In a dimension higher than the material plane; a group of beings gathered.
They gathered on a giant mountain that looked to be floating above a gigantuan landmass.
This was the land of the gods.
It was a lot bigger than the total surface of the earth.
And every group of gods has their own pantheon who rule a part of earth.
Olympus has Greece and Italy.
Valhalla has Scandinavia and northern European countries where the Germanic tribes lived.
The Slavic had their own ethnic gods.
And legends like baba yaga the witch of the woods.
The witchcraft gods have Africa.
The Mongolians have animal gods.
All different cultures and groeps of people have their own gods.
There were too many too count for all kinds of different ethnic groups be it north or south America, Asia, Oceania Europe or Africa.
And now in one of the pantheons of the fallen.
A meeting was on the way.
"I lost all contact with my priest's in Sparta."
"Me too"
"Our dominion over Sparta is waning."
"And that all within one night."
"God is taking back his authority."
"If this continues, he may chain us down until the day of judgement."
"Well we should not have tried to take over his people."
"We got complacent because he allowed us to roam free."
"SILENCE" A voice thunderd through the magestic halls of Olympus.
On a giant golden throne a being sat.
His skin was white as marble, and his eyes held lightning.
He had a white beard and barely cloth himself.
Zeus looked down on his brethren.
And opend his mouth.
"It is not about the priests, or the temples even."
"It's about The almighty's new champion."
"God will seldom interfere with reality himself."
"But his champions are free to wage wars against us, and hinder our every move."
"So we have to think of a way to end this child before he can grow to a threat."
Ares reacted to this statement.
"But father our last endeavour didn't even work a bit."
"We managed to poisen him but he was still unlikable by mortal standards."
"And he got even stronger afterwards."
"And poisening him again won't work."
The other gods around began thinking about this.
"What other options do we have then?"
Dionysus asked
Because while they were gods they were forbidden from directly interfering with creation, after the betrayal of the watcher's.
So a lot of options were not feasible.
They could only scheme against the mortals.
And only on very specific dates could they decent.
"Fear not for I have already made a agreement with Ahura Mazda."
"We have chosen a champion of our own Xerxes."
"Ahura Mazda will purify the bloodline of "Xerxes while we will sent down a weapon crafted by Hefetus."
"This should be more than enough to end Deimos in his infancy."
And if it doesn't work I will have to contact them.
Zeus shuddered at the thought of those beings.
"With this the meeting is over inform the still standing temples of the crisis at hand."
"Try to get as many believers out of Sparta as possible."
Back in the material plane Deimos looked down on the temple of Aphrodite.
The guards are already outside and more were gathering.
This will make no difference Deimos thought.
And right after thinking so his eyes turned dark as the abyss red golden and green lines intertwined.
Until a beam of pure destruction and death came down on the temple.
Everything melted; short but ear piercing screams sounded.
The population of Sparta got woken up.
By the sound.
when they looked outside their window they saw flames and smoke rising up into the sky.
The rest of the night kept being restless.
From time to time screams kept sounding and rumbling of buildings sounded.
The woman and children were hurdling together.
While the men kept watch at the door.
And a hour before sunrise peace finally came and the screams stopped.
The population of Sparta was uncertain.
They didn't know what happened last night.
They only knew it was orderd by the royal family.
The roads to all the temples were blocked by the royal army.
When the first rays of light came trough the windows it felt like a juk fell of their shoulders.
"Every head of the household is orderd to gather at the city centre."
" where the royal family will tell how Sparta will grow en function in the future."
The men pacified their wives before going to square in the middle of Sparta.
Thousands of men stood in rows waiting for their king to clarify the situation.
Their was almost no sound.
They were all military men waiting disciplined for the time to arrive.
Half a hour later the king arrived in front of his people.
Leonidas walked up to the podium made of stone, used for announcements.
With a somber face, he announced the news.
"My people the people of Sparta, today I come bringing both good and bad news."
"I will begin with the bad news."
"Last night we openly declared war with the gods."
"And we can expect the other city states to band together to suppress us."
"The good news is that we are once again under the protection of the one and only God and the creator of all creation."
"Last night my son received a prophecy from God."
"He saw the downfall, of Sparta and the royal family at the hands of these false gods."
"Now instead of waiting for them to make the first move, we took the initiative to cut out the cancer of Sparta."
Right when he said this a sonic boom could be heard.
Deimos came flying trough the air and stopped in front of the platform.
Looking down at the people below.
Leonidas continues with his speach.
"From now on the worship of idols and false gods will be met with the death sentence."
"Adultery will be met with the same punishment."
"As will murder."
"Prostitution is now no longer tolerated."
"It was already outlawed but now we will enforce the law."
"A temple will be build I honour of our ancestral God."
"And we will be blessed by him"
After hearing this the Spartans had different reactions.
Some were delighted by the changes while other were angry or afraid.
They were worshippers of the false gods.
And knowing that it was now outlawed they feared that they may never worship them again.
Leonidas looked down on the people.
And gave one order.
"Soldiers of Sparta go trough every home secret compartment or basement and destroy every false idol you can find."
"Yes your highness!!"
The soldiers moved.
Going trough every Spartan household destroying idols and burning the witchcraft.
Leonidas looked at his son flying beside the podium with a deep look.
The era was about to change.