The Horned Ruler of the Ocean Part 1

" So that's how this came to be... " Poseidon says in his new form, remembering every moment before his transformation.

< Boss Detected >

< Boss Name: Corrupted Horn Ocean Lord, Poseidon >

< Race: Olympian Diviners (Gods) *corrupted* >

< Level: 230 >

" That form... " Ragna Twelve sees it as he prepares his shield.

" Is that your form when you reveal the 'Horns of Corruption'? " Twelve asks Poseidon as he went silent after the question.

" *sniff* *sniff* "

" I see..., so I happened to have more children than I always knew and accepted... " Poseidon suddenly says that.

" Pardon? " Twelve asks.

" Ragna Kent... "

" You're working with the 'White Demon'..., right? " Poseidon asks while still sniffing, he quickly recognizes Twelve's relationship with the White Demon due to his Black Shadow Appearance.

" If I remember correctly, he fought 'someone' at the end of the Abyss Tower Event... "

" I could smell some of his remnants were taken during the Tower's excavation by Loki. "

" I could smell his blood. "

" His blood feels familiar to me. "

" What is, his name? " Poseidon asks Twelve which he quickly understands.

" Adrian... Waterson, I believe. "

" Adrian, ah... "

" The 'Son of Water' isn't it? "

" I think I get the news at the time... kekeke. " Poseidon chuckles.

" So it's true? " Twelve asks Poseidon but he still chuckles in mockery.

" Nah, he's still a loser. "

" I regret nothing of it, even after knowing it. "

" Even Theseus may able to deal with him... "

" Really? " Twelve asks him back.

" I have to object to this one, 'Grand Commander'... " Twelve formally calls him, like old times.

" If 'White Demon' didn't end 'him' at the end of the Abyss Tower Event... "

" You will all, be devoured. " Twelve says it, remembering how powerful Adrian Waterson is.

" Despite my very wishes for revenge against you all. " Twelve regrets it now, he regrets not taking 'his advice'* at the time.

" Then, you're a fool, Captain Ragna Kent. " Poseidon calls Twelve with his military rank.

" If you really want to avenge Carla, revenging against all of the gods... "

" You should've used that Waterson as your weapon. "

" But instead, your 'White Demon' killed him, and now you have to face me, in this form...hahaha! " Poseidon laughs, mocking Twelve for his past decision.

" I must say, after this, I must thank Mr. White Demon for giving me this funny irony. "

" I must also ask him what he felt when finally finishing that little loser. "

" Guess blood doesn't really matter, huh? " Twelve asks Poseidon during his laugh, making him end it.

" Right... "

" It doesn't, for others... " 

" But for me... "

" Blood is everything. " Poseidon says this as he releases blood from below his feet, it slowly begins to engulf the floors around him.

" Hmph! " Twelve looked for Hundred and quickly picked him up with his hand, fleeing away from Poseidon's radius.

" Wise decision, Captain Ragna Kent. "

" It seems you are prepared to fight me... "

" I could tell, from your looks. "

" You know what I'm releasing, do you? " Poseidon politely asks.

" The [River of Blood, Styx] " Twelve says in his low tone, he couldn't hold his mouth from leaking his thoughts after seeing it.

"( The cursed river of 'Tartarus', the Prison Realm of those who dared to fight the gods, made from the very body of the dead Titan Tartarus himself. )"

"( So it's true... )"

"( It was not Hades that created River Styx as Tartarus' guardian, but Poseidon? )" Twelve asks himself while trying to perform <Water Gate> but fails.

< Water Gate interrupted. >

" Ut, ut, ut..., no Gates... " Poseidon interrupts.

" In this battle, I'll make sure none escapes. " Poseidon spread the 'Styx River' around the environment, using the blood to shift to environment to his will.

Twelve tries to escape, and he runs but the Styx River's spread is getting faster than his jump, as he gets near open walls.

" Dammit! " in his panic, he throws out Ragna Hundred, still hurt despite being in the 'Zone' thanks to Poseidon, Twelve throws him out of the castle as the Styx River then blocks his exit way.

" You aren't like your brother Zeus, huh, Grand Commander? " Twelve asks after getting imprisoned in the room made from Blood.

" Please, I should've been way beyond him. " Poseidon answers after engulfing all with blood.

" But... "

" Why didn't you? " Twelve asks as he smirks.

" I can't say, Captain... "

" But if I had to say it like what the Modern Kids of Earth from this Timeline always say is... "

" It's all because of 'the Plot'... " Poseidon says as he summons gigantic blood tentacles from the blood around him.

" Hmph! " he bends all of it to attack Twelve, who moves around to avoid it and defend himself.

"( Right... )" Poseidon sees this, seeing Twelve had to move for his life.

"( I should've been the strongest one of Olympus... )"

"( Look at me, nature shifted with that of my blood... )"

"( Zeus can't do this, he may bend the skies to create storms, but he will never be able to shift it's very foundation. )"

"( Only harnessing their primal power, modified them a bit. )"

"( Then why, why that last-born bastard still gets above me...? )"

"( Was it his Physical Might like his son Ares, his Divine Energy like his daughter Athena, his Insane Speed of Mind like Hermes, or perhaps his Endless Craftiness like that of Hephaestus? )"

"( No, I still can eclipse them all... )"

"( But why... )"

"( Is it because of what those kids always say, 'the Plot'...? )"

"( A Plot from the Universe that may pull our strings behind the scenes... )"

"( No, it can't be! )"

"( We're gods, we should be the ones who pull the strings of fate, the ones who bend the universe itself. )"

"( Nothing can stop of us, the Titans, the Deviants, Time, Universe, Realms, Gates, even Death. )"

"( No one, can change the destiny of the god's greatness! )"

"( No one! )"

"( Not even an 'Allfather Ruler' like Zeus! )" Poseidon thinks of this and summons more Tentacles, even a Summoning monster made from Blood.

" Come out. "

" You, who once terrorized my Ocean. " Poseidon summons, summoning a Dragonic-like creature that has multiple heads.

" Really? " Twelve asks himself, seeing the monster summoned from the Blood River, the monster that brings fear even to the brave.

< Monster Detected >

< Monster Name: Blood-binding Summon, Bloodfiend Hydra >

< Race: Deviant (Bloodfiend) >

< Level: 150 >

* Bloodfiend Hydra roars. *

" Ah, s**t " Twelve sees it and realizes he's f*ked.

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Extra:

* 'his advice'.

He means Ragna (Current)'s advice in Chapter 199: Metamorphosis Part 5