from tearing up, while others like Zara and Hudor who were a bit more used to him could only smile as his mana flowed around them.

"You did better than I would have, there was not a single casualty throughout the entire ordeal, well done." Sol raised his right hand to the side and clasped his fist lightly, summoning a gateway which Raiden fell through, fully healed and stationary when he beheld his power with his naked eye.
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"This goes beyond the reaches of a Godslayer, this power is impossible to attain-"

"Of course, not," Sol responded to Curt. "I was chosen by the Goddess of Balance, and have since transcended," He added and then pulled his hand from Ikaris's, facing them properly. "All of you, you have surrendered rather than fight unjustly, I admire your valour, I myself am not without fault, I am far from it, I am no perfect being, but I have to respect your resolve." He smiled at them all.

"How will we die, your excellency?" Curt asked strictly from curiosity and Sol smiled and raised his hand summoning a scythe of gold hugged by black flames which burned harmlessly.

[You are about to proceed with a forbidden technique which can backfire if you miss your target/s, will you reconsider?]

[Proceed.]

[Forbidden Technique...]

"Painlessly," Sol answered, and the man took a deep breath and sighed all his worries away.

"Then, Master Vestic, Princess, I wish with all earnesty that you succeed in delivering the Emporium to the hands of judgement."

[REAPER'S CALLING]