Established Pinnacle: The Enigma

Meanwhile, within the Abyss

Limbo City

Allen was situated within a well decorated room, with candles and rose petals strewn everywhere. The color red, and white, dominant within the dimly lit room.

And within the room, there were multiple beautiful women, and handsome beings vibrantly mixing in and out with the environment.

The atmosphere was vibrant, the beautiful ladies dancing and catching the eyes of the guests, while the men played the music to the enjoyment of the gallery. He could see everything from the room he was in.

But that was not his current focus.

His focus would be the beautiful lady who sat herself down upon the bed, and lay there in wait for him. Waiting for another session with him, as she seemed unsatisfied.

If one ignored her unkept appearance and heaving chest, she was the most beautiful divine being he had seen so far, either than some of his peers from the Trueverse.

Of course True Gods had Divine level charm, and as he believed that even the weakest was a Perfect True God, their charm would've have been greatly augmentated.

Most of them could even rival Gods ruling over the Divinities of Lust, Charm, Beauty etc. While some of the ones he knew off, like Enigma and Louise, could literally make even Supreme Beauty seem ordinary.

He was sure of that, thus him being mesmerized by a beauty was quite rare, if not impossible. Then one might wonder what he was doing here, along with a scantily clothed Goddess.

Yes, a Goddess.

A Goddess of Transcendent Beauty, beauty nothing within a Reality could reciprocate. A Goddess rivaling ordinary True Gods like the post Joy and Joyce, if not even their current beauty.

The what..? It was a long story actually. One that he was still wondering why he had agreed to, in the first place. A wonderful, yet dreadful story.

And it all began a few minutes ago...

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Within a ballroom, covered in stellar light that made the dark ceiling resemblant of the dark starry skies, multiple beautiful and handsome beings could be seen everywhere.

Some had charm that could shake entire nations, to those who could even shake Universes and beyond. With a few having Cosmic charm as well.

But nonetheless, Charm did not work wonders in this place, as everyone seemed already used to this level of beauty.

How could they not, when the people around them were Gods and Demigods? And they themselves likewise being the same, a God or a Demigod.

So even with all that, the atmosphere was actually quite dull, with no drama or any form of excitement. It was only dancing, drinking and more dancing.

As well as a bit of socializing.

"The target is still not here?" A relatively young man, around the age of twenty or so, took a casual sip of wine from his glass, as he asked in complaint.

"You're making noise." A curvaceous beauty besides him rudely cut him off with no reservation. She wore a lot midnight gown, along with a face-mask in the shape of an exotic plant.

"Oh please, as if your presence isn't the loudest here." The young man likewise responded with the same attitude, and rolled his eyes. He wore a blue tuxedo, looking neat and otherworldly.

He also wore a face-mask.

"Being beautiful is not a sin." She retorted calmly and casually, not even sparing him a glance. And neither did he spare her one as well.

"Niether is it a virtue." He sipped on his wine as he spoke, not being affected by her words at all.

"So?" She plainly inquired with no emotion in her tone, giving him a glance from the corner of her eye, as she put a piece of honey cake into her delicate mouth.

"You're not special." He responded, giving her casual glance from the corner of his eyes as well... while twirling his wine drink.

"Niether are you." She concluded plainly.

"I know." And he affirmed it casually.

Both then fell in silence, as they both faced the opposite direction of the other. While the small round table in between them did a good job separating them even more.

As for the little girl who sat on the exact table that was in between them, and listening to their ruthless words towards one another...

"...."

Still could not get used to this kind of behavior between parent and child. No, it was even doubtful who the parent was between them, as the daughter seemed more ancient and mature than the father!!

Common sense and logic didn't apply to their relationship at all. The poor teenage girl really was conflicted here, but she could not complain, because they were here for her.

They were helping her solve her problems.

But right at this moment, when she was about to accept that Higher Existences had twisted logic, one way or another, the soroundings suddenly exploded into exclamations of shock and wonder.

A group of Gods, and Demigods exclaimed out in shock, wonder and amazement. One might wonder, what in this world, could shock and amaze Gods?

The answer was right before her eyes.

"...."

A Goddess... one so beautiful it was doubtful that she was truly just a God. Compared to everyone here, her beauty eclipsed them all. She was like a shining star within the dark.

A magnet within a junkyard. Everywhere whe went, she attracted not only attention, but much more. Lust, Desire, Conquest, Domination, Submission etc.

She attracted all those, as not even Cosmic Gods and Cosmic Beings could hold a candle against her beauty. For she was a person with nigh-Supreme charm.

"Oh my..."

"How beautiful..."

"...Amazing..."

"I've never never seen anything like this in my entire life... Exquisite!!"

"Supreme!!"

