Momo was a girl from the research and engineering department, but currently she was taking care of a job that had nothing to do with that.
There was a person who usually took care of taking food to Hypnos, after all they couldn't just let him starve. However, that person was sick today, and it somehow became Momo's job to cover for that person.
"It should be simple and quick enough, so let's just get this over with."
Momo was taking a food tray with Hypnos' food on it. She didn't take long to reach his "prison cell" and enter it.
Although… that second that took to enter the cell… somehow felt… longer? Maybe it was just her imagination.
"Here's your-"
Before Momo could finish her sentence, her head was slammed against the wall. She instantly lost consciousness, and the wall was stained with her blood.
"Long time no see, Hypnos."
"… Chronos."
Hypnos slowly raised his head to look at Chronos' face. An evil smile took form on Hypnos' face.
"Come on, get me free. They're not expecting anything right now, so if I attack them-"
"It is true that they are unprepared and aren't expecting an attack right now… alright, I'll set you free, Hypnos."
Chronos got closer to Hypnos. He quickly checked out his condition and, once he had the results, he told Hypnos to prepare himself.
Then, before Hypnos even had time to think, Chronos' arm went straight through his chest. But, different from when Hypnos did it, Chronos' arm was covered in Hypnos' blood, and his hand held a shining core.
"Wha-why?!"
"Ah, don't get me wrong. I still wanted to have you go around collecting other gods' powers, but the way they blocked your powers would take too long and just be too much of a hassle to undo. We had a good run together, but this is where we part ways."
Chronos retracted his hand and Hypnos fell to the ground, his strength was all gone. Hypnos would only live for a few more seconds, so Chronos decided to show him something good.
Chronos opened his coat and showed his chest plate. He took out the core in the middle and put Hypnos' core there instead. The second that connection was established, something could be felt around all of Ataraxia, maybe even the world.
"A-aaaahh! Aaaaaaaaa!"
The lights started flickering on and off. Even the system that was blocking Hypnos' power stopped working. Once the power stabilized itself, only the red emergency lights came on.
"Well then, I think I'll go play around with these new powers, and maybe even get a few more. Goodbye, Hypnos."
The last sight Hypnos saw in life was Chronos walking out of the cell that was imprisoning Hypnos. The last thing Hypnos felt was pure anger and hate.
/
"What the hell is happening?!"
[We're still trying to figure that out, Reiri.]
Everyone in the command room was panicking. They all felt something, and then power went out in all of Ataraxia. Just what could have happened?
"Wait, the camera is back on."
Nayuta said and everyone focused on what was being shown. It was the camera inside Hypnos' cell.
What was shown to them was Chronos leaving the room, leaving Hypnos' body and an unconscious Momo behind. It didn't take long for Nayuta to recognize him from Thanatos and Eros' memories, and it took her even less time to spring up.
"Call Kizuna and whoever else can fight. Tell them to get ready quick, I'll buy as much time as possible."
But, before Nayuta could leave the room, her daughter, Reiri, stood on her way.
"Just where do you think you're going?"
"I still have a little bit of my powers left, remember? I should be able to buy even if it's just a little bit of time."
"But you'd die. I won't allow it."
"Oh, I thought you'd like it even more like that."
"Normally yes, but some time ago, Kizuna told me you've been making an effort to make amends, and that I should help out. I've been putting it off, but I think I'll get started on it now."
Nayuta was really surprised. After she became a goddess, she had been trying to make up for her mistakes in the past, but she never thought Reiri would really accept her. Nayuta was happy, but she felt now wasn't the time for that.
But before she could say anything, Reiri took the word.
"I know what you're thinking. Between the, I guess around 15 seconds you'd be able to buy with your current power or your mind helping to find a solution for this problem, I'd say your mind is much more valuable. Besides, Kizuna would get sad if I threw you out to die."
"… Fine, but if we need more time, I won't step down next time."
Nayuta gave in to Reiri. She hadn't lied when she said Nayuta's intelligence was currently more important than her power, but maybe it was also because Kizuna wouldn't be the only one sad with Nayuta's death.
