Episode 62/Chapter 3: Roar of the hero (3)
TL: Tsubak
ED: StellarRain
The first one defeated was Ares.
The next one was Artemis, and after that came Poseidon.
And now, Heracles was defeated.
Dionysius blinked. He forcefully inhaled some air and thought.
I must do something.
I can't let the master of Asgard go to Mount Olympus so easily.
How?
He suddenly thought of an idea.
Dionysius blinked again. He looked away from the Gigantes who couldn't even think of fighting back and were groaning in place.
The warriors of Valhalla were chanting their catchphrase with high morale. Even the 12 Olympians who had returned to beings who wanted to maintain the world were cheering towards the invaders that wanted to crush Mount Olympus.
Athena, Hephaestus, Demeter.
These were the ones he could feel right now. Athena already entered the battlefield and Hephaestus and Demeter were still below the mount as if they hadn't participated yet. He couldn't detect Apollo or Hermes.
Dionysius looked at the path that led to Mount Olympus once again. He saw the master of Asgard who had defeated Heracles and was advancing now forward.
Dionysius still heard a voice but it didn't tell him what he should do. He hoped for some command, but no answer came back.
Overlook.
Dionysius looked for Aphrodite and found her standing still. She had been exchanging fierce attacks with the enemy, but she dropped her hands and looked at the path.
Aphrodite looked back at Dionysius. It was a communication between Gods who transcended material distance.
At this moment the two Gods realized. They understood why no commanding voice was heard.
Overlook it.
Just watch.
There is no need to step up yourselves.
Dionysus and Aphrodite turned in sync and looked toward the peak of Mount Olympus.
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Hera closed her hands.
Her divine power had become so depleted she couldn't even lift a finger, but she knew.
Heracles had sealed himself. The master of Asgard had won.
She was relieved at Tae Ho's victory but only for a moment. She realized the tide of battle was turning against them. The 12 Olympians had returned to beings who wanted to maintain the world.
Hera opened her mouth with difficulty but no voice came out through her dry lips. Only her thin lips trembled poorly.
[Hera! I will come over there! I will rescue you! Just wait a moment! Please!]
Hera heard Athena's voice full of joy. As expected, she didn't know.
No.
No voice came out. It was even hard to breathe.
[Hera, endure it for a little while longer. I'm coming now. Demeter is also with me. She is coming to help.]
[We are not late, unnie. Not late!]
[Mother, I will break the chains. I will raise the hammer and come running to you.]
Demeter spoke. Even her eldest son, to whom she had given an eternal wound, was running towards his mother.
It was the same for them. They didn't realize anything. There was nothing as foolish as saying that it wasn't late yet.
No. No. Athena, you are wrong. Your guess is wrong.
They wouldn't reach her. Hera also knew about it. She just rolled her eyes as she didn't have the strength to bite her lips. Her eyes turned to the path that connected Mount Olympus and the world of Gods.
It was as she expected. The pillars of light weren't white anymore. It was a faint yellow. This meant that someone was coming down from the Godly world.
Zeus.
Hera's love.
The king of Gods who ruled and protected Olympus.
Zeus was resisting to the voice.
Athena believed this.
He hadn't changed completely yet.
The situation in Olympus proved this. If Zeus had turned completely, Olympus would have already fallen to the hands of the ones who wanted to destroy the world.
The situation wasn't that bad. Her guess was logical.
But she was wrong. It was all wrong. The day Zeus first started to change. When half of the 12 Olympians turned into destructive beings.
The one that blocked the lightning of Zeus and protected the ones who remained as beings of balance was Hera.
She was the one who squeezed out the strength she lacked to buy time for the others to escape.
That's why only Hera knew of this. Only she had faced Zeus head on and could know his state.
"So you were still alive."
A voice was heard above her. Eyes freezing cold as if speaking to an insect.
It was the voice of Zeus. The golden eyes of Zeus.
But it wasn't the Zeus that Hera knew. Zeus didn't look at her like that. He didn't say such things like that.
Athena's thoughts were wrong.
Zeus wasn't resisting. He had completely turned into a being of destruction when he attacked half of the 12 Olympians.
Then, why did he act like he did until now?
Why didn't he step up himself and take control over Olympus?
It was simple. He had something he had to do.
A man who towered at a height of 2 meters, a bulky body and a fitting white beard.
Zeus passed over Hera. He looked at the ones climbing towards the peak.
"Welcome."
He boomed. And his voice was transmitted to everyone around Mount Olympus.
Everything became silent differently just like before. The entire Mount Olympus became dead silent with Zeus' one word.
Zeus continued. He faced the master of Asgard who was standing right below the peak glaring at him.
"I have seen how you defeated Heracles. To deprive him of his divinity and cut off the support of the world. It was really interesting."
He spoke as if he was someone that had no relations with this battle. But he wasn't lying. It was a sincere appreciation.
[F, father?]
Athena raised her voice. She heard Zeus' voice when he spoke. She stared directly into Zeus' eyes.
That's why she now also knew.
