Helltaker - Pantheons

by UltimateDemonBeast65

There are been angels, demons, Heaven and Hell which God created from nothing. But there are also gods and monsters scattered across the universe with their own legends, heroes, powers and ideals that co-exist with one another. Join the Helltaker and the harem as they trek across the mythologies of the world on this new amazing adventure! Helltaker is owned by Vanripper.

1. Prologue

UltimateDemonBeast65 here! So this is my second attempt at creating a Helltaker fanfic after Infernal Tales had lost favour to certain people, and so I hope I can have a second chance with this one. It will be much more lighthearted and less explicit but it will have some mature and heavy themes from time to time, but more of an adventure than a gore and sex fest. So please enjoy, and see what you think of this prologue!

Prologue

"Hurry it up, Justice! We're leaving in 10 minutes!"

"I'll be right there, Lucy! Just getting a few more things!"

Lucifer, the Queen of Hell, was currently waiting outside alongside the human mortal known as the Helltaker, given the title due to surviving the depths of the Underworld and obtaining the companionship of various female demons.

"How much longer? We want to go and corrupt the mortal realm!" A trio of dog-eared demon girls said excitedly as they wagged their tails while trying to stay still as possible.

"Control yourself, Cerberus." Lucifer said with a stern look as she crossed one of her arms before taking a sip of her wine.

"Should we help her?" The Helltaker asked.

"She'll be fine." Lucifer assured. "I'm more concerned about the least trustworthy members of our harem."

"I can finally have that coffee after all this time." Pandamonica stated with a yawn then adjusted her glasses.

"Hope you've gotten all you need Malinka." Zdrada said in a teasing manner after exhaling a cloud of smoke in her sister's direction. "This'll probably be a one-way trip."

"For fuck sake, Zdrada, you'll get smoke in my computer!" Malina said as she finished packing her stuff up.

"And that's my problem why?" Zdrada retorted with a smirk.

"This thing won't run properly if I get smoke in it." Malina said gritting her teeth.

"Whatever." Zdrada said as she took another puff of her cigarette.

"Alrighty, I'm ready to go!" Justice exclaimed as she exited the door to meet up with the others with her luggage.

"Alright so Pandemonica, Cerberus, Malina, Zdrada." Lucifer said taking a headcount. "Where's Modeus and Judgement?"

"I AM HERE!" Judgement yelled as she leaped from above with a large sack of belongings.

"That still doesn't explain Modeus." Malina said in a sour tone.

"Here I am. Sorry I took so long." Modeus said as she carried her rather large bag.

"Well, guess it's time to head out!" Justice said with a smile.

"Indeed." Lucifer said with a smirk.

"So what now?" The Helltaker asked.

"We head back to the Gate of the Underworld." Lucifer replied as she snapped her fingers and created a portal in front of them.

"Hey...is that one of ours?" Pandamonica asked as she saw and pointed at a box that was next to some of the girl's luggage.

"Eh, I say we take it with us either way." Zdrada said with a shrug.

Judgement then picked up the box and put it over her shoulder before nodding.

"Are we ready?" Lucifer asked.

"You know it!" Justice replied as she gave a thumbs up.

"I'm ready..." Pandemonica said with another yawn.

"Yes." Both Zdrada and Modeus said.

"Let's go!" Cerberus yelled.

The Helltaker smiled as they went into the portal, going towards the Gate of the Underworld not knowing of what they had obtained and brought with them.

Several Months Later...

Most of the girls of the harem were making a mess in Helltaker's house. Zdrada was still smoking indoors, exhaling large amount of smoke around Helltaker. Justice was causing a ruckus with Judgement and Cerberus. Malina was trying to play video games among the ruckus and Azazel was documenting everything, while the Helltaker was trying to clean up alongside Lucifer.

"This is unacceptable! Still they refuse to listen me despite being their Queen!" Lucifer yelled angrily. "Justice, Judgement! Stop those three!"

Cerberus was rushing around swiftly, knocking things over while holding a plate of pancakes.

"Oh fine! Come on you three, that's enough!" Justice called out to Cerberus while trying to stop them.

"Never!" Cerberus yelled as she tripped over the couch, causing the plate of pancakes to splashed into Malina's face.

"UUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGH!" Malina yelled angrily as she started chasing after Cerberus as well.

Modeus was rather irritated as she put her face more into her book to try and concentrate on reading. Justice was still trying to catch up with Cerberus as they kept running around the house. Zdrada was laughing as she watched the chaos unfold.

"Fuck me." Lucifer said facepalming herself.

"That's the fifth time this week." The Helltaker said frustrated.

"Hey, big guy." Pandemonica said as she was behind the Helltaker and tapped him on the shoulder. "You didn't forget my coffee don't you?"

"Right, I'll get onto that right now." The Helltaker said as he went into the kitchen and started making the coffee.

"Take all the time you need." Pandemonica said with a smirk appearing on her face.

Eventually, Modeus groaned as she couldn't concentrate on reading and decided to go upstairs. But as she was about to walk upstairs, she saw a box that was sitting in a corner across the door to the basement.

"Ummm...do you guys remember taking that box with us?" Modeus asked, turning her head towards the others.

"What box?" Judgement asked as she finally wrangled up Cerberus with her white glowing chains.

"That one." Modeus replied pointing at it.

"Wonder how long that thing has been there..." Zdrada said as she decided to take a look.

"Whose box is that?" Lucifer asked.

"I don't know." Judgement replied. "I just picked it up when we left."

"Maybe we would open it up to see whose it is?" Justice suggested.

"We don't know what could be in there if it's not any of ours." Pandemonica stated bluntly.

Lucifer walked over to the box and looked a it, seeing designs that didn't match Hell's design and architecture.

"This isn't from Hell."

"Then how did we get it in the first place?" Zdrada asked as she took a puff of her cigarette. "Did it just magically show up?"

"Beats me." Malina said as she cleaned the pancakes off her face.

Lucifer and the others could hear faint whispers coming from what looked like the box.

"Open it..."

"Open..."

"Take a look inside..."

"What's the harm in checking..."

"Um guys...do you hear that too?" Modeus asked a bit fearfully as she was looking around the place while hearing the voices.

"Yes." Pandemonica replied. "We shouldn't keep that here any longer."

"Bad! Bad!" Cerberus said as she growled at the box.

"What do you mean bad?" The Helltaker asked.

"Smells bad! We shouldn't touch it!" Cerberus replied.

"But why is bad?" Azazel wondered. "Is there something inside of the box?"

"Maybe we shouldn't open it." Justice said, feeling rather unsettled.

"I don't see the harm in taking a little peek." Zdrada stated. "Just saying."

"What should we do?" The Helltaker asked.

"The box is trying to compel us into opening it." Lucifer said.

"I mean, I do wonder what is inside of it as well." Modeus said. "Maybe nothing is really in there..."

The Helltaker slowly walked towards the box and reached out for it, but Cerberus stood in his way and growled viciously at him. The Helltaker and Lucifer were taken back by this, seeing the Triple Demon show genuine anger and fear of something.

"Don't open it! It reeks of bad magic!" Cerberus barked.

"I think we should listen to them." Pandemonica said. "Something has to be up with that box if it can cause Cerberus to act like this."

Suddenly the box then began to glow faintly, giving off a holy but unnatural vibe.

"Maybe we should open it, if not for a brief moment." Modeus said. "I mean it's glowing now."

"No. We shouldn't." Pandamonica said sternly, looking back at Modeus.

"This should be exciting." Zdrada chuckled as she exhaled a puff of smoke.

Before anyone else could say anything, an arrow was lodged into the Helltaker's shoulder, causing him to fall over in pain.

"Helltaker!' The girls said as Lucifer and Azazel rushed over to him.

"Someone has shot him with an arrow." Azazel said shocked as she tried to tend to the wound.

"Thank you for stating the obvious, Azazel!" Lucifer yelled as she held the Helltaker's free hand.

"But the question is who would even do so?" Justice exclaimed as she got in a defensive position, trying to sense whoever shot Helltaker and if they were still in the area.

"What kind of arrow was that? It feels like my arm is on fire..." The Helltaker said weakly as Azazel carefully pulled the arrow out and started healing the wound with holy magic.

Cerberus smelled the air and became even more agitated and aggressive as she went in front of the Helltaker.

"What do you sense Cerberus?" Pandemonica asked as she looked back up at the trio.

"An enemy is among us!" Cerberus said as she growled more.

"THEN I WILL ENSNARE THEM IN MY CHAINS!" Judgement yelled as she summoned white glowing chains around her body.

"Where from?" Lucifer asked.

Cerberus was facing one of the windows, the window which now had a large hole in it from where the arrow entered.

"Whoever it is they could still be here." Pandemonica stated.

"I gotcha!" Justice said as she then ran outside to the backyard and leaped onto the roof of the house, still trying to sense if anybody was close.

"Are you okay?" Modeus asked as she got closer to the Helltaker and put a hand on his shoulder.

"I'll live..." The Helltaker said faintly.

"I've healed your shoulder, but whatever energy was in that arrow has drained you." Azazel said.

Suddenly Justice had crashed through the roof with a man holding a golden bow coming through the hole shortly afterwards, drawing a couple of arrows made of light towards those still near the box. This man also appeared to be young and having orange spikey hair along with sky blue eyes. He was wearing chest armor that was also made of gold over his white toga along with a red cloak. The most prominent thing however, was that there was a sun made of gold behind his back, with the ring being thin along with ten spikes arranged like they were rays of the sun.

"Hand the box over to me." The man demanded. "Now. You have no idea what you're dealing with."

Cerberus growled angrily at the man as she got in front of the Helltaker, to which Judgement then hurled her chains at the man trying to ensnare him. The man then shot the arrows at the chains, deflecting them away from himself. He drew more arrows to fire at the others but was tackled to the ground by Justice who got back up, causing him to misfire to the ceiling. Justice punched at him relentlessly while the opponent was trying to defend himself. However, yellow magic stated to conjure from the "sun" off of his back to his other arm, then launched Justice off of him through one of the larger windows while taking some chunks of the wall with her. As she was being launched a couple dozen feet, Justice quickly landed on the ground trying to regain her footing and ran back towards the house.

Lucifer warped in front of the man and blasted him into the backyard with an energy blast before warping outside and channelled magic into her arms. The man then recovered as he brought his bow back up again drawing more arrows.

"You guys really want to do this the hard way?!" The attacker exclaimed. "Typical demons of the Underworld..."

"You dare attack the Queen of Hell's slave?! Identify yourself, intruder!" Lucifer yelled as she, Judgement and Justice circled the attacker.

"If you really must know, I am Apollo." The man responded. "God of healing, music, archery, and of the sun."

"An Olympian?" Lucifer said surprised and confused.

Cerberus became even more enraged as she tried pouncing on the man known as Apollo.

"Cerberus, stand down!" Lucifer ordered to which Cerberus stopped but stood her ground.

"Wait, Cerberus?" Apollo asked as he lowered his bow when their names were mentioned. "What are you doing up here?"

"Ignore her, Apollo." Lucifer said. "State your business here or I'll send you back to Olympus."

"Wait Apollo? Olympus? Like Greek mythology?" The Helltaker asked.

"Yes, but we actually exist. Go figure." Apollo replied. "But anyways, my business here is with the box you seem to be in possession of. We need it back in Olympus."

"HALT!" Another voice shouted from the distance.

Justice and a couple of the others turned their attention to where the voice was coming from.

"Oh, now what?!" Apollo exclaimed as he was looking around.

The voice came from an Asian looking man with long black hair running down his back and a beard with gold eyes and wore a black haori with storm patterns, a dark gi top and pants and sandals with Japanese armour pieces. The wind blew around him as if it was following him.

"Olympus will not have the box, demons!"

"It belongs to us!" Apollo exclaimed as he raised his bow and drew more arrows of light then shot them at the other man.

The man materialized what looked like a katana surging with electricity and deflected each of the arrows back at Apollo before rushing at him and landing a strong kick at the archery god's stomach.

"Oh shit, things are going down!" Zdrada said as she was watching from inside the house.

Apollo was nearly launched back inside the house before he made himself float, straightening himself out before landing back on the ground. He shot another arrow at the man before rushing in and swinging his bow at him. The man dodged the arrow before clashing his sword with Apollo's bow. He began traded blows with the Olympian as they moved swiftly around the backyard before clashing again. The Asian man then channelled a surge of electricity and wind into his free arm before blasting Apollo that launched him across the house. Apollo recovered once again after tumbling inside of the house. He began coughing blood out of his mouth as he stood back up, ready to shoot more arrows.

"This doesn't involve you, you know that?!" Apollo retorted. "I could've easily have dealt with the situation if you didn't show up!"

"Arrogant Olympian, you will not triumph this day." The Asian man stated. "The box would be safer in the hands of my people!"

"If that's the way you see it...fine." Apollo scoffed, conjuring more magic in his other arm which caused the bow to radiate energy around it like a flame. "You'll have to kill me before you can take it."

"If you insist." The Asian man said before charging at Apollo once more, only for both of them to be ensnared in white chains from Judgement and anchored down with demonic magic sigils that Lucifer had conjured.

