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A dark green flame burst from the ground underneath Naples, tearing through two city blocks before rushing upwards, illuminating the night sky. A warm heat like the essence of summer pressing out over the coast line bringing with it a thick uneasy to all who were aware enough to sense the presence of the unlocked power but still unable to see or comprehend the beast that had been unleashed upon the world.
This was the scene that greeted the eyes of the blond man who stood upon the highest point of the mountain, staring down at the events playing out down below, his blood pumping quickly through him as a hunger started to grow. "The spirit of the Earth. A soul made of Steel. And if I have been Summoned, only one thing can come next." He said, his voice holding a power that rang in the air as a bright blue glow the shade of the brightest sky on the clearest morning surrounded his body, causing his golden eyes to seem even just a little blue.
As the green flames gathered within the air, focusing and shaping themselves, the man grinned, stopping just short of licking his lips at the sight of the bright green creature, the divine beast that's scales danced with the emerald flames. It was his prey, a dragon. He swept his pure white clock aside, revealing a silver blade that gleamed with a light brighter than the moon should have allowed. His battle hunger was over flowing, tonight, he would fight and add to his list of deeds.
Liliana panted as she finally managed to remove the rubble that had covered her after Lord Salvatore had thoughtlessly destroyed the divine seal. She looked around her, her heart wavering as she heard the cries of the innocent people who had been caught up in the blast without the use of magic to protect them. The seal had been beneath a residential area of the city, and at that time of night, everyone would have been in their homes.
How could Lord Salvatore been so uncaring. A least a hundred innocent people must have lost their lives to his flippant actions. Campione truly were monsters. Beasts that could not be reasoned with or stopped who wanted to do nothing but fight. Liliana hated them. They were necessary to fight off the rouge gods that plagued the lands, but still she hated them.
Hearing a loud roar echoing in the sky above, the silver haired witch looked up to see the emerald dragon circling around over head. "Tha...that dragon." She mumbled as she watched it. "It must have been brought into existence by the Heraen's destruction." The Divine Beast was one of the strongest that Liliana had ever seen, and radiated the vital energy of the Earth itself. Even as large and terrifying as it appeared, it still held a form of beauty.
A bolt of brought blue lightning flew from the top of the torment volcano to the north, striking the dragon and dispersing its protective emerald aura. Liliana gasped as the dragon let out a pained cry and started to fall towards the peers, crashing with a heavy thud that seemed to resonate through the city.
"Oh no." Liliana said before mumbling her spell of flight and taking to the air to get to the downed dragon. Landing lightly at the edge of the peer that led out to a lighthouse, Liliana saw the Divine Beast struggling to get up and a large burn had blackened the scales around the left side of its chest.
But, before Liliana could get any closer, a burst of bright blue light descended from the sky, accompanied by a gust of wind that left Liliana struggling to keep her footing. As the light dimmed, Liliana could see a blond man dressing in a long white cape standing in front of her brandishing a curved saber.
"You...you're a..." Liliana stumbled on the words as her heart sank even further. A god had appeared in Naples.
"You know full well, maiden." The god said, turning his head to give the witch an arrogant smile. "My name is Perseus."
"Perseus. The legendary dragon killer." Liliana said, worry clear in her voice as she understood exactly why this god was there.
"Excellent. I see my reputation has proceeded me." Perseus said. Liliana hated the way heretic gods acted when they heard facts about themselves. Though it usually helped to gain their attention and could momentarily distract them from causing harm. The conceded bastards. But in this case it didn't. "Now for me to prove my valor!" He shouted as he held out his sword.
Liliana bit her lip at the action. "Please my Lord, this rambunctious dragon is a Divine Beast born from this land's energy. Should you destroy it, this land will wither and die. I ask you please, put down your sword." Liliana tried to pled with the god, hoping that the hero god would have mercy on the people of the city that once worshipped him. A empty hope.
"I apologize, but I cannot do that maiden." Perseus said with a smirk. His eyes staring heavily at the dragon. "Slaying dragons is my duty, dictated by my karmic nature, and I shall not let anyone prevent me from executing my duty."
"Do you care nothing for what will happen to this land!" Liliana shouted angrily, shaking in her powerlessness to stop the god from doing as it will.
