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Chapter 3 - Champions

After a long trip over the sea, the helicopter approaches what would be an oil platform. Then everyone goes down and use the elevator.

- So this would be the base of the champions? Isn't it a little old and rusty?

- Just wait and see.

Alex answers Poseidon with a smile, at the same time the elevator passes through a transparent tube capable of seeing the bottom of the sea. Further down was the actual command base.

Alex takes Poseidon to the command center, where everyone is gathered and waiting for him.

-So this is the self-titled King of the Seas Poseidon?

A seated muscular man asks in a sarcastic voice.

- Don't take that muscle brain seriously. We are honored to know a God.

The man in the cowboy hat looks in awe at the image of Poseidon.

- Just you two here? I thought I was chosen sixth. Where is the rest?

- They are in a job to strengthen themselves. By the way, my name is Raul and that muscle idiot Terry.

The man in the cowboy hat answers Poseidon as he introduces himself.

- And so why would a God be on our side when our enemy clearly appears to be another God.

Terry asks seriously as he doesn't trust Poseidon.

- I'm on your side, because the gods were also threatened. Whatever and whoever that voice was, it wasn't one of us.

- So you're telling me that there is a being above the Gods capable of putting fear in you?

Raul, with a face of curiosity, asks.

- There shouldn't be anything above the Gods, we are absolute beings. But we don't know anything about that.

Poseidon responds with an angry and calm tone.

-Well, as you've already met, I'm going to take Poseidon to his new quarters so he can rest and tell you more information when the rest get together.

Alex takes Poseidon to a large room at the end of the hall and leaves shortly thereafter.

Far away, in Antarctica, something happens, an endless tremor that can be felt in the rest of the world. What should have been a mountain of snow begins to move and rise, revealing the image of a sleeping giant. The giant sinks into the waters and disappears without a trace.

- What the fuck was that? Messed everything up here!

Terry screams in rage as he walks towards the command center.

-Many things have happened here, but nothing to the point of shaking the earth.

-Certainly something big is coming. It seems that instead of standing still and waiting, that voice caused something to act here.

Poseidon and Raul talk about it as they reach the command room.

All but the third champion were huddled together trying to figure out what had happened. For some it could be an earthquake, for others a sign that the end was near.

-. Is there any way to find out what that was?

- It looks like a glacier has moved out of place and disappeared!

One of those responsible for monitoring responds to Raul with a shaky voice.

- So it looks like we'll have to act and find out for ourselves!

Terry puts his fists together and smiles, showing that he really wants to go out into the world.

- Do not forget that I am the King of the Seas, I will search the oceans and see if I find something. If it was on ice, it probably sank.

- You're right, go ahead.

Poseidon says goodbye to everyone entering the elevator, when he reaches the surface he throws himself into the sea and disappears into the waters.

***

[A new champion has been selected!]

Three days after the incident, the voice could be heard again, announcing the new savior. A golden light appears at the top of the desert pyramid, several tourists start filming, going live and taking pictures. A being rises from the top of the pyramid revealing himself to the world, a tall guy with dark hair, a muscular physique and shirtless.

That man looks around and raises the staff he was holding in his hands, a strong sandstorm surrounds the place and he disappears.

Footage and photos have circulated around the world, many are looking for that champion, many wondering who he is.

"Can't you see?! It's obvious it's a pharaoh coming back from the dead!"

"Pharaoh?! Why would they bring a dead man to life to fight after bringing Poseidon, of course it must be some Egyptian god!"

Many wondered who that man was, but few were close to the truth.

- Poseidon, do you know this guy? Is it one of the gods?

- I don't remember ever having seen that face, gods usually change their appearances when they arrive on Earth. Of course, I didn't have to because my beauty is already natural.

Poseidon answers Raul while facing himself in the mirror with a beautiful smile on his face.

- So, have you discovered anything by sea about what happened on the glacier?

-Nothing yet. Whatever it was, it hid it very well.

Everyone seems concerned about the state of the land, a glacier that has mysteriously disappeared, and a champion they don't know who or where he is.