Shock and awe

Shock and awe

(3rd person POV Denatus chamber)

Many gods look at Hestia hoping that she could spare some insight on the mysterious item.

The small goddess shakes her head "All he told me was that it was a surprise that he whipped up for this." she said honestly and helplessly.

"Oh and the Apollo familia has spotted the approaching Hestia familia and began setting up defensive and offensive lines to defend the fort!" Hermes commentated excitedly.

The gods watched with bated breath to see how the Hestia familia would deal with this situation. The were surprised when they stopped so far from the fort and even more so when Alex started unwrapping the thing he was holding.

"A staff?"

"What material is that?"

"So pretty!"

"I want one!"

"Me too!"

The gods chattered excitedly at the staff that gleamed under the sun within Alex's hand. They watched him raise the staff curiously but that rapidly turned into shock and awe at what happened next.

"Before creation comes destruction!" Alex's voice rang out clear and firm from the mirrors.

Then the black fire erupted from the staff making the gods and mortals alike watching this play out gasp in shock, awe or in a few cases, horror.

"He looks so handsome!~"

"Such power!"

"A devastating blow to the Apollo familia by Alexander Drake!" Hermes commentated while the gods collective reacted.

"Look! The staff is crumbling!" a god pointed out and indeed they all saw the staff crumble to dust and blow away in the wind.

"So that's how he did it, clever!" Hephaestus exclaimed in admiration.

"He traded endurance for power, a risky strategy but one that has certainly worked in this case. That power was nothing to scoff at." Loki commented seriously.

"The cost must be much higher than just that though look he seems to be on the verge of collapse!" another god called attention to Alex's wretched state.

"Attack him! Kill him! Do something damnit!" Apollo raged at the mirror as he saw his familia frozen in fear and shock as alex rapidly started to recover.

After that they watched excitedly as the Hestia familia fought their way through the remaining members of the Apollo familia. They watched as Lil was taken down and how Bell and alex were like unstoppable juggernauts. They watched Alex seemingly regenerate from the sneak attack the captain of the Apollo familia hit him with. They saw Alex extend an invitation to one of the Apollo familia members that was protecting their friend. And finally they watched Bell fight against that same captain while alex sat nearby and relaxed.-

"Ladies and gentlemen that's it! In a shocking upset the Hestia familia is the winner of the war game!" Hermes called out from the mirrors and with a snap of his fingers ended the broadcast.

"Hestia please be reasonable! I'm sure we can come to some sort of arrangement?" Apollo threw away all pride and begged Hestia for mercy but she scoffed.

"You agreed to these terms so it is only natural you should be prepared to pay them. You brought this on yourself." she said firmly.

It took two days for all of the Apollo familia's members to be stripped of his falna and all of his familia's assets to be legally passed over to Hestia. It was an event that stirred the whole of Orario as none had thought the Hestia familia capable of winning and in such a decisive manner no less!-

The Apollo familia might not be a first rate familia but they were ranked way higher than the Hestia familia. This was something the guild changed after this victory as the Hestia family was now a third rate familia even while only having three members. It was a matter of quality over quantity for the guild and this meant that the familia was going to start performing quests for the guild for the records. Stuff like full expeditions as far as possible, resource collection quests and stuff like that.