The World's most Overpowered Side-Character

"Master..." Arla stood on the roof of their New base on Arkadia. "I can barely sense his mana anymore, and it gets more faint with each passing day," She rested her hand on the hears sigil over her chest and sighed. "I already miss him terribly." The elf sighed and looked to her right where Dina was doing the same as her.

"Cone along now, Dina, Arla. I thought that I was going to be the distrscted one but the two of you have barely done anything over the last six days, trust that he will be fine and return quickly, focus for the sake of everyone else, please," Ikaris approached from behind with Sara and Talia in tow.

"It doesn't feel the same without his constant watch," Dina agreed with Arla while obeying Ikaris's order to get back to work. "I think this is the first time since he became Godslayer that he has turned his back."

"Master did not turn his back-"

"You know what I mean, Arla," Dina poked the Elf's head while the two of them walked side by side to their leader. "Master has been watching us without break since our incident with HIM above ALL on earth, this is the first time since then that his attention is deliberately someplace else and not directed at us." She explained with a worried expression.

"I feel bare without his constant watch, this is the first his gaze has not been on me since the incident with Sitri here in the Arkadian sector." Ikaris added while Arla agreed with the two of them, nodding.

"What we become without him is a mystery, but know, Sol was not interested in the fight between us and the Emporium, what he is doing will ensure the survival of the Grand Collective."

"Of course, we should celebrate his departure." Arla smiled and took Dina's hand. "He would be sad seeing us sulk like this."

"Indeed," Ikaris answered, looking forward at a vast army mixed with Arkadian Gods, Vatui, and Godslayer Warriors, and everyone in-between: a temporary encampment that occupied nearly all of Arkadia itself, exempting places like Dusk, Rafa, Liberty and The Eventide Domain which had all been used as alternate bases hidden along with G,Gamma in case there needed to be a mass retreat.

"We have our fight and he has his own, we are too busy to sulk."

"Rest assured, your Highness, the Arkadian pantheon has dedicated their everything to this fight against the oppresssors, and will continue to do so henceforth," Sorath, the Goddess of the Sun approached along with Dr'ul, saluting with her fist across her chest.

"While I wish I had been present at his departure, I am thankful that Lord Vestic is taking such measures for our sakes, I am grateful and willing to help you in whatever way possible to contribute to this unpayable debt even at the cost of my life."

Sorath smiled humbly when Ikaris extended her hand towards her, gracefully taking it and taking a knee before her. "You honour me."

"Sol respects you, Sorath," Ikaris replied. "He holds those who treasure the lives of others and strength in high regard, to that end you and the Goddess of War are not that dissimilar, it is good to see and fight alingside you who my husband treasures as an asset." Ikaris pulled the goddess to her feet and tapped her shoulder.

"Our ranks have been significantly buffed with the merging of worlds," Ikaris looked at Dr'ul next. "Compared to before, we have nearly quintupled our overall power."

"This is good, but I will always urge you, Ikaris..."

"Of course," Ikaris smiled. "I will never underestimate the enemy, that is why despite us having this large force we will not attack the emporium yet, we have Khalla-Nova in our grasp, and Sol has already forbade us from venturing into the Khalla-Boris Collective because if Umbra's presence, so we will choose another target instead.

"If I may," Cecelia intercepted Ikaris's last statement, standing to the side with her hand slightly raised.

"Go ahead," Ikaris raised her hand, transporting everyone of necesssity inside of a large conference room where the Vatui woman appeared with a pen in her hand and a digital board behind her.

"Uh..." Cecelia made a quick scan of the lecture like surrounding and then turned to the board, clearing her throat as she began scribbles that were turned into full diagrams by Alpha who was processing the information in tandem with what she already had.

"Khalla-Nova rests on the many edges of one the Grand Collective, which is not as spherical as the higher powers have made it out to be." She began.

"We are in Khalla, an 8-cell cluster of collectives, a cubic prism without beginning or end; a tesseract which independently moves along the walls of the Grand and supplies itself."

"It has one of the highest numbers among clusters, consisting of Sixteen Collective junctures and eight sides, that is why the Emporium traffic here is always abnormally high," She drew a diagram of a tesseract while Alpha brought it to life using augmented reality with mana.

