Nature itself was at war with itself as Gods and Titans began their epic clash to decide the fate of the world. The only realm not affected by the war was the seas where Oceanus and Poseidon had come to an understanding and divided the seas between themselves peacefully.
Even though Hades managed to take control of the Underworld most of the monsters were already released from the depths of Tartarus by the Titans. Still the new lord of Underworld was working diligently to put the monsters back into the pit with the available forces in the Underworld. Efforts were already being organized by the other gods to help Hades in this crucial task and it was Zeus that came up with an idea that promised much success.
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Pan, the god of wild was leading a large group of Satyrs and Nymphs towards Mount Olympus thereby bringing them under the protection of Gods. They were now passing through a valley that was between two mountain chains on either side. Pan suddenly stopped as his senses detected the presence of monsters nearby.
"Be alert everyone. There are enemies close to us." Pan warned the Satyrs
The Satyrs took out their wooden flutes and clubs ready to fight if needed. Pan let out a roar that shook the valley. The sound echoed around as it reflected around among the mountains. The air before Pan shimmered as if a veil was being removed. Hiding under the illusion was a large army of monsters. Leading them was the Titan of Light Hyperion who raised his sword and let out a war cry rallying the monsters. The Titan charged towards gathered nature spirits and the monster army followed him as well and the ground shook under their charge.
"Satyrs, use your flutes." Pan commanded
Hundreds of Satyrs took out their flutes and began to play a tune in sync with each other. The nature danced to their tunes as large roots and wooden plaques burst ot of the ground catching the rushing monsters off guard and began to bind them to the ground. Some of them were dragged under the ground despite their struggle. In some cases carnivorous plants like Venus fly traps literally burst out of the earth and began to bite off the limbs from the monsters in the Titan army.
The charging Titan army halted as their front lines dissolved into chaos. The monsters struggled but to their shame they could not get out of the trap laid by the Satyrs. Hyperion stood unfazed by this turn of events. The Titan commanded several Fire Demons to set fire on the roots and plants that were holding down his army. The demons began to spit out balls of fire burning the roots and monsters alike. It was a sad sight as a significant portion of the Titan army was burned down by its own commander.
Pan used this opportunity to roar again and this time large gales of wind were produced as a result of his roar. The winds spread the red hot flames into the other parts of the Titan army burning down more monsters and buying some more time for the Satyrs and Nymphs to ready themselves. As per Pan's instruction the Satyrs and Nymphs concentrated their power into the ground. Pan also concentrated his divine power into the ground and waited for his adversaries to free themselves from the flames.
By the time the Fire Demons managed to mitigate the flames a good portion of the Titan army had been consumed by the flames. In the end the flames died down by the effort of fire demons and once again the Titan army charged towards Pan and his allies with revenge in their minds. It was then the divine power of Pan came into being. The earth split apart and a 50 foot gigantic wooden wall rose up making the Titan army charge headfirst into the thick wall. The wooden wall held strong despite the many attempts to bring it down by the monsters.
"Move out of the way you useless weaklings." Hyperion roared as he transverse through the monster army to stand near the wooden wall. He took out his golden sword and began to strengthen it with his divine energy. With a mighty swing of his sword he shattered the base of the wooden wall. Cracks began to spread along the wall and the wall began to sway uncertainly. This was the moment Pan was waiting for and he hurled a concentrated beam of divine energy right at the top of the wall. The force from the attack dislodged the wooden wall from the ground and it fell upon the heads of the Titan army with a thunderous crash. Before the Titan army could properly get out from the debris the Satyrs and Nymphs started attacking the monsters destroying them one by one.
Hyperion burned away the debris with his power and began to cut down any Satyrs he saw. The Titan was like a whirlwind of death as he cut through the Nymphs and Satyrs with little effort. Suddenly a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and struck Hyperion right at his chest blowing him away from the Nymphs and Satyrs.
Zeus flew down from the sky and struck the ground with a thunderous sound. The monsters around him were vaporized in an instant by the lightning that surrounded his body. The master bolt cackled in his hand with a hunger for more destruction.
"You were not the one to set the trap here Titan. This is our trap for you and you fell for it like a fool." Zeus insulted
Hyperion stood up with some effort as his body worked overtime to negate the aftershocks from the lightning attack.
"Don't be daft boy. You think you can take on the Titan of light and this vast army by yourself" Hyperion challenged as the monsters began to free themselves from the wooden wall and gathered behind the Titan.
