Chapitre 39: Scathach Again
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Once the door is closed, I cross my fingers, and spin them over the door, in a circle. Said circle glows green, and a few runic marks spread out, covering the entire room. The flash green once, and then settle down, disappearing from sight.
As Scathach looks at me in question, I answer, "Privacy Enchantments. No one can peek inside the room, nor eavesdrop." Other than Mother, and Watchers, that is. But that's only because they've been doing this for literally billions of years.
Scathach nods, pulls out another bottle from somewhere, as she's already finished with mine, and asks, "Why are you here then? Did Gaea send you? Wait, for fuck's sake! Does Gaea know you've left the island?!"
Ignoring her fearful outrage, I snatch the bottle from her, take a sip, and say, "What do you think, Scathach? Does mother look like someone who I can hide from?" and raise my eyebrow in question.
Scathach pauses, and then snorts, prompting me to continue. I say, "I actually wasn't looking for you, surprisingly enough. The search for you just.. came up."
"Oh, yeah? Why's that?" Scathach asks, taking the bottle back.
Looking into the purple eyes, of the purple haired beauty in front of me, I answer, "I met one of your students today. Cuchulain, I believe?"
For the first time in all the years I've known her, I see fear in Scathach's eyes. And it's not just fear, it's absolute terror.
But.. why? She's stronger than me, and definitely stronger than him!
Her eyes widened, Scathach stands up, and holds me by my shoulders. Checking me over, she asks, "Are you alright? Did he harm you?"
As she starts rambling questions regarding my health, which tells me that the fear wasn't for herself z but for me. Touched, I shake her, and firmly speak, "Scathach! I'm alright! He did harm me a bit, but nothing I couldn't heal by myself. Branwen, on the other hand, was hurt a lot."
"Branwen? You've met Branwen?" Scathach asks, probably confused over how I knew her.
Nodding, I explain, "Branwen was ambushed by him. He attacked using the bow of Shiva, and she failed to dodge a few times. Right now, she's okay, and has left for Avalon. I have no idea however, if she will return."
Nodding, Scathach orders, "Tell me everything."
And so, I do. I tell her about my Quest, because for some reason, she didn't know anything of it. I tell her how I went from bar to bar, because for some reason, Cuchulain, the Thief, only attacked Gods that came close to bars.
Funnily enough, the weapons he currently had on him, were also the only ones that he did not steal from drunken Gods. Ares's sword was taken from his room in Olympus, while Pinaka was taken from it's Temple in India.
As for the other two, they were likewise taken from the realms of the Gods they belonged to. The weapons that were found destroyed, or abandoned, however, were all stolen after he attacked the Gods in bars.
And now, I suspect I know the reason for his frequent Bar visits. He was looking for Scathach, all this time. And he was gathering weapons for some reason. Most likely, to fight Scathach, or someone stronger.
I end my tale with my fight with Cuchulain, and the events thereafter.
"So, now it's your turn. Tell me about this Cuchulain. And don't even try to avoid answering, mother herself sent me on this quest. She wouldn't like it if you purposefully impede it." I add the last part when it looked like she was going to refuse.
Scowling at me, Scathach clicks her tongue, and says, "Fine! But once this tale is done, you leave!" Once I nod, she begins her tale, and says, "About 5000 years ago, I took on a student, on behest of the Sun God Lugh. Setanta was his Demigod son, and he had no discipline to speak of. So he hired me to teach it to him."
Smiling fondly, Scathach muses, "Setanta was wild, rowdy. He really had no discipline, and was a bit spoiled. But, he was a fast learner. Like you, I suppose. But since he was a mortal, it was even more impressive. So, I taught him for 10 years."
Shaking her head, she seems sad, as she says, "He passed every one of my tests, like I hoped he would. So, I did something. I wanted to give it to someone once I deem them my Apprentice, and had planned on taking him on for even more time."
"I gave him Gae Blog." Scathach says, sounding ashamed of herself.
And even I, with all my training in control, couldn't help but gasp, and ask, "What the fuck!? But you love that spear!"
Nodding, Scathach continues, "Yes, I do love it. Which is why I was going to give it to my successor, once I had them. And I used to think Setanta was the one."
She shakes her head, takes another drink, and says, "By then he had already gained the name of Cuchulain, the Hound of Culann. As he learned how to wield my spear, and the powers within it, he put forth a façade for me, completely tricking me."
"I believed him just, and wise. But Setanta.. Cuchulain, proved to be more cunning than me. He escaped, once in a while, taking the spear with him, for adventures, he would say. But, as he returned within a couple nights at most, I didn't mind, and allowed it."
Gulping, Scathach says, "One night, when he returned from an expedition, I felt it within him. Divinity."
"Huh? He just.. gained Divinity? That's not normal, is it?" I ask, thinking over the possibilities, and getting fearful by one.
Nodding, Scathach confirms my fear and says, "No, it is not normal. He killed a God, and I don't know which. He killed a God, and absorbed their Divinity within himself, becoming a God himself."
As Scathach takes a pause, looking completely defeated, I hold her hand, and gently ask, "What happened then, Scathach?"
Glaring at the bottle hatefully, she snarls, "I snapped at him. I took Gae Blog from him, disclaimed him as my Apprentice, and banished him with a spell, so he may never find me again."
"Alas, he is the son of a Witch, and must have done something to remove the curse I placed upon him. That was about 2 centuries ago." Scathach says, and finishes the bottle.
