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[Water God Slayer Magic (A++Rank)]

A lost Magic that specializes in slaying those with Divinity, this form of magic allows the user to produce and manipulate water that is infused with Anti Divinity energy. The user of this magic may consume multiple forms of water to replenish their Mana. If the water that is consumed has Divinity the user will gain immense benefits. The more divinity consumed the closer the user will become to becoming a god themselves with the domain of God-Slaying.]

The skill window remains floating ominously in front of me as I take in the words written on it. As soon as I received the skill I could feel something sitting in my chest and it was hungry. Now that I have read this I could figure out what that thing wanted. Beyond the feeling of hunger in my chest I could feel Fortuna recoiling away from the shard of Anti Divinity in my chest.

For a brief moment, I was filled with panic as I never wanted to receive something that would bring harm to her. Fortuna was my greatest creation and someone who loved me from the very center of their being. To spit on her for some petty powerup was something I would never want. So when I felt her recoil away from the shard I felt my hackels rise and panic start to emerge from me.

It was only Fortuna's own feelings that put a stop to that panic. After her initial shock and fear, she started to prod at the shard as if examining a fearsome and starving dog that for some reason was remaining docile. Feeling her hands prodding and touching another part of my soul was really fucking strange but it was soothing in a way I could not describe.

That shard of Anti Divinity really wanted to consume and destroy anything and everything that could be remotely described as divine but it let Fortuna fiddle around with it like that act did not go against everything it was broadcasting. 

Was that shard operating off of my own feelings and unconscious belief or was something else going on here? I would like to think that it was the first option but something in my chest told me that was not the case. So I had to look at this from a totally different perspective. 

It had less to do with what the shard was or even my own actions. The reason it was leaving Fortuna alone was entirely on her. Fortuna was definitely a god with the Divinity radiating off of her but she was also something that the Shard would never touch. Fortuna was a part of me like how my arm was my arm. It would not make any sense if a part of me fought another part of me.

That Shard would eventually grow and make me a god with a Domain of God Slaying. God Slaying would only be a part of what made me so it would make sense that this shard would not touch Fortuna as she made up another part of me.

Sure she was her own person but she was also definitely a part of me. Like how the Roman and The Greek gods were the same but different beings in Percy Jackson. No, that was not quite right in this case but it was close enough to make some sort of sense.

So I did not have to worry about Fortuna being hurt with this newfound ability. On the other hand, I was still not out of the clear. Fortuna was not the only person I loved who had Divinity. Ashley also had Divinity and I was worried about how this new ability would interact with her.

I bit my lip as there was not a lot I could do to fix this as the shard was already a part of my soul. I had no way of cutting that piece of me away at least I did not have a way to get rid of it at this moment. The ability itself was good and even would be great in other circumstances but I did not want to hurt Ashley with my presence either.

The warm and loving affirmation emanating from Fortuna stopped for a moment as I considered my options. She felt like she was pouting and mad at me, she was also holding onto that shard of Anti Divinity like it was a puppy instead of a snarling dog waiting to bite into a juicy meal.

I let out a sigh as her opinion made sense. Fortuna's priority would forever have me at the center of it. That Shard was just as much a part of me as my arm would be. So when I considered cutting off that piece of me she became upset with me. I got it but this was a complicated situation.

She knew how I felt about Ashley so she should know why I was considering that as an option. She should know that I would rather cut off my arm than bring harm to those I love. Yet, even knowing that she was not going to let up on being upset with me. I got her point and I even understood her position but I was not willing to risk harm to Ashley in this situation. 

Wording those thoughts to her did not help in this situation either. She was hiding that shard behind her and was pouting up a storm. Again I let out another sigh and relented in this position, it was not like I could cut off that piece of me anyway. So it got to stay inside of me despite my wanting it to not be the case.

Fortuna stopped pouting and started to shower me in love again but she also did not stop hiding that Shard from me either. I rolled my eyes but there was not anything I could do about that, ironically my soul was her home turf and I would not be able to find shit if she did not want me to find it. At least that was the case currently.

"Are you alright?....You look stressed." Rias questioned with a certain amount of concern clear on her face. I suppose the countless sighs and the state of my current emotions were fairly obvious. I wish she would have chosen her common tactic of putting her head in the sand when her friends were being moody but that was not in the cards.

