Chapter 34: Ultimate Chaos
There is an imposter among us.
-Hypnos to Primordials and Archangels.
Mars, the red planet, had gone completely dark as a storm of darkness swept through its thin atmosphere, blanketing the planet in a hail of shadows. In the midst of it all, the God of the Dead and the Titan of Endurance clashed, fully revealing their divine forms.
Their battle raged on, tearing the surface of Mars apart, but neither gained an advantage over the other-they only stopped for a brief moment when Krios ironically fell under the might of the stars, but even that despairing news didn't deter Altas, who returned to punching Hades unceremoniously around Mars, his heart solely focused on victory.
Altas, like Hades, had grown exponentially stronger in the previous year, to the point where his raw power could affect immaterial things like darkness and shadows, negating most of Hades' advantages. He was literally like an impassable mountain that could never be surpassed, which would be appropriate words given that he was the Titan of Endurance.
"You children never learn! You have no chance in Tartarus of defeating me. It's time for me to crush your silly dreams." The Titan of Endurance declared, plunging his hand into the dusty ground, unleashing all of his might deep beneath the surface of Mars, and immediately, cracks began to spread from the impact point to the entire red planet, and inactive volcanoes erupted in a massive inferno, illuminating all of darkness in brilliant light as the surging power of the Titan of Endurance finally impacted the core.
And Mars began to rupture, its lands collapsing on themselves like dominoes, and Altas separated and teleported himself around the collapsing planet in a fraction of a second, clutching many of the largest shattering dominoes-each the size of British islands-and hurling it all towards Hades with a great roar.Ne/w novel chapters are p/u/blished on no/vel(/bin(.)c/o/m
ROAR!
Endless isles fell from all directions through the splitting dark clouds, tongues of flame splashing across their cracked surface, surrounding the God of Darkness. Atlas also kept his sole focus on Hades; if he chose to shadow-teleport away like a coward, he prepared himself to thwart the foolish kid all the way to the collapsing core of Mars, destroying both him and Mars.
However, before Hades could even respond, a swarm of scarlet slashes appeared out of nowhere, hacking the endless isles, which crumbled into scarlet ashes and fell into the collapsing planet like bloody rain.
Under their startled gaze, a divine woman appeared in the catastrophic sky. She had two enormous butterfly wings, and her wooded hand held a scarlet scythe that gleamed with scant power, telling them the obvious truth.
"Demeter." Hades blinked.
"Brother," Demeter said, teleporting herself in front of her brother. "I'm sorry," she said sincerely. "I am so-"
"Although I appreciate it," Hades hastily said, looking behind her. "But now really isn't the time."
Altas teleported in front of them, his eyes narrowing in rage at Demeter. "You actually broke the agreement."
"Oh, please," Demeter said as she turned to face Altas. "Not this again," she said dismissively, waving her hand. "Are all Titans so oblivious to the existence of loopholes?"
"You will pay!" Altas bellowed and punched at Demeter, who merely smiled exasperatedly at the foolishness of the Titan of Endurance.
"Sister-" Hades instinctively moved in front of his sister, attempting to protect her.
Suddenly, Demeter's smile froze. "No," she said, finally noticing something wrong with this situation.
But it was too late: a black scythe symbol blazed on the Altas chiton, emitting an eternal aura of time:
Everything on a rupturing Mars froze instantly, from erupting volcanoes to crumbling mountains, from the collapsing core to the fragmenting surface-even the gods themselves were bound by chains of Time.
Only Atlas was exempt from chains; his plan worked-he knew he should have no chance against the scarlet Demeter, and so he didn't hesitate to activate the time mark.
Yes, the Titanesses intended to draw power from the cosmic concept of nothingness itself to destroy all of the thrones at once; even the Titan King's near-indestructible throne shouldn't be able to withstand this attack.
The magic of Hecate served as the foundation, the words of Mnemosyne acted as the pillar, and the order of Themis performed as the framework-all working together with the same intent of annihilation-which served as a cosmic anchor, drawing power from nothingness itself. Everything finally came together to reveal what appeared to be a rune.
A rune that represented "Oblivion."
A collective sigh echoed through the royal room, as Hecate, Mnesmosyne, and Themis gripped their weapons even harder, their eyes brighter in anticipation of seeing their creation
come to life.
But as the saying goes, the gods make plans, and the creator laughs:
Hecate suddenly felt a tinge in the wards she had placed around the throne room-someone was teleporting here, destroying some of her protective wards through the power of time- but she didn't dare panic at the news. Instead, she took a risk and diverted some of her
attention to Hera, who seemed to have already noticed the impending intrusion and was already preparing to deal with it, and so she sighed inwardly, returning her focus to the rune. The Goddess of Stars floated to the left side of the Titanesses, her power-filled hand pointing up at the shimmering space, and out of it fell Altas, Hades, Demeter, Hyperion, Helios, and Demeter-all of them in their divine forms-causing chaos with their mere descent, especially the Goddess of Harvest.
Even though Hera was taken aback by them, that didn't slow down her actions at all-she readily unleashed some of her cosmic power on them, which immediately formed a barrier around them, containing their chaos. But she was forced to keep sending an influx of power to maintain the cosmic barrier since Demeter was actually destabilizing it with her crimson
power.
Meanwhile, Hecate, Mnesmosyne, and Themis focused all of their attention on the rune in
order to finally activate it.
But then, seemingly from nowhere, Kronos and Zeus appeared, tangled together, their ichor spilling and burning through space, descending towards Earth.
Hera immediately jerked her other hand toward her brother and father, releasing another surge of power there to form a second barrier around her father and brother, but it couldn't
hold them in, breaking apart into pieces as they burst out, unleashing a wave of raw cosmic power on the throne chamber.
"No!" Mnesmosyne cried out as the wave shattered their formation and sent them flying backwards to Hera; their weapons dashed out of their hands.
The rune of oblivion quickly shattered into fragments, all of its power returning to its source
rather than firing outward wildly and destroying the solar system and beyond, owing to a
failsafe mechanism Hecate had set just in case.
"Someone stop them!" Demeter hollered, finally free from the constraints of time. She was punching away Altas and Hyperion, who had audaciously tried to push her onto the starry barrier in an attempt to hasten its collapse. "Earth won't bear their descent!"
But it was too late: Hera had only enough time to erect another barrier to protect all of her kin
and allies before the Titan King and God of Lightning collided with cataclysmic momentum on the ground.
There was a flash of light that seemed to consume everything, followed by a ruinous roar. And the world all around them immediately ruptured on itself.
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