Chapter 49: Finders Keepers II


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    [3rd POV] [Location: ??????????]


    Within arge, Valley like location, Gwen was trekking through the vast sands of Mesopotamia, or what it used to be at least. It was the day after her gaining the Cloak and Gauntlets, and she was currently on her way to get the next artifact, that was more...evil in nature.


    ''Any ideas what this thing could be, Nabu?'' Gwen asked, as she walked through the sands of the valley.


    ''None. Whatever this artifact is, it is either recently created, or it was well hidden until now. And whatever it is, it''s quite powerful'' Nabu inwardly replied, having sensed the artifact the closer they got to it.


    The farther Gwen walked, the more she noticed the powering from the valley she was inside of. It was not far now, probably another few minutes of walking before she got to her target location.


    ''System, if this is an item rted to the Lords of Chaos, will I have to do the same thing I did with Teekl?'' Gwen inwardly asked, wanting to know beforehand.


    [Negative. The host simply needs to wear the artifact, and the rest will happen on it''s own] ''... Well alright then, that seems surprisingly simple. Considering there was two artifacts at thest location, there may be another artifact in this valley, that is hidden, either by the aura of this artifact, or through other means'' Gwen thought, knowing that the system tended to give secret quests for ones like this.


    The idea of getting another "Lord of Order" artifact, was...appealing to say the least.


    The more artifacts of such origin she got, the stronger her magic grew, the more growth she''d have in the future, and the less likely she''ll lose in a battle of magic.


    As she stepped through the final small hill, she noticed arge ancient looking temple. It was coated in sand, and was quite literally falling apart.


    ''Okay, looks like the artifact was cloaked, and not newly created. Because that temple is at least a few thousand years old'' Gwen thought as she walked closer to therge temple.


    Standing at the entrance, she began to walk inside. Immediately she sensed arger influx of the power, as she began to follow where it wasing from.


    She avoided traps along the way, and ignored the skulls of past people that had attempted to invade upon this temple. The traps were simple enough to dodge, but any normal person would have no chance or noticing, or even dodging them. They were cloaked by magic, afterall.


    As she got closer to her target location, Gwen blinked as her spider sense went off, and began to show her a series of events that was about to happen.


    ''...Seems I''m not the only oneing for this thing'' Gwen thought as she was shown the sight of a gorgeous woman she remembered from theics, a rather well known one, known simply as...Circe. A foe of Wonder Woman, Demi-god, immortal woman, and well known individual throughout history due to her tendency of turning men into "Ani-Men".


    ''What the hell is Circe doing here?'' Gwen thought with a frown, as her spider sense showed Circe attacking her from the back, with a rather powerful looking spell. It wouldn''t do much to her, but still.


    ''Must be the Light, probably offered her something she couldn''t refuse'' Gwen thought with a frown, knowing that the woman she was about to fight, was genuinely a strong user of magic, and far less idiotic than most viins she has fought so far.


    As her senses caught up, she stepped out of the way of the st, and quickly responded with her own st of golden glowing magic. Circe promptly held her hands up, creating a powerful shield to block against the attack.


    "You must be Gwen, they''ve told me of you, and your...interference. I suppose you''ll have to die now" Circe said before sending another, stronger st of magic at Gwen, who once again blurred and dodged it.


    "You know, I wasn''t entirely expecting to see you of all people here, Circe" Gwen said with a grin, as she sent more sts of magic at the woman, who promptly took cover behind a nearby wall, knowing that Gwen couldn''t destroy it, without threatening the structural integrity of the temple.


    ''She''s smart, smarter than most the viins I''ve fought. But...I''m smarter'' Gwen thought with a smirk, as she promptly destroyed the pir the woman was behind, causing the roof to


    slowly cave in.


    Before the woman could even react, Gwen blurred to her, and swiped with her ws.


    "AGHG You bitch!" Circe growled in fury as she held her stump that was previously her left


    arm.


    "Huh, for a demigod, you''re a hell of a lot weaker than I was expecting" Gwen said with a blink, causing the woman to snarl and raise her hands.