Zeus was a being who wanted to destroy the world and he hadn't turned recently. It was clear that he had turned long ago.
Odin stayed silent as he had been expecting the current situation. His reasoning was simple.
The power that closed the connecting path.
It wasn't a power that someone who was internally conflicted could release. It was a power only someone that belonged completely to one side could wield.
'You can't avoid a battle with Zeus.'
He determined this when he headed to Mount Olympus- no, the moment he opened the connecting path and entered Olympus.
Odin sharply opened his only eye. He predicted the current state g but he still had a puzzle he couldn't solve.
What was Zeus doing in the Mount Olympus? Just what was he doing to neglect everything?
"So a day like this ended up coming. No, I knew it would. The day to settle the relationship with Asgard. The fellowship between neighbors will always crumble."
Zeus shook his head in disappointment
Hera shed tears once more at his actions. Athena, who was the closest to Zeus among his children, cried as well and despaired.
Zeus hadn't simply turned into a being who wanted to destroy the world.
The one in front of their eyes was an entirely different person.
"Zeus was aware of it."
Zeus spoke as if he was someone else.
His words spread to all of Olympus.
"His mind was really tough. To the point that even I needed some time to control his consciousness."
This wasn't the voice of Zeus anymore. Demeter stumbled back and Hephaestus grabbed his head.
"Gaia is a personality God who has a complete soul and flesh. That's why she ended up becoming an insect that possessed the power of the Protogenoi-Ancient God but couldn't use it completely."
Zeus took one more step. Now it was not only his voice but also his appearance that didn't belong to him.
"Even the king of Gods wasn't enough to contain the primeval Gods. It might have been possible if it was only one but it was impossible for many of them."
IA black haired woman appeared. She was a pristine and beautiful goddess with gorgeous black hair that reached her butt. Her black dress that clung to her body and displayed her shoulders resembled the night sky.
"That's why I needed a ceremony. To connect the power of the primeval Gods more effectively, to transform this body into a better medium."
It wasn't only one primeval God. There were several of them. Zeus' body only contained one but she could harness all of their power at the same time.
The black haired woman took one more step forward. With that, everyone felt the crushing might of her overwhelming diving power.
"I succeeded with the ceremony last night. The reason I'm telling you such things is because now, everything is over."
The black haired woman smiled brightly.
The ancient God of night Nyx surrounded herself with the power of the primeval God of darkness, Erebos. The power of the primeval God of Tartarus, the underworld, accompanied Nyx.
"This is why Gaia put her hands in a soul and flesh even though she knew she would lose strength. The feeling is different from before. I just realized this. Pardon me, I'm speaking a lot. A conversation like this is the first time for me."
The ceremony had ended last night, not today. But regardless, Nyx still waited one day.
There wasn't any big reason for it.
"I was just curious."
How Tae Ho would fight against Heracles who had the support of the world.
"And there was no need to work myself for nothing."
As everyone would gather by their own.
Nyx looked at Tae Ho. She faced the master of Asgard who was wielding the power of Gaia and grinned.
"You have done well. Your battle was really impressive."
[Escape.]
Gaia said.
'Flee.'
Cuchulainn said. His voice, normally calm no matter how strong the enemy was, trembled a bit.
Nyx's power began to accumulate.
Her divine power pressed down upon Mount Olympus.
"Didn't I say it already? That it was already over."
Nyx laughed and stepped forward once more. At this moment Thor roared. Odin activated a rune magic from afar. Everything excluding Nyx created a ripple in the frozen time.
But it was too late.
It was already over.
Nyx glanced at Thor charging with his lightning and extended her hand. She shook her head at the great magic of Odin being executed from afar.
She spoke whispered.
"Let there be night."
And there was. Thor's lightning dissipated into nothingness and Odin's great magic fizzled into oblivion.
The world warped into a silent world. The sun disappeared from inside the region called Olympus. When they realized that, it was after everything had changed.
The Goddess of night Nyx.
She dyed the world with her color.
The endless night started.
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Episode 62/Chapter 4: Roar of the hero (4)
TL: Tsubak
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The sky and the ground got filled with darkness. The curtain of the night covered everything.
It now passed the level of divine power. It was similar to what he felt when he first faced Heracles. No, precisely speaking, what Heracles made him feel was only a portion of it.
The world itself.
Nyx became the night. Became the world. The darkness of Erebos filled the emptiness of Tartarus. The power of the new ancient Gods pulled the power of the primeval Gods that had no personality.
Protogenoi.
The ancient Gods that were born with the world. The existences that could be said to be part of the world.
That's why they could become the world.
What did opposing the world mean?
What did becoming the enemy of the world mean?
Nyx taught them that.
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The ones that stayed behind to sustain the connecting path of Asgard and Olympus couldn't move. They just stood still dumbfoundedly as if they had frozen and looked at the dark blue sea that started to infiltrate it.
It didn't sweep Asgards' side but there was no guarantee it would stay like this forever. It seemed like they were looking at water that was about to overflow.