"THAT IS ENOUGH!" Lucifer yelled angrily as her body glowed a sinister red aura.

Apollo turned to Lucifer as the magic he was using had disappeared now that he and the other man was restrained. He was trying to wiggle himself free but gave up and sighed.

"Man, things were starting to get interesting." Zdrada said.

"But they were destroying the house." Pandemonica stated bluntly. "And we still have no idea what the box is all about."

"My patience is running thin! You both come here to my human's home and demand things of the Queen of Hell!" Lucifer yelled angrily. "You both lack proper etiquette, especially you Olympian!"

"I had to act fast, alright?! It looked like one of you was about to open the box!" Apollo shouted. "And besides, I gave you another warning."

"So shooting the Helltaker and kicking me through the roof were your other warnings?" Justice said in a rather sour tone, with Apollo looking down at the ground out of guilt and embarrassment.

"...well...not really I suppose." Apollo said.

Suddenly, a gigantic black cyclone of energy erupted from the Helltaker's house, creating a powerful screech that would deafen weaker people. The cyclone spun around before scattering across the sky and land. Lucifer's eyes had dilated, now knowing what Apollo was taking about.

"WHO OPENED IT?!"

Modeus, Zdrada, and the other girls that were still inside the house turned to whoever opened the box. Apollo became filled with a bit of fear as the box was now opened, looking at a couple of the trails the cyclone left behind.

"Oh no..."

The one touching the box was none other than Azazel, who had a look of shock but curiosity on her face. The Asian man also looked panicked after the box had been opened but Lucifer and surprisingly Cerberus were the angriest ones among the group.

"You stupid angel! You did the one thing we said not to do!" Lucifer yelled as she rushed over and grabbed Azazel by the collar.

"I-I-I just wanted to see what was inside..." Azazel said nervously.

"You have no idea what is now unleashed upon this world!" Apollo exclaimed.

"Well maybe if you didn't keep fighting-" Pandemonica said but was interrupted.

"I was just about to explain what was in there, all before this asshole showed up!" Apollo stated with an irritated tone, gesturing his head towards the other man. "Blame him!"

"Your kind created that accursed box in the first place!" The Asian man retorted. "We wouldn't be in this mess if the Olympians weren't so petty!"

"Sure we did, but why do you think we were trying to keep it out of the hands of others!?" Apollo countered. "I was trying to do what I could to prevent this from happening again!"

"I didn't know-" Azazel said before being interrupted.

"No you didn't! And now because of you, Pandora's box has been unleashed!" Lucifer yelled.

"Pandora's box?! Like the Greek tale of Pandora's box?!" The Helltaker asked shocked.

"So the legends were true about it..." Judgement said.

"Yes, now many evils have now been released from it once again..." Apollo stated. "We have to stop them."

"And how do we do that exactly?" Malina asked.

"By sending the evils back into the box." Lucifer replied. "Justice, bring it outside."

"I'm on it." Justice said as she went back inside to grab Pandora's Box, then returned outside with it and placed it on the ground.

"Well, this is going to get ugly." Apollo said as he tried to move but then remembered that he was chained, then looked towards the current High Prosecutor. "Think you can release me now?"

"Don't know, can I?" Judgement asked with a brow raised.

"Let them go." Lucifer ordered to which the High Prosecutor did.

Apollo took a deep breath as he and the other man was released from the High Prosecutor's chains and put his bow over his shoulders. But not before giving a glare towards the man that attacked him.

"So...Your Majesty, you plan on fixing this mess?" Apollo asked while addressing the Queen of Hell with a groan.

"As entertaining as seeing the evils rampage across Earth sounds, I would prefer that my new home not be infested with them." Lucifer replied. "And we are fixing this mess, you and the Asian."

"Japan will be inflicted by these evils too if nothing is done." The Asian man said. "I will assist in vanquishing them."

"Very well, Your Majesty." Apollo said before turning to the Asian. "But that box is going back to where it should be."

"So who is going along with them?" Pandemonica asked Lucifer.

"I could go and help them out." Justice said with a smile.

"Judgement, Cerberus, you come with." Lucifer said. "The rest of you stay here and defend what's left of the house and the Helltaker."

"Understood." Pandemonica said as she walked back inside but not before stopping in front of the Helltaker, giving off a smirk. "I hope the coffee you make this time will be worth the wait. Though I suppose I can't really blame you for what happened earlier."

The other girls had also went back inside, with some of them starting to help the Helltaker clean up his house from the damages caused that Apollo has made.

"Cerberus." Apollo said as he went up to her. "I'll ask again, why did you come up here?"

Cerberus simply growled at Apollo before Lucifer stood in front of her.

"She's with me." Lucifer replied. "That's all you need to know."

"Fine..." Apollo sighed. "We should head out before more lives are taken."

"Indeed." Lucifer said and turned to the Asian man. "You're not human, you're like him."

"I'm nothing like the arrogant dogs of Olympus." The Asian man said sternly.

"You sure sound like him, acting all self-righteously." Lucifer said. "You're Kami."

"Susano'o-no-Mikoto, god of storms, summer and sea." The Asian man stated.

"Japanese gods now?" The Helltaker said. "What the hell is going on?"

"I know it's confusing for you mortal, but now's not the time to explain that at the moment." Apollo answered then looked at Susano'o. "As for you, what makes you think that you should have Pandora's Box? Weren't you thrown out of Taka-whatever-it's-called? After what you did to your sister I wouldn't blame them for doing so."

"My past is not your concern, Olympian." Susano'o said glaring at Apollo. "Pandora's box must be safeguarded by someone who doesn't just give them to woman to carry around with out of spite for humanity."

"Hmpf. Well after I return the box, us at Olympus will be more able sure to secure it this time around." Apollo scoffed. "You can bet on that, 'Susan-O'."

"It's Susano'o." The storm god retorted back angrily.

"Whatever, let's just get this over with already." The god of the sun said then turned to Lucifer and the others accompanying her. "We should head to Greece first because I was the one here to warn you guys first and actually wanted to help out. Unlike Mall Katana over there."

"Typical of you to save your country first and prolong the suffering of other countries." Susano'o said.

"Enough of your bickering!" Lucifer yelled angrily. "We go where the closest source is and move on from there. I'm sure there are others out there that have sensed the evils among the Earth and will attempt to try and combat them."

"Alright alright." Apollo said waving both of his hands in the air. "You've got a point there. So where is the closest one?"

"The city next to this suburb." Judgement replied. "I can feel the sins radiating from them."

"Let's do this!" Justice said as she cracked her knuckles.

"Didn't think they'd be this close, but I am ready." Apollo said, taking his bow out.

"Let's move out!" Lucifer said as she opened a portal to the city.

Apollo was then the first one to enter through the portal Lucifer made with Justice following shortly after. Susano'o then went through the portal with Lucifer, Cerberus and Judgement followed behind as they arrived at the city and saw various dark monsters and figures attacking and destroying whatever they could find.

"The collective evils of the box have manifested as monsters." Susano'o said. "Just how much evil did it contain?"

"I honestly have no idea. Most likely a couple of millennia worth." Apollo replied then pulled back on his bowstring, with a light arrow appearing. "They'll be back in the box soon enough though."

Susano'o summoned his katana as he got ready to face the monsters while Cerberus growled furiously as the Triple Demon went into battle, attacking the monster with ferocity and anger.

"Cerberus has never been this aggressive before." Judgement said.

"She was like this when I first met her." Lucifer said.

"Yup, I definitely remember her." Apollo sighed as he looked to Lucifer. "Still don't understand why her and the others are with a mortal, including yourself."

"I wouldn't worry about it too much." Justice said with a slight grin. "Maybe later perhaps."

Judgement began summoning her white chains and ensnared or whip various monsters around while Susano'o struck them with lightning fast katana strikes before blasting them with electrified wind. Lucifer meanwhile fired energy waves at monsters while also parrying them with magic circles and pushing them back with swift kicks. Apollo flew up in the air and shot multiple light arrows down at the monsters that were getting close any of the civilians along with the girls and Susano'o. Meanwhile Justice was rushing towards some of the monsters, delivering a series of kicks and punches before they could even attack her. Even when they did, Justice quickly dodged or pushed their attacks out of the way before counter-attacking. As hundreds of the monsters began to swarm them, Susano'o thrusted his arm up and called upon lightning to his hand to which he rain down lightning strikes that incinerated the monsters around them, and allowed Lucifer and Judgement to get more civilians out of harm's way. Apollo then conjured up more magic from the golden sun on his back which flowed onto both of his arms. He then let loose the arrow and as it lew, the light arrow suddenly split into multiple arrows of the same size that struck down at the monsters.

"Woah." Justice said as she sensed that the dozen monsters in front of her suddenly stopped moving but then she continued to go around the city and fight more of them somewhere else.

Cerberus tore through several monsters before roaring at several monsters in front of her and started piling up on a larger one. Judgement wrapped one of the monsters in her chain and started swinging them around, hitting monsters like a flail.

"Heh, just as what I was expecting from her. Not bad at all." Apollo said as he glanced down at Cerberus fighting, then continued to shoot more light arrows down at the monsters.

Susano'o create a torrent of wind and lightning that cleared various monsters around. Lucifer then summoned a gigantic magic circle that created an explosion of red energy that incinerated more of the creatures before summoning an ethereal serpent that began ensnaring and devouring more monsters. Justice continued to pummel the monsters, even grabbing one of them and tossing the monster into a couple a group of them that were about to pounce on her. Apollo then built up more magic around his arm and then blasted a solar beam down at the monsters.

"This is getting out of hand!" Susano'o said as he sliced the heads off of three monsters with his katana. "Is there a way to prevent them from spawning?"

"Remember that there was a whole lot of evil that was inside of the box." Apollo stated as he fired off a couple more arrows. "We can only hope that there isn't any more around here!"

Lucifer made the ethereal serpent disappear and began chanting, building up a large amount of demonic power within her body which created an intense aura that looked like a winged Satanic entity. Apollo then noticed the energy that was coming off of Lucifer, being rather amazed but then also had the idea of building up more of his own magic. His whole body started to glow as well then blasted a barrage of solar beams down onto the monsters, though not without narrowly hitting Justice who luckily managed to dodge out of the way. Lucifer then unleashed a powerful wave of devastating red demonic energy which created a crate around the area, annihilating everything that wasn't her allies within range. The others had either dodged, taken cover or blocked.

"Thankfully the mortals were evacuated." Susano'o said as he searched the area for more monsters.

"I think that might be all of them, Lucy!" Justice said as she went back to where the group was. "I don't sense them anywhere in this area."

"Not bad at all, Your Majesty." Apollo complimented as he stopped glowing. "Though if we are done here, let's move on to the other closest place that is infested with these things."

"Agreed." Lucifer said. "Let's move onto the next area."

"I feel them coming from that direction." Judgement said pointing over in the distance.

"Quickly, before more innocent blood is shed." Susano'o said.

Lucifer created the portal to their next location with the former High Prosecutor was the first one to enter through the portal with Apollo flying right through it, after Justice had entered. Cerberus and Susano'o entered before Judgement and Lucifer followed through themselves, entering another location where the evils had manifested.

Meanwhile...

Across the globe, these monsters manifested and were attacking people left and right. However the demons and god duo would not be fighting alone, for they had unknown allies. Word has gotten around of what appeared to be regular men and women, suddenly rising to fight against the monsters with nothing more than medieval looking weapons. These individuals were reported were mostly from Europe, though there were those that reached as far as the islands of Japan and the Philippines. They were holding off the monsters on their own and letting the citizens escape. One such individual was in the Middle East, fighting back the monsters with both a sword and his bare hands. He had long blonde hair, gold eyes and wore pieces of ancient armour alongside other clothing as he sliced through various monsters while also punting or smashing them away. The bystanders watched in amazement as this warrior from what looked like another era was fighting off these evil beasts.

Meanwhile in China, the soldiers that showed up to fight off the monsters that were causing havoc at the Great Wall, were simply awestruck at what they saw. This individual was a woman that kept her hair in a black bun, her eyes were purple, and had worn scale armor for protection minus the helmet. She was elegantly fighting off the monsters with only her spear while her sword was sheathed. More and more monsters began piling up and surrounding the woman, who showed no fear in this battle as they charged her from all angles as the people watched in awe as this girl's power and skill.

Meanwhile...

Lucifer and her girls alongside Apollo and Susano'o arrived at another city, one in Italian city of Rome which was currently being attacked by the same monsters they saw in their own city. Cerberus sniffed the air and growled once again.

"Rome." Lucifer said.

"Home of the once powerful empire." Susano'o said. "They were formidable in their age."

"I suppose that's true..." Apollo sighed and got his bow. "Let's continue and help these people out."

"Agreed." Judgement said as she leapt into battle and began whirling around her chains, attacking monsters left and right while Cerberus rushed at the group of them and began tearing them apart and throwing them around between her three bodies.

