Chapter 6:

The game begins

The Tale of Two Heroes


The boy was always very careful upon entering the war hall, because if anyone were to enter this place without being cautious they would all die in a flash, the war hall was a giant armory, full of weapons such as, swords, axes, knifes, spears, shield, among other types of weapons, the place was also full of traps.

That was because the owner of the place Ares the war king, was a creature that lived for fighting, war and bloodshed, peaople call him a creature because the way he fought his wars, it was not the way a "man" would ever fight, he was more like a beast trying to bite your head off than anything else.

After dodging and escaping all the traps, the boy found Ares at the deepest part of this hall, the man was at least 2 meters in height, he was muscular, and to top it all off he was always in armor, no one ever saw his face, that is if he even have one to begin with, at that moment he was asleep in his bed, normally someone would be defenseless in a situation like this, not this one though, if someone or somethig would get too close to him, this thing or person would be snapped in half in a split second, the boy had to be careful when calling him:

White haired boy: Ares-sama, wake up, Lord Zodineus, wishes to see you.

No response, he was still asleep.

White haired boy: (sigh), ok then.

The boy then begins to manifest a aura around him, one filled with boodlust and murderous intent, he then directs this aura towards Ares's bed while he slept, at the moment that the aura made contact to the bed a spear came flying towards the boy's head, in response to that the boy simply moved his head to the side to avoid being hit by it, he then saw that the monarch was awake and risen from his bed, annoyed Ares said:

Ares: tch, don't throw your bloodlust at me if you're not going to fight me, boy.

White haired boy: i'm sorry my liege, but, this seems to be the most efficient way to get you out of bed.

Ares: psh, whatever, so, what do you want? Are you finally ready to fight me?

White haired boy: i'm afraid not my lord, Zodineus-sama asked me to reunite all the monarchs and to direct you all to the gladsheimr for the reunion.

Ares: urgh, this better be about some war that is about to start.

White haired boy: indeed, by the way sir, have you seem my brother? Zodineus-sama wanted me to bring him too.

Ares: don't know, don't care, (sigh), but, i think you might find him at that crazed huntress hall.

White haired boy: i see, thank you, well, if you excuse me, i must warn the others.

He then leaves the war hall, next stop, the hunting hall, things were different in this hall, in there everywhere you might look you would only be able to find was a luscious forest, the boy traversed the thick sea of trees looking around, searching, for what you ask? Why for the queen of the hunt of course, she resided in the deepest part of the forest, after what looked like hours of walking the boy finally reached the center of the forest, in there he was trying to locate her through her presence, but no luck so far:

White haired boy(mind): maybe she already left for the gladsheimr, maybe is best for me to leave for the moment.

Just as he was thinking that a arrow came flying towards him, perceiving it's trajectory the boy dodges it by a hair, but, it was not over, another arrow came flying, followed by another and another and another, he skillfully dodges each one of them, when he started to think it was over, a hail of arrows came towards him, he started to parry all of then, when the hail ended a arrow came flying towards his neck via a blind spot, but, the boy without even looking at it grabbed the arrow mid-air, it was at that moment a voice could be heard saying the following:

???: hmph, you grabbed my heat stealing arrow mid-air without freezing to death, still a monster i see.

White haired boy: why thank you ma'am, may i ask why the sudden attack Artemis-sama?

The voice belonged to Artemis queen of the hunt and moon, she was a red-haired woman wearing a green long and fluffy coat perfect for a winter climate, underneath it she whore a short top on her upper body, fingerless gloves on her hands, long skin tight pants on her legs and a pair of boots on her feet, she was at the top of a tree behind the boy with her pet a giant wolf, known as Fenrir, annoyed by the boy's question she says:

Artemis: i warned all of you, anyone that dares to enter my hall without permission, will be fair game.

White haired boy: i see, i apologise for the invasion, but, Zodineus-sama, has summoned all the monarchs to gladsheimr, so you see, i had no choice in the matter.

Artemis: tch, this better be good.

The angry queen jumped down next to the boy and started to leave the hall, but, before she could leave the boy called her and asked:

White haired boy: excuse me Artemis-sama, but, have you seem my brother?