Ragnar, that had stayed behind to defend, held his silence. He couldn't even sense what was happening in Olympus.
That's why he could only think of one thing.
If that night had become Tae Ho's enemy.
If the world called Olympus became their enemy.
"Oh Odin."
He couldn't say anything else. That was the most he could say.
Ragnar turned to look at his waist. The axe Odin entrusted to him before leaving was hanging on that place.
What Odin left behind just in case.
The last Godly weapon he made when he was still the master.
'If things go wrong cut down the connecting path. Close the doors and protect Asgard. Ragnar Lodbrok, king of vikings, I will leave it to your judgement.'
The warriors of Valhalla turned to look at Ragnar. Ragnar gripped his axe instead of replying to their gazes and then looked at the night that overflowed beyond the connection.
"Tae Ho."
Ragnar said. He put strength once again in his hand holding the axe.
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Idun panted. She grabbed her own shoulders and bursted in tears.
He couldn't hear him even though the connecting path was still there.
The night obstructed everything. SHe couldn't feel Tae Ho anymore.
There was nothing Idun could do. Curling down and crying was everything she could do.
What had happened? Why did things turn out like this? They barely got together. He even managed to defeat the strongest of Olympus, Heracles.
The night sky.
The existence that could only be called as being absolute.
The opposite of Idun the Goddess of life, the Goddess of night that was filled with the power of death.
Idun trembled in fear.
Heda wiped off her tears and said to her, that was hesitating.
'Let's go.'
Idun put a dumbfounded expression for a moment. She knew what Heda was talking about and also understood what she was requesting.
'Heda.'
Heda said once again.
Idun cried and nodded. She stood up and started to walk.
She got out of the residence of Idun for the first time since being born.
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What could have happened?
Odin understood.
He could understand it when the lightning of Thor subsided and his great magic got destroyed. He also barely grasped what Nyx did to Zeus and what was the ceremony Zeus made.
Nyx hadn't absorbed the power of the other primeval Gods.
Several primeval Gods also didn't descend on Zeus' body at the same time.
If you compared it to the sacred forces of Olympus, Nyx was the core polis. She had connected the power of the primeval Gods that cooperated with her to make a big lump of strength. In addition, the primeval Gods that didn't hold the ceremony were naturally attracted.
The ancient Gods of Olympus were beings that had become one with the world. Because of that, not even Zeus was able to become a plate that contained the power of the primeval Gods completely. Nyx said that she restructured him to become a plate but there was still a limit.
Because of that, Nyx descended the night. She dyed the world with her own color and used the world as her plate.
It was a bit contradictory but it was still possible.
The one that was still the core was Zeus. The current situation was possible because of the core called Zeus.
That's why they just had to break the plate, that was Zeus. If they cut the connection from Nyx and the other primeval Gods and brought an end to the night they had some probabilities to win.
But how?
What could they do with the current Nyx as their opponents?
They had to escape.
That was Odin's judgement. That was the only option he had as the cunning God of war.
What would have Loki said if he was here?
Odin smiled bitterly. The words he would have said was already decided.
I will stop him so flee.
Odin staying alive gave more probabilities to win than him.
Odin looked at the night with his only eye. At that instant he made a judgement and ordered to the Gods of Asgard.
Escape. Fight. Buy time.
He told Freya to escape and told Ullr and Tyr to plan for the later days.
But he didn't say anything to Thor. He spoke to the God of Thunder of Asgard that was the strongest and that's why he had to stay back.
'Let's die together my son.'
As we are the only ones that can buy time.
'We won't die father.'
Thor stood up from his charge, that was stopped with the descent of the night. He had already tasted Nyx's power so his will wasn't bent even by a little. He was still the strong God of thunder.
The one that knew of no fear. The one facing confidently no matter what kind of enemy it was.
Odin smiled. He ignored Freya that was despairing saying that they would die together. He ordered Ullr and Tyr to take Freya by force and then took a step.
Odin was different from Thor.
He knew what fear was. He was the one that had struggled until the end even though he had been sensing the promised destruction.
The one fighting with fear. And the one that never gave up.
New rune magic appeared in Odin's hands.
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[Escape.]
Gaia was resisting. She was enduring with all her strength on getting her strength taken away by that night, that was an gathering of primeval Gods.
Because of that she wasn't able to assist Tae Ho. She was also able to transmit her voice only now.
[You can't win. Prepare for later. That's your only hope.]
Heracles had lost.
Hades was asleep and Poseidon had perished. Zeus had become Nyx's plate.
There Was no more hope in Olympus. The only he she could lean her hopes on was the master of Asgard, Tae Ho.
Gaia curled down. SHe couldn't speak to Tae Ho anymore. SHe grinded her teeth and resisted.
'Gaia's words are true. Escape.'
Cuchulainn spoke in a low voice. He was speaking in a roiled up way.
They had no chances to win right now. It was doubtful whether they would get a sharp card after fleeing but whatever the case, they had to evade death for now. That was the only hope Tae Ho had just like Gaia said.
But Tae Ho couldn't move rashly. He couldn't flee like Gaia and Cuchulainn said.