Apollo flew up higher and shot light arrows down at the monsters, while Justice charged at a group of them dealing a series of punches and kicks, even sending some of them into buildings nearby. Lucifer create a torrent of red energy that sucked up and ripped apart more monsters while Susano'o rushed at them at blinding speeds, cutting them down inch by inch as he parried and blasted them with electrified wind. Suddenly, a stampede of the monsters were coming around a corner from an intersection ahead of the group. Apollo was charging up more energy from the sun on his back, but then a blur ran right straight towards them, with a couple splatters of blood and decapitated monster heads are in the streets while the blur stopped in the middle of the intersection. The one standing in the intersection was a tall woman with green eyes, wearing a golden chestplate along with an open gold helmet with a red plume, and her blue and white toga was worn underneath. In her hands she wielded a sword while having a bow around her shoulders.

"What the-?!" Apollo exclaimed as he saw her. "She was so fast!"

Though Justice couldn't see the woman, she was definitely amazed feeling the breeze along with noticing that the auras of the monsters down the street were gone almost instantly. Cerberus had bitten into the throat of one of the monsters before her other two bodies tore them in two as she looked at this fast newcomer. Susano'o was also amazed by the woman's speed before he blocked a monster's claws and sliced them in two. Lucifer and Judgement were blasting monsters back using energy blasts and chains as they also observed the warrior woman.

"So are you all going to help or what?" The woman asked while projecting her voice for the group to hear.

"R-Right! Let's keep going!" Apollo said as he charged more of his energy and ran a solar beam down another street that was full of monsters, disintegrating them instantly.

Lucifer manifested a pair of black wings from her back and flew up in the air, summoning a giant magic circle which she began to fire a barrage of red comet-like energy blasts down upon the monsters, wiping out hundreds of them at the same time.

"Impressive." Susano'o said as he then began moving the clouds around, creating what looked like a cyclone crackling with lightning and sharp wind which lifted hundreds of other monsters up into it, ripping and shocking them repeatedly until they were dust.

"Huh, quite a bit of power she has." The woman thought as she dashed to another area, slicing up more monsters. "Then again, what else would I expect from the Queen of Hell?"

Apollo continued to fire multiple arrows down at the monsters, taking them down by the dozens. While Justice continued to pummel at the monsters with rapid punches and kicks, sometimes lifting them up and tossing them towards the others. Cerberus kept tearing monsters apart left and right while Judgement ensnared a few of them and turned them into superheated ooze with her chains before landed a punch to the ground that created a shockwave of energy that made the monsters burst into flames. The speedy woman continued to dart around the city killing more of the monsters through the streets of Rome. Then a monster that was a couple stories tall appeared and started to cause destruction.

"Hoo boy..." Apollo sighed as he drew more arrows at the colossal beast and shot at it, but the arrows had little effect on the monster.

Apollo then began to charge more energy, as he did so Justice rushed towards the larger monster, punching it while constantly moving around it's body. Lucifer and Judgement looked at the giant monster with the Queen of Hell flying over to it and the High Prosecutor running towards it with Cerberus. Susano'o stood his ground against the monster as he took a Kendo stance, to which his body lit up with electricity. When Apollo felt like he built up enough energy in his bow, he shot a large streak of light that went straight through the knee of the monster, taking off it's lower leg. It shrieked in pain while stumbling to stay on only one leg and frantically trying to stave off those attacking him. Swinging it's large arms around, causing to destroy the tops of nearby buildings in the process. Meanwhile the woman dashed back to the group to help them out defeat the larger monster, she got her sword out and began to slice at it while easily managing to dodge its attacks. Susano'o waited until the monster got closer and then unleashed a powerful electrified slash that sliced it in two before Judgement wrapped her chains around its head and ripped it off.

Apollo then quickly turned around as he saw another hoarde of monsters heading right towards the group from behind, he charged up more energy and rained down more arrows on the monsters. And as Justice was about to deal with a group of monsters coming from the same street, the woman had cleaved them into pieces in only a couple of seconds then sheathed her sword.

"I think that's the last of them." The woman said. "Thanks for the help by the way."

"You're welcome." Susano'o said. "Your skills and speed are impressive."

"Indeed, but where are my manners? I should introduce myself." The woman said. "I am Camilla, daughter of King Metabus and Casmilla."

"Hmmm, I felt like I have heard of you before." Apollo wondered while stroking his chin. "But regardless, you have done a great job. Oh right! My name is-!"

"No worries, I know who your are, Apollo." Camilla said interrupting him then noticed Lucifer, giving her a small bow. "Your Majesty."

"At ease. You've done well holding out against these creatures." Lucifer said. "But we must go forth and end this crisis."

"For sure, but I shall stay here just in case there are anymore creatures are here or if they appear again." Camilla said with a nod. "Good luck out there!"

"Sure thing!" Justice said giving a thumbs up then looked at Lucifer. "Let's head to the next location!"

"This is going to be a long day." Apollo sighed. "But I am willing to keep this up to stop their destruction."

"Until we can safely seal Pandora's box, we need to subdue them and prevent any more damage done to the Earth." Susano'o said.

"I sense a large cluster of them over the ocean." Judgement said as she looked beyond the horizon.

"Very well." Lucifer said as she opened another portal for them to use.

Camilla waved them goodbye before quickly running off towards the Colosseum. Apollo waved back before entering the portal with Justice following right behind him. Judgement and Cerberus entered the portal followed by Susano'o and Lucifer, to which they now arrived at Manhattan of all places.

"Huh, haven't been here in a while." Apollo said.

"Wait, you've been here before?" Justice asked with a slight chuckle.

"W-Well yes, sometimes I do come down to Earth every now and again." Apollo replied but then heard the screams of people nearby, he then raised his bow and pulled back on the string with a couple light arrows drawn back. "But let's get back to the task at hand!"

Apollo flew towards the monsters that were running over the sea of taxis and other vehicles, then shot them volley after volley. Justice then ran to another direction as she sensed a couple of civilians stuck in a corner. She quickly went towards them and sent the monsters flying into a building with a powerful punch. Judgement dashed into battle as she whipped and smacked more monsters around while Cerberus got people out of harm's way. Susano'o sliced and blasted monsters that were surrounding him before he created an arc of lightning that incinerated any monster that was within radius. As Apollo kept shooting arrows, he saw a couple of people trying to llimp away from the monsters. Yellow energy flowed around his arms and casted a spell which healed the injured civilians, which caused them to sprint away.

Lucifer was meanwhile firing a barrage of red energy blasts at monsters when suddenly a barrage of arrows rain down and started piercing and killing various monsters, landing with great precision and power. Apollo saw the arrows strike down the monsters then turned to where they came from.. Meanwhile Justice was still dealing with another group of monsters, easily hoding them off from killing people. Judgement ensnared one of the monsters with her chain and swung them around like a flail once more before tearing the monster in two. Cerberus was suddenly surrounded by several monsters as she tried defending herself, only to be overwhelmed. However before the monsters could attack, the ones in front were cleaved in half by a fast-moving object, to which a blue-skinned man with long black hair wearing a gold flower-like crown, red and gold sash over his torso and a yellow and orange hakama and sandals appeared before Cerberus. He had a kukri blade in one hand and a bow in the other, and turned and smiled at the Triple Demon.

"Do not fret, my dear, for I have arrived to assist you."

The blue-skinned man in what felt like half of seconds had already unloaded arrows in each monster in front of him before slicing several more apart with his blade.

"Well, I'm glad were not the only ones trying to deal with this issue." Apollo said as he was able to see the blue-skinned man.

He was impressed like with Camilla back in Rome, but then he continued to shoot his own arrows at the monsters running towards the group. Lucifer began charging up and storing an immense amount of demonic power into a single point, causing her to glow red. Judgement stood by her, pelting back monsters who tried to attack her while she was concentrating to which Lucifer finally releasing the energy in a blast that incinerated every monster in sight, making them burn or explode with energy and flames. Justice then went back to Lucifer and the others after fighting off a group of monsters. She then sensed the newcomer that had slain the other monsters.

"So I'm guessing someone else had shown up to help?" The former High Prosecutor asked to the others.

"Yup." Apollo replied as he shot more arrows as he saw monsters coming from another direction.

The blue-skinned man fired arrows at lightning fast speed before cutting more of the monsters into pieces while Cerberus began ripping and tearing more of them up. Susano'o channelled wind and lightning into his katana which created a huge blade which he swung around, cleaving a group of monsters in half. As the group continued to deal with the normal monsters, there were those that could be seen climbing on the skyscrapers and even on the digital billboards of Times Square. These were more spider-like in appearance and even shot out webs to capture whoever they could and feast on them shortly after. They then focused on the group who had just slaughtered their breathren, quickly crawling down onto the streets.

"Crap!" Apollo exclaimed as he pulled back the string of his bow and shot multiple light arrows at the spider-like monsters.

Justice then lifted up a nearby bus and threw it at the swarm of these monsters. The blue-skinned man began raining thousands of arrows down upon the spider-like monsters while Judgement and Cerberus rushed into battle and attacked with a combination of brute strength and speed. Some of he spiders then began to shoot webs at the group, Justice dodged some of the webs and closed the distance landing a series of punches and kicks. She even stopped one of them from eating her by holding the jaws right open, then punched downwards which left a small crater on the ground. Apollo shot a solar beam at the swarm of the spider-like monsters, instantly killing them. Susano'o lunged into the fight and used his giant wind/lightning blade to kill off the remaining monsters while the blue-skinned helped finish them off with more arrows.

"That should be all of them." Lucifer said.

"We should expect to have these new monster varieties." Apollo said then turned to the blue-skinned man. "Thanks for the help by the way."

"Gratitude is unnecessary, for it is my duty to slay evil." The blue-skinned man said.

"Your skin and clothes, are you one of the Deva?" Susano'o asked.

"I am Rama, seventh avatar of Vishnu." The blue-skinned man said.

"Well, I will say that you took down the monsters with such speed. Just like the woman we met in Rome." Apollo said. "I mean that out of respect of course."

"It is fine, Apollo." Rama said. "Though I do wonder why one of Olympus' constructs was carrying such evil."

"That's something we will deal with after all of the evil is back in the box." Apollo replied.

"I understand." Rama said. "I shall remain here in case more of them arrive."

"Alright, thank you." Lucifer said as she looked at Judgement. "Where to next?"

"We need to head over the ocean again." Judgement replied.

"Understood." Apollo said. "Let's go there then."

"I'm ready to go as well!" Justice said.

Lucifer created a portal in front of them and this time she and Judgement went through first. Apollo and Justice then followed them through the portal shortly afterwards, getting ready to fight more monsters for when they arrive, then Susano'o and Cerberus stepped in as they arrived at their location.

"This is England." Lucifer said. "London to be exact."

"Let us move!" Susano'o said as he rushed into battle, cleaving and slicing through more monsters with his electrified katana.

Apollo flew towards the monsters, building up a golden orange energy and aimed his bow at the sky. The arrow flew upwards then it exploded, to which fire began raining down on the monsters, incenerating them instantly while not hitting his newfound allies and nearby civilians. Justice, who ran towards the monsters while being nearly singed by Apollo's attack, continued to take down the other monsters with a flurry of kicks and punches. Lucifer started chanting and unleashed several ethereal serpents upon the monsters, which coiled and devoured them one by one. Judgement swung her chains at more monsters, Cerberus bit and clawed at them like a wild dog and Susano'o blasted electrified wind at them. Clearly they were doing the same thing with the same objective.

Some monsters were jumping over rooftops as they noticed the group, but then a sword that came from the sky was driven through one of their backs at a tremendous speed. A war-cry was then heard to which Apollo was looking around to see where it was coming from. A crash was then heard as a person landed on top of the monster that was struck down by the sword, stabbing his shield into it. This newcomer looked like a fully armored knight, with shining silver armor that had a blue tabard with a golden lion on it, and had a single slit helmet that had a blue plume attached. He wielded an arming sword along with his kite shield that had a blue and white stripped pattern.

"Why hello there!" The man said in a British accent, then quickly punched one of the monsters in the face, knocking off of the building. "I see that you have come to help as well!"

"You are Sir Lancelot of the Knights of the Round Table!" Lucifer said shocked. "But you're supposed to be dead!"

"Well dear lass, life is just full of- Wait a bloody minute...you're a demon!" Lancelot shouted as he slashed another monster behind him. "You probably were the ones to release these things in the first place!"

"No wait! They just want to help out!" Apollo said. "They are with me and 'Susan-O' over there!"

"Susano'o!" He yelled angrily as he cleaved through several monsters with his katana. "Sir Lancelot, the Queen of Hell and her subordinates are not responsible for the opening of Pandora's box."

"That stupid angel Azazel is the cause of this mess." Lucifer said. "But I won't allow the evils of the world to consume the Earth."

"I suppose I will cooperate for now..." Lancelot replied irritatingly. "You better not try anything funny as we fight them off!"

Lancelot then fully turned around to fight the other monsters that were running on the buildings, slashing at them with his sword and pushing them away with his shield. Apollo conjured magic on his bow, which then caused him to fire a burst of arrows without having to pull back on the string as much. Justice continued to fight the monsters in the streets with powerful punches and kicks, even tossing the monsters to hit the ones on the buildings. Lucifer went back into the fight, firing barrages of energy blasts at monsters while Judgement wrapped her chains around her hands and arms and began hitting monsters with a flurry of punches that burnt holes in their bodies before making them explode. Susano'o manipulated the wind and made monsters blow in his direction so he could slice them up with his katana.

