Season 1[]
(P) A smirking orange haired man surrounded by flames is introduced as a god pretending to be "an unemployed idiot."
Chapter 1: A Girl with a God's Name[]
(5) Maruna recalls a conversation with 'him' speculating that the Priestess of Fire of Atera has summoned the God of Fire to maintain the barrier of the city. Maruna concludes that it would be unwise to attack Atera as neither he nor Gandharva are strong enough to defeat a god in the human realm, even if their target is likely going there. However, Gandharva responds back that Agni is a troublemaker, even amongst the gods, and that he knows Agni's weakness.
Chapter 2: The Queen and the Bum[]
(1) Brilith recalls a memory from her childhood of how her mother summoned the God of Fire and how that affected her mother's health. Back in the present, a floating Agni is distracting Brilith from the burdensome thoughts that comes with being a priestess by asking what she thinks of his fashion tastes. Brilith horrifyingly tells him to immediately get back down as his existence as the God, protector of Atera's Barrier, is a secret only Brilith knows about as she herself summoned him. An unamused Agni wonders how she'll ever find a man. The two are interrupted by patrolling guards thinking Agni is an intruder but Agni effortlessly transforms into a bumbling human named Idioty Smith who wanted an autograph from the priestess. Agni listens as the guards inform Brilith of a red sky incident not far from the city. At the behest of Brilith, Agni is let off freely and asks him what this and the previous attacks could all mean. Agni foolishly responds that thinking critically gives him a headache, causing an angry reaction from Brilith. Inside though, Agni is furious and will punish the people causing his priestess extra worry.
(2) In Atera, Agni has been left alone all day and is bored. He thinks about regretting burning the autograph from Brilith and wishes that the sura behind the red sky attacks would pay a visit so he can have "fun". Agni ultimately leaves the temple grounds to explore the city where he finds a vendor selling food. He buys each sandwich displayed and the last mushroom skewer, much to the dismay of Leez.
(3) The vendor greets Agni as Idioty Smith, a regular customer who usually clears out his food display. Agni barters for a good deal and turns to Leez and asks her what she'll get but is interrupted by an insight where he sees a future Leez explaining why she continues to fight and the duty she has to protect this name till the end. Agni lets Leez have the last mushroom skewer at her request. When the vendor hikes the price for the skewer to cover for the damages Leez unknowingly caused while drooling over the display, Agni steps up to repair the damage and casts hoti asvins but fire also appears. When the two question Agni why there was fire when it was unnecessary, he uses his clothes as cover and explains that this is the latest fashion trend where fire appears with every spell he uses.
Later that evening, somewhere in the city, Agni and Leez are enjoying all the food they ordered. When Leez pushes aside Agni's inquiries of why she was crying earlier, he tells her not to downplay her grief and and that there is no shame in crying. Leez is touched by Agni's empathy and finally cries. He comforts her as she makes excuses for her tears. Agni expresses that the way to deal with sadness is to find something so fun that you forget what you were crying over. He asks a teary-eyed Leez to come and have some fun with him.
(4) Earlier the day, Brilith recalls how Atera was attacked in her childhood and all the powerful magicians who battled and came to rescue her. It was those events that fueled her pursuit of becoming a powerful magician and summon God Agni. Brilith ponders of how everyone trusts her, but in actuality, it is Agni, whom they have no knowledge of, that is actually protecting the city and whom they should put their trust in. Unfortunately, Brilith thinks Agni is far from dependable and is an untrustworthy god. As she is huddled on the ground under the night sky in the Temple of Fire, she asks Agni where he has gone off to.
Elsewhere in the city, Agni has taken Leez to a forest on top of a building to show her something cool: Firefly-like bugs. He creates a necklace made of flames that attracts the firefly-like creatures and explains that they are attracted to interesting things such as magic. Agni puts the necklace on Leez and bursts out laughing when the bugs cover Leez's entire face. He is amused by how more of them magnetized to Leez's face and that her face must be really interesting to the bugs. Agni comments of how her face can bring laughter to people before being punched hard on the stomach by an offended Leez. Leez is shocked when she sees that Agni handled her punches much worse than Kaz and asks if he's okay. Instead, Agni distracts her by saying the magical features of his clothes gives him muscles and is self-cleaning. He once again brings up the topic of her crying and hiding her true emotions and ponders how he could stop her from doing this. Agni then clues Leez of insight, an ability to see through a person and look into their future after living an immense amount of time. He stops when he thinks of the untold years a person can spend not finding the one other they were looking for. When Leez is about to comfort him, Agni breaks out his silly nature and makes fun of her for taking the subject too seriously. Leez punches his stomach again and formally introduces herself as Leez Haias. Agni replies that his name is Idioty Smith, once again causing Leez to punch him. Agni then reveals that his true identity is Agni, the God of Fire. Leez can't help comparing the feared god to the foolishly smiling man in front of her. She once again punches his stomach and warns that he'll be dragged to Hell for blasphemy.
(5) Agni is bewildered by Leez when she says she doesn't believe he's truly the God Agni. When Leez brings up Kubera, Agni explains how Kubera dons an unfriendly, inscrutable exterior and holds unparalleled brute strength that was able to tear through the realms even after the Cataclysm. Kubera entered the human realm and since then, no being has known what he's doing or where he is. Leez doesn't believe a single word Agni said and decides to address him as 'Idioty Smith' since if his true name really is Agni, it won't be acknowledged and he'd even be rejected from having an I.D. card.
The pair are interrupted when Asha arrives after having located Leez. Agni tries to use insight on her but is puzzled when what he sees can't even be classified as the past, present, or future. He expresses that this is unthinkable to see from a human. Agni is startled back to reality when Asha tells him to let go of her after he unknowingly gravitated towards her and grabbed her. Agni fails to explain he's not actually a weird, perverted person as the girls walk away with Leez promising to treat some curry mushrooms to Agni when they would meet again. Agni contemplates revealing his true form to Leez in order to gain her trust and warn her of what he saw in Asha. He becomes too concentrated in his own thoughts that he almost didn't notice the flames that were starting to envelop him. He is thankful that he didn't recklessly start a fire otherwise he'd have to deal with Brilith. Agni suddenly remembers Brilith and quickly teleports back to the Temple of Fire, hoping that she didn't wait for him.
When Asha looks back and comments how Agni left so quickly without hearing the necessary words to cast any magic including teleportation, Leez thinks back to Agni holding up the the flame-firefly necklace without having to say a word. She dismisses those thoughts to her just not listening or was just another beneficial feature of his clothes.
(6) In the 7th month of N5, Brilith summoned a god to distinguish herself from the more accomplished, skilled, and older magicians competing ahead of her to become the next Priest or Priestess of Atera. Brilith apologizes to her mother when she thought that the summoning failed and how foolish it was of her to think she could fill the shoes of her mother. Agni appears at that moment asking the young Brilith why she's crying and if he should go back to the god realm.
Agni creates and maintains a perfect barrier for Atera and Brilith became the new Priestess. Howerver, she reflects that neither she nor Agni knew why the summoning succeeded.
