The soldiers were escorting Atreus and Calliope to the arena that's behind Odin's palace, the circular arena was massive enough for 87,000 people to witness the action as the ring was large enough for 100 fighters. Atreus and Calliope both were walking as their hands were chained up to try not to pull off any escape tricks. Atreus looks at arena and the crowd through the metal gate as Calliope does the same, they hear the roars of the crowd ready to see the sight of blood about to be spilled. Calliope gulped nervously as Atreus held her hand in comfort even if it's chained.
"The Romans have arena's like these. They choose who fights one another, who ever is the last one to stay alive shall either live or die and it's up for the editor to decide the fate of the victor. Win the hearts of the crowd to gain their interest and they'll let you live." Calliope stated
They hear Odin's voice as he spoke from the pulvinus.
"My people, today has finally come where we are presented here to witness the very giant who is very well known at the Ghost of Scandinavia to be executed on this very Arena for everyone to see. Who want's to see the blood of the giant spilt as he fights for his life!"
The crowd shouts in agreement.
Atreus scoffs at the thought of thinking that he'll die. He can't die, fate has brought him here, he fears nothing, death is in his blood.
So enough the warriors had Atreus and Calliope their weapons as released their wrist chains as the gate was opening.
Calliope and Atreus both walk forward as the crowd started to throw lettuce at them.
"At these the crowd is kind enough to let us keep our health up." Atreus says with sarcasm while he eats lettuce.
"Well this is the first time I've been booed before performing at anytime." Calliope comment as she rolled her eyes as Atreus chuckles as they reach the center of the arena looking at Odin who was sitting on his throne at the pulvinus drinking a cup of wine. The old god points his spear to the metal cage on the other side of the arena.
Soon enough, multiple groups of Asgardians walked forward to the arena as the crowd cheered.
Some held a murmilo shields and axes, as other held light weight swords, two groups of four came out the same gate riding horses as they ride around the arena wielding spears.
Odin raised his spear to give command as the warriors charged in at their two enemies. Atreus impaled his blades of Valhalla to create a horizontal fire wall to block half the Asgardians as the remaining half was on their side.
The horses knees as they began to stand on two hooves in fear of the fire wall, so enough as it goes down, Atreus and Calliope charge into, Atreus throws his Leviathan axe to the men riding the horses, the horses just roam around as their rider lay dead on the ground as Calliope focuses on the enemies on the ground. She jumps over their heads to decapitate them. She spots an Asgrdian with bow and arrows aiming toward her, Calliope using her strength to pick up a body to shield herself from the arrows as they hit the dead body. Calliope placed her feet on the back of the dead body as she placed her hands behind her head on the sands as she launched herself upwards to allowing the body to fly across the air landing on top of the archer.
While he was down, Calliope saw a warrior about to swing an axe at her but she kicked sand in his eyes to blind him in just enough time to grab her sword to cut his throat. Atreus throws his axe to kill an Asgardian behind Calliope as he slashed someone's stomach open as guts started pop out. The archer was able to move the body off of him but was grabbed by the throat as Atreus threw him to Calliope. She held the tip of her sword to the man's throat as Atreus approached next to his sister while he pointed his blade as well
Atreus and Calliope make the final blow together as the man made gurgling noise as he choked on his own blood. Nobody from the crowd make a sound at all, well all except for a few coughs in the background. Atreus sees Odin chewing on an apple, Atreus grabbed a nearby bow and a single arrow to shoot the apple out of Odin's hand from a great distance.
(Tell me if you get this reference)
"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!!! Are you not entertained?" Atreus shouts as his voice echoed within the Arena.
Odin stands from his throne to stare at the two warriors left alive.
Odin raised his spear as more Aesir guards came through with shield to surround Atreus and Calliope while they were in a back to back position, Odin walks forward at the warriors let him through to face Atreus and Calliope.
"What is your name?" Odin asked but Atreus turned his back to the king of the Aesir, "You dare show your back to me, Giant!"
Atreus scoffs as he turned around to face the king of the Aesir, "My name is Loki, Ghost of Scandinavia. Brother to murdered siblings, son to a murdered mother and I will have my vengeance, King Odin, in this life or the next."
The crowd repeated 'Live' over and over as Odin gives the gesture for the two young warriors to live as they cheered, "Loki, Loki, Loki."
Atreus and Calliope were escorted back to their cell chamber as the door locked behind them.
"I think that went well." Calliope says with a smile.
"Yeah, I guess it did." Atreus nodded.
