Life Of A Nobody - as a Villain

A/N - TODAY WAS MOTHER'S DAY, so yeah - a node to the God mother.

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When Rio heard her lines he realised who it belonged to. Someone who was not supposed to appear this early in the story. Someone whose interest in him could change all his plans and the story as a whole.

The Goddess of death and destruction, of creation and compassion. The one whose love had brought peace to the universe, and in whose anger even the cosmos crumbled.

The peak Of Gods from Hindu mythology, the one who was known as primordial, eternal, benevolent, and malevolent. The one who thrives in chaos, and watches over everything

The embodiment of creation and destruction in one entity. The one who defined mother nature in its purest form - 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗶.

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*** After the emergence when all worlds merged into Arcadia, conflicts started, not only between monsters and different races, but between different Gods of different worlds too.

- No one who had been praised as a superior being in their world, wanted to be lesser than anyone else in Arcadia, and so began the War of Gods.

- No one knows the details, but it was only after the world's will interfered and forbade them from fighting against each other and destroying the world, that the war was stopped.

- But even the world's will couldn't control all those raging Gods, so the concept of blessing and choosing avatar came. Now instead of fighting between themselves, and resulting in the destruction of everything, fights between their followers and champions started.

- This is why one should always be aware of everything before being an avatar, as then other Gods and their chosen ones would be coming after you. With the world system in place everyone on Arcadia was bound by this rule.

- With this, everyone got what they wanted - the Gods could still fight indirectly for their superiority, the world's will had gotten peace and made the world's system, and the people got the powers to fight monsters.

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In the original book Goddess Kali was supposed to stand against Rio, and also helped in his downfall.

It started with her little rivalry against Nyx, who was known as the real ruler of darkness in Greek mythology.

Both of these Goddesses had similar powers and origins. But before their battle to see which one of them was truly superior could end, and they could decide a winner, the war stopped.

So when Goddess Kali learned about Nyx choosing an avatar, she too decided to find one. Fate who was always ready to push Rio further on his evil path, made a twisted joke, and Kali ended up choosing Amelia as her avatar.

At the beginning it was just friendly competition or a healthy rivalry between the 2 greater beings. But with time, Rio's descent into villainy caused a greater rift in their newfound friendship.

And at the end when Rio finally decided to take up arms against even the Gods, Kali had finally given up on trying to save him.

While Nyx saw no problem in supporting Rio, for Kali the lines he crossed were considered evil. And as the Goddess known for being the right and punisher of evil, she decided to stop him for good.

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'And you can guess anyone's ending, when someone as overpowered as her becomes your enemy.'

'But why is she here?'

'She's not supposed to learn about me, till I become Nyx's avatar.'

Rio's thoughts started racing in his brain as all the plotline of Goddess Kali came into her brain. He couldn't figure out what it was that caused her to focus on him so early.

He was especially careful not to change anything that was related to Gods. This was the reason he only killed Noah and not the protagonist himself. As Leon got one God watching over him always.

He also didn't interfere in the mines where the 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 - '𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗱'𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹' was supposed to start. As he didn't want to take a risk of unwanted attention.

'What the hell changed?'

The uncertainty of not knowing was eating him up as he continued thinking about his every decision since the moment he arrived in this world. But he still couldn't figure it out.

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It was then that Rio heard her voice again - "Are you thinking who I am?"

As soon as her gentle voice came, all the chaos in the surrounding calmed down like it was never there. The scene that looked like a blood rained warzone changed into a peaceful snowy mountain.

He could see a silhouette of a woman walking towards him from the top. No she wasn't walking, HE was getting pulled towards her.

It was then he realised even as the environment changed so much around him, he couldn't feel his body.

'An illusion maybe' Rio thought as he was still slowly floating towards the mountain peak.

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Despite his obvious worries, a part of him was also stuck with awe and wonder as he thought of seeing goddess Kali.

'I never believed in Gods even when I was on earth. The only time I prayed to them would be when my parents or Ria forced me.'

'After her death the only time I went to temples would be when I needed to complain and vent out my frustrations.'

'I blamed Gods and my luck, but everyone does that, right.' Rio thought as he remembered his time on Earth.

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But even if he was termed an atheist, the thought of seeing someone whom he had only watched posters or statues in temples, the Goddess whom billions of people prayed to daily, filled him with some unknown emotions.

