Chapter 69 (Noice) The one blessed by the sword. The honored one.

After August's match the crowd was in shambles, with the barrier being broken -Momentarily thanks to Riveria quick casting- they felt the full brunt of August's mana, which led most of the crowd -civilians and low level adventurers- fainting from his aura.

But out of all the people here, one was smiling from ear to ear... For the mortals around her, it was the first time they ever saw her smile like that. It was excitement, anticipation, and feral.

She turned around and walked back towards the waiting room, her mind, craving for the opportunity to fight the spear of mortal death.

She walked loosely, her blond hair swaying with her every step, the sword on her side glint as the light passed by its cold steel scabbard. Her face fell back to her usual stone-like statue demeanor, but her excitement was plain for all to see as there is a skip within her every step.

Finn saw it all happen, a smile crept up his face... He never saw her having such an animated look on her face before. 'You're itching to fight him aren't you... Ais.'

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Like yesterday, there was a two hour break for the fighters to recover, but now it doubles as a way for the medics to deal with the crowd as well.

As that was happening, the gods were discussing what transpired earlier on stage. Some of them haven't recovered from the fear, while others were having a screaming contest in the middle of the room.

"WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT MORTAL TO LIVE!!!" it was one of the gods, Nanook, he was screaming on the top of his lungs with a red fuming face. "HE IS A DANGER TO OUT EXISTENCE!!!"

"You must be stupid!" Another god, Pinga butted in. She had a calm look on her face but her eyes were dangerously looking at Nanook. "Aren't you paying attention yesterday? The Thïeko óplo users may be our only weapon against Nyx... And you want to kill someone who is fully chosen by faith? He is a war potential we cannot afford to lose at this time."

"War potential or not, he is still dangerous for us to exist. At least with the prince, Ares has a hold on his leash." The god Hanuman entered the heated debate. "And I don't trust the butcher with that much power." He said as he glared at Heracles direction.

"Be careful with your tongue ape." Heracles answered him with a dangerously low voice. "Mind what you say or I'll pull that thing off your mouth."

Hanuma didn't answer but his eyes were glaring daggers towards Heracles. If looks could kill, Heracles would have been killed ten times over.

"I for one agree with Hanuman." Apollo smirked as he said his words. "The butcher had slaughtered our kind before. Him having that much power makes me uncomfortable. He already has the heroic bow in his possession, and now he has the primal spear user."

Murmurs of agreement sounded all over as Apollo continued his "Speech." "And we don't know what is running inside that barbaric mind of his." He stood up and started to speak louder and more passionately. "I SAY WE KILL THE MORTAL AND GIVE THE SPEAR TO SOMEOME MORE QUALIFIED TO HANDLE IT AND TAKE THE HEROIC BOW OUT OF HIS HANDS!!!"

Heracles didn't answer the god, he let his aura do the work for him. He unleashed it as it pushed everyone down by its pressure. He started to take a step towards Apollo.

Apollo saw this and smiled. His face then morphs into fear as he faces the other gods. "SEE!!! HIS TRUE NATURE IS SHOWING!!! HE'LL KILL EVERYONE OF US WITHOUT SECOND THOUGHT!!! A BUTCHER OF OUR KIND!!!"

The other gods started screaming as well in support of Apollo, but Heracles didn't stop his approach. He didn't care about them, he will make an example of Apollo right now.

And Apollo wanted that to happen, he wanted everyone to be hostile towards Heracles, this would make them agree with him even more, and he could use this to fuel their fear.

Heracles knows this as well, but he didn't care. If they want to see the butcher so much, they will get the butcher, and Apollo will be his first victim. Athena tried to stop him, but a glare from the god of strength made her stop on her tracks.

*50 things Heracles hates. Number 25, he hates being called the butcher. Number 49, he hates being threatened. Number 50, he hates that his child is being used to threaten him.*

But before he could lay a hand on Apollo, a loud bang echoed inside the room, and Apollo came crashing towards the wall.

Everyone stopped, everyone was confused, all their eyes were glued at the god who was now twitching unconscious, embedded inside one of the walls in the room.

"Yo!" A man spoke, all eyes moved towards the voice. They saw a man with a relaxed and lazy expression, he was wearing a loose tunic, and baggy sweet pants, on his shoulder is a long bo-staff and at its head was a lantern like helm with 3 rings on each side. He has a clean shaven face, and a short and tight ringlet curls for a hair. He continued speaking. "Sorry about that... The weasel is annoying to look at."

