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Chapter 42: Chapter 42 Myths and Heroes

"The next person to cross this line, will hand over their head".

The battlefield grew eerily still as Gray's figure eyed the approaching members of the Church of Areopagus. These were just the metahuman fodder that made up the majority of Ares' army. The real enemies were the other demigods as well as Ares himself.

Seeing that Hippolyta was about to be killed by the sniper on one of the landing crafts, Gray had to intervene. The Queen of the Amazons was both a figure of power and respect amongst the other women on the island. If she fell here today, the repercussions would be huge in the long run.

Trying to get the Amazons to help with his "Akashic Academy" would fail, and he wouldn't have a greater level of respect amongst all the Amazons.

Especially Wonder Woman.

His eyes darted to the beautiful woman standing just several feet away from him. She wasn't wearing the armor that Gray wad familiar with, but rather just a swimsuit looking outfit which covered her chest, torso and abdomen. Her divine vanbraces were on each wrist and her indestructible golden glowing lasso on her waist.

Even with her physique marred with sand, blood and dirt, her beauty couldn't be hidden from anyone. Her piercing blue eyes, so much similar to Cassie's met Gray's golden-amber eyes, before the former nodded, standing side-by-side with the ancient Greek Hero.

"I take it that for now you are not my enemy?".

Rider and Shielder all spoke less than honorable things about the most beautiful woman in the world. Archer was a little bit more honorable, as she was technically her half-sister. The most famous Greek Hero still eyed Diana's body, and nodded inwardly at the red, gold, blue with white stars outfit.

Gray ignored their words but nodded, focusing on the hundreds of metahumans in front of them.

How Ares managed to create or even gather so many super-powered men and women was beyond even Diana who was much more familiar with the process of creating metahumans. The promise of beautiful women was enticing, but she knew that not all men were swayed by beauty alone.

She sent a side-wards glance to the tall handsome man standing next to her, and raised an eyebrow as a familiar looking pelt appeared in his hands, looking more than slightly surprised as he threw it towards her.

"This is the Pelt of the Nemean Lion. It may not be able to block attacks from those fake Noble Phantasms, but any other weapon will bounce straight off it. Including bullets".

Diana was a little taken back at the pelt of the legendary beast that her half-brother slayed. Heracles was the most famous Greek Hero, even more so than her. His legend survived over two thousand years, even after the age of antiquity ended and his Twelve Labors were feats that were near impossible, yet he manged to complete them.

Wrapping the pelt around her upper body, her Divinity grew more controllable, and felt a rush of power course through her veins. Diana wanted to turn and say something to Rider, but saw that he had three more objects in his hands.

One ancient looking rattle; One bottle with ancient Greek lettering covering it; and a Divine Sash that caused her mother to shout out.

"How do you have that! That belonged to me thousands of years ago! It was taken from me when he came to- You can't be!".

She saw Rider throw the Divine Sash towards her mother and saw the Queen of the Amazons readily take the ancient looking Divine Sash, putting on and feeling her Divinity strengthen to levels that Diana had never even see her mother reach before.

Rider ignored Hippolyta's words and shook the ancient looking rattle in his left hand and poured the contents of the bottle onto the sandy beaches in front of him. The contents sinking deep into the ground, leaving no trace of ever being present in the first place.

There was no outward change to the environment, nor to the demeanor of the mysterious figure in front of them, so one of the metahumans, a relatively good-looking man with a lascivious smirk on his face summoned a massive ice spear above his head, and aimed it at Gray's body.

"I don't know who you are, but you'll regret messing with us!".

With a speed close to the sound barrier, the man threw the massive ice spear forward, shooting toward Gray's body with a high-pitched whistle. His golden-amber eyes remained unmoved, before a massive black paw exploded out of the ground, blocking the ice spear with absolute ease.

Diana took several steps back as the earth beneath her shook with a violent force, leaping back to where her mother was currently standing as a massive bestial figure exploded out of the sand beneath them.

The Divinity within Hippolyta and Diana resonated with the massive beast in front of them as their eyes widened in shock and familiarity.

"T-thats Cerberus! The guard god of the Underworld!".

The massive elephant sized beast reared its three huge heads, a thick poisonous drool dripping out of its teeth as it let out a roar that shook the very foundations of Themiscyra itself. The air around rippled with a primordial energy. The Blessing of Hades were not as strong as it normally was, considering it was summoned by Gray, but a thick deathly power gathered at its razor sharp claws.

Gray placed a hand on the Divine Beasts leg before gesturing to everyone in front of it.

"Let loose".

The three pairs of eyes of the Divine Beast glimmered with a hidden intelligence before leaping straight into the approaching members of the Church of Areopagus, tearing into a ten foot tall man with all three mouths, flesh, blood and bone exploding out everywhere, sending looks of fear to go through the surrounding Church members.

