Destroying My Own World

On their way to Mount Olympus, they saw multiple floating islands up high in the sky. Those belonged to the mythologies of the countries below them, and they were small compared to Norse mythology. It turned out Germany was also a part of Midgard, but weirdly enough, it wasn't at the same time.

They were amazed that people were still living so casually and had no idea what existed above them. If humans could see those mythical places and floating islands, they would bow down and worship them immediately.

As they tried to fly further down south to Italy, a black cloud blocked Mykel's path. He stopped and looked at how thick the smoke was, and it kept getting thicker and thicker. He touched it and was surprised he couldn't put his hand through the smoke because it acted as a barrier.

"Mykel, what's happening?" Jeanne asked as she looked at the smoke that started to block the sky below and above them.

"Do you remember what I said when we came to Poland?" Mykel asked. "One of the Gods here has a grudge against me," Mykel continued.

"Mara..." Elena said as she looked at the smoke. "But this time, she's not as powerful as the one from the novel. I think one of us is enough to kill her," Elena pointed out as she touched the smoke and it dispersed so easily.

"No, I'll go and meet her personally. You guys can wait here or you can go ahead," Mykel shook his head and looked at something behind the smoke. "You take the lead, Elena. Do whatever you want, but don't get involved," Mykel continued.

Elena hummed with understanding, and then she looked at Mykel flying through the smoke. He flapped his wings once and it was enough to disperse all the black smoke into thin air.

Mykel flew away and broke the sound barrier that was enough to deafen them. He was disappointed in a blink of an eye, and then he saw where the smoke was coming from. It didn't come from above, in fact, it came from down below, a dead forest with thick mists that blocked the vision.

Mykel landed right in the middle of the dead forest, and his face, legs, and hands immediately got grabbed by unknown hands. He used the [Sacrilege Flame] skill all over his body and melted all the hands on his face. When he turned around, those weren't hands, but living twigs and roots that tried to scare him.

He looked around and could see glowing eyes around him and hear the laughter of unknown creatures in the distance. Since he didn't have time to play around, he blasted the flame around his body and burned down the whole forest. He saw something fly away, but then he used his [Telekinesis] and pulled that thing back down.

He kept holding the being down by focusing on his kinetic sense as he walked toward it. When he arrived, he saw a woman with cracked skin like a tree and veins that looked like roots.

"Goddess of Nightmare, how a surprise to see you here. I remember you sent an envoy and tried to scare me back then," Mykel said as he looked at the woman's messy black hair that covered her whole face. "I'm a man of my word, I told you that I'll remember this and you'll regret it," Mykel continued as he put his leg on the woman's chest.

The woman struggled from freeing herself from Mykel's foot even though she used all her strength to lift it up. The longer and the more she tried to free herself, the heavier Mykel's leg became, and he was slowly crushing her chest.

[Would you like to register [Goddess of Nightmare, Mare] into the [Character List]?]

"No. I don't need someone weak like her. In fact, she's the weakest of the others who shared the name," Mykel answered as he kept pushing his foot down.

"Kill me and see what happens," Mara said in her raspy voice. "You have no idea what you're against with. Do you think I care if I die? Have you ever thought about where the Gods go after they died? Do you think Gods die?" Mara asked as she groaned in pain and giggled mischievously.

Mykel looked down at Mara with a blank expression, but then he scoffed softly as he smirked. A sudden burning feeling on Mara's chest made her look down and saw the dark orange flame on Mykel's right leg.

"Do you remember this flame? The flame that can even kill a God. Do you know how I got this flame? Through the system, the system that surpassed your existence," Mykel answered. "Let's see if you can be resurrected or your whole existence will disappear," Mykel continued and pushed his foot down as he let the flame devour Mara's body.

Mara screamed as her chest melted and her whole body started to turn red with steam coming out from the cracks in her skin. She couldn't do anything other than glare at Mykel with her all-black eyes. Her hatred toward Mykel made her furious and frustrated that she couldn't feel the pain in her body.

Mykel stomped on the ground and Mara's whole body disappeared without leaving a single trace. Suddenly, he felt a heavy pressure pushing him down to the ground, but he could resist it. It felt so familiar when he was summoned to the Void Cloud, the presence that had overwhelmed him a very long time ago.

[Warning]

[An unknown presence is trying to destroy your existence. The system is powerful enough to prevent it from happening]

[Registering the area around the Owner]

[The area has been registered and the unknown presence has disappeared and has no control over space]

"That was something," Mykel said as he slowly looked up. "Who and what was that," Mykel asked.

[Based on the information the Owner has gathered, the probability of it coming from the higher realm is high. One of the beings that control the universe]

"I see. Killing an insignificant Goddess was enough to make one of them react like this. If that's the case, there will be more of them when we arrived at Mount Olympus," Mykel said as he spread his wings and flew away.

Mykel landed on top of the hill and everyone was looking at him with serious looks on their faces.

"What?" Mykel asked.

"Did something happen back there? We all saw the sky bending to where you went. We were thinking if we should go and check, but then you came back not long after," Aurea answered as she sat on the rock with her wings covering her body.

"What you saw back there, it was a power that came from a higher realm," Mykel said as he wiped his suit that got dirtied by the twigs and roots. "The reason why it happened, was because I killed Mara, and someone was angry about it and tried to erase my existence," Mykel continued and looked at them.

They all raised their heads because they had never seen something like that except for Elena who saw and experienced something far worse. They looked at each other and realized what might happen to them if the Gods from higher realms decided to interfere.

"Don't tell me you guys are backing off?" Mykel asked with a smile and eyebrows raised. "What are you guys so afraid of? If you die, I'll bring you guys back to life," Mykel pointed out.

"Right, I almost forgot about that. I guess there won't be any issue," Rozan said as he patted Alpha's head.

"Dude, please don't jinx it. Every word you said will always go against us," Gunnar replied as he looked at Rozan with his eyebrows furrowed.

"Anyway, our journey is still far ahead of us. We should go now," Mykel said as he spread his wings.

They all nodded with understanding and flew to Mount Olympus where the mountain blocked the vast sea view. They hadn't even seen the peak because it was up high into space just like Asgard. When they flew past the clouds, they were amazed by how vast the peak was and how big the palace was.

When they landed, they were surprised that nobody welcomed them, unlike Thor and the Valkyries. When they were about to take a step forward, a brown-haired woman came out of the palace in her long white, gold, and blue dress. She looked at Mykel and kept staring at him for quite a while as if they were communicating through their eyes.

The woman slowly approached Mykel and then stood right in front of him. She was a lot taller than Mykel, and even though she was that tall, she didn't show any hostility toward them. She then looked at his eyes, down to his nose, and then down to his lips.

"Aunt Hera?" Elena asked as she looked at the woman.

Hera turned her gaze toward Elena and said, "I'm not your Aunt, and never was."