It has been a reaaaaaaaally long time since I wrote and posted two chapters within the same month!

I may be able to post another chapter before I leave for vacations which will be around 10 August, depends on my brain's mood; sometimes he just freezes and I can't write anything :P

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Personally, I feel that I need the most improvement in describing events in a short and exciting manner that would keep the reader reading.
That's why, I would like to hear feedback from the ones that have been reading the story for a while now.

Anyway, that's about it, hope you enjoy the story!

HAPPY READING!

Order's headquarters, Nuwa's office.

Nuwa had partially assumed her snake form because her magical scales made it easier to communicate with the rest via telepathy; basically, she was half snake from the waist and down.

"Drat….the familiars' reports keep coming…maybe I should deactivate some of them and keep only the closest ones to Chaos' army operating, that way I can conserve about 23.4% magical energy….

Yes-yes, I am here…Huh? Odin? What message do you want me to give to Ra?

Uhuh…uhuh…uhuh…roger. I'll tell him that Freya and her Valkyries will join his aerial squadron of phoenixes. Over and out.

Now, where did I put that…who is it now?

This is Nuwa! What is it, Athena? – I understand! I've passed your message to Xbalanque earlier and he thinks that he will be able to do what you asked. I'll speak now then with Rama, Houyi, and Sol and tell them to be on standby for when it happens. Are you sure that those three will be enough? – Yeah, I know Sol is a powerhouse, but still…. – yeah…yeah…yes, okay, I'll tell them right away – what? no, I have heard from neither Nox nor Janus since we were together earlier. I'll contact you if something occurs.

Now then…

Sol! Rama! Houyi! This is Nuwa! I have orders for you three from Athena-Any questions? – Are we clear then? - Roger, over and- huh? What is it, Sol? – No Sol, I can't create a direct line with your Sam! He's in Chaos' base, remember? Telepathy doesn't reach him inside. Nuwa out!

Sigh…that woman….

Somewhere else inside the base,

"Enter!" A warm, woman's voice spoke out loud; the door opened and Nox came inside, she was holding a candlestick with four small, lit candles with purple flames.

"You know…hiding you inside my own darkness is kinda of a bother for me. I can see clearly through every person's darkness, but I cannot see through my own. Well, I suppose those candles came in handy for once." Nox said jokingly.

"Hehe…you say every person's. Can you see through my darkness?" The woman asked in a teasing tone.

Nox pouted her lips. "You know that I can't see through yours as you can't see through mine. Not that I can hide much from you; You are the one who created me after all. Children cannot lie to their mothers! Right, Order?" Nox said to the young woman sitting on the chair opposite to her.

-Chuckles-

The young woman slowly stood up and fixed her straight, black hair and dress; a frilly dress that was exactly the same in design and length as Nox's but white instead of black. Her pale white skin reflected the light inside that plain, bleached-colored room they were inside, making her look as if she had showered in glowing dust.

"I've always found that particular place inside you, the most comforting one. I don't know why, but when I stay here I feel at peace, calm, confident; it is as if all my worries are gone…I wouldn't have expected from the primordial being that represents the night to have such a warm and fuzzy place inside her." Order said jokingly.

"Well…I can say for sure that everyone has a glimpse of light in his darkness. It would be strange if you had designed me otherwise." Nox said.

"Well, I suppose it would. Though at that time, I wasn't really sure what I was doing. That's why I failed so miserably in almost all of my efforts. You never obtained the sense of sight and you passed on that trait to your children which made them be born blind." Order said regretfully.

You always make it sound so dramatic….Even if it was hard at the beginning, I believe they turned out fine; all of them: Nemesis, Thanatos, and Hypnos. None of them can see, but that hasn't stopped them from living. As for myself, thanks to that headgear you created for me, I can use my power to create temporary eyes." Nox said comfortingly.

"Maybe…the truth is that each one of my failures at the beginning of time led to even worse failures as time went on. The whole universe was basically constructed by the primordial beings who were my children and I failed my children, I failed to make them perfect and consequently the universe which was created was filled with flaws, because I was incompetent." Order mumbled in a sad tone, ready to burst into tears.