Suddenly one of the spider-like monsters came from the side of the building and had shot a web on Lancelot's leg. Lancelot noticed this as he tried to advance, he then went to slice the web off with his sword but there was no effect. More of the spider-like monsters came from the other side of the building and looked like they were about to swarm Lancelot.

"Could use some help here!" Lancelot shouted, to which Apollo noticed the large hoard of the spider monsters.

Apollo built up more energy to his bow and shot a beam of light at them, disposing them with ease. But it seemed as though there was a large line of them that took up a couple of city blocks. Cerberus rushed around, gnawing and ripping apart monsters near Lancelot, fighting like a trio of wild animals. She finished off a larger spider-like monster by tearing off its legs and then ripping out its throat with their teeth. Cerberus spat out the contents of her mouth and wagged her tails as they looked at Lancelot like a bunch of puppies.

"Ok...her doing that is disgusting yet her looking at me know is kind of cute." Lancelot thought to himself, but then saw the larger hoard of spider-like monsters coming towards them along with the regular monsters. "We've got a large wave incoming!"

Justice then got on top of the building ready to fight them as soon as they got close. While Apollo was already shooting at them with solar beams, trying to take as many of them out as he could, but it's as though the monsters are moving faster than normal. Susano'o summoned a large gust of wind that blew the monsters towards him and the others, allowing them to be hit. Lucifer unleashed more powerful energy blasts before summoning an ethereal dragon that breathed demonic flames on the monsters. Lancelot kept slashing at the monsters thanks to Susano'o's wind. It was especially helpful as he was still immobilized from the monster's silk. But even despite the wind, the monsters still tried to resist by biting at the group members or shoot silk at them. Apollo shot his scattering light arrow to hit more of them at once while Justice continued to go bare fists as well as kick the monsters mid-air, dodging the silk from the spider-like monsters. Judgement then raced over to Lancelot and used her chains to burn the silk off of him before lunging back into battle and fighting more monsters.

Lancelot kept slashing at the monsters thanks to Susano'o's wind. It was especially helpful as he was still immobilized from the monster's silk. But even despite the wind, the monsters still tried to resist by biting at the group members or shoot silk at them. Apollo shot his scattering light arrow to hit more of them at once while Justice continued to go bare fists as well as kick the monsters mid-air, dodging the silk from the spider-like monsters. Judgement then raced over to Lancelot and used her chains to burn the silk off of him before lunging back into battle and fighting more monsters.

"Thanks I suppose." Lancelot said with a nod and continued to fight the monsters with everyone else, eventually fighting off the horde.

"Well, I think that should be all of them for this area." Justice said as she rubbed sweat off of her forehead.

Before they could say anything, a gigantic monster appeared that was as tall as a skyscraper. It roared angrily as it charged at the group, however a flash of light glimmered and in a single second, the monster was split in two and disintegrated into dust.

"Woah!" Apollo exclaimed as the giant monster was defeated so easily.

Lancelot however smiled under his helmet as he recognized who would've done that.

"Your Majesty!" He called out, trying to spot where this other person could be.

Lancelot soon enough found this person. He was wearing similar armour to Lancelot but it was gold and his tabard was red with a dragon emblem on it and his helmet was a crown instead. He had brown neck length hair and a beard with a small scar on one of his eyes. He had a powerful looking longsword in his hand which glowed a sparkling yellow.

"Wait a minute." Judgement said. "Is that-"

"Arthur Pendragon, King of Camelot." Lucifer said.

"It's good to see that you are still safe, Your Majesty." Lancelot said with a quick kneel and bow, standing back up shortly afterwards.

"Sir Lancelot." Arthur said approaching his subordinate. "I apologize for my tardiness but reacquiring Excalibur from the lake took longer than I expected."

"I understand fully, Your Majesty." Lancelot said. "I did run into some rather...unexpected help when slaying the monsters."

Arthur then looked at the group of demons alongside Apollo and Susano'o.

"Demons and pagan gods? This day is indeed quite strange..."

"I certainly wasn't expecting for the day to go like this either." Apollo commented. "But not much we can do other than to fight these things off."

"Indeed." Arthur said.

Lucifer and the other demons cringed at the sight of the glowing blade Arthur had.

"That sword..." Judgement said gritting her teeth.

"Apologies, but this is Excalibur." Arthur explained. "It is a sword forged using magic from Avalon and divine light from Heaven, making it a weapon capable of slaying evil and sin."

"And I suppose since those other two are claiming to be with them and to have not opened Pandora's Box, they won't need to be slain." Lancelot said pointing to Apollo and Susano'o.

"I think that was obvious when they were already helping out..." Apollo retorted.

"I don't believe I would be able to slay them even with Excalibur." Arthur said. "Merlin has mentioned the many gods of faraway lands, so I will trust him when he said they aren't all evil."

"Very well, Your Majesty." Lancelot said as he put his sword away.

"Anyways, I think we should get moving to another area that could use some help." Apollo said.

"Agreed, thank you King Arthur and Sir Lancelot." Lucifer said as she opened up a portal.

"You're welcome, demon. It won't be easy, but I suppose I can make exceptions with your kind." Lancelot said with his arms crossed.

"Time to go." Apollo said as he then flew through the portal, with Justice following shortly afterwards.

Judgement and Cerberus entered the portal followed by Lucifer and Susano'o, entering another city somewhere in Greece.

"Ah, here we are...but I thought the others would help defend down here." Apollo said with concern, looking around the chaos that ensued. "Maybe they're closer to Olympus rather than being all the way down here..."

"Perhaps." Lucifer said. "We should get to work."

"Yes we should." Apollo said as he flew up and shot at the monsters he saw from afar.

Justice meanwhile fought the monsters that were close by, dealing them with rapid punches and kicks. She even uppercutted one of them as they were about to bite into her. Then launched the same creature into a building with another punch. Lucifer fired energy blasts at monsters while Judgement whipped and burnt them with her chains, allowing Cerberus to get an opening and began pouncing and gnawing at them. Susano'o cleaved through more monsters before firing electrified wind at them and pulled them forward to make them explode with lightning, causing a chain reaction that blew up a few of the monsters that were in a line. As the group kept fighting off the monsters, some of the monsters coming from another side of a few buildings could be seen being launched into the air.

"That could probably be who I think it is." Apollo said with a smile.

"Who is it?" Justice asked as she punched a monster into another building.

Lucifer and Judgement stopped fighting to see what the commotion was about over there.

Apollo then continued to fire off multiple arrows at another group of monsters, wiping them out in a matter of seconds. Then a man from where the monsters were launched, leapt on top the building. The man wore a golden chestplate, lower leg armor, and a corinthian helmet with a red plume on it, his blonde hair flowed out of his helmet. He wielded a spear and had a shield of gold, red, and silver that was bigger than his chest. His sword could also be seen sheathed at this side.

"Achilles." Apollo said after flying closer to him.

"It's nice to see you too, Apollo." Achilles said with a slight bow. "I see that you have brought help. Rather strange as to what type, I must say."

"Wait, Achilles from the Trojan War?" Judgement asked.

"Didn't you perish in battle?" Lucifer asked.

"Some of our stories don't always make it out to be, Your Majesty." Achilles responded with a slight chuckle, then turned to some of the monsters that went on the building he was on, projecting his voice as he was fighting. "Let's just say I prevented my own demise! Aside from that, we should probably keep at it in stopping these monsters!"

"Agreed!" Apollo said as he shot light arrows to help out Achilles.

"Seems like a total badass if he was able to make it out alive!" Justice said as she continued to fight off the monsters.

Lucifer and Judgement went back into action blasting whipping more enemies while Cerberus clawed and gnawed and Susano'o sliced and zapped. Achilles and Apollo kept fighting the monsters that were on the buildings, while Justice kept dealing with those in the streets. It looked like the city was starting to clear up, however, a group of horned monsters that were smaller than the one in the United Kingdom were seen causing havoc about a mile away.

"That's not good..." Apollo said as he shot the last monster nearby.

"We should deal with them. Innocents that haven't evacuated are probably near there." Achilles said as he ran towards the horned monsters.

Susano'o rushed as he began launching the horned monsters up in the air and either frying them with lightning or blasting them with razor sharp wind. Lucifer created magic circles underneath them that triggered an explosion of energy that blasted them into several pieces while Judgement and Cerberus wailed in on them with their sheer strength and speed. Achilles threw his spear at one of the bigger monsters, crippling its leg in one strike. Meanwhile Apollo moved in to shoot multiple arrows into the same one and Justice leapt high in the air to deliver a powerful punch to its head, finishing the job as it turned into dust after it his the ground with tremendous impact. Cerberus was thrown at some of the horned monsters by Judgement like torpedoes which clawed at them and began tearing them to shreds aggressively like a wild animal while the High Prosecutor would use her chains to burn them and make them fall to their knees for a clearer shot of their heads which Judgement smashed off with her punches. Susano'o turned his katana into a giant blade made of air and lightning which he swung around rapidly at the horned monsters, cutting them down to size.

"Show off..." Apollo mumbled as he saw Susano'o change his sword into a bigger one and instantly killed the horned monsters. "Anyways I think that should be all of them, at least in tis area."

"Indeed, I have gotten word that the others are dealing with monsters elsewhere in this country." Achilles said. "We should be on our way to help them out."

"Agreed." Lucifer said. "Let us be off."

Lucifer and her girls alongside Susano'o moved towards the next area where more monsters resided.

This time the group was near the seaports that were west of Athens. From there they could not only see some of the monsters they have already encountered, but now there were some out in the sea that looked like serpents, breathing out streaks of energy at the civilians on the land and sinking ships that were both travelling and anchored.

"Well, seems like this is more of a challenge now, isn't it?" Justice asked out loud.

"Certainly." Apollo said as he flew up higher, pulling back on his bowstring. "But the real question is, where are the other gods?"

"Unfortunately, I am still not aware of their exact locations, Apollo." Achilles replied. "We will have just to keep fighting without them."

"Can't always rely on Deus Ex Machina." Lucifer said as she rushed into battle and began blasting streams of burning red energy at the serpents.

Justice and Achilles defended Lucifer by attacking the monsters that were on land. Apollo charged up magic in his free hand and shot a large solar beam at the serpents, with some of the disintegrating but the serpents were noticing that their numbers were dwindling, so the remaining ones nearby submerged themselves in the water. Judgement ensnared the serpents with her chains and swung them around, allowing Susano'o and Cerberus to rip and slice them to pieces with their blade and claws. Apollo then turned around to help out Achilles and Justice in fighting the other creatures, shooting a light arrow that scattered into multiple arrows taking out dozens of the monsters at once. However, more serpents that were further out to sea showed up to the port, breathing out more energy streaks. Some of them had even completely went through the cargo boats nearby, with only their head poking out of the deck of the ships. Achilles had blocked some of the blasts while Justice and Apollo had to dodge, with Apollo trying to fire back at those inside of the ships but the serpents managed to take cover in them. Susano'o moved the clouds around as he began raining down lightning upon the serpents, blowing them into large chunks of matter and energy while Judgement created a white magic circle that sprayed a barrage of white chains everywhere like missiles at more monsters.

The serpents that poked their heads out of the ship were now ensnared by the current High Prosecutor's chains, which made it easier for Apollo to take shots at the serpents with his bow, taking them out after landing a couple of arrows in their heads. Achilles and Justice also had an easier time in defeating the monsters now that they were held by the white chains. Lucifer summoned an ethereal dragon which began grabbing serpents with its mouth and burning them to the brim with its fire. Soon enough, they had defeated all the monsters within the area.

"Seems as though the serpents are definitely smarter compared to their brethren, to some extent at least." Apollo said.

"Certainly, though there might be a few more places around Greece that needs help." Achilles said as he tried to steady his breathing.

"This isn't going to work." Lucifer said panting from exhaustion. "These monsters will just keep spawning and spawning until we've wasted all of our energy. We need a permanent solution, a way to re-seal them."

"Well, I wish I knew how but I don't." Apollo sighed. "Artemis might know but I have no idea where she's at."

"If not her, then at least she'll know where the others are." Achilles added.

"Then we should get moving." Justice said.

Judgement wrapped an arm around Lucifer, helping her stand straight due to how exhausted she had become. Cerberus also held up Lucifer, seeing that their Queen was fatigue.

"Where did you last hear of her Achilles?" Apollo asked.

"I think she said she was going to be at the Tatoi Forest, North of here." Achilles replied. "You now how she is about nature, or rather her feelings about lack of it nowadays."

"Thought she would've gotten over it after all of these years." Apollo said with a slight chuckle.

"Tatoi Forest?" Judgement asked.

"Yeah, it's a forest that humans can hike and cycle through. With some things like churches and other places to take photos scattered throughout the place." Apollo explained.

"Should we head there?" Susano'o asked.

"Well, if that's the place Achilles said my sister is most likely to be then I say we should." Apollo said, with Achilles giving a nod.

"Let's go then." Lucifer said as they then started to head to the Tatoi Forest.

"What do you know of Artemis?" Judgement asked.