A few years later, Agni congratulates Brilith for graduating and sketches an image of her on the sky with magic. Brilith reminisces of how Agni was the only person she grew close to while growing up inside the temple. Agni even changed his appearance to match that of young Brilith. Eventually, when Brilith finds herself speaking informally to Agni despite his status of being a god, Agni maintains that hierarchy is of no importance to him. In the 10 years since the present, Brilith started viewing him as an equal to that point that she felt comfortable enough to vent her frustrations and complaints to him.
When Agni returns to the temple and appears to a tired Brilith drained from discussing painful matters and being disappointed with the Temple Magicians – His late arrival and carefree attitude enrages her who had been waiting for him for hours. Brilith is pained that Agni doesn't take his role of protecting the city as serious as she does. She thinks of how Agni may reject her for a healthier, suitable summoner when he finds out her true health. She is conflicted between her true emotions and what is socially acceptable behavior and genuine gratefulness towards him. Just when Agni is about to say something that could make her uncomfortable, she rejects him and leaves.
Chapter 3: The Sorrow of Loss[]
(1) Maruna and Gandharva are speculating of the god protecting Atera as they strategize how they will attack the city. Gandharva asserts that he is not afraid of the gods and view them more as toys to play with. He recalls one particular fight with Agni where Gandharva is in a monstrous sura form equally the size of a planet. Gandharva is surrounding the planet with his tentacles as he stares down Agni.
After Maruna and Gandharva rescue and receive advice from the two captured Garuda halfs, Gandharva explains that he may be going through all the trouble of secretely infiltrating Atera because he misses Agni and his fair and honorable ways of fighting.
(2) After Gandharva has successfully passed through the checkpoint of Atera, he stands a top a roof of a building, scanning the city for Agni. Gandharva thinks that Agni should have detected him already and wonders if something is occupying him. Gandharva quickly finds Agni as he shines much more brightly than the humans.
Agni is sitting in a field filled with flowers. He is making a bouquet for Brilith, hoping that she will like it and will smile at him. His thoughts are interrupted by Gandharva who declares that the bouquet is ugly, but is expected as his artistic tastes has always been terrible. Gandharva greets Agni and wonders what is with his expression.
(3) In the far future, Brilith realizes that Agni was only acting a fool. She elucidates how she treated him as a fool, when it was her all along who was the fool. She never realized that Agni's smile all those years were fake. She never thought of finding the reason behind Agni's visage until many years later.
In the 8th month of N8, while read a textbook about cosmology in preparation for the college exam, Brilith learns that the color of a star is dependant on its temperature, and is ordered from red (lowest), to yellow, white, and finally, to blue (highest). Agni interrupts and explains he follows the same principle when Brilith voices her disbelief. He states he turns in the same order, but his color and temperature are dependent on his level of anger. Brilith is skeptical, reasoning that extreme temperatures would be hard to tolerate, even for a god, and that with his personality, his temperature won't budge at all. Agni is offended, and is almost carried away when he realizes that flames are appearing on his hand.
Back in the present, Agni doesn't answer Gandharva and instead turns away to put his "Idioty Smith" glasses on. However, Gandharva knows it's all a ruse when he addresses Agni with both his false name, Idioty Smith, and his true name, Agni. When Agni tells Gandharva to leave him alone, Gandharva challenges back that he should be happy considering that he, a nastika severely weakened, went to him, a god whose objectives are to kill as many nastikas as possible. Agni counters back that he tries to fight fairly with the suras. If Gandharva is committed to fighting, then they should do it in the sura realm where they can fight freely. Gandharva is in disbelief when he sees that Agni has kept integrity intact. He recalls a time in the past where Agni showed mercy and concern for his daughter's well-being when she was used as bait to lure and kill Gandharva. Gandharva thinks he is nowhere near as honorable before confessing to killing the person Agni was looking for. He taunts Agni by detailing her last moments and smirks when he dismisses her death. Agni is enraged and bursts into white fire that engulfs a large swath of the city.
(4) Before infiltrating Atera, Gandharva discusses his plan with Maruna. He outlines that a god's power is only proportionate to the health of the summoner. Gandharva explains that no summoner, no matter how healthy, will be able to endure Agni's white fire/flame. Since no summoner can handle white fire, whatever remaining lifespan is left after the act of summoning would be spent if Agni chooses to use that particular transcendental skill. Therefore, it almost always end in the summoner's death which will forcibly expel the god back to the god realm, resulting in the chance for Maruna to attack the city. Since Gandharva knows Agni's weakness, he has a full proof plan that will evoke Agni's anger that will conclude in the outcome Gandharva wants. When Maruna doubts that Gandharva could survive making a god angry especially in his weakened state, Gandharva brushes him off saying putting out fire is his specialty.
(5) A barely conscious Brilith is recounting her last moment with Agni. She thinks that even though she charged at him with accusations and was the the target of her anger, Agni would still turn up and smile at her as always. Her last thought before falling unconscious was how foolish she was.
Agni instantly lost control of his flames, becoming hot as a white star, the flame explosion engulfing in flames the garden and setting Atera on fire, and making Brilith lose consciousness from the shock. The God realized his mistake quickly, and lowered the power of his flames to the minimum, but too late. Gandharva is quick at taking advantage of his weakened state, freezing him up with the help of the Absolute Zero Point Transcendental. With Brilith surviving, he devises an improvised plan. Agni pretends that he doesn't care if his summoner dies. Gandharva then echoes that if Agni doesn't care, then there should be no problem when he kills Brilith personally. Agni tries to mute his outrage to detract Gandharva and protect Brilith. He replies that her death itself won't anger him, it would be the fact that a sura killed her. Agni then threatens to retaliate and wipe out the rest of his clan, should he go through with his plan. When Gandharva replies in a nonchalant way, Agni is surprised by his reaction and annoyed that his insight doesn't work on nastikas. Gandharva says that he'll go through with his plan to kill Brilith using his Heartless Edge transcendental and tells Agni to try to stop him if he can.
(6) Agni recollects a memory a few years ago when a young Brilith asks how he can can stay in the human realm for a long time when her lifespan has been shortened. He tells her it's because he's an idiot and to guess when she asks him what that means.
In the present, Gandharva slightly alters his plan to kill Agni first followed by killing summoner next. Gandharva attacks Agni with Heartless Edge transcendental to which Agni grabs and fights off. His hand start to freeze and Gandharva asks if he's too weak to summon a weapon or if he doesn't want to further damage his summoner's lifespan. Agni mocks Gandharva's guesses and sets ablaze the arm gripping Gandharva. He melts the ice surrounding the two causing a dense, far reaching fog.