"Order…"

"And now…and now, because I failed –tears welling up – Chaos, someone whom I loved and used to call father wants to kill you all
- teardrop rolls down her cheek-
He wants to take back that universe from me, destroy it and shape it anew because he says that I failed him." At that point, Order wasn't holding back her tears and was actually crying her eyes out in front of the astonished Nox.

"I knew she was growing more unstable, but this…." Nox rubbed her chin skeptically.

"Ahem…do not worry, I am sure that the mortals will manage to return victorious with the Hand of the Gods. And then, you can put Chaos in his place, so we can start rebuilding what we lost."

"Snotting- thank you for your emotional support! I really mean it. Ever since this war started I've been losing it slowly and you are the only person I can confide to. If any of the gods saw me like this, they would lose all faith in winning." Order said trying to put up a confident smile, but with little success since her red from crying eyes weren't helping to look the part.

"So, what brings you here Nox? I've sensed that the mortals have left a while ago and that his army is currently marching towards our base. How are the preparations proceeding?"

"Fine, Athena has everything under control, despite the sudden loss of her father Zeus and her brothers and sisters; she stands strong and has devised the perfect plan for our situation. The rest of our generals are doing their best of course, each one busy with their own armies and Nuwa deep into her communications' room as usual."

"When my children died in Olympus, I felt a stinging pain in the chest. It's been like this every time one of my children died to Chaos." Order said, grieving.

"Right…" Nox clenched her fists. "I wanted to ask you something…would it be acceptable to participate in this battle only."

Order's eyes opened wide when she heard that. " I thought we had discussed this…" She said in a serious tone, hanging her head.

Nox realized her mood swing and tried to calm her down. "Listen to me, you didn't want me to fight at the start, because if I did Chaos would realize that you are hiding inside me, but now…
Now it is different! This is our last battle. It doesn't matter if he realizes it. We are still going to fight him and his armies at the end of the day. So I was thinking that maybe it would be a good idea to help the young -"

"Absolutely not!" Order shouted in a commanding tone. A brief pause ensued.

"I want to help them…I really do want to help them Nox! But this is a battle which they have to fight alone." She said in a soft-spoken voice.

"I will need your strength for when we get the Hand of The Gods. It is a powerful artifact by itself, but even I am not sure if it can weaken Chaos to the point where I can subdue him. That's why we will need all the help we can get at that point…" Another few moments of silence passed.

"Have you done what I asked you to?" Order asked.

Nox inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly. "I did, but I still don't like it. It's too dangerous for them."

"We will only absorb a tiny portion of magical energy from each god before we use the Hand Of the Gods. If we had told them, they would have yet another thing to worry about, besides fighting Chaos. It pains me to hide such a thing from my children, but it has to be this way." Order stated with woe in her voice.

"Me too Order…me too…".

Chaos' Base, first room.

"Take that! - POW- So you think can dance huh?" Ah Puch mumbled when Awilix dodged his dark energy ball which crashed on a rock behind her smashing it into bits.

"Tsk….She's still fighting with his zombies while he has me and Suku constantly on the move. In order to take him down, we'll have to eliminate all of his zombies first…if that is even possible. I must find a way to block his connection to the underworld…but before that, I must help her." Awilix glanced at Tohsaka from afar who was fighting Ah Puch's zombies which were coming after her.

-Zombie sounds-

"Wind and Feuer, Combine! - Feuersturm!" Tohsaka yelled, swinging her hand in an arc in front of her; a gust of blazing inferno engulfed the group of zombies approaching her turning them to ashes; just like the few hundred zombies before them, their death was silent, no screams of death, their rotten flesh was incinerated down to their brain and they just ceased to exist.

Tohsaka noticed that most of the zombies were not from this era, most of them were people wearing ancient, tribal clothes, some of them dating back to the pre-classical period while the most modernized zombies belonged to the corpses of Spanish Conquistadors who could be easily recognized by their distinct helmets, called Morion.

"I have killed so many of them that I've lost count. At this rate, I will run out of jewels or magical energy soon…If only their bodies are resistant to my Gandr shot. Those two…are not looking too hot either, he keeps them at bay with his energy spheres while maintaining a meatshield of zombies around him, even if they manage to get close, his zombies will block their way. If only I could understand how he keeps summoning them…." Tohsaka glanced at Awilix's and Suku's side of the field.

