The power of Valmar and godhood. Control of an entire church, with an army of loyal demon followers, some of whoom are so loyal as to throw themselves on a bed of swords just to kill Zera's enemies. The almighty power of thunder in the form of Gadzap, and the Breath of the Gods, giving Zera speed, power, defense. The overwhelming strength and power of Valmar, so displayed by Melfice, was about to be put on display in the arena. There was no hope for a boy with a sword and dreams of leading humanity to a better place.
There's one thing that Zera, in all of his power and knowledge and control, couldn't deal with. A problem that had so befuddled churches over the years and universes.
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"You don't exist. Religion is a LIE created by Deimos trash to hold down humans. The power of humanity will overcome such evil!" Yes. Zera Valmar had ran into the worst enemy of pretty much everyone- an angsty teenager.
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Kharg opted for midnight black head to toe clothing instead of his usual garb. Even his blade was wrapped in black. The half human, half deimos racist guardian of humanity didn't -believe- in Zera and his nonsense. So much so that he demanded that Zera prove his divinity with miracle of any stripe. Otherwise he'd demand that the judges DQ Zera for being a fraud. Zera turned into the form graced to him by the power of Valmar, and turned into a giant floating butterfly. Then the Big owl crashed into Zera, crushing him into a fine paste.
Adding insult to crippling injury and defeat, Kharg walked over to Zera's crushed body and spent the next seventeen hours ranting at him why he didn't exist and why his religion was a sham.
