Chapter 88: God-Butcher
A/N: Pat-reon: HelloDarkness07
Just one chapter today, thank you for waiting patiently!
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It was tedious, and almost a little hard. I'd underestimated these buggers, these Black Berserkers.
And that is what they are, Berserkers. Each of them was about as strong as Kali herself was, and she wasn't weak. I might be more than three times stronger than her now, and have the ability to get even stronger than that, but there are literally 200 of these Black Berserkers.
I had my spear, Anugoptr in my hands, spinning around, cutting the heads off the Berserkers one by one. Whenever I would cut a head off, the entire Berserker would turn to black dust, and move towards the closest Berserkers, Making them a little bit stronger.
Even so, I wasn't unharmed, as evidenced by the very slow healing wounds on my back, and chest.
Flying up, I blast them away with a wave of Lightning all around me, I take a breath and observe.
The arms of these Black Berserkers were turned to sharp blades, that even managed to cut through the Vibranium armour I'm wearing. Thank Queen my Dargonite isn't as weak as Vibranium, so my Spear was safe.
There were still about 160 of those Berserkers remaining, and they can even fly. Great.
As I see a few of them start flying towards the palace, I shoot after them, and point my spear at them. From the spear tip, a very thin beam of my Magic shoots out, cutting their heads off, killing them all.
I suddenly duck, letting a big Black Berserker fly over me, and spin Anugoptr, cutting into its chest to a spurt of black blood. The cut heals right in front of my eyes, and the Berserker manages to slash his sword hand once again.
Blocking the strike with my spear, I punch it in the face with such a force, that the entire head blows up, killing it.
"COME ON! IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?!" I yell, slashing at another group of Berserkers.
My wounds were still healing, albeit too slow. That wouldn't have been worrying, if I wasn't currently in a Realm I completely control!
Ten more of the Berserkers crowd me, and as one, three manage to land a punch on my face, throwing me into the ground. I quickly jump up, avoiding getting skewered by the sharp hands of the creatures, and yell, "AAARGHH!"
Almost immediately, a wild force of Lightning exits my body, slamming into everything there and destroying them. For 50 meters, it continues, and keeps destroying every Black Berserker within the limit.
Finally, only about twenty of the creatures remain, and I slam my Spear on the ground. The creatures, which were beginning to run towards the Palace suddenly stop, their bodies bound by the magic of Andalok itself.
I already know that they are mindless. They could have been sentient, once upon a time, but now, they're just mindless Berserkers that do the Biddings of Gorr, the God Butcher.
I whisper, "You can kill them, Manasi. There isn't any information that they can give us."
Manasi, who had appeared through a glowing blue portal of her own, sighs, having found out so quickly, and with a single pull of her bow, fires 10 arrows made up of Cosmic Energy at their heads, killing the Berserkers immediately.
We see the resultant dust fly out towards the entrance of Andalok, and Manasi asks, "You aren't going to tell mother.. right? About me and Vali?"
Sighing, I say, "This is so not the time, Manasi. My advice is, talk with your mother yourself if you're sure. Be warned that Vali is an old God, older than even myself, your mother, and your aunt combined. Don't allow your feelings for him to make you stupid. Make the decisions with a lot of thought behind them."
"You're talking as if I'm going to marry him! I'm not, really! We're just.. experimenting." Manasi yells, with a red face, and says the last part in a soft shameful voice.
Damn, I really don't have time for this.
I put a hand on her shoulder in reassurance, and say, "Listen kid. I won't begrudge you for experimenting, Queen knows I've done a fair share of that, and so has your mother. I'm just warning you to be careful. You're too young to be hooked up, that too to an old guy like Vali. Explore, visit different places, try some variety. You're allowed that. But be careful. It'll break your mother's heart if someone hurt yours. Now, I'd love to continue, but Jormungandr is fighting the one who created and controlled these creatures, and he's alone. So, I have to go."
"Oh, alright. And don't worry, Vali went to help after Narfi came to the Palace."