"Rise, my minions! Serve your master once more! Ah Puch yelled, raising his staff high above his head; the red crystal skull on his staff glowed brightly

-Earth shaking-

Zombies, they had returned once again. Their rotten hands swinging left and right as they were trying to climb the chasms on the ground. They were five open chasms in total and even though Tohsaka tried to block a chasm with an Earth spell, another one opened up immediately so, she gave up on that idea.

"Huh? Was that a-" Tohsaka mumbled as she glanced around the room. "Tsk…I guess there is only one way to find out." She said decisively, taking five jewels out of her satchel.

She threw them high above her head.

"Erde! Feuer!" Two gemstones glowed light green and deep red respectively.

"Wind! Wind!" another set of gemstones shone bright yellow.

"Wasser!" the last gemstone glowed cobalt blue.

"Elementario!" She shouted with might; standing still, with open hands, and her head facing upwards.

A circular tetragram with clockwise, curved edges and appeared on the ceiling; on each of its four sections, one of these words were showing with glowing, bright letters.

地球(EARTH iTraditional Chinese)

火 (FIRE Traditional Chinese)

颶風(HURRICANE Traditional Chinese)

水 (WATER in Traditional Chinese)

"Fire! Earth! Smite my enemies! Winds! Blow away the dust of their carcasses! Waters of time! Wash away their sins!" Her loud voice echoed throughout the room.

"O-ho! That woman is…gifted! Maybe, I should change my plans that I have for her." Ah Puch said to himself when he saw the shining tetragram on the ceiling.

"Master…what…are you doing…?" Awilix mumbled questionably after bearing witness to Tohsaka's powerful spell incantation.

The zombies were only a breath away from Tohsaka; they had her completely surrounded and slowly made their way to her; walking with their arms stretched, as if they were trying to grasp the air in front of them. They approached her, they were practically a second away before their hand would be within reach of her body.

She opened her eyes; the blue color of her irises was brighter than usual, but it wasn't just her eyes; her whole body was engulfed in a blue light; the reinforcement magic she cast on herself, had worked and that glow was the proof of it.

"Evil shall be cleansed!" Tohsaka shouted and brought down both of her arms.

"What?! This is Nuwa's spell! When did she-" The image of Nuwa giggling passed through Awilix's mind.

She smiled faintly. "Tsk…that crafty snake and her telepathy…no wonder she knows everything about everyone in base…she must have known that master was looking for her and contacted her herself when she had the chance…but when did this happen? And why didn't she tell me anything?"

The temperature inside the room rose significantly. The tetragram shone even brighter than before. A large whirling cloud of white smoke encompassed the ceiling and at this moment the whole room lit up from the heavenly light that was coming from inside the clouds.

"Giiii…What trickery is this?! How can this mortal woman know a divine incantation such as this?!" Ah Puch shrieked as he looked on the ceiling. "She must be stopped…." He raised his staff and pointed it at Tohsaka.

"Jump!" Awilix commanded Suku who immediately obeyed his master, jumping above the crowd of zombies surrounding Ah Puch and lunged viciously at him with Awilix atop of him of course.

"Gaaah" Ah Puch cried in pain as Suku's sharp claws dug inside his collarbone.

"Die insect!" Ah Puch screamed at the top of his lungs, letting out a massive pulse of dark energy, blasting away Awilix, Suku and his own zombies in every direction around him

At that moment, the clouds turned crimson, flaming meteors began crashing down inside the room; obliterating the crowd of zombies around Tohsaka. The crashing meteors were so impactful that Ah Puch was forced to raise a protective ward around him; Awilix as well called upon the moon's power and enclosed herself and Suku in a silver ball of light. The meteor shower was short but devastating; it ended in a matter of minutes but the scenery had completely changed. The room had been engulfed in flames; flaming debris, burning dead bodies all around the place; everything was either crushed, burnt or both.