"It is all to add to my chivalrous deeds, however unfortunate." Perseus said, blowing off Liliana's protests. The witch wanted to scream at him that chivalry was died, but she doubted that would help the situation any. Besides, she had more important things to do, like shield herself, as the dragon was starting to try to fight back against the approaching god.
Liliana had to strain herself to keep up a magic barrier as the Divine Beast's fire roared across the out cropping and over in her direction. The heat from the dragon's fire was unreal and by the time the first volley had ended, Liliana was covered in sweat.
She looked up only to find that Perseus had disappeared without a trace. But the hope that the dragon had killed him was short lived as she looked up to see a trail of his bright blue power flowing behind the god's feet. Perseus's blade struck the dragon, throwing out a spray of bright green blood as the beast howled with pain.
"He has no problem with such a powerful dragon." Liliana said with a mixture of awe and horror.
"This is the end, evil dragon!" Perseus shouted as bright blue flames wrapped around his blade, his Divine power gathering for a finishing strike. Liliana gasped as she saw the wave of blue light flying towards the weakened dragon who was too injured to even try to move.
But right before the blast would have ended the Divine Beast it hit a wall of bright green and gold energy that stood between the god and his prey. Liliana's eyes widened as the shield disappeared and two figures with snow white hair stood in front of them; the goddess Athena and Danny Fenton is his strange Divine Beast like form. Each of the two glow with a powerful aura that nearly matched Perseus's own with one hand still raised from when they had erected their shields.
"Athena... and the Eighth." Liliana said, her eyes widening in pure terror. A god fighting against a dragon in the middle of Naples was bad, two gods and a Campione fighting in Naples would be a whole new level of bad.
"It saddens me to find a god who finds enjoyment in tormenting a mere dragon. What is the purpose in doing so?" Athena said in her soft voice her eyes focused on Perseus, as if ready to react at even the smallest movement.
Perseus chuckled, though there was no mirth in the sound, more of a cruel sound. "Dragon are of your persuasion not mine, and I would not be so foolish as to call them 'mere dragons'."
"Well then, if they aren't your persuasion, how about you just leave it to the professionals and go off to play with your shiny metal stick somewhere else." Fenton said stepping forward to stand between Athena and Perseus, trying to keep the gods attention.
Perseus frowned as he stared at Danny. "You seem to have made a strange ally, Athena. What exactly is this creature?"
Athena gave a small smirk of her own at the sight of Perseus's confusion as the god tried and failed to understand the boy who stood in front of him. "Danny Fenton is the Demon Beast. He may seem rather dim, but his power is greater than your own, and he is more clever than he looks."
"Wow, thanks for the intro, Athena." Danny said rolling his eyes. Liliana could hardly believe the difference between the rather tame king from the morning before and this hot headed boy who now stood in front of her.
"Demon Beast? What exactly is that?" Perseus demanded looking rather angry at his lack of knowledge. "I can sense that you hold the power of a enemy of the lights of the Heavens, but you also hold a power that is more arcana. How is it that you seem to be a contemporary god slay and a Beast of the Hel?"
"You ask me who I am, but you haven't given your own name yet. How rude can you get." Danny said in a cocky meaner, crossing his arms. He was trying to goad the god into revealing more about his nature that could be handy in a fight.
Perseus growled at the insult. "Fine then. I am Perseus, the legendary dragon killer." He said with a certain amount of pride.
"And I'm Danny Fenton, a sophomore student at Caspar High." Danny said with a grin. Perseus looked angry at the reply. "Come on, I told you a part truth, just like you told me. You only gave me one of your names and titles and I did the same back."
The dragon was covered again in a bright green light drawing eyes too it once more. Athena had her arms around the dragons head as she whispered in its ear. Suddenly the dragon vanished, being pulling into the goddess who held it within her, protecting the dragon.
Perseus looked furious. "You have cost me my prey." He said as he glared at the two newcomers.
"Leave now, serpent killer." Athena said as she returned to Danny's side.
"Unless you believe that you can held the both of us in a fight? You've lost today, just give up and go home." Danny added, both Athena and Danny flexed their powers to prove to the serpent killing hero that he was out matched.