Because everything would end the moment he escaped. All the ones in the mount of Olympus would face death.
"It's the same anyways."
Nyx said. She looked down at Tae Ho and waved her hand lightly.
She moved the world.
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Darkness surged up from below. Hands, that were the same in numbers as to the ones at the mount, surged up from the ground and grabbed the ones close to them.
It was death, that was inside the region of Tartarus the ruler of the underworld.
The impartial and fair thing for everyone found the ones that were in the mount.
The ones that couldn't evade it collapsed without even screaming. The ones that were strong and sturdy like the warriors of Valhalla didn't die but that was all. They could only endure it and stay standing.
The death of Tartarus also found the ones that wanted to destroy the world. The Gigantes let out screams and struggled and Dionysius let out a laugh. Aphrodite screamed.
"Adenmaha! Adenmaha!"
The black hand of death that couldn't be evaded grabbed Adenmaha's ankle. Nidhogg grabbed the hand of Adenmaha that was collapsed in the ground and cried. She released her vast divine power and magic power at the same time to drive away the deaths at their surroundings in an instant.
But that was all.
Darkness appeared once again. Death continued to stand up no matter how many times she shook it off.
"Adenmaha."
Nidhogg embraced Adenmaha. The only thing Adenmaha could do after being weakened by death was embracing Nidhogg.
Nidhogg cried and released her power once again. She rolled her eyes to find Hydra and to save at least more people and kept releasing her power.
For how long would she be able to endure it?
'Master.'
Adenmaha buried her face in Nidhogg's chest. She transmitted the little bit of strength she had to Nidhogg, that was getting weaker by the time, and closed her eyes.
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Odin advanced forward. Ullr grabbed Freya and Tyr opened up a path.
Athena understood Odin's actions. That's why she also told Hephaestus to escape with Demeter. She grabbed her sword and slashed death. She started to run forward as if ignoring the one rising up again.
Thor raised Mjolnir. He called forth lightning once again and flew up.
Nyx moved her hand again. This time, thunder flashed. The number of thunder was the same as the beings in the mount of Olympus, just like how it was for death. The hundreds of thousands of thunder got concentrated in fewer than a hundred people. It was an attack of the world itself so there was no need to aim or detect.
Nidhogg breathed roughly. She embraced Adenmaha that had collapsed. She had found where Hydra was but she couldn't get to her. She could only protect Adenmaha from the hundred streaks of lightning.
Athena couldn't endure it. She kneeled down and darkness attacked her from behind.
Siri looked at the flashing thunder and closed her eyes and then opened them again. She got surprised as she wasn't injured at all and when she looked up she bursted in tears.
Bracky smiled. He kneeled down after having received thousands of lightning bolts in her stead. He didn't move anymore.
The army of dragons collapsed. Death covered them after strength left their bodies. THe number of dragons that couldn't endure it anymore and accepted death increased in an instant.
Thor resisted the lightning. He thrusted Mjolnir in front of him and blocked the thousands of lightning bolts falling down at him with an overwhelming power. He didn't stop there but also advanced.
"Father!"
Thor yelled and Odin reacted. He tricked death as the God of magic. He passed the black lightning and charged beyond Tae Ho, and to Nyx.
Tae Ho was in a state that he couldn't move. A huge number of black lightning bolts were falling down on him without stop.
The number was even bigger than the number that was falling down at Thor and Odin.
Odin passed Tae Ho. He then transmitted his thoughts in that moment.
Nyx hadn't become the world completely yet. There was also a limit in her strength. If the lightning bolts receded, she wouldn't be able to use the same power again.
That's why he should dodge then. That Thor and himself would make an opening somehow.
Find a way to cut down the connection with the primeval Gods. That's the only hope.
He didn't allow objections. Odin kept advancing forward and used a great magic. Even though he lost his seat of the master, he had recovered all the power of his time thanks to his born natural enemy, the World Wolf, having died.
His magic suited the king of Gods.
He tricked death once again. He pushed aside the lightning bolts to a weird place and reached in front of Nyx.
"Odin."
Nyx said and Odin looked at her eyes. He activated the magic that contained an overwhelming amount of power in front of her.
Suicide. What Loki did.
Nyx laughed. She grabbed Odin's right hand and suppressed his magic. She then dispersed the great magic that was about to explode.
"I knew you were going to do that."
Odin said. He waved his left hand the moment his magic got dispersed and activated the real card he had.
Space leap, that was Loki's specialty.
The one that appeared by tearing space was Thor. He swung Mjolnir covered in blue thunder towards Nyx.
Odin kneeled down. Nyx got pushed back greatly. A little bit of blood flowed down from her lips after she got hit in her chest.
The attack worked. She hadn't become the complete world yet just like Odin thought. No matter how she looked externally, the one in front of them was Zeus and if that body broke the power of the primeval Gods that had become one would scatter.
But it was only that.
Odin couldn't stop the enraged death from charging. What flashed in front of his eyes right before they closed was that their attack worked on Nyx but Thor got pushed back in the end.
