Tania, Ana, and Tul returned to the royal hall where Otontecutli was seated. Anpiel and the others remained standing, waiting for their friends to return.
“What happened, Tania? Was Menrva able to teleport to Chaco?” Anpiel asked.
“Without any problem,” Tania replied to the angel. “Although Epona wanted to go as well.”
“I suppose she must feel a certain need to help that goddess after suffering the same thing herself,” Freyja said.
Tania then turned her gaze toward the Otomí king.
“Your Majesty Otontecutli, we have taken your companion to the city of Chaco, where she will be treated. My companion Menrva and my companion Epona will take care of her.”
“I am very glad to hear such news,” Otontecutli replied. “I will contact the kingdom of Tzintzuntzan to inform them that their queen will recover soon.”
“As for beginning to fight the monsters,” Tania continued, “we would like to leave as soon as possible to free your kingdom from those threats,” the Punic goddess said.
“Wait!” a shout was heard from behind the doors.
When they opened, Tláloc and Xipe Tótec were behind them, agitated. The two gods had run all the way to where Otontecutli’s royal throne stood.
Tláloc then bowed before Tania.
“Upon feeling that woman’s enormous power, I realized that your level is far higher than ours,” the Toltec god said.
“I ask for your help once again. Those monsters are not only attacking the Otomí kingdom, but also the towns that reject Itzpapálotl’s rule,” he said.
“A beast appeared in the kingdom of Xochicalco, but it is excessively powerful, and we were defeated by it before coming here,” Xipe Tótec said as he prostrated himself as well.
“If you help us defeat it, we will never ask you for any favor again,” he added.
Tania fell silent until Ana reached her side.
“Just this once, Tania,” she told her.
The Punic goddess turned to look at her friends. Anpiel, Susanoo, and Freyja nodded immediately. Tul was the most reluctant to accept the Toltec gods.
“Ebony beauty,” Loki said, standing right behind Tania and Ana. When the Punic goddess felt his presence so close to her, she became furious.
“Why not let me go with Tul? The two of us who have not brok… I mean, explored these lands enough,” the god asked.
Tania and Ana realized that the god had avoided talking about breaking the barrier. That way, he would keep their power levels secret.
“I don’t wanna go help a Toltec city,” the Maya goddess said, embarrassed.
“But it shall serve as training, Tul-chan,” Susanoo added, smiling at the goddess. “I am willing to accompany thee if thou needest help.”
“But I’m not a warrior goddess,” Tul said, embarrassed, while looking at her bag.
“Neither am I, Tul, but I can still grow stronger,” Loki said with a laugh, stepping forward while looking at the two Toltec gods prostrated on the floor.
“Besides, first of all, I want to know what these two guys’ real intentions are,” he added.
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“Tul-chan, thou art totemo strong,” the eastern god said.
“In Cahokia, I witnessed the use of thy sacred energy to fight the terrible monsters that surrounded us. Without Tul-chan’s aid, we would not have won.”
“Uhh! Do you really think I did well?” the rabbit goddess asked.
“Hai, Tul-chan. That ray of light of thine was totemo powerful,” he added.
“All right, I’ll do it!” Tul said, encouraged, and jumped with excitement.
“Very well. Two of my companions will accompany you,” Tania said to the two Toltec gods. “But after this cooperation, forget we exist. Understood?”
“Understood!” Tláloc replied.
“Now get up. It puts me in a bad mood when people bow before me,” Tania continued, speaking to the two Toltec gods, then turned her back on them.
“Then they will go with Tláloc and Xipe Tótec to the Toltec kingdom?” Otontecutli asked.
“For now, only Tul and Loki will accompany them,” the Punic goddess replied. “We will help you cleanse your kingdom of those monsters.”
Tul and Loki nodded and approached the two Toltec gods, who were still prostrated on the floor.
“Now, now,” Loki said. “I’m Loki, and I’ll be your new boss. So I don’t have any problem with you bowing before me.”
The two Toltec gods, irritated, rose to their feet again.
“I am Tláloc, and he is Xipe Tótec,” the blue Toltec god said as they introduced themselves.
Tul approached the two gods with reservations.
“I do know your names, and I gotta admit, I don’t like you,” Tul said.
“I assume you are one of the rabbits of the goddess Ixchel,” Tláloc said.
“Indeed,” the Maya goddess replied without much enthusiasm.
“Well, this girl is an essential part of our group,” Loki said.
“And your mission will be to make her smile. Otherwise, we’ll throw you to the beasts,” the god threatened them with a devilish face.
“Understood!” the two Toltec gods answered, looking worried.
“Oh, Loki, always so arrogant,” Ana said, approaching the Norse god and touching his shoulder.
“My dear, I must leave you for a while. But I swear I will return to your side,” Loki said to the Irish goddess. She only blushed.
Ana, for God’s sake! Tania thought furiously.
Loki, you’ll never change. Damn degenerate, Freyja thought at that moment.
“Come back safe and sound,” Ana said with a smile.
“Tul-chan. If thou hast trouble, do not hesitate to return,” Susanoo said.
The rabbit goddess nodded and said goodbye to everyone.
At that moment, Tania thought it would be a very dangerous situation to leave the two weakest gods in the group together with two Toltec gods whose intentions were still unknown.
What will happen when they discover that neither Loki nor Tul can fly? the goddess wondered.
“On second thought, I’ll go too,” Tania interrupted. “I’m sure that with my help, you’ll be able to complete that mission more quickly.”
“Wait, Tania,” Ana interrupted, but Tania gestured for her to be silent.
“Wait for Menrva and Epona before moving, all right?” the goddess said.
Tania did not dare speak mentally about her concerns, because the Toltec gods might hear their conversation.
“Well, great Otontecutli,” Tláloc interrupted, addressing the Otomí god. “If there is no problem, we will depart immediately.”
“Go ahead, and take very good care of your three companions,” the Otomí god said.
Tania, Loki, and Tul, together with Tláloc and Xipe Tótec, then left the palace. In front of the staircase, the two gods prepared to fly. But when Tul was about to confess that she could not fly, Tania interrupted her.
“What a beautiful day it is today! Right, Tul?” Tania said very cheerfully. Her expression looked quite fake, but when she saw that the two Toltec gods did not react to her exaggerated acting, she relaxed.
“Yes, ch’úupal, it’s a very beautiful day,” Tul confessed, smiling at the Punic goddess.
“Loki, don’t you think it would be good if you transformed into, I don’t know, a dragon or something, to carry Tul on your back so she can appreciate this beautiful sky?” Tania asked Loki.
Loki quickly understood that Tania did not want their companions to know that neither he nor Tul could fly using their divine powers. Hiding in dragon form would be a way to deceive them, even if he had to fly more slowly. Besides, Loki’s transformations required almost no mana.
“Certainly,” Loki said, and he took the form of an enormous red dragon with blue eyes. The god even had a saddle on his back.
Why did we not think of this before to travel through the desert? Tania wondered at that moment.
“Tul, lie down on my back. I will follow these two fellows through the air,” the Norse god said.
“Thank you, yuum,” the rabbit goddess answered very happily, and with a jump, she sat on Loki’s dragon back. Tania, encouraged, sat beside Tul.
“I also feel like flying through the skies this way,” the Punic goddess said.
“And it is an honor for me to carry such beautiful goddesses upon my back,” Loki said.
“Save your flattery for another occasion, pervert,” Tania scolded him.
“All right, just follow us so we can take you to the city of Xochicalco,” Tláloc said, and both Toltec gods began to fly.
Loki followed them, carrying Tania and Tul on his back.