"Master vestic speculated that the cluster was pulling the Sol Collective along the outer walls as well, which was why they remained interlocked in a gravitational struggle for as long as they did without his Collective drifting away into the Passage like many others have in the past.

"I suppose being a part of the ememy's highest ranks can be benefitial, this was never revealed to the lower ranks or to the public; I had no idea." Zara stared at the diagram hovering in the air before them.

"You learn something new every day," Hudor nodded next to her, and then folded his lips nervously when he found several Arkadian gods staring at them.

This was not the place for casual chatter, they needed to pay attention.

"If our goal is to eradicate the Emporium frim the Khalla cluster whilst avoiding interacting with the Dark One and Master's sworn enemy then we have three options to choose from as our closest targets," Cecelia began writing the sixteen names and assigning them a collective within the cluster.

"We can choose between Khalla-Chroma, Khalla-Lima, and Khalla-Geta which is an equivalent distance us and the Khalla-Boris collective, but twice as far away from them."

"Alpha," Ikaris hummed, thanking Cecelia for the explanation and offering multiple options. Read latest stories on empire

"Milady?" Alpha appeared before Ikaris with a bow and offering her a beverage.

"Of the three mentioned, which do you have the most information on?" Ikaris asked, accepting the drink and thanking the system for her ever-punctual refreshments.

"That would be the Khalla-Lima Collective," Alpha gestured to the point on the map highlighting it for everyone to see. "Amongst the three collectives offered as first choices it is the closest to Khalla-Boris, equivalent in distance to them and us from whichever side you choose.

"That's unfortunate," Ikaris hummed with her brows furrowed. "Umbra is an existence that none but Sol can challenge, if it is just hi, against the entire army of us, we would still lose," She admitted. "It is wise to not test our luck by lingering too close to him." She raised her head seeing many shocked expressions along with those who already knew this fact and were more afraid than they were shocked.

"We will aim for the Khalla-Geta Collective and continue moving in that general direction to distance ourselves as much as we can in Sol's absence, without our shield the darkness will eventually chase us, and while we are a match for the Emporium, we are mere ants beneath the heels of a rampaging behemoth to the Dark One." Ikaris stood and stared down at Alpha. "Inform the masses and begin the shift immediately."

"Yes." Alpha disappeared from before Ikaris, and a moment later there was a System window before the faces of everyone present and everyone else that had been granted the system.

"I never Imagined that there would be an existence like this in the Grand Collective." Union sighed with his small hands crossed, seated atop a desk rather than in the chair that had not been tailored to his small stature.

"I always speculated that there would be powers greater than the Gods, and Sol Vestic proved me right, I expected his evolution to be the final one too..." He admitted, looking at Sorath who walked past him while everyone else started clearing the halls.

"But since becoming a god, he has moved on to someting far greater, much like a lot of my brothers and sisters have." He stood and began walking.

"I have uses for you, god of weapons," Alpha appeared at his side. "While I am nigh omnipotent and can craft many things perfectly, I still lack an element of imagination when it comes to said task, with your help, the warriors may be able to upgrade their weaponry to aid where their mana and fighting skills fall short."

"No, Sol Vestic would frown at the thought-"

"Master Vestic was hard on you because you relied solely on your inventions rather than put in the work to gain strength, you hid behind your divinity and made excuses, that is what he detested, but here your tools and weapons are only going to be used as conduits and channels, there is a difference," Alpha shook her head.

"Please," She slightly lowered her head. "I already have the cooperation of the Vatui engineers and Lord Adonai, every hand that can help my goals along is eagerly welcomed.

"Ah..." The god of weapons blushed and averted his eyes from the small maid who was closer to his height than anyone else he knew aside from the god of Dwarves. "I... suppose I have no choice if you are being so formal, L-Lady System!"

"Thank you," Alpha smiled slightly and raised her head. "Please take my hand, I will guide you to the -"

Union grabbed her hand with a comically serious and manly expression while Dr'ul snickered, watching them from across the room.

"Let's make some weapons!"