Artemis: that idiot? If i know him, he probably is napping at the top of the tallest tree in my hall.

White haired boy: i see, thank you ma'am.

Artemis: hmph.

As she was leaving the hall the boy started walking in the opposite direction, after a long walk he had finally found the beforementioned tree, it was huge, so big in fact it could easily reach a 100 meters in height, the boy stopped walking to take a look at the tree, he then crouches to build in power so that he could then jump, he jumped so high in fact, that he reached the top in one leap, landing on a branch he does a quick scan of his surroundings, in the distance he finally found who he was looking for, at the branch on the opposite side of the tree was a short haired boy, he was wearing a blue shirt, bege pants and a pair of white sneakers, he was lying down taking a nap under the sunlight, the white haired boy approached his brother and called him out:

White haired boy: Kagami, Kagami, (sigh), KAGAMI EIYUU WAKE UP RIGHT THIS INSTANT!!!!!

Kagami: groan~, oh, hey Shiro-chan, good morning~.

Shiro: don't you "good morning~" me brother, i can't believe you, Zodineus-sama, ordered you and me to summon the monarchs, now get up and help me, hurry.

Kagami: yawn~, no need.

Shiro: what do you mean "no need"?

Kagami: i expected he would do something like this, so, while you were going to the gladsheimr, i already summoned a few of then.

Shiro: oh Yeah? like who?

Kagami: well for starters i went to the heroes hall, the two hero kings Thor and Hercules were sparing against each other, they even invited me to join the fun, after i played with them i went to the sun hall, Apollo the sun king was there, after joining him for a whole music number, i went for Poseidon the king of the sea, he was playing with his son, but, he agreed to be there, and lastly i went to warn Chronos the king of time, he had refused at first, but after i insisted so much he decided to go join the others aaaaand i guess that's all.

Shiro: what about Hypnos, the king of sleep?

Kagami: he was already on his way when i went to speak with him.

Shiro: i see, so only the love queens haven't been summoned.

Kagami: yep, i decided to leave those two for you, since both parties enjoy each other's company.

Shiro(monotone): yeah, yeah, thank you for your consideration.

Having finished talking with his brother, Shiro leaves the hunting hall and heads straight for the love hall, his final stop, this hall (if you can call it that) was more like a giant bedroom, it's inhabitants were the two sisters Aphrodite and Freya, the love queens, the hall itself was bathed in a deep red light that enveloped everything, it was a vast hall full of decorative curtains, stuffed animals (how did they get those?) and in the center of it all there were their beds and two dressing tables, in front of one of them was Aphrodite, she was a beautiful curvy woman with long blond hair, she was wearing only her nightgown while doing her make up, Freya was still on her bed, it seemed that it wasn't that long ago that she was sleeping, she was like a mirror of her sister, they had the same body type, the same long hair, the only way to tell them apart was by their hair color (Freya's was silver) and eye color(Aphordite's was pink and Freya's was violet), Shiro approached the two:

Shiro: good evening, Freya-sama, Aphrodite-sama.

Aphrodite: oh, if it isn't our precious prince sis.

Freya: munya~ munya~, it is our precious Shiroki Ouji.

Shiroki Ouji that is the white haired boy's name, needless to say that he had a presence, also you could say his name described him perfectly, a white haired teenager with golden eyes, wearing a white coat, under it a white dress shirt, a white scarf on his neck, on his legs white dress pants and white dress shoes on his feet, the boy without showing any emotion answered:

Shiroki: yes, it is me, i came to warn you that Zodineus-sama summoned all the monarchs to gladsheimr.

Freya: awwww, that's no fun.

Aphrodite: yes, oh, i have an idea, how about you and us do some intense ''exercise"?

Freya: ooh, that sounds fun, c'mon, we can go there, after were finished.

Shiroki: tempting, but, i insist that you two preapare yourselves and  atend the summoning.

Aphodite(disaponted): oh ok, fine, c'mon sis let's get dressed.

Freya: eh~, i really don't feel like it~

Aphrodite: c'mon, we both don't feel like it.