"Alright people, let's get to it. If we lose, we die, so I hope everyone is ready for one hell of a fight."
'But seriously, I only gave Osiris a night off, how did everything go so wrong until this point? And where is she anyway? Why hasn't she come back?' Nayuta thought to herself. She was starting to regret giving Osiris some time off.
/
"Oh…"
Before Chronos even left the Nayuta lab, there was someone who stood in his way. That person was Thanatos.
"I remember you. Do you remember me… Thanatos, was it?"
"Yeah, I do."
Thanatos had her mechanical arms ready for combat. Granted, she hadn't done Heart Hybrid with Kizuna, so her strength was still very much limited to the small amount of divine power Hypnos hadn't stolen from her.
Even so, she didn't look like she planned on backing down even if she could only barely fight.
"I guess it should be fun, testing my new powers on the former strongest goddess. But I didn't expect you to be so dumb to show up in front of me, or was it just bad luck?"
"No, I came knowing you were here. And I don't believe I can win alone. Even so, I can fight even if it's just for a little bit."
Thanatos readied herself for a fight, and Chronos barely looked like he minded her being there. As she was, she shouldn't be much of a challenge.
Thanatos tried focusing her energy to shoot it at Chronos, but she had so little power left in her, even if it hit him, it barely made any damage. She also tried attacking with her arms, but Chronos didn't even mind that.
Using all the strength of her mechanical arms, Thanatos tried to crush Chronos between them. But, thanks to Hypnos' core, Chronos' strength now far surpassed Thanatos' current power, so he easily held her arms in place.
"Such a shame. I was thinking about stealing your remaining power, but it seems to be so little it's more trouble than it's worth. Maybe you can count that as your luck."
"!"
Chronos started crushing Thanatos' mechanical arms. There was so much pressure she felt her real arms might get crushed as well. Then, he lifted her by one of her arms and started swinging her around.
"Gah! Aah!"
Thanatos body was being slammed against the walls and ceiling. Blood was coming out from wherever it could. From the pain Thanatos was feeling, maybe there was also some internal bleeding.
After a few seconds, Chronos threw Thanatos' body away.
"That should be enough. You'll probably survive, if you can get help that is."
Chronos was about to walk away, but then he was hit by a missile. It didn't do any damage worth talking about, but it seemed that there were more challengers.
Just then, someone went past Chronos. He had noticed her, but didn't really bother with stopping her. He thought fighting Thanatos could be interesting, but he didn't really care about these new girls. He knew they were related to Thanatos and Eros' user, but he didn't really care about them.
"How is she, Ger-san?"
"She's really beaten up, but she should be fine once she gets medical attention. By the way leader, since when have you been using the damn nickname boss made up?!"
Gertude had picked up the fallen Thanatos and brought her to Scarlet and the other Masters. They had gotten ready before Kizuna and the rest of Amaterasu, so they came to save Thanatos.
"Alright. Girls, let's keep her safe. I'm gonna hit this guy with everything I have!"
Scarlet showed even more of the missile launchers on her back. It wasn't on the level of when she did Connective Hybrid with Kizuna and Yurishia, but it was still much stronger than her usual attacks.
She shot a full barrage of missiles at Chronos all at once. But then he simply held up his palm and the missiles stopped in mid-air.
The Masters were stunned. They didn't expect the attack to kill Chronos, but also didn't expect him to stop the missiles with barely any effort. As for Chronos, he seemed annoyed.
"As I thought, there's no one here that can provide a challenge. Maybe I should have given them some prep time and have Eros and Thanatos power each other, maybe that would work as an infinite power source for me. Oh well, nothing can be done about it now."
With a flick of Chronos' hand, the missiles changed directions. The Masters protected Thanatos and themselves as much as possible, but a good chunk of the Nayuta lab was blown up, sending everyone flying out.
Chronos came out of the explosion looking like nothing had happened with him. He looked towards the city and took a step towards it when someone called him.
"Hey, you big idiot!"
He turned around to look. It was the Masters, and Thanatos was also there along with them. They were all pointing their fully charged weapons towards Chronos, even Thanatos was pointing her mostly damaged arms even though she looked like she was feeling a lot of pain.