Nodding at her, I look towards the Palace, and see Narfi sitting in the Throne Room, watching over the map for any stragglers. Scathach was bleeding a little, having probably fought a few Berserkers on her own, and then turn towards the door.
Surprisingly, the protection spells were turned off, and I could clearly see into the room with my Echolocation. Chhaya was on the bed, still with a big womb, while Kali sat beside her, holding her hand in reassurance. Meanwhile, mother was looking right at me.
I ask, "Are you alright?" knowing that she can hear me just as well as I can. Benefits of being the Mother of the Skyfather, I guess.
Nodding, mother says, "We are well, and unharmed. Chhaya is sure to give birth within a quarter hour, so be quick with the enemy, my son."
Smiling, I glance at the woman on the bed, and immediately lose my smile, and tremble out of fear. That's how it looks?! Damn! I'll never underestimate her now. If Chhaya can do that with barely a wince on her face, the she can do anything.
Gulping, I say, "Take care of her.. please."
Mother nods, and waves me away, turning the protection spells on once again. Done reassuring myself, and ignoring the curious looks of Manasi, I turn towards the entrance of Andalok, and teleport away.
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Jormungandr was enjoying himself. Ever since he had become a God of Strength, he had felt an increase in his physical might.
Where before he was an equal to an unworthy Thor, and just a little weaker than a worthy one, now, he was an equal to the worthy Thor.
Unfortunately, there wasn't anything he could test it on.
His King was too strong for even him, while the others were too weak. Well, by others he meant his brothers, and the newest Goddess, Manasi. He wouldn't try and harm the Queens before getting out of probation. He knew his limits, and Theos was way out there.
But this man, was exactly equal to his strength. Except, the enemy was unarmed, while he had his new Warhammer, Leviathan in his hands.
Blocking a punch by the enemy, who was bigger than even him, with his forearm, Jormungandr says, "You're strong, and you aren't even a God! What are you?"
The being scoffs, and faster than a blink, kicks Jormungandr in the chest, sending him flying. Landing on Jormungandr's gut, he snarls, "I am no God! I'm better! I'm the God Butcher!"
Spitting out blood, Jormungandr spins his giant hammer and hits it on the enemy's knee, causing him to lose balance. Flipping upwards, Jormungandr immediately hits the hammer on the God Butcher's face, and sends him flying back towards the mountains.
Taking a short break, Jormungandr points the hammer upwards, and goes flying behind the enemy. However, before he can even rise from the ground, he senses danger, and jumps to the side.
This saves him from being stabbed in the chest by a sword made of some weird moving material, that kept shifting its shape as it stabbed into the ground.
Jormungandr jumps away from the sword, knowing by just a single look that the sword was Bad News.
The enemy, who had been wearing nothing but a small cloak that covered his privates during the fight, was now floating in the air right above the sword. Only now, he was wearing a robe made of the same black material that the sword was made of.
He says, "You dodged that, hmm? And you suddenly think that you have a chance of winning?"
Jormungandr smirks widely, and says, "You're a mortal dependent on a superior weapon. Of course I have a chance of winning. I am a God of Andalok, and there's no way I'm losing a fight to a mortal, let alone one as ugly as you."
Surprisingly enough, that causes the enemy to laugh. He laughs and laughs, and then suddenly has Jormungandr on the ground, the sword through his shoulder.
Shifting the sword in its place, the enemy says, "In my thousands of years of life, I've killed Gods of Strength, War, Nature, Love, and even their Kings. I've destroyed entire civilizations, entire Pantheons, and you, a lone God on a planet full of cavemen, think you have a chance of defeating me, Gorr the God Butcher?! Hah!"
"Who said he's alone?" a mischief filled voice says from behind him, and before he can even turn around, he gets punched at Light speed.
Vali sees the enemy flying away from him, towards the horizon, and turning to a slowly recovering Jormungandr, he asks asks, "Having trouble, brother?"
