"But you're a little arrogant by not giving your all... Let's see if you can keep up that attitude... WITH THIS"
With a sudden roar, Kratos launches himself forward, both chains spinning in the air in a devastating whirlwind of steel. The chains lash out like serpents, and the two twin Blades at the end of the Chain were like fangs ready to pounce on Taufik. one aid at Taufik's head, the other at his legs. The ferocity of the attack is unlike anything Taufik has encountered before, there's no room for error.
Taufik narrows his eyes, the glint of his katana catching the light as he steps forward with calculated precision.
The twin blades scream toward him, but Taufik doesn't flinch. With a burst of speed, he sidesteps the first strike aid at his head, and with a fluid motion, he swings his katana upward.
The katana clashes against the chain targeting his legs, redirecting its montum to the side with a spark-filled collision.
Kratos snarls, his fury mounting as he repositions himself mid-air, yanking the chains back with imnse force. The blades retract like boorangs, slicing through the space between them. Taufik spins on his heel, his katana weaving an intricate pattern that deflects the incoming blades. His movents are sharp yet calm.
"You're still holding back"
Kratos growls in anger, his voice like thunder.
"... I will not stand for this mockery! DIE!!!"
With a roar, Kratos channels all his power into this one attack. His Twins Blades ignite with a blinding, fiery aura, and the chains elongate unnaturally, glowing with molten energy.
Kratos slamd the chains into the ground; the two Twin Blades, as if rging in the air, created a greater impact than before; with that montum, the Twin Blades shot towards Taufik at an incredible speed and contained a power that could not be underestimated.
*Boom!*
The attack causes a massive explosion that creates a shockwave of searing flas that towers high into the air, swallowing the arena in chaos, but it is not fear that is seen but cheers of joy from the crowd.
The ground trembles, and for a mont, it seems as though nothing could survive the devastation, that's what the observers thought. In contrast to Kratos, he still breathes calmly, but his muscles are taut as he surveys the destruction; as the smoke clears, Taufik erges, his black katana blade glowing with a strange glow. His clothes are unscathed, his expression calm with his eyes locked on the figure of Kratos..
"... That's all?"
Taufik asks, his voice low but laced with a chilling edge.
"If that's all you've got, then I'm disappointed"
Kratos' eyes widen, but before he can react, Taufik moves and closes the distance between them in an instant, his katana shimring as he channels his Mana into his Katana. The Black Katana blade becos a blur, changes color, and then emits a soft green hue light.
*Swoosh!*
A Wind sword Aura shot towards Kratos who still had ti to open so distance between him and Taufik.
Kratos blocks the initial strike, but the force behind it sends him sliding back. A second strike follows, then a third, each faster and more unpredictable than the last.
Taufik's attacks did not stop there; Taufik's attacks were like a never-ending storm, continuing to hit Kratos, who had difficulty fending off Taufik's attacks, which were hard to predict where they would co from because they flew like the wind itself.
"... You rely too much on brute force"
Taufik says, his voice calm but deadly.
"You need to know that you are not Hercules, who has an almost endless power; I'm arrogant? No! You're just too weak for to be able to use my full power, You have high and limitless potential, however, your loyalty chains your own potential, How disappointing~" Experience tales at empire
Kratos grits his teeth, ignoring taunts from Taufik while desperately swinging his chains to counter Taufik's seemingly endless attack, but Taufik's movents are like the wind itself, fast and unpredictable.
Flowing around each attack. With a sudden flourish, Taufik slashes downward, his katana shimring with the force of his technique that has changed form into 'Earth form' The air itself seems to split as the attack lands with the force of gravity behind it, sending Kratos crashing into the ground with a great impact.
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- In a special place for the twelve main Gods of Olympus, with Hades and Hephaestus.
Hades and Hephaestus watched the match between Taufik and Kratos without missing any detail, even though Taufik and Kratos moved at a speed that was difficult for ordinary human eyes to follow, but for them, the Gods, no movent from Taufik or Kratos could escape their attention.
In the midst of the heated duel, and the cheers from the audience, one thing that caught Hades' attention was Taufik's weapon that kept changing color, coincidentally the person sitting next to him was soone who really understood weapons, so with great curiosity, Hades asked Hephaestus without looking away from the duel that was taking place.
"... Hephaestus, what do you think about that man's weapon? Does the power he has co from that weapon?"
Similar to Hades, Hephaestus also had the sa interest as what Hades felt. As the god of blacksmiths, talworking, fire, and volcanoes, he was also particularly interested in Taufik's weapon. However, when faced with Hades' question, Hephaestus was a little hesitant to answer it.
"... No, it's not the power of his weapon, how should I put it, that man, Instead of using a wand just like what a Magician usually used, that man, used that weapon of his as a catalyst to cast his Magic, but his weapon had its own uniqueness"
"Hoo~ Continue"
"To make it short, his weapon was not made in the usual way, you know how the process of forging is, but that man's weapon, it seems like it didn't go through any forging process, it seems like it was directly created as a set like that, it is truly very unique and..."
"And?"
"... Although it is a bit vague, the weapon has its own soul, if the soul within the weapon is fully awakened, the weapon will beco a weapon of the highest level in the entire world, even in the entire universe... Whether it is an enemy or not, I want to et the person who created that extraordinary weapon"
"... A weapon with soul?"
"Yeah..."
"..."
"..."
After that small talk, Hades and Hephaestus returned to watching the duel taking place in the arena with more focus than before.
"... How is it? Have you finished asuring the depth of that man's strength?"
"Sadly, No, that man does not even use his full power while facing Kratos, Who, in terms of raw strength, is only second to Hercules... I rember eight years ago when that guy first appeared in this tiline, he had a hard ti facing Hades directly, I didn't expect his power to grow this fast, maybe even Zeus didn't expect this"
"Eight years ago, huh? That day is sure crazy, if Mother Gaia didn't seal the earth, The Ages of Go-"
"Hephaestus"
"Opps~ I almost said it"
"*Sigh* Just rember, don't speak carelessly in the future, the truth is only known by a handful of us"
Hades said firmly while staring at Hephaestus with a sharp gaze, but in his mind, he also had the sa thoughts as Hephaestus.
'... But it was indeed a great fortune for us, If Mother Gaia had not sealed the Earth in ti, the consequences would have been very fatal for us, the Olympians'
That day, it was not only the Olympian gods who were actually expelled from Earth, but other entities that had once set foot on Earth also wanted to enter Earth. Fortunately for the Olympians who ca from Earth, the backlash was not too serious for them.
Unlike those other entities, they used a lot of their divine power to forcefully enter Earth, but because of the seal that Gaia had placed in ti, they were forcibly pushed out of Earth's atmosphere, which made them receive serious backlash, with such severe injuries, they would need a very long ti to recover their strength before trying to enter Earth again.
'We planned to gather as many followers as possible and grow our strength to face the other entity later at this crucial ti, but sothing unexpected like this had to happen, Zeus and Poseidon, those two, they are always impatient... *Sigh* In the end, everything will end up as 'HE' has decided'
Long ago when the Titanomachy War ended, a golden opportunity for the Olympians arose, but a new threat was created, a threat beyond the control of the three brothers, Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon.
"... We have sacrificed so much, but why does everything never go according to plan? In the end, do we have to take advantage of Mother Gaia's 'goodness' again?"
"You know that Impossible now with that man on her side"
"Then we will do anything we can do to erase that man's existence from this world at all cost even if we have to ask for help from 'HIM' again"
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