Shiroki: i'll leave you to it.

Aphrodite: see you~, and please consider our offer~.

Hearing those words, Shiroki left their hall, as he was walking he noticed that his brother Kagami was waiting for him by the corridor wall:

Kagami: huh, i thought you would accept their offer and stayed a while.

Shiroki: i'm not a exhibitionist.

Kagami: what? What do you mean?

Shiroki them pointed at the roof of the corridor, on it was a raven, looking, watching their every move, Kagami shuddered upon seeing that and after pondering for a few seconds he asked:

Kagami: sooo, if that wasn't there, you would accept the offer?

Shiroki: who knows?

After saying that Shiroki moved ahead of his brother, as Kagami looked at him leaving he then muttered to himself:

Kagami(muttering): hmph, what a dishonest guy.

The duo made their way through the hall, until they reached the throne room in gladsheimr, as they entered the throne room, they saw that all the monarchs were already there sitting in their respective thrones, at the center sat Zodineus the king of all, upon seeing that everyone was finally in the room he then grinned:

Zodineus: well then, let's begin.

Let's go back in time a few minutes, in a forest no too far from the lake were Hiro and his group fell, there were two people walking as they were in the middle of a recon mission, those two were a boy with spiky hair and glasses, a fringe covering his eyes and a man with long silver hair, wearin a suit of armor with a sword straped on his back, the boy was wearing a long sleeved shirt on his body, a scarf on his neck, slightly baggy pants on his legs, the silver haired man was scouting ahead with the boy not too far behind, when suddenly the sky lit up with a great flash, curious the boy looked in the direction the flash came from, surprised he said:

Glasses boy: Siegfried-san, look over there.

He was pointing in the direction of eight lights that were falling from the sky at that time, the man looked at the sky pondering something for a few seconds, he then spoke:

Siegfried: Akira-dono, do you think, that is who we are waiting for?

Akira: yes, i'm almost certain it's them, let's go see.

As he said that the boy started to run towards the lake that was just a few steps away, upon reaching the lake they saw the figure of eight people and sure enough those eight were none other than the eight that just left the guild:

Akira: I KNEW IT (laughs), I KNEW IT HAD TO BE YOU EIGHT, HEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYY GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYYYYYYYS OVER HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE!!!

While recovering from the fall, the group could hear a voice calling for them from afar, from the lake they could make up two silhouettes one of a tall person and one of someone more aroud their height, Izaya was the first one to recognize one of the silhouettes:

Izaya: is that? OH IT IS! HEEEEEEEY!

Izaya waved back at the boy, so did everyone of the group upon realizing it was someone they knew, as they emerged from the lake, the group started to greet Akira whos waiting at the lake shore, Asuka started by shaking his hand, Izaya gave him a hard pat in the back, which almost made the boy fall to the ground, Juan gave him a bear hug, lifting the boy up in the air, Hiro noded at him, You stroked his head despite his embarassement, Kaho and Kuroe bowed to him, he responded by doing the same and Noa Saluted the boy, who did the same, after the greetings where over Hiro noticed the tall silver haired man that stood by Akira and asked him:

Hiro: Akira, who's that man over there?

Akira: oh, right, his name is Siegfried, he's one of our comrades.

Izaya: comrade? But isn't that guy a myth?

Siegfried: how can you tell? Is it the mana signature or something of the sort?

Izaya: hmm, nah, i can't sense mana, but, i could always tell when something was off when i look at it.

Kuroe: we still don't know how he does that, but, he's usually right.

Juan: so why are you with a myth, Aki-bou?

Akira: hmmm, is it okay to tell them Siegfried-san?

The boy had a hopeful almost pleading look on his face, upon seeing that Siegfried pondered for a moment, after a short deliberation he said:

Siegfried: hm, since they are close to you Akira-dono, i'll trust them too.

Akira's face lit up upon hearing the answer, excited he then turn to his friends:

Akira: ALRIGHT, come on guys, let's talk while walking.

They then start to follow Akira's lead as they traverse the forest, that forest was a interesting place, it was quiet, but not because there was no animal life in there, no, it was more likely that the "animals" that lived in that forest were just watching them pass by, You was the first one to notice this, curious she them asks:

You: there are any animals in this forest? Or are there only myths in here?

