Established Pinnacle: The Enigma

"His complexion was pale white, almost similar to his hair and his eyes were gray-ish blue? Overall, he looked far worse than sick. Almost at death's doorstep." Krishna elaborated at her possible best.

"Are you sure that's Enigma?" Nia also frowned as that description was far from Enigma's looks. But then again, it's been four years since they last saw him, and he had fought a true Demigod beast.

"I told you. I can also verify that these lasses are not here to harm you guys... at least for now... but not like they ever could." David interjected soberly from the side. He has not been unreasonable since he came here, maybe because he met his match. Green River's daughter of Discord.

Nuu was a person who was good at arguments, but her flaw was that she always opposed the other party regardless whether they agreed or disagreed to her point. Thus being considered way too reasonable.

Even if she won the argument and that person changed their view on the topic to agree with her, she would find a way to question them again. It was as if she had an argument even for her own opinions.

And these two, the most reasonable and the most unreasonable argued. After they argued for five months, this senior had a sudden change of moods. Worst part, she would visit him from time to time to get his opinion on strategies and other unimportant stuff.

He finally realized how others felt when he talked to them. The headache, the headache she gave him was too much... She reasons way too much!!

"In that case, is he still alive?" Nia asked.

"Yes, complexion aside, he is doing fine. He also gave me this, saying it's a gift to you." Krishna confirmed as she took out a small box from her bosom. It was crazy how everyone thought nothing of it. Maybe because her bosom seemed big enough to be its own pocket.

"Let me see." Nia made the box float towards herself using divine power and brought it to her lap. She first inspected the box and nodded to herself, 'Definitely his design alright.' She thought at the meantime.

"...."

She then checked for a lock and could not find one. The box had no frames and was just a cube-like box, it's design was plain, no hole, or any idea as to how one could open it. It was like a mystery box instead.

"...."

Everyone just kept watching. After a while, Nia looked at Krishna who was whispering some words to her. She then looked back at the box and bit her thumb, her expression poker and unperturbed.

"...."

Everyone continued watching. Nia was the strongest, even comparable to, if not slightly stronger than David now. Who would dare laugh at her? She could give them a reason or two to cry, if they dared laugh.

She dropped one droplet of blood onto the box and the top vanished as if it was never there, revealing the contents within. They were shiny, and quite tiny as well. But still shiny, and lustrous nonetheless.

"Lady Nia, that's..." Lulu asked carefully as she has never seen such things. Of course Enigma had used it on them, but it was from a distance and nobody knew how he did so. But the dark Elves did.

"Yes, I've seen him use these. I think he called them Divine Fragments? He could use them to help people become Deities, increase the size of their Inner Zone and their Divine power reserves greatly."

Nia said as she picked up one small irregular marble out of the box. The marble released pure divine power that caught even David's attention. It's size was that of a new born baby's nail, making it look adorable.

The box was filled to the brim with such marbles, they were blue, with a bit of whiteness mixed in. And had a crystallized texture to them, yet felt as fragile as a premature ice cube, that still had water within its solid shell.

"How many are there?" Sara asked carefully.

"181." Nia replied.

"So much?" Sara commented instinctively. She had seen how Enigma produced 52 of them per year, so 181 was something that took him 2 and half years to produce? She thought to herself, wondering if he kept more to himself.

"It's small but a lot, if we consider the fact that he made them while not in good condition." Nia said after a moment of thought as well. Who knew, maybe he could make less per year, now that he was apparently sick.

Unfortunately, a single person could only absorb 50 of these things to increase their Inner Realm and Divine power Reserves. She verified this with Enigma, as she herself and her children had reach the qouta.

"Strange, he said there were 107 when he gave them to me." Krishna thought out loud, without trying to hide her thoughts one bit. But maybe that was how they all were, as people born and raised in the wilderness.

"Strange indeed.... When?" Nia frowned. This could actually help them big time if what she thought was true. Krishna looked up and carefully answered, "Two years ago, if I remember it clearly."

"I see... Somebody find a place to accommodate our guests. There is something I would like to do by myself." She waved her hand and dismissed everyone, not forgetting the guests that brought them good news.

"Wait, we were told to join you. My husband has said we must stay here until they return years from now." Krishna hurriedly added, catching everyone's attention, including Nia, who stared down at her.

"And who does your husband think he is?" She smiled at her and asked back, dark aura cloaking her entire being. Even Enigma did not treat her badly at all, despite him probably being a true Demigod at most.

Which is also why she decided to seriously take him in as her nephew. He did say that he had no parents after all, only an aunt-like figure such as herself. So why not just be like that aunt, since they were almost similar?

"The kid's brother?" David said, it sounded like a question, but was not a question at all. Nia could feel it, those words were clearly targeted at her. 'This bastard!!' She cursed to herself, her aura receding back into her body.

"...Fine, you can stay, but you will go by my rules here, is that alright." She calmed herself down and avoided David's sneer. Then she inquired at Krishna, looking down on her with her usual smile of Pride.

"As long as your demands are not over the top, we are willing to do anything according to your rules and regulations." Krishna replied casually, she was fine with everything as long as they were not mistreated.

"Great then, Lulu." Nia nodded happily as she called out.

"Yes, I'll be on it right away."

"Hey, isn't this unfair? She is the sister-in-law of the young Lord, shouldn't her status be higher than yours, a self-proclaimed relative?" David feigned ignorance and asked with a curious expression.

He wasn't unreasonable anymore, but he was goddamn annoying. Nia clenched her fist and grit her teeth, 'Fine then, you win old man, I'll give that to you.'

"No, that's impossible. According to generation, she should be an elder at most." Nia smirked as she looked at David. She was right, seniority worked more here, not relation or the likes, otherwise, why was he at her level?

Just like Lulu, in terms of Status, she should be the Monarch since she was here in the beginning. But why was it Nia? Yes, seniority worked, but this only included those that Enigma trusted in the least.

"....."

David did not say anything and just snorted. Then he looked at the young girl besides Krishna and added, "She and her sisters should be Patron Lords then? Don't worry, they are also his sisters-in-law."

Krishna had a high favorable impression of this man now, even though she knew he only said that to go against Nia, she did not care about that, as long as it helps them at the end of the day.

But she still did not want to be entangled in whatever was going on between them. Whatever it was. It had nothing to do with her, nor her younger sisters in name.

"Before you leave, where did they say they were headed to when you left?" Nia ignored the words of David and looked at Krishna, this was a question David asked earlier on but did not recieve an answer.

"Uhm... husband said something about a higher realm to find a suitable medicine. Or a remedy of sorts." Krishna responded after some thought, her expression had no hint of lie.

"...."

"...He couldn't have." David was shocked, even Nia knew the taboo of the God Realm and the Abyss. But unlike him, she didn't know that much details about them. 'This is bad, should I go fetch them?' He thought, but he also did not know much about it, either than information.

The discussion ended there and Nia looked down on the box before her. 'I'm not sure, but let's verify after a year. If it's true, then that boy still has not abandoned us even after so long. But he left again... without a goodbye.'

She smiled and relaxed herself on the throne, behind her was a door leading to a dark room deeper into the mountain. Nobody knew, but she knew, this mountain... was alive. And more than aware of what was going on here.