Godslayer's Legend

Chapter 7: The day it all began (REWRITTEN)

Olympus.

Over the years, this universe has been ruled by various beings, however, the most famous and most prominent rule could be said to be that of the current Olympian gods.

Spearheaded by their current King, Zeus, the six eldest Olympians; Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, and Zeus himself, rebelled against their father, the king of the Titans and his armies.

Upon achieving victory, they took control of the entire universe and renamed it Olympus, from its previous name Orthys.

Afterward, they spent the next few millennia solidifying their rule and making themselves known to the nearby universes, deterring all those who viewed Olympus as a target since it just went through the greatest civil war in all of its history.

The 'Big Three', the three most powerful gods of Olympus; Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus, shared the largest and most important aspects of Olympus amongst themselves to manage.

With Hades taking the Underworld, Poseidon handling the seas, and Zeus taking control of the skies alongside the title of King.

The remaining major aspects of Olympus were then split across the 'twelve Olympians' over time. The main entities of the Olympus Pantheon, the ones who possessed the most authority and power among all the Olympian gods, while the rest were shared amongst the other numerous gods of the pantheon.

Over tens of thousands of years, Olympus increased both its economic, political, and of course, Military strength, raising them from their past levels by leaps and bounds

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It was just another normal sunny day in a certain city-state famous for its relaxing hot springs across numerous planets in one of central Olympus' largest galaxies.

Suddenly, a streak of light flashed across the clear blue sky, traveling at an unbelievably fast speed before coming to a stop right above the courtyard of a certain building.

The identity of this streak of light was revealed as it came to a stop, being a carriage pulled by multiple greater pegasi. The carriage door opened and a being proceeded to jump out of the carriage, down to the ground below, slowly landing before quickly walking into the building.

His flaming yellow hair could be seen floating behind him alongside the cape he wore due to the speed at which he moved down the hallway into an indoor open-air bath where another being was languidly resting at the edge.

"Father, we need to call uncle, alongside the rest of the twelve. There is a serious matter at hand, one that requires the entire council's attention."

"Apollo, your presence here interrupts my rest. What could have possibly happened that would need the entire council's attention?"

The man resting at the edge of the bath, rose an eyebrow as he replied to the yellow-haired man, Apollo, the Olympian god of the sun, music, and poetry.

As for the man Apollo referred to as 'father', who else could it be but the Olympian sky and lightning god who also held the title of King, Zeus.

"Well the 'thing', or rather, 'things', that require the entire council's attention are two in number.

Prophecies father, two very dangerous prophecies."

Apollo answered Zeus' question, the gravity of the matter being conveyed by the serious tone of his voice. Apollo was also a god of oracles, known to be able to receive oracles and prophecies of the future.

If there is one thing to be known about his prophecies, it is the fact that they are always fulfilled.

However, in the over one hundred thousand years Apollo had walked the earth, he had never received two prophecies at once, what's more, they were prophecies he considered 'dangerous'.

Zeus could instantly understand the reason for Apollo's agitation, he stood up from the bath and snapped his fingers. Divinity swirled around him for a moment, the next, he was clothed in this favorite white suit with a blue tie.

"Very well then, I understand the seriousness of the matter."

Zeus replied to Apollo before looking at his shadow cast on the ground and continuing.

"Shadow nymphs, send word to the rest of the council, everyone's attention is needed. Inform them, that it is a matter of the highest threat level."

The moment he was done speaking, his shadow wriggled for a bit before splitting into several parts and speeding out of the building.

"Let's go then, I'll join you in your carriage, it has been a long while since I last rode it." Zeus said to Apollo as he walked out of the building with Apollo trailing behind him.

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As the father and son duo journeyed to the top of the highest mountain in all of Central Olympus, the mountain the universe was named after, the shadow nymphs that served Zeus set out to the territories of the various gods to deliver his message.

Soon, word spread across all of Olympus that the gods had received two very dangerous prophecies, mortals who heard the news feared the coming of what even the gods they worshipped considered 'dangerous.'

As for the other gods of Olympus, they had a variety of reactions upon hearing the news, some were surprised, some were enraged while some felt it was funny.

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The Atlantis SuperCluster.

The largest galaxy supercluster in western Olympus, known for the sea blue color of almost all the galaxies within it.

On a certain primary world, one that had no landmass and was 100% water, there existed an underwater kingdom that spread across more than half the ocean floor.

In the center of this Kingdom's capital city, stood an imposing castle with towers high enough to let anyone standing atop them view the entire large capital city.