Siegfried: we have normal animals in here, but, the number of myths in this forest especifically are a little too high, which keep the animals away.

They could see that, there were creatures that looked like squirrels, but they were screaming at eagles in human language, it was also possible to see small glowing creatures that looked like spirits flying around the trees, horses with multiple legs and so much more.

As they made their way through, Asuka decided to break the silence and ask:

Asuka: sorry for my lack of patience, but, weren't you about to tell us why are you with a myth Akira?

Akira: oh right, sorry, i believe the guild master told you guys, about the rank 3 myth, right?

Hiro: yes, he told us before we got here, is it because of that that you are joining forces? But aren't you and him the same race?

Siegfried: allow me to answer your question with one of my own, don't humans start wars with other humans as well?

Hiro: oh, i see, so you are at war with the rank 3, is that it?

Akira: right, when me and Zeira got here, we-

Kaho: WAIT, ZEIRA-NEE IS HERE?!?!?

Siegfried: do you know her too Kaho-dono?

Hiro: yes, they are like sisters.

Noa(whisperin to Siegfried): Zei-nee is always giving Kaho-san love advice.

Siegfried: i see.

Akira: ANYWAYS, yes we were the only ones available at the time, so when we got here, we landed right in the middle of a village, in there we notice that we were surrounded by myths, the normal reaction would be to prepare to a fight, right?

Kuroe: yes, that would be how we were trained to act.

Akira: right? But, instead one of the locals came toward us and spoke to us, it was a tall woman wearing a set of armor, she called herself Athena the former queen of wisdom.

Noa: former queen of wisdom?

Siegfried: yes, our world was governed by two factions, the asgardian warriors and the twelve of olympus, the twelve of olympus were a group composed by what you humans would call the olympian gods, you know the ones: Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Athena, Ares, Aphrodite, Hermes, Apollo, Artemis, Hercules and Hephaestus, while the asgardian warriors were a group composed by some asgardians like: Odin, Thor, Freya, Frigg, Loki, Heimdall, Tyr, Balder, Njord, Frejya, Bragi and Gullveig.

Akira: right, Athena told us that a war broke out by the two factions, both sides suffered heavy loses, especcially the asgardian warriors, they lost everyone but three of their members, Odin, Thor and Freya, while the twelve only lost Hephaestus and all the lesser olympians, like all but one of the children of Poseidon, all the non-olympian children of Zeus, to mention a few.

Siegfried: our world was suffering as a result of this war, if you ask us the reason behind it, no one knew, maybe it was about territory, maybe it was about power, maybe it was about pride, maybe even Zeus and Odin didn't knew why, but one thing was clear, our dimension was about to collapse as a side effect of this war, seeing this Zeus and Odin decided to settle the dispute once and for all at the top of mount olympus, no one knows what happened at the top, but two things changed that day, the first one was that Zeus and Odin dissapeared, and Zodineus the king of all was born, the second one he created a new faction, the twelve monarchs, it was create by meshing toghether the two factions, it's member were: Zodineus, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Hercules, Thor, Freya, Aphrodite, Ares, Athena, Apollo and Hermes.

Akira: Zeus and Odin were just rulers to their own people, so much so that, they would guide the lost, judge the unjust, also i was told stories of how Zeus and Odin would send their sons on pilgrimages, where they stayed among the weakest to learn humility.

Juan: that's not the Zeus and Odin that i know.

You: those probably were the best versios of each.

Asuka: i see, like the versions we see in comics, mangas, and children shows.

You: exactly Asu-Asu.

Akira: yes, but, Zodineus was none of that, he was ruthless, he would kill anyone that disobeyed him, made families destroy each other in exchange for riches and a chance at a better life, Athena challenged her father's authority and was imprisoned, after some time incarcerated, she was saved by Hades and Hermes, who also had rebelled, togheter they fled the palace and they have settled in what was today Ithaca village, she could tell just by looking at me and Zeira-nee that we were strong, she then asked us for help, after Zeira-nee and i discussed what to do for a while, we decided to help them, she then introduced us to two of her most loyal subjects, Odysseus-san and Siegfried-san, after a few days in the village, we sent our report to the guild, i was expecting the guild to send someone here, so i scouted this forest everyday, today Siegfried-san decided to join me and that's how we met in here.