Agni succesfully fights off Gandharva but is troubled when he can't teleport back to Brilith without killing her. He surmises that as long as he doesn't raise his temperature enough to reach white flame, he won't hurt Brilith while fighting. Gandharva takes advantage of the fog that is too dense for Agni to see through and surprise attacks him from behind. Gandharva once more shifts his plan to this time just killing Agni. Although gods are immortal, they take decades to resurrect. Agni looks down, satisfied that Brilith won't be further harmed. A brief memory of Shakuntala flashes through Gandharva's mind. She tells him not every god is bad and begs him not to fight with Agni as repayment for the time he saved their lives. A distraught Gandharva stops, grimaces and hold his head down.
Outside the city, Maruna, unable to see through the fog, is concerned why Gandharva hasn't been able to finish off Agni. He is conflicted whether to intervene or not before surafying and prepares to attack.
(7) Agni sits on the ground cross-legged across from a huddled Gandharva. The temperature of their surroundings is far below freezing and is influenced by Gandharva's emotions. Agni is bemused by Gandharva's fickle way of fighting. If he could use Fire Assimilation or Hellfire, he could "play" with Gandharva properly instead of sitting around shivering, but decides against the idea as Brilith could be endangered. Agni debates out loud why Gandharva started a fight when he never did before. He starts to recall Gandharva's daughter but can't remember her name. Agni downplays his misremembrance when Gandharva replies her name is Shakuntala and lowered the temperature some more. He insinuates she's dead and asks who killed her so that he could join Gandharva on his revenge. Gandharva stares down Agni and drops the temperature to -89°C. He declares that he has no one to rely on. Unlike the humans who can pray to the gods regardless if it's heard, he can't. He is the king of his clan, but is recognized as an abomination by the gods, therefore, at his position, he has no turn to for anything, not even for the safety of his daughter. Agni reflects the same is true for the gods but keeps it to himself. He then asks Gandharva to rely on him, the 3rd most popular god among the humans. He may not be able to do anything but he will always listen. Gandharva quips that he'll remain an atheist, smiles, and raises the temperature from -89°C to -10°C.
Just when the two are making progress, something flying above them catches Agni's attention. He figures it's the Garuda sura responsible for the red sky attacks. Agni gets to his feet quickly to try to get back to Brilith but is frozen by Gandharva before he could do anything. Gandharva accepts that Agni cares for his summoner however maintains that his daughter is more important. He wishes they were both in the same side, but recognizes it will never be more than a wish.
(9) After a while Agni was able to melt through ice, and start talking with Gandharva. Agni pulls on his hair and starts burning it. Gandharva in return raises his hand, threatening to freeze Agni again but Agni cowers saying he was pretending. A fleeting image of Shakuntala flashes through Gandharva's mind asking him to not fight with Agni. He starts to tear up and Agni notices. Gandharva makes excuses to avoid fighting with Agni, with Agni interjecting he's crying with each excuse. In the end, Agni is able to deduce, without being able to use insight, that Gandharva wants something in the city by recognizing pass Gandharva's constantly evolving plans of who to kill, it all results in taking down the barrier. Even though insight won't work on nastikas like Gandharva, he still feels like Agni can see through him. Agni explains that he won't tell the other gods what Gandharva is up to since it probably has to do with his daughter, and that he too understands because he shares the same sentiments when it comes to his summoner. As long as Brilith is safe, he'll return to the god realm and will refuse any and all future summons. Gandharva thinks that he should never trust the promises made by the gods and recalls being given the advice to never trust the words said by the gods from two silhouette figures. However, Gandharva wants to make an exception for Agni and asks him why. Agni tries to explain that it's because he can see through to Brilith's true intentions and worries. He never explained insight to her and allowed himself to sink in status. Agni then continues to explain, but is drowned out as the attack is stopped by the reactivated barrier. Agni makes note that what he's saying doesn't make sense and Gandharva unapologetically agrees. In exchange for his honesty, Gandharva advises Agni to not get too attached with a mortal, and in his mind adds that it's because the immortal one will be the one to carry the heartache.
They reached a mutual agreement, and then Gandharva left, while Agni vanished. Brilith, who regained consciousness shortly thereafter, realized Agni was missing and blamed herself for that, not knowing about the agreement. -->
Chapter 4: AAA Magician[]
(3) Agni is sleeping in order to minimize his interference during Brilith's exam. He is awoken when Brilith miscalculates a hoti agni spell. Agni tweaks her calculations so that she won't hit herself on the head.
(4) When Brilith casts a split-second bhavati agni spell to target a sura attacking Asha from behind, it was actually Agni who corrects the spell's calculation.
(5) In the fourth exam, the Barrier Test, the test administrator is curious why Brilith's vigor is replenishing slowly. Brilith realizes disappointingly that her vigor must be maintaining an awake Agni and wonders if he cares whether or not she'll do well. She makes up an excuse for the administrator explaining she's been feeling gloomy lately.
Chapter 5: The Golden Knight[]
(3) Gandharva is in a dilemma as the easiest city he can attack according to Maruna is Atera. However, attacking Atera would break his promise to Agni. Gandharva waves the thoughts of his promise to Agni aside. The actual promise he's trying to keep is the promise to his daughter to not fight with Agni.
(5) When Kubera tries to leave with his bracelet, Leez who presumes Kubera is a brazen thief, warns him that he'll be sent to Hell where he'd be punished by Agni harshly for his crimes.
After Kubera makes a bet that the first to gets to the bracelet without magic will get to keep it, Leez, who lost to Kubera, accuses him of using magic and demands that he give the item to her to be returned to its owner. Kubera is surprised by her confidence when she doesn't have the skills to back it and threatens her ominously by wrapping his hands around her neck. Leez is taken aback by how alike but dissimilar this situation is with the one where 'Idioty Smith' comforted her. Leez is bewildered by how a shamelessly thief who threatens to break girls' neck can remind her of 'Idioty Smith', and swiftly knees Kubera on the groin.
(6) As Kubera explains the history of the bracelet to Leez, Agni is shown to be one of the gods Kubera offered the item to after assuming that Agni still hasn't learned to control his powers yet. Agni refuses and offers Kubera dried persimmons instead.
Leez accuses Kubera of being a thief once more after he summons several gold bars and a gem, and warns him again that Agni will not go lightly on him when he's sent to Hell.
Chapter 6: The Past I Yearn For/Longing for Yesterday[]
(1) During a training session with 2nd stage Maruna to get him to 3rd stage, Gandharva mocks Maruna for being so weak that Agni can kill in one blow when Maruna complains.
(5) After Kubera threatens Gandharva that turning his back on him would be turning his back on his daughter as well, Gandharva remembers Shakuntala reminding him of that time Agni protected them when the gods decided to kidnap her. Gandharva tries to stop her from praising Agni since he's a stupid bum, but Shakuntala says that's not what she meant, and what she was actually suggesting is that when the times comes, he abandon her because someone as important as him cannot be blackmailed.
(6) Outside Rindhallow, Sagara divulges to Maruna the real reason Gandharva's reluctant to attack Atera. She informs Maruna of the promise between him and Agni that as long as the god's Priestess remains safe, Agni won't answer any summons. As a work around, Sagara concocted a plan that keeps Gandharva's promise intact. As long as they attack Atera but keep Brilith safe, Agni won't come back and retaliate.
