?His attendance to the summoning from Golgoth had given Rowan everything he needed to find the gods of Trion in their respective Vaults. The Rune that the God King took precious seconds investigating was like an address and a beacon and while Golgoth was busy checking the durability of the vaults, Rowan was busy copying it.
He had never expected to be given such an opportunity, because he knew the God King checked the status of the vault merely two decades ago, and before that he had checked it a million years back.
Perhaps the death of the universe and the paranoia of the God King was what made him recheck the status of the vaults, but his careful actions only opened him to the influence of Rowan who did not miss this opportunity.
Rowan was presently inside the Sea of Destruction in the Vault of Hekaton, so he only needed to create a similar Rune to the god he wanted to hunt and a resonance would be created between both Runes allowing him to locate his target. He no longer needed someone like Circe to bring him into the vaults of the remaining gods.
This was the advantages of entering the inner circles of the gods, Rowan would be able to increase his speeds into taking over Trion with his presence inside it.
If Rowan was to pick the next god that would fall then he would pick Volgim next to die, after Boreas, he was the one with the least influence amongst the gods, and he could easily replace him without any fear of unknown interference.
He spent the next thirty minutes going through all he knew of Volgim, who controls the Pathway of Iron. Volgim was the most benevolent of all the gods. He brought inventions and knowledge to mortals, did not pursue war or power, and was responsible for most of the technological advancement in Trion.
From creating a reliable source of electricity, transportation like the Sand Lines and many others, to housing, medicine, he had touched nearly every facet of the lives of the mortals. Volgim had shown he would go beyond what was expected of a god of Trion. What was notable was that he did not even use bloodline as a measure of his generosity. He distributed his boon equally among the mortals.
Volgim may have little influence among the gods, but it was opposite when it came to the mortals where he had the greatest influence.
This trait made Volgim very interesting to Rowan and also made him incredibly dangerous.
Rowan was aware that for the gods of Trion, staying in their vault was not a picnic. Every second they were inside the vaults, they were all tortured by the Aura of Destruction outside of it, madness was a mercy, and according to his inferences, it would be impossible for the gods of Trion to remain sane for long.
Why was Boreas seemingly unaffected by madness to such an extent that he could be so considerate to mortals, there was more to this story and Rowan was sure he might know the true reason for this, but the only way to confirm his suspicion was when he was killing Volgim.
Every god of Trion was unique, and the clues to his past as well as answers he needed in the present could be found inside all of them. They were like detectable feasts for Rowan and he intended to savor all of it.
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The period after the gods vanished from the fields of Elysium, their consciousness was shredded to nothingness when crossing back to the vault through the sea of destruction, the God King did not care about the consciousness when they returned as he created no portals for them to return with, but for a god, such injuries form a destroyed consciousness pieces were merely annoyances.
Due to the fact that Rowan was using Boreas consciousness power alone, during his return back to the vault, it did not last long inside the sea of destruction, nevertheless with his complete control over the consciousness of Boreas, he was able to preserve it until it reached the gate of the Vault of Hekaton before he dissipated it.
He had achieved what even Golgoth would consider impossible. It was like transporting a single flake of snow through an active volcano.
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