"Eat this!"
They all shot at once. Maybe it was because of Thanatos' power mixed it, but that attack seemed a lot stronger than the previous ones. Chronos guarded himself with a barrier.
The attack died out. Chronos' barrier was shattered in places, but it wasn't broken. The Masters and Thanatos looked tired, but they still worked up whatever energy they had left.
"Not yet! Come on, let's keep it up!"
Some of the Masters rushed forward while Gertude and Scarlet were supporting them from behind. Thanatos seemed to be focusing her energy for something.
Of course, for as much fighting spirit those girls had, their power simply wasn't enough to fight Chronos. He let two of them come close, and then hit them with an energy blast at point-blank range.
"Gyaa!"
"Aaah!"
Chronos' energy was so concentrated it easily broke through the Heart Hybrid Gear's barrier. Forget about burned clothes, after that attack, permanent burn scars would be the best outcome for those girls.
Their skins were scorched black. They needed medical attention quick, otherwise they might not survive.
"H-hey, get up! Don't you dare die here!"
"Y-you! I'll kill you!"
The other two Masters who had rushed towards Chronos came into range now. Scarlet and Gertude's attacks weren't much more bothersome than mosquitoes.
"Get back!" Scarlet tried shouting out, but it was too late.
Chronos picked one of the girls by the leg and then swung her against the other girl. Their barriers shattered and blood spilled from their mouth.
Then, he picked one of them up by the head and slammed it against the other's face. Those girls beautiful faces were now just bloody messes. Chronos would have hit them more, but Scarlet put her thrusters on full power and slammed into him.
"Waaaa!"
They ended up going into the city. The civilians panicked around them. Chronos acted before Scarlet could even think about how to take the fight out of the city.
"Thanks for the trip, here's your reward!"
With one movement from each of Chronos' hand, the people and the objects around the area started floating. They then stopped and pointed towards Scarlet.
"Waah!"
"H-help!"
Then, Chronos used his powers to throw these people and things in Scarlet's direction.
Scarlet had to do something quick. She used and manipulated her Heart Hybrid Gear's barrier to protect as many civilians as she could. But that left her defenseless, so she was hit by each and every one of the objects.
"Guh!"
Some objects just hit against Scarlet's body, others were able to pierce through. But both were thrown at such speed that it left her gravely injured.
In the end, she managed to save as many people as she could, but came out really hurt. She wasn't going to stay conscious for long.
"Hoh, that was quite something. Most people were saved. Nobody's perfect, so don't mind those who died. Any comments?"
"You know, this is really painful and I feel like I'm about to faint at any moment. But, considering I expected to be dead by now, I think I'm doing kinda good."
Scarlet played it was a joke, but was Chronos serious? Did she fail to save someone? That would explain all the commotion around her and the pool of red blood. It was certainly possible, she couldn't save everyone, but even so… that fact was going to weigh on her mind.
Scarlet's breath was out of rhythm. She was breathing, but it was somewhat painful. She was probably going to lose consciousness soon.
"Well, then-!"
Chronos was about to launch another attack, but he stopped. The reason was that giant mechanical arms, Thanatos' arms, grabbed him from behind.
Thanatos let go of the mechanical arms, detaching them from herself, then Gertude came at full speed and took her and Scarlet out of range. A second after, the arms blew up with Chronos right in the center.
"Did that do it?"
"No. I put all I had into it, but that won't do much more than buy us a few seconds."
Gertude clicked her tongue. Considering everything, she was the only fighting force present. Even if she was weak, she had to hold out even if just a bit more, she had to put all their hopes on Kizuna and the others.
The smoke blew out, Chronos came out of it looking mostly unharmed.
"That stung a little, you know."
"Gah!"
With a flick of his wrist, Chronos send Gertude flying into a building. Then, he made the building behind Thanatos and Scarlet crumble down on them. Thanatos managed to shove Scarlet out of the way, but she wasn't able to completely save herself.
"Aah, guuh!"
