Son of the Hero King

Chapter 736: Twelves Chakra

When was the last time the three of them reunited peacefully?

Anubis could say with full confidence that it had been more than a thousand years. Long before Ambrosia started creating her Witch Order, Echidna created Gluttony Foss, and he conquered the Afterlife.

The three of them all reached the lofty realm of demigods by their lonesome. Thanks to their talents and what Anubis liked to call a lucky encounter or a cheat.

For Anubis, it was the Book of Death and his status as a Reincarnator. For Ambrosia, it was her talent for mana manipulation and her contract with Asmodeus. As for Echidna, her very birth was a cheat in itself.

Now, seated under a parasol in the hanging gardens and drinking some delicious and soothing tea, Anubis could only sigh like an old man and say to his old friends,

“I thought many times about how our meeting would go. But I must say… It seems like I indeed became the strongest out of the three of us. The way of Soul is indeed the best.” He grinned as Ambrosia gave him a flippant stare and Echidna showed him the middle finger with clear spite written on her face. It was an unbecoming gesture for such a woman. Even more so since he was the one who taught her what the gesture even meant.

“You two can be sore losers as all you want, but it’s the truth.” He pointed at Ambrosia.

“You had to wait a thousand years until Sol’s birth, and only then did your daughters have a chance to reach the Demigod rank. Even if you become a full-on false god and grasp a hint of divinity, it will be thanks to Sol, not your own magic.”

Ambrosia coughed out loud. “My daughters taught him magic and created the ritual necessary for his advancement. I will say it’s thanks to magic that he reached his current level.”

“Bullshit!” Echidna, still in Nuwa’s body, shouted as she stood up, clearly agitated. “My Seven Chakra Opening technique is the reason he found the way and created a body strong enough to contain his power. Hell, it’s also thanks to me that he was able to reforge his body and handle all that powerful mana.”

“But what did he use to kill a demigod?” Anubis interupted, his grin growing larger, “His soul! He used his soul. Not his powerful body nor some intricate magic. Only pure soul power was able to stun his opponent.”

He laughed, “Come on, just admit it. The way of the soul is the best! Hell, what about you, Echidna? You got killed by some scheme and your own greediness. But look at you! Alive and well, and thanks to whose research? Mine! About soul manipulation and switching.”

Echidna gritted her teeth, but unable to counter, she simply took her seat again and crossed her arms.

Satisfied, Anubis finished his tea and released a sigh again. The sigh of a victorious man who finally won an argument against people he had been trying to convince for literal centuries.

“Well then, now that we all know that I am the strongest, smartest, most handsome, and suave, why don’t we talk about something less interesting but still crucial?”

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The grin on his face vanished like a lie, and he asked in a quiet and somber tone, “I thought we had erased the Cult of the Old Father thousands of years ago. So can one of you explain why the hell they still exist?”

He scanned the two women, his two golden eyes narrowing, “I sincerely hope that I am wrong, but did one of you meddle with this cult?”

Ambrosia waved her hand, chasing away Anubis' pressure like it was nothing. “Those games are useless, Anubis. Neither I nor Echidna was ever interested in such things. We are directly blessed by the goddesses. In fact, you are the most suspicious. Need I remind you that they wished to use you as their saint?”

Anubis flinched ever so slightly at her remark. Bad memories started resurfacing at the offhanded comment. He chewed his lips in frustration, “Don’t joke. You know that by ‘Saint’,” He sarcastically quoted with his fingers, “All they truly meant was glorified living sacrifice. They also wanted to use me since I was the Son of the Demon King and had rights to the throne despite being a bastard.”

He spat out, but neither Echidna nor Ambrosia called him out on it. Once he calmed down, Anubis continued, “Back then, after we massacred them, I made sure to inspect their souls down to the very last memories. Their belief made no sense. That was what I thought. No myths explained the presence of a Father God, and even to the very end, we found nothing. This is why I thought they were just a bunch of raving lunatics.”

Many cults existed back in those days. The concepts of the seven kingdoms and seven churches weren’t really enforced. Belief in the goddesses was loose, so to speak, and the demigods ran rampant, abusing mortals to gather more Faith Coins.

So, in the end, with no more leads, Anubis, Echidna, and Ambrosia deduced that this so-called Cult of the Old Father was just a cult created by a crazy Demigod with a delusion of splendor.

But now,

“Now I know that other gods actually existed. Worse, those gods are coming back to life and getting back their old powers.”

Anubis scratched his chin, his mind wandering, “All the information we had about the myth of Genesis and the creation of the world was nothing but lies and propaganda spread by the 14. I mean, I shouldn’t have been surprised in hindsight. It just made no sense for the myth to be true.

“How could the Mother Goddess of Chaos have goddesses like Ymir as well as the goddesses of Time, Space, Life, and Death under her control, while the Mother Goddess of Order only had goddesses linked to emotions? Something never added up.”

Anubis did not look down on the goddesses’ power. No matter what personalities they might have, their divine might was undeniable. But the gap between Ymir and the Fourteen was simply too wide.

The fourteen of them could barely handle Ymir alone. But Chaos and Order were equal in power.

“Also, now that we know the so-called Old Father Cult might have actually been right, I have a sneaking suspicion about who their next Saint candidate will be.”

The three demigods shared a look. There was no need to guess. It was pretty evident.

If the cult were once again active, Sol would inevitably become their target soon.

“Should we inform him?” Ambrosia asked, and Anubis nodded immediately.

“There is nothing more infuriating than someone hiding information like this for someone else's good or whatever excuses they like to make. It helps no one and serves no one. Only gives away frustration.” Anubis waved his hand, and Echidna nodded.

“I concur. Though to be honest, in the current situation, I believe we are the ones who should be begging for information from Sol.” She snickered a little, “He knows more about the gods and everything that is going on than he is letting on. In fact, I can say that he is the one hiding information for our own good, as you would say. Or rather, for the good of his lovers.”

Anubis cringed a little at Echidna’s words, but he could only acquiesce. His son-in-law was definitely a man of many secrets. Some far more dangerous than the others.

Ambrosias smiled wistfully, “He is carrying a heavy burden. One, he refuses to share in its entirety. But I have been observing him. The road he is taking is one that leads to misery and regret.”

“You jest.” Echidna scoffed at Ambrosia’s words. “He is walking a road none of us could. The true path to Godhood. Flimsy things such as love and emotions are nothing but useless pebbles— trash that need to be discarded with no hesitation. No sacrifice is too steep for such a noble goal.”

The other two grimaced simultaneously. They had somehow forgotten, but this was why they had taken their distance from Echdina.

The three of them were all mad in their own ways. It was impossible to reach their current level without a certain form of madness and obsession.

However, Echidna, by simple definition, was on a whole other level. Her madness was nothing but pure and selfless insanity, and they both knew that had they stayed close to her, Echidna might have actually turned her fangs against them.

Echidna, ignoring the complicated gazes of her two former friends, started talking excitedly.

“Forget all this talk about the cults and secrets. Sol will take care of this.” Her eyes gleamed with a new light.

“Now that the two of you are here. Why don’t we try again? The technique we never managed to complete in the past.”

“You mean…?” Ambrosia spoke quietly.

“Yes. A technique that perfectly fuses our understanding of the Three Concepts. A sound Soul dwells within a sound Mind and a sound Body.” She recited the mantra of the technique that might have revolutionized the world.

“Let’s do it, guys! Let’s complete the Twelve Chakra Unification Sutra.”