Chapter 20: Chapter 20: It’s a show

  A few kilometers away from Argos,

It has been about an hour since the battle began

"Bang" Serea was sent crashing down violently by Hermes.

The shadow that she had spread all around disappear, bleeding from all over her body she tried to get up but stumble and fell on her knees, looked around she saw that all her allies had been killed, or were defeated and had been restrained by the others gods who had been reduced to about half of their original number.

Limping and a little bloody Hermes walked in front of her "You fought well, but now it's over, you have lost!" He said looking at her

After a deep breath she responded "No, not really."

Hearing that made Hermes laugh a little "are you so desperate that can't even recognize when you are defeat?! That's pathetic Serea, look around you none of the allied that you brought are standing, they are either dead or they have been captured, you're done, admit it."

She looked at him with a little smile and replied "Why don't you, take a better look"

"This one, for example, don't you recognize him," she said pointing at the body of one of the goddesses that had been killed.

Turning his head slightly to get a better look at the body of the woman, but didn't see anything strange when Serea said "Let me help you a little!"

(Dissipation)

At that a layer of shadow appears covering the body of the goddess before vanishing into the ground revealing a completely different person, shocking not only Hermes but everyone else who saw it

"I-It's Jumpey, one of the chief apostles," he said confused

"Correct!" she said mockingly

"...How!?"

"I am not the fighting type, I quite dislike it in fact, you should know it by now, defeat you was never my goal, do you remember why we were sent here, or your anger made you forget it."

While they were talking the same phenomenon occurred with about twenty other corpses laying lifeless on the ground

"Guess where the reals ones are?" she taunted him

"The baby!" At the sudden realization, he turns around in panic he tried to run toward the city, after a few step he stop abruptly feeling a severe pain in his leg when he lower his eyes he saw a dark blade create by his own shadow passing through it.

He looked at her realizing that she didn't display all her abilities during their previous exchange.

"You.. fucking bitch!!" he screams in anger and pain

"Sorry but I can't let you leave here…" while they were talking an explosion followed by a crumbling sound resound from afar, everyone turned toward Argos to see a huge cloud of dust before the barrier that had been put around it crumble like a house of card

"look like they did it," said Serea

With anger in the eyes, Hermes turns around and screams "What are you waiting for, fly back to Argos, find the queen Myrcela and her son before them, or we will have to answer to my father."

Wake up by the voice of Hermes they started to fly toward Argos in panic, but before they could go anywhere the melodious voice of Serea was heard

"You are all so disorganized and unprepared that even I feel a little bad for you,"

(Forest of Shadow)

The shadow of each and everyone of them began to move as if it was alive until it became tangible then a column of shadow shouted out from it tracking their owner.

Some were swallowed without being able to resist but most were able to avoid it, but the attack did not end there, and from the column of shadow different branches appear trying to catch anything moving too close to it.

The gods who were caught or surprised by the shadow questions loudly what it was, some began to retaliate, but an order of Hermes urging them to focus on reaching the city made them focus on evading.

After a few seconds of struggle, the majority was captured by the shadows and swallowed inside them when Serea was done the shadow solidified themselves with their massive trunk and branches spread in every direction like her technique enounced the field was transformed into some kind of giant dark forest.

Only about twenty gods were able to escape

Serea slowly got up and looked at Hermes who had been bounded by his own shadow that tuned into ropes trying to free himself

"I told you in the beginning, that you had no chance, you are not a leader, winning is not always about beating your opponent into submission, all I need to do now is to select some of those who can still fight and make them stall those who escape and victory is mine…." She said nonchalantly

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While she was enjoying her victory she heard someone voice just behind her

"It was impressive, I understand why you were one of the most trusted subordinates of Hera"

Jumping forward to take some distance she turned around to find herself face to face with this god who was holding his chin in one hand and in his other hand the head of someone while looking at them her with great interest

"Who are you?"

"R-Renon!"

Serea asked for his identity

Hermes who recognize the head that the god was holding as one of his messenger friends screamed 

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"My name is Maeron!" he presented himself politely

"What have you done to Renon bastard, how dare you?" asked a mad Hermes at the sight of the severed head of his friend.