I was being harsh on her because I was upset myself, she did not deserve that comment. Yes, she did coddle and let her Peerage suffer in all of their edgy moody ways but that was only because they did not want help. She was also a young girl trying her best to heal her traumatized friends with her own issues clouding her plate. 

The adults in her life should have seen what was happening in her Peerage and offered a helping hand instead. The reason they did not do so I could not fathom but it should not have been on her shoulders to fix things.

"I'm fine, the ability I got from the Gacha just has me concerned…..thanks for the concern," I explained my worries sullenly and hesitated for a moment before offering my thanks for her concern. I may not want her concern at this moment but it was still a nice gesture. I was not going to spit in the face of her kindness.

"The God Slaying Magic? Is everything alright? Do you need any help?" Rias questioned with a small amount of panic dyeing her voice. The rapid questions were aimed at me before I could even think about responding. The look in her eyes was telling me her concern was genuine and the panic was just as real.

The sight brought about a warm feeling in my chest but I suppressed it. I did not have the time to feel happy about her feelings, I needed to figure out a solution to my current dilemma.

"It's not really a problem with the skill. The magic gave me a Shard of Anti Divinity and I am worried about how it is going to interact with Ashley considering her Demi-God nature." I explained with confusion and worry clear on my face. There was no reason to hide this from Rias, she might even offer up an idea about how to handle this. She did have more experience with gods running around willy nilly considering her world.

Rias took in my words and wore a thoughtful look on her face. She was clearly taking my worries seriously and was trying to figure out a solution. She could have just taken a step back and hoped that this would worsen my relationship with Ashley. Her own feelings were rather clear so she should be trying to drive a wedge between us. Yet, here she stood brainstorming a solution because she cared about me and she might even care about Ashley to a small degree.

"That is tricky." She murmured out with a thoughtful look on her face. I was also taking the time to figure something out.

I could try to work out a seal that would stop that Anti Divinity from affecting my day to day life. Only taking it off when I needed to fight something with Divine blood. That would work in theory but I did not exactly know how to go about doing that. A magic to seal Divinity did not exist in my own world. If I studied runic language and wards closer I might be able to figure something but there was no guarantee.

This world would definitely have a way to seal that Anti Divinity considering the setting and I had no issue copying shit with my Alpha Stigma. The issue with that was finding that magic, it would have to come from the three factions instead of any of the pantheons. My Alpha Stigma had not been upgraded yet even if I had a rough plan to do so later. So any magic Divine in nature was out of my hands for now.

"Well, I don't know if this will be of any help but the move I got from the Chat Group has Divinity as well. So if I use it we should be able to figure out how your Anti Divinity will react." Rias let out as she finished contemplating for the moment. That was not the outcome I thought would come out. I did not think she would put her self at risk to reassure me. She had no idea what my Shard would do but she was willing to face that risk to help.

I looked over at her and she seemed completely and utterly sincere with her offer. Her eyes gleamed in a way as if screaming trust me. I bit my lip and looked at her, she was really too kind for her own good.

"Are you sure about this? You might end up being hurt." I questioned seriously as I did not want to put her in danger either. Not after her offer, it would be rather ungrateful if she was being this kind and I used her thoughtlessly. The only reason I was considering her offer at the moment was because she herself does not have Divinity or my Shard would have reacted in some way. So the Divinity should only be tied to the move she would unleash.

So any negative consequences should only be tied to the move instead of her.

"I'm sure," Rias spoke out seriously with a determined look on her face. Again I hesitated as even if she walked into danger without fear I was still putting her in that danger for my own purposes. It felt dirty and it was not something I was looking forward to.

An idea flashed through my mind and I felt like I was being stupid for a moment. I took out a Galleon from the inventory and flipped it with the question of would my Anti Divinity hurt Rias running through my mind. 

The coin spun in the air and landed back in my palm as if it were meant to be there. The face on the coin being tails, so she should not be hurt in our little experiment. Relief flooded my bones as I did not want her to be hurt helping me. Rias was looking over at me with expectant eyes as she clearly did not understand what was happening in front of her.