Noa: now all makes sense, so our job here, is to help them.

Akira: exactly, we needed the help of the guild because we were too weak to do something.

Hiro: weak? That is hard to believe since you and Zeira were the ones sent here.

Akira: i know what you mean, but, there are too many high tiers rank 2 myths in the twelve monarchs.

Hiro: high tier rank 2?

Kaho: (sigh), I already explained that to you before, the rank system for both myths and mages has tiers in them, ranging from low, mid and high tier, the onle exceptions are the special rank myths and the seven daggers.

Kuroe: yes, that seems to be the case.

After what looked like hours of walking they finally reached Ithaca village, on the entrance there were two figures that seemed to be waiting for them, when the group got closer they could finally tell who they were, a girl with short spiky hair, wearing a blue shirt that was very similar to a police uniform, shorts with a skin tight stockings under it and knee high boots, beside her there was a very tall woman wearin a full set of armor, the short-haired girl upon seeing the group started to run towards them, she then enveloped Kaho in a tight hug:

Short-haired girl: KAAAAAAAA-CHAN, IT'S BEEN FOREVER!

Kaho(straining): urgh, yes it's been a while Zeira-nee.

You: (points at them) she seems pretty happy.

Asuka: yes, i suppose so.

Izaya: yo, Zeira-san, it's been a while, how's Ben?

Zeira: oh, Iza-kun, hello~, saddly Ben-Ben isn't here with us, he's in the Brazil's branch HQ on standby.

Izaya: i see.

Hiro: standby? What for?

Zeira: he didn't tell me Hii-chan, isn't that just awful, who keeps secret from his own girlfriend.

Juan: maybe the guild didn't even told him, the guild master strike me as someone full of secrets.

Zeira: i guess~ oh, were are my manners, allow me to introduce you all, this is Athena the queen of wisdom.

Athena: former queen Zeira-dono, i do not associate with them anymore.

Zeira: oh sorry, anyways, those right here are my friends, Hiro...

Hiro: it's a honor.

Zeira: Izaya....

Izaya: Yo.

Zeira: Kaho...

Kaho:it's a pleasure.

Zeira: Kuroe...

Kuroe: Nice to meet you.

Zeira: Juan...

Juan: hola~

Zeira: Noa...

Noa: greetings ma'am

Zeira: You...

You: hm (nods)

Zeira: and Asuka.

Asuka: charmed

Athena: nice to meet you, i'm Athena one of the leaders of this village.

You: leaders?

Zeira: uhum, there are other two beside her, the other two are Hermes the i guess former king of menssages and Hades the king of souls.

Asuka: don't you mean former?

Athena: Hades-sama likes to be called a king, so it should be fine, well i would love to introduce you all but-

As if to interrupt her on purpose a voice could be heard from the skies above:

Zodineus: GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL THAT CAN HEAR ME, IT IS I YOUR BELOVED OVERLORD ZODINEUS, I AM HERE NOW TO INVITE OUR GUESTS TO PLAY A LITTLE GAME.

Hiro: so that's Zodineus, i guess this is just a projection in the sky.

Izaya: what is he talking about, a game?

Zodineus: SINCE I VALUE THE TIME OF YOU AND I, I WILL MAKE THIS SHORT,  THE GAME IS SIMPLE REACH ME IN MY TEMPLE AT THE TOP OF MOUNT OLYMPUS IN 72 HOURS, IF YOU DO THAT YOU WIN, IF CAN'T DO THAT, WELL, I WILL OPEN THE GATE TO THE WORLD BEYOND HERE AND RELEASE ALL OF MY PETS THERE.

Asuka: is he serious right now?

You: many people will die if he do this.

Kuroe: to him this is just a game.

Kaho: this is disgusting.

Zodineus: AND THE GAME WILL START RIIIIIIIGHT ABOOOOUT.......NOW!!!!!