Maeron just smile at that before throwing the head of the messenger at their feet "He trying to take Myrcela and his child to Olympus while you both were busy fighting, couldn't let it happen, it would have fucked up all my plans…"

"Your plans," they asked

"Two waves of twenty gods and goddesses weakened they should be able to handle that in their new state, it will make a good demonstration"

He then pointed a finger at them, and under their stupefied eyes a thunder lance shouted toward them

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Kindom of Argos

Twenty goddesses were standing in front of the barrier erected to protect the city by Zeus at their feet were the bodies of about hundred of apostles whom blood was compine to create a pool outside

"How are we going to enter, someone has any idea?" asked one of the goddess to the others

"Yes," responded one of them

Taking out a small orb containing a great and instable energy she said "The queen prepare this orb for this kind of situation, Serea give it to me before we left,"

"Get away, this orb is extremely instable"

once everyone took enough distance she threw it to the barrier,

"Booom" an enormous explosion resounded once the orb touch the barrier, the power of the explosion was so strong that it force every goddesses present to take cover, and after a few seconds when the dust settle down their saw the barrier crumble in front of their eyes.

Seeing that they began to laugh with happiness now all they had to do was to catch Zeus illegitimate son and his mistress send them to Hera and she will have no choice but to keep her promesse, remove the curse that she put on them and even if they knew that they will find themself in a lot of trouble she had swear on her name to take sure that they will not be killed.

What they didn't know is that Hera never had any intention of letting them achieve their goal.

Flying in the sky of the city they were able to see from afar a sight that stunned them all, they saw that all that all the temples in the city had been destroyed

"What the hell happened here?" asked one of them to Elena the leader selected by Serea

"Don't know, don't care, our only goal here is the child, did you find him" she replied sternly

"There!" answer one of them pointing at a crowd in front of the biggest temple of Argus who was also in flame.

"Perfect let's go."

"Swiff, swiff..." all af them flew at great speed to the temple and one by one landed in front of Argus and his men, surrounded by the cytizen of the Kingdom

Observing her surrounding for a few seconds Elena put things in places, the temple burning behind Argus, standing with his warriors who just by looking at their bloody weapons in hands, queen Myrcela restrain with tears in her eyes who clearly show a relieved expression looking at them, the baby on what seem like a sacrificial hotel and the most telling, the pile of corpse of dead priestresses on the ground next to them shown that the situation in the kingdom was due to the King Argus.

'From the setting it would seem that he know everything and they obviously killed all those priestresses, but how? simple humans shouldn't no be able to even injure them, let alone kill so many of them, i need to be careful'

After a while of reflexion where the tension rise Elena politely saluted him before saying "Great king Argus it's a pleasure to make your see you, judging by the decor i can deduce that you know the thruth about those two?" refearing to Myrcela and her child

"And?" he replied

'Please deliver them to us, we will deliver them to Queen Hera from who will judge them, i assure you that you will be satisfied with her punishment and you and your peoples will be spare from the whrath of the king of Olympus, or we will have to forcefully take her." she said releasing her divine power with all her sisters to intimidated them

Smiling without any sign of fear Argus turn to his people "My dear peoples, my friends we are here at a crossroad, i already made my choice but i will let you make yours, you can either leave for a safer place or stick with me until the end," 

Looking at Elena who was frowning he added "But let me show you what we may gain if you choose to fight with me," 

All his men began to move, surrounding the goddesses, who looked at them unimpressed

"You are making a grave mistake king Argus!" 

What they didn't know is that Argus was acting under order of Maeron and Hera, this entire situation was organize to attract the interest, desire and the greed of all the peoples throuhought Greece that they had already contacted the previous days, it was a show to push them to side with Maeron.

All those peoples could see throught the ball that they received what was happening here, from the moment Argus stole the power of son of Zeus for himself, to this point.

"snap" from a rooftof where he could supervise everything Maeron snapped his finger, a barrier appears protecting the civillians of the Kingdom, then the space inside began to grow, in a few seconds it was as big as a football stadium

"Let's began!" said Argus, like in his training he move the aura in his body to his sword, but this time instead of a simple aura, a powerful blue thunder appears.

"kirk..." 

And like in response the same phenomenon appears with each of his warriors.

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