Stephanie continued walking by the dirtied stream, following where it leads to.
Asterix, Obelix, Cubitus, Cyprian, and Infirmofpurpus, along with Dogmatix, followed from behind her.
During that time, Stephanie took her glasses off again and bubbled them, before tapping the top of the bubble to teleport it to safety.
She had already defeated two generals that have the Sword of Zeus and the Cornucopia of Everlasting Festivals.
So that means the weather is gone, and food has returned to normal.
But, Poseidon's trident is the next one for water.
When they reached the next Roman camp, Stephanie glanced over at the stream that was near the campground, watching clean water passing through it, then coming out dirty.
It irritated Stephanie as she growled, feeling angry at them for polluting the clean water for no good reason.
"They are really mean, aren't they?" Obelix asked, noticing how angry Stephanie is.
"Yes, I agree," Stephanie growled before pushing her sleeves up. "Are you ready to give them a lesson?"
"Er, what about Asterix?" Cubitus asked, mentioning Asterix in front of him. "He does not have any potion to defeat them!"
Stephanie stopped after Cubitus pointed out about Asterix, like how he pointed it out before at the second camp.
Turning towards Asterix, Stephanie reached into her pocket and pulled out a long cloak.
"This cloak allows you to be invisible." Stephanie described. "While we are defeating the other Roman soldiers, you, along with Cubitus, Crypian, and Infirmofpurpus, go into the main tent and grab the trident."
"Us?!" squeaked the three Romans, pointing at themselves.
"Yes, you," Stephanie nodded, before wrapping the cloak around their bodies. "It's best to be fast. The general might or might not follow after his troops, but if he is distracted, grab it as quick as you can and bring it to me."
With that, Stephanie covered them in the cloak and ran off with Obelix.
After the cloak had covered them, the shawl disappeared into thin air with them underneath.
Meanwhile, Stephanie creaked one of the doors opens and popped her head inside, calling out to the Romans inside, "Hi! Do you mind if we do something?"
"What's that?" asked one of the Roman soldiers.
Stephanie only replied with a smile, that looked like a mischievous smile, and moved away from the door.
After moving away from the door, someone pushed the door open, ripping it off from its hinges with one mighty shove.
After Obelix had opened the door forcefully, he rubbed his hands together with a smile on his face, saying, "Ooh, boy! You won't believe how much excitement I am in!"
The Roman guards cowered as Obelix punched, smacked, and flung Romans around, making them look like armored rockets firing into the air.
Stephanie, on the other hand, almost did the same thing like Obelix, except she did not fling them into the air, but knock them out.
A few times when they are in a turtle formation, Stephanie would use spells to blow them away from their organization, taking chances to attack.
Sometimes, when she seems a weaker version of a Roman soldier, Stephanie would instead bash the stronger ones and leave the weak one alone.
Meanwhile, four pairs of footprints were walking by the battlefield, as three looked like they were in sandals, while one was in leather.
Underneath, Asterix, Cubitus, Crypian, and Infirmofpurpus were sneaking towards the main tent, following Stephanie's idea.
They were impressed that the cloak worked, as the three Romans behind Asterix nervously watched as soldiers flew everywhere, landing on the ground and smashing through other tents.
"Ow, you stepped on my heel!" Asterix winced quietly.
"Sorry," Infirmofpurpus apologized.
When they were close to the main tent, they watched as a soaking wet general came out from inside, noticing the battlefield and growled.
He took out his sword and pointed at Stephanie, including Obelix, calling out, "ATTACK!"
After that, more Roman soldiers came and entered the battlefield along with the general.
Asterix and the others took this chance and snuck up to the main tent.
Before Asterix could move his hands up to open the tent, a feeling inside him told him that this was too easy.
So, he instead opened the tent a little, noticing that there were two buff Roman guards inside, protecting Poseidon's trident, that was aimed down into the water and dripping what seemed to be gunk.
Asterix shuddered slightly with disgust after peeking and closed the tent, thinking to himself.
"What now?" Cubitus shrugged as he whispered. "We got two big goons inside that will beat us to nothing!"
Asterix thought to himself after Cubitus groaned, thinking of another way to go through the tent without being caught by the two guards.