Chapter 8: The Wavering King[]
(5) Riagara reports a short profile of Brilith to Sagara in preparation for their attack on Atera. Among the information Riagara briefs to Sagara is that Brilith became the Priestess of Fire at a young age due to her flawless barrier. Sagara corrects Riagara that it was actually Agni maintaining that flawless barrier while Brilith had no involvement other than summoning the god.
Chapter 10: The Night it Rained Fire[]
(1) After being abandoned by Agni, Brilith brings his Staff of Agni to Lorraine so she can modify it to not breathe fire on her. Lorraine tells Brilith that the success rate of modifying a god-level item depends on the personality of the god who made it. Brilith, recalling Agni fooling her into blowing the petals off a flower only to have her face engulfed by flames, tells Lorraine that the god who made it is very kind. Lorraine questions Brilith why she didn't get it modified earlier if it was in her possession for some time. Forlorn, Brilith replies she used to have a friend that she could trust who would make sure she'd never get into a situation where she'd have to use it. However, she lost him and it's her fault.
Brilith reflects that Agni never showed his anger. She believes that what she last said to him must have gotten him so mad that he chose to disappear without even a word. Brilith reckons he'll never return.
(2) Agni is seen fishing with a few other gods in the god realm as Brilith wonders if the last ten years he spent with her was just a way of alleviating his boredom.
Some time after Brilith summons Agni, the priest candidates that would take over the barrier should anything happen to Brilith, start to leave for places that needed them as they felt unnecessary due to the flawlessness of Agni's barrier. As Brilith watches them on crestfallen, Agni is seen watching her, but stays back to let her be.
A flashback is seen to the moment when the words idha etu, spoken by a young Brilith, reaches Agni.
(4) When the loud engine of Lorraine's car catches the attention of Sagara, she definitively recognizes Agni's Staff and concludes that the car must be heading to where Brilith is.
Riagara comments that Hura better be glad that it's a human maintaining the barrier now and not Agni cause otherwise, Hura would already be dead for recklessly attacking the city.
(5) Despite knowing that their truce is fragile, Gandharva made his promise with Agni to show that he, his enemy, is capable of being just as honest, honorable, and fair.
Outside Kalibloom, Gandharva meets up with Shess and Leny. After some exchange, Shess informs Gandharva that Maruna has joined forces with Sagara to attack Atera. Shess, seeing Gandharva angry, asks him what the problem is considering that the Priestess will be spared. Gandharva agrees that Shess is right and Agni won't return precisely because of that reason. However, Gandharva knows that Agni will feel betrayed. Knowing that the Priestess is precious to the god, Gandharva is all too aware that all that is precious to her is equally as precious to the god as well, just like he is with his daughter. Gandharva remembers Shakuntala asking her father to not fight with Agni. Gandharva gathers that Agni will hate him, come to regret bargaining with a nastika like him, and will view him mercilessly like all the other gods do. Telling Gandharva it's not too late, Shess offers to take the Gandharva king quickly to Atera.
(7) When Maruna's attempts to break Atera's barrier causes Brilith to bleed from her mouth, Sagara realizes that the Priestess could be seriously sick. The nastika remembers Agni's promise to be indifferent to the conflicts in the human realm as long as his Priestess remains unharmed.
(8) Through a flashback to Brilith's childhood, Agni explains how the act of summoning ages the person internally, but not externally.
Sagara, watching Brilith deteriorate as she blocks Maruna's attacks one after the other, is left confused why Agni would make such a promise with Gandharva when his summoner's lifespan is nearly spent. She wonders if Agni used Brilith to hide his true intention: To reach a temporary truce with Gandharva.
(13) In a flashback to Brilith's adolescence, she tells Agni that sometimes he sounds like he's talking in riddles. Agni starts speaking of the long lifespans of the gods when he suddenly remembers something: A way for a god to lengthen their summoner's lifespan. It's troublesome for the god, but if he/she likes their summoner... Agni tells Brilith to stop looking so glum and to smile for him. He also suggest Brilith call him 'Oppa', which she refuses by calling him Agni-nim right after.
Back in the present, Brilith says the words "Idha Etu Agni" to summon him against Sagara. Sagara's mind starts racing through scenarios of what would happen should the Priestess die. After a while of nothing arising, Sagara calls Brilith's bluff, but Brilith just quietly and intensely stares her down.
(14) With Brilith at death's doorstep, Agni finally returns to the human realm, and carries her in his arms while they are surrounded by flames.
(15) Sagara denies the possibility of Brilith successfully summoning Agni.
Brilith wakes up in Agni's arms thinking she's dead. She apologizes for her rudeness during their last meeting and thanks him for putting it aside for the sake of a last farewell. She asks if she's going to Hell now. Agni answers that things would have been easier if she lived a wicked life deserving of Hell, that way, he wouldn't gone through any trouble and would have just waited for her there. He asks her if she has any will to live. When Brilith pauses, Agni comments that upon death, most people leave everything behind with a few exception of those who have obsessions they carry with them beyond death. He tells her if she has no will, he will not give her her life back. Brilith tells him to wait a minute. After scanning through unrecognizable faces from her memories, Brilith finally answers she has a friend that she needs to hold on to and can't leave alone or she else will disappear. Agni accepts saying "The reason doesn't matter, as long as you do want to live."
The flames disperse to reveal Agni and a healed Brilith to Sagara. Agni expresses his incredulous to find Sagara here as she is to finding them. Sagara argues that there is no way Brilith had enough lifespan to summon him and that only the God of Death has jurisdiction over death. Agni agrees saying she's right. If he hadn't won, he would have been stuck in Hell for ten thousand years. He adds that shouldn't it be time for her to start running. Sagara counters why should she and calls Riagara and Pingara over who come with their eyes closed. Agni notes that Sagara must have warned them about his ability to use insight if a person has their eyes open. Sagara introduces the god to the rakshasas and explains that although gods are at an advantage with their transcendentals in the human realm, their ability to use those transcendental depends on their summoner's vigor, which Brilith has none of. The nastika orders both rakshasas to attack Agni at once to kill him to prevent him from resurrecting himself in the next few years. Agni replies he'll just use Brilith's lifespan if her vigor is depleted. Sagara is doubtful of that since Yama is known for ignoring even a primeval god's plea of extending someone's lifespan. She bets Agni beat Yama by killing him, and as a result, only delayed the price of summoning just for a bit. Agni is insistent that Brilith still has some vigor and even shows off some of his skills to Sagara. Realizing that Brilith is thinking pessimistic thoughts, Agni reminds her that vigor replenishes easily if one is happy. At that moment, Lorraine breaks through the door being lead by the modified, monster-like Staff of Agni.
(16) Agni wears a surprised look as Lorraine is tugged erratically by the Staff of Agni. Sagara orders Pingara and Riagara to withdraw with her when Lorraine manages to resist the rakshasas' attacks with hoti brahma.
