"Great God Zeus, may Your glory protect me!"
As the giants closed in, Hercules, who customarily covered the rear, solemnly chanted the incantation. He stirred the divinity and divine power within him to their limits, whilst raising the unnamed axe-sword in his hands aloft, his right arm shrouded in thunderbolt, swept through the air nine times in an instant.
A cascade of afterimages tore through the air and the earth, cleaving at the approaching giants.
"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!"
However, accompanied by the clanging symphony of metal striking metal, the incoming giants only staggered back a few steps before they, to the horrified gazes of the heroes, stood firm once more, the shallow wounds on their bodies and limbs healing instantaneously, as they again strode towards the cave where everyone was gathered.
Seeing the crimson light that enveloped the giants and the Divine Emblems atop the Titan's temple, synchronously illuminating, Hercules's heart plunged into an abyss.
