In the middle of the Earth's Core Area, that's where Gaia is, sitting kneeling in silence.
Behind Gaia, towered the Aegis, Zeus' legendary shield. The shield no longer shone with the glory of Olympus but was covered in cracks and dark streaks, mixed with the primordial energy trapped within.
The Aegis that Zeus had actually implemented as a way for Taufik to not be able to save Gaia, indirectly saved Gaia from something more dangerous, but looking at the current condition of the Aegis, with red light shining out of its cracks, as if holding back the unstoppable force that was trying to touch Gaia, Aegis' time was running out, and so was Gaia's.
Gaia exhaled softly. Her hands resting upon her lap trembled slightly. Not from fear, not from weakness, but from the weight of the inevitable.
She knew.
Aegis was failing.
She knew.
The force beyond the Aegis was not merely trying to reach her, it was waiting for the moment the shield would finally shatter.
