The chariot rose in the sky and pierced through the clouds and even above the stratosphere . In the space outside the lands where the ground was not even visible . The entire land's view could be seen . And there it was a floating island in the middle of space with a layer of oxygen surrounding it .
An external atmosphere if you will . The gravity is a lot less than that of the lands . 9.8 to 9.4
Some say that it is not a significant difference while some say that it is world ending.
In the island there was a great hall which was built with extravagent materials and marvelous engineering.
It protected against the sun's cancerous rays .while providing a heated environment after absorbing it's energy
And protecting against the coldness of space . From the island the moon looks even bigger than usual .
The floating island just ends with a cliff with nothing downwards . And the gravity only just existed in one direction . So if you fell off the cliff . You would exit the atmosphere of the island and either die in space or catch yourself within the gravity of the lands and plummet straight to the ground .
Jay after climbing down from the chariot he saw the lands in its entirety and from afar he could recognise some locations . Such as the Thar desert , the rainforest because it was the source of all rivers and streams . But due to excessive rainfall it's almost unlivable except for the witch .
Jay searched for the capital city . And where his eyes met the location there was nothing but a patch of barren land .
Nonpersonnel , no sight of buildings nothing , the lake was present but it was clear as day .
That is the reason why the Gods could never find where they were hidden . After all of these years .
King longingly stared at the lands . It has been a long time since he had come here . Never would have thought that he would receive the chance once again.
Jay :
Is this why you don't have a space program ?
King :
Precisely .
From the space even some planets were visible and the lands was just might be a patch of land floating in outer space.
King grabbed Jay's shoulder and lightly whispered in his ears .
King :
Preserve your mana . Mana only exists in the lands . Here there is no mana in here to take .
Jay's mana was at 100 percent and was ready to wreck havoc .
The apostle of kindness called them in and showed them to the waiting room while the other dispersed. A guard was assigned to stand outside the room . While they remained in the waiting room .
Kindness :
The session will start after half an hour till then please rest here . Refreshments will be bought to you shortly .
It was an intense waiting game . Walking right into the enemy's domain. It is possible that they might be seeing them currently so talking or giving hand signs would be useless . That's why one could talk in Code words.
With a risk of other misunderstanding . Most importantly is discussing everything beforehand in the vehicle and acting according to it .
1. Observe the code of conduct and replicate.
2. No dishonoring
3. No insults or beating .
4. No violence .
The King did tell Jay to be wary about these things but he was linient as if he is expecting for these rules to be bent or even broken .
The door opened and there was a familiar face . The God of Chaos as gloomy as ever he entered . The armor of iron dust changing its position like a sea wave , nails changing sizes fingers changing orientation , sex changing . Every trait was a form of Chaos
And the King drew his sword .
Kaos :
Lightning boy , it's been a millennia , how's your family .
King :
I don't think it's of any concern . Why are you here ?
Kaos :
Can't even meet my next apostle . After a WarGod I do need a Apostle of Destruction. Mind if I have a talk .
King :
Too bad then , Kaos . Your powers might be used against you .
Kaos :
That much is not enough to down a fighting regional god .
Take this .
From his ever changing hands where his hand would flicker in different colours , sometimes the numbers would increase sometimes he would become limbless sometimes many arms would conjoint into one . He handed another crystal the culmination of his powers . A red crystal just like the powers he received before.
King ;
What is the meaning of this !
Kaos :
I'm a Chaotic God after all , I would feel bad if the fight just ended like a faulty firecracker .
The King was meticulous about the crystal so he scanned it with his retinal ai . And found it was just an essence of Chaos . There were no tracking elements. Nothing to be suspicious of .
So King backed off .
King :
Pray this won't blow on your face .
With this Jay took the crystal and it attached itself to his left arm . But unlike the previous one it immediately seeped into his arm and started spreading through his body.
A red path branched out of his arms . And integrated itself with the power of light of Lumina .
Kaos :
A small welcoming gift to both of you .
Kaos left the room as the angels outside bowed their heads to them . And after this food was bought as refreshers , various fruits meant to satiate their stomachs while they wait .
Finally there was a knock on the door with an angel responding from outside that the session was ready .
The King showed no emotions on the outside but he was conflicted in his emotions to meet the ones he will be facing .
They had taken the regional Gods of the slave island into their custody and have persisted on their demand of not handing them over . As of yet the Regional God is not yet awake. And forcefully waking him up might damage his psyche . Because of his anatomy .
Psychology and technology has evolved further than expected . It is now possible to wake up patients in a coma .
But the distorted God's anatomy is proving to be a challenge for the medical officers .
For because he no longer an God the anatomy that sustained him is now getting in his way. Some organs have fused with the others . Some ducts have been tangled up
It is a miracle and the constant monitoring of the medical team that he is somehow eluding death.
About death.
It's true that once a person dies their souls are released from their body and then returned to the Goddess of Life .
Via the Gods of death. It might compromise the location of the capital thus . Via a special ritual a tether is created which captures the released souls and via a special route they are decorated outside the capital way outside . That it practically becomes unnoticible .
They have tried to track their route but the route itself a maze going in different directions . Thus causing them to suffer trying to dig up the souls . Abondoning their approach .
Though the souls released tend to fly towards heaven . And thus is collected by the Soul Harvester. This it matters not whether a soul is in a foundation territory or divine territory .
But these issues aside .
Jay entered the halls along with the King. And he saw Redro sitting on the highest of the seats whilst both the sides were seperated . Redro's apostle was sitting in the jury pannel where he had split himself into 13 parts . As a part of the jury pannel.
The Gods were bought to an equal footing with the humans and the Gods sat with their apostle . All the Gods were filled with hatred except the Godesses of Life , Love and Peace .
In fact the insane outburst of the Peace Godess were under control . And she looked at The King in such a way that none of the Gods had ever before . And it was hard not to notice . But everyone did .
She was feeling such way due to her past connection with him and he is the very thing that the goddess craves Peace .
Despite not visiting the capital even once she could feel there was very low violence and happiness was in the air .
It was none other than the capital .
For her the King was a PeaceMaker . Something perfect for her . Even the Goddess of Love was stunned after seeing this unexpected visual.
Peace :
My little PeaceMaker , it's been so long since I saw you .
The difference between both of their ages are well over a hundred years .
The King dare not to make a comment but just stay silent and observe.
But the one besides them Jay Garrick was a sight to be seen A curiosity by all the Otherworlders who have walked through the same gates and ended up in different paths .
They were curious about how his journey had been to take him to the Foundation instead of the clutches of the Gods .
For the Gods were offering part of their powers as blessings . While the foundation tried to destroy them with a raid of dragons just like the time when the Hero of the Beginning had arrived at the lands .
Finally the judge Redro took his seat .
Redro :
I am God of Order Redro . I will be the judge of the processions to be held today. I vow to be impartial and fair towards both the sides .
Redro :
The processions will begin with the basics . After the discussions I will render my verdict .