It was because he had used too much strength on blocking the thousands of black lightning bolts.
Zeus' weapon, the God killing lightning Astrape, pierced Thor's chest. The God of white thunder kneeled down.
Odin closed his eyes. He sensed Tae Ho's situation for the last time and he held his bitterness because his expectation became right once again.
Tae Ho was running towards them. He endured the tens of thousands of lightning bolts and passed Odin, that had even overcome death. He charged towards Nyx when Thor collapsed.
He was holding Gae Bolg.
He was facing the God of death with the spear of death.
Nyx extended her hand forward. The world started to stop Tae Ho. The overwhelming gravity grabbed his feet. The invisible wall didn't only surround Tae Ho but also pushed him back so that he wasn't able to breathe.
Tae Ho swung Gae Bolg and endured the pressing power with a great amount of divine power. The spear of death destroyed the invisible wall.
[Synchro rate: 98%]
The incarnation of the World Dragon roared. He entrusted his body at the rage of the dragon.
Nyx changed Astrape into a white spear and blocked Tae Ho's attack with that.
Just looking at their techniques, Nyx wasn't Tae Ho's opponent. But right at this moment, what happened wasn't a competition of technique.
The moment their spears clashed, Nyx poured pure strength into it. Gae Bolg shook greatly and Tae Ho got pushed back. Nyx then threw Astrape towards Tae Ho.
The weapon of Zeus, the God killer lightning bolt.
The thing that should have been pure white became black. It contained the power of the night and flew towards Tae Ho.
Tae Ho saw that. He swung Gae Bolg once again to try to block it.
But his arms didn't move. Death, that had soon caught up to him, was grabbing his arms.
A dead end.
'Escape.'
Cuchulainn said once again. At that moment Gae Bolg moved by its own. It left Tae Ho's hand and put itself in front of Tae Ho to block Astrape.
Cuchulainn.
The soul that was contained in Gae Bolg used its last strength. He materialized his soul being determined to perish and wielded Gae Bolg.
'Go, I can only endure for a moment.'
Cuchulainn didn't look back. He flashed and charged towards Nyx.
Tae Ho knew.
Cuchulainn's words were right. He wasn't wrong. Preparing for the later times was the best option he had just like Odin had said.
But Tae Ho didn't do that. He shook off death and advanced forward. He caught up with Cuchulainn and grabbed Gae Bolg instead of him.
'You crazy bastard!'
Cuchulainn cursed out but Tae Ho ignored him like usual. He couldn't escape. He couldn't give up on Cuchulainn. Including him, he couldn't ignore the deaths of everyone that were on Olympus.
'You fool.'
Cuchulainn continued to curse him but ended up laughing in the end. He assisted Tae Ho with the strength he had been determining to use when he could perish.
[Synchro rate: 99%]
Tae Ho charged forward. He released his dark blue divinity and dyed Gae Bolg and then stabbed a deadly stab towards Nyx.
Nyx tried to stop it with the first method she used.
But it was different this time. Tae Ho tricked death. He destroyed the pressing of the world in an instant. He extended the spear of death forward that didn't weaken a bit even though it had destroyed hundreds of layers of an invisible barrier.
The leisure in Nyx's face disappeared. Anxiety spread in her face for the first time.
Kwagang!
The entire mount of Olympus shook. The entire world turned silent and the loud sound broke the silence of the night.
And it was only up to that point.
Nyx blocked Tae Ho's attack. She also contained a dark blue divinity in Astrape and set off the power of death Tae Ho released.
She stopped the last attack.
Tae Ho panted while dropping his arms. He hadn't given up but his body didn't move.
Nyx also breathed roughly. A smile spread in her stiff face. Experiencing fear of death for the first time since she was born was a really fresh thing. But there was no need to feel it again.
"Let's end it now."
Nyx said and moved her hands. It was a small scaled attack because she also had her limits just like Odin had said.
But it had enough power. A black lightning fell towards Tae Ho.
He wouldn't be able to stop it now.
It really was the end.
But Tae Ho didn't close his eyes. He glared at the attack headed towards him until the end.
And that's why he was able to see it.
That the black lightning was splitting in two.
That the Sword of the round table that appeared from space even though he hadn't called it blocked the black lightning.
Nyx frowned. She gathered her divinity once again as if he was doing an annoying thing.
But it was different for Cuchulainn.
It was because he saw a completely different thing in the same scene.
'Arthur….Pendragon.'
The king of Camelot.
His soul was wielding the Sword of the round table. He had stopped the lightning.
And he turned to look at Tae Ho. He smiled towards the one that never gave up until the end and so obtained the rights at the most decisive moment. He didn't even bother about the second lightning bolt Nyx created and spoke as the king of Camelot.
'I recognize you.'
And when he said that.
The sentence of Erin shone in the back of Tae Ho's hand.
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Merlin raised his head. He was still grabbed by death but he was looking at a distant place. No one told him anything but he sensed what happened right now and the things that would happen from now on.
Ahh.
