Amethyst shook her head as she followed behind but stopped all of sudden as she looked out into the open air, before performing a greeting known by royalties as she Joined the family heading into the palace.
Ikenga in his realm, was suppressing a laughter as he looked at Red who was beside him with his mouth hug open and widened eyes like he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
"Why do you look so surprised?" Ikenga asked, amused.
Red massaged his head with a heavy sigh "After our dealings with the humans and demigod, we made a decision of staying away from both and just watch how things unfold"
Ikenga looked at the baby Lunara "Your sister having a child with a demigod has broken that pact?"
Red shook his head "There was no pact, it was just a conclusion we all came to as a group. Obviously there was an underlying understanding that the decision won’t hold but I am surprised that Amethyst is one of those that didn’t keep to the agreement"
Ikenga noticed the surprised tone of red so he asked "Is it really that surprising that she was the one to break the agreement?"
Red looked at Ikenga before shaking his head "No that isn’t the surprising part. The surprising fact is that we have always known her to have a hidden animosity to the Lady of the moon, we don’t quite know why but she doesn’t like the goddess"
"Seeing her have a child with her supposed enemy is the surprising part," Red said, as Ikenga turned his attention back to the image screen while looking deeply at the retreating back of Amethyst.
Back down in the icy palace, Ikem can be seen with his brother’s family sitting on a huge table as they were enjoying the food in front of them. Maul took a bite of the green food in his hand before saying "Brother, I have to thank you once again for letting me and my people have so many diversities when it comes to food"
Ikem took a sip of the cold wine he was holding before answering "No need for that brother, we have plenty where that comes from and besides Father will be very disappointed in me if I didn’t offer my help" Ikem said as he waved off Maul’s attempt of gratitude.
Maul had told Ikem before of their issue of getting good food because of environmental issues, they were content before with what they had but after the creation of gates, everyone traveled out and had a new taste and look of things.
Maul found out that his people were no longer content with Icy cold food but there was nothing he could do about it, he brought the situation up to Ikem who immediately decided to help and that was how Ikem’s daughter Ripple and Wulv Maul’s son came to meet.
Ikem’s daughter was the one responsible for transporting food over to the northern continent through the gate under their control and Wulv is the one who has to be there to get the good and made sure she was safe whenever she journeyed to their continent.
The dinner continued with small talks and laughter, soon the table was left with only Wulv, Ikem and Maul. Amethyst and Lunara were nowhere to be seen.
Ikem took a sip of his wine, knowing a serious conversation was about to take place, so Ikem looked at Maul who seemed ready to answer his question.
"Why haven’t we heard from you brother? With all the things happening on your side, it would have been helpful if we at least knew what was going on" Ikem said, as he was still disturbed by not knowing of Björn’s ascension.
The icy palace they were, almost like it was alive, the roof retracted to show the now dim sky. Because of the condition on this continent, the sun shadow is something that can hardly be seen on this part but with the color of the sky right now it shows the sun was about to go down.
Ikem looked up to the sky, attracted by the glowing moon of his mother which can be clearly seen on his side of the continent.
"You speak of Björn’s ascension brother?" Maul asked as he was also looking up to the moon.
Ikem looked away from the moon before nodding "Indeed brother, the information of a new god appearing in our world is something crucial for everyone to know"
Maul nodded to show his agreement to Ikem’s word before he spoke up "This might be hard to believe considering my past action but I recently also learned about Björns ascension"
Ikem had no reason to doubt Maul’s words so he asked with a voice filled with surprise "How is that possible?"
"The only conclusion I could come to was that I underestimated Björn strength or maybe the presence of a divine being to a mortal," Maul said with his brows furrowed.
Ikem said nothing letting Maul continue "All the actions of both kingdoms have been under my watch all this time, so I knew when they began battling. I had messengers out there giving me live footage of the war and because of the how the people of Björn aren’t so different from my people in there werebeast state, My men was able to blend in well"
"Long distance observation wasn’t an option in this case due to the nature of Björn and his people with their animalistic instincts. They would know immediately if we chose to observe from a distance so getting close and looking like we were involved in the war was the best option we had" Maul said as he sighed.
Maul too a big swig of his drink before continuing "It was the best option, yet also a decision I latter came to regret"
"My son and I, with other general have been going through the last Image we had of our messenger to understand what had happened , the only conclusion we came to was that Björn had a weird area of effect which affected our people" Maul said as he looked at the silent Wulv.
Wulv nodded as he pulled out an orb which began showing Images on the war, Ikem noticed how those filming did their best to avoid being in the conflict, Ikem nodded seeing how true his brother’s words were.
The werewolves didn’t look out of place with all the werebeast around, as Ikem continued observing he noticed a change, the filming became erratic. The werewolves avoiding conflicts began actively trying to off someone on their one terms.
The videos showed how each werewolf was besieged both by the humans of the silver kingdom and people of Björn before it went dark.
Maul continued "This was the last Image we had of the war, after that we were in the blind. We waited a few days before heading to the battlefield and recovering our people bodies, that was when I also learned of the possibility of mother presence in the war and her energy traces which was left on the destruction she caused"
Ikem frowned looking at the Image, Wulv handed him the ball to which he began reviewing the image himself. After a while he looked at Maul and Wulv before saying "It seems I was a bit hasty in my judgment"
Maul shook his head "No brother, you were right. I should have Informed our cousins of the current affair but after Amethyst went into Labour it completely left my mind"
Ikem nodded before pointing at the ball in his hand "So have you figured out what happened to your men and their loss of control?"
Wulv spoke up this time "Let me answer this uncle since it falls under my jurisdiction"
Ikem looked at Wulv waiting for him to continue "Recently after the war, It has come to our notice of a new budding church of faith with Björn being the god that is being worshiped. The information we have on the new church has gave us a small insight on what had happened to them"
"As demigods, I am sure you and father already knows about god and their title which is connected to their divinity" Ikem nodded before Wulv continued "Apparently Björn gods title is known as the deity of madness and battle fury"
A look of recognition flashed on Ikem’s eyes as he looked down at the orb he was holding "You mean there erratic and mad behavior was because of an influence of being in close proximity with Björns divinity or ability"
Wulv nodded "That was the only conclusion I could come up to and from further observation on this new church, it has led me to believe that the conclusion might not be too far from the truth"
Ikem once again activated the ball’s ability as the image replayed. As the images played out, Ikem’s expression grew increasingly serious. The erratic behavior of the werewolves was troubling, indicating some sort of manipulation or influence beyond normal circumstances. He glanced at Maul, his concern evident in his eyes especially after learning of Björn’s title.
"What do you make of this, brother?" Ikem asked, his voice low, almost a whisper amidst the tension that hung in the air.