"I told you a little while ago I'd let you live, but it doesn't seem like you want to, so…"
Considering all the damage she had taken until now, it was impressive how much Thanatos was holding out with basically no power. But that was coming to an end.
Chronos used his powers to press one of the building's debris on Thanatos. Obviously, she didn't have the physical strength needed to hold the debris, but luckily for her, Chronos soon stopped trying to crush her and threw away the debris.
Instead, he took a few steel beams and used his powers to make them more like skewers. Then, he send them flying at Thanatos. That would have been the end for her, shouldn't she have a savior.
"Watch out!"
Gertude came back and shoved Thanatos out of the way. She managed to save Thanatos and almost dodged all of the steel skewers. Almost. One of them pierced straight through her left leg, one didn't need to be a specialist to say that it must have hurt.
It pierced right through the center, damaging the bones, muscles and tendons of her leg on such a level that, even if she got medical treatment soon, Gertude might not recover from this.
Gertude couldn't stand up anymore. It could even be considered a miracle her leg was still attached to her body, but the bleeding was really bad and the pain was something Gertude never imagined possible.
"G-gaaaah! Uuuaa! D-damn, this hurts!"
"You're too noisy."
Chronos took one of the steel skewers on his own hands. "Just shut up" he said.
But before he attacked, Gertude somehow managed to aim her gun and shoot a charged shot at the core on Chronos' chest. He wasn't expecting an attack, so he had no defenses.
But even so, all it did was hit the core. Chronos felt it heat up a bit, but it started to cool down before it became dangerous. It wouldn't have been funny if he was defeated this easily.
"Too bad. Now die."
Before Chronos could silence Gertude, something landed right between them and protected her with a barrier. Then, Chronos was hit with an energy shot from somewhere. The attack held enough power to send him flying.
"Sorry we're late, Ger-san."
Gertude didn't take long to recognize her protector. It was none other than Kizuna, and along with him came Yurishia, who had just shot at Chronos, and Hayuru. Those were the three members of Amaterasu currently on Ataraxia.
"Boss, what took you so damn long?" Gertude said, but she looked more peaceful now. Maybe having Kizuna and the others around gave her some sense of security.
But there was a good reason why Kizuna and company had taken so long to show up. One could feel it in the aura coming from them. There wasn't enough time for a Connective Hybrid, unless they had happened to be in the middle of one just before this, but this is more than a Kisscharge Hybrid. Maybe Kizuna kissed both Hayuru and Yurishia at the same time and that resulted in a Connective Kisscharge Hybrid? Gertude didn't care, and likely no one did, as long as that meant they could fight.
"Hold on," Hayuru gave Gertude some first aid, but the best she could do was put pressure on the wound. No one wanted to think about what would happen if Gertude and the other injured people didn't get the proper medical attention soon.
"… He's back for more," Yurishia pointed. If one followed, they would be able to see Chronos standing there.
Kizuna took the first aid kit Hayuru was holding. He said he was going to join them as soon as he took care of the civilians and the injured. Yurishia and Hayuru nodded and rushed to attack Chronos.
Yurishia shot at Chronos again, but this time he blocked it with a barrier. But Hayuru circled behind him and swung her sword.
"Ha!"
"Hum, you two are stronger than the last ones, but still not enough."
Chronos held his palm towards Hayuru and the barrier closed itself around Chronos, completely covering and defending him. Hayuru clashed against the barrier, but she couldn't break through it.
"Not yet!"
Hayuru send out her Blades and used them to attack Chronos' barrier along with her sword. But she still couldn't break through it.
But then, Chronos felt a huge amount of energy being aimed at him. It wasn't coming from Hayuru so…
"Fire!"
Yurishia had used her Differential Frames to shoot at the same time as her main weapon. Then, she shot a huge amount of energy at once. Hayuru was just a distraction and her attacks weakened the barrier enough. Hayuru moved out of the way and Chronos was hit head on, the shot broke right through the barrier.
However, Chronos was mostly unharmed, save for a few burned spots on his clothes. Really, this was just too much.
"Looks like I can't really afford to play around."
