Chapter 223: Plan to fight the gods
3rd person view
"Well?" Hypnos asked
"I showed him and gave him a few advice" Phantasos answered "I hid a lot of things"
"Good" Hypnos nodded "He will probably also realize who took care of him before sending him on that plane"
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1st person view
"Oh my throat is burning. That taste horrible. It's worse than that time we stole that large bottle of expensive wine from the higher ups."
"Here try this one then" Zach then poured me another shot of a different alcohol, which I consumed and it did not taste any better
"That's like 2 shots and you already look drunk" Marella laughed
-That is so cliché- Dabria commented -
"I can't believe that people drown their sorrows with this, Zach have you recreate soda yet?"
"Nope" Zach answered
"Yep, Kenny would've been smart enough to be able to do that. Hundreds of years and I'm the one who had to recreate bubble tea and ice-cream"
"Please stop being so mean to me" Zach begged "You were so much nicer back then!"
Everyone gathered up at the bar for a drink and Zach is serving as a bartender. Dabria isn't joining us though. Zach then refilled my shot.
"Well when we stole that wine, we all got drunk that night" Zach laughed "It was horrible"
"I still can't believe that you guys convinced me to help you finish it, yeah, Nova, wanna my finish this? Your tolerance is high and my vision is starting to get blurry"
-Now that's even more pitiful than I thought- Dabria commented
-Shut up-
"Thanks" Nova then took it and downed it easily "That's good"
"Oh your face is completely red" Zach chuckled "Anything else, my weak alcohol tolerance brother?"
"Just a virgin cocktail please"
"Thought so" Zach chuckled
Lia and Eliza then stumbled into the bar.
"Whatever you have to say, can it wait after the cocktail?"
"Sure, get me one too while you're at it, Zach, anything that the bartender recommends, make it strong please"
"Sure" Zach responded
"Well can't believe that my boss who is actually my sister is serving me drinks"
"Well Eliza have decided to accept you for who you are" Lia told the rest of us
"Oh thank god"
"Perseus, we're sharing you by the way" Eliza declared
"Wait what?"
"I'm sorry, but in this timeline, you're mine. So please tell your goddess to back off if she ever tries to make a move"
-Huh? Did that just happen?- Siege asked
-Am I drunk or did I just hear that?-
-Well I didn't drink and I heard that too, maybe every time you get drunk, we get drunk too- Ace suggested
-No, that's not how the bonding process works, Ace- Dabria responded
"Yeah, sorry" Lia apologized "But you'll have to divide your lovely attention in order to make the 2 of us happy now"
"Wait, why do I have no say in this?"
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3rd person view
"Um where's Perseus, and Damon?" Axel asked
"He's currently at a meeting" Diana answered "Damon is there to make sure that he's alright. Perseus is currently having a terrible hangover"
"Wait, Perseus had alcohol for the first time? Why didn't you guys invite me?!" Axel exclaimed
"I think the reasonable question here should be why he's going to work in a hangover" Mary asked
"By the way, he's also dating Eliza now" Ace announced
"What?" they both muttered
"Well she declared it last night" Siege responded
"Yeah, we didn't really have a say in it" Diana nodded
"Neither did he" Ace added
-The life of a self-proclaimed protagonist, with 2 girls, his dream of peace is destroyed- Dabria sighs in pity
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1st person view
"Ah my son, it seems that you have finally learn the effects of alcohol" Urie chuckled
"Not in the mood"
"Well we got all 7 pendants" Zach announced "And a god has warned Perseus that there will be 4 gods descending to kill us, one in particular would be aiming for Perseus"
"Oh yeah, we fought him too" Draven nodded "If it wasn't for that other goddess intervening that time, even in our demon forms, we would barely be alive right now"
"Well Perseus, what's the plan? You've been given the authority to take charge when it happens" Alice asked
"4 gods, just foot soldiers, yet their strength are extraordinary. Marella said that I would get unexpected help, but I can't count on that, so we'll be dividing our forces into 2 first, one to fight the demon lord and get the medallion while the other fight the gods. "
"Well that sounds reasonable, who will you assign for each group?" Maska asked
"The god side would be me, Damon, Redd, Erix, Stella, Maska, Jasper and Oz, we will stall them while Zach will lead the rest to quickly end the demon lord and come to help us afterwards. And the Cerberus triplets will lead our underlings against the demon lord's summons"
"Why you guys specifically?" Azure asked
"My eyes should give you enough clue, sometimes your spell won't even be able to fly out of your own hands, or they'll corrupt it and hurt you with your own spell. So we'll be fighting them with physical attacks most of the time."
"Then why Oz?" Erix asked "No offense, but he's not really a physical fighter"
"Corruption and disruption would work only against spells, but there's a loop hole, the flames on his feather doesn't really count as a spell and can't be put out and it only goes away after his death. He'll be great to fight against Colden, if he freeze us, Oz will break out the ice the fastest."
"What about your phoenix, Diana? " Oz asked "Her flames are also strong since she's a mutant"
"She's responsible for healing and and providing occasional attacks on Zach's side, and like me, she can alter her presence to overwhelm our opponent. I'll use that against the gods, Diana on the demon lord while Siege can use it against the summons."
"And what about your personality change? Do we have to worry about that? Because you might hurt the rest of us in the process" Gia asked
"Don't worry, my attacks would solely be focused on my opponents which in this case is the gods if that happens"
-Yeah, ferocity really is useful- Damon commented -Though yours is different from the others who share the same ability since your personality also changes a bit, affecting us too-
"What about the unexpected help?" Rex asked "Is it a god who will help us?"
"We'll just have to fight without expecting outside help, we can't always rely on scraps of information"
"I've been waiting for this moment for years" Zach said "So let's make sure it's a success"