Far away on the Herta Starbase, The Herta was woken by violent fluctuations in her instruments.
Her consciousness had not been in one of her little Herta puppets at the time, but when the instruments monitoring Aeon activity started blaring alarms, even she had to come take a look.
And so, at the distant edge of the universe, beyond the crystalline Subspace barrier built by the Amber Lord, she saw one, two-more than a dozen towering figures locked in an earth-shattering battle.
"Huh?"
Herta immediately spotted an enormous figure resembling the Aeon of Preservation, wielding a hammer against a dark-green powerhouse whose features she could not make out.
The unknown deity fighting the Aeon of Preservation spun a spear in an impenetrable flurry, forcing the Amber Lord to block with his massive hammer. Beside him stood a centaur-like figure who appeared to be the Hunt Aeon, yet even together, the two could not suppress the green spear-wielding deity.
I woke up, and now there's a war between gods?!
The Hunt and Preservation are getting beaten down by an unknown Aeon?
The scene on her sensors left Herta utterly floored. She even suspected it was some spectacle staged by that Elation fellow.
She stared wide-eyed at the instrument screen, adjusting the viewing angle while calling her friends in the Genius Society over the comms channel.
"Hey, hey, Screwllum, you probably won't believe this, but I really am watching Nous get beaten down by a huge black bug. That black bug can manipulate black holes at will, and Xipe and Fuli are trying to attack it..."
"Ruan Mei? Stop fiddling with Propagation and come watch the gods fight. Nanook is helping a green fellow beat up Yaoshi, while Aha is watching from the sidelines..."
"Stephen? Stephen... Can't get through..."
Whatever the case,