We were fighting a losing battle, even with the gods on our side the sheer amount of monsters was just too much. The gods were starting to tire, they used up so much energy to stop the initial assault, that they had to rely on their own combat skills. Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Ares, Athena, Artemis, and Apollo were doing okay, but the others were having a tough time. It didn't help that Hestia had stopped fighting after the initial counterattack because she was a peaceful goddess.
The monster army was close to being only a thousand strong, but it was still seventy versus a thousand, and the gods had received numerous injuries. Some were even unconscious and had to be defended until Apollo arrived to heal them. The best one out of them was Artemis, and even she had multiple gashes across her body.
I watched in awe as shields of red energy surrounded every god and demigod on the battlefield, right before the death blows came for some of them. I heard a loud boom and saw a flaming comet like object falling from the sky. Shock adorned my face as I realized it had just broken the sound barrier.
The object crashed into the ground causing a medium sized earthquake and a fiery explosion that engulfed a sizeable chunk of the monster army. We all watched in shock as a figure rose out of the crater from a kneeling position. Flames slowly coalesced into his hand while shadows surrounded his body. The flames crystallized in the form of a sword and the shadows fell away revealing a midnight black suit of armor.
Echidna walked up and hissed at the figure "You think the your little display of power scares us? Ha! We will dine on your flesh and finish off the remains of this pathetic demigod army!" The figure just ignored her and stood completely still. Echidna finally got impatient and yelled "KILL HIM NOW!"
The monsters charged at him, but were forced to their knees due to the sheer amount of power he was outputting. The pressure caused the ground around him to shatter and crack as he walked forward. "You have openly declared war on Olympus, and that will be your last mistake. Prepare to DIE!"
He shot forward in a sudden burst of speed, and sliced off a dracaena's head. Snatching a bow out of another dracaena's hands, he used the string of the bow to grab two dracaenas by the neck and slam them into the other monsters came out of their stupor and charged him. A cyclops tried to thrust a trident into his back, the key word being tried. Instead of impaling the figure, the cyclops impaled a hellhound that was approaching from the front.
The man used the cyclops shoulders to launch himself into another squad of dracaena. He did a flip midair and impaled one on the way down. The confusion his maneuver caused allowed him to easily finish them off. Two cyclops charged him from opposite sides, raising their clubs as if to smash him into paste. The man simply stepped backwards while the two cyclops killed each other. By the gods, cyclops are dumb.
Three more tried to surround the man and grab him, only to get burned to a crisp by a wave of fire that burst forth from his body. He lit his sword on fire and threw it into the horde of hellhounds bounding toward him. Instead of getting caught in one and killing it, it kept going until it reached the middle of the pack and then exploded.
A dracaena archer squad started firing arrows at him, a futile endeavor as his sword reappeared in a flash of flames burning the closest arrows. He plunged his sword into the ground creating a shield of shadows which blocked the rest. The man thrust his arm forward and the shadows responded by forming spears and piercing squad.
The lesser monster started to run in fear of the unstoppable force of destruction that was the man. He formed a giant circle of fire that consumed the fleeing monster while he picked off the rest with his bow. The ones that survived the onslaught charged in one last futile attempt to at least wound the mysterious powerhouse only to get burned to ashes by an explosion of fire or pieced by more shadow lances.
A hydra that had waited and observed the carnage charged him while spitting poison at his face. He lit his sword on fire and rolled out of the way. He sliced off two heads and blocked a third with his sword. The hydra screeched in pain and backed away, watching him with wary eyes. The skin on one of its heads was burnt black, and the flames on his sword prevent the cut off heads from regrowing.
He twirled his sword in his hand and ran at the hydra. Instead of trying to get close and slice another head off, he fired off multiple blast of fire from his sword. While it was distracted he plunged his sword into its stomach and gutted it. He smirked at the pitiful remains of the monster army and said "Boo." The monsters tripped over themselves running in fear of the man.
Echidna was shaking in fear " W-who? N-no w-w-what are you?"
"I am the defender, Alessio" and with that he bisected her. The red energy shields dissipated and his fire sword dispersed
"Who are you, and why are you here?" Zeus yelled.
"Didn't you hear me? I said my name was Alessio." he said calmly, his face adopting a cocky smirk. Zeus grew angry at being address so casually, and yelled
"How dare you mortal?! I should smite you where you stand! I am Zeus king of the gods! Bow before me!"
"Why should I? You haven't show me the least bit of respect or gratitude at all, and I just saved your life. Your forces would have been routed and you would have fallen." Zeus' face grew red in anger at that comment. He fired his master bolt at Alessio causing a massive explosion and a cloud of smoke to cover the area around the blast while dirt and debris rained down around it.
Hades grabbed Zeus by the throat and lifted him into the air " What in tartarus could have possibly possessed you to kill him?" he yelled incredulously. " We are gods, and we were losing to basic monsters! MONSTERS! Without his intervention we would have lost!" he bellowed. At this point Zeus' face was remarkably close to the color of a blueberry.
"Hades! Drop dad and chill out! Why do you care so much about one measly human anyway?" Ares yelled.
"He was my SON!"
"Dad! You can put uncle down, it will take more than a little shock from his godly firecracker to take me out." Hades ran up and crushed the figure in a hug. "Dad...can't...breathe." the man choked out.
"Sorry Son."
"It's okay, where's mom?"
"Behind you."
"OH SHI-AUGH!"
"What did we talk about last week son?" Hestia asked in the tone all mothers use when scolding a child.
"You said no mocking uncle Zeus" he whimpered.
"And?"
"No showing off my powers so I can rub it in his face."
"Good, I'm glad you remember. Don't do it again" Hestia said as she stopped twisting his ear.
"Yes mom"
He continued to whine and I had to stifle a laugh, watching what would seem like an eight year old to a normal mortal scold a grown man was a hilarious sight. Suddenly, we all realized that he had just called Hestia, a virgin goddess, mom.
"WHAT?!" we all yelled in shock.
"What did I-Damn. I called her mom didn't I?" He said in exasperation. We nodded. "Great. Guess that means I have to explain now...fine. No she did not break her vow, I am child born from their power." he noticed that we were still utterly confused and started speaking again. "Mom wanted a kid, and Zeus said no. So, she came to Hades and agreed to help her have a kid she could raise in secret. It's like how Athena and her kids are born, except two beings were involved."
"How dare you have a child after I said no!" a recovered Zeus yelled.
"Shut it helium head, my mom is your older sister, and she could totally kick your ass." Zeus' face turned tomato red one again at that. " I AM KING! What I say goes, no one gets to argue!"
"It's a democracy not a dictatorship brother, you don't have absolute power." Hestia stated.
"I'll show you absolute power!" He aimed his master bolt at Hestia, and then crumpled to the ground unconscious. Alessio was standing behind Zeus with his arm extended from a neck chop he delivered to Zeus' head.
"Someone pick up this this sorry excuse for a being, and let's get out of here." He said as he flashed away.