Jormungandr winces at the wound on his shoulder, which refuses to heal, and says, "You're late."
"A Speed God is never late, brother. He's there exactly when he wants to. Now, what's his problem?" Vali says, and then points towards a flying Gorr, who was fast approaching them.
"No idea." Jormungandr says, shifting the hammer in his off hand. Glancing at the perfect copy of his father, he says, "He's a mortal, that somehow got offended by a God, probably Odin, and found an evil looking sword which empowered him or something like that. He claimed to have massacred entire Pantheons, so be careful."
As if he heard them talking, the God Butcher shouts, "I don't claim.. anything! I've done it, and more! And now, instead of one, I'll get to kill two Gods!"
Patting Jormungandr on the shoulder, the injured one, Vali ignores the wince given, and says, "Take a step back, brother, I'll handle this."
"Vali! Doooooonnnnn'ttt!" Jormungandr says, and then at the end, slows down to a crawl.
Smirking, Vali runs towards Gorr, and stops in front of an almost motionless God Butcher. Pulling his arm back, Vali punches Gorr on his nose, making it turn a little side ways.
Gorr moves by the force of the punch, and starts flying backwards, once again, in slow motion. When he flies away, Vali is there in the way to stop him, and once again punches Gorr away from him.
He does it a few more times, and then pulls out his daggers. Still in slowed down time, Vali stabs one of his Enchanted daggers in the forehead of the enemy, and the other in the heart.
Believing the job to be almost done, Vali punches his fist towards the dagger on the forehead, aiming to push it even further in. However, his fist is stopped an inch away from the hilt of the dagger, as a black tendril of the robe reaches out from Gorr's head.
Wide eyed, Vali stops his enhanced time out of shock. With a blurred motion, Gorr knees Vali in the stomach, and then swiftly removes the dagger in his chest, immediately stabbing Vali in the chest by his own dagger.
"VALI! NO!" Jormungandr yells, seeing Vali getting stabbed in the chest. He had seen Vali disappear, and then Gorr barely a moment after, and a second later, they were both visible once again, with Vali frozen in shock, and now in pain.
Laughing, Gorr asks, "A God of Speed thinks he can kill me? The God Butcher has killed many Gods of Speed, but I have to confess. You're the fastest of them all."
He then kicks Vali away from him, and towards Jormungandr. Jormungandr catches Vali in his hands, and immediately removes the dagger from his chest, knowing that the wound will heal soon enough.
Gorr however has other plans, and he speeds behind Jormungandr, the second dagger, the one from his now healed forehead in his hands. He stabs downwards, aiming at the back of Jormungandr's head.
However, a very strong uppercut in the chin sends him flying away from the pair, right out into space.
The King of Andalok was here. Theos Jordson was on Induk, and he was pissed.
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A/N: Okay, I have to confess, when I brought in Gorr, I was a bit.. depressed, so I didn't think it through. But, as I was sleeping today afternoon(nap time), this came to me. I had a vision of the next few chapters!
Don't worry, it still won't be an arc, just a short filler to give Theos a power boost. You'll see.
Some explanations: Dargonite stops Magical healing for everyone except the owner of those Weapons. So, The axes cuts won't harm Theos, or his children if they use the axes, and the daggers won't stop Vali's healing from working.
Secondly, Vibranium isn't weak, but when the opposite side uses All Black, almost everything not Light is weak. Even Enchanted, Vibranium doesn't get to the level of Divine Metals.
'What about Cap's shield then? It stopped Thor's hammer!' Good point, and there are two answers.
1. The Shield isn't made of Vibranium only, it has a few more materials, which turned it into Proto-Adamantium. Lets just assume that Howard Stark refused to change the name from Vibranium, and told everyone that the entire shield is pure Vibranium.
2. Mjolnir is a blunt Weapon, and its force gets distributed when hit on the flat side of the shield. And Thor wasn't exactly serious during that fight, I think.
Now, comments please! Tata!
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