The hivemind is conquering for me?-Chapter 400: Hecate

Ecumenopolis 1: Hyllus building

Valerica was in a meeting with her members of the board. They were mostly family, cousins, some close family friends and wealthy business partners. The usual for Noble families private business'.

"So, with the former head of this branch out of the family, I propose my sister's grandson Ryan take over this branch temporarily. He is young, only twenty seven, but he has been in all the top business schools and passed his exams years before they needed to be taken. I think with supervision he could-"

Suddenly a chiming went off within the room causing Valerica to frown. "I said no communicators!" She yelled and stared at everyone, waiting to punish whoever had one. This was an important meeting after all. If something got leaked, it would be bad.

As the ringing carried on, she became aware that the ringing was coming from behind her? In her coat pocket. Valerica frowned, that communicator was for threats to the entirety of Spartari, for when war councils were called.

As she picked it up with a worried expression, she answered. "This is Valerica Hyllus." Her voice dripped with a silent seriousness that had the others in the room concerned. "Hey Valerica, it's me."

In a total 180, the biggest smile anyone had ever seen from the former head of the Hyllus family bloomed across her face as she screamed with delight. "Apollo! Is that really you! Oh my baby, I am so happy to hear your voice!"

I smiled hearing her delight to hear from me, it left me feeling warm inside. "Yeah it's me. Are you busy?" Valerica sat down in her chair and put her feet up on the table. "No, nothing important, just a thing at work, I'll just blow it off. When are you back home? Are you already back home? Kathrine told me she would tell me when you got back. Has my kitten been keeping you all to herself? I'm going to kill her!"

"Woah, Valerica take it easy haha." I chuckled at her intensity. "No, I'm not back. I'm on my way back, but I have run into some trouble, which Is why I need your help." Valerica suddenly became incredibly defensive as she stood up she slammed her fist down on the table, breaking it as she growled.

"Who has hurt you? I will break the fucker over my knee then burn them at the stake! I am a guardian, I can do it publicly without repercussions!" She exaggerated, mostly... "No it's nothing like that. We were running out of fuel on the way back and stopped by Hailey's checkpoint to refuel, but she apparently finished her rotation and the new centurion has seized my ship 'until further notice' so I'm stuck here. I think she might have a rivalry or something with Hailey and after finding out about me from the troops is using me to get at her because I'm Hailey's friend."

There was a pause for a moment as I assumed Valerica was thinking. I was right as a few seconds later she replied. "Ok my darling boy, can you call me back in ten minutes? I will call in a couple of favours and get you off that rock and back into my loving embrace. Talk soon, I love you so much!" freeweɓnøvel.com

After hearing me say goodbye, she forgave me for not saying 'I love you too' She will get his love from him later. She then hugged the communicator close to her heart, so glad that he called her before using the same communicator to ring a certain friend of hers.

She stood up as it was ringing and left for the door. "Hey, Hecate, glad you are finally awake, you old bat. Listen, I need a favour and I need it-" The door suddenly slammed shut behind her leaving behind a group of stunned individuals. "I guess we resume the meeting later?"

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I called back Valerica ten minutes later and she instructed me. "Ok Apollo, I need you to go outside near your ship and fire a pulse of Psionic energy into the air. Once you have done that, my friend shouldn't take long to find you. She will sort everything out. ok?"

I nodded, even though she couldn't see me. "Ok, thank you Valerica. I'm looking forward to giving you your present. I will see you in a couple of days. Bye."

After ending the call, I was not aware that Valerica was now expecting two portions of love when we reunited and made my way to do as she asked.

Making my way outside, the deputy was standing there, walking back and forth, biting his nail. When he noticed me, he jolted and ran over, assuming the worst. "Archon Apollo. Forgive me, but I cannot let you back onto your ship. Please understand, we don't want to have to detain you.

From behind me, both Keyla and Orchid snorted derisively at the comment. After turning around and giving them the eye, I turned back and replied to the deputy. "We aren't here to board my ship. Regulations are regulations. I am here to fire some Psionic energy up into space."

"What?" The deputy said, baffled. "Sir, I cannot allow that either. What if it's retaliation? I cannot give you permission to do that." I blinked at his statement before asking. "Would it assure you if I gave permission for you and a couple of your friends to hold weapons upon my body as I do so? That way if it was an attack I was doing, you could stop it."

"No, that is um... Well, If you are willing to put yourself in harm's way to guarantee our safety, I suppose... Just. Just don't tell the Centurion ok?" I smiled and gave my word and the Deputy came back with two other guards who were confused.

"So what? We just stand here until you are done with your magic?" One asked. "Yeah pretty much. Should literally take five seconds." I replied, causing the second one to counter ask. "How do we tell if your magic is a threat?"

To that, I smiled. "Because if my 'magic' was a threat, you wouldn't see it coming." I said with a chilling smile before laughing jovially. "All right let's do this. Weapons up." With the guards feeling safe, I reached my hands up and channelled a small ball of neutral Psionic energy before simply shooting it up into the air, past the dome.

I had no idea what I was doing so I put my hand back down as the three individuals holding their weapons ends against my body were still looking up. "Ok, all done." I said, causing the three to look at me confused.

"That's it?"-"Yep."-"What did you even do?"-"No idea, but I think it was a flair."-"That was a bummer."-"Most Psionics are. It's not all fireballs and lightning after all." Just as I finished saying that, A rift about ten feet tall opened up meters away from me, causing the three present to aim their weapons towards it. The deputy gave me a look and I just shrugged my shoulders. "This isn't me."

From the rift, a figure appeared . The figure was a woman who appeared to be 6ft3 and looked around with a sort of isolated serenity about her. What really took my intrigue to the next level was that the woman was clearly floating above the ground.

She was wearing a luxurious woven blue robe that accentuated her curves and revealed her open cleavage. She wore a necklace with blue gemstones and a pair of sandals that matched her entire ensemble.

The woman herself was radiant. She had a mix of jet black hair with streaks of blue running throughout that she left wavy with braids mixed in throughout the ocean. Her features seemed ethereal and quiet. She had bright blue eyes that held a depth of knowledge behind. She had high cheekbones, round, bouncy lips, sharp eyebrows and a soft, yet sharp chin.

She seemed detached from the world as she fully emerged through the portal, until she looked directly at me and spoke in a soft whisper that could be heard no matter the distance. " You must be Apollo? I am Hecate, I was-"

"Oh Hecate? I remember Valerica telling me about you!" She called you a hot head, though that doesn't seem to be the case." My comment seemed to snap the vail on her façade, the etherealness of her presence disappearing as she stopped floating and proceeded to shout. "She said what about me! Oh that little..."

A smile returned to her face as she looked at me. "No matter. I am sure my former student and I will be having words later. Once again I am Hecate, and you are Apollo? Valerica tells me you require aid-Wait!"

I was suddenly without warning in the air upside down as This Hecate woman began looking at my body like she was reading something off it. A few moments later she gasped, put me down and took a few steps backwards before asking shocked.

"How. How have you had multiple Psionic awakenings at such a young age!"