    Gwen however, wasn''t dumb enough to even give her the chance to escape. Blurring from her spot, she reappeared in front of Circe as she attempted to flee. Without giving the demigoddess a singr chance, she allowed her symbiote to surge out of her, and promptly swiped the woman''s skull clean from her body.


    Looking down at the body, she frowned ''That wasn''t the real Circe...there''s no chance in hell someone as old as her, would die so simply''


    [Quest Received!]


    Circe or not?


    Details - Long ago, the real Circe created a ritual to create "clones" of herself through dark magic, allowing her to take control of them from vast ranges. They are quite a bit weaker than the real her. Every clone killed damages the real body, making it weakened for quite arge amount of time. Find Circe''s real body, and end the 2000+ year old womans life, once and for all. She has an untold amount of clones, find and hunt them down, and it may lead to Circe herself


    Rewards - 10 UL Tickets. 1 UL ticket for every "Clone" killed.


    ''Now that...that is interesting. Seems the power of whatever artifact in this ce, is stopping me from tracking her, that, or she has some powerful as hell wards guarding her'' Gwen thought, knowing that Circe was on a different tier inparison to most of the people she has fought so far.


    rion was more than likely stronger, but she was far smarter, and had more knowledge in quite a number of magic practices.


    ''I did not think I would see that face again after so long...I certainly don''t miss it'' Nabu


    spoke inwardly.


    ''You''ve run into her before?''


    ''More than ran into her. One of my previous hosts has been killed by the woman. She has a ratherrge grudge against Doctor Fate, therefore my hosts. I expect that she is working with this "Light" either for revenge against myself, for...previous actions, or for something else'' Nabu inwardly spoke, a sigh escaping his helmet.


    ''What did you do to her that was so bad?''


    ''Refused to make her my host. Shunned her after my host found her using dark magic involving the warping of souls, and the sacrification of children'' Nabu replied bluntly.


    ''Ah....so she''s an idiot''


    ''That would be correct''


    ''Well, let''s go see this artifact, and then we''ll worry about Circe'' Gwen thought with a sigh, as she effortlessly floated the rubble covering the tunnel out of the way.


    Walking through the tunnel, she eventually made it to arge open room, where, in the middle, a rather recognizable artifact stood on a podium.


    ''That...wow, definitely didn''t expect to see something from ssic Doctor Fate to show up here'' Gwen thought in surprise, as she walked forward. Staring at the recognizable helmet.


    ''The Helmet of Chaos...neat''


    Walking to the helmet, she softly grasped it. She remembered that in theics, it was made by a Lord of Chaos, and was basically the absolute opposite of the Helmet of Fate.


    Slowly she lifted the helmet, before breathing in and cing it on her head. Almost immediately she felt chaotic power fill her, just as it did with rion. It was roughly the same amount, and was...much easier to control.


    Repeating the same thing she did with rion''s power, she began to rapidly absorb the power, and then bend it to her will. Thanks to her previous experience with it, it was far easier to control, and only took a few moments to bring under her control.


    As she did, she watched the helmet slowly glow, before it joined the miniature helmet of Fate on her ne. A voice softly spoke in her head.


    ''You''re lucky I enjoy Chaos, and you have plenty of it, brat, or else I wouldn''t let you keep my


    Helm'' A voice sounded out, as she was pulled into her mindscape, and found herself in front


    of arge...wolf?


    "Huh, I was expecting somethingpletely different. And howe you aren''t even


    fighting back?"


    ''It''d be idiotic to do such a thing, especially since I''m bound to you now. What, did you not realize you bound me to you, like you did with the Cat?" The wolf spoke with a roll of it''s wolf


    eyes.


    "No need to be rude...whatever your name is"


    "Hati, and yes, I''m that Hati. Dear old pops was a prick though" Hati spoke.


    ''Huh, Hati as in the wolf that chases the Moon in Norse mythology? Son of Fenrir? Now that is pretty interesting. I wonder if Skoll is another Lord of Chaos then...'' Gwen thought in interest.


    "So you''re what...my familiar now?"


    "Yep, it was either that, or I was erased from existence. I''ve got no clue how in the hells you can do that, but I suggest you don''t tell others of it. I and my brother are considered the nicest Lords of Chaos" Hati responded, causing Gwen to blink and nod.


