Capítulo 108: Ares 2.
When Maulketh crossed over through the gate, he floated above the North Atlantic Sea. With each flap of his titanic wings, massive waves were created as he landed on top of the water. He looked behind him and watched as Egdronoth's forces crossed through the Titanic portal.
When the Demon God and his sons crossed over, they all noticed something. The mana in the air was thin to them, it was as if they were in a mana-deficient environment.
"My lord, the mana in the air is ungodly thin."
Maulketh had to agree.
"I know. This is why we will terraform this place to suit our needs. It will be our forward base for all the invasions we will be causing. Let's get that out of the way shall we."
Maulketh unleashed his Domain through the entire Solar System and began to drag every planet, moon, asteroid, and meteor toward Earth. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune would be transmuted into solid material to fuse them into the earth.
While Maulketh did this, he turned to Egdronoth.
"Go, I want this planet fully under our control in less than 8 hours."
Egdronoth looked behind him at the portal which began to spew Demon Kings and their armies.
"Of course, but the should be bigger."
The portal was already 20 miles tall and 20 miles wide, but even with that, it would take a while for all of Egdronoth's forces to cross over.
"Done."
So he increased the size of the portal to 100 miles tall and 100 wide. With that, the flow of Demons increased exponentially. Unlike the first time when Maulketh released only 1 Continental King, and 6 Territory Lords with their forces, he was bringing a true army.
While he worked, Egdronoth asked one question.
"What do we do with the humans?"
"Capture them, they shall all be assimilated into my empire."
"At once."
Egdronoth stayed back while his forces began to use the ocean as a large field to gather. To start with, Egdronoth raised his hands high in the sky and began to speak in the language of Demons.
"Dimensional Prison, Capture Target: Humanity."
A shockwave of Infernity-fueled magic enveloped the earth, causing every human to be sent into Maulketh's Dimension in a bubble to protect them as they would all die instantly. With that single spell, all of the humans were dealt with leaving only the heroes who were excluded by that spell.
In Gothan, Killer Croc looked toward the ocean while holding Superman by the neck. As for Green Lantern, only his head was left as the rest of him had been eaten. The many villains who were sent here noticed how all of the humans were suddenly gone.
"The master is here."
Kirk flew over to him and pointed at the sky.
"And not just him."
Everyone looked to the sky as they saw all the planets of the solar system floating toward them. King Shark tossed the brutalized form of Hawk Man who had his wings torn off along with his legs.
"Boss going to make planet bigger?"
Croc nodded.
"Most likely."
The Villains began to gather together as they had done their part. For now, they captured the League members who got lucky to survive. As for the dead, Green Lantern, Hawk Man, Elongated Man, and Red Tornado, As for who got captured, Superman, the Flash, Martian Manhunter, and Super Girl.
The rest of the League either managed to escape or had not been sent into Gotham.
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Maulketh took off into the sky and began to work. His Domain fell on his territory which was separated by a Dimensional Barrier. First, he began to fuse his territory into the earth, and he also began to fuse the planets into the earth while terraforming it.
He started with Venus which was around the size of Earth. While he began to infuse his own energy into Earth in the form of Veins, he began to fusion process. His Domain would ensure life on Earth was mostly unaffected.
First, he drained all of Venus' and converted it to water as he would need to make the oceans bigger if Earth got bigger. When this was accomplished he broke apart Venus into chunks and began to use it to expand Earth's mass.
When this was accomplished, he released the water he made to make up for the increase in mass. With Aether flowing through Earth, and the Law of Tyrrany, nothing catastrophic was going on.
He continued the process of breaking apart Mars, but instead of fusing it to Earth, he added it to the Moon. If the earth got bigger, so should the Moon. But through the law of Tyrrany, he forces Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune to transmute into solids.
He also converted some of their mass into water which would be needed. So while his Demon army moved, he created a perfect environment for them. He dragged them into earth which was going to be harder, but he would not be stopped. With his Aether, he perfectly fused every planet in the Solar System ending up with a planet nearly 2,300 times bigger than base Earth.
He slammed his hands together as Aether began to flow underground in Aether Veins which caused the planet to glow as energy flowed through it. Massive continents, with equally vast oceans.
To not kill off all the animals he kept the gravity around Earth's, but over time, the gravity would adapt as would the planet under the influence of his Aether. Some parts of the planet would be bare for a long time, but when one had time on their side, that did not matter.
He then, infused the planet with Aether just as he had done with his own sun. Except for this one he did not give it sentience as he already had his sun and earth. When he was done with his war he could take this planet and fuse it into his earth.
Once the sun turned a dark purple with it beginning to combust Aether as well, the planet would change for the better in the long term.
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He sighed as he relaxed his Domain feeling he had just done something truly crazy. He looked under at the water and saw how slowly, it began to gain a purple tint as the sun's new purple light fell on earth.
Not to mention the massive Aether veins that began to release energy into the planet to enrich it. In no time flat, animals and plants would mutate, new creatures would evolve, and new life would fill this place.
Athena looked around in wonder as if he had done something truly great.
"You know something Maulketh, you truly are something."
He sat down on the water as he took a moment to recover his energies.
"Thank you. With this planet, my forces can have somewhere that feels like home. And if I am being honest, it looks cool."
Liliana looked high in the sky as she saw the new reddish moon in the sky.
"I would say pretty rather than cool. This dark purple is the same as your blood and energy so it is like a representation of yourself."
