. And then the doors of h.e.l.l closed thereafter, ceasing to exist."WhWhat the h.e.l.l are you…" Hades muttered as he noticed his divine powers diminis.h.i.+ng.
"I TOLD YOU BEFORE, DIDN"T I? I AM AETERNOS."
I dashed forward, charging my prana to my right fist. When I was already on the range, I unleashed the most powerful punch I could ever give, straight to Hades" left cheek. His skull helmet shattered first, then his body flew, cras.h.i.+ng and breaking through the layers of walls. He was buried in piles of rubble that I failed to see his true face.
But hey, at least he won"t be able to get up again.
Suddenly, time stopped as everything went black and white. The Outsider Yohan Romanov has made his appearance once again.
"Well, well… Look who"s not Aeternos." He mocked. "It seems that you have accepted yourself."
"IT"S MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT," I said with anger.
"Try toning your voice down a little. You"re so scary that I wanted to s.h.i.+t my pants." The Fake Outsider mocked.
"Ahem. Ahem. Voice test. Voice test." I murmured. My cybernetic-enhanced voice is still there like an autotune, but at least it"s not loud and threatening as before. "All good."
"Ah, the
"Yeah, I"ll give it a pa.s.sing score," I said as I looked at my metallic hands. "Why is Aeternos" armor a little different from mine? That old "me" have his armor like he"s a h.e.l.lsp.a.w.n."
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"And when will I become a Cursed Guardian?" I asked.
"Sooner than you think." Yohan made a creepy grin.
I"m just one step behind the person I avoid that I"ll become. Possessing the armor
I don"t want that to happen.
Obtaining this armor gives me one step closer to attaining my goal of getting the G.o.d Core of Chronos. I can"t defeat him without the help of this. I will be Aeternos, but I will not be cursed. I will win against myself.
Electricity wrapped around my platinum armor as I bolted forward, ascending from the underground laboratory.
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When I reached the surface, I saw a greater h.e.l.l than before. Everything is back to being a battlefield, and it seems that the Cursed Guardians have sent more reinforcements. They have evened out the odds of the Black Cross winning this fight.
Flame, ice, lightning, air, and earth projectiles flew around the crimson skies. Swords, spears, daggers, and hatchets clashed to each other, followed by loud grunts, screams, and chants.
I ran through the center of the battlefield not giving a s.h.i.+t about anything the enemies or allies throw at me. I caught tornado drills, raging fireb.a.l.l.s, icicle spears, and lightning bolts head-on, but my armor withstood all those attacks without getting a scratch. Now I"m the ultimate tank that could take care of any spell.
Fifty meters more until I reach that tall building. I"ve only been away for twenty minutes, and I hope Freya, Venus, and Macho Steel are fine.
"You"re not going through here!" Ten Cursed Guardians blocked my path. They coated their weapons with various elemental enhancements, thinking that they can stop me.
I materialized Diadem"s crimson katana and teleported forward.
Everything became black and white, and ten silver streaks slashed through my enemies.
"Gah!" All of them cried as they fell down to the floor.
Now, this is cool. I can use as my normal attack. All I just need to do is dash forward. I feel like I"m an overpowered boss in a Final Fantasy game. I can even hear my orchestra battle soundtrack inside my head.When I reached the foot of the building, I bent my knees and focused all my energy on my b.u.t.tocks. "!!!" I kicked upward, and then continue to run vertically until I reached the top.…
But what I saw there next is not a battle.
It"s carnage.
Freya is there lying on the ground, bathing on her own blood. In fact, there"s a lot of dark red fluid gus.h.i.+ng out from her stomach that has been stabbed with a black broadsword. Her dead-fish eyes are telling everyone that she"s out of the blood. She"s still breathing, but… She could go anytime soon.
While Venus… She"s not as lucky as Freya. Her lifeless body is already on the floor with a torn chest, her heart missing. There are wooden spikes that skewered her arms and legs, and also one of her eyes. This is one of the gruesome deaths that I ever saw.
There"s a pile of dead bodies just beside the dead G.o.ddess of beauty. They were Gate Guardians once, but the overwhelming power of the enemies rendered them helpless.
"Guh! Ack!" That was Macho Steel"s cry as he tried to shout with his squeezed windpipe. He"s being held up in the neck by the G.o.d of Time Chronos.
I realized that there are many more enemies here than when I last left. Chronos and Poseidon are still here, but now they are backed up by four more corrupted G.o.ds. It"s clear to me now how they managed to slaughter two G.o.ddesses.
Anger swells to my heart and soul. My brain couldn"t stop thinking about ways on how to kill them all. Revenge. I want revenge for my allies. But I"m trying hard to suppress this feeling so that I could not become the man I hated to be.
Now that I"m in front of six Cursed G.o.ds, there"s no backing down.