The hivemind is conquering for me? Chapter 891: "Oh My God"

Now that it was just the four of us in the room, I was comfortable telling Rhapso what actually happened with the Warlord and the reason that I was so injured was actually Onyx’s doing.

"Wait. She told you not to say her name out loud again? But you have done so multiple times now. Will it be ok that you have told me? I mean, foresight is pretty fickle, It’s not safe to mess with stuff like that." Rhapso asked and I shrugged my shoulders.

"Yeah... It will be fine. I think she meant speaking of her around individuals I don’t consider friends and family. Besides, I was distracted."

"By?" Rhapso inquired before going wide-eyed with delight as I pressed my lips against hers for a moment.

"Your beauty." I said after pulling away, winking as I did.

What followed was about five seconds of Rhapso trying to hold back a dam of emotions before letting them burst all over me for fifteen minutes straight.

Once she had calmed down, she was on my lap again as I was stroking her hair. As I was performing the soothing movement, I suddenly remembered.

"Oh! Yesterday, I met a woman in the field hospital. Olivia. So, you know how ever since you pledged yourself to me, I can now feel and see faith around me every so often."

Rhapso nodded her head, she already knew about that.

"Well this woman. Her entire body was glowing with faith. She was basically worshipping me without understanding the concept of religion. To be honest, I’ve seen a few Phalanx with a flicker of it in their hearts here and there, but this woman. I could barely look at her. She was-

"Did she pray to you? Did you hear her voice?" Rhapso shot up like a bullet. She was on her knees looking at me with such high hopes.

I cleared my throat. "Um. Yeah, I did. I nearly had another heart at-"

Rhapso then cut me off as she began to clap giddily before proceeding to hug me tightly. "Yay! My god has his first Oracle already! What’s her name? Olivia right? What does she look like? Does she have any powers? Is she pretty? Is she prettier than me? Do you prefer her to me? I am your first, my god. Please remember my devotion to you! Please-"

I raised my hand authoritatively. "Rhapso. Silence." I spoke as my aura engulfed the room. Rhapso fell the the floor gracefully. Kneeling before me and not daring to look up at me.

She didn’t need to do that, but I kept my act up for now. "Look upon me, Rhapso."

She did. She looked up at me, her eyes slightly teary as her thoughts were getting the better of her.

"First. I will not forget who my first is, my Nymph. Never forget that you are mine. I don’t push aside my belongings so trivially, understand?" I declared, a bit too ’master like’ for my tastes, but judging by the look on Rhapso’s face, she loved the words I just spouted.

"Second. Olivia is a wounded soldier. Phalanx. No powers. As for if she is prettier than you? That’s unfair, you Nymphs have transhuman beauty as is. The woman is just a regular woman Now can I please ask you some questions about this and then about another topic?"

Rhapso just nodded her head, her smile threatening to split her face apart.

I then removed my aura from the surroundings. "Good. Now. What is an Oracle? I really hope it’s not more foresight shenanigans, I can’t deal with more stuff like that."

Rhapso smiled. informing her god about what he wanted to know was everything to her. To be able to teach the one she has devoted her life to was... Everything.

"No, Apollo. Don’t worry. Oracles aren’t diviners. Or use foresight in today’s terminology. They are just your truly faithful. Those who have been touched by your presence and that touch have moulded them into true faithful. When you become more powerful, you can speak to them directly through their faith. Which might seem like they are receiving foresight to others of your worshippers, but it will just be your words. In truth, once you are fully deified in the eyes of the galaxy, you will have millions of Oracle candidates, but only those the most devoted will be able to hear you. I don’t know how many to be exact will be your Oracle number, but your namesake had the most before the incident. In fact, she had so many that she always anointed one above all as the great Oracle from what Nerissa has told me, she was always called-"

"-The Pythia." I cut her off.

"Hehe! You remember something!" She said, cheekily, causing me to smirk.

"Well, I do remember some things, just not a lot. In fact, it’s you and Ness that helped me remember that fact. Remember a few months ago on my Birthday when you Played Delphic garden for me? It was then, the name just popped in my mind from goodness knows where."

"Hehehe~ I live to serve~" Rhapso sounded off, absolutely chuffed with herself.

However, this oracle business. It wasn’t going to affect me for quite some time. So I had no further questions for now. I was just glad to know there was a name for glowing ladies that prayed for me to kiss them; it made life a bit easier."

But I was not done with question time yet. Another thing needed addressing and I was a lot more interested in this subject.

"Right. Enough about gods and subjects. What was all that about in your Mindspace?" I asked, making Rhapso’s face turn a lighter green in the process.

