Chapter 26

                                    

                                          
Raven hummed as the group walked through the portal and came out in the room that Freya owned on the top of Babel tower. 
As the portal closed Raven mentally kept track of which universe that was, though it was a lot easier thanks to the fact he had a bond to four people in that universe. 
As he glanced around the room he noticed something. The room didn't have dust on it. Everything was just how it was when they left. 
To check his theory he used universal sense and felt around the whole city of Orario. A startling realization coming to him. 
Almost no time had passed by for this world. It's hard to say 10 mins had passed by even. That alone caused him several questions. 
Thinking for a moment he knew the answer why. Universes weren't created at the same time. They always kept being created, never at the same time, yet always at the same time. 
Because of how the the universe of HighSchool DxD was, time flowed differently. So the time they had spent there was only a week here in the world of danmachi. 
'So it's not unbelievable to say another universe might have it reversed. Five minutes there could be over a week here.' Raven thought before shrugging. Time really wasn't an issue for him of all beings. 
Even though he didn't possess such an ultimate skill, yet, because he was Balance, he could always go through the outside of existence and enter at any point he wished. 
"What's wrong?" Freya asked him as she probably noticed his slightly shocked face. 
"Nothing. Only roughly 10 mins I'd say have passed since we left." Raven said before he turned off universal sense. 
"I see. So alternate flows of times then." Freya said, and sometimes Raven forgot she was a goddess with actual power and knowledge of things, not just some normal fake goddess that pretends they're all powerful. 
Oh no, Freya knew exactly her place in the world. Her place in the pecking order. 
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Ouranus froze as he felt the Spacial anomaly above Orario. Alongside it he felt a great power, followed by Freya. 
Then she vanished with it, however before it happened he felt her whole existence come down from heaven. She was the first goddess to walk amongst the mortals in a full existence as a goddess. 
However as he pondered on what could have happened, barely ten minutes later he felt her return, but much stronger. Not even he believed he had a chance against her now. Alongside her was her favored child Ottar, the child's power now much stronger. Comparable to the heroes of old. Easily.
However alongside her he felt a monstrously powerful presence and he was scared of it. Freya's power was much stronger, but if he worked together with his fellow gods, they could most likely defeat her. 
The being with her though, its power was massive and easily eclipsed Freya's. Just a fraction of its power seemingly capable of destroying the world. Possibly possessing power to destroy heaven itself. 
He needed answers. 
"Fels, get Royman and have him summon Freya to me. Alongside her level 7 adventure Ottar. Plus that partner of hers, Eveningshade I think." Ouranus seemingly said to no one before a man in a cloak, but he wasn't a man, oh no, he was a skeleton man, knelt down and then vanished. 
"Things are starting to get interesting now." Ouranus said to himself as he focused back onto the dungeon, however he felt its fear at the monstrous power that had returned.