Like the Countess once experienced, Rex was brought to stand on a Lunirich Trial.
His repeated sins have earned him this consequence.
Initially, he thought what ignited the bad blood between him—and the Lunirich Gods was due to him allying with the Countess. She made him swear, that he wouldn't accept the powers of other Lunirich Gods through normal terms.
Rex could only take the other Lunirich Gods' powers, not make a contract with them.
No going back either, the oath he made with the Countess was sacred.
Considering she also saved him, Rex has no intentions of going back on his words.
However, from what the Yule Moon God said to him earlier it seed like every ti he used his moon abilities gained from the System—Rex was using the power of the associated God, forcefully, which in this case, Kaiser's power.
Due to that, one way or another, he would be going against the Lunirich Gods.
It was not because of him making a pact with the Countess, it was because of the System.
"If anyone had to do it, I would be the one," Suddenly, Kaiser declared, and descended with a sadistic grin on his face, savoring the day when he could wipe the arrogance from Rex's face, the arrogance that declared he was the strongest. "this mortal is mine..."
Just then, the Violet Moon Goddess, a humanoid silhouette of black crossed her arms.
Her glowing violet eyes squinted at Rex, "I'm here as a witness, let this be done"
"No, don't kill him yet!" the Honey Moon Goddess, a woman of a brilliant golden light, warned—her features were graced with worry and concern. "He still has the Great Luna's remains—I want it back. He has hidden it in an unknown realm, I couldn't find it anywhere"
"He must hiding it in the Banished Realm," She added.
Observing the battle from above, the Honey Moon Goddess saw Rex putting it away.
As the Royal Black Prince, she knew his power and knew where to look.
Or at least that was what she initially thought.
But even though she searched through all realms that had a trace of Rex's presence, such as the Cluster Domain, the Twilight Realm, or the Broken Realm, she couldn't find, what she was looking for.
Naturally, she assud Rex hid it in the Banished Realm.
Upon hearing this, the Yule Moon God's eyes flickered, "That's right, there's also that whore"
"Co out, grace us with your presence, Nivellen..." He added and extended his hand.
Suddenly, Rex could feel sothing inside of him being summoned, causing him to suck in a deep breath automatically as gushes of copious dark energy, ca out of him. It gushed out of the King Mark on his forehead and created a dark cloud above him.
Rex was in utter pain as his King Mark was throbbing violently.
He then glanced above and saw the Countess, she was pulled out of him forcefully.
She's acting strong when she's not.
Even though the Countess was keeping her spine, upright, showing no weakness, Rex knew that she was in excruciating pain from her wounds. She was still wounded, and the last ti Rex checked on her, she couldn't stand on her own.
It was a miracle that she could levitate and face the other Lunirich Gods like this.
Looking at the Countess, shrouded with an air of mystery, and darkness, the Yule Moon God simply waved his hand and shrugged the power that hid the Countess' features. Underneath the darkness revealed a woman of utmost beauty.
The Countess, Nivellen bore the appearance of a mature woman.
As Rex pictured even before he saw her face right now, Nivellen had dark, silky hair that was shimring like starlight. Her lips, heart-shaped and dyed black, contrasted sharply with her pale, jade-like skin. Draped in a celestial black dress, that was translucent on the arms—and exposed her shoulders, she exuded an aura of forbidden allure.
Her glowing white eyes, frad by a shadowy darkness, made her gaze piercing.
Every aspect of her presence was both captivating and lethal.
She was the epito of a forsaken beauty, a beauty that could truly kill.
Upon the revelation of her features—Nivellen tilted her head down a little—to avoid the Yule Moon God's intense eyes, but that gesture, made him scoff, "I was prepared—to show you a glimpse of rcy, to shorten the ti of your judgnt, to lift your banishnt, and even to make you my servant. But once again, you have defied us..."
At those hypocritical words, Nivellen chuckled, "Stop spouting your aningless words,"
"you have no intention of setting free" She added in a mocking tone.
From the mont she was given the Lunirich Edict—she knew that the Yule Moon God was not going to set her free for all eternity. Anyti he ntioned sothing like this—he only ant it as mockeries for her.
Making her his servant was also an excuse to trap her celestial fragnts in this realm.
Doing so would make him stronger than ever.
Not reacting to her words at all—keeping a composed look, the Yule Moon God went silent.
But then, Kaiser continued.
"You sullied yourself with a re mortal and were punished—yet you dared to repeat your mistake, degrading yourself further by hopping to another mortal, and whoring yourself to him. Just like last ti, your connection to your avatar only brought catastrophe to us," He exclaid, looking at the Countess—with murderous intent.
Once again, Nivellen chuckled, "I sullied myself...? Is it wrong to have loved a mortal?"
"Love is a concept beneath us, that goes without saying," the Violet Moon Goddess replied.
Grinding his teeth angrily—Kaiser took a step forward—shaking the entire realm with his vast strength, "Beneath us, or not—your traitorous act is still wrong! You tried to empty our power only to save that lover of yours! What would happen to us if the other Gods had known about that?!"
"We would be devoured! What you did almost ended us!" He roared furiously.
However, Nivellen responded in the sa fire, "So when I did it, it's wrong. But when you all did it, it's not?! If your avatar was threatened to be killed and attacked by avatars—of other Gods, you all did the exact sa thing as !" Her expression then softened, rembering the tragedy in the past. "He asked... cried... begged to for help, as he was tortured, and being torn apart.
But instead of allowing to help, you all banished !!"
Upon shouting that, she covered her mouth, coughing a mouthful of blood.
Seeing this, Rex's eyes glistened fiercely, "Countess!"
Clang!
Despite wanting to help Nivellen, he was held back by the searing chains.
In this realm, his power was less than half of what it should be.
"I'm a Goddess but I couldn't do anything to help—my actions are dictated by you but now I have enough..." Nivellen whispered raspingly, sweeping her gaze, to the Lunirich Gods. "I've had enough of you hypocrites. I'm going to drag all of you down because now... it's going to be different"
As she said that, she glanced downward at Rex who was still chained up.
Her gaze was filled with conviction as she viewed him.
"He will achieve that for , he'll show you what a mortal could do," Nivellen added.
"Nivellen, you have squandered your divine essence in the company of mortals for too long. Perhaps it is ti you beco one of them," the Yule Moon God stood up from his throne, a violent presence ruptured the space around him. "Also, your conviction is wrong..."
"What can he do if he is to die right now?" He added and waved his power once again.
Clang!!
"Raargggrhkk!!" Rex shouted as an unseen force gripped his body.
It didn't take long before more chains latched onto his body.
Rex glanced at his side, and found blue steam hissing—as the searing tal, burned into his flesh, his skin bubbling and dissolving under the heat. With each passing second, the chains bit deeper, tearing through muscle and bone, reducing his body to ash bit by bit.
Blood mingled with the blackened remnants.
His form disintegrated slowly as the chains shredded him with rciless precision.
Seeing this, the Countess, rushed to help—but she was stopped by the other Lunirich Gods' powers, halting her mid-track. Just like Rex, she was incapacitated, gripped in place without being able to do anything.
Even then, her eyes glistened as the core within her began to glow.
As she was about to do sothing extre, her body stiffened at a surprising sight.
It happened in a fraction of a second but Nivellen was sure what she saw.
'Did he just smile at ...?' She pondered in shock.
Steeling herself to free Rex from this realm, the Countess instead saw Rex assuring her.
Despite his condition, he smiled at her, signaling to not worry.
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