AHhhhh.
He couldn't say a word. He felt a lump in his throat and only tears flowed down.
Merlin raised his staff. He took part in the last declaration the king of Camelot made as the magician of the king.
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The second lightning bolt also split in two. A white light tore the lightning and protected Tae Ho.
'Fa….ther?'
Cuchulainn said.
The soul that was the white light itself smiled. It faced Nyx and said while extending his hand forward.
'I recognize you.'
The God of light Lugh.
The leader of the Tuatha De Danann.
One more light got added in the sentence of Erin.
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Scathach burst out of laughter. She had left the eternal sleep right in front of her eyes as she had been pressed down by death but she still emanated her last strength. She rose up from death and raised her spear.
For the moment she thought that it would never come, she opened her mouth to protect the pledge she thought she would never have to protect.
It wasn't as a Valkyrie of Idun.
Nor as the master of heroes.
The queen of the land of darkness.
She claimed as one of the members that made the sentence of Erin. She yelled with all her strength.
"I recognize you!"
She claimed and her voice certainly reached him.
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'I don't want to see you in that broken state.'
A beautiful woman stood next to king Arthur and the God of light Lugh. She was more beautiful than anyone but at the same time evil and strong.
She was Cuchulainn's old enemy. She was the one that had held a deep hatred towards Cuchulainn but also had a deep affection towards him like love.
She spoke to Cuchulainn. And looked at the one Cuchulainn recognized as his master.
The daughter of the high king of Ireland, Medb.
The queen that gathered the kingdoms, that had a feud between them, into one just to defeat Cuchulainn.
She extended her hand towards Tae Ho. She spoke arrogantly just like she did in her previous life.
'I recognize you.'
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The ones that made the sentence of Erin rose in turn and claimed.
The will of the ones that was asleep in the sentence started to state their thoughts.
And at that moment Tae Ho could know.
What their claim meant.
Why did they stand up and yell.
The destroyed world Erin didn't have a master currently.
The groups split in several beings were holding the power of the master in parts.
And right at this moment.
The ones holding the power of the master gathered their will for the first time since Erin got created. They selected the one they would serve as their king and the one that would inherit Erin.
[Master of Erin]
The sentence of Erin released a different strength from before and at the same time another power arose from Tae Ho.
Master of Asgard.
The one that protects Asgard.
The sentence of Erin shone in his right hand.
And the new sentence of Asgard that got created appeared in his left hand.
Tae Ho raised his head.
He released the power he didn't have until now as he became the master of two worlds. He made his dark blue divinity explode!
The death, that was taking place in the mount of Olympus, got driven away in an instant and Nyx's face stiffened once more.
"It's useless. Nothing will change."
Nyx said. Her voice didn't have leisure compared to before but her words weren't wrong.
The absolute superiority. Even if the master of two worlds gathered that power in one body he wouldn't be able to beat the world itself.
In addition this world was Olympus. It wasn't Asgard or Erin.
"I also know that."
Tae Ho said that. He could know that as he was none other than the one that became the master of two worlds. He rather felt more keenly the differences in their power.
It was like Odin had first thought. He wouldn't be able to beat Nyx simply by having a contest of strength. Tearing apart the connection between the primeval Gods and putting an end to the dark world was the only method.
Master.
Adenmaha said with a low voice. Nidhogg spoke while crying. Rolo breathed roughly and raised his head and Drakon Ismenios smiled.
'My warrior Tae Ho.'
Idun and Heda.
Tae Ho extended his hand and called the Sword of the round table with his sentence of the Milesian. He faced Nyx, that was gathering strength to press him down in an instant, and grabbed the sword.
The soul of king Arthur fell asleep.
The soul of Medb scattered.
The souls of the ones that had made the sentence of Erin and were protecting it faced their real eternal slumber.
And he said. The one that had been watching the souls of the others leave, left last and gave the new master of Erin the last gift.
'I will give you my deity to you.'
The God of light Lugh.
He disappeared with a smile and at that moment light shone at Tae Ho's back.
Everyone could see that light. The ones that surged up by shaking away death could witness the brightness. Siri raised her head high while holding Bracky and faced the brightness of the sun.
The sun was rising up from the world that had turned night.
Athena, that was barely opening her eyes, could feel the power of the God of sun that Apollo left behind, activate. A crown of sun got worn on Tae Ho's head naturally and the necklace of the sun took place in his neck.
The God of sun that was born that way.
The one leading the morning glory.
A crack got formed in the night. The rising sun made a crack in the connection between the primeval Gods.
Nyx got flustered. She tried to release the power she had gathered hurriedly.
But Tae Ho was a bit faster.
He gathered the power as the master of two worlds and strengthened one saga.
He raised Gallatin, that shone the deeper the night was and the denser the darkness was below the sun, and the Sword of the round table.
That was the saga of the sun.
He will be invincible below the highest sun.
Myth rank saga.
God of sun.
Tae Ho looked at Nyx.
And split the night with the flashing sword of sun.
