( Times after. )
" I'm... alive... " Poseidon says while opening his eyes, he sees himself inside a gigantic red river.
" Uh...uh... " Poseidon says, as he sees the environment around him.
" This place... "
" Ah, the red waters of blood..., the disgusting smell of death... "
" Ah yes, if my memory serves me right... "
" This...is, where we had our lives for perhaps years. "
" Inside, huh- " Poseidon suddenly remembers the moment when he was eaten, he remembers Hades all of a sudden.
" Ha...des... "
" Wait, where's Hades!? " Poseidon searched for his brother and then saw the tip of his hair floating on the red water's surface.
" Hades, brother! " Poseidon approached as he walked in the stuffy waters, making it harder to run towards his brother.
" Brother, I'm coming... "
" Brother! " Poseidon comes closer, he grabs the top of Hades' hair shown on the water's surface.
" Brother, it's me, Posei- " Poseidon pulls the head up, but he feels the weight is lighter than what he expected, and when he sees it.
" Ha... " Poseidon sees what he just pulled, he pulled Hades' head, a head that has been severed from the body.
" Ha..., Had... " Poseidon shivers, suddenly remembering the moments before he was eaten. Before he entered his father's throat, Hades, his brother, shoved him first before Chronos took a bit of them, thus, making Hades fall into his father's jaws, thus...
" No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! " Poseidon sees this as he falls to the ground.
" This can't be, how... "
" Inconceivable, Impossible... " Poseidon says as he sees another head coming out from the below water's surface.
" Huh!? it's... " Poseidon sees the head, he sees another familiar face...
" Hes...tia!? " Poseidon sees one of his sisters, the firstborn daughter of Chronos herself.
" Bro...ther... " another voice calls him, he sees a wounded girl, a girl he recognized is covered in blood and her skin already touched the bone.
" He... Hera! " Poseidon sees her in such a poor state.
" Bro-... "
"( This is not right, this is not right... _"
"( We are 'Divine', 'Pure'... )"
"( Our Father and the other Titans said that we, their Divine Children, will be the ones who succeed them, surpass them. )"
"( We, who will become the one 'True Gods'. )"
"( Then why... )" Poseidon remembers what he sees from his Father before he enters his stomach.
" Keugh... "
"( No, no, no, no... )"
"( This happened because of his damn 'eye'... )" Poseidon remembers Chronos' right eye, the eye that shows the form of a clock.
"( I don't know where or when he had it, but all of the things that happened here because that 'eye' showed him things that made him do all this... )"
"( I remember..., now. )"
"( It's all because of that 'eye' he had, nothing else... )"
"( Dammit. )" Poseidon gets mad, unknown to him, the river of blood around him begins to bubble, and waves began to happen, the walls of Chronos' stomach began to rumble.
" Grhh... " Poseidon says while feeling the rumble happening outside.
" He's here... " Poseidon says as he hears the voice of thunder.
" Zeus..., Deus... "
" Goddamn Mother spared you in the last second... "
" In secret, you become her weapon to kill Father, while we all had to live and die like this, inside his very digest... " Poseidon looked at Hades.
" Darn it, darn it... " Poseidon's mind began to remember the things that would happen at this moment, what would happen, is Zeus or Deus at the time, unleashing his full might against Chronos as he battled with him with great destruction.
Hearing the roaring thunders and rumbling sounds, Poseidon is pissed as he is there, standing and regretting all the things happened.
" No, no more... "
" I am strong... "
" Strong... "
" I am the most talented of that darn Father's children... "
" No, I should be the strongest child...! "
" With my talents and prowess, I should be the one who becomes the Strongest Olympian! "
" Not Chronos, not Zeus! "
" Not the Titans, not the Deviants, not the Angelus. "
" NO ONE! "
" I SHOULD BE THE STRONGEST THERE IS...! " Poseidon roars inside the very stomach of Chronos.
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...
( Meanwhile. )
( During Poseidon's dream, in Olympus. )
[ Olympus: Hera's Quarters ]
" Keugh! " Hera in her quarters, felt something juggling within her.
" What was that? " Hera wonders, she coughs, feeling unwell at the moment.
As Hera felt something disturbing, in Atlantis too, where the battle happened, Ragna Twelve also felt something wrong after recharging his strength and securing Ragna Hundred in his 'Zone' state.
< Twelve Eye of Time Activated >
< Vision Received >
" It will happen soon enough, huh? " Twelve takes some breath, he then stretches to loosen his 'bones' made from Black Shadows.
"( This Black Shadow Form is still not get used to. )"
"( This is also my fault to use this mission as my first trial too actually... )"
"( An unwise decision, but as we need the time to eliminate all our enemies before the 'God Hunter Tournament', I should take the risk. )" Twelve says while looking at frozen Ragna Hundred, his body moving vibrantly fast despite the pause of his action.
" He still had some time, but the thing is... " Twelve looked at the large hole he did when slamming Poseidon.
"( 3... )"
"( 2... )"
" ... "
" ... "
"( 1... )"
" ... "
" ... "
* From the below, a fountain splash made from blood comes out.*
* SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT. *
" There it is... " Twelve days as from the fountain slowly comes out the one who did it, covered in Blood this time, looking so monstrously.
" Carla... " Twelve suddenly remembers his granddaughter, Carla, he remembers her so well, from the one from his Timeline, from the 69th Timeline, and the other ones before the Current Timeline.
He remembers her mentioning the same word, as she always uncovers the gods' very sin in every Timeline.
" There's a Divine Hero that once says this... "
" Bring the gods into the corner and their Horns of Evil will show themselves, just like the Deviants... "*
" To think you will be 'cornered' this far? " Twelve asks as the monstrous being, summons a monstrous tentacle that strikes upon him, but before that, Ragna Hundred quickly deflects it with his arm.
" This speedful pest. " the monstrous being said he whipped his tentacle so fast onward Hundred, making him have to defend himself, giving the other tentacles to behind him and grip him hard.
" Hundred! " Twelve shouts as the monstrous being uses the tentacles to hurt Hundred, while hurting, he sees Hundred's face, a face similar to Twelve.
" This face... "
" Ragna Kent...? " he asks as he remembers this face too from a certain Timeline.
" Wait a minute... "
" There's... two of you...? "
" Preposterous..., how- "
" You don't have to know! " Twelve opened another
< Water Gate Deactivated >
" Gah! " Twelve retracts his hand from the closed Gate, preventing himself from having the same fate as Zeus*.
" What...? " Twelve was frightened as it happened.
" Creating Gates through Water... "
" That's my ability... "
" ... "
" Ragna Kent... "
" Tell me... " the monstrous being begins to reveal his 'Horns of Corruption', revealing the full monstrosity and deviation of his body.
" How did you manage to do it, you goddamn mortal? " the being that shows his transformed humanoid Divine-Deviant face under the formed horns.
< System Scans >
< ... >
< Boss Detected >
< Boss Name: Corrupted Horn Ocean Lord, Poseidon >
< Race: Olympian Diviners (Gods) *corrupted* >
< Level: 230 >
" ... "
" Wow, he's scarier than the one I was shown with. " Twelve mentions while remembering the 'Twelve Eye's vision earlier.
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Extra:
*" Bring the gods into the corner and their Horns of Evil will show themselves, just like the Deviants... ".
See Chapter 283: White Shadow Part 2.
*Twelve retracts his hand from the closed Gate, preventing himself from having the same fate as Zeus.
See Chapter 319: I Level Up to the Gods Part 4