The World's most Overpowered Side-Character

"There's not another living soul in this entire galaxy," Dina opened her eyes and looked down at the unconscious General who slept on the ground next to her. "What happened? I thought you'd kill everyone so why did you leave this woman?" She looked up at Sol who was watching the stars with a distant gaze having tamed his power and assumed the untraceable aura he had simulated before his fight.

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"I felt sympathy for her, she's been fighting a war she hates, she has people to protect but the means by which the emporium has granted power goes against her mortality, she was suffering in a place of power," Sol answered, looking around at Dina and then Keele.

"She wasn't very strong to begin with, maybe a bit stronger than you are, but her skills as a fighter are top tier, even when I attempted several times to seriously damage her I was left hitting empty air."

"So, are you just gonna let her go then?" Dina reached for her head and delivered a strong current of electricity right into her brain shocking her awake.

"Fuck!" Keele snapped flipping to her feet and swinging against the air several times before steadying herself and taking a breath, with the implants inside of her body removed she couldn't tell what was happening around her, and with her implanted eyes not functioning she stumbled forward and fell onto Dina when all she could see was black.

"Where am I?" She asked, holding Dina's hands and carefully feeling for her face. "Who are you, where is Sol Vestic?" She slowly turned, listening to the sounds of birds chirping and a nearby river flowing. "I can hear someone else breathing-"

"Hold still," Dina helped her stand steadily and looked at Sol who nodded in approval when he saw a faint pink glow over her palm. "I'm going to place my hand against your face, I'm not going to hurt you, so just try to remain calm until I'm done," She instructed her and the woman nodded and clenched her jaw.

"Will it hurt?" She asked, and Dina took a second to think about it thoroughly.

"I'm unsure, I've never actually healed something as complex as an eye before."

"Heal?" Keele chuckled. "My eyes aren't even there, they've been replaced how can anyone heal something that doesn't exist, that's-"

"Ridiculous?" Sol spoke up and the former general froze again. "Sure, almost as ridiculous as the existence of a being that can fly through outer space, who can travel across universes," He stated, and she bit her lips and huffed.

"We live within the impossible, just do as you're told and don't ask too many questions." He instructed her and she nodded obediently and went still once more while Dina held her hands before her face.

[Dominion magic: attraction]

Within a single set of motions, Dina cast heal across Keele's entire head and then used a telekinetic skill to carefully remove her augmented eyes then she cast [Divine Heal] over her and the woman stood there shaking as she felt het nerve endings grow through the numbness until finally, her eyeballs pressed against their lids and tears began flowing from them.

"My eyes..." She had her eyes wide open staring but all she could see was white for the first few breaths, but slowly her vision cleared to the beautiful scenery of a golden wall that stretched upwards forever, a small stream behind her and a meadow of green grass and golden flowers that stretched as far as she could see, birds of all shape and species, most of which she had never seen before, and Sol standing before the wall with his hands in his pockets with a smile on his face.

"You..." She quickly looked around at Dina, by her voice, she hadn't known what to expect, but now she could see a beautiful young woman with glowing hair and strange eyes. "You healed my eyes..."

"How does it feel?" Sol asked.

"Itchy." Keele began crying again as she held Dina's hands and sank to her knees. "I haven't been able to feel my eyes for so long, I forgot how having eyes was supposed to feel!" She pressed her forehead against Dina's leg. "Thank you, thank you so much!"

***

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Ikaris was seated in Sol's study with her hands folded neatly on the desk and Arla standing behind her holding Talia. "She was once of the Emporium, I am reserved of trusting her ability to remain peaceful or keep her word," She stared at Keele who was seated before her with Sol standing to the side with a book in his grasp.

He was inside of the collective, and the collective was inside of him, it had taken a while for him to get it right but by creating a null space, he used The Grey to manipulate a constant infinity that completely erased his presence by folding reality onto itself repeatedly, he needed no tether to keep himself from getting trapped there, he existed within his domain, and his domain within him; an impossible concept that only someone with his level of eccentricity could achieve.

