500th Time Reborn, A World Only Known By Women: The Karma System

I clapped my hands, and Penny vanished as I looked up into the sky of my astral island at the massive black hole in the sky that was surrounded by red cracks of chaotic energy. I raised my hands and tried to will the hole closed, but nothing that I tried was working.

The black hole pulsated with malevolent energy, sending shivers down my spine. This wasn't just a breach; it was a full-on invasion. I could feel the oppressive presence of the Blood Witches, their power seeping through the cracks, but I couldn't see anyone yet.

"Ophiuchus!" Leo's voice echoed again, filled with fury and desperation. "We have come to take this world from you!!"

Before I could respond, a dark figure emerged from the black hole, draped in flowing crimson robes. It wasn't Leo, but a woman that I didn't recognize, but felt like I knew her from somewhere. Her eyes glowed with an eerie light, and her smile was filled with malevolent glee.

"Ah, Galio," she purred. "Finally, we meet face to face."

I clapped my hands, appearing before the malevolent being, and grabbed her by the throat without blinking, but she didn't flinch either. "Who are you and what makes you think that you can just do what you want in my world?" I growled in a low voice, but even when I tried to squeeze the woman's neck, it was like squeezing a diamond.

"There is no point in trying to kill me. I am nothing more than a shade from your past, A memory that won't let you go so easily!" The woman sneered at me, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't place a finger on how I knew her. Still, that was not my problem right now.

Around us, women in black robes were appearing, and I could tell from the smell of iron and burnt metal in the air that they were all Blood Witches. While this was a problem, the fact that they were only here, and not anywhere else made me concerned. Kadeon wouldn't send basically all the blood witches to me if he knew I could beat them.

No, it would have been better to spread them all over the world to make this attack, so what was the deal here?

"That confused look on your face! I love it! You are probably wondering why all the Blood Witches have come to you now, yes?" The woman whose neck was in my hands still asked, and I narrowed my eyes.

"Sure, Miss Savant, tell me your big plan, since you clearly have one the idiot in the sky made up, right?" I asked sarcastically, then narrowed my eyes. "Or I will just start getting rid of all your pets you brought along."

The woman just laughed at me, and gave me a knowing smile that I didn't like one bit. "You will kill them all? Even if they are all just women from your past that you ignored? Would you still kill them if you knew that they were just pawns like Xena? Do you think that any of these women actually want to be here?"

I growled at this, and then let the woman go, and looked around for Leo. I had heard his voice, but I had yet to see him.

"He is not here. Leo has been sent with the remaining Zodiacs to take your goddesses," The woman laughed, and I suddenly had a very bad feeling about this.

I didn't bother to try and leave, since I could tell there was something already up to prevent me. What I did do was release a huge portion of my power, sending it out to not only Tallia and the other goddesses, but also to the new ones in training. Kadeon had somehow figured out how to contain me, and now he planned on trying to take this world from me.

"So, you finally realized that you can't escape?" The woman asked, and I nodded, then clapped my hands, vanishing from her sight, then appearing in my living room.

It was empty, but I had sent everyone that had been here to Tallia's island. I could sense that Tallia was there with her mother, and Xena, they would all be fine, since none of the other astral islands had been invaded. My biggest concern was Breya and Grace.

While my daughter would be able to protect her, I was still worried since I wasn't able to transfer any of my power to her like I just did for the others.

"Do you think that you can just run away from me and the others?!" The woman demanded as I walked over to pour myself a drink.

"Wasn't running away, just didn't want to float in the air all day. I will assume that this isn't going to be over quickly, so I wanted to wait somewhere more comfortable," I said without turning around, pouring myself a glass of wine, but the woman just started laughing at me, and I felt like slapping her.

"Do you honestly think that you can do anything about this?" The woman asked in a tone that grated on my nerves.

"The couch is over there," I said, gesturing as I turned around with my glass of rum on the rocks. "Make yourself comfortable."

The woman sneered at me. "You don't care about them, do you?!"

I sighed. "Listen, woman. You are standing on my last nerve right now, so you can either go and make yourself a drink, or leave. You clearly caught me, ooo. Really got me here, but you are still yapping. Does Kadeon pay you more to talk without breathing?

Or is it just your thing to be as annoying as humanly possible at all times?"

This clearly pissed off the woman, who still hadn't given me her name, but the look on her face was priceless. Though, I was starting to get a feel for who this might actually be.

"I will take that as a no," I said, and then sat down, and took a sip of my drink. "I get it. Kadeon finally had a single step in on of his countless plans actually working. Good for him, but not really one of my concerns right now. The girls will beat down whatever he sends at them. You women should be in the fight, since you all would probably be the best chance the False God has of winning."

"You think you know everything," The woman snarled, and I nodded, finally realizing just who this idiot was.

"Mostly. Kadeon stupid, dumb, and a loser, but most of all, he is as transparent as glass when it comes to evil plans. I mean, you look pretty pissed right now, but then again. This was your plan, right? Kadeon?" I asked, then the woman before me transformed into the androgynous white robed False God that I hated so much. No wonder the person felt so familiar, it was this idiot.