"So what other enemies will we face next or have you came up with a plan at all for us to get out of here?"
"I'm not going to think of a plan Calliope, besides Heimdall will hear us."
"Fair point but at least you won the crowd's heart and lived to fight another day."
"As did you."
Days have gone by as the roars of the crowd cheered on for Atreus and Calliope about their victories. Every warrior to champions and then to monsters was slain. Atreus didn't really use his beast since the day they got to Asgard yet Calliope wasn't sure why and wasn't sure why he didn't use his illusions as well.
Odin raised his shield to bring more beasts in for his own amusement but Atreus and Calliope just took them out.
Soon enough when more days were going by, Atreus and Calliope were brought forth to Odin's domain as they were chained from there wrists. Odin raised from his throne.
"You both just simply won't die, will you? You kill my men, my champions, and my beasts. The people look up to you as if you are a god of the arena."
"What are you proposing, Odin? To have me placed beside you?" Atreus questions the king.
"Of course, boy. The people cheer you for as they do not fear you anymore. The people of Midgard fear you but us, no, we worship you. If you consider my proposal, I will leave the girl alone."
Atreus looks over to the Calliope, his own mind plagued the thought of seeing his new sister hurt, he accepted his offer, "Very well."
"Kneel." Odin ordered but Atreus refused for a moment, "Kneel!!!"
Atreus and Calliope kneels to the king of the Asgard. Now that they have accepted Odin's offer they were taken to guest rooms as they were fed, bathed, and clothed. Atreus had felt sympathy for the slaves that had to work for Odin, having to this for all of their lives.
Odin was minding his own business when his son, Thor barged in his throne room.
"Father, if you were to grant permission. In the arena I could kill both of them. They won't last a second. I want to seek redemption for not killing him when I didn't."
"Yes you could have but you didn't which is why you won't be fighting them. All of my champions have been defeated, but there is only one man who can deal with them and kill them in the arena." After that was said by the Allfather, Baldur entered the room bursting through the door.
"Where have you been?" Odin demanded.
"Fighting my way out of a foreign underworld." Baldur says with mischief in his voice, "Heimdall tells me that the giant is here on Asgard, accepted your offer to place him as one of us and fighting in the arena?"
"Yes, my son. And I will give you the opportunity to kill the boy and his ally."
"Very well."
The very next day, Atreus and Calliope were getting ready as they geared up for another battle, they have no idea of who they were fighting against but that didn't matter to them. Atreus had grabbed his bow and arrows, he decided to use the graded mistletoe arrows that Sindri gave him as they were much more lighter and had more firing speed. Once he does that, he cuts himself as he carved his blood onto his face to resemble Kratos's tattoo, he grabbed his axe and blades as they were placed on his back as for Calliope who held a sword and shield, Atreus and Calliope both share a hug but what Calliope didn't know was that Atreus was bringing both of them into some sort of telepathic mindset to develop a plan. Soon enough they walk to the opened gates as the crowd cheered for them.
"Together they stand against a man who has never been defeated, a man who has been fallen, against a man who has never been killed. Tonight I give you Baldur." Odin announced.
Odin raised his spear to the opened the gate as Baldur came out of the shadows as the crowd cheered for his as well.
"Oh great." Atreus replies.
"How is he still alive, thought you killed him?"
"That's what I believed as well. Looks like death has no power over him but he must have a weakness."
"We'll find it but if we don't, we're going to die."
"Begin." Odin announced as Baldur charged but only to appear behind Atreus and Calliope, their lifes flashed before their eyes as they were hit in the back that sends them on their stomachs, they get back up as they were a few feet away from Baldur as Calliope's shield rolled away in the process but her sword was next her. Atreus and Calliope charge at the god, Atreus throws his axe to Baldur's leg which caused him to trip as his knees hits the sands. Calliope took advantage as she approached Baldur, she front flips over Baldur as she grabbed his hair to pull his head back, she lands behind Baldur as she drives her sword downward to Baldur's shoulder all the way down to his heart, she released the sword out of Baldur as she kicked his body to Atreus as he impaled Baldur's face with his blades of Valhalla as the end of it was appearing from the back of his head. Atreus removed the blades as Baldur fell forward on the sands. Atreus walks pass him to help Calliope get back up. The crowd was silent as Calliope and Atreus look behind them they see Baldur cracking his neck as his injuries healed rapidly.
"Were is that rage, boy?" Baldur said with mockery, "Suddenly lost your edge?"
