Supremacy Games

1608 Five Thousand Years of Slumber.

A few moments later...

The three celestial rulers had announced the bounty, an unprecedented decree that sent shockwaves through the territories of the Unigins.

At the heart of this tumult was the target of the bounty: Asna's core, now residing within Felix.

In Apollo's territory, a magnificent city known as the Domain of Duality, the news of the bounty reached the god of light and darkness himself.

This city was a marvel of divine architecture, split down the middle — one side bathed in blinding, eternal light, and the other shrouded in impenetrable darkness.

The contrast was not just visual but symbolic, representing the balance between light and shadow, day and night.

Apollo, seated in his grand palace that straddled the two realms, received the announcement with a raised eyebrow.

His appearance was as striking as his domain: his hair shone like spun gold, and his eyes flickered with a light that seemed to capture the essence of the sun itself.

He was draped in robes that shimmered with a radiant luminescence on one side, while the other melded into the shadows.

As the proclamation echoed through his hall, a look of interest crossed his divine features.

"That boy has been the greatest source of entertainment besides the unigins' celestial promotion event. I would have never thought he would be bringing it home."

The prospect of capturing Asna's core was intriguing, but the involvement of Felix, a being who had endured and transformed so dramatically, piqued his curiosity even more.

"Should I join the bounty hunt? I am not too interested in becoming an upper celestial, but the hunt does sound fun."

A thoughtful smile played on his lips as he considered the possibilities, the gears of strategy already turning in his mind.

...

Meanwhile, in Hephaestus's territory, the reaction was starkly different.

This realm was known as the Inferno Dominion, a vast expanse that resembled hell itself. Fire and magma flowed freely, creating rivers and lakes of liquid flame.

The sky above was dominated by multiple suns, each casting an oppressive heat that kept the land in a perpetual state of smoldering fury.

a fortress carved from obsidian and magma,

forge, Hephaestus, stood at the heart of his domain. His eyes, usually a molten

anger as the announcement reached

Asna's core, being the target of

one of the main culprits in his promotion plan

upper celestial echelon and recovered my lost territories from that bastard Poseidon."

how much resources Hephaestus had invested in his plan to

an unholy amount of celestial energy to open up the portal,

punished, and weakened, the celestial energy required to open up any gate or portal outside of the eternal

millions of years to gather the necessary amount by either stealing it from his nemesis Poseidon's territories by conquering them

and invaded his territories, conquering a significant portion before he

energy was roaming freely across the entire realm and

their neighboring territories...Poseidon and Hephaestus were always at each

understood that this was the perfect rebounce opportunity...He had both a chance for revenge and another chance

shimmering with heat. He growled, his

with Felix, but the bounty's reward was simply too enticing to

their eyes affixed on Felix, awaiting the day of his ascension

****

years later in the

sleeping on a wooden bed above a cozy hatch

contrast to the void's

genuinely slumbered for more than five thousand years even when his soul and body were at their

this time to avoid the consequences of his decision or if his mental

consciousness slowly seeped back into Felix's mind, and his eyes fluttered open,

the rustic wooden walls, the simple furnishings, and

'Where am I?'

to piece together the fragmented memories of his last conscious

battle with Nimo's alter ego played back in his mind like a vivid yet distant

transformation, the intervention of

the memories flooded back, each one more

on his brow as he thought, 'Was this all one nasty

silence of the hatch and the turmoil of his thoughts, a familiar

and filled with concern. "Little darling, awake at last? You sure had me worried for a second there. You

'No...'