"A goddess of the hunt and the moon, Apollo's twin sister." Lucifer explained. "He's a legend with a bow and arrow, but she's a master hunter and tracker."

"Pretty much." Apollo said as the group made their way to the forest. "That's my twin sister."

"Sounds like a great woman." Susano'o said with a smirk.

"I wouldn't think about it." Lucifer said. "She doesn't play nice with men."

"So that story about her torturing men who see her naked...?" Susano'o asked nervously.

"Yup, that one's true." Apollo replied as he glared at Susano'o. "Besides, you would have to go through me first and I still don't like your stupid ass. I don't want YOU anywhere near her."

"Please calm yourself, Apollo." Achilles said. "But it is true, ever heard of what happened to Otos and Epihailtes?"

"No." Judgement replied.

"Well when they took Artemis and Hera as their own wives, Apollo got those two to throw spears at each other as they were hunting a deer." Achilles explained. "Apollo was the one to summon that deer in the first place."

"Clever." Lucifer said as she stood back up on her own two feet, feeling like her strength was coming back. "My strength is returning..."

"I can definitely say the same." Justice said as she gave smile to Lucifer, slightly adjusting her shades.

"It's about time we put an end to this once and for all." Apollo said. "Hopefully she'll actually be here though."

As they began to enter the Tatoi Forest, the sound of female humming could be heard in the distance. As they kept walking and walking it was apparently that they weren't alone as they could see what looked like two silver stags patiently waiting near what looked up the entrance to a waterfall covered by bushes and flowers. There was also things like a bow, arrows and blades posted up near a log alongside what looked like clothes. Apollo saw the clothing and decided to stop and hide behind a tree, smirking and was hoping that Susano'o wouldn't notice. However, Achilles knew better and decided to warn the Japanese storm god.

"Excuse me, but you probably don't want to continue forward." Achilles said.

"Why is that?" Susano'o asked as he stopped moving before hearing the female humming again.

Lucifer, Judgement and Cerberus looked at Susano'o before looking over to the waterfall.

"Just please trust me when I say stay behind me, Susano'o." Achilles said, raising his voice a bit.

"This should be good..." Apollo mumbled as he stood back, with Justice sensing who the woman was and stood closer to the other girls.

Susano'o then unfortunately stepped on a branch, breaking it in half.

"Oh shit!" He thought.

Achilles then quickly made his way towards Susano'o, quickly grabbing his arm and dragging him towards one of the bigger trees to hide behind. The men hid behind the trees while the girls just stood out of the way, as they had nothing to fear from Artemis unless she saw them as enemies. Suddenly two large spears was thrown through the the trees the men were hiding behind, almost impaling them. At blinding speeds, someone moved at blinding speeds grabbing the clothes and weapons on the log, before returning to reveal a beautiful well-built woman with yellow eyes, long silver hair reaching down to her back, a crown that resembled antlers with a crescent moon on the front and wore a white revealing tunic that showed off her legs, cleavage and arms and wore silver armour pieces on her limbs and shoulder that had lunar phases, animals and plants engraved on them. She pulled out an arrow and aimed at the trees with her arrows.

"You dare try and sneak up on the goddess of the hunt, filthy males?!" She said angrily.

"Artemis, it's just me and Achilles! Well and a couple of others, but we didn't want to interrupt you!" Apollo yelled out as he looked as to where the spear was.

"But it is of the upmost importance." Achilles added, with a bit of sweat running down he also saw how close the spear was going to hit himself and Susano'o.

Artemis saw her brother Apollo among the group and rolled her eyes in annoyance as she put her arrows away.

"Don't tell me you were trying to trick me into killing another man again, were you?"

"Nooooo..." Apollo replied with a suspicious tone. "Not at all. Susano'o here apparently lacks perephiral vision, maybe even normal vision."

"I did try to warn him though." Achilles said.

"Apologies, Lady Artemis." Susano'o said with a bow. "I did not mean to intrude."

"Don't let it happen again, or next time I'll aim a bit lower." Artemis said before looking at Lucifer and her girls. "Greeting, ladies."

"Greetings, Lady Artemis." Lucifer said. "I am Lucifer, Queen of Hell, and we seek your assistance in vanquishing the evils back to Pandora's box."

"The box was opened?!" Artemis asked shocked. "Is that why the animals were so scared?"

"I would say so, dear sister." Apollo replied. "Were you not notified of their presence? Or any of the chaos going on?"

"We should focus on the present right now, Apollo." Achilles stated then turned to Artemis. "Lady Artemis, do you know how to re-seal the box in order for all of these monsters to not spawn over and over?"

"The box contains a fail-safe should the evils be unleashed, as when Pandora opened the box originally, she re-sealed it alongside the hope of mankind." Artemis explained. "The hope was released alongside the evil, and so should you harness the power of hope, then the evil can be re-sealed. Did you seriously forget that, Apollo? Father was the one who told us this."

"I suppose you can say I did..." Apollo replied, scratching the back of his head. "But let's get right to it now that I remember what to do."

"So how do you harness the power of hope exactly?" Justice asked.

"The one who opened the box will have absorbed the power of hope inside of them." Artemis explained. "You need to release it out of them."

"And how do we do that?" Lucifer asked.

"By killing them." Artemis said bluntly.

"What?! No way are we going through with this!" Justice exclaimed.

"Is there an issue?" Achilles questioned. "We can't keep fighting like this, nor let more innocents suffer and die."

"Our friend was the one to open the box." Justice answered, clenching her fists. "Azazel..."

"Right..." Apollo exhaled frustratingly as he was conflicted, while he didn't know any of the girls, there was the idea that they were all close together but at the same time there really was no other option.

Artemis then tried to think of something. She then looked up and got an idea.

"There might be a way we can do this without losing your friend permanently."

"What is it?" Both Apollo and Justice asked.

"We go to Tartarus." Artemis replied.

"Are you sure there's no other way to do this, Artemis?" Apollo asked.

"I'm actually unsure about this as well, Apollo. But I feel like this would be the better option." Achilles said.

"We don't have a choice, we need to release the power of hope without killing their friend." Artemis replied. "I know we hate setting foot in that place, but we don't have many options."

"I suppose if this is the one where we don't sacrifice somebody." Apollo said. "Alright, let's do this."

"I am ready to move out as well." Achilles said.

"Let's head back to the house." Lucifer said as she created a portal back there, to which Cerberus and Judgement entered it first.

Justice was the next to enter, with Apollo and Achilles going through the portal shortly after. The Helltaker had been fixing the damage done to the house alongside Pandemonica, Malina, Zdrada and Azazel while Modeus didn't really do any work, she just read her book. They then saw their allies arrive on the scene with Apollo, Achilles, Susano'o and Artemis.

"Oh great, more Olympians." Malina said with a sour tone.

"Relax, we're only going to be here for a little bit." Apollo remarked then looked at the Helltaker. "Sorry for the damages by the way...and the shot to the shoulder."

"It's nothing new, these girls have stabbed me and destroyed parts of the house before." The Helltaker said.

"Ah, I see then." Apollo said awkwardly.

"So Your Majesty, what exactly are we doing here?" Achilles asked Lucifer. "I mean at this place."

"Azazel." Lucifer said to which the Curious Angel came over to the Queen of Hell.

"Yes, ma'am?" Azazel asked nervously.

"We know how to stop this crisis, and it involves you." Lucifer replied.

"To keep it simple as possible, when the evil was released as you opened the box, the hope at the bottom of it transferred into your body." Achilles explained. "We have a plan on how to get it out in order to re-seal the evil back into the box."

"And that involves me as a sacrifice?" Azazel asked.

"Well that was ONE of the solutions." Apollo replied, with Achilles and Justice glaring at him for the response he gave. "But fortunately we have another solution that doesn't involve killing you."

"And that is?" The Helltaker asked.

"It involves travelling to Tartarus." Achilles replied. "That means going to the Underworld."

Cerberus' ears perked up at the mention of Tartarus.

"Tartarus? Like the Greek Underworld?" The Helltaker asked.

"The very one." Lucifer replied with a sigh. "It's been eons since I set foot in that place."

"Yup, us in Olympus really don't like going to that place." Apollo sighed. "But this is the only solution that doesn't involve sacrificing you, Azazel."

"Then we need to go back to Hell." Lucifer said.

"But we're heading to Tartarus, not your Underworld." Susano'o said.

"Hell and Tartatrus are superficially placed besides one another, to get there you need to use the Gates of the Underworld, which is also in Hell." Lucifer explained.

Cerberus wagged her tails excitedly.

"Cerberus seems happy." The Helltaker said.

"Wait, that's Cerberus?" Achilles asked surprised.

"Yes that's her." Apollo replied. "Dunno why she's with Lucifer though."

"She's left her post in Tartarus?" Artemis asked shocked.

"I can't explain everything right away, but she is in my care and because of that, Hades owes me a debt." Lucifer said.

"We should be on our way to give him a greeting then." Achilles said.

"Let's hope our uncle is more hospitable than last time." Artemis said as Lucifer made a portal to Hell.

"I hope so as well..." Apollo said. "Let's go."

Apollo walked through the portal reluctantly, with Achilles and Justice following him. Lucifer, Azazel, Cerberus and Judgement went through the portal followed by Susano'o and arrived at the front of the Gates of the Underworld in Hell.

"Ugh...I already don't like it..." Apollo said taking in a deep breath.

"I'm sure this won't take too long, Apollo." Achilles said.

"This is Hell, what do you expect? It's not an Underworld, it's Hell." Lucifer stated. "Now then, let's move."

"Yup, let's go..." Apollo said.

Lucifer approached the Gates of the Underworld and snapped her fingers, making the doors open, releasing an intense amount of force. Apollo and Achilles held their ground as the energy was released from the gates.

"Why does it have to do that?" Apollo groaned as he pushed his feet against the ground as much as he could.

As the smoke and dust cleared, they could see a bridge that stretched over what looked like some bleak cavern with a white sky.

"What is that?" Susano'o asked.

"Purgatory, the Valley of Death." Lucifer replied.

"I see." Achilles said. "So we have to quickly pass through here correct?"

"Yes, to get to Tartarus we pass above Purgatory on the Bridge of Seoul." Lucifer said. "Don't fall off or else you'll be stuck in Purgatory."

"Understood." Susano'o said. "What exactly is Purgatory?"

"A realm between Heaven and Hell." Judgement explained. "Sinners are sent to Hell to be tortured and damned for their crimes and acts in life, but those who seek redemption and peace must first take a journey through Purgatory as a Shade. Though it may take decades or centuries, they will one day reach the end of the valley and ascend into Heaven, free from sin and evil."

"That's interesting." Achilles said as he paid attention to where he was stepping.

"The Hebrew God seems to be more merciful than other pantheons." Susano'o said. "They don't have a system like that."

"Except for all the messed up shit they're responsible for in ancient times." Artemis said. "I don't remember Olympus killing every firstborn male in Egypt."

"I don't remember God forcing one woman to carry all of the world's evils in a box." Lucifer said.

"Didn't all sin on Earth begin because of a mortal woman?" Artemis asked starting to get tense.

"A woman who was made to be nothing but a wife and sex slave to the first man." Lucifer retorted angrily. "Surely you can understand why she ate the fruit, better than being fucked every day in a garden and not allowed the right to actually more than just a sex toy!"

"You betrayed your God because you thought you could be better!" Artemis yelled at the Queen of Hell.

"You massacred entire kingdoms, treat humans like they're playthings and never be faithful to your partners! Even humanity knows you're bastards and yet they still worshiped you." Lucifer said as she walked forward.

"Ladies please, I think that's enough!" Apollo shouted. "While I do believe that we have done things better, I think it's time we focus on the task at hand!"

"Maybe not his exact words, but I do think we should move on now." Achilles said.

"Apologies." Artemis said as she kept walking again.

Susano'o scratched his head awkwardly, given that he was the odd god out. They soon arrived at the other end of the bridge.

"Well here we are, I guess." Apollo said.

"Indeed." Lucifer said. "Cerberus, open the gate."

Cerberus nodded and she then started pushing the Gates of the Underworld open with her bare hands.

Justice and the others stood back as Cerberus began to open the gates.

"This day will certainly get more interesting." Apollo said.

The gates had opened and in front of the group was a dark cold valley and cavern with various structures, rock columns and various torches alongside several layers of plains and tunnels.

"Welcome to Tartarus, the Greek realm of the dead." Lucifer said.

"It feels cold." Susano'o said noticing the drop in temperature.

"Hell burns hot, Tartarus chills cold." Lucifer said.

Azazel got out her notebook, and started writing in it.

"L-Let's just get this over w-with." Apollo said as he was shivering from how cold it was.

Lucifer and her girls entered Tartarus with Apollo, Susano'o, Artemis and Achilles, reaching what looked like a large river where a boat dock was afloat.

"Isn't he supposed to be here at all times?" Apollo asked as he didn't see a figure that was familiar to him.

"Who?" Justice asked.

"He'll be here soon." Lucifer said, to which a thick fog covered the river and out of the fog emerged a boat with a single figure standing on top of it.

