The World's most Overpowered Side-Character

"Ikaris has succeeded in subjecting the Khalla-Novan Resistance, another opportunity missed," Giza was seated on a piece of what remained of the ship hse and Umbra had been a part of. "With just the demonstration of her subordinate's power the entire resistance fell in line, even the ones who had committed wrongs against their kind and have been sentenced to death have all willingly accepted their fate." She added and the man leaned is head and looked at her.

"Your point?" Umbra asked, "You tend to keep me informed about that bitch far more than you do with the affairs of the Godslayer, why is that?" He questioned her motifs and she chuckled.
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"My king, you are informed about everything that theyall do, it is simply that the Godslayer is a lot less active than he used to be, staying true to his wishes of a leisurely life unbothered by the rest of existence in the embrace of his loved ones and the company of his closest friends."

"Do you honestly think that about him?" Umbra furrowed his brows. "I had a similar dream once, but then they all died, it's good that he found happiness after abandoning me in that empty place to be his battery." He grimaced. "Now I have even more to take from him when I face them, I will-"

"Indeed you will, my king," Giza interrupted Umbra's rant before he could get it off his chest and shook her head. "You have made the same declaration many times," She looked up at him. "And yet you refuse to even hear of his feats, the thigs thet make him amazing are things you need knowledge o-"

"I couldn't care less about that, the only thing that matters is killing him after taking everything away from him, taking his hope and his dreams."

"His power has grown," Giza spoke up and Umbra almost let go of the dark mana he commanded when he heard that.

"Just a little time ago, he was unable to sense me, now he sees and stares whenever he pleases, he is able to percieve me with only a glance just as I can easily find him, even if I try to conceal myself, he seeks me out nontheless," She stared in Sol's direction, and as though he was listening the Godslayer in question raised his head and stared right back at her. The on;y place he cannot find me now is the inversion of reality where his power holds no weight.

"What does that mean for me then, is my growth not significant?" Umbra began seething when he thought of Sol growing even more powerful than the absurdity that was his realm.

"Your growth is indeed significant, Lord Umbra, but in comparison, what was once a marathon will become a voyage for you; you need to grow stronger faster than he does to ever stand a chance, there is a limited time to this clock, if you fail I will have no choice but to leave you behind," She warned him, seeing his eyes widen and his brows disappear into his hairline as that warning woke his conceit to a harrowing reality.

"You would... leave me?" He asked her with his voice almost trembling when Sol's image flashed through his mind.

"I would indeed," Giza confirmed her words once more. "You see, Sol Vestic is already at the realm of a True Primordial, he is a being amongst only a few million who have managed to reach that insane level of power, but unlike the others who have no idea of a being such as myself, the Godslayer discovered my reach and is seeking more strength, he wants to be the strongest across all realms, meaning it is only a matter of time before he manages to reach the Primordial God realm, that is where I am."

"Primordial God?" Umbra asked with his eyes narrowed. "Is is that much stronger than the Celestial God?"

"The difference is an ocean compared to a grain of sand," Giza answered Umbra with utter seriousness. "The others all think that Ikaris holds the title of Strongest Cecestial God, but her, yourself, and Sol Vestic all know that the true owner of that title is you, my king, you are the strongest Celestial Got there ever was, stronger than Even Sol when he was of that Realm-"

"Then that means I hold the upper hand."

"Not in a billion aeons," Giza countered his confidence with the red pill of reality once again. "As I said, the difference in power is currently heaven and earth, he angry, he is wary of your dark mana, he will mercilessly slaughter you if you show yourself before him as you are."

"And yet you have been adamantly trying to convince me to go after Ikaris," Umbra scoffed. "You only keep on contradicting yourself-"

"Because I know what she means to him, I have seen it, felt it!" Giza scrunged her nose in disgust. "If you will not listen to anything else, listen to this one truth and then do with it as you will, my King," She pleaded with him.

"Speak," He instructed her after she had gone silent for an extended few minutes.

"Arkadia; is a megaplanet that now resides witnin the universe that was absorbed in his collevtive," She began. "To summarise the struggles they experienced there, Sol was too weak to protect Ikaris and it caused her to lose her unborn when they were faced against the Demon-God race born of the darkness within his collective, that moment Sol was at his most powerful, the others may think they surpassed his power, but the Sol of that moment was so unspeakably terrifying that it broke the universe and reset that reality when he unleashed his power."

"That sounds made up." Umbra scoffed.

"Let me finish," She pouted.

"The power he had accessed with his limited body was one he still possesses, as do you."

"Me too?"

"Yes, is was the power granted to you after you a mortal defeated a demon god; the [Primordial Chaos Demon-God] transformation is something that was lost to time, they are by essence the only offspring I ever had, I was the one who granted that power to him."

"And why the fuck did you do that?" Umbra nearly released his dark mana over the quasar again. "It seems to me like the biggest issues rear their heads whenever you get involved."

"Indeed, it seems they do," Giza admitted. "I was excited, Sol until the point of his victory over the demon-god was completely under a trance of hatred and the greed associated with complete annihilation."

"He was willing to do anything it took to destroy them; his every breath was dedicated to the desolation of demonkind and he was within my grasp, I broke the veil between my reality and his and granted him a portion of my ancient darkness in Ikaris's absence, it was with the hopes that he would find me, but instead, as soon as he defeated the demon-god his first wish was retirement, the darkness that I had nurtured was suppressed completely."

"That was until his fight on Arkadia, where he tapped into the darkness once more using it to force his Godslayer body to mature and his divinity to surpass the threshold, it was here that he became a parody of his kind, so powerful that even the first

True Celestial

tiered enemy he faced,

Orion;

a being that had been created with the sole purpose of destroying beings of light, was mere child's play to him when he awakened.

"All this is merely my way of saying, Sol Vestic is always steps ahead, because until this point you have yet to access this power yourself, even though you are blessed with it leaps more than he is thanks to your tether with me, My king," Giza stopped speaking.

"Primordial Chaos Demon-God..." He mused. "Is it that big of a deal?"

"If he finds a way to access that power again his ascention will leave him directly at our doorsteps, and I will have no choice but to abandon you to save myself."

"What about all that talk about remaining at my side?" Umbra huffed.

"My king, I am not the Ikaris to your Sol, I will never place your safety over my own, do you understand? There is no being I value more than I do myself, but I will still prostrate myself before you and do anything you ask of me, I will destroy Worlds, Universes, Collectives."

"I will always surrender my body to you completely and even my soul, you are every bit the man I respect and admire the most in existence, anything you ask of me is possible, I would even willingly cradle death and bear your offspring -you are my god, Umbra darling, but I will never surrender my mortality for you."

"Then can you call it complete loyalty?" He asked, staring at her with a wary facade. "Can you compare to her?"

"Ikaris and I are binary opposites." She shook her head and glared at him, "We are not comparable, as I said, I am not the Ikaris to your Sol Vestic."

"Giza..." Umbra had finally had enough and decided to ask after seeing her expression every time she mentioned the Goddess of Balance.

"Yes, my King?"

"What is Ikaris to you?"