As if on cue a huge explosion could be heard on the inner most part of Ithaca village, and with it a huge shadow resembling a giant wolf appeared in there, Athena agasp, screamed:

Athena: FENRIR? IN HERE? HOW DID HE GET HERE?

Juan: what's that?

Athena: that's Fenrir, the last non-god asgardian that survived the war all those years ago.

You: Fenrir, huh.

Athena: (sigh), i guess i don't have time to be surprised, we have to move, mount olympus is located in the middle of the city of Tokyo, to reach there we have to pass the Athenas great wall, the wall is located at a ghost town named the ruins of troy, me and Odysseus thought of two ways to pass that wall one is by sea and the other is by land, we're gonna split in two teams, Izaya-dono, Kuroe-dono, You-dono, Asuka-dono and Zeira-dono will join me and Odysseus by land, meanwhile, Hiro-dono, Kaho-dono, Juan-dono, Noa-dono and Akira-dono will join Siegfried and Hermes by sea, let's go!

The two groups split, one was being guided by Athena towards the vehicle that will transpot them by land, meanwhile the other groupe was being guided by Siegfried towards the pier, in there they will navigate on a boat to sea.

The group was approaching a huge garage that was at the opposite side of were Fenrir was, in there the group could see a group of men working on a giant wooden horse.

Athena: that's our veichle, it was once used by 600 men in the troy war, we call it Troia.

Izaya: isn't that in bad taste?

Asuka: maybe it's a homage?

Kuroe: that's not important right now!

You: i like it's design. 

Zeira: now now, we can talk about that later.

The group was then greeted by a man wearing armor who was looking very concerned, he then approached them :

Armored man: Athena?! What's going on? I heard a explosion just now.

Athena: Odysseus, i need you to get Troia running right now, Fenrir is here.

Odysseus: FENRIR!!!! OK, I GET IT, BUT, WHAT ABOUT YOU?

Athena: i will stay behind to stop that monster.

Odysseus: but you're no fighter, that thing will kill you.

Athena: it is true that my powers are not suited for fighting, but, someone needs to stop it.

You: i'll go too.

Asuka: WHAT??? WHY??

You: Asu-Asu  you hear them, she is no fighter and besides, you know that animals are my expertise, so leave it to me, ok?

She said this while confidently patting her chest, her eyes were full of determination, Asuka could see that, so against his best judgement he said:

Asuka: (sigh), fine, just... be careful okay?

You: hm, leave it to me.

Asuka them kisses her forehead and start to climb the stairs that let to a hatch that led to inside the wooden horse, the eyes of the horse then light up as it's engine started to run, it starts to run out of the garage with blinding speed, You and Athena then look at each other and nod, the two of them then run off towards the where Fenrir is causing havok, Asuka was lookin through one of the window in the horse, his gaze was directed towards the village that was getting further and further away, Izaya, Kuroe and Zeira approach him:

Izaya: worried?

Asuka: a little, i know i said i trust her, but, is it wrong of me to worry about her?

Kuroe: no, i don't think so, that just show how much she means to you.

Zeira: don't worry, out all of us she's the best choice in this situation, she'll be fine.

Asuka:(sigh), ok, i will.

Meanwhile the other group had finally reached the pier, the pier had four ships in the ocean, the place had several wooden warehouses, it was a strangely modern looking place, whe the gruop arrived at the docks they see a man wearing glasses and a suit flying in the air, guiding the soldiers, telling them were to put the provisions and weapons, he then noticed the group who just arrived, the man then approached them:

Man with glasses: Hey Sieg-buddy, are those the reinforcements you mentioned? And where is Thena?

Siegfried: Hermes-sama, we have to leave right now.

Hermes: Is this about that weird announcement from before?

Siegfried: Yes, Ithaca village was attacked and Athena-sama went with the other group.

Hermes: i see, okay buddy, let's jus-

A loud boom was heard, when the everyone turned around to see what was going on, they saw one of the ships flying towards then, Juan and Hiro at that moment jumped high in the air and with one blow they completely destroyed the ship.

???: not bad, not bat at all.