Heralces eyes twitched, a strained smile formed on his face. "Buddha you son of a bitch." he said with a voice that was threatening to crack in laughter.

Buddha smiled and lashed his tongue out playfully.

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The gods were confused by the appearance of Buddha, they were caught by surprise. Some of them were angry at him, but they didn't want to say it out loud.

Heracles was someone who was tactful in his approach, sure he was scary, but at least he was still calculating enough to not do something rash. But Buddha was different, he does not care, he'll do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, he's like chaos personified. He didn't care about rules or decorum and he was someone who would show it.

"So I hear that those magnificent weapons are back. Must be hell for you guys." He spoke playfully as he scanned the room. "Oh hey Thor... I'll get to you later."

"What the hell are you doing here?" Pinga spoke, bewildered by the sight of the god.

"I'm here to ask you out on a date." Buddha answered as he jumped nearer towards Pinga. "I hope you won't turn me down this time." he said near her ear.

"Tsk." Pinga clicked her tongue as she turned away from Buddha. He had developed quite a moniker in heaven as a womanizer and right now he was showing it without care.

"Buddha." A cold voice entered Buddha's ear. He turned to see Hades staring at him coldly. "Answer the question... Why are you here?"

"Hades... Still have a stick up you ass I see." Buddha answered while shrugging. "I'm here on vacation. And it was pretty boring in heaven especially with my two bros ditching me up there all alone." he sighed and spoke sadly.

"..." Hades didn't answer, Talking to Buddha was tiring for him, he was the most annoying god to deal with for Hades. Buddha was unpredictable and chaotic, which made it hard for Hades to cope up with him.

"Anyway... It looks like I came here at a good time! I was watching the match earlier and Heracles you have yourself a good child. I'm jealous... Maybe I should make my own familia."

The gods groan when they heard him. If he's making a familia, it means he will be staying here.

Heracles smiled when he saw the other gods react to his friend... Nay. His brother's antics. "Well you can... But I doubt you'll find someone like August."

"Oho... I'll find someone better than your child." Buddha said with a sure tone. "In fact... I already have eyes on one." He continued as his eyes flowed to the crowd below. Landing on a mortal with greyish white hair.

Heracles shrugs and chuckles. 'Someone better than August? In your dreams bud.' He thought. "Good luck with that."

"Arghh." A groan made all eyes wander towards Apollo who is slowly getting up. "WHO DARES?!!" He screamed angrily as his eyes roamed the room landing towards Buddha. This made him pause.

"Yo weasel." Buddha greeted him playfully. "you sure are carefree, why in all the realms are you sleeping here?"

"B-buddha." He stuttered in seeing the god. He then realized that he must be the one who hit him in the back of his head. "YOU DARE HIT ME YOU FUCKING DEGENERATE!!!" he said as his face turned red in anger.

"And good day to you too." Buddha answered as he threw his bo-staff straight to Apollo's chest, slamming him in the wall, knocking him out again. "He sure is carefree... Isn't he?" He asked Heracles.

"..." Heracles didn't answer but his eyes were twitching. 9 years spent in the lower world made him forget how uncaring and chaotic Buddha is. After all, all of his focus was on the development of August.

"Now where were we? Oh right... The god killing weapons." This made the other gods focus on Buddha. "Since I'm a god as well, and I assume I have a vote on this. I say let the boy keep it." he said as he checked his finger nails.

"WHY IN ALL THE REALMS WOULD WE AGREE TO THAT?!!" A random god -At least in Buddha's eyes- erupted with a scream. "Especially after that, he is dangerous."

"Thank you..." Buddha stared at him for a moment trying to remember his name. "...Random god for the question. And to answer it. Because it seems like fun and I'm bored."

"WHY Y-" the random god argued but Buddha cut him off.

"And because if you want to get to him you'll have to get through the big guy right here." He said while pointing his thumb towards Heracles. "And if you decide to fight with him..." He looked at Thor seriously his eyes staring straight at Thor's eyes. "That hammer wielding fat man will also fight along with him... And most importantly." His eyes then scanned the room as his voice became dangerously cold. "You'll have to fight me as well." he said it with the same playful smile on his face which made it all the more scarier for the gods.

The gods gulped at his declaration. And like nothing happened, Buddha was back at his playful tone. "Oh... And this little runt will be on our side as well." He rested his palm on Hestia's head which made the goddess yelp in surprise.

Hestia gulped as all the gods eyes stared at her small stature. She wanted to curse Buddha for pulling her in this shit.

