'Girls! Are you alright? I felt your hearts drop!'
When Ayaana suddenly heard Bekka's voice in their head, they temporarily stopped focusing on the large newcomer who had just arrived in the underworld.
'We're fine, you don't need to worry about us. We just didn't get the place closed off in time and some big bitch got through. It's no big deal though.' They dismissed.
'R-Really? Are you sure you don't need my help? I can come to you right now if-'
'Bekka, we are fine. Please just stay with our husband and get pregnant.'
'D-Don't say it like that!'
Ayaana chuckled to herself rather cutely and surprised everyone in the vicinity.
Especially Ms. Titan.
"You dare find humor in the presence of one of the twelve masters of the universe? For your discourtesy I will personally-"
Ayaana moved like a blur to appear in front of her unwelcome adversary.
Her fist sailed into the titan's exposed stomach with the power and speed of a rocket ship.
She doubled over in clear surprise and ended up at eye level with Ayaana.
The empress wasted no time in jamming her fingers right into the eyes of the titaness; eliciting a rather unsightly scream.
"Aunt Themis!" Hades tried to run to the defense of his newly blinded family member.
A nightmarish black bident appeared within his grasp and he lunged at Ayaana from behind.
He came no closer than five feet to her before his weapon was knocked aside by a force he did not see coming.
The culprit was the same soldier in armor from before who had fired the arrow at him.
Judging by their diminutive frame, they were clearly a young boy who had yet to even come out on the other side of puberty.
But he was incredibly strong regardless.
"I can't believe the Black Dragon would employ children in his army and lecture us gods on righteousness... How old are you, boy?"
Hades soon felt a sense of danger the likes of which he had only rarely experienced.
A horrifically cold sensation began to leave the body of the young 'man' in front of him that was so egregious that even Hades' hands turned black.
It wasn't until his adversary spoke that he realized his mistake.
"I. Am. A. GIRL!!!!!!"
A tidal wave of ice and frost left Mira's flat chested body and whipped up into an impossibly thick snowstorm.
Though that was not nearly as impressive as watching every stretch of land in the underworld freeze over as if it were simple pond water.
Ayaana had mixed feelings about this sight because while they were proud of their daughter's growth, Nyx did urge them on the use of restraint beforehand.
Valerie: 'We'll just let her feel up our husband a bit so she won't scold us.'
Unsurprisingly, the girls nodded as if that were a fair consensus.
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Abaddon, nor his adversaries seemed to be in much of a talking mood.
His three eyes looked past them drifted towards the structure that his enemies were guarding so fervently.
An absolutely enormous pair of double doors was bound tightly with thick metal chains aglow with magic.
Bekka felt her heart clench at the sight of what was to be her child locked up like a common criminal. She was sure that it had to be uncomfortable for him.
Bekka forgot about everything she considered unnecessary and flew towards the gates of Tartarus at breakneck speed.
She didn't get very far before Atlas jumped into the air to block her path.
He cocked his mighty fist back like a machine gun and threw out a devastating punch.
Abaddon appeared in front of Bekka and caught the blow with only one hand.
Though he stopped the attack easily, Abaddon was quite surprised by the strength carried in the blow itself.
Atlas may very well have been as strong as Hajun.
But what else was to be expected from the titan who held up the mortal world?
Abaddon swiftly chopped the hulking titan in the side of the neck and knocked him away like a fly.
Even though the titan was smashed into the ground in a rather humiliating fashion, he was still able to get back up rather quickly.
This surprised Abaddon again, as he was sure he used enough strength to atleast break his neck.
'It would seem he is tougher than I thought... How fun.' Abaddon could certainly see why Atlas was chosen to guard the gates despite not being one of the twelve.
"Open up a path."
With but a single order from Abaddon, the Euphrates sprung into action.
Kanami as always lead the charge from the back of her beast and let out a harrowing warcry.
She drew her weapon; an impossibly large greatsword that dwarfed even her brother in height.
Ordinarily she would have wielded her weapon like a lance and simply run through her enemy, but after watching Atlas' short interactions with her brother, she knew her approach would need adjustments.
With a flick of her reigns, she spurred her locust on and circled the hulking Atlas.
She swung her sword with one hand as if it were as light as a feather; taking aim at Atlas' legs, tendons, and ligaments.
His skin may have been tough, but Kanami's weapon made from her brother's scales was able to cut through it easily and draw a concerning amount of blood.
Eventually, Atlas became frustrated when he could not touch Kanami.
He raised both fists and let out a defiant roar and struck the ground at his feet.
An explosion rocked the cavern floor as a powerful shockwave rippled out.
Kanami was displaced from her assault and temporarily went airborne.
Atlas performed a surprisingly impressive show of speed and lunged for Kanami with both arms outstretched.
But since he could not fully reach her, he settled for wrapping his meaty hands around the neck of her locust and squeezing with all of his might.
A sad cracking sound filled the air; and watery tears dotted Kanami's beautiful face.
"Noo!!"