A voice came from the direction of which the ship came flying, surprised everyone looked towards were the voice came from and in there they saw a teenager wearing a eyepatch, they all immediatly could tell that he was the one who threw the ship at them, Hiro then stepped foward:

Hiro: ok, you guys go, i'll deal with him.

But, someone tapped on his shoulder and stepped in front of him, it was Juan:

Juan: sorry amigo, but let me take care of this, if this guy is all about strengh then i am your hombre, besides, i think it would be smarter to have you on the ship.

Hiro couldn't and wouln't disagree, he just decided to trust his friend:

Hiro: ok, i'll leave it to you.

As Hiro said that he walked toward the ship, Noa then approaches her boyfriend and give him a peck on the cheek and says:

Noa: you better catch up to us.

Juan: si señorita.

Hermes then put one hand on her shoulder to reassure her and says:

Hermes: don't worry about him, i not much of a fighter myself but, i can at least take him to the ship when the fight is over.

Everyoe upon hearing that felt relieved, Noa then nods at him upon hearing that and run toward the docks, Juan then walk towards the teen and asks:

Juan: i'm Juan, what's your name chico?

Teen: i'm Polyphemus, so, you're the one who will play with me?

The answer Juan gave was not delivere via words, but, by actions, he grabs the boy head and delivers a knee straight to his face, he then proceeds to punch the teen so hard that the force launches him toward one of warehouses:

Juan: let's go all out, REVEAL EL LUCHADOR.

A light engulfes his body, on his face the blue mask reveals itself, the battle has begun.

 It's been a few hours since the horse started to run, the group decided to climb onto Troia's back to see how far they still were from their destination, from the outside they could see the gigantic wall from very far away, the ruins were barely visible, but, thankfully they were getting closer.

Izaya: not too long now.

Asuka: what's the plan once we get there?

Odysseus: oh right, sorry for taking so long to explain, the plan is the following: once we arrive, we will go to a old port located in the ruins of the old city to meet up with the group that came by sea, once we regroup we will infiltrate the city of tokyo by an entrance hidden via the ancient waterways, once in there we will infiltrarte to gather information, we need to know everything about the palace at the top of the mountain, how many entrances, how many halls, shortest route to the throne room, once we have this info in hands we begin our raid.

Kuroe: i see, so we need to make most of our time in here to decide our roles.

Asuka: how many man we have?

Odysseus: 300 on land and another 300 on the sea.

Zeira: that's a lot, guess we should decide on the roles now to save time.

Odysseus: what do you think Izaya-dono? Izaya-dono?

As they were talking about the strategy once they pass the city walls, Odysseus noticed that Izaya seemed to be distracted with something:

Odysseus: is something the matter Izaya-dono?

Izaya: hm? Oh nothing much, take care of everyone ok?

Odysseus: take care? Are you going somewhere?

Izaya: i just gonna go say a quick hel-lo.

As he said that Izaya jumped off the horse, baffled Odysseus could only try to make sense on what happened:

Odysseus: wh-wh-where is he going!?

Odysseus looked at the city walls and noticed that three silhouettes have been descending from it, a man and two women, Odysseus suprised then said:

 Odysseus: he saw them from over here? He launched himself towards the city wall, IS HE MAD???

Izaya then crashed at the man causing a huge shockwave that separeted him from his commrades:

Izaya: it's nice to meet you Ares the king of war.

The boy then proceeds to drag Ares up the wall, as he does that he start to laugh maniacally like he's having the time of his life, enraged Ares grabbed Izaya's collar and then kicking the wall he lanched them towards the ground inside the abandoned city in front of the wall:

Ares: (huff), (huff), you're one crazy kid, you know that?

Izaya: why thank you, coming from you that's high praise.

Both combatants look at each other with a huge grin in their faces, back at Troia everyone was in uproar from what just happened, they started to make preparations for the incoming battle, when suddenly Troia starts shaking:

Odysseus: Eurylichus, what hit us?

Eurylichus: it came from the wall, sir.

Odysseus: dang it, must've been one of the other two, we need someone to intercept them before Troia is destroyed.