Lisandra did not know what to say though.
"Incredible."
Egdronoth turned to his daughter as his forces began to move through the planet.
"I will say, this place is starting to feel like home now. Also, we have company."
Maulketh looked into the sky and saw how the sky was beginning to tear open. Maulketh waited patiently, from that tear emerged a single man. Someone who Maulketh could recognize in a weird way.
"Ares?"
Athena squinted her eyes as the figure was wearing her brother's armor which Maulketh had helped make, but it was not 'her' brother. Maulketh could tell as the Symbol of Ares on his chest was not resonating.
Ares was still back on earth and there was one thing he knew. Ares carried a sword and spear with him while this one only had a single Greek sword radiating a god and Dragon slaying aura.
"Well then, isn't this a surprise? The first god I face is another version of my best friend. So tell me, how do you compare to my friend."
This Ares removed his helmet and showed the difference. First of all, he was blonde and he just looked too annoying with that smug look on his face.
"That is surprising to hear, I get that is where you got that symbol on your chest?"
Maulketh looked at the Spartan symbol which glowed purple with the Aether flowing through.
"You'd be right. Now then, Ares 2, what are you doing here? Will you fight me alone, will you join me, or will you do something totally stupid."
Maulketh instantly noticed how Ares 2 became enraged at being called 2. He was Ares, every other was the copy, not him.
"You arrogant lizard. I will mount your head on my wall and show you what a true god i-"
Before he finished, Egdronoth swung his sword in a wide arc and blasted Ares 2 from the sky with a single full-powered attack. He got launched into space by that attack and he was unable to stop.
Maulketh turned to Egdronoth who snorted.
"He was rambling Master. I stopped him."
"Good job, but I think you just made him mad."
Athena walked up his neck and onto his head.
"I am not sure how these gods opporate, but if he is anything like my brother, he will get stronger just by fighting."
Maulketh nodded.
"I know, I can tell you now that he and the rest of the gods won't be easy to take down for anyone without a Concept or Law. You Athena don't have a concept yet, but you follow a different power system them me. Divinity, as a goddess, you bridge the gap as you don't need a Concept."
Athena wondered about that.
"You think I can beat Ares 2?"
He shook his head.
"No, honestly no. I have an idea to make you stronger, by killing Athena 2 and allowing you to absorb her Divinity which you will need. These Greek gods are way stronger than the gods like you."
"Got it."
Athena, Liliana, and Lisandra flew off his back as they joined Egdronoth in his advance as he was moving his forces forward. Meanwhile, Maulketh took off into the sky before he reverted to his human form.
He wanted to test himself to the fullest, at starting at the base was going to be for the best. He grabbed Gram and Laevatein while the Tyrrant's Gear resonated with them. He blasted off into the sky as his wings emerged from his back.
Ares 2 high in space, drew his new sword, the Tyrrant's Edge, and used it to slice Egdronoth's attack away from him. He looked at his left side as golden blood spilled in droves from the slash in his armor.
'That demon.'
He moved his hand over the cut and forced it to close actually struggling to fully heal. This was an avatar, but it was still his avatar. He looked down as he saw Maulketh fly up away from him.
Ares 2 glared at him.
"Why have you taken a human form?"
Maulketh snorted as he gripped his swords tighter.
"You look like the perfect training dummy. I also want to see if killing your Avatar will kill the real you."
Ares 2 reached up as his helmet appeared in his hands over his head. The Tyrrant's edge, a black double-edged Greek sword began to vibrate as if hungering for Maulketh's blood.
But Maulketh was in reality, not impressed at all.
"I want to ask something before we start, that sword. Who made it?"
"Why Hephestus of course? He named it the Tyrrant's Edge as the weapon to bring you down."
Maulketh raised Laevatein to show off the giant blade.
"This was made by my smith Hephestus, Let's see if your version can keep up."
Almost instantly, Maulketh was in front of Ares with Laevatein over his head. Laevatein radiated a bloodthirsty aura as he used the God-killing effect he got from absorbing the True Longionous. The black-red and golden sword backed by the Law of Tyrrany sliced through Ares' armor and his chest in one swing.
Golden blood and armor shards exploded everywhere as Maulketh pulled back.
"Is that it?"
Ares looked at the giant cavity in his chest in shock. But, he was not dead, and being in combat his power began to increase. His healing was slow, but he looked up at Maulketh.
"You are going to wish you had taken my head that time."
When his armor and wound were closed, he was about to charge forward, but he felt something. When he got sliced by Laevatein, it was burning. He closed the giant wound, but it was refusing to close fully as blood continued to spill.
"What? It's not healing."
Maulketh raised Laevatein in pride.
"Nothung, Tyrfing and True Longinous. Sharpness, Destruction and God killing. Your wound will not close easily under those effects. I wonder if gods can bleed to death. Let's find out."
He raised Gram seemingly teleported behind Ares and swung down. An aura of destruction and Aether was launched from the sword which sliced open Ares' armor and his back.
"AHHHH!"
Maulketh backed away as he looked at Ares 2's Avatar.
"So Ares 2, if this is the power of your avatar, then the real you must be a weakling."
Ares 2 gritted his teeth and began to radiate an aura of pure darkness. Threads of darkness structured his chest and the back wound closed as he would have a hard time healing normally.
He needed to not take any more wounds and inflict his own. The Dragon and God-slaying effects of his own weapon should do the same to Maulketh as it did to him. Right?
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