    "Makes sense. Since you''re my familiar, what''s with the helmet? Do I even need that thing


    anymore?"


    "That helmet ain''t mine. One of my fellow Lords of Chaos thought it would be funny to trap me in that thing, until it received a host. Only for me to be trapped in there for 2000 YEARS!" Hati scowled, growling in anger.


    "Alright big guy, chill out. So, I''ve got the power of the helmet of Chaos, and you from this?"


    "Pretty much. You got real lucky brat" Hati said with a huff, calming his anger.


    ''God I love my luck'' Gwen thought.


    "The Lord of Chaos connected with that Helmet was erased, so you won''t have to worry


    about him. He was a prick anyways" Hati said with a "Shrug"? Before he began toy down.


    "And how do you feel about this, Teekl, Nabu?"


    "It''s fine, Mistress. The mutt is under your control just as I am" Teekl said, causing Hati to


    snarl at the cat.


    "What''d you say you little furball?!"


    "Ignoring the two fools. I believe it should be fine, as his power should prove useful in the future. He and his brother some of the better Lords of Chaos. He should be on par with rion roughly, making him one of the weaker Lords of Chaos. As for the erased Lord of Chaos...the less said about that thing...the better" Nabu spoke, ignoring Teekl and Hati, who were now full blown arguing.


    "Good to know, thanks Nabu" Gwen said with a smile, happy with this new addition to her


    powerset.


    Afterall, every bit of power counted when you n on going to Marvel Comics, DC Comics,


    and other such multiverses in the future.


    [Hidden Quest Complete!]


    The Chaser of the Moon


    Details - Hati, the Lord of Chaos, and consumer of the Moon, was trapped within the Helmet


    of Chaos by a rival Lord of Chaos. By making him your familiar, you have freed him, and


    bound him to yourself!


    Reward - 3 UL Tickets.


    ''...Neat'' Gwen thought with a hum, before looking to Hati.


    "You want toe to the real world with me and Teekl?"


    "Hmm, not just yet. I''lle out once you back to your home. This temple is ugly" Hati said,


    not wanting to get his fur covered in sand.


    "Alright then. Once I get back to the Mountain you cane out" Gwen said with a shrug,


    before continuing "Anything else? Or am I free to return to the real world" "Nothing else. I''m gonna take a nap now, all that arguing with the furball tired me out" Hati


    said with a wolfish yawn, as he faded away.


    Gwen just deadpanned before returning to the real world. Teekl was now on her shoulder, having previously been in her mindscape, not wanting to get involved.


    "Did you have to make that idiot your other familiar, mistress?" Teekl asked, already not


    liking Hati in the slightest.


    "Well I didn''t get much of a choice in the matter, Teekl. That, and it was basically free power.


    He might be annoying, but who knows, he could grow on you" Gwen said with a shrug and a small grin, causing Teekl to huff.


    Walking out of the temple, Gwen stretched.


    "Let''s get back to the Tower. We''ve got some projects to work on" Gwen said, remembering


    the item she was in the process of building for Artemis. She already had produced the super


    soldier serums for her, Robin, and her pops. But the item she was making for Artemis, was a bit more...special.


    Teleporting off, Gwen had oncest thought before she returned back to the Tower of Fate. ''One more artifact until I''m done with this quest. Let''s hope it''s good''


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    That''s the end of the chapter!


    The Helmet of Chaos was something I found some info about and thought would be a good


    addition. It was an old item from theics (Literally made in 1982).


    Hati was added after thinking for a little while, as I thought it would be a good addition. He''s


    her second familiar, and wille more into yter on.


    Circe is now a genuine viin for Gwen, as she''s stronger than most, smarter than most, and


    older. She also remembers the knowledge of her various clones, so everytime she fights Gwen, she''ll grow and be more experienced.


    Next chapter should be shorter, or roughly the same length. It''ll also be thest chapter for


    this little "Mini-Adventure". I n on doing another small "arc" in the future, that will be pretty important, and will have somesting consequences, but I''m still working out how I''m going to do it.


    I should be uploading a vault chapter today, potentially more. Anyways, have a good day, see you tomorrow!