The god of light zigzags across the arena with the speed of light hitting Atreus in the face sending his body to a wall as it cracks. Baldur struck Calliope that sends her small body to the center of the arena, Calliope struggles as she tries to get back up, she sees broken arrows on the ground, as Baldur grabbed her by the back of her neck she stabbed Baldur in the neck as this bright blue arua appeared around his body as he began to feel, something that he's not felt for many years.
"What is this? I- I can feel this. I can feel everything." Baldur says with delight as he turned his attention towards Calliope who was trying to grab her sword but Baldur stopped her movement. Baldur grabbed her by the neck as he spoke in her ear, "I thank you for what you did. And for that I will give something, something that will make a real women out of you."
Calliope felt a cold chill run down her spine, she understood what his words meant when he said that. She pulls out of small knive to stab Baldur in the neck as laughs maniacal. Baldur pulls out a knife and at the same time he hears a low growl behind him. The god of light stood up as he looks behind him to see Atreus who was filled with rage that leads all the way to his beating heart. Atreus in his beast form grabbed Baldur by the throat and punched him across he arena that sends him through a wall as Calliope gets up next to Atreus who was now staring at Odin with his fire eyes. Atreus charged for the pulvinus with as he jumps into the air with a yell as he held the blades of Valhalla. Thor came in front of Atreus to hit him with his hammer that sends him into the air but Atreus regained his momentum as he summoned his wings and now he hovers over the arena with his arms crossed, the person that came next to him was Calliope using her light abilities, this light energy source was appearing from her palm and soles of her flates.
(Basically she can fly like Ironman and her light abilities are the same from my previous GOW stories)
Seeing that every mortal from Asgard was here in the arena, they all just stare in awe and shock, Calliope aims her hand to Odin's palace as this white energy sphere surrounded her hand as it was growing by the second and then fires. The ball of energy blows up a piece of the palace in an instant as the people scream in panic while Calliope began to fire multiple energy spheres to the other buildings on Asgard.
(Listen to Dragon Ball Super OST - 30. The Birth Of A God by Bardock on /bardock-546830507/dragon-ball-super-ost-30-the-birth-of-a-god)
"Kill them!" Odin raised his spear as Thor began to fly up to them with speed. With Mjornar in hand, Thor's hammer gave him the ability to fly at high speeds.
Atreus roars with immeasurable fury that it starts to push everything back that it sends Thor back to the ground and Calliope who was just a few feet away as she uses her forearm arm to block the air pressure from bothering her eyes while she uses her other limbs to keep her momentum in place, "His rage, it's unbelievable."
Atreus's roar was starting echoing from all of the Asgard as if the whole 9 realms was able to hear it as the flames erupted more further surrounding his entire body while it continues to get hotter by the second. Then this aura of fire shoots up towards the night sky, raising over the world tree itself. The fire aura fades as Atreus began to breathe softly as he started to descend to the ground slowly as his feet touched the sands while Calliope does the same and stared at the very two gods that took everything from Atreus.
Baldur came next to Thor as they stare at the figures who are a few feet away from them.
Atreus speaks, "Free the slaves and Asgardians, send them to Midgard, every single one of them, every man, woman, and child. All except for you four. I call it an act of mercy for your people Odin."
"Very well." With that, everyone was escorting out of Asgard to Midgard.
Baldur was the first to charge them, Atreus casts three illusions of himself that grabs Baldur, Thor, and Heimdall to different directions of Asgard as Odin still remains at the pulvinus. While the three illusions continued to fight there enemies, Odin was sent down through the roof of his palace landing on the floor of his throne chamber.
Atreus and Calliope both burst through the front entrance breaking the door down landing a few feet away from Odin, "You're no god. You have drawn your last breath. You have taken everything from me."
Atreus walks to Odin who was on the ground, beaten and bloodied, groaning in pain, "Death is the only way to escape."
Atreus grabbed Odin by his throat, he stabbed the Allfather in his one good eye with his own spear, Calliope yanks it out of Odin as Atreus picked up his body, Atreu's wings flapped as Odin's feet were off the ground as he was being choked, "NOW YOU WILL FEEL MY WRATH!"
Odin was starting to fade away as his own life was flashing before his own eyes. His face was starting to get blue as a snapping noise was heard. The king of the gods was now dead at the hands of a giant. Atreus lets go of Odin as his body fell lifeless.