The Divine Beast of the Underworld swiped its claws out at the escaping members beside it, cutting them up into evenly placed pieces of flesh, before disintegrating into a thick black paste turning the white sands of Themiscyra black with deathly power.

One of the other members of the Church of Areopagus, one with super speed that allowed them to run at the speed of a bullet without the Speed Force tried to run away from the three headed canine, but found the shadow of a large bird cast over him, and the sensation of a drill hitting the back of his head before slowly falling into an unbreakable sleep.....

The eyes of the Amazons widened as over a dozen large birds, big enough for them to ride came flying down through the clouds above the island. Their beaks shone in the bright sun, a shiny bronze that resembled metal as they flew down to where the Amazons were hiding.

Gray's voice echoed throughout the battlefield. He was standing on the back of the Cerberus now with a large ancient looking bow instead of a spear. Every arrow that Rider released from his bow let out a loud sonic boom as the target he hit exploded into a bloody mist.

"Tell your Amazons to get on the the Stymphalian Birds. They won't attack them. I give you my word".

Hippolyta shared a look with her daughter, and the latter gave Rider a narrowed gaze but nodded. The Queen of the Amazons, now cloaked in the War God's Sash, commanded her people with a newfound vigor.

"Mount the Stymphalian Birds! Use your arrows to snipe them from afar! Do not worry about taken evasive actions, the birds will do them for you!".

The Amazons, despite their distrust for the man mounting the Cerberus followed their Queens orders and took to the skies, upon the backs of the legendary birds.

The Queen and Prodigal Princess of the Amazons gave each other a look before charging into the battlefield once more. Before Rider showed up the situation was dire and Hippolyta was nearly killed. After he showed up, two artifacts that belonged to the Amazons had shown up and two legendary beasts from the Twelve Labors had come and assisted them in their battle.

Diana knew that this Rider was most likely the reincarnation of Achilles but the appearance of these Noble Phantasms caused her brow to frown as he gazed at the enigma of a man fighting beside her.

"Rider.... Just what are you?"


Chapter 43: Chapter 43 Demigod vs Demigod

Gray examined the battlefield from the top of Cerberus who was currently tearing his way through the battlefield. The long stretch of beach was the easiest place for the Church of Areopagus to land, and when Gray arrived, he saw no other landing parties try to sneak in through the other small coves of the island.

He let an influx of oxygen come into his lungs through his nose. The scent of blood was strong, yet the underlying smell of Divinity grew stronger and stronger by the minute.

Ares and his other children were approaching....

Leaping off the back of the Divine Beast of the Underworld, Gray let go of the legendary bow that slayed the Lernaean Hydra and a green tipped spear replaced it.

Gray's skill with the spear was heads and above any other weapon in his arsenal. Saber didn't use a normal sword, and he didn't use Archer as often as Lancer or Rider as the most famous Greek Heroes strength was far exceeding most other Servants. Perhaps only Saver or Gunner could beat him.

The closest metahuman, one that could secrete acid from any orifice on his body tried to spit a large blob of acid towards Gray, but found that despite it's potency, it could not break through Gray's armor, or even his curse of immortality, [Andreias Amarantos: Amaranth of the Brave].

With a flourish of his spear the man was bisected in a perfectly straight line from the top of his head to his pelvis, not leaving even the slightest traces of blood on the legendary spear.

He let out another deep breath and spoke,

"Install Alter Ego".

With a flash of bright light the Gray's silver colored armor with Greek lettering and runes vanished, and he was covered in a light black and gold leather armor. The spear which killed Hippolyta's sister, Penthesilea vanished and the cool, black, katana, Rengoku took its place. A thick, long red scarf wrapped itself around his neck.

His eyes turned a silvery-white and his hair and pure white. Gray's stance shifted into one that resembled a Iaido quick-draw style before his figure vanished in its entirety.

Diana and Hippolyta saw Gray's green hair and golden-amber eyes change to its current state and their eyes widened as hid figure disappeared, turning their gazes towards opposite ends of the beach, seeing countless blood spurts explode out of the necks of the metahumans.

These two were the only ones able to even catch a glimpse of Gray's speed. Diana knew that this wasn't an augmented speed through the use of the Speed Force but a purely physical technique. One that transcended any form of instant-movement she had ever seen.

Gray let out a loud exhale as he sheathed Rengoku getting ready for another "Furthest Earth".

Alter Ego, or Okita Souji Alter, was a different aspect to the original Okita Souji. A version of her that had joined the Counter Force, the army of Alaya that protected humanity from destroying itself. In joining the Counter Force, she had been cleansed of her "consumption" and reached the peak potential that she could've reached, if given the chance to live her life to the fullest.

This instant movement technique, "Furthest Earth" was an example of that. It was the ultimate stepping technique which enables perfect movement throughout any space.

