Destroying My Own Novel

The atmosphere became so intense in the hall because of it and nobody was making a noise. The sound of Nyx’s heels were echoing throughout the hall as she walked back to her seat. Even Mykel got a bit nervous as he sat straight and thought about the current situation.

“There are twenty of them, I have only seven or eight people at most that would vote for Hel,” Mykel said in his mind as he stared at Hera, Loki, Aphrodite, Athena, Ares, Ra, and Freyja since she was a part of Norse Gods and would do her best to let Hel be a part of the Heptagon.

“There’s a high possibility the rest of them would choose Hades over Hel because of Zeus and Nyx’s influences. How the table has turned in a split second,” Mykel said as he rested his elbows on his knees and held his hands together in front of his mouth.

Mykel sighed as he opened his [Admin] skill and opened the [Character] list to see their thoughts about the situation. The first one he checked was Ra, and it surprised him, but at the same time felt at ease when Ra kept his promise and would vote for Hel. The problem was, Ra was confident that Hel would lose to Hades, and he didn’t have any worries about it.

“Zeus is going to vote for Hades, it’s not really a surprise and I already know that,” Mykel said as he stared at Zeus’ [Character] tab. “I guess I have to change a bit of my plan,” Mykel sighed as he leaned on the chair.

Thanks to Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena’s influences, almost all the Goddesses were going to vote for Hel. Hecate, Selene, and Themis were the ones who would vote for Hel thanks to them. On the other hand, Astraea was planning to vote for Hades and it made Mykel regret not bringing her in. If only he brought her in after saving her Recipient, maybe this whole situation would be in his favor.

In the end, after Mykel checked every one of their [Character], the result was ten were going to vote for Hel and the other ten would vote for Hades. It was good enough, and thankfully both Lucifer and Mara didn’t participate in the meeting.

“Since Loki and I are the ones who proposed Hel and Hades, then two votes were already on us,” Nyx said as she sat down. “And now, let’s the vote begin,” Nyx said with a smile on her face.

Mykel looked at the Heptagon and they were all voting using the system. It didn’t take long until both Hera and Nyx showed their surprised expression. The rest of them were looking at each other with suspicious looks on their faces because whoever voted for Hades, it meant that they were working with Nyx.

“Isn’t this interesting?” Nyx said with a smile on her face. “The result is a tie,” Nyx announced the result to the others.

Everyone started to murmur and whisper to each other, shocked by the result.

“How about we ask who votes for Hel and who votes for Hades?” Nyx asked as she crossed her arms and legs.

“No, I don’t agree with that,” Hera replied immediately. “I know what you’re trying to do. You want to stir problem between all of us, and there’s no reason to reveal it anyway because it doesn’t change anything,” Hera continued as she glared at Nyx.

“So? What should we do with this result? Doing a second vote? That won’t change anything as well,” Nyx asked with her eyebrows raised.

Loki raised his hand with a smile on his face. “How about we postpone the voting and we will do this again later?” Loki said.

“Can’t do,” Nyx replied as she shook her head. “If that’s the case you’re going to use your trickery and manipulate the others. I already know what you’re planning, Loki, and I’m not going to let that happen,”

Mykel knew Loki would propose that, but he also knew that Nyx wasn’t stupid enough to let him do that.

“Bring the candidates, down here,” Hera said as she stood up and looked around.

Hel appeared from the mist behind Loki’s chair, and Hades appeared from a black smoke behind Nyx.

“Both of you stand behind that chair,” Hera said as she pointed at the empty throne of the Death Arcana. “We will decide which one is more suited for the position by listening to their reasoning to lead the Death Arcana. How’s that? Isn’t that fair?” Hera asked Nyx.

“It’s useless,” Nyx said as she stared at Hera from the corner of her eyes. “You already have ten votes who will keep voting for Hel. The voting is biased and doesn’t sound fair at all even if they gave their reasoning,” Nyx explained.

“Are you scared?” Hera smiled because she knew not all the ten votes for Hades were because of Nyx’s influence, so if she could make this happen, a single vote would be enough to change the situation.

Nyx went silent because she knew it would be bad for her. She glanced at Hades and Hel who just stood there without saying a single word, but then a bright beam of light appeared from space and pointed down at the Devil Arcana’s throne.

“I guess we have a tiebreaker now,” Nyx smiled in excitement as she stared at Hera.

A man in a pristine white suit flew down with his six massive black and white feather wings on his back. The man who looked exactly like Mykel, but with long white hair, appeared, and everyone immediately feared his presence.

“I thought without my presence it would be enough to decide who will take the chair so I can go back to my kingdom immediately. Turns out, I have to participate in this as well,” Lucifer said. The way he spoke and the accent had similarities to Mykel’s. “With that being said, I haven’t given my vote yet,” Lucifer landed as he stared at them with a smile on his face.

Lucifer stared at Hades and Hel without showing any emotion.

“Go and vote one of them, Lucifer,” Nyx said with her arms crossed.

“Don’t order me around, I know what I’m doing,” Lucifer said without even looking at Nyx.

Lucifer stood right in between Hades and Hel. He suddenly smirked and chuckled softly. “I can vote for Hades, but why should I? Since everyone here already knows that he’s working for me, why would I bother to choose him if I can add a new one for myself,” Lucifer said as he stood right behind Hel and put his hands on her shoulders with a smirk on his face.

Loki, Hera, and the others were surprised while Nyx furrowed her eyebrows in disbelief.

“What with the gazes? Is there a problem if I choose her instead of Hades? Isn’t that what you want?” Lucifer asked as he stared at Loki and Hera.

For the first time, Loki couldn’t do anything and he even looked a bit nervous.

“It settled then, I give my vote to Hel, the new head of Death Arcana,” Lucifer said with a smile as he voted for Hel.

The space suddenly rumbled and a similar beam as when Mykel became a God appeared, and it pointed toward Hel. She looked at the notification in front of her, and then she looked at her hands because she had gained something since she had been chosen as the new head of Death Arcana.

“Now that it’s settled, why don’t you work with me? Death and Devil have always been working together since the beginning of time. Whether you like it or not, you will have to work with me, Goddess Hel,” Lucifer said as he kept standing right behind Hel.

“In that case, you don’t mind if I take your daughter for myself, right?” Mykel’s voice could be heard in the distance.

Everyone looked at Mykel who was standing at the spectator seat with his hands in his pockets except for Lucifer. Lucifer was smirking when he heard Mykel’s voice and then turned around to look at Mykel.

“Mykel Alester, we finally meet,” Lucifer said with a smile on his face as he stared at Mykel walking toward him.

“Yes, but you haven’t answered my question,” Mykel said.

“What question? Come closer and ask the question again,” Lucifer said as he kept smiling.

Mykel stood right in front of Lucifer and it felt like he was looking in the mirror. “I said, you don’t mind if I take Luciel for myself, right?” Mykel asked as he stared at Lucifer.

“I have defeated her once. It won’t be that hard to do it for the second time. I remember that you used half of your power to create Luciel and it would be a shame if she ended up becoming mine,” Mykel said with a smile and eyebrow raised

“I would like to see you try,” Lucifer said with a smirk and eyes squinted.

“Then don’t regret it if I did,” Mykel replied with a smirk.