They were dark cloaked man who had long white hair whose cloak and outfit was adorned in skeletal jewellery and treasure while also having an oar with engravings on it. The man's eyes also glowed an otherworldly violet as he arrived at the dock.

"Greetings." The cloaked man said with an echoed voice.

"Charon, Ferryman of the Dead." Lucifer said.

"Huh, so this is him." Achilles said.

"I think I have what we need to head down the river." Apollo said as he walked up towards Charon, handing him an obulus coin.

Charon took the coin from Apollo and examined it. He then put it in his cloak before stepping out of the way to let them on his boat, to which Lucifer, Cerberus, Judgement and Azazel got on followed by Susano'o and Artemis.

"Down the river of Styx we go..." Apollo said rubbing his arm warming himself up a bit, with Achilles and Justice getting on.

Though the boat was rather cramped with how large the group is. Charon then used his oar to pushed the boat away from the dock and started rowing down the River Styx. The souls of the dead could be seen below the the river as Charon was rowing, with some of their arms and head coming out only to be submerged again. Apollo still shivered but it wasn't because of how cold it was and tried his best to not look down at the river. Achilles felt indifferent about being in this place however, despite his first time experiencing being here. One of the souls tried to lunge at the group only for Charon to strike it with his oar, sending it back down. Cerberus barked at it angrily before continuing to look out across the river.

"I really don't like this place..." Apollo thought as they kept going.

"Pesky little thing." Lucifer said. "Always trying to attack the living."

"I can tell." Achilles said with a nod.

"You guys don't mind a bit of music do you?" Apollo asked the group as he pulled out his lyre.

"Not at all." Justice said with a smile.

"I'm not opposed." Achilles replied.

Charon looked at the god of archery as he pulled out the lyre, reminding him of a certain musician that came to Tartarus long ago. Lucifer and Judgement were also curious to hear him play while Susano'o and Azazel stayed silent. Cerberus wagged her tails in anticipation as Apollo played some relaxing music on his lyre as they continued their travel down the River Styx. Achilles and especially Justice were enjoying the music Apollo was making. Lucifer also couldn't help but admire the music with even Susano'o finding it relaxing and calm. Charon kept rowing the boat, but was also listening too.

"Orpheus." He muttered.

"Yea, I remember him." Apollo said as he played more quietly. "I was the one that taught him the lyre. Not only was he a great musician, but also a great poet and prophet."

"Unfortunate what happened to him later on though." Achilles said.

"Indeed, poor Eurydice." Artemis said.

"But it's not really his fault though." Apollo said. "Hades should've just let him and Eurydice out with no conditions, but nooooo. Now Eurydice is stuck in the Underworld forever and away from her husband."

"But she was killed by a viper, she died." Lucifer said.

"The thing was that Orpheus was trying to bring her back, which would break the whole thing about the balance of life and death." Apollo explained. "But after playing a tune for him and Persephone, Hades made it so that as long as Orpheus walked to the surface without looking back at his wife, she would come back to life. It was hard for him, but he managed to make it all the way there. The thing that wasn't made clear was that his wife had to be outside with him too before he could look back."

"He looked back upon returning to the world of the living, but saw she was still in Tartarus, and therefore was dragged back down." Charon stated as he kept rowing. "His haste cost him his beloved."

"I'm just saying, Hades should've just let both of them go without that condition." Apollo said.

"Just because you have the power to raise the dead doesn't mean you should." Susano'o said.

"In a perfect world, death wouldn't exist and all of us would be immortal." Artemis said.

"You're immortal in the afterlife, not in life." Lucifer said with a frown. "If everyone could live forever the Earth would become overpopulated."

"We have arrived." Charon said as they arrived at a dock that was in front of a large palace that was surrounded by a small formation of buildings.

This was the region of Tartarus simply called Hades, home of the Cthonic gods. Cerberus' face lit up happily as she wagged her tails excitedly, recognising her former home.

"Well, makes sense as to why she's happy to be here." Apollo said with chuckle as he found Cerberus to be adorable. "I suppose we should move on now."

Apollo was the first to get off of the boat with Achilles and the others following shortly after, except for Charon. Lucifer, Azazel and Judgement got off the bow before bowing respectfully to Charon. Cerberus looked at the ferryman, who then pulled a bone out of his cloak and gave it to the Triple Demon, who happily chewed and gnawed on it.

"Another time, let us see if Hades will lend us his aid." Lucifer said as they all started walking.

"Very well then." Achilles said with a nod. "Let's make our way towards him."

Inside of the palace, the sound of shots, fire and destruction could be heard as if a battle was waging on the inside.

"Come on you bastards, fight!"

The sound of tapping and clicking could also be heard as the master of the palace's chambers was lit up slightly.

"No, don't go that way! That way, they're firing from above!"

Inside the chambers was a young-looking man with fair skin, red eyes and purple messy hair that reached down to his shoulders wearing a hoodie and sweatpants, sitting what looked like a large computer chair holding a gaming controller as he looked at a large screen of him, playing video games.

"Why are they rushing into the enemy's range of fire? We're going to lose the round? Goddamn it, why is my team such a bunch of suicidal assholes?!"

"Unfortunate how random are online." A woman chuckled.

Right next to the man playing games there was a woman. She had long and flowing orange hair along with her light green eyes, wearing a wreath of flowers on her head along with a hoodie and skirt that went down to her knees.

"I swear sometimes I want to drag these players down to Tartarus!" The hooded man said as he starting shooting enemy players.

"Now now, it's alright dear. I'm sure you'll have better teammates next game.", the woman said as she put a hand on the man's shoulder before turning around as she felt a presence behind her, "It seems that we have some guests though."

"More Shades?" The hooded man asked.

"No." The woman said. "Olympians along with demons, one angel, and a god of a different pantheon."

The man then also began to sense them and widened his eyes. He then stood up from his chair.

"She's here, Persephone."

"I just realized who it was as well." Persephone said. "What reason could she be here for?"

"I'm not sure." The man said.

Outside of the palace, Lucifer and girls alongside Susano'o and the Olympians arrived in front of the palace.

"So this is Hades' palace." Susano'o said.

"Yes, home of the god of the underworld and ruler of Tartarus." Artemis said.

"Yup, that's him." Apollo said then turned to Susano'o. "Persephone is down here too. You might've heard what happened."

"I know she is Hades' wife and the goddess of spring." Susano'o retorted.

"Yea, essentially." Apollo said as he turned back around. "Let's just say that Demeter isn't exactly letting go of her...dislike towards Hades. I probably wouldn't either."

"Why's that?" Justice asked.

"While those like Hades are related to the Olympians, they still don't exactly get along." Achilles replied.

"The Cthonic gods are not exactly favourable by us in Olympus or the people of Greece." Artemis said.

"Indeed." Apollo said. "But we should probably get his attention to help us out now."

The group arrived at the front gates of the palace where two undead soldiers guarded it. Apollo then took a step closer to the undead soliders.

"Hey there!" He called out. "Think you can get Hades out here?...we need his help."

"It is very urgent." Achilles added.

"How dare you show such disrespect to Lord Hades!" One of the guards yelled angrily.

"State your business or leave, interlopers." The guard said.

"I said earlier, we need his help." Apollo said in an irritated voice. "We'll explain inside, so caan you please just let us-?"

He was interrupted as the door opened, with Persephone coming outside in her normal Olympian attire. Wearing her white tunic that nearly touched the ground with a bit of her leg being shown along with a small part of her cleavage being revealed. And the wreath of flowers were still on her head.

"Why hello Apollo, Achilles, Artemis and...all of you." Persephone said with a smile. "Sorry if these guys gave you a hard time."

"Not much at all, Persephone." Achilles said.

"Lady Persephone." Lucifer said.

"Ah, Your Majesty." Persephone said with a bow. "It's good to see you. I also see both the current and former High Prosecutor's are with you."

"A pleasure to meet you, Lady Persephone." Justice said.

"And who are you?" Persephone asked the Asian storm god.

"Susano'o-no-Mikoto, god of storms, summer and the sea." Susano'o said with a bow. "I hail from the Kami."

"I see." Persephone said then turned to Apollo. "You said you guys needed to see my husband, what for exactly?"

"Well if you haven't heard, it's been quite chaotic on Earth." Apollo replied. "It involves Pandora's Box."

"We would like to explain in further detail with your husband, Aunt Persephone." Artemis said.

"Very well then, come on inside." Persephone said, gesturing for the group to follow her.

"Thank you, Aunt Persephone." Apollo said as he walked inside the palace.

The group went through, seeing tapestry and wall paintings depicting events across Tartarus' history.

"I think I remember hearing what happened in some of these paintings." Achilles mumbled.

"Oh really? How interesting." Persephone said. "Though I suppose that will have to wait. Hades!"

"Be right there!" A male voice called out.

"How has he been lately?" Lucifer asked.

"He's been doing well." Persephone replied. "Not much has happened here though. What about you, Your Majesty? How are things on your end?"

"Well I haven't been in Hell for a couple of months actually." Lucifer replied.

"Wait why's that?" Persephone asked surprised. "Did you put anybody else in charge when you left?"

"I'd think not." Apollo chuckled.

"Well not exactly..." Lucifer said blushing.

"Knew it." Apollo said with a smirk, but then Justice and even Achilles glared at him.

"Well, I suppose nothing went wrong in your absence so far." Persephone sighed. "But as a suggestion Your Majesty, you should check up every now and again."

"I suppose I should." Lucifer said tapping her index fingers together. "I met someone."

"Oooooo. Who is he?" Persephone asked with glee in her voice, her eyes sparkling a bit. "I mean, doesn't always have to be a "he" but I mean...haha. I'm interested to know."

"Human, big and muscular but strong-willed." Lucifer said blushing and carrying on like a schoolgirl. "Came into Hell with nothing but his tenacity and desire to create a demon harem. He makes the best chocolate pancakes in the universe."

"Indeed, just a really cool dude overall." Justice said. "Before we moved in with him, he survived the Sin Machine!"

Apollo was feeling a little jealous of what skills this mortal possesses, slightly frowning a bit. While Achilles and especially Persephone were more impressed and interested in hearing of him.

"Does he have a name?" Persephone asked.

"We call him the Helltaker, for his tenacity to lay with demons and his indomitable will as he wandered the infernal plains." Judgement said.

"A mortal who can survive the depths of Hell? Impressive." Susano'o said.

"Certainly." Achilles said with a nod. "Forgive me for the rush, but is Hades going to be here soon?"

"I'm sure he will." Persephone replied as she looked back. "Hades! Dear, our guests are still waiting for you!"

"I'm here, I'm here!" A male voice said. "Bring them into the throne room."

"Alright then." Persephone said then turned back the group. "Just keep following me."

The group then walked towards the throne room in the palace, eventually encountering large double doors. Persephone then opened both of them and walked forward. Lucifer and her girls plus Susano'o and Artemis followed her, seeing a large throne room with several guards posted throughout the room and of course the throne itself, being large and dark with spikes and horns protruding out of it. There was smaller light throne next to it covered in flowers and vines, and a circular chair near the throne where a man with messy moss burgundy hair with a dark tunic and wreath was playing a lyre. On the dark throne however was a young but mature looking man with purple long hair, red eyes and wore dark and gold armour pieces on his chest, arms and legs alongside dark pants, sandals and fingerless gloves and a purple cloak with gold accent on it. Persephone walked up and sat on her throne, but not before giving the man a kiss on the lips and a smile.

"Uncle." Apollo said with a nod.

"Hades." Achilles said and then gave a bow.

"Uncle Hades." Artemis said.

"Nephew, Niece." Hades said with a stern demeanour. "Lucifer."

"Hades." Lucifer said.

"Papa!" Cerberus barked out as they ran over towards Hades excitedly.

Hades had been putting on a stern face for his guests, but however his heart melted seeing the Triple Demon.

"Cerberus, my baby girl!" Hades said as he began hugging and petting Cerberus, switching between treating her like a dog and like a child.

"Oh how did I not notice you earlier, Cerberus?" Persephone said as she went towards her husband and Cerberus, hugging and petting her, being ecstatic about her coming back home.

"Awww..." Justice said as she could sense what was going on.

"That's adorable..." Apollo mumbled before shaking his head he remembered why they were here. "Sorry to interrupt Uncle, but we do need your help with something."

Hades then passed Cerberus over to Persephone and listened to his nephew, while Persephone held onto Cerberus and looked at Apollo.

"Well...Pandora's Box was opened." Apollo started to explain. "We spent the day fighting off the creatures but we're exhausted so we need to reseal it. We have the one who has hope inside of her."

"So then why come here?" Hades asked.

"Because we don't wish to kill this angel." Apollo replied. "So our other solution was to come down here. But how exactly to reseal the box by coming down here, wasn't said."

"So you wish to use Tartarus to cheat death?" Hades asked with a glare.

"Azazel is an unlikely ally of mine, Hades." Lucifer said. "I don't not wish for her demise despite knowing that her sacrifice could save Earth."

"My domain is not some Necronomicon, Lucifer, you should have paid more attention to your friend concerning the box." Hades stated.

"Please Uncle Hades, it's the only other way to do this." Apollo said. "Surely doing this won't have repercussions on you."