And then it happened again, white clouds encompassed the ceiling and that heavenly warm light bathed the blazing room; but this time instead of flaming meteors, violent gusts of winds blew, intensifying the flames; the winds grew stronger with each passing moment until they formed a mini hurricane inside the room. The winds raged, sucking everything in their path; tombstones, trees, rocks, huge boulders even the flames were sucked inside the storm, creating a bright, crimson, blazing tornado which tore apart through everything inside the room, including the walls.

Just like the meteor shower, the tornado subsided within a few minutes; leaving a huge cloud of dust caused by the falling debris. And then it happened again; for the last time, the white cloud and the heavenly light appeared and this time, it was a rainfall, a downpour to be precise; similar to Berserker's rain, but ten times stronger; it was as if the whole room was under a giant faucet. Tons of water came crashing down on them, carrying away the fallen debris in the process, leaving the whole room practically empty.

"Insolent worm! Do you think you have won?!" Ah Puch yelled furious at Tohsaka.

"Heh….Not yet." She smirked and raised her right arm, revealing her family's magic crest and pointed her finger at him.

"Weak magic such as this won't work on me." Ah Puch mocked her

"I can't say the same for your charms though – Gandr shot-" A black ball of light formed at the tip of her hand. "- Magic missile mode!" The big, black sphere burst into five small missiles.

"W-what?! W-when did you-" Ah Puch stuttered.

The magical missiles flew through the room at supersonic speeds, before hitting their intended targets which were none other than Ah Puch's charms of the Underworld.

"Master, what happened? When did you get so powerful? What did you do?"

"Save the questions for later…for now, make sure to take him down. I've destroyed his connection to the Underworld, those hidden charms were his trick. Now, he can't freely summon any more zombies to aid him. This is your chance!

As for me- cough-cough- I guess…I overdid it with the spell. Don't worry about me, focus on the fight! Kill the bastard!" Tohsaka encouraged her while she sat down on the floor and leaned on the wall behind her.

"Heavy breathing- So, you used that divine spell to weaken the protections I had put on my charms and then destroyed them with your own magic. Clever girl!

I wonder…when did you realize that there were charms, to begin with…No matter though, my minions were just the beginning. It is time to move on to the second part and call our special guest for today." Ah Puch slowly raised his staff and then violently tapped the ground with it.

The moment he did, a purple lightning came crashing down at that spot and a sound which they had heard recently reached their ears once again.

"GRRRRRAAAAAAAARRRRRRR!"

"Say hello to your old pal Chaac! The zombie version of him- hahahahahahahahahaha" Ah Puch burst into a hysterical laughter.

At that moment Tohsaka's brain froze momentarily; she couldn't believe her eyes; she thought that she was seeing things because of her fatigue, but then reality struck her hard when she realized their dire position. According to the rules of magecraft, in order for a magus to summon a familiar, he must be at least five times stronger than the intended familiar which meant that the necromancer Ah Puch was at least five times stronger than Berserker whom they had barely fought to a standstill with serious losses on their side. And now the two of them had to deal with both of those monsters and she was already in bad shape due to that large scale spell she had just cast.

Tohsaka was frozen still with fear; she was staring at her enemies with terrified eyes

"We can't…we'll die…I will…die?...No, there must be something…..

I can't think….my mind is frozen…what about her…" She glanced at Awilix, but in her place, she saw another person; at least that what she thought momentarily.

Tohsaka's brain confirmed that the woman she was looking at was surely Awilix, but she had never seen her like this before. Surrounded whole by a mystic aura, her body paintings were glowing brightly; the crude wooden shaft of her hunting spear was now polished and refined; the purple gemstone at its tip was now sharp and was brimming with magical energy. Her long dark hair which she always had tied up in a high ponytail were loose, messed up, falling over her face. But the strangest thing was that Suku was nowhere to be seen; Tohsaka assumed that he had gone back to his ethereal form, but then she saw Awilix's new features. She had feline ears, a tail and her skin looked like Suku's, yellowish with black marks on it. As Awilix turned her head, Tohsaka noticed her eyes, they were the eyes of a hunter! Ferocious! Brimming with killing intent! They had marked their target and they were not about to let him escape.

