Luke Castellan sat under the shade of a broken boulder, far away from the garden of hesperides.
He had gotten away from the Dragon as the Hesperides had started singing to calm down the beast. Dragging the body of his friend with him, Luke had crossed the wall of mist to leave the lure of the golden Apples behind.
For the last couple of hours, Luke had tried his best to nurse his friend back to health. He had fed him two blokes of Ambrosia, trusting Mikael's divinity to not inflame his body up by the overdoes. But the Dragon's poison must be too powerful, for he showed no signs of waking.
So Luke had turned to the gods, disliking the need to do so, but understanding that his friend's life was on the line.
He had prayed to his father, Hermes. Prayed and begged to save his friend. But of course, Hermes didn't answer. The god didn't even care for his own son, how can he care for Mikael? No, Hermes was useless.
So Luke had turned to Zeus. The king of Olympus, the father of gods, and most importantly, Mikael's dad. Yet, Zeus did not answer.
Luke begged, not for himself but for Zeus' own son. Yet, the god did not answer. It shouldn't have come as a surprise, considering what happened to Thalia, Luke should've been used to it. But that wasn't the case.
Luke was angry. Very very angry.
Because he realised, no matter what he does, the fate will not change. The prophecy that he had tried so hard to ignore, came to the forefront of his mind.
You Shall Go West And Face The Hundred-headed One.
You Shall Fail And Become The Hero That Which Turned
To Walk The Path Of Your Dark Fate.
And Thus Earn The Fateless One's Hate.
What prophecy was worth listening to, if it said that you will fail from the start.
Should he have simply given up? Was he the reason for Mikael's current form? Perhaps, perhaps not. But one thing was clear. Even the fate wanted him to reject the gods.
His dark fate and the hero who turned...it didn't take a genius to figure it out. The only thing luke wasn't sure was the fateless one thing. Only a god can be truly free of fate right? Or did they have their own creepy old women who gave them warnings. What even could be worth warning beings of such power and immortality.
Perhaps that's what Apollo does, warns them all about things that mattered them the most— Don't go to toilet today, you will be taking a huge dump and be late to your post-office duties, Hermes! Don't rape that woman zeus! She will pop a kid more powerful than you and the child will come back for revenge! Don't pick fight with that God ares! He will embarrass you pretty badly.
Luke let out a broken laugh, feeling more free than he ever had even as he realised what he was about to do. His decision was made now, stressing over it will do nothing for him. He will join Kronos and that was that.
Perhaps he may even convince Mikael to join him someday. If the boy remains alive after today, that is.
Luke wasn't so sure he would.
And so Luke slept truly for the first time in a long while, no longer afraid of the dreams.
No longer afraid of the entity that awaited him.
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[Slept on bed for 6 hours]–
Mind, Body, and soul at 100%
I opened my eyes, feeling well rested and refreshed. The view of naked sky and the high walls of the mountain greeted my eyes, and I remembered the last moments before my unfortunate push into the sleepy lands.
The Golden Apple was sitting inside my inventory, with a cut-off Dragon head keeping it company.
'Nice, just what I like for dinner; Apples with Dragon heads.'
A snort escaped me, making someone curse besides me as they moved up in my vision. Luke rubbed his sleepy eyes, looking like he just woke. He finally noticed where the noise came from and his eyebrows went past his hairs.
"How the...you are alive? Oh, you are alive. You are...healed too? What?" The bewildered demigod stared at me up and down as I finally stood on my legs, feeling restless and active.
"Of course I'm alive." I replied with a roll of my eyes. "Now, where are we?"
The boy simply stared at me as if he couldn't believe I was awake, before releasing a sigh with a shake of his head.
"...Don't know. Still in Marin County though."
"Well then, let's go. No need to waste our time here. Did you get an apple?" I asked the last with faint hope, but I knew the answer even before he said it.
"No. I don't need it anymore."
I was surprised to note the satisfaction on his face. It was like looking at a new Luke; no longer hurried, no longer purposeless, no longer angsty. His face held a small sad smile and I knew he'd decided. Whatever was troubling him for the past few months, he'd made peace with it.
Good for him.
"C'mon then. We'll be going back to the camp at full speed." I said, removing the metallic helmet and shield that I'd made for luke.
I looked back at the mist one last time before letting go with a sigh. "I don't want to spend another minute here or I'm afraid I'll go back to the garden and release a fucking divine storm on that Dragon, even if it destroys Hera's garden."
Luke laughed with mirth, and I was almost shocked to know that it was genuine. Did he let go of all the jealousy and envy he had towards my powers?
"You know what, kael? I'll be right beside you to spit on her ruined garden if you actually do that."
"Ayy, that's what I'm talking about. Now come. We have a long way to go."
And thus we started our journey back to the camp. As I flew, i decided to check out all of my notifications. And there were a lot.
[You have entered the 6th Tier (Divine)]
And finally. Finally I've left the mortal world behind. Just the thought send me over the moon.
In the last four years, I've gone from a weak tier 1 mortal to a true tier 6 divine powerhouse.
I might've had to start from the weakest, but I was more than any demigod could hope to be; new or old. I could most likely fight ladon one-on-one, without Luke, and etch a win. Of course, he wasn't a fair opponent to brag against, considering his current state, but it was still a feat worthy of acclaim in this world.
On the other hand, my physical capabilities had increased drastically. Especially my speed.
And even theoretically knowing that this kind of speed was possible, it was mind-blowing. I was travelling 58.6 kilometers every single second. Could anyone imagine that? 58.6 kilometers in a single second? To put into perspective, the sound travels at the speed of 343 meters per second. Right now, I was way past supersonic speed, and I was way past hypersonic speed, hell I was even way past atmospheric entry speed, controlled or uncontrolled.