"I swear, I will behave," Keele responded before Sol said a word, she had been privy to Ikaris's existence in the last thanks to her connections within the emporium, before her was the most ruthless and feared being in all the Grand Collective, she would never act out of place or dream of doing anything to bring Ikaris to wrath, especially not with her husband being the most terrifying existence she had ever seen or heard of and especially not when the two of them had a child together, she was afraid to even breathe around Ikaris.

"I promised I'd bring her people here, it's not much just a singular planet so it's not a big deal, when I get them I'll place them in a universe to themselves," Sol explained conjuring a spotted apple from Arkadia through a portal and biting into it while Sara served Ikaris a cup of tea and took her seat in the corner like a secretary.

"Is that all?" Ikaris asked, and Sol shook his head.

"I think she'd do well to teach everyone some of her fighting skills, I looked into her, the only reason she was the 2990th General is because she refused the PowerPoint drug or the artificial Vatui essence, she also refused a lot of implants, she's this strong through LAW alone, it's quite impressive." Sol gestured to her.

"It's also for that reason that I even considered sparing her at all; she might have been a part of the Emporium, but she never agreed to nor did she indulge in the evils they committed."

"I see," Ikaris nodded and unfolded her hands reaching across the desk. "I'd still like to verify, if that's fine with you, dear," She looked at Sol again and he agreed with a nod. "Thank you,"

"Um...?" Keele looked at Sol worriedly and he gestured to Ikaris nonchalantly.

"Take my hand, and be judged," Ikaris stared at her seriously. "If your heart is untrue then you will be purged of all your memories and rebuilt from the mind outwards, if you are what you appear to be then you will feel no pain, and suffer none; it will just be another harmless handshake."

"Gosh, when you say it like that, Ikaris, I don't even want to do it," Dina shook her head while a droplet of sweat raced down Keele's neck as she raised her palm toward Ikaris and locked hands with her.

Keele watched Ikaris's eyes change from their beautiful shade of blue to an ominous crimson as her grin tightened and she saw her hair flash white several times, this of course caught everyone off guard as they'd never seen her appearance react like this, and they'd never felt her mana become unrecognisable before, but as soon as she released Keele's hand the fluctuations stopped.

"Are you okay?" Sol asked Ikaris and she nodded and smiled, standing and walking over to him. "Well?" He gave her a knowing smile and she sighed and admitted what he'd already checked.

"She is sincere, once the generals reach a certain rank they are forced to indulge in one of the two artificial means of power, she has been avoiding said promotion for the sake of retaining her beliefs and morale, she means no harm to us," Ikaris declared and as she did Dina released her divine mana and calmed herself, Arla did the same with her cosmic mana calming down and causing the glow in her eyes to dwindle while Sara's eyes that had been entirely black returned to normal as well.

"Alright then," Dina nodded and stepped forward extending her hand toward Keele. "I'm Dina, when can we fight?" She asked and Sol started laughing.

"Whenever you desire, ma'am." Keele stood and took Dina's hand firmly. "For freeing me from the clutches of the Emporium, I am eternally in your debt; whatever you ask of me, I will gladly carry out with my all."

"What if someday down the line I ask you to fight against your former allies?" Ikaris looked at her again while Arla left the room with Talia followed by Sara.

"I will do everything in my power to assist you, I never considered the Emporium and ally, as I said; my people have been under oppression, only aided by myself whilst I too was being heavily restricted," The former general answered and Ikaris looked at Sol again and then hooked her arm with his resting her head against his chest while Keele and Dina vanished in a flash of golden light from his gesture.

"Darling," Ikaris nuzzled against Sol's chest and purred. "Where will you go next?"

"I'm gonna take a few days and relax with everyone," Sol answered, running his hand through her hair and smiling sweetly at her as she bit into his apple. "After that, I'm going to shred a path of destruction across the Khalla-Nova Collective and destroy them all, but first, I want to witness this fight between Keele and Dina."