"Maybe if we could act like a ghost and sneak ourselves into the tent?" Cyprian suggested, shrugging his shoulders slightly. "I mean, we do have a cloak that is invisible that was given to us from Stephanie."
Asterix perked after Cyprian suggested, glancing over at him.
"That's a good idea!" Asterix smiled before opening the tent.
Once Asterix opened the tent, he, along with the Roman soldiers behind him, snuck around the two Roman brutes, talking to each other in Greek.
Asterix could not understand what they were saying in Greek, but the three behind him understood what they were saying.
"Πιστεύετε ότι ο Καίσαρ έχει όλα τα όπλα?" one of them asked in Greek.
"Δεν γνωρίζω." the second responded. "Είναι το σχέδιο του Καίσαρα και το ακολουθούμε. Ποιος ξέρει ποιος θα είναι ο επόμενος ηγέτης μετά από αυτόν."
"Ναι, αλλά τι γίνεται με αυτόν τον πυροσβέστη Somniferus μιλούσε πριν από 2 χρόνια," the first one suggested. "Το τελευταίο πράγμα που άκουσα από αυτόν ήταν ότι είχε βυθιστεί στο βυθό του ωκεανού."
The second Roman guard nodded his head in agreement, and behind them, they did not know there were four pairs of footprints walking around them and heading towards the trident.
"Έχετε ακούσει πρόσφατα τις ειδήσεις?" the first Roman guard asked.
"Τι είναι αυτό?" the second guard asked.
"Υπήρχαν νέα σχετικά με αυτό το 'αλλοδαπό κορίτσι με περίεργα μαλλιά' που καταστρέφει και τα δύο στρατόπεδα που είχαν το σπαθί του Δία και το κέρας του Διονύσου." the first guard answered.
"Πραγματικά?" the second guard asked again.
"Ναί," nodded the first guard nodded. "Ο Caesar χάνει σιγά-σιγά την ψυχραιμία του με τον καθένα που νικήθηκε από αυτήν. Αργά ή γρήγορα, ελπίζω ότι θα… από πού προέρχονται αυτά τα ίχνη?"
Cubitus, Crypian, and Infirmofpurpus immediately stopped after they heard the last of the sentence asked, covering their mouths in fear.
Asterix glanced over his shoulder before he could part the cloak to grab the trident, noticing their scared expressions on their faces.
Before he could ask, Cubitus covered his mouth out of fear with his other hand, as footsteps inched close to where they were.
The armor of the guards rattled gently after each step they took, as the sound of a sword coming out of the sheath hits their ears.
A muffled whimper came from Infirmofpurpus as a footstep inched closer to where they were feeling like deers in the headlights.
Before they were caught, the tent opened again, and the general's voice bellowed, "YOU TWO!"
Outside, the two Roman guards stopped after the general bellowed, glancing over to the entrance.
"What are you two doing?!" he snapped. "Are you fighting each other?!"
"No!" one of them exclaimed, speaking English. "We were-"
"I DON'T CARE OF WHAT YOU TWO ARE DOING!" the general continued bellowing before pointing outside the tent. "GET YOUR REAR ENDS OUT THERE AND FIGHT!"
"What's going on?" one of them asked in confusion.
Groaning, he marched over to them and grabbed their ears from underneath the helmet.
"I'LL SHOW YOU 'WHAT IS GOING ON!'" he screamed in their ears before dragging them outside.
After the general stomped outside with the two Roman guards in his hands, the cloaked figures sighed once he was gone, removing their hands from their mouths, including Asterix's.
"By Zeus, that was a close one," sighed Crypian.
Asterix nodded in agreement and reached out of the cloak, gripping the trident's handle.
After gripping the trident's handle, Asterix took a step back, taking the trident out of the stream.
Once the trident was out of the stream, it stopped producing garbage but started turning clean.
Suddenly, the cloak was ripped off from them, startling the three behind Asterix.
The general noticed them as he had the cloak in his right hand, glaring as he saw Asterix with the trident in his hands.
"GIVE THAT TO ME!" he bellowed, dropping the cloak from his hand.
He grabbed the trident with both of his hands and used his strength to tug it back.
Asterix struggled to keep his feet on the ground, yanking the trident back away from the general as he was using all his force.