< Episode 62 - Roar of the hero (4) > End
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Episode 63/Chapter 1: Myth of a hero (1)
TL: Tsubak
ED:
The one that put an end to the deep night, drove away the dense darkness,
and leads the dawn.
The one leading the bright morning glory.
That is the sun.
The power of the beginning.
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The night split.
A crack got formed in the night sky that was filled with darkness.
The mount of Olympus got placed below the sun. The bright golden light shone warmly on everyone. It drove away the cold the darkness brought with it.
Tae Ho knew it while raising the Sword of the round table high.
He realized the same thing as Odin.
Nyx in front of him was the world.
She hadn't been able to become a complete world as Gaia hadn't joined her but it wasn't an exaggeration to say that she was already the world, the world God Olympus.
That's why there was only one method to win against her.
Cut the connection with the primeval Gods that were connected with the night and so return Nyx from being the world God to the Goddess of night Nyx.
There were two ways to end the night.
One was to destroy the body of Zeus.
The other one was to disperse the night.
The two of them was close to being impossible. Even Odin and Thor became powerless in front of Nyx that could handle the power of the world. Not even Tae Ho was able to win against her in a simple contest of strength after becoming the master of two worlds.
But the latter one was the one that did have some probabilities and that's why Odin and Thor placed their hope on him.
They weren't wrong. Only that the situation with Tae Ho was different.
Tae Ho raised his head high. He looked at the night and not at Nyx. He looked through the night with the 'golden eyes of the dragon'.
It wasn't simply a black sky. The 'eyes of the dragon' could see the weakness of the night. He could see the chain connecting the power of the primeval Gods.
The light of the sun dug and entered it. It was possible because it was the power of the morning, that was the opposite of night.
"Don't make me laugh!"
Nyx roared. That was the roar of a World God. The rage of the world shook the entire mount of Olympus.
But Tae Ho didn't get shaken. He stood still and faced against Nyx. It was impossible to defeat her but he could plentily maintain his posture.
In addition, Tae Ho was the God of sun. He was the natural born enemy of the Goddess of night Nyx!
The power of the sun became stronger and a crack got formed in the night sky. Nyx roared once again and released her strength.
What she fired in a hurry were thousands of lightning bolts. Nyx could make miracles like what she did just now just by resting for a moment.
Tae Ho extended the Sword of the round table forward and faced the lightning. He didn't only disperse the lightning as the God of light.
[Saga: The one that handles gale and lightning]
The one that flashed in the end was the lightning. Although it was impossible to control it completely he could change its direction.
Kwagagagagagang!
Tens of thousands of lightning bolts erupted in consecution. It poured down in an instant and devastated the surroundings. But Nyx could know.
Tae Ho was still fine. The power of the sun was increasing the crack in the night sky.
Nyx held Astrape. She contained her dark divinity in the God killer lightning to put an end to Tae Ho herself. Tae Ho couldn't even defend properly as he was tied down by the black lightning.
But Tae Ho didn't fear. He didn't even try to dodge and looked at Nyx trying to charge towards him.
Nyx hated his eyes. She let out a roar and charged forward.
A moment.
Tae Ho didn't turn his eyes. He still looked at Nyx. Rather than giving up at the unavoidable attack, he raised his weapons as the God of battle.
Because he was believing.
He already knew.
The sound of thunder was heard!
Kwagang!
One streak of lightning hit the ground and the God of thunder descended at the same time.
[Saga: He is the son of the God that has returned]
[Saga: His entrance is accompanied by lightning]
Bracky.
The son of Thor.
The God of Thunder that protects the king of Erin!
He wasn't alone. He was accompanied by someone.
Because the two were a couple. They were two yet a single God.
Blue lightning appeared in Bracky's hammer but that wasn't headed towards Nyx. It was headed towards Siri, that was nocking the bow of Artemis while raising her wolf ears. The lightning of Bracky got contained in the arrow of Apollo she placed in the bowstring.
[Saga: The arrow of the witch never misses its target]
Siri let go of the bowstring. It flew towards Nyx like a meteor that was solely concentrating on Tae Ho. It pierced Nyx's shoulder!
Nyx let out a pained groan. She could handle the power of the world but the body belonged to Zeus. A full powered attack from the God of lightning and hunt was enough to inflict damage to Zeus.
Nyx lost her charging momentum and then pulled an arrow while cursing. She glared at Bracky and Siri and the power of the World God hit the two Gods.
But Bracky and Siri didn't get done by it helplessly.
Bracky gathered his arms and took a defensive posture. Siri supported Bracky with her back and gave him strength.
Bracky and Siri endured Nyx's attack. They could barely endure it but that was enough.
The lightning of Bracky wasn't only to intrude.
There was someone that awoke with his lightning!
He stood up.
And grabbed Mjolnir once again.
He roared with the thunder and like the thunder!
"Ny-x-!"
Nyx flinched at the yell that was like thunder. It was only for a moment but she still did that and the God of thunder didn't miss that moment.
The strongest battle God of Asgard, Thor, charged forward. He had already been defeated once but he didn't care about that.