I was about to explain when I realized something else. I looked over at the coin in my hand and felt like slapping myself again. I flipped it again with the question of would Ashley be hurt by my Anti Divinity running through my head. The coin once again landed on tails, I looked at the outcome and felt like a fucking idiot.

Fortuna's first reaction had me in a dazed and panicked state. So I let my worry and fear lead me into a sullen mood filled with panicky thoughts. If I was more calm and collected I would have reached this conclusion much earlier.

"Are you just going to stare at that coin now?" Rias asked with a small amount of sass but the concern was clear in her tone. My actions really looked strange and out of place. So her concern was not unfounded. I looked over at her and just said the first thing that came to mind.

"I'm a fucking idiot," I spoke out completely and utterly seriously. My tone and the look on my face must have been pretty fucking odd as Rias had her jaw drop for a moment. Then she let out a small giggle at the sight. She quickly covered her mouth as she clearly did not mean to let that giggle out but the situation in front of her was really confusing.

"Any reason for saying that or are you just in the mood to face your insecurities?" Rias asked with a giggle joining all of her words. She was clearly poking fun at me but the light hearted way she went about it was refreshing. The small giggles coming from her were also pleasant to listen to.

"I just let my self get worked up so much over something I already had a solution to, I was afraid of what may happen when I could find out what would happen with a single coin toss." I explained with a wry smile on my face. Rias looked over at me with her giggles dying down, she had a hint of confusion and interest on her face.

"The magic from your world is really versatile Prince-kun." Rias let out lightly as she looked over at the coin in my hands with interest. She did not really get the whole point here and assumed that the coin was the magic thing, not the action itself. She knew about my luck but she was not used to seeing it in practice.

"It really is," I let out with a soft smile on my face. I may have been panicking for no reason but it was nice to see how far Rias would go to help me. It was comforting but there was also a weight behind it. The knowledge of her feelings for me held me back from reaching forward to her out stretched hand.

"So you don't need to test your Anti Divinty anymore?" Rias asked with a small amount of disappointment on her face. I raised my eyebrow at her current look. Why was she upset about not putting herself in danger? There was no reason to put herself at risk now that I knew that things were being blown out of proportion. 

She must have read the confusion on my face as she blushed and looked over at me hesitantly.

"It's good that Ashley won't be hurt but I was also kind of interested in using my new move." She admitted with a small blush on her face. Seeing her reasoning I let out a light laugh, I guess that made sense. She was not disappointed in the danger being gone she was disappointed because she was missing out in a cool moment.

A fight between a Water God Slayer and an undead army fuelled by Hades' Divinity would be anime as fuck. She did not bring up that aspect of this when I was clearly worried but now that I was laughing at my own stupidity she felt like this was an okay subject to bring up.

I looked over at her with bright eyes. Seeing and hearing my reaction caused her to blush even more and a pout was emerging on her face but she remained silent like a sullen child.

"Well there is no reason for us to use those moves today…" I spoke out leading my words as I watched her. The sullen pout on her face getting stronger but she did not look like she was willing to push further. She was already embarrassed there was no point in pushing further just because she thought it would be cool.

"But since you were so willing to help me I might as well help you test your new finisher." I finished my leading statement with a small smile on my face. Rias seemed startled that I was willing to do this but an excited look flashed across her face as she looked over at me.

"That's great!" Rias finished with a cheery clap as she looked over at me with a bright smile on her face. I felt the small smile on my face spreading further but a flash of guilt built up in me again. I should not be happy in moments like this.

It was leading her on and it was messing with my own feelings. I was going to have to increase the distance between us after this. I felt bad about this course of action as well but it was for the best.

Rias walked a fair distance from me and looked over at me with a sudden serious look. Seeing her state I raised one of my eyebrows that had her own expression twitching but she remained rather serious.

"Foolish God Slayer you have finally met your match." Rias let out with a clearly fake deep voice. I felt my lips twitch but she clearly wanted to play pretend here so I figured I might as well indulge her.

"I don't care how strong you think you are satan! I will defeat you and save those wretched people from your grasp!" I shouted out righteously with all the bravado and smug justice that Dumbledore wished he could have. Seeing that I was playing along Rias flashed a genuine smile at me before returning to her fake persona as she sneered at me.

"Ha, you are a fool if you think you can stop me mortal, behold your demise, Resurrection Fraught Hades!" Rias shouted out while holding her face and laughing manically at me when she finished her chant.