When Lorraine tries to pass the Staff to Brilith, Agni tells her it would be better if it is with him, saying she should know who he is now. Lorraine immediately bows down apologizing as she presents the Staff to Agni. He tells her it's fine and explains when he first made it, it was originally just a stick. Brilith turns to Lorraine asking if she knew of the God of Fire all along. Lorraine admits she had her suspicions since after the first attack when state of the barrier became weaker and from some of the stuff the she said. Lorraine continues it wasn't just her, Ruche and a few others had their speculations, but kept it quiet out of respect for Brilith. Despite her suspicion, Lorraine confesses she is still surprised to see Agni, especially now that she has seen his face and abs up close – Brilith interrupts her from rambling on. Realizing that Sagara and her minions have escaped, Agni asks Brilith if he should let them go or chase after them and kill them. When Brilith raises her uncertainty of having enough vigor, Agni reminds her it replenishes easily if the person is happy. The God notes that it's replenishing quite rapidly, but not fast enough, so he goes in to kiss Brilith's cheek. Shocked and surprised, Brilith gives both of Agni's cheeks a good slap each; Agni turns around undisturbed despite the red hand marks on his face. To show how much vigor she has now, Agni summons two fire snakes to chase Sagara and them.
(17) In Hell, after being beaten by Agni, a sulking Yama decries the unfair division of work to Brahma. The God of Death is peeved at how some have to "work day and night, while others loaf around all day and then prance off to visit women." Brahma replies she'll take on his workload and, after looking around, guesses that another of Agni's courtship is going wrong based on his missing weapon. She finds it interesting how Agni ignores the advances of countless goddesses in favor of a relationship that is more troublesome for him.
Back in Atera, Agni has dispatched the suras along the city's boundaries in case they attack while he's chasing after Sagara and her crew. He promises Brilith he'll back soon after his snake hunt and reminds her to be optimistic. Thinking to herself after Agni leaves, Brilith is confused why Agni's not angry, and if he was never angry over the way she treated him, why he left in the first place. Lorraine, who has been observing the Priestess, reminds her of Agni's departing words and how that would keep her vigor high. She also adds how amazed she is to know that Brilith is capable of summoning a god.
Elsewhere, the Anantas are incensed that Agni used a copy of Vasuki's transcendental to chase them. Riagara tells Sagara that her and Pingara should try to escape while she stays behind to hold off Agni since she has some resistance to fire. Sagara replies that Agni will be too strong for her to handle and she'd die quickly and unnecessarily. Instead, despite the human realm severely weakening her, Sagara will be the one to stay behind and use Agni's supposed fairness to stall him while her rakshasas use the time to escape.
(18) Agni catches up to Sagara and is caught surprised to find her in male form. Sagara explains that she sent the kids away so that they could fight fairly, and even took on her male form just to balance the power gap between them, even if just a tiny bit.
Cloche and Clophe notice Maruna flying past them, and they hope he gets to Sagara before Agni can. Hura pops out of nowhere to tell the twins that Agni has already caught up to Sagara. Clophe, who's injured, tries to get up to help Sagara, but Hura kicks him down and warns the two to not interfere unless they want to be tortured painfully to death.
Sagara tells Agni that the view alone makes the spot they're at a good place for her to die. She is thankful that it would be Agni that will kill her and not some other god. Agni asks if she's doing this so that her underlings can escape. Sagara thinks to herself how easy it is to deceive him. She speaks up asking why a god like him would care for a sura's feelings or intentions especially when just a minute ago he was using a transcendental of her former lover, Vasuki. Agni realizes his mistake and apologizes saying he didn't think about that all, but rather just wanted to impress Brilith. Sagara asks herself if he's mocking her, or is genuinely an idiot who forgot she nearly killed his summoner earlier. Sagara manipulates Agni to feel guiltier by egging him to kill her like all the other gods who have killed previous nastikas have through dirty methods. Pausing to think about it, Agni stutters a little and replies if she tells him the reason why they attacked the city, he'll decide appropriately. Sagara is gleeful that her manipulations worked and plans to make her intentions tearful to really tug at the god's heart. However, Maruna comes swooping in to pick Sagara up, not noticing Agni is there. Agni looks up to Maruna hostilely while turning his clothes into fire. Pissed, Sagara tells Maruna to close his eyes and quickly fly off (Maruna forgot that gods have insight). Agni flies up and blocks Maruna path of escape. Luckily for the Garuda, Gandharva comes in and uses a wall of ice to shield Maruna from Agni's insight.
(19) Agni recognizes that the ice is the result of Gandharva's transcendental. When Agni notices and is just about to chase after the escaping Garuda, Gandharva asks who he's looking for. The nastika continues that this was his orchestration. Today's attack was just an escalation from the red sky attacks that destroyed all those previous smaller villages from before. Although Gandharva specifies that it was technically all Maruna's doing, the rakshasa was just obligating Gandharva's demands. Gandharva emphasizes he's the bad guy who only delayed the attack on Atera due to the promise he made with Agni. He does hint to Agni that he didn't take the choice lightly and only made it due to deteriorating options. Gandharva keeps going, asking that Agni be lenient because he let Brilith survive and, in exchange, let Sagara and Maruna go. Agni yells at him to make him stop. The god reveals that he never fell for Sagara's acting and that he also managed to read the mind of the rakshasa. Agni asks Gandharva to not test his limits and asks why he is after the "Power of Name."
(20) Agni and Gandharva stare down each other for a bit until Agni breaks the silence by saying it was stupid of him to assume Gandharva would truthfully answer his question. Instead, since the Garuda rakshasa's speed is weighed down by Sagara, Agni will chase after him and use him to get the answers. Startled, Gandharva begs him not to do that. Agni frustratingly responds to the nastika by telling him to stop wasting his time then. If the god judges Gandharva's cause to be sympathetic, he might even help him. Gandharva interrupts him by yelling "Please!" Knowing that Agni has insight, Gandharva begs him to not get involved, especially with "Him."
Agni looks around in alarm, confused by Gandharva's actions. He scans the horizon until he focuses his sights on a distant spot in the forest. Agni remembers Kubera's parting words warning him to stay away, saying "we would be better off never crossing paths again."
Gandharva interrupts his thoughts by thanking him for letting him go. In truth, Gandharva cautions Agni that if his "interests conflicts with his," he will lose everything from his city to the life of his Priestess, therefore it is better for the god to never speak of whatever knowledge he gained today.
Agni returns to Brilith at the Temple of Fire and cheers her up by saying he chased the sura away and uses his flaming fingers to flash a 'V' sign for victory. As Agni takes in her battered dress, Brilith wonders just how much he takes things seriously, and how much is a game to him. She questions if he returned to the city out of pity, or out of entertainment. Brilith speaks up asking asking how they should explain his presence to Lorraine. Just as Brilith is getting into a small rant about Agni's inconsistancy, Agni stops her by hugging her from behind and telling her he's sorry. Brilith dismisses his apology assuming that it was for leaving without a word. Instead, she tells him is a god after all, and for that, him coming back is more than enough. The two bicker when Agni refuses to let her go.