"If I may, I'm sure this can only be a one time thing on our end." Achilles suggested. "Then we keep a more watchful eye on Pandora's Box once this is over."

Hades looked at Persephone to get her opinion.

"I do remember the last time when someone else tried to bring back their deceased one." Persephone said as she petted Cerberus with one hand, thinking over what was explained to her and Hades. "But I do feel that this situation is a bit different. I'm not sure what it is but I'm sure it's enough give them this one chance."

Hades then sighed.

"Very well, I will help you."

"Thank you, Hades." Lucifer said. "I owe you one for this."

"I'm not doing this to settle debts, I'm doing this for the sake of Earth. Who knows how many souls will end up here if nothing is done." Hades said.

"Thank you Uncle Hades." Apollo said with a nod. "You won't regret this."

Hades stood up from his throne and looked at Azazel.

"I do indeed sense the power of hope within you. The power to conquer the evils of the world. My brother never expected Pandora would find a way to counter what they cursed her with."

"Yea, I suppose not." Apollo said. "So now what do we do?"

"We need to remove the angel's soul from her body to unleash the power of hope, then push it back before her body reaches critical condition." Hades said. "She needs to however be either on Earth or a gateway to Earth for hope to reach the evils."

"Understood." Apollo said. "Let's do this before we run out of time."

"Indeed." Hades said.

"Where in Tartarus would lead directly to Earth?" Lucifer asked.

"The entryways and further up Tartarus' boundaries, in Elysium." Artemis said.

"We should make our way there then." Achilles said. "I have heard of that place before. It's a paradise for those who are worthy or are heroes."

"As well as being related to those that are divine." Apollo added.

"Persephone is the one who allows the dead and the living to access Elysium." Hades said. "She will accompany you."

"Very well then." Apollo said. "I thank you as well Aunt Persephone."

"It's no problem at all, Apollo." Persephone said then looked back at Cerberus. "I'm so glad we got to see you again, Cerberus!"

"Me too, Mama!" Cerberus said as she wagged her tails.

Persephone petted Cerberus for a while before standing back up.

"Alrighty then, we should get moving." She then walked up to Hades and gave him a kiss on the lips. "Wish us luck."

"Take care." Hades said as he sat on his throne.

"You still owe me from last time." Lucifer said pointing at Hades.

"I know! I'm not stupid!" Hades said in an irritated tone.

"I wonder what this last time was Uncle Hades." Apollo chuckled. "Maybe another time to explain through."

"Let us depart." Susano'o said. "The sooner we get to Elysium, the sooner we can fix this."

"Agreed." Achilles said as he turned around before realizing he doesn't know which way to go. "Which way is Elysium?"

"I'll lead the way, Achilles." Persephone said as she walked ahead of the others outside of the palace.

Lucifer and Susano'o followed Persephone alongside Judgement, Cerberus, Azazel and Artemis. Achilles, Justice, and Apollo follwed shortly afterwards, with the whole group making their way towards Elysium. They passed through the buildings, alleys and houses throughout Hades and started moving up higher towards what looked like rocky terrain surrounded by rivers of lava.

"I thought Tartarus was meant to be cold." Susano'o said.

"Well it is technically cold down here, these rivers down here are known as Phlegethon." Persepone explained. "It coils around the Earth and flows all the way down here to Tartarus."

"Huh, interesting." Susano'o said intrigued.

"The temperature is much warmer up here though." Artemis said.

"We are kind of next to a lava river." Apollo chuckled.

"True." Lucifer said as they walked passed a few Shades and a bunch of magma creatures.

"We should be getting closer." Persephone said. "So you guys fought the monsters that came out of the box correct?"

"You are right Aunt Persephone." Apollo replied. "We met quite a few people along the way, travelling across the world in helping others fight the monsters."

"Warriors and fighters worthy of battling these monsters." Susano'o said.

"Indeed.", Apollo said with a nod as the group kept walking.

"Sounds very exciting." Persephone stated with a slight smile. "Though the idea of travelling around the world would be better under different circumstances."

"I could only imagine." Achilles said.

"Have you travelled before, Lady Persephone?" Susano'o asked.

"Not that many places, most of the time it's only when I had to go back to Olympus when it became spring all the way until summer ended." Persephone replied. "It was part of the compromise that Zeus made. But I do wish go go beyond Greece next time."

"I can help with that." Apollo stated. "If your mother let's me of course."

"You have been to many places on Earth, Apollo?" Persephone asked her nephew.

"Yup! Almost everywhere around the world." Apollo responded with a smile. "Other than the places where we had to help kill the monsters."

"I have wandered this planet since before the first empires, watching mankind grow just as I grew." Susano'o said.

"You were exiled from your realm, correct?" Artemis asked.

"I was a prideful and foolish man before my exile, and in doing so I severed the bond I had with my sister, Amaterasu. The Kami threw me out of Takamagahara, and now I walk the Earth like mortals do." Susano'o said with a sigh. "I have a long way to go before I can return home.

"Sorry to hear that Susano'o." Persephone assured the storm god. "I believe that in time you will be able to return. And rebuild the bond you had with your sister."

"I think so too." Achilles said.

"I take it you have siblings too?" Susano'o asked Persephone.

"Yes, quite a few actually." Persephone replied. "There's Desponia, she's a rather mysterious one but I do know that she was worshipped by the Arcadians and that she takes place on the throne next to our mother, Demeter. Plutus, the god of wealth and with that he is the one that doesn't know how to share anything and is a jerk to our brother, Philomenus, a demi-god of agriculture. From what I last heard from him was that he was the one to invent the plough. And then there's Arion, who's...a horse, but only because Poseidon was lusting over my mother when she was looking for me. She changed into a horse so that he wouldn't find her, but he apparently figured out she was trying to fool him."

"Quite the family we Olympians have, huh?" Apollo asked jokingly to the others.

"It's a chaotic mess, our father can attest to that." Artemis said.

"Indeed." Apollo agreed with a nod. "Though I wouldn't say he's one to look up to. Just sayin'."

"I know all about Zeus and his sexscapades across Greece and the world." Lucifer said rolling her eyes.

"Yup, that's our father." Apollo said. "Though there's a bit more to say about him."

"A lot more to say." Persephone corrected.

They then arrived another dock where Charon and his boat were waiting.

"Hello Charon." Persephone greeted then turned to the others. "You guys have another coin?"

"Uhh...I don't think so." Apollo said as he felt around himself.

"Heading to Elysium, my Queen?" Charon asked Persephone.

"Yes, we are Charon." Persephone replied as she gave him a coin similar to the one Apollo gave earlier. "Can you please get us there?"

"The Queen of Tartarus need not pay me tribute to take you where you need to go." Charon said as he allowed them on his boat.

"It was more out of courtesy." Persephone said with a smile.

The group then got back on the boat shortly after to which Charon then began rowing the boat across the Phlegethon river.

"So I take it that Cerberus, Justice, and Judgement are also a part of this harem?" Persephone asked the Queen of Hell

"That is correct." Lucifer replied. "Though we are not sexually active, minus Modeus and Zdrada, so it's more an unlikely group of roommates."

"I see then." Persephone said then turned to Cerberus. "You haven't caused trouble for Lucifer here have you?"

Cerberus looked away from Persephone like a guilty dog would with their owner.

"Oh, Cerberus." Persephone sighed with a giggle and gave them headpats. "I'm not mad at you, but please be on your best behaviour from now on."

Cerberus nodded and wagged her tails, hugging their adoptive mother again.

Persephone hugged them back with her smile getting wider. Achilles, Apollo, and Justice found this interaction very cute.

"Anyways, you think that we'll have enough time, Lady Persephone?" Achilles asked.

"Yes, I believe that we will be able to re-seal the box before it's too late." Persephone replied.

"Let us hope so." Susano'o said as they arrived at another dock.

"Well, I suppose I thank you once again Charon." Apollo said as he got off of the boat, with the others of the group getting off after him.

Lucifer, Azazel, Judgement, Cerberus and Susano'o looked in front of them, seeing what looked like a large stone entrance which had various plants and flowers growing out of it and had four powerful looking guards posted there.

"You guys just stand close to me as we move forward okay?" Persphone asked as she turned to the group, "It's best to not be sidetracked."

"Yes, Aunt Persephone." Apollo replied.

"You got it." Justice said with a thumbs up.

"As you wish." Achilles said.

"We'll follow your lead." Lucifer said as she and her girls fell in line.

Persephone then walked up to the four guards.

"Gentlemen." She said acknowledging the guards. "I request that we enter into Elysium. It is of utmost importance."

"As you wish, my Queen." One of the guards said, to which they moved out of the way and opened the gates to Elysium.

"Thank you." Persephone said with a slight bow, then walked in with the others following right behind her.

The group then entered the Elysium fields of Tartarus. It was a beautiful fertile land with grass, water and clear skies. There were many buildings and houses where the denizens of Elysium lived in paradise and harmony.

"Well color me impressed.", Apollo said as he looked around the place while still following Persephone.

Achilles was also in awe of how Elysium looked and felt like. And though Justice couldn't see, she could still tell how things were due to the atmosphere.

"Amazing." Susano'o said.

"It's as beautiful as the legends say it is." Artemis said awestruck.

"Well it's a kind of Heaven." Lucifer said.

"Indeed." Persephone said, smiling as she heard the reactions from the group.

"The gods of Olympus are not allowed here?" Susano'o asked.

"Uhhh, I don't really know." Apollo replied. "Never really tried going to other realms such as this. Not without Aunt Persephone or Uncle Hades at least."

"The Cthonic gods are normally only permitted to enter Elysium." Artemis said.

"Pretty much." Persephone stated as the group kept walking. "As well as not causing any trouble if any other god does come down here."

"Wouldn't want to disturb their paradise." Lucifer said as he looked around.

"Indeed, I mean who would really want someone to barge into this place having no manners?" Apollo remarked.

"Anyways, once this is over you will be sure that you and everyone else will be more vigilant of the box?" Persephone asked.

"Yes, Aunt Persephone." Apollo replied. "I promise."

"I will also be of service in watching over Pandora's Box." Achilles said.

"Shall we begin?" Lucifer asked.

"Let's do this." Persephone replied.

"I'm ready." Justice said.

"So are we." Apollo said while Achilles gave a nod.

"Azazel, it's time." Lucifer said to which the Curious Angel nodded and stepped forward.

"You'll be fine." Persephone assured the Curious Angel. "We will go through this as quickly as possible."

Azazel nodded gave the others a smile.

"I'll do this as fast as I can." Persephone said and then green magic started to conjure around her arm and started to surround Azazel's body.

Lucifer and her girls watched as Persephone began while Artemis and Susano'o were definitely concerned if this went sideways.

"I hope this works.", Apollo thought worryingly.

A couple of moments later, Persephone was able to take out Azazel's soul making her body then go limp as Judgement caught it before she fell. Azazel's soul floated in the air as a white orb of light that shined radiantly.

"The soul of an angel...it's mesmerising..." Susano'o said.

"Indeed." Achilles said. "But shouldn't the hope have released by now?"

"Well may-"

Suddenly a geyser of light blue energy started to fire up into the sky of Elysium and raced up towards the world of the living. As the blue light enveloped Earth's sky, the monsters around the world began fading out of existence, disintegrating and becoming nothing but dust or empty space as the power of hope enveloped the planet and purged the evils of the world.

"I think now's the time to place her soul back." Apollo said to Persephone.

"I know!" Persephone responded and she concentrated to place Azazel's soul back into her body.

Azazel then jolted back to life, to which the demon girls all sighed in relief that she was okay.

"Good to have you back." Justice said walking up to Azazel and then gave her a hug.

"Thanks for the help Your Majesty." Achilles said to Persephone.

"It's no trouble at all." Persephone replied then looked at Apollo and Artemis. "Just be sure that you and all of the others keep a more watchful eyes on Pandora's Box."

"Yes, Aunt Persephone." Apollo said after being reminded.

"So what now, Susano'o? You still want to take the box?" Lucifer asked.

"I do not trust Olympus." Susano'o stated. "But I do trust you, Apollo, and your sister."

"Thank you, Susano'o. For both the help and for trusting us." Apollo said, then scratched the back of his head. "I do apologize for bringing up your past."

"My past is my burden and scar to bare." Susano'o said. "I can't change what happened, only move forward."

"I can certainly agree to that." Apollo said with a smile.

"Glad you two are getting along." Justice chuckled to which Apollo crossed his arms.

"So will the evils go back to the box?" Lucifer asked.

"That should be the case since the hope was released from Azazel here." Apollo replied. "Guess we'll have to return to the surface if it really worked."

"Yes, let us be off." Lucifer said as she turned to leave but then felt a sharp painful sensation reach her torso, making her fall to her knees.

The whole group was caught off guard from what ever the Queen of Hell is affected by.

"Lucy!" Justice exclaimed as she sensed her and then ran over to Lucifer's side. "What's wrong?"

"This can't be..." Lucifer said with a hint of fear.

"What is it?" Judgement asked.

"It's the Helltaker." Lucifer replied. "We need to get back to the house quickly!"

"I can make a portal to where you need to be." Persephone said as she once again conjured green magic on her arms and then made a portal that led to the house of the Helltaker.