"YOU THREE!" he bellowed, pointing at Cubitus, Crypian, and Infirmofpurpus behind him. "COME HERE RIGHT NOW AND HELP ME WITH THIS PUNY GAUL!"
They glanced at each other after he had asked, before moving behind Asterix and grabbed the trident on his side.
"YOU'RE ON HIS SIDE?!" the general exclaimed in anger, his face turning red.
"We quit!" snapped Cubitus.
"Exactly!" Infirmofpurpus growled along with Cubitus.
"Take this instead!" Cyprian lifted his leg up and smacked the general square in the groin, avoiding his leg from hitting Asterix.
The general was in so much pain; he released the trident, as Infirmofpurpus smacked him hard across the face with his hand.
He collapsed on the ground with a handmark on his face and covering his groin with his hands.
Asterix sighed in relief after Cyprian and Infirmofpurpus hit the general, pointing the trident down to the ground.
Infirmofpurpus waved his hand that he smacked the general with, as there was a red mark on his palm as he hissed softly to himself in pain.
Outside the tent, Stephanie punched one of the Roman soldiers out of the way, wondering what could be taking Asterix, Cubitus, Cyprian, and Infirmofpurpus so long?
Suddenly, something zoomed out from the tent, ripping through the ceiling and into the air.
Water splashed all over the battle, as it wove through the air, as screaming came from the object.
"Yizus, what was that?!" Stephanie exclaimed, glancing up at what it could be.
Then, it pointed down and started heading towards the battle.
"INCOMING!" one of the Roman soldiers exclaimed, moving out of the way.
Stephanie and Obelix were about to do the same when the object collided into Obelix's stomach and went into the air, leaving a long trail of water behind.
"Oh, flip, umbrella, cake, Kane!" Stephanie exclaimed before running.
She picked Dogmatix up from the ground during that moment, holding him close to her chest with one arm.
The object whizzed, turned, twisted, and dived through the air, as Obelix was on the front, as there were four more on the handle.
One of them was clenching the handle, while the three were holding onto the first one.
After a few minutes of dodging the object, Stephanie stopped when she noticed the Romans clenching onto the first person.
They were the people who Stephanie sent inside to grab Poseidon's trident!
After stopping, Stephanie waited for the right time to grab the trident before any harm came to them, as they went around in the air like a balloon.
Then, they dove towards Stephanie as she waited for the right timing.
Just as she moved to the side from the trident, Stephanie quickly grabbed the handle and used her weight to pin it down to the ground.
But, just as she tried to do it, she was lifted into the air with it instead.
She yelped with startlement after her feet had left the ground.
After grabbing the trident, Stephanie's color transformation happened again.
Her long hair turned dark blue as the left-hand side of her head had separate colors in the same shade.
Stephanie's sweater turned dark blue with other separate colors in the same shade as her hems turned into a lighter blue than frost.
Her blue jeans turned into a darker blue color, and her shoes turned light blue with blue shoelaces.
The design of her sweater transformed into the shapes of raindrops that overlap each other.
Her eye changed into a darker color of steel-blue.
After struggling with the trident in everyone's hands for a moment, Stephanie finally managed to aim the trident to the sky.
She had some help with her friends as they struggled too.
Once it was pointed to the sky, a massive water drop came from it and disappeared.
Stephanie sighed with relief after it was shot into the sky before coming to realize they were not on the ground.
They all screamed as they plummeted back down towards the ground, as Infirmofpurpus hugged Cubitus out of fear.
Stephanie could not use her wings at this time to rescue everyone from their plummeting death because she had no time to do it.
Before Stephanie could use her second opinion, Stephanie and the others disappeared into thin air before landing to the ground in a flash of rain clouds.
Meanwhile, a long lake of water was gently splashing against a long line of rocky stairs.
Suddenly, in the distance, something splashed into the lake, causing the surface to ripple.
Stephanie's head came up from the surface, coughing as she climbed onto the stairs, dripping wet as her long hair covered her face.
In her right hand was the trident Stephanie was trying to get, as it glowed slightly.
Soon, Asterix, Obelix, Cubitus, Cyprian, Infirmofpurpus and Dogmatix followed behind her, coughing water from their mouths, and scrambling onto the stairs.
Stephanie moved her head up after everyone had been out of the water, placing the trident down, and with her left arm, she moved her long blue hair from her face, checking everyone.