Realization clouding my face, I whisper, "So that's why you left so suddenly! You felt the curse break?"
Scathach nods, glaring at her empty glass this time, and says, "That bastard misused Gae Blog. I will never forgive him for that. I left the island, because I could feel that he could sense me. No matter where I am, he can feel the general direction I'm in. So, in order to keep the island secret still, I left, and went into hiding."
Looking around, I think it over. This Cuchulain, was a mortal, who stole the Divinity of a God he killed. He had access to Gae Blog, is the son of a Witch, and took 5000 years to break the curse placed upon himself.
And he can somehow track Scathach, although not accurately.
"Scathach?" I speak suddenly, bringing her out of her sulking. As she turns towards me, I ask, "Where is Gae Blog?"
I could not see it on her person, nor was it in the room. I couldn't sense it's magic passively either. So, either she's learned a few new things, or she hid it outside somewhere, which is definitely stupid.
Scathach frowns, and says, "I've hidden it within an enchanted scabbard, so that no one recognises me, nor steals it. It's safely fixed on my back."
As she puts her hand around her back, I widen my eyes, and shout, "No, wait don't-"
But I'm too late. She's taken the spear out, in all it's purple, black glory.
"-remove it! Fuck!" I curse out, as soon as I feel it's Magic again, just like I remember it from my training.
Pulling her by the hand, I start jogging out of the door, the wards dropping down, and shout, "Hide it as quickly as you can!"
Scathach does so, frowning at me, and shouts back, "Where the fuck are you taking me, brat?"
Turning towards her, I pause, and say, "Outside. You just painted a sign on this bar, saying you were here. While I want to have my rematch, I wanted to have it on my terms. Not so suddenly." And I had even took his blood so I can track him once I'm ready.
As Scathach pales, I pull her again, and say, "Come on. We can leave and plan for an ambush."
I don't get to take one more step, however, as I feel the wind scream at me again, to shield myself, just like it did a few hours ago during my fight with Cuchulain.
Pulling the panicking Scathach, I hug her to my chest, and stomp on the ground. Within half a second, Branches of magical wood rise up from the ground, and bind around us, creating a dome, with us in the middle.
Not stopping there, I place my palm on the inside wall, which makes the spot glow in a brown coloured Celtic Knot, and press it.
Immediately, just like in the room above, runes run out of the knot, and flash green, disappearing from sight.
From her spot in my chest, Scathach looks up, and asks, "What is going on, Theos?"
I open my mouth, but don't get to answer, as explosions sound all around us. I feel the ground shaking thanks to the multiple explosions, and hear the screams of the Gods getting hurt just a room in front of us.
My wood dome keeps me safe from the fire, and the destruction, however it does not block the sounds. I keep my focus on maintaining the shield spells cast on both the inside, and the outside of the dome.
One of the arrows strikes the dome, making cracks appear on it's walls, but I simply supply more Magic, repairing it.
Finally, after about 15 explosive arrows of different intensities, they stop, and I take a look outside with my Echolocation.
The Gods were alive, most of them, with Aegir being the least bit injured. He had missing fingers, and burns on his skin. But all of the Norse Gods were unconscious.
"I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE, SCATHACH! THIS WEAK ATTACK COULDN'T HAVE HURT YOU, COULD IT?" We hear a voice shouting from a few hundred yards away.
Summoning a ball of light in my hands, I look at a trembling Scathach, and ask, "Are you okay?"
"How did he find us so quickly?" Scathach asks instead, not afraid, but furious.
Pointing at the scabbard, I answer, "He is the son of a witch, as you said. He probably has some form of connection that he has forged with Gae Blog, or he has a spell that can track it. The Scabbard muffled it's Magic enough that his tracking spell didn't work properly, but just gave him general regions."
Which explains why he hadn't caught up with her yet. Until today. And only because I kind of made Scathach reveal Gae Blog. Well, blame shifting later. I have a God killer to capture.
Scathach looks at me with furious eyes. If I know her, which I do, she's thinking of how many Gods Cuchulain hurt in trying to find her. She nods, and says, "Lower this.. dome, and follow my lead."
Knowing better than to argue with a woman, let alone one who can kick my ass, I obediently lower my dome, and follow Scathach as she steps around the fallen Gods, some of them dead.
'May your souls rest in Valhalla, brave warriors!' I pray in my mind, and stay a step behind Scathach, as she stops 20 feet away from a gleeful Cuchulain.
He still has the bow, Pinaka in his hands, the crack looking more pronounced than before, while the Third Eye was already on his head, although leaving the eyes open. And the two swords were still on his back.
"Finally done with hiding, then, Master?" Cuchulain asks, his voice taunting her with the last word.
"I would have come to kill you immediately, but I did not believe you worthy of my personal attention." Scathach says, dismissively.
It looked like that hurt more than anything she could have hit him with. His hateful eyes suddenly turn to me, and he asks, "What is the Olympian doing here?"
"Olympian?" Scathach asks, directing it towards me.
Sighing, I summon Mother's swords to my hands, and say, "Olympian." Shrugging at her confused look.
Scathach looks at the swords in my hands, and nods. She says, "You're dumber than I thought you were, Setanta."
As if that was the straw he was waiting for, Cuchulain looks furious, and summons the two swords to his hands, keeping Pinaka holstered. "MY NAME IS CUCHULAIN!" He yells, and starts running towards Scathach.
Taking a step back, I say, "Have fun!" and teleport a short distance away, to enjoy the fight.
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