"Y-You arrogant ASSHOLE!!!" Apollo shriek. He was now back up on his feet glaring daggers towards Buddha.

"Oh goody you're up again." Buddha spoke sarcastically.

"WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS!!!" Hanuman wailed as his voiced booms inside the room.

"And I don't care." Buddha shrugs. "Come at us if you want. I'll be happy to send you back home to heaven."

Hanuman didn't answer, he clicked his tongue and sat back down his seat, he was fuming but he knows he was no match for Buddha.

The other gods follow suit, Heracles was hard to handle by himself, and they heard a rumor about him and Thor having a falling out. They view this as a perfect opportunity to strike at the lone god. Sure Hestia was still at his side and would probably support him, but she was useless when it comes to fighting and she didn't even have a familia to help Heracles.

But with Buddha here, all of that was now thrown down the drain. Thor may not help Heracles -If the rumors were true- but with Buddha he wouldn't watch on the sidelines. He would come in the aid of his blood brothers, and dealing with 3 powerful gods would be a huge task even with all of their strengths combined.

The gods who stage it doubt that everyone would agree with them, Athena was also showing support for Heracles.

They were smart enough to back down now.

'Cowards!' Apollo glared at the gods who had agreed to his plan and had bow backed down because of Buddha's presence. He glared at Buddha as he made it back to his seat. 'I'll have my revenge you fucking degenerate.'

Buddha saw Apollo glaring at him and flashed him a smile. 'Well someone is angry.' he thought. He walked with Heracles towards his table and sat next to him.

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"When did you arrive?" The moment they both sat down, Heracles asked Buddha.

"Hmm? Oh... Yesterday." Buddha answered as he snapped his finger. His bo-staff returns to his hands. "I was gonna surprise you two but a cute mortal caught my eye. By the way, how's your jaw?"

"So I take it you saw what happened yesterday?"

"I sure did... Thor really gave you a beating didn't he?"

"Hmmm... I-I understand why his angry. We are not on speaking terms right now... Well at least he is."

"Don't worry about it... I'll talk to him, but first we must give him time." Buddha answered as he filled his glass with ale. "we are brothers, not by blood, but by heart... He'll come around."

"I hope so..."

"Are you sure that was wise?" Athena joined in their conversation. Her voice made Buddha jump.

"Oh Thena! You scared me there." Buddha then smiled and leaned over to her. "It's good that you're here... I've been meaning to ask you out for a date."

Athena ignored Buddha and instead asked her question again. "You've made an enemy with the majority of the gods here. Are you sure it was wise to do that?"

"And as always... You're no fun." Buddha pouted. "Anyway... It was a calculated risk." he shrugs as he answered Athena's question.

Athena looked at him as if saying to explain more.

"He was leaning on the fact that those idiots would back down." Heracles answered. "After all, heaven is a boring place for a god, it is the very reason why they decided to go here in the lower world. The very threat of going back there made them think twice in going to war with us."

"Bingo!" Buddha answered as he gulp down his drink.

"But wouldn't going back to heaven make their life easier. I mean, they would be out of harms way if they are there since even with a theïko óplo, a mortal couldn't enter heaven." Hestia entered the conversation as well.

"That would be the case... But gods are greedy beings." Heracles answered with venom in his voice. "Especially those lots."

"Being up there means they lose their hold in the lower world, it means no more influence, no more power." Buddha shrugs as he continues to explain. "Those lots couldn't stand losing their hold here, they would rather die than be sent back to absolute boredom in heaven. And with them there they would be the first target of Nyx if the prophecy is to be believed... By the way? How sure are you that your seer is legit?"

"She is... I wouldn't be here if she wasn't." Athena answered. Her tone was implying for them to drop the topic.

"But that doesn't answer Athena's question." Hestia continued the topic as the table was becoming awkward with Athena's reaction.

"Oh... Frankly I don't care if those fools gang up. I don't give a fuck if they chose to fight, what I said right there is true. And the reason I know that they will back down is because I am here." Buddha gulps another glass of ale down before continuing. "They can come at me all they want, it will not matter, they'll all lose."

"I see that you've got Heracles blind hubris as well." Athena sarcastically said as she too gulp a glass of ale. 'Oh this is delicious... I wonder who made this.' She thought.

"Hubris? How can it be hubris when its true?" Buddha smiled as be lazily placed his head on his arm. "Throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one." He said as he looked at Athena's eyes.

This made the goddess gulped as she felt a dangerous aura surrounding Buddha.

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