"You know, I think you just shoved in that lesson by the end." Arthur crosses his arms. His eyes fleeting to the lion, licking its paws as he shivers.
"Nah! You're wrong!" Remulus yells. Never looking back as he walks through the door. "I was definitely not shoehorning in a lesson because you fought it effortlessly."
Attie sneezes again, wiping it off as she replies. "Are you fucking serious? Hercules only struggled with that thing, because he was still mortal. Now, Hercules would knock that thing with a flick."
Remulus coughs in his hand. "Ok, maybe I wasn't thinking straight." He grumbles, "It wasn't this hard when I had to bring Leonard along."
He sighs, "It's probably the Deus ex machina blood." He then grins, "Though now that I think about it. Wouldn't you both have finished this much earlier."
Attie snaps her head at Arthur. "Maybe we would have finished faster if someone wasn't fucking distracted talking on his fucking phone!"
Arthur raises his arm, "It's fine, c'mon we nailed it!" He gives them a cocky grin, "We can breeze through the rest easily! Hell, I think we could do it faster!"
Remulus stops, a wide grin on his face. "Thank you! Arthur! I was thinking of just going back home, like a defeated animal! But you sure showed me!"
He waves his hand, a door appearing before them. "But since you insist so much. Let's do a speedrun of the twelve labors of Hercules."
Attie facepalms, "Well, shit."
Arthur pales, "Wait!"
The two of them get swept off their feet, thrown into the door before plopping down on a chariot. Arthur looks around, "Uh.... Where are we, exactly?"
A man shouts behind them, "A chariot! Your mode of transportation to the hydra!"
The two of them then turns, to see an enormous man, body built like chiseled stone and a height that left the two, feeling insignificant.
Attie waves, "Uncle Herakles. It's nice to see you!"
The man holds his hand over his hip and laughed, "HAHA! It is also great to see you, princess." He then hits the horses, slamming his hand against its rear, forcing them to gallop. "Have fun princess!"
Remulus stands beside him, watching the two kids ride through the sunset. "How exciting!"
Hercules closes his eyes, "It's always delightful to see young ones take on my footsteps. As long as they don't kill their wife, first. The twelve labors is always a good start."
Remulus chuckles. "Right? Speaking of which, how is Hebe?"
Hercules turns to him, "Oh? Well, there's"
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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Arthur shouts, his face held open by the wind pulling on his face. He grits his teeth. "Attie! Do something!"
"What the fuck do you want me to do? I can't ride this shit!" Attie shouts, her face morphed as she pulls on the horses' reins, their speed unmanageable.
"Well, try harder! Your the Greek Princess! Do some Greeky things!" His neck snaps back, a branch shatters on his face. "Gahhhh! Splinters!"
"Sorry, I didn't exactly have a Greek princess school!" She then ducks another tree branch, only for her head to snap back from another shattering on her face.
"Then what the fuck do we do!?" Arthur shouts, leaves stuck on his face.
"We jump!" Attie roars, a shadow covering her form.
"What why?" Arthur asks, only for a roar to stop him, their eyes stopping at the sight before them. "Is that what I think it is!?"
"It probably is, NOW JUMP!"
The two of them then jump, spinning through the air before rolling through the ground as the chariot explodes into light. They roll and roll and roll.
Until the two of them stop in front of a monster. A monster, screaming at them, roaring as toxic acids gather in its mouth.
Arthur widens his eyes, "Roll more!" The two of them roll away as the place they once stayed at disintegrated, the acid burning through the ground.
Arthur then shouts, "What the hell is this!?"
"It's the Hydra! Don't slice off its head!" Attie shouts as she smashes against its head. Her eyes, wide as she jumps to the side. Another head appearing behind it, biting at her.
"What!? There should just be one head!" Arthur yells.
A loud giggle erupts above them. "That's what you think! Kiddos! But you wanna speedrun this? Right? Sooooo, we're going to speedrun this!"
With a roar, a boar burst through the thicket of bushes. Steam flowing from its nose as it charges at them, a hydra's head stuck on its tusk.
Arthur just gapes, "This is cheating!"
"Nope! This is upping up the ante!" Remulus spins around the tree, arms wide, smile excited, as the two fight against the mythical creatures.
Arthur raises his sword up, clenching his teeth before the boar smashes against him. The ground beneath him rips open as his knees buckle.
He grins, "Guess I'm still good enou-" The boar then runs away from him, charging at Attie's direction as her eyes widen, "What?"
She jumps back as the boar's tusk pierces through the hydra's neck, two heads erupting from the gash, a smirk on all their faces.
Remulus chirps, "Oh, right! I might have taught a few things to keep it spicy. So to say."
Arthur twitches, throwing Excalibur in his direction as Remulus smirks, catching it between his fingers, "Ah, Arthur. Thanks for volunteering for more hardships!"
Arthur smirks, "That's what you think." He pulls Excalibur towards. "I learned a few tricks."
Nothing happened.
Remulus giggles, "Did you really think I wouldn't know Excalibur's simple mechanic?" He then points to the smirking boar, "You better think of something fast. You're about to get smashed."
Attie then raises her arms, fire gathering at her fingers before drowning the beast in flames. "How about that? Father?"
"You mean, the anti-magic runes I have imbued on their bodies would nullify it all?" Remulus crosses his arms as the surrounding smoke dissipating.
Attie sighs. "This is going to be hard. Fuck me."
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Two groaning siblings were all that was left of the forest before them. The battle was explosive, destructive, and utterly ridiculous.
Remulus claps, "Bravo! Really! I didn't think the two of you would be powerful enough to take down, a hundred-headed hydra! It was stupendous."
Arthur sobs in his hands, "I wanna eat pork steak after this."
Attie groans, darkness recalling to her shadow. "I'm going to make a light saber. So, if any bastard dares to regenerate in front of me! I'll make sure they don't get the chance!"
With a quick snap, the two of them then fall. Face first unto the mud as Remulus cackles, "Welcome, kiddos! Welcome to the legendary stables. You'll be cleaning for today!"
Arthut glares at him, his body aching. "This is child abuse."
Attie scoffs, splayed out. "Who're you going to? He's the highest authority in the land."
Remulus smirks. "First of all, it is not child abuse. I have checked the laws, well, made the law. And giving you chores does not count! And beside neither of you even got a bruise from all that."
"How do you know? I don't think you checked!" Arthur shouts, the exhaustion in his chest leaving him groaning.
"It's called magic, kiddo! We'll learn it later." He then deposits a toothbrush in both their hands. "Now get to work! This stable needs some cleaning!"