Thor came in the room to see the sight of his father who lay dead at the giant's feet, Atreus and Calliope look at the God of Thunder who was standing at the entrance as the city of Asgard was breaking apart and up in flames showing behind Thor. This rage erupted from him as he threw his hammer Mjolnir at Atreus but the half-breed in his beast form grabbed Mjolnir with two hands as it came close to his chest, he began to use his strength to crush the hammer, Thor tried to retrieve the hammer with his hand but it was not coming back. Atreus continues to squeeze the hammer as it erupted into pieces while Thunder clashed out around the room. Thor was now defenseless.
Atreus growls as he launch his blades of Valhalla at Thor as the chains wrapped around Thor's neck as he pulls him in closer to them. Atreus impaled Thor's hands to the floor with the blades of Valhalla as the almighty god grunts in pain, Calliope walked forward to Thor as she aims her hand at Thor's face as a white energy sphere was summoned from her palm, it grew bigger than her hand as she fired at Thor, blasting his head off completely as blood poured out the neck. Without paying attention Heimdall thrusts his long blade to Atreus's chest but it just broke apart all the way to the handle. Heimdall gasps in shocked of what just happened, Atreus didn't have the time as he slashed his right blade to Heimdall's neck as he was gurgling and choking on his own blood as he fell forward.
Baldur was clapping with a laugh. Atreus cracks his knuckles, Baldur charged them with speed but Calliope slides on the floor to trip Baldur making him fall to the floor as Atreus grabs his hand to throw his body across the room, hitting a pillar. Atreus walked to Baldur as he grabbed him by the hair, "You tried to force yourself onto my little sister and you thought that I would just sit by and let that let that happen, for that I'm going to kill you here and now!"
Atreus roars with fury as he snapped Baldur's neck, his eyes changed color as blood was showing. Baldur falls backwards to the floor as he takes in his final breathes while Atreus and Calliope walk to the front entrance of the palace as they look at the city in ruins. Atreus and Calliope both fly up into the air as they look down at the Bifrost, and back at the city, Atreus gives Calliope a nod as she created two energy spheres from her palms as she brought them together making the energy sphere much more bigger and powerful, she fires his energy sphere to Odin's alace as they quickly fly back to Midgard following the bridge path, behind them was Asgard was being obliterated from Calliope's attack it erupted nothingness as the Bifrost was breaking apart as Calliope and Atreus were getting closer to Midgard and at the last possible second the Bifrost died down as Atreus and Calliope fall on the soft grass, they were now back in Midgard.
Atreus and Calliope both lay on the grass on their backs as they were next to each other as they breathe softly, then they started to chuckle and then began to laugh.
Atreus calmed down as he began to get back up to his feet as he gave Calliope his hand, she took it as she got back up as she gave him a hug.
"We did it. Atreus."
"Yeah, we did. Let's head back to Greece."
Atreus and Calliope had informed Brok and Sindri of news of the destruction of Asgard and Odin. They thanked them as they continue to head back to Greece. Atreus could feel nothing but happiness knowing that he avenged his family for good this time, Asgard was destroyed. The Allfather and his sons were dead.
Atreus and Calliope landed on Olympus as they walked to Zeus, "It is done. Odin, and his sons, even his kingdom is dead. Burned to the ground."
Zeus rose from his golden throne, "Very well, both of you deserve rest."
Calliope bowed her head, "Gratitude Lord Zeus."
With that, both of them made their way back to their rooms as for Zues, he called a meeting with the other gods except for Kratos and Lysandra.
The very next day, Atreus was giving a mission about this city being destroyed by a huge statue. Atreus dives down to the clouds as he continues to fly with speed. He sees the city being demolished by the moving statue, he draws out his blades as he attacks while still in the air from directions, the metal beast roars in pain but with luck he fire blue energy beams from his eyes that hits Atreus head on as he was launched back going through a few buildings. He bursted through a building landing on a bath with two beautiful women, Atreus went back to reach for air as he looked at the beautiful women as his cheeks turned red and cleared his throat.
"Um...sorry ladies, if you'll excuse me, I have a statue to destroy, and you two just enjoy yourselves with whatever it is that your about to do."
With that Atreus exited the building as Zeus called out from the heavens.
"Atreus."
Atreus looks up the sky, "I don't need your help Zeus, just let me handle this."
"I offer you more then help Atreus I offer you power." The huge blade dropped from the heavens as it impaled the ground in front of a palace, "I offer the blade of Olympus, it was this very blade that ended the great war and defeated the Titans. Drain your energy into the weapon Atreus, only then will you reach your full potential."
Atreus raised an eyebrow, "Why is it that you help me now?"
"But I do now, I do for the good of all Olympus."