Zeira: leave it to me.

She said that as she jumped off Troia, while mid-air she yelled:

Zeira: REVEAL WHIP

Light engulfs her body and out of her hand came a whip made of blue energy, after the whips came out a volley of projectiles flown towards Troia, she then uses the whip to deflect the incoming projectiles, Zeira them uses her whips to launch her towards the direction of which the projectiles came.

GUILD CARD

Name: Zeira Sinclair
Age: nineteen
Job: dimensional cop
Powers: energy manipulation.
Description: Zeira can mold her mana into different shapes, her favorite forms are a energy whip and a fireball.
Reveal: Whip.

Asuka: i'm going too, REVEAL ORACLE.

His body too is engulfed by light, Asuka them mutters to himself.

Asuka(muttering): Dean, cover me and fly

Suddenly a red suit of armor enveloped his body, Asuka jumps in the air and starts to fly away toward were Zeira is headed, leaving behind Kuroe and Odysseus to protect Troia.

Odysseus: what was that? Is that his wand.

Kuroe: yes and no, his wand was the sword he was holdin in his hand, but, he have asked the science division to improve his wand by inserting on it nano technology, Dean is the name he gave that mode, when he calls it by that name the wand assumes the form of a mechanical suit that envelops his body.

Odysseus: i see that your world is very advanced.

Kuroe: no, that only applies to his family's enterprise.

When Zeira reaches the source of the projectiles, she sees in there a red headed woman with a bow:

Zeira(thinking): by Athena-san's description that must be Artemis.

Zeira then land on top of a building in front of Artemis:

Zeira: very nice of you to be waiting for me in here.

Artemis: waiting? You got it wrong i'm just luring my prey.

After saying that a trap is activated lauching several arrows coming from all directions toward Zeira, the arrow were about to made contact with her when:

Asuka: fall.

In that moment all arrows stopped mid-air and all of them fell to the ground.

Zeira: Asu-kun?

Asuka: i came to help.

Zeira: (smiles), ok, you're my back up, try to keep up.

Asuka: yes ma'am.

The both of them assumed their fighting stances, their fight was about to start.

Back at sea Siegfried had just finished explaining the plan to everyone via the communication device of the ships:

Siegfried: this is the basic idea so far.

Hiro(over the comm): it's quite simple, i like it, now, explain to me again, why i have to hold this "wind bag"?

Siegfried: Odysseus, said that this was a gift from Aeolus back in the day, he said it could come in handy.

Noa(over the comm): back to the main topic, i think it would be wise to make most of our time in here to decide on what we will do once we reach the port.

Kaho: i agree, and i'm pretty sure everyone on land is thinking the same.

The whole group was spread across three ships; 100 men with Siegfried and Kaho were on one ship, another 100 were with Noa and Akira  on another ship , and Hiro was on the last one with the last 100, everything seemed calm, that was until two pillars of water rose from the ocean, each in front of one of the ships, from the pillar on the left emerged a robust and muscular man wearing a tunic with a cape on his back, the same man than landed on top of the ship were Noa and Akira were:

Noa: who is that? Where did he came from?

Siegfried(over the comm): that is Hercules the hero king, he's really strong be careful.

Siegfried and Kaho's ship then is attacked by a projectile that came from the pillar in the right, out of that pillar emerged a thin man wearing a toga on his body with a harp on his hands, he landed on top of their ship as well:

Kaho: and that is?

Siegfried: that's Apollo the king of the sun, he's also trouble.

Kaho: where did they came from?

Siegfried: i have a suspicion, but i kind of don't want the answer to be true.

Hiro's ship was sailing ahead when suddenly, from the middle of the ocean rises a giant water pillar, it was causing waves upon waves which almost swallows the ship were Hiro was standing in, from inside the pillar a voice could be heard screaming:

???: THE TENTH HERO!!!!! HIRO DENSETSU!!!!! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?

From the pillar emerges the person behind the voice, a man with a long beard and long hair, he was shirtless showing his muscles, he was wearing skin tight pants with fish scale paterns and on his hand a trident.

Hiro: Poseidon, huh, give me a break.

To Be continued.

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