'she was here, in front of him.'

'Well not here per se, as the world system separates the plane of existence, but still _ '

'How many of her devotees would kill to get a chance to see her, to hear her voice.'

'But fuck, WHY is she here.' Rio thought again as he pushed all those distracting thoughts away. He was feeling so many emotions and so many questions that his brain couldn't even sort them all out.

'Wait, does she know about me?'

'Is she the same from my Earth.'

'Is that why she's here'

Rio was lost in her thoughts as he heard her voice again, this time sounding much closer and calmer - "Your thoughts are running quite fast, boy."

Rio looked ahead and he could see her. A silhouette of her, sitting atop her lion in her gentle form. She radiated a sense of calm and serenity that belied her fierce reputation. Just one look at her was enough to make Rio forget all about his worries and let go of them.

The figure was imposing and majestic, showing an aura of power and grace.

The snowy fog made it difficult to see her clearly, but he could make out a blurry image. Her eyes were closed, as if lost in meditation. Her long black hair flowed down her back like a river of darkness. Her red clothing was adorned with intricate patterns and golden symbols that seemed to shine in the snow. It looked as if she had plucked the stars and used them for decorations.

The lion on which she sat seemed to be a reflection of her strength. It was unlike any lion he had ever seen in any pictures or in TV's , with thick mane and golden furs, eyes which were gentle yet focused as if it could look through someone's soul, with its powerful muscles and sharp claws that seemed to rip the place apart when it touched the ground. Rio couldn't help but feel a sense of respect as he looked at the goddess and her mount together.

Despite Goddess Kali's gentle appearance as Goddess Gauri, Rio could sense the immense power emanating from her. Rio's mind was filled with wonder as he continued to stare at the silhouette of Kali, unable to take his eyes off of her.

For a moment, he felt as though time had stopped, and all that existed was him and the goddess before him. He could feel himself being in the presence of something truly divine, something that transcended his understanding of the world to a new different level.

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Since Shiva never believed in Gods since his childhood, his father had forced him to read all the mythological books he could get to enlighten him.

Though it never really changed his opinions but only solidified his atheist beliefs. In Shiva's eyes either Gods only did what anyone else in those situations would've done, or in other scenarios they were just winners and got praised for their victory.

Plus the fact they were all stories which changed its meanings and portrayals every new generation. So no one even knew if they were true.

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But since he still read all those stories, he knew enough about the Goddess in front of him to respect her, for she was a force of nature, and angering her would result in his instant death. So without thinking anything else he fell to his knees and kept his head down.

"This lowly mortal greets the Eternal Goddess. Ohh Trikaldarshi Devi (All-seeing Goddess), My life has found its meaning seeing your arrival. This follower has been enlightened. Your presence has brought _ ."

As Rio looked at her, his mind stopped working with all this development, so he started blabbering whatever words of praise came to his mind. He could feel it was embarrassing but he couldn't stop himself, but his prayers stopped, when the surroundings changed again.

Everything was back to being a warzone, he looked around but her figure disappeared from the mountain. Next second she appeared in front of him, as he heard a voice-

"Stop with the lies, kid."

"I hate it when my children lie to me."

In that moment, Rio got the biggest scare of both his lives, he saw her gentle form of Gauri changing into her other avatar of KALI, the one where her smooth skin started turned into a deep shade of dark blue, one where her silver pearls necklace turned into a garland made of skulls around her neck. Her gentle face and motherly aura was replaced with a fearsome and intimidating presence. Her hair which were silently flowing in the wind till now, were covered in blood and whipped around her like a raging storm. Her eyes were glowing in an intense red light, that made Rio feel as though he was looking directly into the very heart of the sun.

Rio's eyes were wide open in shock and fear as he wondered if he did anything wrong. He could feel the ground shake beneath his feet, or maybe it was his body that was shaking.

He saw four hands growing out of her shoulders and each of them was holding a different weapon, while one of them held a severed head of the hell Asura(demon).

When Rio saw a hand in which she held a machete coming towards him, he screamed on top of his lungs , the loudest he could, and lost his consciousness.

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A/N - Tried to describe her both forms a little, please tell me it was good. 🤔

And before you start hating me - I will explain what happened at the ending here, in the next chapters very soon.

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