"I think I can. But my teacher taught me not to seek glory in war but to always plan for victory and I would rather have victory at all cost."Zeus said calmly
Hyperion was about to educate the stupid god but he caught himself as a thunderous was slowly building up in his ears. He turned his head to the left and saw several Centaurs riding down the plain green hill with swords and axes on their hands and leading them was the son of Ouranos, Chiron. Hyperion again turned to his right as the monsters behind him warned of another army. He saw another large group of Centaurs riding down a hill from his right. As if that was not enough several golden winged human looking beings flew above the charging Centaurs armed with spears and bows.
The Olympian army executed a classic first ever flanking strike that destroyed the disorganized ranks of the Titan army. The angels rained down thousands of arrows made of light which claimed the lives of monsters left and right. The Centaurs with their momentum cut through the ranks of monsters unopposed and they began hacking down all monsters with their swords and axes.
Before Hyperion could properly grasp the situation he was forced to block a strike from Zeus's master bolt with his sword. The force behind the blow made Hyperion kneel on the ground. Zeus once again struck with the master bolt and Hyperion was further pushed into the ground by the monstrous strength of the youngest son of Kronos.
Zeus kicked Hyperion right on his chest blowing him away from the sky god. Hyperion landed upon a boulder of rock which was destroyed by the force of the Titan's impact. Zeus immediately used his master bolt and blew up the area around Hyperion. With a thunder clap the lightning struck Hyperion once again and he was consumed in a bright explosion.
As the explosion died down Hyperion was down on the ground unconscious with burn marks all along his body. Several angels flew down and bound the unconscious Titan in chains that were made of Celestial Bronze. They bowed to Zeus and flew away to Olympus with their new prisoner.
"You were right. There is a certain satisfaction in defeating an enemy thoroughly in all facets of battle." Zeus said out loud
"Your senses are sharp as ever, Zeus."Aegon complimented as he removed the magical veil around him and became visible. They watched as every single monster was cut down without mercy never allowing a single monster to escape their fate.
"I never thought I would be able to witness such a sight." Pan said as he stood with them and watched the angels drag Hyperion through the sky and disappeared among the clouds
"This is just the start my friend. Our new godly friends has yet to unleash the full might of Olympus and when they do the Titans will scatter to the four corners of the world." Aegon assured the god of wild
"The Centaurs will escort the Nymphs and Satyrs to Olympus safely." Zeus promised
"The angels will also keep a close eye upon them from the sky until they are safe. For now we must attend a council meeting among the gods. Travel safe my friend." Aegon said as he and Zeus vanished in a bright light.
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Poseidon and Prometheus marched an army of Cyclopes out of the oceans and had begun destroying groups of monsters that were terrorizing the world. The Cyclopes were very effective foot soldiers as they had tough skin and completely invulnerable to fire and poison. The only thing they were vulnerable to was Celestial bronze and the monsters that they were fighting were not armed with the divine metal so they had no problem in crushing any monsters into pixie dust.
Poseidon looked at the Titan by his side. The Titan of foresight has been a very valuable ally so far as he predicted tge locations of minsters a d their numbers accurately giving their army a tactical advantage in all battles. Right now they were marching the army across the land towards a valley that Prometheus was sure filled with monsters.
It would have been impossible to sneak an army filled with Cyclops anywhere as they are ver clumsy as well as gigantic. Fortunately there was a river running close to the valley and the river god helped them to travel under water masking the sounds of Cyclops. Poseidon and Prometheus decided to scout the monster army before engaging them so they left the Cyclops on the river and observed the Titan army.
"This army is massive. Quite larger than anything we have faced yet." Poseidon commented
"Look closer Poseidon. Perses is among them and he is a dangerous Titan to face in open battle." Prometheus warned
"He is the Titan of destruction is he not?" Poseidon asked as they returned to the river
"Yes and he is very strong. He will be able to fight both of us in even footing and we will lose control of the situation if we will not be able to take out the army as well." Prometheus said
"Then we need some help." Poseidon concentrated as he swiped his hand in the air and called forth the goddess Iris. The air shimmered as a ghostly image of the goddess appeared before them.
"Poseidon, how may I help." Iris asked
"If you can, please contact my brother Hades and ask him to provide us aid. Tell him we are facing a large army of monsters that are led by the Titan of destruction, Perses." Poseidon requested
"I can inform him." Iris said as the image collapsed for some time. After a few minutes Iris appeared again.
"Hades is coming. He asks to mind the ground while you engage the Titan army." Iris said as the mist dissapeared into thin air
"Well then. What's the plan?" Poseidon asked
Prometheus thought for a while and slowly a plan formed in his mind.
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Perses was getting tired of waiting. Atlas, the general of Titan army was being a pain in the neck for him. Atlas always held a grudge against him as the General feared him. Atlas feared him because he was a strong Titan that could challenge Atlas on even footing. That was why Atlas had pinned him down gmhere with a useless bunch of monsters that were obviously weak. The only reason he was following that fool's command was because of his inate fear of Kronos.