"So…the kitty finally revealed herself! It was about time…If I knew…that all it took to flip your switch, was to show you the empty husk of your pal whom I killed, I would have done so in the first place….Now then, come here kitty-kitty-kitty!" Ah Puch said mockingly, hitting the floor with his staff.

Berserker instantaneously grabbed the gigantic axe next to him and readied himself for combat; he was behaving more humanlike than when he was being controlled by Ilya, but Tohsaka knew that this was just how powerful Ah Puch's control was in comparison to Ilya's. Awilix fell on all four while still holding her spear with one hand; her eyes locked on her two preys. Tohsaka could feel the bloodlust in the air between them; none was concerned with her, so she slowly stood up and trudged away as far as possible from the epicenter of the upcoming clash. She heard two powerful battle cries, before the clash; there was a shock wave which caused her to trip and fall, but as soon as she was on her feet again, everything was already over.

Chaos' Base, Corridors.

"This way!" Isis pointed towards a staircase on their left; they rapidly started climbing the massive staircase.

Tap-tap-tap-tap

"Do you think nee-san will be okay?" Sakura asked Shirou as they were climbing up the stairs.

He smiled at her. "Tohsaka's a tough nut to crack. She will give that creep a run for his money." He said confidently, but in truth, he was also worried for her.

"We have to trust them and focus on the road ahead of us." Dean said.

They finally reached their top and stopped for a moment for those who needed to catch their breath. Castiel looked down from the balcony, it was a long way down around thirty to forty meters or so.

"We should move out!" Nemesis said to the group.

"Exhaling- I'm getting a signal at the end of this hallway. I doubt that it would be this easy, but we must see what's behind those doors." Isis pointed at the large, adorned wooden gate at the end of the corridor.

They started running towards the door, but when they reached it and Osiris put his hand on it, it disappeared like a fleeting mirage in the desert.

"What the hell?!" Dean exclaimed.

"Must be some kind of illusion magic, but I can't- Oh no! The corridor!" Isis said at a loss.

When they looked back, the corridor which they had just crossed was nowhere to be seen; it was no longer a corridor; they were inside a large, round room with white floor, marble animal statues, and fountains.

"Tsk…What in the name of the sun is going on?" Isis bit her thumb nervously as she was trying to find the source of all that.

"Guys! Look!" Sam shouted, pointing at a pile of rocks which had replaced the adorned door where they were standing in front of.

"Bollocks…." Crowley uttered fed up with their luck.

"Loki! Can you dispel the illusions?" Isis asked.

Loki shook his head. "Nah…. I'm only good at creating them because they are fun, I have no idea how to dispel them unless they are my own." He said, but his words didn't seem to carry the required seriousness for their situation.

"Can't we just force our way through them?" Osiris asked her.

"And go where?!" She yelled at him. "We have no idea if there is even an obstacle, to begin with. We might as well be punching the air and wasting our energy!"

"Cool yourself!" Rider said to her in a calm tone.

"That's right! If it is just an illusion! It can't hurt us, right?" Sakura asked Isis for confirmation.

"You don't know how terrifying illusion magic is, girl! If an illusionist is powerful enough to alter a space so big, so easily then, it is quite possible that he can make us hurt each other. All he has to do is make us see things! Plant images in our heads!" Isis explained worriedly.

-Exclaims-

"You mean that he can make us see each other as enemies?!" Sakura muttered, Isis nodded.

Her words had an immediate effect among the group, they started exchanging suspicious glances between them, something which Osiris didn't fail to notice.

"Stop it! We can't let something like this spread discord and mistrust among us. Stay calm and we'll find a way to overcome this!" But his speech seemed to have little effect on them, as they instinctively split into groups.

On the one side the mortals along with Castiel and Crowley and on the other one the gods.

"You're wise no to trust me master, but everyone can be wrong from time to time-" Loki said with a mischievous grin on his face "- right, big guy?!" He glanced at Osiris.

Osiris remained silent, giving him a stern look, but his wife was not as patient as he was.

"Don't you dare bring this up, Trickster!" She barked at him furiously.

