79)Clash of a Dragon Goddess and God-Slayer
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3rd Pov
The battle with the Kingu didn't last long, with three Divinities each of High Rank within their ranks the victory was but meant to happen. The only significant enemy they had was Kingu, who was forced to flee after their clash with Artoria the 'Goddess of the End', it was no big surprise to Poseidon that Kingu, a being who was generally stronger than his single class Heroic Spirit was handled like a child before Artoria.
Artoria's divinity itself was unique and special, making her capable of attacking targets from a different timeline altogether by peeling of the layers between two worlds creating a passage that can propagate her attacks. Such an act completely outside the reach of other Divinities, even the Primordials. Rather the fact that Kingu managed to flee was a bit surprising, but considering they had the help from Tiamat herself, it was still within Poseidon's anticipated range of possibility.
Still it reminded that even the Gods in this world had lived only fraction of what he had lived, Poseidon was a being older than time itself. He had born before Big Bang happened itself, like Zeus, while he might have been full of flaws, if one were to exclude his previous arrogance, then no one can compare him to real fight in a equal fight. Feints, moves, predicting enemies next actions, he had learned a lot with his age, even if his power insignificant in this grand cosmos and wanted her women to pick up these things as well.
Now, he was relaxing in his chambers, his shoulder being massaged by Artoria while Jalter fed him fruits, he looked a King enjoying his life." Yahoo! It's me! Your beloved Mag-", Merlin who invaded their privacy became silent seeing the glare of Artoria, he smiled and then gulped his saliva, he had no idea of getting plummeted by Artoria, last time she had smashed his balls with her legs much to his horror, the pain lasted a few good minutes before his regeneration from being a Incubus kicked in.
Merlin changed his words and said,"*Ahem* I would like to meet Great God of Seven Seas, prostrate myself before the mighty Ruler of Heavens, this humble being would like to talk-", he was interrupted by Poseidon," Shut up, stop buttering me and tell me what do you want", Merlin gulped not liking the look Artoria and Jalter was giving him,' Thankfully I am Incubus, otherwise I would have been completely traumatized by the beating I got ', he thought thanking his parents who god knows what identity they had.
" You see there is a little fangirl you have, and she had the small request to see her idol", he said and Poseidon's eyes shined, a small figure appeared behind Merlin who hid her face shyly. ' Cute ', he thought, his mood brightened up by the cuteness radiating from the child version of Medusa. "Um, I-I am Anna, an-and I really am your big devotee Lord Poseidon!!", she said, failing to tell her infatuation with him, choosing to rather regard herself as Poseidon's devotee.
" My Lord's devotee?", Jalter looked at Anna, and wondering who she was. " Undoubtedly hailing from Ancient Greece, you are none other than Medusa right?", Poseidon asked as he appeared beside her surprising her, he opened her hoodie revealing her cute face and started patting her head. ' Cute ', he thought looking her blushing face as panic struck her.
" No need to panic, even if I am not the Poseidon who had gifted you the Pegasus, fact remains that you had been gifted by another me, so for me to recognize you was easy", he said and she nodded,' H-He is so handsome and cool!!! ', she thought, stars appearing in her eyes as she looked at the figure whom she had admired since childhood.
At beginning it rose from the crush her sisters held for Poseidon, later developing into gratitude when Poseidon gifted her with Pegasus when her life was at line. Unfortunately, she soon fell to become Gorgon, and in the end was killed by Grandson of Zeus, Perseus. Just like Lily Medea, Anna too had the memories of her future self, and she couldn't even comprehend why her adult self changed so much.
" So, Lord Poseidon can I stay under your command?", she asked him and he nodded much to her happiness, while Merlin's eyebrows twitched seeing how the girl that acted like a brat, was now reeking with obedience. He shed a few tears before leaving the room, " Uh, I remember the days when I used to be popular among Kids", he said expressing his sadness to the world," Well on this matter, I shall taste the sweet nectar of this fruit", he said joyfully, looking at the fruit he had just stolen.
" Fufufu!!", without any warning Fou snatched it from his hand and gave him a cute smirk before running away," Give me back the fruit that I risked my life to get!!", Merlin said angrily as he chased after the Fou, making a scene in the royal castle of the Gilgamesh.
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"Mother-", Kingu said in pain as he looked at the Gorgon, who ignored his pitiful state and said," You disappointed me, Kingu", she looked at him with disappointment and shifted her focus away towards the brood of monsters. Kingu didn't cared much about her,' I wonder how long it will take for mother to be awake ', he thought looking at the Gorgon who thought she had usurped the powers of Tiamat herself not realizing she was but a pawn.
" Very soon- Very soon Kekeke", she laughed creepily while Kingu gave her a deadpan look. ' Pawns are sure amusing ', he thought as he dragged his broken body towards the brood to absorb the vitality of some monsters to heal himself.
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A few hours later,
" Oopsie, it seems I have stepped on someone by mistake", Quetzalcoatl joked as Ishtar whose face was smashed on the ground fumed," How da-dare-", she didn't got to say anything further as Quetzalcoatl smacked her out, Ishtar got to see her beautiful face yet the creepy distortion formed on her mouth, as a proof of her being a dragon Goddess. She punched her in the guts, and Ishtar was blown away in the sky like a ragdoll.
" Well we can never have a moment of peace can we? ", Poseidon said as he appeared only to be attacked by Quetzalcoatl the next moment, her leg hurling towards him was completely stopped at it's struck by his hands. She punched him with his all might only for Poseidon to dodge and punch her in the guts, causing a sonic boom as her figure was blown towards the sky.