The air around me was burning, and I could see a noticable fiery shield in front of me. The hot flames were biting my skin, trying to melt me down. But my constitution, and my suddenly absolute control over the air, was rendering it harmless.
Hell, my control over wind was so high right now, that I could likely hold the air together in front of me from splitting, and travel completely safe while still maintaining my speed.
So high was my control and authority over sky, that I was able to form a cocoon of air shield around Luke, to keep him from disintegrating from existence, and then drag this cocoon with me on equal speed.
Unfortunately I hadn't thought of doing this until the boy had already gone unconscious, which was way before I even hit my max speed.
What a shame that he can't see our incredible return journey. Entire cities were literally passing under me every second, entire states were just a quick 10 second leap. I flew like a missile, but faster than any could hope to fly.
Soon though, I reduced my speed by a lot, and took my time to glance at my other notifs.
[Quest Recieved: Keep Luke safe]–
Bring Luke back to the camp alive
Rewards: 20 Levels.
[Unique Achievement]–
Fight and Survive against a Tier 6 being before reaching 16.
Rewards: 10 Levels, 1 to all skills.
Holy hell, the achievement was bigger than the quest. 20 levels is all well and good, but 1 to all skills? Not just combat but all skills? Yeah, that seemed like a huge reward to me. If I remembered correctly, I got this kind of reward the last time for a legendary achievement.
This explained my perfect control over wind and air.
'Nice.'
There were also a bunch of skill level-ups aside from the 1 to all, but I couldn't be bothered to go through all of them. So I just bought up my status.
Mikael
Age: 10
Race: God/Angel/Devil Hybrid
Tier: 6
Level: 516
Divine Power: 2,375,000/2,375,000
Holy Power: 2,375,000/2,375,000
Demonic Power: 2,375,000/2,375, 000
Stamina: 2,580,000/2,580,000
Health: 2,680,000/2,680,000
Stats–
Strength: 526
Speed: 556
Dexterity: 546
Endurance: 516
Constitution: 536
Mental: 44
Spirit: 475
Points: 23
Skills:
Combat Skills–
Master Spear-Wielding (7/10)
Master Swordsmanship (4/10)
Expert Archer (6/10)
Godly Skills–
Divine Authority (Lvl 3)
Divine Lightning Storm (Lvl 3)
Wind Tornado (Lvl 3)
Lightning Storm (Lvl 6)
Divine Lightning Bolt (Lvl 9)
Electric Discharge (Lvl 9)
Flying (Lvl 9)
Lightning Manipulation (Lvl 9)
Wind Manipulation (Max)
Air Manipulation (Max)
Holy Power Skills–
[Angelic Form]– 4-Winged Angel
Holy Power Manipulation (Lvl 8)
Holy Weapon Creation (Max)
Demonic Skills–
Hypnosis Magic (Lvl 6)
Concealment Magic (Lvl 6)
Lightning Manipulation (Lvl 6)
Defensive Magic: Barrier (Lvl 7)
Object Creation (Lvl 7)
Demonic Power Manipulation (Lvl 8)
Magical Skills–
Mist Manipulation (Lvl 5)
Mist Sense (Lvl 5)
Mystiokinesis Sense (Lvl 5)
Other Skills–
Basic Blacksmith (7/10)
Advanced Actor (6/10)
Advanced Hunter (10/10)
Expert Tracker (2/10)
Expert Unarmed Combatant (2/10)
Expert Strategist (3/10)
Expert Chess Player (10/10)
Resistance:
Lightning Resistance (Max)
Poison Resistance (Lvl 8)
Pain Resistance (Lvl 5)
Mystiokinesis Resistance (Lvl 3)
Magical Affinities:
Divine Lightning: 70/100
Holy Light: 70/100
Lightning: 90/100
Light: 90/100
Ooh, boy. So Lvl 10 was indeed max level. And so many of my skills were coming close to being maxed; Divine lightning bolt, electric discharge, lightning manipulation, flying, Holy weapon creation...
All of these only needed another level and boom, I'm perfect. I'll need to start creating more overpowered skills soon.
The thing that troubled me however, was my level. In another three years, gods are most likely going to try and make my life difficult, especially that bitch Hera. Originally my main goal was to get to Lvl 600 atleast but now I wondered if I can actually come around to an Olympian's level? I'll have to get some more of these quests for sure.
If 1 quest consistently gave me 10 levels, then I only needed 9 more quests to reach Tier 7, and become as powerful as a minor god.
9 quests...yeah, that was fine. I had plenty of time for nine quests.
Right?
Yeah, right.
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AN: Chapter 40/41 done! Hope you all enjoyed it.
Now some things about Ladon, I've decided to change his backstory a bit. In PJO, Ladon is too strong for Heracles and so he uses Atlas' help to get the apples. In Dxd Heracles just straight up slaughter's Ladon (even tho Ladon's much stronger here) to get the apples before being revived as an Evil dragon by Khaos bridge.
Then there's the fact that in PJO Ladon's just a beast and in Dxd he can talk and stuff.
So in this story, Ladon is Forcefully captured by Hera, had his powers and mental abilities locked up, and made to guard the Apple tree. So basically, he was as strong his Dxd counterpart once upon a time, but is now just a mindless beast like the PJO one.
Apart from that, Mikael's now Tier 6. For those who forgot, that's like a peak Ultimate class Devil, on Grayfia's level. So he's stronger than an average Ultimate class Devil, or a High-class Dragon, but weaker than a satan.
That's it for today, let me know your thoughts in comments.
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See ya!