Even with the memories of Majin Saber, perfecting this type of technique was more difficult than just gaining her experience and feelings. It took training and practice to accomplish such a technique, which Gray had managed to complete in the days leading up to this fight.

He couldn't reach the same level of proficiency as the original just yet, but instantly moving ten meters using the technique, completing it in rapid succession so it looked as though he moved a hundred meters in an instant was no problem. A slight feeling of accomplishment caused Gray's normally expressionless face to smile slightly, as a wind-controlling metahuman had their heart pierced by the massive black katana.

Gray pulled out several talismans out from the gap in between his armor and threw it at the piles of bodies growing on the beach. The moment the talismans touched the deceased bodies, they exploded with a bright colored blue flame. Turning the corpses into cinders in a matter of seconds.

The talismans he had created using Caster and the Jewelcraft that had been taught to him by Lancer came in handy during this massive skirmish. Being able to put in enough od to push these jewels to their breaking point and through them into massive pockets of enemies without having to worry about casualties on his side brought a smile to the Pseudo-Servant's face.

A loud voice echoed throughout the battlefield.

"Hmph! I knew these metahumans would just be fodder for us demigods, but who knew they were so useless!".

Diana, Hippolyta and Gray all turned towards a large wooden boat similar to the Argo from Gray's memories. On the bow of a ship, were five figures, two female and three males. The three males were all possessed a rugged handsomeness while the two girls possessed a supernatural beauty equal to any Amazon on Themiscyra, but not at the same level as Diana or Cassie.

The one standing at the front of the other four looked over at Wonder Woman, licking his lips and his eyes darted all over her curvaceous figure letting out a deep breath and turning towards the Cerberus and Stymphalian Birds in the sky.

"Father didn't say anything about them. The Stymphalian Birds are no problem but the Cerberus could kill us if it got a good enough blow in".

The five men and woman leaped off the Argo-replica and landed on the beach of Themiscyra killing a metahuman that one of them landed on.

Several Amazons shot arrows towards the new demigods but found that all of their arrows were deflected or dodged, some even caught and thrown back towards them but dodged thanks to the Stymphalian Birds evasive actions.

One of the girls, a blonde haired girl with piercing yellow eyes turned to face Gray's figure, whose white hair and silvery-white eyes caused the girl to swoon and she nudged her fellow sister, a tall buxom girl with black hair and yellow eyes as she pointed over at Gray.

"Look sister, look! I didn't know that there were men on Themiscyra! And look how handsome he is! Maybe we can break him in together?!".

A seed of anger was born in Gray's heart as he heard the words of the demigod, turning to face her with narrowed eyes. His actions only seemed to attract more attention from the two demigod females, who started heading towards Gray without a care in the world.

"Oh! Such a hateful look in your eyes! I love it! But I'd love it if those eyes looked hollow and-".

"Install Avenger".

The demigods, as well as Diana and Hippolyta stopped as Gray's body was engulfed in a bright white light, before fading slightly changing both Gray's appearance, and demeanor along with it.

His shoulder-length white hair extended outwards becoming as long as Diana's, reaching the lower ends of his back, returning to its normal raven black color. His silvery-white eyes shifted, and a blood red color replaced it, completely different to Scathach's beautiful crimson irises.

His original attire was replaced by a thick black military uniform. His pants taking on the same color and his boots a blood red metal of unknown origin. A long blood colored cape fluttered behind his back and a thin single shot rifle which looked several hundred years out of date appeared in his hands, aimed straight at the demigod in front of him.

All traces of his Divinity had vanished, and Gray just held the rifle in one hand earning the mockery of the five new demigods.

The girl, the blonde who looked as though she had taken an interest in Gray, turned to Diana with a raised eyebrow.

"This is all the help you could get? A pretty boy whose only weapons are a gun? Don't you know what we are! We're demigods! Sons and daughters of the God of War! A puny little gun could do more damage to that Cerberus than-".

A loud bang echoed throughout the battlefield. All combat between the metahumans belonging to the Church of Areopagus and the Amazons ceased, as a single bullet left the chamber of Gray's gun, zooming through the air at a speed much faster than what it normally should.

The blonde daughter of Ares stopped her words and felt a line trail of liquid fall down her face. Her vision went dark instantly and a bloody flower appeared when her body hit the floor. The image of a bloody peony sprouting on fields of blood came to mind, and the smiling face of Gray caused all with Divinity, even Diana and Hippolyta, to freeze where they stood.

The gun in Gray's hands looked dozens of times more dangerous, and the dangerous smirk marred his handsome face. He clicked his fingers and dozens more guns, exactly the same as the gun in his hand appeared, all aimed at the four remaining children of the God of War.

"I'm really happy that I meet you five. It's not everyday you meet someone you can test and Anti-Divine weapon on now can you?".

The look on his face looked anything but happy.


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