" Scathach", he said as the purple haired beauty appeared beside him, a bloodthirsty smile present on her face as she gazed at the Quetzalcoatl. He was having a nice chat with Anna when Quetzalcoatl out of nowhere dropped from the sky directly to his room, after that rest was history. Their battle involved Innana who wanted to show her might to mortals and Poseidon, but in the end was played like a kid by Quetzalcoatl.
" I want to battle with her", she demanded and he nodded, the next moment her figure flew directly at the sky breaking the sound barrier, Gae Bolg Alternative appeared in her hand as she thrusted it at her. Both of them clashed above the city causing everyone in the Babylon to hear sonic booms. Gilgamesh looked at the battle with an headache," King", Siduri near him looked worried.
" Leave it, they will handle it", he shrugged leaving the responsibility to Scathach who was more than happy to battle against a High God of a Pantheon. Meanwhile Ritsuka and his team weren't idle, they had evacuated the general area and even lessened the effects of Aftermath, meanwhile Arjuna and Hector battled against the Jaguar God.
Poseidon used his Divinity to teleport both of them a bit far lest they harm the city, last thing he wanted was for Quetzalcoatl to accidently wipe away entirety of Babylon by mistake. ' A high-ranking goddess huh? ', Poseidon thought amused as he looked at the raged Ishtar gliding like a broken kite towards the battle on her Manna, he had a hard time holding back his laughter.
[Well she is a pseudo-servant at the moment, so her full prowess can't be shown, but undoubtedly she is strong with her Noble Phantasm], suddenly the system said.
' And that power couldn't even kill or even hurt Tiamat properly ', he replied as his narrowed, and he decided to see what were the limits of the Noble Phantasm that couldn't hurt Tiamat, it would give a narrow idea of what to expect from his future battle against the Mother of All Creation, and thus he quickly teleported to witness the battle with his own eyes.
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" You aren't half bad ", Quetzalcoatl said as she avoided the relentless attacks of Scathach, both were testing each other, especially Quetzalcoatl who was more than joyful to test such a warrior of humanity, despite her abilities being bolstered by Divinity she had acquired from Poseidon. She swung her Macana at Scathach who deflected it using her spear.
" What's the name of that weapon?", Scathach inquired curious about the weapon, she had never seen such a weapon despite mastering many types of weapon. The reason she asked a question in the midst of a battle was simple, she had gasped the nature of the Sun Goddess in the midst of their clash and as she had predicted the Dragon Goddess gave a big sweet smile and replied," It's name is Macana and let me say it!! Lucha Libre is the greatest!"
She boasted about her fighting arts shamelessly, Scathach meanwhile gave her a thanks and got ready for clash, unfortunately they had to interrupted as Ishtar flew above them," That's it!! I am blowing up you bitch!!!", she shouted garnering their attention, Scathach frowned and Ishtar released her Noble Phantasm," Fly, Manna! Gate Open! Hehe, you should be honored! Behold my full strength!"
A spatial portal opened above the skies, and the concept of Venus started descending down, she quickly used her Divine Authority and loaded the concept as a bullet, finally a purple haze appeared beside her Maana as she shot it down towards Quetzalcoatl, the strike pierced through the air and shot at Quetzalcoatl, but the Goddess simply swung her Macana acrobatically, and destroyed the attack.
" Huh?!!!", Ishtar couldn't help but scream in utter shock, even if her Noble Phantasm weakened by her form, it still was an EX-ranking Noble Phantasm, she shot an entire concept on Quetzalcoatl yet it was swung into nothingness by the Dragon Goddess," As I said!! Lucha Libre is the greatest!!", she said as she arrived near the Ishtar and punched her extreme hard on her head, shooting her away at a mountain demolishing it away and knocking her out.
" That was underwhelming", Poseidon said as he appeared beside her, " Hehe you want to disturb our battle as well?", Quetzalcoatl asked with a glare and he replied," First battle with her, she will go crazy anytime. She is used to holding back you see", the goddess looked at Scathach who flew towards them breaking the sound barrier, she used no spells as she knew, only Super Magic or 10th Tier Magic was capable of hurting or killing Quetzalcoatl and using them will only waste her mana.
They clashed again sending shockwaves throughout the place, clearing out the skies. They fought against each other for hours, neither them of showing any signs of exhaustion. Quetzalcoatl was a goddess with an EX-rank divinity possessing threat to even Poseidon, while Scathach, even before was an Immortal being, she had infinite stamina, extreme healing powers and rapid mana regeneration.
Their battle continued, until their thirst was finally quenched, for now at least. Finally Quetzalcoatl decided to join the alliance between the Poseidon and Gilgamesh, bolstering up their forces leaving the Gilgamesh have another iconic hearty laugh. Meanwhile Ishtar laid between the rubble of the mountain, unconscious.
To be continued...
(Author's Note: I am uploading after a long time huh? Well I hope you enjoy the chapter! I will be uploading this fic regularly for next 20 days. At first I thought to stockpile about 100 or 80 chaps in next 20 days, but in the end I realized I lacked the necessary motivation. I am not too comfortable about it as well, maybe getting this fic on high rankings maybe able to do it.
Anyway, I will be uploading my any other fic alongside this as well, and I have decided it to be Replacing Rimuru. So yes, I hope you like it reading it after so long!! Again, I am sorry I couldn't stockpile 80 or so chaps for next 20 days. I am really not made for that shit, grinding is just not my forte unfortanuately)