Seeing Blake return, all the girls let out relieved sighs. Blake was embraced from all sides as the five wives, and two children hugged him tightly. Blake knew they must have been worried about him, so he let them hug him until they felt it was enough.
"You must be hungry. Let me get some food for you." Lillia skipped towards the kitchen area and was just about to enter when she stopped and turned towards where Blake was to see a strange golden square appear on the ceiling. "Blake!"
Blake quickly reacted as he jumped back, bringing the two little girls who were attached to his legs still with him. he pulled them behind him in a protective stance. He looked up to see the golden square that appeared on their ceiling and frowned. He felt he knew who this was. "Come out, Nanaya!"
"Humph! So you do remember me!" A voice could be heard as a foot slowly descended down from the golden square. Gemini, Lillia, Noa, Mina, and Josline all went on guard as they stared at the foot that was attached to a long slender tanned leg.
After a few seconds, a young woman floated in the air and softly landed on the floor. Her upper body and waist were covered in jewels and golden chains. But as soon as she landed, the whole base suddenly began shaking as another foot appeared through the golden square. A great pressure began to fill the small base that Lillia made. Lillia and her sisters fell to one knee while Destiny and Joy were starting to have trouble breathing as they fell to the floor. "What is this!?"
Blake began to panic as he yelled out: "You dare!?"
Blake suddenly transformed into his blood transformation, skipping the entire bloody shell portion. He waved his hand and surrounded his wives and children in a barrier. This was followed up by Lillia and Gemini, who followed Blake's actions. Only then did the pressure ease up a little. His little girls were still having a hard time breathing, so he held them in his arms. He glared at Nanaya and yelled out: "Nanaya! What is the meaning of this!?"
"Ah! Sorry!" Nanaya began to panic when she saw Blake's hate filled glare. She quickly slapped the leg that was coming through the golden square and yelled out: "Mama! Stop with the pressure! Stop now!"
"Hmmm? Tch…" A voice came from the golden square. "I was trying to show how majestic I am, and you ruined it, O'daughter of mine!"
"Mama, you are harming the people here! There are kids!" Nanaya yelled out. She did not want Blake to hate her! He had told her how much he cherished his loved ones, so she knew not to ever even think of harming them because he would probably fight to the death to protect them.
The pressure was quickly dispelled, allowing everyone who had been affected by it to breathe a sigh of relief. The only one who was truly hurt was Blake, who had stood tall the entire time, using every ounce of his being to protect his children.
"Nanaya, your mother just wanted to make a good impression!" A beautiful woman with similar features to Nanaya slowly landed on the ground. The only thing was that everyone got quite the view of her special spots. She looked around at her surroundings and furrowed her brow. "You are…. Not from this world…."
Blake looked at the newcomer with caution. He was glad she released the pressure, but he did not know if she would attack or not. He kept his daughters behind him as he said: "That is correct. We came here just today by accident."
"Hmmm…. A few races that I have seen before…. And some I have not seen before. Are you by chance from Earth?" The woman asked as she looked at Blake. She seemed to be ignoring the others altogether.
"Yes, we are." Blake nodded. He did not dare lie to a woman with so much power.
"I see… I have been there before…." The woman lowered her gaze before raising it once more. "So Nanaya, this is the man you fell for?"
"Mmm! I want to make him mine!" Nanaya nodded her head with a serious expression.
"I see… But he is weak." The woman replied while shaking her head.
"He saved me even though he was weak. I told you this already." Nanaya retorted.
"But this does not change the fact that he is indeed too weak. He does not have any astral power in him at all. How can you, the daughter of Ishtar, be wedded to a weak man? I will not have it!" Ishtar yelled out. "I have come here to take a look as I promised. But now that I see how weak he is, we will go."
"No! I will not go! Since you won't let me wed him, then I will stay here!" Nanaya was acting like a spoiled child as she crossed her arms across her chest and turned her head away, refusing to look at her mother.
"Now, Nanaya, you can not act like this out in public! People will think badly about us!" Ishtar began to panic a little. She seemed afraid of her daughter not speaking with her.
"Humph!" With a snort, she walked past her mother and walked over to Blake, and clung to his arm. She then turned and looked at her mother and said with a face filled with determination: "Not leaving!"
"Nanaya!" Ishtar was losing her patience as she yelled out, and her power burst out of her body. Blake quickly pulled away from Nanaya and covered his children with his arms, his back facing Ishtar, and created five barriers with the max amount of strength he could give them. He would do everything he could to protect them, even if it was only a little. But sadly….
*Shatter!* The barriers shattered instantly.
"Papa!" The girls cried out.
"Ah!" Blake let out a small grunt of pain as his back became bloody. He also coughed up a mouth full of blood as well. He gritted his teeth as he turned his head and looked at the mother and daughter duo. "If you wish to fight, do it in a place where you will not harm my family."
Ishtar's eyes opened wide as she looked at the man who was hugging two children in his arms. His back was bleeding profusely, and blood dripped from his mouth. It was easy to tell his organs had been damaged from her outburst just now. But for Ishtar, she did not care about his condition. She cared about how she was just told to go someplace else by a weakling!
"Mama! How could you!" Nanaya yelled out as she reached out and touched Blake's back. A golden light enveloped his body. Slowly but surely, the wounds began to heal.