Chapter 11: The Power of the Name[]
(1) In a flashback to D500, Agni congratulates Kubera on killing the strongest being in the universe – albeit he may wished the God of Earth failure after leaving him out of the campaign to kill Ananta. Agni curiously inquires Kubera how he did it, and that he "must be some sort of genius!" Kubera cynically asks if he's being sarcastic. Agni is taken aback, responding that his congratulations are sincere. After a little pause, Kubera replies he has no right to be congratulated and is relieved that the details surrounding Ananta's death is concealed. Agni is confused since the gods are all impressed with Kubera... All except for the primeval gods. Kubera states that that is exactly the problem.
Back in the present, Brilith, having chosen a gray-blue dress to buy, is worried that Agni may not like it, especially since it's the opposite of red.
Having found Brilith, Agni tells her it's the perfect time for them to pick and buy a new dress for her. Brilith apologetically responds that she already has – the one that she is wearing. Agni is too perplexed by the design, length, and especially color (which reminds him of Gandharva) to listen to what Brilith is saying. Brilith's spirit is deflated, and she agonizes about the color she chose. She apologizes for picking the color blue when it is not normally the color of the Priest of Fire. When she says she'll try to get it exchanged, Agni interrupts saying there's no need and that it's pretty. He fondly reiterates it's "pretty. Really... Beautiful." Brilith misinterprets Agni thinking he meant her dress; Agni tries to correct her, but she cuts him off, asking him what happened to the missing Staff. Seeing Brilith start to worry, Agni summons it out of nowhere and hands it to her for her use. Brilith asks how it appeared suddenly. Agni explains that since it's an item made by a god, as the god who made it, he can merge and separate from it at will. After all, "a god-level item is part of a god." Brilith repeats what he said, notices the meaning of the words and how she's holding it closely, immediately props it up against the wall. She admits how cool it is for the gods to be able to make items from their bodies. Agni slightly corrects her, clarifying that god-level items aren't necessarily part of their bodies. He goes on to explain that "Gods are structured in completely different ways to humans or suras. Their body and soul cannot be separated, and their power, memory, and name, among other things, all form one concept." He especially emphasizes that the names of gods are very important. Brilith asks if it's problematic if a human has a god's name. Agni responds that it isn't for some (in Atera alone, there are five humans named Agni), although some prickly gods may find it offensive. Brilith is puzzled since the sura that attacked her admitted that their objective was to kill a human named after a god, a human named Kubera. Agni silently takes in this info.
(2) To defend his failure to accomplish his part of the mission, Hura explains to the Ananta rakshasas that he swears he was going to finish off the humans in the Magic Guild had it not been for Agni's fire snakes showing up and forcing him to retreat. At Riagara's chiding, Hura counters back why she left him all by himself in favor of the Temple when that wasn't the priority, especially when one considers that Agni had not yet showed up at that point of time.
Chapter 12: Lies for You[]
Season 2[]
Chapter 13: Lost[]
(2) Agni comments that Babo Kim is a nice friendly name when Brilith questions the seriousness of putting that name on the report. While eating his The Taste of Nature Dried Persimmon and reading the erotic book called The Ravishing of Mrs. Witch on a heart-shaped pattern bed, "King of all Bums--Brilith’s Stalker" Agni lists all the alternative names for Brilith to choose instead of Babo Kim: Bum Kim, Reading Kim, Goody-Goody Kim, Art Kim, Gag Kim, Good-Eye Kim, Gluttonous Kim, Folding-Screen Kim, Fishing Kim, and Mari Kim (Fried Seaweed Roll). He comments that he must be a genius for coming up with the name Mari Kim. Then he gets nagged by Brilith for being a bum and for not helping her prepare for the meeting. After using Insight to hear her inner frustration of not being able to expose his god identity, Agni decides to break one of Visnu’s rules. He questions how much Visnu has seen and believes Visnu must have known. So he tells Visnu not to get angry with whatever decision he will now make.
(3) Babo Kim accompanies Brilith to the meeting. When Brilith stumbles to address the relationship between him and her, he blurts out that they are lovers. This stirs up even more commotion. Then when Brilith tries to explain that as a fire priestess, the one she thinks about day and night is the god Agni. Babo Kim uses this opportunity to take off his Babo Kim spectacles and hugs Brilith around the waist. He then confirms by stating that he is right. She does think of him (Agni) day and night.
(4) After revealing his true self, he does not know what to do. He tries to take back what he revealed by changing himself back to Babo Kim, Brilith’s lover, and not the god Agni. Brilith chides him. So, he turns back into Agni again and gives his formal introduction as the origin of all fire in the universe, and that he was born with the first flame and will perish with the last. He is god Agni, the master of the Staff of Agni.
(5) After the meeting, while Brilith worries whether there would a penalty for exposing his identity, Agni thinks about his conversation with god Yama. Yama tells Agni that even though defeating him might have stopped Brilith’s lifespan from being reduced, the effort will be in vain. Yama also states that Agni has not been able to see Brilith's future in the last 10 years; and he will not tell Agni the reason, because a bum does not deserve to know. Back to present, Agni says that it is okay, and that there is no penalty. He is fine, so Brilith can boss him around openly now. Brilith questions why she had to hide him before. Agni playfully states that it is because it would be bothersome. This gets him a beating from Brilith, and he playfully asks for help. Kasak intrudes in on their engagement by telling Agni that now is not the time for dalliance. Agni notices and acknowledges Kasak's presence by stating he has something to discuss with the son of destruction dragon.
Chapter 14: Blood/Hide[]
Chapter 15: The Weapon of a God[]
Chapter 16: Caution[]
Chapter 17: Reflection[]
Chapter 18: The Test of the Sword[]
Chapter 19: Rift[]
Chapter 20: Grudge/Enmity[]
Chapter 21: Frozen Tears[]
Chapter 22: The One Standing Before Me[]
Chapter 23: The Good/The Line[]
Chapter 24: Taboo[]
Chapter 25: That Which Cannot be Grasped or Held/Out of Reach[]
Chapter 26: Outsider[]
Chapter 27: Last Resort/Last Stand[]
Chapter 28: Emergency/Flight[]
Chapter 29: Isle of Myths[]
Chapter 30: Falling Petals[]
Chapter 31: Your Justice and Mine[]
Chapter 32: Loser[]
Chapter 34: What Remains[]
Season 3[]
Chapter 35: Return[]
(5) At Rindhallow's Temple of Darkness, an older-looking Agni asks Chandra, who has been sending others to kill suras for him, why he is unwilling to catch the suras himself, and wonders if he is afraid to be eaten. Chandra replies that he can never be too careful—if he is eaten, many human casualties will result, and he warns Agni to be careful himself. It would be bad if they, as summoned gods, were eaten, since the Tarakas could wreak havoc only until their summons ended. Chandra points out that a much greater problem would be if Gandharva, who is still in hiding, is eaten by them, since he is not in a summoned state. He tells Agni that they must find him first and eliminate him before he can be eaten.
