Chapter 78: This is a war.
"Ares!" Hera shouted and her voice echoed throughout the mountain.
Ares came out and to Mykel's surprise, he saw Sasha, his daughter who had been living with Hera. She was being carried with a glowing red sword on her throat that was ready to slit her. She was trembling in fear the tears evaporated when they fell on the blade.
Mykel didn't have a single expectation for Hera to be his ally, but to witness her treating Sasha like that made his head throb. He looked at Hera dead in his eyes and all the good memories he had with her had just disappeared in an instant.
Mykel wasn't the only one who was furious about it, and Elena was the one who showed her anger toward Hera and Ares. The only thing they wanted to hear was Mykel's order to kill every single one of the Greek Gods.
"(Start scanning)" Mykel said.
[Scanning...]
[Would you like to register Character [Hera] into the [Character List]?]
"(No. Don't register a single one of them)" Mykel said as he kept staring Hera in the eye. "(I want every single one of them dead, so don't waste your time)" Mykel continued.
[Understood]
The dark sky formed right above Olympus and unlike Thor who was only the God of Lightning, Zeus was the God of the Skies. He created fierce hurricanes that turned into tornadoes with lightning bolts that struck the ground and became one with the tornadoes.
Rozan tried to dispel all of the tornados and the lightning bolts with his skill, but it didn't work. The reason why was because those weren't magic, they were real natural disasters that Zeus ordered the sky with his power. It didn't stop him from trying, and so he used his magic to disperse the tornados with Alpha's help.
"If you make another move, she's dead," Hera said.
Rozan looked at Hera and immediately stopped his magic and brought Alpha back to his side. He and the others wondered and were confused why Mykel hadn't made a move yet since they were so ready to fight.
"(Mykel, what are you waiting for? Let's kill them)" Aurea said as she looked at terrified Sasha.
"(Just wait a little bit longer)" Mykel answered.
"Don't make a stupid decision. None of you are fast enough to stop Ares from cutting off her head. Just stand there and wait," Hera said as she looked at Jeanne and the others who had been staring at Ares with killing intent.
A bolt of lightning struck the ground behind Hera, and then a muscular man with bright gray skin that was like concrete. His eyes were glowing bright blue like the sky, but they were sparking like Thor's. He wore a white clean cloth that only covered the top half of his torso and a gold cloth that covered his waist down to his knees.
The sound of water could be heard from the distance, and when they turned around, they saw the water from the sea rose. The water level had become as high as Mount Olympus itself and surrounded the mountain. At the same time, a giant black fire appeared from behind Zeus and created a portal. A man with long black hair crawled out of the flame in his black torn robe.
The water splashed the mountain and someone landed right next to Hades with a trident in his hand. One by one, all the twelve Gods of Olympus appeared and surrounded Mykel and the others with their weapons ready. When they thought it was over, Hermes opened portals in the sky and that brought all the other Gods to Mount Olympus.
"You have been waiting for this moment?" Mykel asked as he looked at Hera. "Who's idea is it that to use Sasha like that?" Mykel asked again.
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"It doesn't matter, is it? You have never felt a loss before. Your arrogance and ego have always been the reason for your greatness, but this time it won't be the same as back then," Hera answered as she stared at Mykel with hatred.
"I'm glad you have changed to the worst," Mykel said as he fixed his gloves.
"(Elena, save your sister)" Mykel said.
Ares was looking at Mykel and the others from the palace entrance, and he was so ready to kill Sasha if they made a move. He didn't blink once ever since he showed up, but then he heard a breaking sound right in front of him. When he glanced at his sword, Elena was already in front of him and shattered the blade with her right hand.
Elena disappeared again even though he just glanced his eyes at her, and then suddenly he felt something piercing through his throat. He could feel the heat inside his throat and when he looked down, the blade was stuck in his throat. It didn't take long until his head suddenly leaned back and fell off of his body. He didn't see Elena anywhere and was confused as to how it all happened.
Mykel saw it all happen in a split second, and knowing that Elena had secured Sasha, there was nothing that held him back anymore. He grabbed Hera's neck and lifted her which surprised them why he suddenly reacted like that. When they turned around to look at Ares, they saw Ares' head detached from his body and he was lying on the ground dead.
Seeing that Ares had been defeated, a woman with a spear and a shield in her hands immediately charged toward Elena. She wasn't the only one, Hermes decided to avenge Ares as well and used his ability to travel through space. When he was right in front of Elena, he suddenly got sucked out by something.
"Sasha, close your eyes for me please," Elena said with a gentle smile as she held Hermes' left leg.
Sasha closed her eyes and looked down, and Elena immediately slammed Hermes to the ground. She used a lot of strength so that Hermes' body got crushed like an egg on the ground. She looked at the leg that was still hanging in her hand and got detached from Hermes' squashed body, and then she threw the leg away.
"You have been waiting for this moment, aren't you? And nobody can save you now," Mykel said as he tightened his grip around Hera's neck. "There will be no warning, there only be war," Mykel continued. "Kill everyone, don't hold back," Mykel looked over his shoulder and looked at Jeanne and the others.
All of them smiled with excitement and immediately spread out to fight the gods. Aurea spread her wings big enough to slam down dozens of gods who were floating in the air. She crushed them with her wings and then sent them down off the mountain.
Zeus blinked in toward Mykel and charged his right fist with lightning as he threw a punch at him. Mykel used Hera as a shield and she got punched right on her back and she felt the thunder's wrath inside her body. She got thrown away and hit the rocks until she could no longer be seen. It made Zeus furious and struck Mykel with dozens of lightning bolts every second as he punched him over and over which shook the whole mountain.
The peak of the mountain was covered in dust and smoke that came from every side of the mountain. Zeus' whole body was sparking lightning and it would burn everything to a crisp when touched his body. When the smoke became a bit thinner, he could see Mykel's body with his torn suits that barely covered his body. But what surprised him was when he saw no wounds on Mykel's body.
"Are you done?" Mykel asked from behind the thick smoke.
Before Zeus could react, his face got punched down to the ground and his mind went blank for a few seconds as the ground crumbled around him. He was free-falling and looked at Mykel who was right on top of him, ready to punch him in the face again. He blinked away to avoid Mykel, but as soon as he reappeared, he felt something just piercing him from the back.
A hand came out of his chest, and he could see the tattoos on the back of the hand. When he tried to grab the hand, the hand went back inside and messed up his inside, making him scream in pain as lightning bolts struck him as if the sky was grieving for him.
"You can scream as loud as you can, but nobody will save you," Mykel said. "Don't you learn your lesson? This has been the third time, and you're not winning this," Mykel continued and threw Zeus to the crater he had created earlier.
Suddenly, Mykel heard a loud crackling sound from the space. He looked up and saw a crack in the space, something with an overwhelming presence that could be felt from it.
"Now's the real fight," Mykel said.