Hayuru clicked her tongue, but there was only one thing they could do: fight. She attacked with her Blades again, trying to make another opening for Yurishia. Chronos defended with his barrier again, but… it felt somewhat different.
"This one isn't going to break. I underestimated you two last time, but that won't happen again."
Chronos took control over the Blades. Hayuru parried them using her sword, but she was going to need help soon enough.
But Yurishia took advantage of Chronos distraction while dealing with Hayuru. She stealthily approached him and then combined her cannons and Differential Frames into one, then she fired one concentrated shot of energy towards Chronos.
"!"
The barrier was destroyed, but that was all she managed to do. Yurishia jumped back to where Hayuru was and Hayuru got rid of the Blades. She swung her sword at Chronos' chest plate a few times, but she couldn't cut much further than the outer layer.
She didn't know at the time, but that would help the next people to fight. Hayuru then retreated back to where Yurishia was.
"Hey, did you just use me as a distraction?"
"I was betting that, if he wasn't fully concentrated on the barrier, it would get weaker. I was right, but I just didn't have enough power to break through the barrier and hit him. And it looks like he's going to reinforce it even more."
Although a bit annoyed, Hayuru couldn't really deny that tactic. But it still wasn't enough, and their goal would only get further away the longer they took.
"Now, it's my turn."
Chronos focused his energy and then shot it at the girls. They united their barriers, but there were still cracks showing on it, and it would soon break down.
"Let me help."
Kizuna came back and used his barrier to reinforce theirs, and they somehow managed to hold out. The girls shouted "Kizuna!" clearly happy to see him.
"Did you already finish helping everyone?"
"Yeah. I had a lot of help, so things got done fairly quickly."
Chronos looked a bit exited to see Kizuna. Almost as if he had been waiting for it.
"Since Eros is here now, I guess I might as well. Let's see just how much I can do with all this power!"
Suddenly, the whole Earth started shaking.
/
The support crew had just finished helping Kizuna and came back to the command room, and now everything was shaking. Just what was happening?
"The results just came in!"
Someone shouted. Reiri, Nayuta and Kei analyzed said result.
There were seismic and volcanic activities happening around the globe. The oceans were also acting strange. Tsunamis were happening on nearly every costal area. It didn't take much to figure who was behind all of this.
"I know he has a core that holds the powers of multiple gods, but just how overpowered is this guy?!"
Nayuta shouted out. Then, the biggest tremor yet hit them.
"Gyaah!"
"Aaah!"
No one could stand up. Nayuta kept thinking to herself, wondering what was Chronos doing now.
Suddenly, it hit her.
"Everyone, hold on to-!"
Before Nayuta could finish speaking, Chronos did what he planned on doing.
The big tremor that made everyone fall was Chronos lifting the Ataraxia float from the ocean. Then, he launched the float. There was no way to know if they had landed back on the ocean or if they landed on top of some country, but one thing was for sure, there would be a lot of victims from this.
No one in the command room was left standing, not even Nayuta. The ones that got off easy would just have some bleeding and cuts to deal with, but most people had fractured bones and some kind of internal damage that needed medical attention. But everyone was unconscious.
The thing is, this kind of situation wasn't happening only on the command room. Ataraxia as a whole was launched by Chronos, so obviously there wasn't a single person left in perfect state, to say the least.
Unless they had a savior from outside, this would be their end.
/
"Guah!"
Kizuna spat out some blood. Not even he nor Yurishia or Hayuru were able to defend themselves from such an attack.
"Are… where are you? Hayuru, Yurishia."
"H-here, Kizuna. I can also see Yurishia"
Hayuru was the one to answer. Maybe thanks to the body he got once he was revived, Kizuna wasn't as bad as everyone else (not that he was in any condition to fight now). Kizuna did his best and moved toward Hayuru's voice.
There were some debris on top of Hayuru, but Kizuna moved them out of the way even though it took all of his strength. Hayuru's Neros had deactivated, it probably had used nearly all of its energy just to make her survive.
Even so, Hayuru was far from being in perfect shape. For one, her right arm was broken and she seemed to have a lot of internal damage. And that was just what Kizuna could see.