Chapter 36: Another Beginning/Start, Again[]
At Atera's Temple of Fire, during a discussion about Brilith's blind dates, Natasha suggests to Ari that the blind dates never became anything more because of Agni's interference.
At Rindhallow's Temple of Darkness, Agni creates a rose made of flames, which dissipates. Chandra is annoyed by his moping, and tells him that he should not neglect his summoner. Laila bickers a bit with Chandra before mentioning that she is unable to hide her thoughts from his insight. Agni admits that he is envious of the fact that Laila has had a positive reaction upon learning about insight.
As Laila is tending to her paperwork, Agni suddenly embraces her and they both vanish, to Chandra's dismay. Agni takes Laila to wake Brilith from a nightmare, and Laila notes that this is the third time she has had to come to do this. In the meanwhile, Agni sits on a nearby rooftop, looks up toward the stars, then closes his eyes.
Chapter 37: Threat[]
(2) Chandra tells Agni that the Taraka suras are coming through the passages in search of food, meaning that they have already eaten all the weakest suras in the sura realm. Their conversation reveals that sometime in the past, the gods voted to place the Taraka clan in the sura realm, but now the Tarakas have destroyed it. Chandra says that in order to deal with this, he has been collecting fragments of Kali from the Tarakas. Agni questions how this would allow him to connect to the Taraka clan, plus failure is as good as being eaten. He then adds that human lives are precious and tells Chandra that he must not sacrifice any humans until the situation gets so bad that they have no choice. Chandra then convinces him to return to Brilith in Atera.
(6) When Chandra confronts Gandharva in Kalibloom, he describes him as the most destructive nastika ever, and states that Agni thinks he had changed because of Menaka, but Chandra himself sees no change.
In Atera, Agni sits at a table with Brilith, who is wearing a sexy red mini dress. Agni insists that he has not been using insight for a while, so she should feel free to tell him anything she wants. Brilith simply says that he already knows everything in her heart, and that he is a god while she is merely a pitiful human who has no right to complain. Agni apologizes for not telling her sooner, but he only hid it out of consideration for her. Brilith admits that when she first learned about insight, it was not all the complaints and the swearing, but something even more blasphemous that made her anxious, and she wonders why he is ignoring those particular thoughts. She had always believed that her feelings were only one-sided and that he considered her just a human no different from all the others, and that he must have known her feelings for a long time. She also mentions that she is a bit older now and has tried to go on blind dates, only to have all the men change their minds, which must be have been interference from him. She asks him not to avoid responding to her feelings this time...and they are interrupted by Natasha with a secret document for Agni from the Temple of Chaos. His eyes opens wide when he reads it, and he apologizes to Brilith before he turns into flames and vanishes.
A narrator, who could possibly be Leez, states that later on, Babo Kim would regret not staying in Atera, since this was the final day he could have told her how he felt.
Chapter 38: Devastation[]
(1) Agni teleports just outside Kalibloom, where a reformed thief happened to be standing with a torch. The god is annoyed that this is the closest fire to the city, which means that Chandra is trying to stall him. Once inside the city, Agni interrupts Chandra and Gandharva's fight and ask his fellow god if he thinks he would get in his way.
Agni tells Chandra that he came there to save not Gandharva, but him. He also guessed that Chandra was about to break the barrier rules to improve his attacks, and states that he believes that Menaka changed Gandharva's habit of killing for his own pleasure. He then suggests that Chandra find the Garuda rakshasa and use insight on him since Gandharva is not talking. Chandra leaves once Agni promises not to let the nastika go.
(3) Agni tries to question Gandharva, but the nastika seems to have difficulty remembering details of why he was in the human realm in the first place. Agni decides that Gandharva is insane, but before he can do anything, they both see a flash in the sky.
(4) Agni uses a fire transcendental to attack as many Tarakas as he can before they can open their eyes, but feels that he is not quick enough because of the Chaos barrier's interference. Suddenly, three blue-white beams instantly vaporize three flying suras. Agni looks down at Gandharva, who now looks older again and with long blue hair; his hand is now smoking and missing three fingers, and he tells the fire god that he will help him fight.
(5) Agni is convinced that Gandharva has lost his mind, as the latter mumbles about not eating shellfish. However, the god says that he will not refuse the help of even a madman against the Tarakas.
(6) Agni fights in the air as Gandharva fights from the ground, until Agni has a vision of Brilith having collapsed. Both his vigor and his body plummet. Gandharva asks him if there is a problem with his summoner, and if so, he should return to Atera immediately. Agni replies that he lacks the required vigor to teleport, and informs the nastika that he cannot completely trust him. He adds that he is simply putting off the inevitable, and if it was not for Menaka, he would not have given him this last chance. Chandra appears, and asks Agni what happened. The fire god asks him to take him to the Temple of Earth so he can operate the barrier, but Chandra replies that he is not strong enough, especially due to the fact that he still has yet to recover from the penalty for using the Neutral Bow seven years ago because of Gandharva, who is surprised to hear this. Agni claims that there is no other way, and asks Chandra to take both him and Gandharva to the temple; but once the Tarakas open their eyes, even this nastika will be at the mercy of the fighters. Agni tells Chandra to take Laila to Atera, like he himself did before, but the God of Darkness balks, claiming that Laila does not trust him enough. Agni tells him to put his trust in her, because she can deceive herself for the greater good.
Chapter 39: The Value of a Life[]
(6) When Brilith vanishes from Atera, Chandra asks Tara and Natasha where the Staff of Agni is kept. Tara says that she thought Agni had it, but Chandra reveals that ever since Agni used the Neutral Bow seven years ago, he is unable to even touch the staff.
(7) Inside the Kalibloom checkpoint, as everyone watches fire begin rain upon the descending suras, Siera tells Agni that there is no need to place a burden on himself by both maintaining the barrier and using the turrets, but Agni replies that he's not the one attacking.
Chapter 40: Twisted Bird[]
Chapter 48: Separation[]
(3) In Mistyshore, Lorraine Rartia tells Agni what she learned about the future and apologizes for not being able to remember more. Then they discuss why Brilith Ruin attacked Ran Sairofe. It would seem that neither Asha Rahiro nor Sagara would have the ability to delude her mind. However, another person capable of creating illusions comes to Agni's mind. Eline Haias then interrupts to inform that Chandra had left to aid Atera. Lorraine is aghast, saying that Kalibloom and Mistyshore were the cities that needed protection the most. Eline tells her that Kalibloom had plenty of defenders and that Chandra probably thought that they were enough.
Lorraine presses that the soul candidates and those with the power of the name must not fall into the hands of the suras, as that was what the suras need in order to realize the resurrection of Ananta. As they list the soul candidates, Ran's children and Leny, Lorraine reveals that Ran is also a candidate and there is one more still.
(12) Agni overhears as Anne Sairofe suggests Brilith should go to Atera, only to get silenced by Lorraine who claims there is nothing to worry about, while predicting the destruction of Atera in her thoughts.