Currently atop one of these towers, was a man with sea-blue hair and eyes with a similarly colored short beard, emanating stupendous amounts of divinity.

He heaved a sigh and gazed in the direction of Central Olympus. Next, his sea blue eyes glowed as his entire body became one with the ocean water and flowed away the moment after.

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The Underworld SuperCluster.

It was the largest galaxy supercluster in all of southern Olympus, a unique supercluster that was closely intertwined with the Tartarus Supercluster. From afar, one would think the two were just one supercluster of galaxies.

A dark haired, obsidian-eyed man stood atop one of the many towers in the Underworld's capital, overlooking a small section of the fields of asphodel.

He clicked his tongue in annoyance before turning around to face the two women behind him.

One of them was a beautiful young maiden with fair skin. Her face could only be described as the epitome of young beauty. She was clad in long, flowing clothing with a wreath of flowers around her head.

The second was as a pleasant-looking mature woman, with a veil over her head though her face remained visible. She was clad in similar robes as the other, just that hers were brown in color.

"Persephone, Demeter. I would have Charon send you over."

The dark-haired man addressed the two women respectively as he spoke.

"What about you?"

The beautiful young maiden, the Olympian goddess of spring, Persephone, asked the dark-haired man as she looked towards him.

"It's probably a trivial matter he's blowing out of proportion, one of my proxy's would do."

"I advise you not to do that, you know full well how irritating your brother can get when you do not listen to him, even if you are under no obligation to.

The second woman, the Olympian goddess of the harvest, Demeter, rang out as she replied to the dark-haired man. Hearing her reply, he nodded in affirmation before commenting.

"That is true, I do not wish to have any annoying flies buzzing around in my territory. An Avatar would do the trick."

As soon as he spoke, his body floated into the air and he stared at the direction of the enormous River Styx in the distance before turning into a streak of light and blitzing towards it faster than Demeter could say anything else.

It was then that a servant dressed in a maid's uniform appeared behind them and spoke with a bow.

"Madams, your transport is ready."

Persephone acknowledged the servant's words with a nod before taking her mother's hand and speaking.

"Do not mind him, mother, let's go."

She briefly glanced at the direction her husband flew in and thought that he should be able to handle himself if anything went wrong.

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Over the years, there have been many instances in which the twelve Olympians have all met to discuss important matters, however, there have only been a few instances in which they were meeting because of a matter of the highest threat level.

There were very few things that could warrant such a level of threat, for example; a situation where the entire pantheon could be destroyed was one of them.

The hall of gods was noisy as both lesser and greater Olympian gods were all chatting with each other about what could be the source of the threat.

Suddenly, twelve lights appeared in front of the twelve giant thrones at the center of the hall, causing everywhere to turn silent.

The twelve Olympians appeared and took their seats as silence prevailed for a few seconds. It was then that some began to notice the presence of a thirteenth throne. While many believed it was for Hestia, seeing her beside the central bonfire made them arrive at the truth and realize whom it was for.

At that moment, darkness welled up from within the shadow of the throne. The mass of darkness wriggled a bit before taking a humanoid form, which then turned into the figure of a man with dark hair and obsidian eyes, wearing a casual t-shirt and jeans.

Staring straight at this man, Zeus narrowed his eyes and spoke, his tone laced with annoyance.

"An avatar? Really Hades?"

"It is enough to fulfill its purpose so yes Zeus, an Avatar."

The dark-haired man, the king of the underworld, Hades replied with a tone no less annoyed than Zeus'. Most of the gods watching held their breaths as the tension began to increase, Zeus was visible getting angrier as his eyes began to glow a sky blue light and small bits of lightning crackled around his hair.

Seeing as this was obviously not the time for a petty quarrel, Poseidon, the king of the Atlantis cluster and god of the seas, decided to meditate.

"Both of you can have your little sibling spat later, we have more pressing issues at hand. This is the first time we have received two prophecies at once after all."

Hearing his words, most of the beings in the hall were surprised as it was truly a shocking event for two prophecies to be given at once. Taking into account the talk of the 'highest threat level', they all figured out that the contents of the prophecies could not be any good.

Even Hades who was ready to duke it out with Zeus turned to Poseidon with a look of shock on his face, instantly deciding that the prophecy was of greater importance and putting Zeus' matter behind him.

"Tell that to him."

Zeus replied to earlier words, glancing at Hades who was blatantly ignoring him before continuing.

"A few days ago, it came to my notice that two prophecies have been delivered at once, while unprecedented, that is not the main issue.

The true problem is that the contents of both prophecies are unfavorable."