Infinity: Rising of the Soul Weavers

Chapter 198 - The Mother Spirit Part 2

"I- I'm sorry…" Guilt was apparent in Raven's voice.

The girl yelled, surprising Raven. "Hm, I'm sorry, but I can't do that," she said while shaking her head.

The Voice seemed to be coming from Raven's head that she felt dizzy, yet, the sincerity of the girl's plea was what hurt her the most.

"Then just get stronger!" Raven yelled at the girl. "If you're too weak, then just work on improving your powers! What do you expect me to do when we're facing a damn war? 

"I'm fighting against demon lords and sh*t, what are you doing? F*cking nothing! 

"And in case you were as dumb as you look, then let me tell you that you're being targeted for complete f*cking annihilation!" While Raven didn't want to disclose the information gathered by her avatars yet, she thought that her family won't hear anything she says here.

The girl seemed to calm down.

"I mean that, as of now, there's a massive fleet of invasive aliens approaching Earth, err, you.

"My avatar has picked some stuff while spying around the EDA headquarters. While you may not know what that is, you just need to know that humans are secretly preparing for an all out war.

"That's why… I need more power. I can't let my family die… I simply can't," Raven clenched her fists.

Understanding that she meant Liz, Raven looked down while clenching her fists. 'But I lost the people I cared about that time, I have lost Maya… and if I hadn't stepped in, the world would have been destroyed, no?'

Contrary to her previous angry expression, she was now sad and tense, afraid of being destroyed by the beings she cared about for more than a billion years.

"Hm Raven's suggestion still holds some ground." Aether said thoughtfully, after a while of silence. "You can just simply get stronger."

Gaia said.

"Let me ask you this, have you felt any spike in power since the appearance of the portals?"

"That is naturally the case since only a very small portion of them has been cleared so far," Aether said. "The portals are filled with magiculus, a form of pure mana that supports any form of magical life.

"Basically, what you need is someone clearing out these portals, thus transferring the magiculus into the atmosphere,and consequently, you."

Sitting down and hugging her knees, Gaia seemed on the verge of breaking down. She has been bearing the pain and trying to stay positive, thinking that the pain would disappear soon, but to no avail.

It's already been thirteen years now, and if anything, the pain has only increased. 

She had thought that by killing this girl, she would get some rest that would last her a while and give her time to regenerate her health.

But now she saw how far fetched her dreams were. It wasn't only the girl, or the portals, or the random people with enormous amounts of power. No, even if she was somehow able to solve that issue, she was still going to get destroyed by some alien invasion.

Looking at her hugging her knees with such a sad and desperate expression on her face made Raven's heart ache.

"Did you not hear what he said?" Raven said. "He just said that you can be healed by simply clearing out portals."

"Hehe!" Raven chuckled while extending her hand for Gaia to help her up. "Although I think you're a psycho for wanting to kill me with no explanation whatsoever, I still care about my loved ones and I don't want them to get hurt. 

"If that means I'll have to help you get stronger then so be it, I'll clear the portals and prevent any further harm from befalling you.

"Also, you have to know that simply having a specific power level isn't enough to harm you, otherwise, Aether's presence would have been your end since whatever energy he's holding within is enough to bomb a galaxy," Raven said.

Aether just shrugged since it was more than accurate in his eyes.

"See?" Raven asked with a smile. "Also, this means that my two demons won't be a problem, right? I'll just have them conceal their true powers, and in case they must fight, I'll ask them to finish it quickly."

Gaia finally accepted Raven's hand and stood up, although she was still upset with her.

"Would you like to join them?" Aether asked. "Instead of being trapped in here I mean."

"That will be you too, naturally," Aether smiled.. Snapping his fingers, Raven could suddenly feel Kayla's presence. "Let me teach you how to transfer skills…"