Thirty minutes before the encounter between Rose and Zell, Rose met an unusual figure as she ran for her life. "Hello small slave of the gods." A pale woman with nine fox tails and yellow eyes said to Rose.
"Who are you?!" Rose asked weary of the woman before her.
"I am one of the three sisters which the multiverse spawned from." She replied. "I shall not bore you will the details little slave, I only ask do you wish to be set free and have power on par with the one who chases you?"
"Why would you offer me this?!" Rose said. "Do you serve god? Has he sent you to help me?!"
"No, this god you are so fond of is, but a speck compared to me." She replied. "If you accept my power you must accept my terms as well. I wish to destroy this multiverse, to burn it all and leave nothing behind. My sisters want only to remove the gods, but I feel as if all of it is tainted beyond repair. The old growth must be removed for the new life to grow."
"But I must serve god." Rose said.
"Yes, little slave." The fox lady said. "Allow me to free your mind." She moved towards Rose and placed her hand on Rose's forehead. The white of Rose's eyes turned black and her pupils turned yellow. "There, do you still feel the need to serve your god?"
"No." Rose said. "For the first time I do not feel as if there is another in my head telling me what must be done. I feel amazing and I feel an unbearable hunger in which I cannot describe."
"Oh right." The fox lady said. "Sadly, that is the cost of my power. You will need to drain the life of everything around you in order to survive. Such is the power of death. So, you agree to my terms? You will destroy the multiverse?"
"For freeing me I shall do whatever it is that you want." Rose said.
"Good." The fox replied. "Please make it a good show, I want my sisters to tremble in fear as my champion destroys that in which they want to preserve."
A mark similar to that of Zell's appeared on Rose's hand.
"Normally I would not grant a mortal such a power, but the one who chases you seems to be able to contain it, so it should be fine." The fox said. "Remember to wreak havoc my champion." She said as she disappeared from sight leaving Rose alone in a field full of dead plants.
Back in the present, the entirety of the multiverse was unraveling on itself from the tear that Rose had made. It was as if she cut a balloon that was completely filled with water at the bottom and Zell was trying to prevent the water from coming out. Even at level two sextillion, holding together all of existence is an arduous task. Zell powered up to his full amount as the plant beneath him began to shake violently from his power.
Still, it was only enough power to hold everything together, Zell needed more. As he yelled, forcing his skill that doubled his power to activate, his body began to change. Large wings sprouted from his back and his body shifted and morphed into a massive white silver dragon with golden tinge to its scales. His power increased five hundred percent and roared, shattering the planet he was on and the planets of the surrounding solar system.
With his extra power he was able to close the rift Rose had created and seal it back. His massive dragon body just floated in space as he looked around at all of the debris from the shattered planet behind him. He was saddened that he had to destroy a planet in order to save existence. A single tear fell from his right eye and crystalized in space.
The crystal tear floated down to the center of the destroyed planet and began to glow. The floating debris started to swirl around it as they were pulled ever closer. Shortly after all of the debris began to collect around the crystal tear until a ball the size of the former planet emerged.
The entire ball began to glow with a light that out shined the nearby star. When the light faded a lush planet was back where it belonged.
"What just happened?" Zell asked in a voice that shook the universe he was in. Thinking he should power down before he destroyed anything else he returned to his human form and landed on the planet. It was exactly the same as he remembered, and its beauty took his breath away.
"What happened?" A voice said from behind Zell. "I know I died."
Zell turned and Saw Gou and Pou up and moving. He was at a loss for words as their lives should have returned to the cycle after Rose killed them.
"How?" Zell asked. "How are you alive again?"
"You tell me." Gou said. "That woman murdered me I am sure of it. I remember a vast void after that and then a force pulling me back here. I think you plucked our souls from the cycle Zell."
Thinking back, it made sense that it would be possible for him to do this. Afterall both gods of creation were able to freely pluck a soul from the cycle and move it as they pleased and according to the fox woman, he had power even greater than they did. He wondered what other wondrous powers he must possess.
"I see the rift is gone." Gou said. "Nice work saving everything."
"No problem." Zell said.
"Zell!" A voice rang out into Zell's head. He remembered the voice well. It was Anna. "Zell you have to come quickly! There is a crazed mortal eating gods! Come to the place we first met and hurry!"
"Sorry Gou and Pou, I have to go." Zell said.. "She has shown up again, and I will take care of her this time."