Still, maybe because of the adrenaline or something, Hayuru didn't seem to be in much pain right now, so Kizuna decided to not remind her of that.
"Are you fine?"
"Depends on what you consider fine. But go check on Yurishia before anything else. She's not responding."
Hayuru used her left hand to point towards Yurishia, and that's where Kizuna went. Yurishia's head was bleeding a lot, her beautiful golden hair was now tinged with red and her Cross had also deactivated.
Kizuna checked Yurishia's state. She was still breathing, so that's a plus. Maybe she had just hit her head really hard and lost consciousness. Kizuna hoped it was just that.
"Hum? Oh wait, Eros and Thanatos hadn't powered each other, had they? I guess I exaggerated a bit. Oh well, doesn't really matter."
Chronos had commented to himself, maybe he had lost Kizuna and company from his sights. It was clear he didn't really care about who lived and who died. Kizuna wanted to do something, but he couldn't fight as he was. Unless…
Then, an Entrance opened on the sky. Before Chronos could properly notice it, a spear came flying toward him. It pierced his chest, missing his heart by a few centimeters. The only reason why it was able to pierce him so easily was because much of the outer layer of the chest plate was gone.
"Guh! Wait, this lance!"
Chronos, and also Kizuna, immediately recognized the lance. It was none other than Gungnir. Meaning…
A second later, Odin landed right in front of Chronos.
"You! But how?"
"Does it really matter?"
Odin summoned another lance and the one that pierced Chronos disappeared. She charged straight at him.
Kizuna felt bad for leaving Odin alone, but he first needed to get Hayuru and Yurishia somewhere safe. Then, he was going to come back and fight. He was going to use Osiris' power, just like when he fought Hypnos.
Odin was continually attacking Chronos. Unlike before, he couldn't play around when fighting a god.
"I noticed something" Odin started. "Since you didn't take the core into your body, that means you're still human. Since you're still human, you need to keep the thing that gives you power protected. But, also because you are still human, there is a limit to how much you can do."
Odin fainted going after Chronos leg just to switch targets. She aimed his left eye. Her attack made contact and Chronos finally took some real damage.
"Guaah! You!"
Amongst Chronos' powers was regeneration, Odin knew that since it was her power. It would only be a matter of a few seconds for his eye to be restored. But right now, a few seconds were like an eternity.
Odin used Chronos' new blind spot to attack. Her objective now was the core on his chest. Unfortunately, Chronos took a step back, making Odin's attack scratch Chronos' chest plate, but it wasn't enough to get rid of the core.
Even so, Odin made sure to keep pressing Chronos with her speed. Even if he had the power to defend, there was only so much Chronos' human body could react to.
That's why Chronos chose to make a barrier around him. But Odin just stood there in front of him and took a deep breath.
"Ha!"
In a flash, Odin attacked the barrier. A loud clashing noise rang out. There were already cracks in the barrier. Odin repeated the attack two more times and Chronos' barrier came crashing down.
But he obviously didn't just stand there doing nothing. As soon as the barrier came down, Chronos shot his energy at Odin. By now, he had fully recovered, so Odin couldn't make use of his blind spot.
But that didn't stop Odin from attacking. When she did, Chronos caught Gungnir, but then it quickly vanished and another one appeared on Odin's hands.
She swung it diagonally, missing Hypnos' core by a hair's breadth. Sparks flew out of the chest plat, the inner circuits now exposed.
"Damn you!"
Chronos punched Odin's stomach, and that send her flying back a few meters. Before she could recover, Chronos landed another punch on her face, this time charged with energy.
Half of Odin's face was burned and she looked like she was about to give in to fatigue. No one knew that, but Odin hadn't recovered from her previous fight since, much like Thanatos' mother, her body was also frozen in time.
But Chronos didn't let her fall. He held her by the head and popped his fingers in her eye sockets as he charged his arms with energy.
"How do you like this?"
"Gaaah!"
"Now, you'll get out of my way for good- bah!"