"Is everyone okay?" Stephanie asked, after coughing some water from her mouth.
"Other than being wet?" Asterix asked, taking his helmet off, shaking his head slightly. "We're fine."
Stephanie chuckled as Dogmatix shook his body, shaking the water off from his fur.
"Careful!" Stephanie smiled before reaching over and patted Dogmatix's head. "You're going to slip."
Stephanie glanced back over to the others, as Cubitus, Cyprian, and Infirmofpurpus had no armor on their chests.
"Hey," Stephanie spoke. "Where's your armor?"
"We took it off because it was drowning us," Cubitus answered. "Asterix had to help us with it."
Stephanie glanced away from them, blushing slightly with shame of not helping them.
"Sorry," Stephanie apologized out of the blue.
Confused, Cyprian glanced over at Stephanie and asked, "Why are you sorry?"
"Well," Stephanie began as she turned towards them. "Instead of helping Asterix of getting the armor off from you guys, I instead swam up to the surface."
Stephanie's hand gripped on the trident.
"I am sorry if it seemed like that." Stephanie apologized, glancing away from them.
If she has pointed ears or a long tail, they would be flattened and flicking sadly.
Asterix understood her guilt for not helping any of her friends, reaching over to her and placed his hand on her water-soaked sweater.
"It's okay, Stephanie," Asterix assured her as she glanced over at him. "Next time, think before doing your actions."
Stephanie paused after Asterix assured her, glancing away from him, before nodding her head quietly.
Once everyone stood up from the ground, Infirmofpurpus lightly complained as he shook his sandals, "I hate wet sandals."
Stephanie agreed with him because her shoes were wet, and she hates it.
But, Stephanie ignored them and started up the steps.
The group that went with her on the mission followed behind her, glancing around at where they are now.
The murals were wet and soaked like their bodies, as water dripped from the ceiling, soaked the stairs, and the walls were wet too.
"What is this place?" Obelix asked, glancing around.
"This is the temple of Poseidon," Stephanie answered calmly. "The trident I am holding belongs to him."
Cubitus, Cyprian, and Infirmofpurpus simultaneously gulped with fear.
"Does he have a… temper?" Cubitus asked nervously.
Stephanie stopped at the top of the stairs and glanced over at her friends.
"Unless he doesn't know that you three did help Asterix to get the trident in the first place," Stephanie suggested. "But you'll see sooner or later once we enter inside."
They glanced at each other warily before following Stephanie to the main room of the temple.
Once they had entered into the central part of the temple after Stephanie, they were surprised to see that everywhere had water fountains.
Rain dripped from the ceiling of the temple, covering them in the water again.
But, sitting at the throne in the back of the temple, dripping wet with water, was Poseidon himself.
Cubitus grabbed Infirmofpurpus' hand out of fear as he gripped it tightly.
Infirmofpurpus took Cubitus' hand as he shook from head to toe.
Stephanie bravely stepped up to Poseidon and said, holding the weapon out to show him, "Hello, I have brought back your trident."
Poseidon was quiet as Stephanie placed the trident down on the altar in front of her.
The altar was covered in water, and dripping wet.
After Stephanie's hand released the trident, her original colors returned to normal.
She stepped back as Poseidon lifted his hand up, taking the trident back as it grew to his size, as he gripped it.
"Thank you, Stephanie." He thanked before noticing the three Romans behind Asterix, Obelix, and Dogmatix. "Who are they?"
The three jolted when he noticed them, as Stephanie glanced over at them.
"Oh, they are friends of ours," Stephanie answered, causing them to perk up from being scared. "The last general they were with was the last straw for them and decided to join us."
They glanced at each other with surprised expressions on their faces, wondering why an 'alien' said that about them.
Poseidon thought for a moment after Stephanie answered his question, before smiling gently.
"Then, they are going to have a long time of understanding." He nodded.
Stephanie nodded in agreement and held out her right arm, which had the bracelet on.
Poseidon remembered something and stood up from his chair, slipping a little from the wet ground.
Underneath his uniform, he does not have any sandals on but is barefoot.
Cubitus' grip on Infirmofpurpus' hand tightened in fear, as Infirmofpurpus mumbled, "Mamma mia…" softly to himself as he moved his right hand over to protect Cubitus.