Liliana was surprised by the threat. Normally a goddess and Campione would never let their enemies go. But they were simply trying to drive him off rather than fighting him. Could it be that this incident would pass without more deaths? Perseus's eyes were darting back and forth between the two enemies who stood before him, he wanted to fight them, it was clear as day on his face, but as a united front, he didn't stand a chance of victory.
"What's this? No fight?" Liliana's hopes were shattered as a familiar voice. Lord Salvatore Doni walked out onto the dock, his magic sword tapping against his shoulder. "And so may wonderful playmates here too. I'd just hate to see it all got to waste. Perseus, Athena and the newest Campione. I want to fight all three of you."
"It would seem that your wish to go without fighting has proven to be mute, Demon Beast." Athena said to Danny.
"Well, as much as I hate the idea of relying on a God Slayer, I suppose that if each of us fights one of them, then they cannot gang up on anyone." Perseus said, jumping on the chance to continue with his fight.
"So, a small ceasefire between the two of us until only one of them remains?" Doni said with a smirk.
"Son of a..." Danny started angrily. "Seriously people? Why do you all want to fight so badly? What does it actually get you?" He said in frustration but then sighed. "Whatever. At least let us leave the city before we start to go at it. Or are you such battle hungry that you won't even bother to move a few miles so that innocent people don't get caught in the crossfire?"
"Hm... I suppose I have no problems with that. I long as you don't try to runaway." Doni said. His eyes went to Liliana. "I believe there is a flatland to the north east of here. I expect that the Bronze-Black Cross could have the place evacuated for us by the end of the hour."
"So be it. We will met in an hour, none of you best run." Perseus said with one final sneer before flying away in a flash of bright blue light. Danny watched as Doni started off in the direction of the soon to be battle field.
"I told you we should have simply dealt with the Serpent Killer while we had the chance." Athena said angrily. "My power is not at is strongest. Though I may be able to fight against that god, I will not be able to defeat him, nor the more experienced God Slayer."
"Well we don't really have much of a choice. And remember, you are the one that dragged me into this." Danny said to the goddess. Liliana stiffened as the King's eyes went to her. "Liliana Kromjcar?"
"Yes... my Lord?" She swallow.
"Make sure you get the place completely evacuated. I don't want anyone do die because of us." Danny said before he took to the sky with the goddess right beside him, leaving the shocked Witch behind. Two gods and two Campione. All hell was about to break loose.
I was already half way done with the usual chapter length, so I guess with will still be the setting the scene, since I don't want to divide the actual fight in half. Though seriously, how many people do you think died from that dragon being summoned? It was clearly a heavily populated area. Doni is such a heartless dick. He doesn't even care.
I've decided what I am going to do with the last two Authorities.
The Ring of Rage is going to be restricted so that Danny can only use it when an enemy inflicts a mortal wound on one of his friends. The authority darkness the sky, cutting off the powers of all gods and goddesses who draw their power from the sun or stars and sends Danny into a berserk rage, taking away the limits on his other authorities whenever he is in this state. This authority draws on the fact that Uranus was the god of the sky before the creation of the sun and the stars.
Incantation: "How dare you. How dare you strike this scar on my Mother's face. I will kill you. I will rip off your head. I will shatter your skull. I will bury so deep that the light will never find you. I will make sure that you never set foot upon my Earth again!" The part about 'Mother' has to do with the fact that Gaia was both Uranus's mother as well as his wife. Though it also refers to Mother Earth Goddesses.
The Seed is going to be something that is used to revive Mother Earth Goddesses as Divine Ancestor when they are on the verge of disappearing, or have already disappeared.
Incantation: "Though the leafs have withered and the harsh Winter has proven to great, I hold with me the promise of Spring. So I place this seed within the Earth so that your life can start anew."
Debating over whether or not Danny should kill Perseus, but if he does he will probably only be getting the Pegasus, and not keeping it, but returning it to Athena in exchange for her services, since it originated from her. I'm trying to keep him as weak as possible as far as Authorities go. Yes he's got quite a few of them, but they are all so situation and more none offensive that they don't help him much. His main power comes from his Divine Beast's strength and the Campione massive amount of energy stores.