Her glowing eyes began to dart around looking for anything to distract Apollo with.

"Sithrik! Do you want me to teach you some techniques to please Apollo better in bed? I assume your new body is still taking some getting used to even now and-"

"-Do not try to change the subject on our master, Nymph-thing. Now answer his question and we will re-open this discussion later..."

I smirked and turned to Sithrik who was sprawled out on the bed. I reached over and kissed her on the cheek for backing me up before turning back to Rhapso. I then slowly began to fold my arms to express my disapproval. Shattering her attempts to deflect in the process.

"I am sorry! I just love the sculptures so much! I only work on them when you are asleep. I don’t fixate on them... Well I did the first one that now caresses my Origin, but the others I promise are just for fun."

"Rhapso, I don’t care about the statues. I told you, I like them."

"No! Apollo! Please I pray to you-

"-NO-NO-NO-NO! Don’t pray! My heart Rhapso! My heart!" I yelped in panic, but the Nymph seemed to catch onto my previous words.

"Wait? You don’t have issue with my statues?" Rhapso asked, tilting her head to the side.

I paused for a moment to check I was safe from a heart attack... Again. I then let out a long drawn out breath of relief before replying,

"No. Well, I do. But not for the reason you are thinking about. I am more curious about how decorated your Mindspace is. How have you done that? It’s so... Alive. I mean compared to the whiteness of mine anything would. Also, your Mindspace barrier. The Moss-like defence. That was so unique, unlike anything I have ever seen. How? Why? Tell me everything!"

I was practically shaking with excitement at this point. Learning about new Psionics and Psionic phenomena was always the best!

Rhapso however looked at me in surprise. "Your Mindspace is clear? That’s not... But she who should not be named said your Mindspace was a paradise. What did she mean by that?"

I frowned, not at her, but in thought about the situation. Before Rhapso began to think I was frowning at her though, I spoke up. "Rhapso. it’s safe for you to leave your Mindspace right?"

Rhapso proceeded to blink at me several times in a daze before she looked away meekly. "I-I can Apollo, but... I don’t know how to say this without upsetting you."

"Just say it, my Nymph." I declared, prompting her to giggle before spilling the upsetting words.

"If you want me to go into the Psionic plane with you, my aura... With your current strength, you would be injured just by proxy."

"Why would that upset me? That’s just stating facts. Also no problem. I don’t need to go out. I’ll link us telepathically so you can find my Mindspace. Just make your way over and I will allow your presence to peer through my Mindspace barrier.

I then proceeded to penetrate her with my tendril before closing my eyes. In my Mindspace I waited for a few seconds. I then felt something looming above me. Nothing on Jewel’s level, but I could still sense it. It was strong. It was Raw. It was a figure. Rhapso.

She was full bodied like I was in the plane, but she was practically leaking out nature energy all around her in a wide sphere of Psionic green. She looked very beautiful, but I could compliment her later. She was looking and poking my Mindspace barrier with fascination and a bit more force than I cared for as I could feel it on my Avatar’s scalp.

...

’It’s so sturdy and resilient for his age and strength. I would actually have a hard time tearing this thing down if I tried. NOT THAT I WOULD EVER!’ She scolded herself for her curiosity. Such heresy could not be allowed to be thought of.

She was brought away from her turbulent thoughts thankfully as one of the hexagons before her became translucent. Allowing her to peer inside Apollo’s Mindspace.

The first thing she noticed was the whiteness. This shocked her. ’So barren?’ Apollo was so gifted, so talented, yet his Mindspace had nothing inside?

As she continued to survey the inside. She spotted a sight. Apollo. She smiled before looking next to him where a creature was bound in chains, a creature she remembered. Onyx. She also spotted a sword alongside something that made her audibly gasp. A massive black hole of Anti Psionic energy inside Apollo’s Mind where the...

"*GAG*"

Only a god would be capable of keeping an anti-Psionic thing in their Mindspace like that and be fine. It was literally a paradox after all.

She moved on hastily, not wanting to linger at that for any longer. She then spotted his Origin. It was beautiful. It was perfect. It was-

She suddenly paused as a face presented before her hexagon. Sol. Sol gave a small regal gesture that was supposed to be a wave, reminding Rhapso about the primordial entity that Apollo just also happened to have in his Mindspace.

Another godly feat.

She was about to smile back before Sol turned and pointed in the opposite direction of where Rhapso had been looking so far..

Rhapso followed the direction before her eyes went wide. Her mouth hung open and she couldn’t help blaspheme in her shock.

"Oh my god..."