"Alright then let's go!" Justice said as she supported Lucifer and helped her walk through the portal.

"Thank you again, Aunt Persephone." Apollo said as he entered the portal, with Persephone giving him a nod and Achilles following after him.

Judgement, Cerberus and Azazel helped Lucifer through the portal while Susano'o bowed in respect to Persephone before following through the portal. When arrived they saw Pandemonica being sent flying into a wall while Modeus, Zdrada and Modeus were standing their ground against someone.

"What the-?!" Apollo exclaimed as he drew his bow and aimed it to where Pandemonica flew while Achilles got out his spear and shield.

"Who is that?!" Justice asked as she raised her fists ready to attack.

Susano'o summoned his katana and Artemis her bow while Lucifer and Judgement turned to face whoever attacked their friends, only to see what looks like the Helltaker enveloped in a dark sinister aura.

"Taker...?" Justice asked in disbelief then turned to the girls that stayed at the house. "What happened to him?"

"Something's taken him over!" Malina said as she stood in front of Modeus.

The Helltaker gritted his teeth as he held his head in pain before roaring demonically. His shirt tore off and his sunglasses fell off, revealing red glowing eyes and darkened skin.

"No..." Artemis said in disbelief.

"It's the evils, they've gone inside of him instead of the box..." Lucifer said.

"Oh no..." Apollo said. "Was anything said from Father if something like this happened, Artemis?!"

"I don't think so, he never said it could choose to latch onto humans if vanquished!" Artemis retorted.

"It's possessing him, correct? Then all we need to do is exorcise it out of his body." Azazel said.

"You can do that?" Artemis asked.

"I'm an angel, vanquishing evil is what we were created to do." Azazel replied.

"How long will it take?" Achilles asked. "Because from how I saw your friend was tossed around, I don't think the evil inside of him isn't going down without a fight."

"I just need you to keep him in one place." Azazel replied.

"Understood." Lucifer said. "Malina, Zdrada, get the box! Justice, Judgement you help pin him down, weaken it first!"

"You got it." Justice replied.

"We'll help pin him down if need be." Achilles offered.

No arrows or bladed weapons." Artemis said putting her bow away. "Just our hands and feet."

"Understood." Susano'o said. "I'll try and hold back as much as I can."

"He's a tough human, so don't be too gentle." Lucifer said.

"Very well." Apollo said as he also put his bow away. "Let's do this!"

Judgement and Susano'o raced over to the Evil-possessed Helltaker and tried hitting him with a double-team punch, but he tanked it and swung his fist at the two, knocking them away before Susano'o recovered and caught Judgement. Apollo then flew above the Evil-possessed Helltaker before diving at him at another angle to punch him while Achilles rushed at him and bashed him with his shield. Then Justice also tried to attack from another direction following up with Achilles' attack. The Evil-possessed Helltaker was flung across the yard before Artemis intercepts him and kicks him into the ground, creating a crater. Susano'o used wind to force him down while the others could try and grab him. Using this opening by Susano'o, Apollo, Justice, and Achilles ran towards the Evil-possessed Helltaker and pinned him down. With Apollo and Achilles pinning down his arms while Justice held down his legs. Azazel rushed over to the Evil-possessed Helltaker and placed her hands on him, starting to chant using holy texts.

"The box, quick!" Lucifer yelled.

Zdrada then brought the box over with Malina, placing it down next to the pinned Evil-possessed Helltaker but making sure to not be too close. Azazel then concentrated as she began to pull out all of the evil from the Helltaker's body. Justice, Apollo, and Achilles then got off of the Helltaker as the evil left him.

"Open the box." Azazel said as the evil leaked out of the Helltaker's body.

Zdrada gave a nod and then took off the lid of Pandora's Box. Azazel then began to shove the evils back inside of the box, struggling to push them back in.

"I...can't...hold it much longer..."

"Let's help her out!" Apollo said as he went up to help push the evil back in.

Then Achilles and Justice came up and helped the two out as well followed by Judgement and Susano'o also helped push the evils back in, to which with their combined strength they shoved the evils back into the box.

"It's in! Shut it!" Artemis yelled.

"On it!" Zdrada said as she quickly put on the lid of Pandora's Box.

The Helltaker's skin went back to its normal colour and his eyes stopped glowing, causing him to finally pass out. Lucifer sighed in relief as she fell on her back, exhausted from fighting monsters all day, followed by the others also showing signs of fatigue.

"Well...that certainly was one Hell of a day." Apollo said with an exhausted chuckle, being on one knee while Achilles leaned down and placed both hands on his knees.

"Holy shit..." Justice said as she fell on both knees, trying to catch her breath. "It's been so long since we've had to do anything like that."

"We did it..." Susano'o said out of breath.

"We fucking did it..." Artemis said surprisingly vulgar as she sat down.

"Indeed we have." Apollo said in response. "We all deserve rest after what just happened."

"Agreed." Achilles sighed.

The Helltaker then slowly opened his eyes and groaned in pain.

"What happened...?"

"Look who woke up." Malina said.

"A lot of shit happened that's what." Zdrada said to the Helltaker.

"Let's just say that you were possessed by the evil from the box and that Azazel saved your life." Apollo explained. "Though we did help her of course."

"Shit..." The Helltaker said facepalming himself. "Did I hurt anyone?"

"Uhhhh, I think you threw the one that wore round glasses." Achilles replied.

"Pandemonica?! Where is she?" The Helltaker said looking around nervously.

"She must be inside the house." Modeus said as she and a couple of others went back inside the house to go check on her.

"Pandemonica?" Justice called out.

"Pandemonica, you in there?" Lucifer called out.

"I'm right here..." Pandemonica coughed and sit back up, brushing herself off and adjusted her glasses.

"Thank goodness you're okay." Justice said.

"Likewise...I assume the evil is back in the box?" Pandemonica asked.

"Yes, we have re-sealed it." Apollo replied.

"The battle has been won." Susano'o said. "But what ramifications has opening the box caused?"

"Indeed, what happened today won't go unnoticed by the other pantheons." Artemis said.

"I'm sure it won't." Achilles commented.

"We will be more careful with it this time." Apollo assured once more.

Susano'o nodded in agreement before hearing his stomach growl before blushing.

"I think I am starting to get hungry..."

"Well I'm starving." Lucifer added.

"As am I." Judgement said.

"Pancakes! Pancakes! Pancakes!" Cerberus barked out.

"Sure, I can eat as well." Justice said.

"I suppose I can stick around for a bit longer." Achilles said as he out his shield away.

"Oh you guys have pancakes here?" Apollo asked excitedly.

"Yup, this big guy right here is the one that makes 'em." Zdrada replied, blowing a huge cloud of smoke.

"Alright, I'll put the stove on." The Helltaker said with a sigh as he went into the kitchen.

"I'll go assist him." Lucifer said as she followed the Helltaker.

Susano'o looked up into the sky, seeing as the sun was about to set.

"Wherever you are up there, sister, I hope you and I can see each other again someday..."

Meanwhile...

It was the sight of an ancient fortress, one that had seen countless battles throughout the centuries and endured so much but tragically fell in its final battle. A man with ancient armour approached it and looked around as if he was waiting for someone to arrive. He then looked to see several other people approaching as well, warriors across history just like him.

"So, I'm guessing all of you here have fought off the creatures as well?" A Chinese female wearing silver armor asked the others that were present.

"Indeed we have." Sir Lancelot replied.

"Are you the one who called us here?" King Arthur asked the man with the gold eyes and ancient armour.

"You are correct." The gold eyed warrior replied. "I am Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, Savior of Sumer."

"I see." Camilla said acknowledging him with a nod.

"Why did you bring us here exactly?" A Filipino man asked, "Not to be disrespectful though."

"I have observed your actions from afar, seeing your skills in action against the monsters unleashed from Pandora's box." Gilgamesh explained.

"Pandora's box?" An Irish-sounding man with a kilt, leather and armour with a spear asked.

"Sorry I'm late!" Achilles shouted rushing in and stood in an open spot. "But yes...Pandora's box was opened, unleashing those creatures. Though me and the help of some others have re-sealed it."

"The infamous box the Greek gods sealed the evils of the world in? That's where the monsters came from?" A Japanese bearded man in armour with an eye-patch asked.

"Yes, that's the one." Achilles replied.

"Wait didn't you say you had some help?" The Chinese woman asked. "Whose help did you recieve?"

"Well, they were not only from Greece. We had aid from Susano'o, a couple of demons, and those of the Underworld." Achilles replied, then a couple of people mumbled to themselves or to others from what they heard.

"I also had gotten help from this group as well." Camilla said. "They helped fight off the creatures in Rome."

"They also helped me and Lancelot while we were in England." Arthur said. "And whatever they've done has vanquished them from Earth."

"Yes, that they have." Gilgamesh said. "But they won't always be present to assist us when these ancient threats appear and attack mankind."

"What are you getting at, King Gilgamesh?" Rama asked, finally speaking up.

"There needs to be a line of defense when the gods cannot protect Earth themselves, one that will come to humanity's beck and call should evil rise again." Gilgamesh explained. "Heroes across the world, from all ages of history, united as one, protecting our planet and its people."

"You wish to join forces." The Japanese man said intrigued.

"Correct." Gilgamesh said.

"I do believe that this is the best course of action." The Chinese woman stated.

"Agreed." Camilla said.

Achilles and a couple of others also nodded in agreement at what Gilgamesh has proposed. The others also agreed too, to which Gilgamesh smiled proudly.

"But who will lead us?" The Irish-sounding man asked. "Gotta be someone with skill, experience, the what for."

"That is a good question." A French woman spoke up.

"Maybe King Arthur could lead us?" The Filipino man suggested. "I don't really know any of you, so I'm just going off of the 'king' part. But then again you, Gilgamesh, have that title as well as being the one bringing us here in the first place."

"I feel as though Gilgamesh should lead from what I have heard from him." Camilla said.

"I have led many battles in the name of God in my lifetime." Arthur said as he approached Gilgamesh. "But you are far more experienced than I, an ancient king who has battled countless monsters and fiends."

"He is the one they call the King of Heroes after all." The Japanese man stated.

"I do believe in Gilgamesh's ability to lead us." Achilles said.

"I think that he has what is necessary to lead is as well." The Chinese woman said.

"Thank you." Gilgamesh said. "This mission of ours will not be easy, but I will do my best to lead you all with the wisdom and experience I have gained throughout my immortal life. Heroes, warriors, come forth and tell me your name, your land and your titles!"

"I am Tud Bulul, the Moonspeaker." The Filipino man introduced himself as he stepped forward. "I come from the Philippines."

"I am Camilla, daughter of King Metabus, the Warrior Princess." Camilla said next. "I hail from Rome."

"I am Arthur Pendragon, King of Camelot and Leader of the Knights of the Round Table." Arthur said. "I hail from England."

"I am Rama, Seventh Avatar of Vishnu the Preserver." Rama said stepping forward. "I hail from India."

"I am Sir Lancelot du Lac, Knight of the Round Table." Lancelot said. "I also come from England."

"I am Hua Mulan, the Imperial Archmaiden." The Chinese woman said. "And I come from China."

"Joan of Arc, Maid of Orléans, War Saint." The French woman said. "I come from France."

"I am Achilles, Hero of the Trojan War." Achilles said. "I come from Greece."

"I am Cu Chulainn, Hound of Culann and son of Lugh." The Irish-sounding man said. "I hail from Ireland."

"I am Date Masamune, the One-Eyed Dragon and daimyo of Tohoku." The Japanese man said. "I hail from Japan."

"Nice to meet you all." Camilla said. "So now that we have introduced ourselves, what should we be known as? LIke as a collective?"

"We guard the Earth, so some sort of Guard perhaps?" Rama suggested.

"What about the Chimeran Guard?" Achilles suggested, with some of the others being intrigued.

"Why that one?" Tud Bulul asked him.

"A Chimera is a creature that is a hybrid of others, mainly comprised of a lion head, a goat's body, and the tail of a snake." Achilles explained. "I think that the name would fit since all of us come from different places and are now going to function as a unit."

"That makes sense to me." Lancelot said.

"Certainly." Mulan stated with a nod.

"Very well, from this day forth we shall be known as the Chimeran Guard, protectors of Earth and mankind!" Gilgamesh stated. "We shall fight what the gods can't or won't and save humans of all walks of life, not just the rich or powerful but the weak and poor!"

"Hoorah!" Tud Bulul yelled out loud while rasising his fist, with some of the others just giving a nod of approval from what Gilgamesh said.

"So it shall be." Gilgamesh said. "Because what happened today will attract the attention of new adversaries, and we must be ready for when they arrive."

"Agreed." Lancelot said. "I believe our foes will become more dangerous as time goes on and certainly not just like those creatures we fought recently."

"Yes, we shall face greater adversaries than this." Arthur said.

"Yes indeed, let us hope we are strong enough to survive..." Gilgamesh said gazing off into the distance.

Meanwhile...

In a realm far away but above the Earth, someone had felt what happened below, feeling both the fluctuations of darkness and then light which radiated across the sky and into space.

"The time has come...time to enact my vengeance upon them all!"

To Be Continued...