Before he could finish Odin, someone delivered a punch to Chronos' face, making him let go of Odin. The one who landed the attack was none other than Kizuna.
He was stronger than normal, but he hadn't gotten the hang of activating Osiris' powers in him yet. Even so, he was going to have to work with what he had.
"Eros, I thought you'd be dead by now."
"I won't lose, not after all this!"
Kizuna tried to attack Chronos. Maybe Kizuna's rage was starting to get to him, since he didn't really plan the attack and that just ended up with Chronos grabbing Kizuna by the leg and swinging him around. Kizuna was hit against the ground multiple times until Chronos felt satisfied.
"Finally. Now, there isn't going to be anyone in the way."
"I wouldn't count on it. I just got here, after all."
As soon as Chronos turned towards the voice, he was hit with a "thunder punch" as he thought was the best way to describe it. Chronos felt like shouting out, just how many times had he been stopped just before the killing blow now?
The one who had punched Chronos this time was Thor. He had just arrived and seen this world's state and came to where he had noticed signs of fighting. He offered a hand to Kizuna, who took it and stood up.
"Who is this guy?"
"It's a long story."
Thor looked back and saw Odin's state. "Alright, tell me later. But right now, I need to punch that guy some more."
Mjolnir appeared on Thor's hand. Kizuna imagined how Thor felt seeing his mother like that. Even Kizuna himself wanted to get back at Chronos for what he did to his friends and everyone else. They both had that in common.
Thor rushed toward Chronos first. He was able to block Mjolnir's strike, but he was still affected by the thunder it released. That was especially dangerous now that there was a deep cut on his chest plate.
"Waaaah!"
Chronos pushed Thor away. But Kizuna caught him midair and threw him right back. Chronos used a barrier to defend himself.
Thunder roared out. Chronos' barrier survived, but he was still sent flying a few dozen meters.
Chronos tried to attack Thor with his energy, but Thor countered by attacking with his lighting. He would bring Chronos' barrier down even if he had to take that attack.
As soon as the barrier went down, Kizuna was there to launch punches at Chronos. They weren't nearly on the level of Thor's attacks. Maybe about a tenth… a fifth… a third… wait, they were getting stronger with each one!
"Enough!"
Chronos' voice roared out. It held so much power it was enough to push Kizuna and Thor away.
"Just die already!"
As if responding to Chronos' roar, the world seemed to plunge into chaos.
The wind spun around, faster and faster until it became a tornado. The earth shook as if someone's hand was playing with the planet. Lava erupted from the earth at the same time as the water levels started rising. And that was all as far as Kizuna could see, who knows what else was going on around the world?
"This isn't looking good. Even if we beat him, I'm not sure there's going to be a world left."
"No way! We have to save everyone."
"Unless you got a way of forcing this guy out of this world, the best we can do is win as soon as possible."
For as much as Kizuna hated to admit it, Thor was right. All they could do was fight and hope for the best.
'Please, let us make it in time' Kizuna prayed in his heart.
"Hahahahaha, hahahaha!"
Hypnos' core in Chronos' chest plate was starting to shine brighter. Sparks were coming out of the exposed circuits. Could it be…
Chronos looked ready to continue the fight, and in that case so where Thor and Kizuna.
Thor and Kizuna started moving towards Chronos, getting faster with each step. They had to win, and they had to win quickly.
They were ready to restart the fight, when-
A ball shaped object was thrown at Chronos. He only noticed when it was too late. Once it hit him, the top opened up and, before anyone could properly process what had happened, he was sucked in.
As soon as Chronos disappeared, the Earth calmed down. This was supposed to be a good thing, but it only left Kizuna and Thor confused.
The ball fell to the ground near a woman's feet. She picked it up and said.
"Gotcha."
Kizuna noticed something related to this woman. She looked a lot like Thanatos, but there were some differences… wait, wasn't she-?
"Are you-?" but before Kizuna could properly ask, the woman answered.
"Nice to finally meet you, Kizuna. I guess you'd know me as Thanatos and Hypnos' mother, but my name is Grecia."
Both Kizuna and Thor were just as confused as before.
