章 87: Aftermath/ 3 Millennia

"I didn't expect that, we're gonna have to change our plans…" Argen muttered as him and his team all sat together in the Throne room of Olympus.

"Yeah, before that though shouldn't we find a way out of here? We're not exactly heroes to the gods…" Sigurd said as he looked over and locked eyes with Athena.

"We could under normal circumstances… But they kinda have us captured," Argen said rolling his eyes as he raised the chains and shook them a bit.

Yep, typhon had been killed when Poseidon left his city and joined the battle, when the gods had come into the throne room the first thing they'd done was restrain the entire team, including Selene.

Argen and the rest had no choice but to watch as the demigods received praise and gifts for saving Olympus.

"We're running out of time, soon the heads of each pantheon will be here to decide our punishment, why did you wage war against all the gods again?" Scathath said with an annoyed expression as Mordred snored loudly off to the side.

"I'm starting to ask that question myself as time goes on," Argen said with a sigh as he scanned the room, eventually locking eyes with his mother.

Looking away from her he saw another surprising sight.

"Apollo! It's nice to see you join us, how was Tarturas by the way, everything you'd hoped?" Ares said mockingly as the frail yet shining god sat on his throne.

"Yeah Apollo didn't you get beat by some kid?" Dionysus said as he sat as well, smiling a bit as he watched the demigods celebrate their victory.

"Yeah yeah, all of you would have been the same. That magic is unnatural, why we don't destroy those gods I don't know," Apollo said in an annoyed tone as he shrunk in his chair, for one he hated being the center of attention.

"But what about them?" Percy's voice suddenly could be heard above the commotion.

Some of the gods looked at him with distaste, though he had saved Olympus, he had also denied the best gift they had to offer, Immortality. A lot of them saw this as disrespectful.

Argen inwardly sighed as he saw Percy pointing at him, clearly he couldn't just stay out of things for one second.

"They will be tried for their crimes and punished accordingly, The cursed child will be put to death, and Selene will be exiled from the heavens and earth, forced to stay in tarturas for the rest of her memory." Zeus said, a small smile on his face as he no doubt imagined the satisfaction he'd feel at getting rid of his "problem."

Percy widened his eyes, but before he could say anything Argen smirked and coughed loudly, drawing the attention of everyone in the room.

"Put to death, you'd love to end your mistakes so easily. This is our second meeting, and honestly I prefer your human form…"

"You dare speak in my presence?" Zeus said with a slightly offended tone, though it was mainly just venomous.

"Yes? I just said something didn't I?" Argen said again, tapping his chin as he pretended to think.

"You insolent-"

"Gonna have to cut you off," Argen said as the chains dropped from all of his friends wrists and ankles and he pulled out Pandora's box.

"If I want to make a change it's going to have to be now, when all lose hope, when enough have died… I can open the gate to the Abyss."

Argen smiled at Zeus's shocked face. It seemed no one else understood what he meant, but Argen knew.

"Enough have died Zeus… But hope hasn't been released," Argen said as he tapped on the top of the jar, smiling even wider as Percy and the others began to show weary expressions.

"Don't you dare Boy!" Artemis yelled out.

Argen paused, "Do you… Think you're my mother?" Argen said with a chuckle as he unscrewed the lid, and that's when everything went to hell.

(In hell)

Honestly, I didn't expect it to be open," Mephisto said as he looked at the huge doors in front of them, the entrance to the mortal world.

"It'll open soon, because humans are predictable… And my son is more human than any other human" The Beast said, smiling a little.

"This could mean the end of the world… My pantheon is behind you guys though," Abbadon said, cracking his knuckles as he looked around. "We're missing someone aren't we?"

The beast shook his head. "We'll pick up Astaroth later…"

As he finished talking a faint golden glow shined off the twin doors, causing the devils and their armies to become alert.

"I told you didn't I?" The beast said as he walked toward the door. "Let's go take back our birthright…"

"You… Will do no such thing," Argen said as the glow faded,leaving only him standing in front of the door.

Something was different about him though, he seemed calm, more confident than he usually was.

"Huh? Don't tell me you wasted your one opportunity to open hells gates on yourself? Where is your army!"

Argen smirked at The Beasts words.

"What do I need an army for?"

*Whoosh!*

Argen sliced through the air with two daggers, stabbing into The Beasts side and jumping away in a split second.

"You guys don't realize it yet, but we've been fighting for a while now. The Titan Kronos's power was useful, I combined it into the spell to open the gates… I've been fighting you all for nearly three millennia haha!"

Argen jumped off the cliff and landed in the middle of the huge army, smiling as silver and red energy radiated off of his daggers.

"The war is now! Kill the child!" Mephisto yelled crazily. The surrounding demons and devils began attacking Argen, magic energy and swords, knives, and arrows all being thrown at him.

"3 thousand and 12 times. That's how many times I've fought all of you, I almost won last time… Do you know what that means?"

Argen smirked as he sliced his dagger slowly to the side, a thin line of red energy coming out of it.

"It means… That todays the day!" Argen finished as thousands of demons and lower devils were sliced to bits, blood covering the battlefield as the devil leaders all looked at him with shocked expressions.

"Oh… I think I get it now beast, you said we'd find Astorath later… The Devil of Rage, King of Anger, Astorath, he was reincarnated huh?" Mephisto said with an amused look on his face as he watched Argen sliced and cut through the army.

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Nearing the end of this fic, I did have a lot more plans for it but I think drawing it out any longer will just ruin it. Most of those are just useless storylines that won't really do anything so the devil war will be the end.

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