Chapter 114 - 114- King's Orders

"My king please reconsider. This would be a very foolish idea. I know they hurt you. I know that they tried to humiliate us but how would we cover this up?" Ea asked him with a worried expression.

He had made a grave mistake when he informed him about the situation. He had to obey now to his selfish request if he didn't do something to change his mind. Allias would probably start something they wouldn't be able to end so easily.

"Ea. I do not need you advices. Just go and kill him. Tell Ares to make the body disappear and inform the rest of the council members he had to go back to his people. Then dump the body along the way and pretend someone murdered him because they wanted to rob him." Allias laid out a plan for him on the spot and the elf sighed. He pinched the top of his nose and closed his eyes, thinking how good of a plan this was. It wasn't but as it seemed he had no other choice.

"Just go Ea" Mark said. "He will not rest or lie down if you don't. I am sure he knows what he's saying."

"Do you have any idea in what this could result to? We are already weak enough as it is. We have zero allies this could start another war." The boy said desperately and paced around the room. He was trying to bombard him with facts, warn him about his decision but Allias didn't seem to care. His mind was fixed on something Ea could not understand.

"Hara is a dangerous to us" he stated and Ea looked at him confused.

"Aren't all of these people dangerous to you?" Mark asked, trying to understand and voicing Ea's question.

"Hara does not have a free will. He thinks with his dick and that means he would do anything Achlys asks him of. The others have boundaries and think for themselves but he get easily manipulated because he is weak. I do not need such a disposable piece that Achlys could use at any minute on the table. This is a good chance for us. Send people to discretely guard the other members' rooms. Make sure they do not get out and in the meantime get rid of that troll. Are my intentions clear enough now? I am sure. She is planning to use him against us during the announcement about the hunters. She is smart." Allias explained.

He didn't have to hear it from the troll representative. Allias already smart enough to see through such petty tricks. He had been facing them all his life. Fake alliances and hallow smiles. He knew all about them and he could see clearly in Achlys terrifying eyes how disposable were to her the people around her. If he could do something different and spare the troll he probably would but adding to the fact that he was bedridden again in such a short time because he hit him with a poisonous plank he took his decision with much more ease then usual.

"I understand. I will notify Theseus." Ea finally gave in and disappeared.

Once he entered the throne room he could immediately sense the disarrey and murderous aura. The two gods and Theseus had surrounded the troll man, who was now lying on the ground, his blood creating pools around him and Ea sighed. Of course he would have to clean that. Again. He looked at the floor disgusted and walked towards them hearing the sound of his boots and Hara's huffs of pain.

"Can you please not step on his blood? You will spread the blood and it will be harder to clean" he commented once he saw that Dionysus' right foot was stepping on one of those small pools. The handsome god looked down and frowned before he took a step back.

"Sorry about that." He said and he shook his leg like a wet dog.

"He said not to spread it." Suijin commented.

"Yeah but it's disgusting."

"He said not to..."

"Okay, okay I get it. I am sorry little elf." Dionysus said with a smile but Ea had already moved on and was trying to get Theseus attention. They still hadn't talked normally after what he did and they never really mended what had been spoiled. Ea really wanted to find some time and apologize but so much had been happening that every time something would get in the way. At the same time he was scared that his master would reject him. He wanted to apologize but the thought of Theseus not accepting it was unbearable. He was like a father to him.

"I have an order from the king." Ea said.

"What is it?" Theseus asked still crouched as he held Hara down, Suijin's foot on his neck.

"He says to kill him but please try and make him reconsider. It will be a very big problem if we get found out."

"What exactly was his order?" Theseus said and hit Hara in the stomach. The troll had started to fight, wanting to get away once he heard the word kill. He tried to scream but all he did was hurt himself more since the moment the water god sensed that he was intending to do anything suspicious he would step on his harder.

"I have placed guards around the council members rooms. He said to kill him and notify the others that he had to go to his tribe because of an urgent matter. He then, said to dump his body on the road back and make it look like a robbery but listen to me....this is not a good idea. If we even let the slightest suspicion. If even the idea goes through Achlys' mind that we killed him we will be in trouble." Ea tried to reason with him. He hoped that maybe Theseus would understand that diplomatically this situation would only bring too much trouble. Too many people knew about this situation. The God had appeared as friends now but no one knew what tomorrow would bring. They were risking too much.

"So Allias wants me to kill him?" Theseus asked one more time as if he wanted to confirm the orders. Ea sighed and nodded.

"Yeah but...You killed him!" He shouted in shock with how easily Theseus simply called his shadows. One of them turned sharp as a knife and pierced skillfully his chest, going right through his heart. "My lord!" Ea shouted, as he felt that he was probably speaking in another language. Theseus had just killed the troll without a second though because Allias had ordered it and he didn't seem to really care about it.

"What?" Theseus asked as he stood up and wiped his hands. He hadn't even touched that guy who now had a big slit on his chest. His eyes were wide filled with horror and his mouth was agap, probably because he was trying to ask for help. His green skin had gotten paler and the blood slowly but steadily escaped his wound and trickled down, damping his clothes and painting the tiles.

"This is going to be a disaster." Ea said and scratched the back of his head looking at the horrid scene. Dionysus laughed and turned to Theseus, patting his shoulder

"He was annoying."

"Tell me about it" the general agreed. "Ea you know what to do. Have someone write a magical letter or something to Achlys about how sorry he is to leave. Keep it short and try to mimic his stupidity. Ares will take his body at the Snowdrop mountain and leave it there. That's the path that usually leads to the Troll swamp." Theseus commanded them and Ea even though he was obviously unwilling to he left to begin preparing. Time was of the essence and he needed to do a perfect job.

"How bout we leave too?" Dionysus asked his companion and the man nodded. "We will be going to our room."

"Dionysus..."

"Do not worry. No one will know from us. It was kind of fun actually. But you know just to seal the deal how about you give me a few bottles of that nice wine to take back with me to Japan?" He asked him.

"Japan? Aren't you..."

"I am taking a slight detour on my way home. Who know for how long? I guess...until you're bored with me?" The God said looking at Suijin with a bright smile but the god ignored him and left the throne room.

"Thank you" Theseus said and and the man brushed him off.

"Don't worry about it. I am sure we will meet again soon anyways. We will leave tonight." He informed him and followed the water god with a slight sprint. "Why would you leave me?" He asked him with an adorable pout.

"I never told you , you could come with me" Suijin said.

"So should I just go back to Greece?" Dionysus asked.

"I didn't say that either"

"Then what..."

"I guess this is it then for them. I hope they get rid of Achlys soon." Suijin said and Dionysus shook his head.

"Oh, honey. It's far from over. I wish so could stay and see what will happen."