He felt a change in the air but ye dismissed his instincts and went back to his favorite way of passing time, by skipping stones through water surface ofcourse. Suddenly he heard a whistling sound and he looked up into the sky on confusion. He stood up in shock as large number of huge boulders were coming straight for his position. He toook out his shield and channelled his divine energy into it and braced himself. Several rocks fell upon him and his arms shook as he strained to survive the onslaught.
The rest of the army was not so lucky and began to get crushed by the falling bouldes. Several panicking monsters began to flee towards the forests to take cover. It was then several Cyclops rushed out of the forests with uprooted trees in their hands and began striking down the monsters. Perses seeing this rushed towards the Cyclops and unleashed a wave of destructive energy that consumed the lives of several one eyed giants. The Titan was about to kill several more of them but two large waves of energy rushed at him forcing him to ise his shield to escape from the blast.
The Titan was pushed back by the blast of energy and Perses saw a trident wielding god and Prometheus.
"Traitor. You dare to strike at me." Perses screamed as he unleashed another destructive wave towards them. Poseidon caught the destructive blast with his trident and slapped it away with some effort.
"I am Poseidon, second son of Kronos. Your wrath upon this world ends today Titan." the sea god boasted as he rushed at Perses with his trident. Poseidon jumped and struck with the trident but Perses blocked it with his shield. Poseidon tested the defences of Perses by repeatedly striking with the trident all the while consciously pushing the Titan towards the river.
Perses was no slouch as he expertly weaved between each strikes with the aid of his shiekd alone. Finally Poseidon spun around and struck with the head of his trident with his full strength. Perses was blasted away but he still held on to his shield.
The Titan took out his sword from the shield and spun it around in his hand. Poseidon and Perses rished at eachother and began their duel. Meanwhile Prometheus helped the Cyclops to fight the monsters that still outnumbered them three to one.
The ground began to rumble as the earth splitted apart and the undead began to pour out and began to attack the monsters. Hades rose up from the ground and the monsters fleed at the very presence of lord of the dead. Hades took out his Stygian iron sword that serms to suck out the light by it's dark presence. The helmet of darkness stood proudly on his head filling the minds of his enemies with fear and despair. The eldest son of Kronos began to cut down anything that came close to him as he walked towards Poseidon and Perses.
Poseidon spun his trident and sumnoned a large wave from the river. The wave of water struck Perses from behind and pushed him off balance. Without wasting time Poseidon struck the Titan with the shaft of his trident. Golden Ichor spilled from the Titan's mouth from the blow but this did not bother Perses as he switched to the offensive against the sea god.
But Poseidon once again surprised Perses as he surrounded himself in a storm that was lashing out at the Titan whenever he came close tp the sea god. Perses unleashed a wave of destructive energy but a wall of darkness stood up in the path of the attack and absorbed it into the shadow.
Hades unleashed a black sickly energy at Perses and the Titan shielded himself. Hades and Poseidon began to attack the Titan together. Poseidon defended while Hades was the one to attack and eventually Hades managed to disarm Perses and stabbed the Stygian sword through the Titan's stomach. The sword zapped the strength of the Titan away and Poseidon struck the Titan on his head with his trident knocking him down.
Hades stabbed his sword into the Titan once again making Perses scream as more of his strength left the Titan. Poseidon summoned more water and Perses was surrounded by the water which began to turn into ice, trapping the Titan of destruction.
The Olympian brothers looked around to see the Titan army scattered and most of them destroyed by Prometheus and Cyclops. They also decided to lend a hand and began to pick off every moster they could get their hands on. Within an hour they managed to destroy the remaining Titan army.
"Where will we take him. It is too dangerous to keep him with the main host." Prometheus said pointing at Perses
""Perhaps it is better if he remains in the Underworld. The other Titans cannot breach my realm easily." Hades suggested
"Then it is better to keep him a prisoner in the Underworld brother." Poseidon agreed
With a bright light a ghostly image of godess Iris appeared.
"Zeus asks for your presence. A great council is being held in Mount Olympus. Titans and gods are welcomed to attend." Iris informed as she disappeared in a flash of light
"The first ever cuncil meeting in Olympus. It seems the construction of place is over." Hades commnted with a hint of surprise
"The Winter solstice is beginning. So the meeting is more significant than just a regular meeting. Olympus is built considering the sun as a focal point. So Winter solstice and Sumer solstice will be important fofor thr gods to meet in Olympus to focus their power from the mountain to envelope the world." Prometheus said
"First we must organise the army and let them rest for a while. Then we can go to Olympus." Poseidon said
The Cyclops began to organise their ranks and began to retreat back to the river while Hades went back to the Underworld with his army and a new prisoner.