Because a warrior of Valhalla was one that knew no fear and could face against any strong opponent.
Thor's method was the same as the master of Asgard!
Mjolnir hit Nyx. No, it hit an invisible wall she raised in a hurry.
The wall crumbled. Nyx cursed out and made dozens of layers of walls at the same time. The light of Tae Ho was still flashing at this moment so anxiety showed in the gesture of her hands.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Thor continued to swing Mjolnir. Not even Mjolnir, that was made with Unts, was able to endure the overwhelming shock of the clash and cracks began to form for the first time it was made but Thor still didn't care about that.
This was the moment. This was the important part. Even if Mjolnir got completely destroyed after this day, he had to protect this moment.
"Die! Submit!"
Nyx ordered and the power of the world covered Thor. She tried to make the God of Thunder, that didn't know what giving up was, kneel down.
But Thor endured it. Bracky and Siri made his will burn after they managed to endure the attack. The small strength they sent him supported him.
Thor laughed. He laughed refreshingly in front of the overwhelming despair and didn't stop.
He knew it.
That he wasn't the only that wasn't giving up.
That there was someone that did know what fear was compared to him and was still facing against her.
The real one that didn't know what giving up was, was with him in this place!
Odin stood up.
As the light of the sun was pushing away the night, and the Gods of Thunder called him.
Odin spread his arms and prepared a strong magic once again.
Nyx saw that. She felt annoyed and anxious at the fact that there were many beings obstructing her from reaching Tae Ho and released her strength. She told him once again that such things like magic was meaningless against someone that could wield the power of the world like she had already proved before.
The magic of Odin scattered in an instant.
And that was like Odin had expected.
One breath.
That was the time Nyx had to spend to dispel the magic even though she possessed absolute strength.
She had to perform an action.
That was all. That was enough.
Because Odin was the God of war. He was the God of cunning trickery along with Loki.
When Nyx's power tore the magic of Odin, Odin threw what he was holding. He was known as being a wise magician but he was a warrior before being a magician. The attack he executed when Nyx was performing that action was fast and precise.
And that wasn't seen properly in Nyx's eyes.
This was also as Odin had expected.
The God killer spear Mistilteinn.
The branch of a mistletoe.
The divine object that killed the ancient Gods of Asgard.
The first God killer weapon the fathers of Odin made to kill them.
The moment Nyx sensed Mistilteinn was when the spear had already stabbed her chest. She opened her eyes widely and vomited blood. She panted at the silver spear that was devouring Zeus' body at a fast rate.
Nyx staggered back and Thor swung Mjolnir. Odin breathed roughly and grabbed another spear.
And Nyx pulled out Mistilteinn. She screamed under the great pain and released an overwhelming strength while containing all of her rage.
Pure rage covered Thor and Odin. It made the two Gods, that didn't know what giving up was, kneel down.
The power of Erebos and Tartarus twined round Nyx again and the same went for the power of the other primeval Gods.
Nyx vomited blood. She trembled in pain and rage and glared at Tae Ho. She charged towards the God of sun that tried to end the night.
Tae Ho stood up against her. He swung the Sword of the round table that was tearing apart the sky and blocked the Astrape of Nyx.
The world turned silent once again and Nyx became happy. She regained stability in her mind because of the clear difference of power that existed.
She would press him down like this and recover the night. She would make the power of the World God eternal.
It turned like she thought. Tae Ho got pushed back. The darkness started to corrode the power of the sun.
But Nyx couldn't smile.
It was because the will to fight didn't disappear from Tae Ho's eyes. It was different from Thor. His eyes weren't ones that he fought without knowing fear and in a blind way.
Odin.
That was it. He was the same from Odin. His eyes were from someone that knew fear but still stood against it like he had a card prepared.
How?
Because of what?
The moment bewilderment and doubt appeared in Nyx's eyes.
Tae Ho swung the Sword of the round table with strength and parried Astrape. He took one step and roared.
That yell.
What Tae Ho called.
The one being awakened due to that.
The one that reacted and opened his eyes.
Nyx let out a painful scream.
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Hera trembled. Silver tears flowed down endlessly from her blue eyes that were the most beautiful in Olympus.
Hera had been wrong.
The foolish one and the one that didn't know anything wasn't Athena but Hera herself.
Right, there was no way he would disappear like this.
He had defeated countless challenges and protected his seat.
Hera opened her mouth. She squeezed out her voice and called out his name.
He called the name of her love.
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Athena roared. She raised her sword and yelled. She felt joy at the fact that her belief hadn't been wrong.
Demeter smiled and Hephaestus yelled with strength.
He must be resisting.
He must be confronting the voice.
They weren't wrong. Their belief didn't turn in vain.
And right at this moment, when the power of the sun weakened and a crack in the connection between the ancient Gods was formed.
The master of Asgard and Erin called his name.
He summoned the king of Gods that protected his will inside the deep darkness.
"Zeus!"
At that yell, at his call.
The master of Olympus answered.
< Episode 63 - Myth of a hero (1) > End
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