Cyprian stood bravely behind them, keeping an eye on Poseidon in case he decided to drown them in the water.
Asterix, Obelix, and Dogmatix were surprised at how tall Poseidon was, before watching him as he knelt down in front of Stephanie.
He tapped Stephanie's bracelet with his finger, as a gemstone was added in the trident shaped gem slot.
"There," Poseidon smiled. "Now that you have water and the other ingredients, for Getafix to make the potion for the village."
Stephanie nodded her head as she moved her arm back down and bowed to Poseidon, saying, "Thank you."
Asterix, Obelix, and Dogmatix did the same thing, as Cubitus and Infirmofpurpus followed behind, doing the same thing while hugging each other.
Cyprian did the same thing, too, from behind them.
After they had bowed to Poseidon, they all disappeared into a flash of rain clouds as Poseidon sat back down in his chair.
"Strange…" he softly mumbled to himself. "That young girl seemed to be really strange with knowing how to use magic very well."
Meanwhile, at the village, Getafix was stirring something in a pot with a spoon, until he heard something wet smacked on the ground.
And, it sounded like it was from outside his hut.
Confused, he glanced out of his door, only to see Stephanie, Asterix, Obelix, Dogmatix, Cubitus, Cyprian, and Infirmofpurpus soaking wet.
Stephanie's long brown hair was covering her face, as leaves were covering some parts of her body.
"Why does this happen to us?" complained Cubitus, moving back some of his hair from his face.
Stephanie shrugged in response after Cubitus complained, as Asterix walked up to Getafix.
"Is the potion ready?" he asked.
"Almost," Getafix responded. "All I need to do is the final touch."
He paused a little as he stared at the three confused and mostly worried Romans, before saying, "Don't let them in or peek through the windows."
The Romans understood what he meant and turned around, as one of them asked, speaking in Greek, "Πιστεύετε ότι είμαστε σε μεγάλο πρόβλημα?"
"Εξαρτάται." another responded. "Αλλά, ελπίζω αυτό που λέει η Στέφανι να είναι αλήθεια."
They nodded in agreement before seeing a flash of yellow came from Getafix's hut, causing them to turn around to see what was that.
Getafix opened the door of his hut and said, calling out to everyone else, "Now it's finished!"
Stephanie smiled softly and watched as each one of the villagers lined up to get their bottles filled with the potion.
In the back of Stephanie's head, she wondered what the potion can do to her if she ingested some of it.
After Asterix had filled his flask, except for Obelix to Stephanie's confusion, Stephanie asked, "Why didn't you get your flask filled?"
"Well," Obelix blushed, glancing away from Stephanie. "When me and Asterix were little, I fell into Getafix's potion, and it resulted in me being strong without the potion."
"What happens if you ingested the potion?" Stephanie asked with curiosity. "Even if it was a little drop?"
Obelix slightly groaned as he glanced back over at Stephanie.
"I get out of control." Obelix sighed.
Stephanie understood him and gently patted his back the best she could.
"I understand that same thing," Stephanie assured him. "Sometimes, my anger or my other emotions get the best of me too. So, I learned how to repress them, even though I hate it."
Obelix felt a little better from Stephanie's assuring, before Getafix came out, asking, "Stephanie?"
Stephanie perked a little, and Getafix said, "Would you perhaps now like to have the potion I have made?"
Confused, Stephanie nodded her head and walked up to Getafix, as Obelix grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest.
She entered inside the druid's hut, glancing around with impression, before noticing the potion as it shimmered with a golden gleam.
"Whoa," Stephanie remarked. "This is cool."
Getafix smiled softly and asked, "Do you have something to contain the potion inside?"
Stephanie nodded her head and reached into her pocket, pulling out a metal thermos flask from her sweater pocket, that has a blue rose design around it.
Getafix looked confused after Stephanie pulled out the metal thermos flask from her sweater pocket.
"Something wrong?" Stephanie asked, moving the thermos away from him.
"No," he sighed, shooking his head no. "Nothing wrong. May I have that flask?"
Stephanie nodded and gave him the flask as he filled with the potion he made.
Once Stephanie's thermos was filled, he screwed the lid back on the thermos and gave it back to Stephanie.