They continued to exclaim as they could not help it. Even she, herself, someone who should detest this woman, felt endless admiration and envy towards her.

Towards the woman who was around their late twenties, with a figure so perfect, it seemed unreal and surreal. Every part of her was just so...

Her long legs... her thick thighs... her curves... her rear... her stomach... her chest... her long slender arms... her neck... her cheeks... her lips... her eyes... her hair... her very Existence.

It all exclaimed Perfection!!

She was just too perfect. And what made her more surreal, was her eyes that seemed different in color depending on which direction or side you view her from.

Her hair was long and silver, her skin was pale-ish white, but a darker tone, as if she was mixed breed. Her expression... even though it was null, was still perfect.

"Ruby."

That was her name. The name of the Transcendental Goddess of Beauty and Seduction. The most beautiful Divine being, not excluding Supreme beings.

The number one beauty of Great Terra. The Perfect Temptress. The Flawless Gem of Terra. The Princess In Distress.

She had more titles, but Lin did not want to talk about it. She instead tried her best to ignore the presence of such a beautiful being, one she could never hope to match up to.

"Target?" The young man took a sip off his wine, and casually inquired, gazing lightly at the Transcendental Beauty that was being helped down the stairs.

Of course, she was receiving many glances from everyone, but for some reason, she just could not help but lock eyes with the young man, the moment he set his eyes on her.

"Yes." The beauty beside him agreed apathetically as she continued enjoying yet, another slice of cake. She might have eaten more than ten pieces by now.

"...Quite the charm." The young man smiled under his mask, that covered his upper face. He then averted his gaze away from Goddess Ruby, by which, the exchange did not even last a second.

"...."

Goddess Ruby likewise did not stare at him any longer. It was not the first time something like this occurs. In fact, it happens a lot, and these guys who are lucky to exchange gazes with her...

Unfortunately get arrogant.

"Look whose talking." The beauty besides him scoffed at his words of praise, and then added after a moment of silence, "Everyone is quite the charm to you."

"Don't make me sound like a male whore."

"Can't males be whores?"

"I didn't say that." He shrugged his shoulders, and turned his gaze towards Goddess Ruby again, for only an instant, then turned back towards the beauty besides him. "But I'm not one, okay?"

Goddess Ruby did not meet his gaze this time, and just felt it instead. But she still did not respond. It was still going according to how every other guy who thought she was interested in them, would do.

"...."

And ignoring them was the best choice to make. Of course, she knew 9/10 ten times, or rather there was a 90% chance they would come over to strike a deal with her.

Meanwhile,

"You don't have to admit to it, to be considered one." The beauty said, then thought about something, before nudging the young man besides her, "Old perv, how are you going to do this?"

"Patience love, there is many ways to seduce a person. But quite a few ways, to seduce a seducer." The young man lightly shrugged his shoulders as he commented.

"Oh?" Seemingly intrigued, the beauty smiled under her mask, as she stood up to fetch another batch of sliced cake. As well as a brand new wine bottle.

"I will be back. Do make sure to behave yourself, and not lead little Lin astray." She left such a message as the crowd swallowed her.

"As if I'm that bad of a parent." He bitterly laughed and turned to look at Lin, the girl whom they met two days ago. Yes, just two days ago, which was three months within the God Realm...

And over a decade back in the Middle Realm. He was already twenty yirs old, and has lived for 200 years by now.

"...."

Lin avoided his eyes when he set them on her, feeling uncomfortable all over, as she felt like he was peeling off her clothes and gazing at her naked body.

"Don't make that face, it actually hurts my ego, you know." Allen clicked his tongue with a smile as the girl still has not yet gotten used to him. Not like his gaze did what it implied.

He then turned around to glimpse at Goddess Ruby, before taking his gaze away once again. When he was not looking at her anymore, he let out a devilish smile.

"Don't worry yourself, everything will be alright, and we will get as much info on The Deadman before tomorrow. Bet on that." He murmured, as the night continued on.

Minutes went by, as Allen glanced towards Goddess Ruby quite a few times. And most of them, seemed unintentional, while those that were deliberate, seemed to have been just a friendly glance. He always had a casual smile, and was continously sipping on his wine. It was actually quite hard to read what was on his mind.

He also did not do anything that was noteworthy, that could grab her attention. In fact, he stood at one place, and most of the time, did not even seem to know that she existed.

Either than the knstantaneous glances from time to time that caught her attention, she would actually believe that this young man... did not seem interested in her at all.

This behavior, had actually caught her attention, as it was completely different from all the other guys, and ladies, that tried their shot.

Some would go up and down greeting everyone here and there, just to obtain her attention. Some would start a ruckus just to be the center of everything.

Some would just go to start up a conversation with her. While some would act like she does not exist, while learning everything about her secretly from the sides.

But this lad...