Chapitre 23: The Separation

On Mount Olympus...

All the gods and goddesses sat in a circle with tension written on the faces of some and calmness on others. Zeus, sitting at the head, spoke.

"Ahem, we'll go straight to the point" he said while rubbing his white bears "do we help the humans, or not"

"I say we do" Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle strategies spoke

"It's not worth it" Ares said "The humans have been cocky for too long. It's Nemesis for them"

"Hey, don't go calling my name without respect" Nemesis said

"We have to help'em" Poseidon said "My son is over there"

"Um, I hate to agree with this guy," Hades grunted "but my apprentice is there too. In addition, Nyx will murder me if anything were to happen to her son"

"No one cares about them" a god spoke

"Yeah," another god spoke up "take care of your own business"

"I'll drive this trident through you if you do not control that mouth of yours" Poseidon snarled at the god

"Come on. Try me" The god said

"You..."

"Hey!" Zeus yelled at them "No argument in my presence. We'll decide by vote then. Those in favour of not helping the humans..."

A number of gods raised their hands

"Okay. Now, those in favour of not helping the humans" Zeus said before lifting his hand into the air.

Seeing Zeus' action, a large number of gods did the same

"But," a god said in surprise "Zeus, you know the danger of going down to earth before it's time for our children to ascend. Athena, speak to him"

"Don't blame me" Zeus chuckled lightly "My daughter is over there too"

"We could all die!" Ares yelled "You think about your next actions Zeus"

"Do not question me" Zeus expression darkened as lightning began to flicker around him "Let's go"

"Wait" the eldest of the Moirai spoke "If you see Him, give him a gift"

"Why should we" Hera said "He's just a human"

"He's going to be the one who will save your lives" The youngest spoke "Lady Gaia, we'll entrust this to you"

"Yes, Lady Clotho" Gaia curtsied "I'll carry this out to the best of my abilities

"Now Atropos, Lachesis, Clotho" Zeus bowed to them "We'll be leaving now. Hey, you demi-humans, you're coming with us"

"Oh c'mon man" a tiger man spoke "Isn't it too early?"

"It doesn't matter. Get your ass up and follow me" Zeus and the other gods jumped down from the mount

"Hold on," a bear man gasped "we're jumping?"

"Shut up and jump" Ares said and pushed the reluctant demi-humans off the mount before jumping down himself "Saving the lives of gods? Ha, that makes me laugh"

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Back to the battle field...

"*Cough* Where the hell is backup" Mr Zissis coughed up blood

*Cry*

The hippogriff galloped towards Mr Zissis at light speed but was stopped in mid motion by a deep voice

"Dark domain" A dark haired man chanted making the darkness in his surroundings to thicken rapidly to the point that nothing was seen again.

The hippogriff stood and looked around in confusion before sitting down as if meditating

"Who's there?" Mr Zissis asked in panic

"Calm down. We're Orpheus' bodyguards" A female voice spoke

"Why can't I see?" Mr Zissis tried to stagger to his feet before falling to the ground, unconscious

"It's no use" Andrian said "The dark domain is different unlike the shadow domain. It cuts off all five senses of the humans, making them unable to see, hear and do other things"

"Um, I can hear you pretty well" Aella said

"You are not human, dummy" Aster face palmed

"So, do we face it?" Tana gestured at the hippogriff that was still sitting with its eyes closed

"Naa, just take care of the old man. Also, the dark domain doesn't apply to you because I made it so" Andrian said while melting into his shadow

"That cocky piece of shit" Aster cursed before casting lightning teleport

"Aella, I leave him to you" Tana said as she walked away

"Oh c'mon" Aella walked up to Mr Zissis and picked him up before summoning a gust of wind and disappeared

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*Gasp*

"How did I get here?" Mr Zissis got up from the ground with a gasp

"Ah, sir" Mr Stylianos exclaimed "You're awake"

"What happened? Never mind, report?"

"We got the word that the exact same thing that is occurring here is happened around the nation and the world in particular" The Magus said "Perhaps, that is why we haven't been able to receive any back up or reinforcement till now"

"Second commander!" A Magus ran up to them "Ah, sir. You're awake already"

"What's going on?" Mr Zissis asked

"The levels of beasts are increasing to 4-star and 5-star" The magus informed

"What the..." Mr Zissis exclaimed

"Sir, I just heard that gods are popping up at random places and joining the battle" Another magus ran up to them "Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Athena, Ares and Gaia specifically are on this battle field"

"So they finally decided to send help huh" Mr Stylianos muttered

"Makes sense," Mr Zissis stood up "Their kids are here. By the way, who brought me here?"

"I didn't see her face, but she said she was Orpheus' bodyguard "Mr Stylianos replied

"Oh, about that. Where's he"

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At a place faraway from the battle

"Where is it?!" Orpheus yelled as he jumped from the ground

"You finally woke up dummy" Aster said while writing on the floor with his palm

"What happened?" Orpheus sat on the ground

"Simply put, you singlehandedly defeated a 3-star beast and fell unconscious a short while after that" Aster rose up from his squatting position and walked away

"Oh yeah. Where are you going?"

"To meet up with the others. They say gods appeared on the battle field. So, we are helping with the evacuation." Aster said

"Wait for me" Orpheus stood up and ran after him

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"Hey Gaia, what's up with these beasts?" Ares said while using his shield to bash the head of a black furred minotaur "They're acting abnormally"

"The Chaos overcame the Order and took over their senses" Gaia answered " The only way to stop this is to separate Chaos and Order from each other"

"Do it then" Zeus shot a lightning bolt at a harpy "I feel like a demi human god will appear if we waste more time"

"I'll try" Gaia said "But I'm not sure if I'll succeed though"

Gaia closed her eyes and stretched out her palms, each to the sky an d the earth's surface causing a nature disturbance around the world. The sky began to darken and the earth began to tremble violently making those standing to fall to the ground

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In a familiar dark place...

"No! No! Noooo!!!!!" A man got up from his throne while screaming in frustration "Damn those gods!!!!! I swear, I'll kill you if I have the chance"

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"I can't" Gaia grunted "It's too strong"

"Don't worry about that" Zeus stared at the sky "You'll get help"

On other battle fields across the earth, various gods of the universe looked at the sky and replicated what Gaia did, increasing the disturbance. As this was going on, dark and white mist began to emerge from the sky and the earth's surface, suspending in the air. A while later, the white mist separated from the dark mist and ascended to the sky while the dark mist fell to the ground and dissipated

After the phenomenon, Gaia fell down to the floor while breathing heavily

"Oh, that's it?" Ares raised his brows "I feel like you just showed them to us before returning them to where they were"

"Damn you Ares" Gaia got up from the floor and turned to the confused beasts "You can return now, the war is over"

"What did she say?" Ares asked in confusion on seeing the beasts retreat "It's like she spoke in another tongue"'

"It's beast tongue you idiot" Zeus slapped the back of Ares' head

"You didn't have to hit me like that" Ares said before looking behind him "I think you have to address these humans. They look like they fainted while standing"

"That's not possible dummy" Zeus face palmed before facing the humans "Ahem, y'all can return now, the war is over"