"Just to remember," he warned Stephanie before she placed the thermos filled with potion away. "Do not drink too much of the potion, or else it will turn you into stone and do not give it away to someone you don't know or to the enemies."
Stephanie nodded her head and finally placed the thermos into her sweater pocket, as it disappeared when it got inside.
Getafix looked confused after he saw the thermos disappear in Stephanie's sweater pocket before she exited out of the hut.
"Okay," Stephanie spoke. "Now that we have our potion, food, and clear weather back, what's next?"
Something banging against the entrance of the village answered their question, glancing over to it.
"LET US IN!" shrieked a voice.
"I WANT MY MOMMY!" another cried out in fear.
Stephanie ran over to the door, as Asterix and Obelix followed behind, as Cubitus, Cyprian, and Infirmofpurpus gulped nervously.
Opening the door slightly, Stephanie looked outside to see a large group of Vikings in front, looking terrified.
"LET US IN!" one of them shrieked.
Stephanie winced and turned her head over her shoulder, calling out to the villagers, "Help me open this door!"
Everyone ran over to Stephanie and helped her to open the door with their strength, as the large group of Vikings ran inside as fast as they could.
Not only the Vikings, but the Roman group ran inside too, not having any shields, swords, or their spears.
Once all of them had gotten inside, they closed the door as quickly as they could.
After the door was closed, everyone sighed in relief.
Turning to the leader, Stephanie asked, "What happened back there?"
He grabbed Stephanie by the sweater, shaking her while screaming, "THE LIVING DEAD HAS ARISEN!"
Asterix ran over to the leader of the Vikings, asking while trying to release Stephanie from his grip, "Did you see who rose the dead?"
Cubitus, Cyprian, and Infirmofpurpus gasped softly when a familiar face appeared from the group, looking as terrified as he was.
He has fair skin color, hazelnut eyes, and has no hair underneath his helmet.
He is wearing what seemed to be a Roman commanding uniform, with gold armor, a long red cape, green pants, and with some armor.
Behind him was another man, except he had short black hair, fair skin and was wearing what seemed to be a civilian's outfit.
"The general we were following went out of control when he wore that helmet!" he exclaimed.
Stephanie cocked her head gently to the side and asked, "What was the helmet the general is wearing?"
The skinny man behind him snapped, startling Stephanie, "Why should we tell you?! We are Caesar's greatest army in history and enemy of the Gauls behind you!"
"If you are," Stephanie sighed. "Then why are you in our fortress, weaponless and armorless, shaking in your sandals, instead of fighting against the corrupted general and his undead army?"
All the Romans in the army gulped, still shaking from head to toe.
Stephanie sighed as she pushed back a strand of her hair, thinking to herself.
"Okay, I am taking a wild guess that the commander is wearing Hades' Helmet of the Dead." Stephanie guessed.
The general of the group nodded his head, answering Stephanie's question.
The leader of the Vikings asked, looking more scared than usual, "What are you going to do about it?! They cannot be dead!"
"You mean permanently dead?" Stephanie asked, moving her hand up.
"That's what I was going to say!" he groaned.
Stephanie rolled her eyes before saying, "I might be crazy to say this, but," she paused for a moment before finishing, "We need to go through the undead army to defeat that user."
In the background, one of the Roman soldiers fainted out of shock.
"YOU?!" exclaimed the skinny Roman. "ARE YOU CRAZY?!"
"Hey, I told you that it was going to be crazy," Stephanie shrugged.
Asterix facepalmed after Stephanie shrugged her shoulders.
"He will kill you for good with one touch of his hand!" the skinny Roman continued. "I have seen a few Romans that have done that before!"
Stephanie cocked her eyebrow after he had explained before saying, "Listen, there's a fine line between good and evil."
They listened with confusion, as Stephanie continued.
"There's the middle, which is neutral," Stephanie explained. "The left is the good side, and the right is the evil side."
Even Cubitus, Cyprian, and Infirmofpurpus were curious as they listened to Stephanie's words.
"There was a saying from an old friend of mine," Stephanie sighed. "It's either I'm going out there alone, or with a friend, because I will die as a hero or live long enough to see myself become the villain!"
After that, Stephanie huffed and walked away from the group, exiting out of the village.
But, she did close the door behind her back and started heading towards the battlefield of the undead.
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