Loki was referring of course to how Osiris had in the past foolishly placed his trust on his brother Set, despite everyone's warning him not to. In the end, Set betrayed him and killed him, usurping the throne of Egypt for himself. Set even went as far as to hack his body into several pieces and hide them all over the kingdom in order to make sure that his brother wouldn't be coming back to life. But thanks to Isis and some of the other Gods who helped her find his pieces after many hardships, Osiris came back to life as undead. For the ancient Egyptians, the dead were sacred and were treated gloriously, that's why they built the pyramids which served as grandiose mausoleums for the pharaohs; it was considered a great blasphemy to mistreat a dead person's body that it was said that the god of sun Ra would burn you alive for your sins.

But so cruel and violent was Set's reign that Isis had to violate this sacred custom in order to bring her husband back to life. She restored his body with magic and had sex with him which resulted in her conceiving Horus, the prophesized child who ultimately brought an end to Set's reign and restored peace to Egypt. Horus reigned rightfully ever since, until he was killed, a little while after the war broke out. He sacrificed himself in order to save some of the weaker gods who were in the same base as he was; Egyptian gods mourned his loss that day, but the most pitiable were his parents. Isis and Osiris, they were grief-stricken, especially Isis, it was the first time ever since her husband's death that Isis cried with woe, her cries overcame the barriers between the realms, reaching even the depths of Purgatory, alerting its mistress Eve, that something was happening in the other dimensions.

"Oh! Did I hit a nerve…?" Loki asked mockingly.

"That's enough!" Osiris shouted.

-Inconspicuous angry Mumbling-

"If this escalates any further, it won't end well for us….Please…everyone, stop fighting!" Suddenly all eyes were on Sakura.

"I-I think I have a plan." She said hesitantly.

"What plan Sakura?" Rider came forth and asked.

"I remembered what nee-san told me about how you found Caster's hideout. You tracked her magical traces back to the source. I heard it was you Nemesis-san who suggested the idea and performed this feat." Sakura said, looking over at Nemesis.

Attention had shifted now to Nemesis; she knew that the people in the group were depending on her, but she was not sure what to say to them.

"True…among the divines I have a keen sense for distinguishing and tracking down magical energy. But unlike the mortal world where the magical energy on the air is scarce, here it is much more difficult to discern the energy which creates the illusions because the atmosphere is packed with all sorts of different magical energies." Nemesis explained to them.

"But still is worth a try, right?" Sam said.

"Yeah! It's better than nothing." Shirou added.

"You used to track down and punish sinners during the age of the gods. You were hunting them inside the realm of the gods. How can you not use your sense to find the source? Are you mocking us?" Isis asked her angrily.

"Sigh…I'm a step ahead of you! I've started searching for the source, ever since the first illusion and I have already located the source and the one behind it." Nemesis stated emotionlessly.

"What?! Why haven't you told us anything yet?" Isis yelled at her.

"There was no need to! I was hoping that you would forget about me and my ability to sense magical energy so that the assailant would drop his guard and make a mistake. I was ready to slice him down in an instant when that happened….

Unfortunately, you-" She faced Sakura. "-you maimed my plan when you mentioned my ability-" Sakura froze still when she heard those words.

Nemesis faced Isis next "- and you, you gave the finishing blow when you shouted out loud that I can track the source easily even in our realm and provided proof for that." Nemesis dropped her shoulders disappointed.

Isis stared at Nemesis, but there was no expression on her face; it was an empty look devoid of any kind of feelings. She had failed the team and even though no one was blaming her or accusing her, she felt terrible. She had let her feelings once more get the better of her; the argument which Loki incited was the cause, but she could not blame him, of course, that would be beyond pitiful; she was blaming solely herself, for letting her anger take over and not allowing her to foresee her comrade's plan, despite knowing her for centuries. She knew that Nemesis was capable, yet she forgot it and when Sakura mentioned it, she was too enraged to think clearly and lashed out at Nemesis.

"Can you dispel it?" Osiris asked Nemesis, ignoring Isis' reaction.

Nemesis nodded. "When I cut it down, it would be best for you to get as far away from his influence; he might be able to trap you again."

"What do you mean you? Are you staying?" Osiris asked.

"Isn't it obvious? I'm the only one who can go one on one against him. I will buy you time to escape. Use it wisely!" Nemesis stated.

"I'm staying!" Castiel said.