(13) Brilith is looking out the window of the Temple of Water when she suddenly fires up her weapon. Agni shows up and asks if she has decided to stop acting memory loss. He further inquires if he should go to Atera and about what happened to Brilith when she got attacked.
(14) When he pulls Brilith into an embrace, Brilith says that the being she met the night she got attacked was not anything and suddenly falls silent. She quickly tries to brush the whole topic under the table and asks Agni to go to Kalibloom. Even when Agni implies that a Taraka portal may be endangering Atera, Brilith stands by the decision that the more important city must be protected. Agni says he will follow her wish and teleports.
Agni appears in Atera where he sees Chandra fighting a giant tarakafied Kadru. Agni attacks the sura. To Chandra's question as to what he is doing there, Agni replies that he is protecting the most important city. And that city is Atera because Brilith cares about it the most. When Chandra calls him an idiot for this, Agni points out that Chandra's reason for being there is no better.
(15) Chandra and Agni take note of Kadru's superior regenerative abilities now that he is a Taraka, they speculate when he could have gotten eaten and why Yuta was not in control of such things.
(20) Agni and Chandra successfully combine efforts to kill Kadru. Chandra says they were lucky Kadru did not have Taraka eyes and optimistically predicts that they are almost done there. Agni notices something is wrong with Brilith and leaves for Mistyshore.
(21) Agni appears before Brilith who is sitting in the ruins of the Temple of Water. Brilith expresses relief that the barrier room was not breached, but worries about the safety of Anne. At this moment, Anne runs to them. Brilith wonders why the suras left the soul candidates alone and voices the assumption that they were after a much better container all along.
(22) Brilith speculates that the suras went after humans because they are easy to catch, but that getting their hands on a god would be far better. Agni refutes this idea and says that Sagara needs an empty container, one that does not have a name of power, in order to resurrect Ananta.
Brilith expresses surprise that a full resurrection of Ananta may be possible and wonders why they are working against Sagara, but Agni refuses to explain. Brilith points out how she believed in Agni even when no one else did, but Agni quiets her by drawing attention to Anne's presence. He then proceeds to comfort the child. When Agni goes put Anne to bed, Brilith says that she feels like it is odd that Agni does not seem to be in much of a hurry although people are fighting elsewhere.
(27) Brilith continues persuading Agni to go to another city. Agni agrees and teleports away. At that moment Sagara in her male form reveals herself hiding in the room and says she was waiting for Agni to leave. Then Agni reappears and looks strictly down at Sagara.
(28) Agni asks Sagara if the records created by time predicted he would be there. Sagara tells him that the records are not absolute and do not offer the answer to everything. Although the past is fixed, the future branches into many choices. All she can do is try to memorize the most probable ones, missing out something would be inevitable. Sagara wonders if a fifth-zen god would have better luck memorizing it all, but concludes that the god would probably just throw it all away at the top, which would make it useless.
Agni threatens to kill Sagara if she has no use since she is a threat to Brilith. Sagara says that she never planned to kill Brilith and that she wants to talk things out, even reprimanding Brilith and Agni for resorting to violence so readily. Brilith stares at her in disbelief.
Sagara then starts offering information. She starts to talk about a sura that caused Brilith grief in earlier lives, but Brilith stops her before she can finish, and says that all the suras that killed her were different and they were hardly worth remembering.
Sagara changes the topic and offers to speak about Ananta's resurrection. Agni tries to prevent that topic, but Brilith expresses a wish to hear it, as Agni refused to tell her any of it earlier.
(29) Sagara explains that unlike seven years ago, she now knows how important the vessel for Ananta's name will be. In the space where she got to read the records by time, this aspect was emphasized strongly. Ananta's records were extensive, seemingly endless. Sagara could read only a small portion and there were parts that she could not read at all.
Agni asks who was the god that made Sagara so convinced that this would not be the case seven years ago. Sagara says she could not tell him even if she wanted to.
Sagara returns to the topic. In her search for a suitable soul, she first found the soul of Menaka. But she decided not to go with this option because of the ridiculous amount of sins that Menaka carried. Agni gets rather fired up and asks for an explanation. Sagara reveals that Menaka existed until now and she just got annihilated while they were talking and suggests that this outcome was better for Menaka.
(30) Sagara continues that to her personally, the soul she uses does not matter, but for the humans, it would probably be desirable that a weak and useless human be taken. She asks that they give up any one of the children and speaks about how carefully they were chosen as candidates, based on causality and other parameters.
Agni says that he promised to protect the children. Sagara asks if this means Agni would be willing to turn a blind eye if they take a different candidate. Agni falls silent. Sagara laughs at him and tells Brilith to look at what kind of god she serves. After that, she takes her leave.
Agni asks Brilith if she is disappointed. She answers that she is, but for a different reason than Sagara suggested. Then Brilith fires up her weapon and attacks.
Unknown to all, Riagara and Pingara had been hiding nearby and watching. At that moment, Riagara attempts to leap out from her hiding place with the goal to protect Sagara, but Pingara stops her and goes instead. Pingara takes sura form and takes the brunt of Brilith's attack. He asks Riagara not to throw around her body so recklessly and then asks Sagara to cherish her cards more. Meanwhile, Sagara and Riagara escape through a portal that was prepared for them.
Chapter 49: The Golden Knight 2[]
(1) Brilith Ruin speculates that in order for a sura to be able to teleport people into the barrier, it must have broken the rules somehow. She asks Agni what he thinks about her actions. He tells her that what she thinks is always the right thing to think.
Brilith steps towards the captured Pingara, bound to a rock. Pingara requests to be killed, making clear his intention to sacrifice himself for Sagara. Brilith scorches him with fire and tells him that murderers do not deserve the mercy of an easy death of their own choice. She reminds him of those who he killed in Atera 8 years ago and ponders about the lack of conscience displayed by suras.
As Agni watches Brilith, he thinks of the countless lives of suffering she must have endured and all the grudges she must have accumulated, yet she holds in all those feelings, only ever letting them slip a little bit.
Brilith composes herself and tells Agni to read Pingara with insight. The fact that he is trying to keep his eyes closed must mean he has important information. Brilith also explains that she was never taking Sagara seriously and only going along to get a chance to learn her ulterior motives from her rakshasa bodyguard. She then warns Agni that Sagara is far more twisted and untrustworthy than he could know and implies that Sagara had caused her many a misfortune in previous lifetimes.
A priest candidate interrupts with news from Atera.
(5) Atera had been practically destroyed in the preceding battle. Brilith and Agni arrive in the ruins of the city and overview the damage. Brilith asks Agni if he knew that the destruction of Atera would be inevitable and why, in that case, he came to protect it anyway. When Agni responds that his standards for judgment are at fault, Brilith tells him to fix them and not repeat the same mistakes.
She then starts planning for Agni to teleport the people who would survive this method of transportation, and for Kasak Rajof to carry the others. Agwen Rajof overhears and tells them that Kasak is right there, pointing to Taksaka. Since Brilith and Agni had already been informed that Taksaka is now posing as Kasak, they go along with this misconception and ask Taksaka for help.