The Mana in the air boiled as it was forcibly commandeered by the sudden Divine presence emanating from in front of Rias. The Mana flew towards that presence as if it were a servant rushing to meet the emperor's demand. The ground shook as more and more Mana entered into the sudden domain.

I felt the Shard inside of me watching the presence with a snarl on its lips but it did not seem like it wanted to eat that Divinity. I got it as this Shard was meant to slay Water Gods, its attacks would certainly kill gods but it would work best against Water Gods. It also only hungered for Divine Water.

Soon hands started to crawl their way out of the ground. At first they were clearly skeletal in nature but as they rose out of the ground they started to grow flesh and pretty soon they looked like a warrior you would have expected from the Viking era. Those warriors had dull looks on their faces but it was fading as the mana started to fill them up. Items and clothing appeared on their frame as they started to gain more cognition.

The Mana in the air was still funneling towards the sudden army enforced by the divine command in the air. I blinked at the sight, I was using the Alpha Stigma to watch the Mana in the air but I should not be able to do that since this was a divine spell. So I turned it off for a moment.

I lost sight of the Mana but I could clearly still see the Divine command. I guess that was a perk of having Anti Divinity the ability to see and interact with the Divine. I was still not able to copy the magic but at least I could see what was happening now.

Before I could notice more details the Viking army charged at me while Rias stood there laughing like a melodramatic mid-boss.

They were stronger and faster than any human army and their skill was beyond human but I was able to avoid their charge for the most part.

Don't get me wrong the speed that I had was actually not enough to keep up with them. Instead of using my speed to outmaneuver them, I drifted about their charge like a leaf in the wind. A step here, a sway there, a trip there all of them leading to me dancing out of reach from the army before me seemingly without any effort.

I knew Fortuna was driving every movement I made and every moment they made to protect me. It was interesting to see this in action again but I had a 'villain' to defeat. So I brought out my Sacred Gear and started to attack the army before me. I knew this was pointless but we had a play to act out.

The various warriors around me tried to stop my blade from attacking them with their own weapons and shields. They out skilled me and had better stats but my weapons cut through whatever obstacle this army tried to put before me. Even if they tried to dodge out of the way they would find themselves falling into the path of my sword.

Each swing lopping off an arm or taking off a head from the warriors around me. The sudden losses did not seem to concern them at all and I knew why and now I was able to see as well.

The parts that I chopped off seemed to recover in an instant. The bone grew out of the chopped limb and gained flesh like they did when they first arrived. The one who lost their head not even falling over for a moment before they had a new head.

"Impossible! How are they recovering from my blows? This is the holy sword capable of cutting any thing!" I shouted out at Rias who was standing smugly behind her undead army. I pointed my blade at her to emphasize my point. Rias had a bright shine in her eyes at the face of our play but decided to continue her role.

"Foolish Prince, my army is fuelled by Hades himself! They will keep coming back until you are dead!" Rias shouted out dramatically.

"A God!? Well, you are the fool if you think you can stop me with something like that!" I shouted out with a snarl on my face. Before she could say something else I took a deep breath and felt Mana gather in my lungs. All I needed to do now was eliminate the Divine Command.

So I took aim making sure to avoid Rias and let loose my brand new spell.

"Water God's Bellow!" I shouted out as a beam of dark purple water rushed out of my mouth at the command hovering in the air. The beam of water was covered in a black aura that was fuelled by my Anti Divinity. When I used my attack and target the the Divine Command I felt that Shard inside of me yelping and snarling at the Divinity.

The Command could not even hold for a single second before it was destroyed by my attack. With the Command gone the Army before us started to fall apart before our eyes.

"Impossible that spell was fuelled by Hades himself!" Rias shouted out with fake disbelief clear on her face. The bright look in her eyes gave the game away and I let out a laugh at the sight. Before I could play my part something else interrupted our play.

"Yes it was, and I am interested in finding out how that came to be Devil." A smooth dark voice interrupted our play as the shadows in the room coalesced into a single figure. The shadowy frame of a giant skeletal figure became clear in an instant. The Divine Presence radiating from it made everything clear in an instant.

I looked over at Rias who was equally stunned. Oh, we fucked up.