"No you're not." Nemesis retorted.

"Yes I am! I've made a promise." Castiel retorted back.

"No you're not staying!

I don't care about what you discussed with my mother and the promise you gave to her, that you would protect me or whatever, but let's be realistic, you can't do anything here. You're practically useless in this situation….

The opponent outmatches you in every physical aspect, you can't use your angelic magic to its fullest and even the power of your weapon is due to some string-pulling I did; I owe Tyr a favor for engraving his rune on your blade so that you wouldn't die immediately, until I would come to rescue you of course.
You're weak! Know your place and go where you might at least be slightly useful. This is no place for an angel!" Nemesis spoke harsh words which she had never spoken before; and the worst part was that she was saying all this with a straight face and in an emotionless voice which made the words even more painful to hear.

Castiel didn't react to her provocations, instead, he pulled out his blade from his jacket; the rune Tiwaz glowed brightly, alternating between red and blue, just like the symbol on Tyr's chestplate.

"You won't be the first one to hate me for my actions….Regardless, I am staying!" He said and walked over to her side.

"Is this another one of your tests Ananke*? Even dead, you still like to twist people's lives….I've always been your favorite." Nemesis mumbled in a low angry voice.

"Stop blaming Fate! And find your own way!" Castiel shouted at her.

Nemesis was taken aback from his words; she didn't expect to hear something like that from a person like him. All of her life she was blindingly following rules, pursuing and executing evil-doers. Be it mortals or gods, she didn't care, all she wanted, everything she ever desired was to follow the rules that had been imposed to her since birth and live peacefully with them for eternity. Despite her endless patience, she had been emotionally and mentally hurt so many times that she ended up becoming a mindless droid for the higher ups to command. That was the summary of the sad life she had lived until the war broke out.

"I guess your interfering in my life turned out well this time mom…" Nemesis raised her jeweled longsword above her head; the purple gemstones on its hilt reflected the light of the room which made them look brighter than they actually were.

She channeled her magical energy on the blade and…

-Hyaaa-

She performed a vertical slash, slicing the air in front of her and sending out a huge shockwave which travelled along the floor in a straight line; destroying the marble tiles, the statues, the fountains and everything it encountered, until it smashed on a certain statue which in contrast with the others, it didn't break.

-BOOOOOOOOOONNNNNGGG-

A loud, deafening sound echoed throughout the room, forcing all the mortals to cover their ears in order to protect them. The ringing subsided after a while and then….

"Now! Run away!" Nemesis and Castiel shouted in perfect synch.

Without any hesitation, the group started running towards a large open door which had appeared at the back of the room, it was the door which they had entered the room in the first place, all this time they were standing at a dead end.

Once they were out of sight, a voice echoed throughout the room.

"Cunning…very cunning! I commend you, daughter of the night, for seeing through my perfect illusion. I wasn't even aware that you could dispel it or even track it back to me in the first place…too bad your comrades betrayed and failed you once again."

"Where is this voice coming from…?" Castiel mumbled.

"Watch out!" Nemesis yelled, shoving Castiel away.

-Slash-

-Klank-

Castiel fell a few meters away but quickly rose up with his blade at hand. Nemesis had saved him in the nick of time from suffering a fatal injury on his abdomen; the enemy aimed low, too low and too fast for him to react, but not for Nemesis who parried his sneak attack and was now in the middle of a heated swordfight with the enemy.

- Steel clashing -

They locked blades, glaring each other. "You finally showed your face, Ao Kuang!" She said with contempt.

GOD'S WIKI

Ananke: Her names comes from the Greek word «ανάγκη» which is pronounced "Anagkee". She is the primordial being which was related to fate and causality. Along with the rest of the primordial beings Ananke has died from Chaos, that's why Nemesis says that she is dead.

Horus: He was to the ancient Egyptians what is Jesus to Christians. Some compare Jesus to Horus, to the point that they claim that Jesus legend is a copy of Horus'. That of course had been debunked by archaeologists and historians a long time ago, but people stll believe despite all the proof.

Ao Kuang: I'll reveal more about him in the story later on, so I won't say much now, except that the illusion trick I came up with was an inspiration from one of his abilities in SMITE.