Here the ninth chapter, now I understand that most of you didn't want to see a redone of Buddha vs Zero/Hajin version and I'll apologize and take responsibility for that, you wanted to see Mortal and Gods fight and I didn't bring that with the latest chapters, I promise the next versions I do will be different.
I don't own Shuumatsu No Valkyrie
Chapter 9: A Prideful Lion of the Sun Vs The Prideful King of the Netherworld! A Vicious Battle of the Almighty!
Null was thinking over what happened so far and Humanity was making progress but the Gods weren't going to let this go so easily and bring their A game. He was with Brunhild and Geir and was about to pick the next fighter; this was their chance to put some real pressure on them.
"Buddha is going to need time to recover but he is in a stable condition now. What a relief." Geir said, glad the Enlightened God was going to make it. "He must have a lot of vigor to survive these massive wounds."
"Indeed, I expect nothing less of him." Brunhild said, agreeing.
"Hmm." Null said, merely thinking.
The moment they open the door it was chaos because the room looked trashed, with craters and crack along with bullet holes all over the place and the ones that cause it was none then Garou and Alucard both having a monstrous grin on their face, Garou was in his fighting stance while Alcuard had his gun out and ready. Both were out for blood and were about to continue but Null got between them and sent both of them flying into a wall and pinned them there.
"What the actual hell are you two doing?" Null asked, not pleased.
"I got tired of waiting and wanted to go next but this undead fighter got in my way." Garou answered, glaring at Alucard.
"I was merely teaching you some needed manners and besides, if anyone is going next it was me." Alucard counter, a bloodthirsty grin on his face.
"You're both wrong, neither of you are fighting yet." Null told them.
Null fixed the room with a few waves of his hand and unpinned the fighters, he had yet to pick a fighter but it wasn't going to be these two because their opponents were already picked.
Brunhild got a notification on her tablet and checked it and was in shock at who was next, she showed Null and he widened his eyes a bit and understood.
"So the God of Souls and King of the Netherworld is next, this will be a tricky one." Null said, grabbing his chin.
"Lord Hades is fighting next!? He must be replacing Buddha but how unfair is that!? Can any of the mortal fighters even beat him!?" Geir asked, panicking.
"There's one!" Null told her, holding up his hand. "He is powerful as he is prideful but he has a good heart and kind soul." He said, pulling out his book and opening it. "The only one that fights against the Ruler of Helheim is he who stands at the pinnacle of Humanity with the power of the Sun."
A few moments later the wall of the room was knocked down as a large hulking figure was seen busting down wall after wall until they reached a set of doors that had a VIP sign on it, one small detail about was that it was on the side of the Gods.
"I never thought I would see Uncle fighting in this tournament." Ares said, taking a seat in a smaller chair. "But what a relief, though I was hoping to meet your expectations, Hermes."
"Hm? Ahh, yes!" Hermes said, laughing. "You surely don't mean you were actually thinking of fighting, were you?" He asked.
"HUH!? I really hate you when you do things like that!?" Ares said annoyed by his brother. "Ah, good grief… but now it is clear who will win the next round, just take a look at this glorious arena!" Before them the arena looked more hellish and made more for Helheim than Valhalla. "Isn't it just the perfect sight for Hades's victory?"
"So the question is… who is Humanity going to send next to fight?" Hermes said, wondering who was next.
"Whoever they choose, it'll all be the same. They'll kiss the ground before Hades and beg for mercy!" Ares said laughing.
But then the door swung out as a large man walked past the two Gods and took a seat on the large couch, it was none other than Escanor!
"Ah, this is more like it." Escanor said in a calm tone.
"H-Hey, who is that? Why is he sitting in Hades' seat like he owns it?" Ares whisperly asked his brother.
"I'm not sure but I believe he is a human, perhaps lost." Hermes told him.
"Lost! Give me a break!" Ares shouted getting up. "You, there is time to leave!" He shouted.
Ares made a move to grab Escanor but then a sudden burst of heat came off his body and gave off a hostile aura, Escanor kept the same calm expression to turn his eye to look at him, making the God of War freeze in place.
"I suggest you watch who you're speaking to, fool." Escanor told him.
This caught the God of War off guard that a mortal would speak to him in such a way and act as if he was above the Gods. Ares was going to try and counter but then the door was flung open and it was revealed to be Geir and Null.
"Aha! There you are!" Geir shouted.
"Jeez, you caused quite a ruckus. Come now, it is time for you to fight.' Null told Escanor.
"About time, I grew bored of waiting." Escanor said, getting to his feet.
"T-This mortal is fighting Hades!?" Ares thought shocked.
"Let go." Null told Escanor.
"I have a faster way." Escanor said, picking up his Divine Ax, Rhitta.
And Escanor kicked open the balcony on the side of the Gods and jumped down into the arena, landing on his feet.
"NOW FIGHTING FOR HUMANITY IS A MAN WHO WAS ONCE A FORMER PRINCE BUT HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF A TERRIFYING INCIDENT! HE CLAIMS TO STAND AT THE SUMMIT OF ALL! HE STANDS AT THE VERY PINNACLE OF EVERY RACE OF HUMANITY! BLESSED WITH THE POWER BEYOND MORTAL COMPREHENSION WHICH BURN AND SHINE AS BRIGHT AT THE SUN, THIS POWER IS OF DIVINE NATURE! VIEWING IT AS A CURSE THAT ONLY BROUGHT DESTRUCTION ALL AROUND HIM UNTIL HE MET THE DRAGON SIN OF WRATH, MELIODAS AND THAT MEAN LED HIM TO GAIN A NEW PURPOSE AND ALLIES AT HIS SIDE! THIS MAN WILL USE HIS POWER TO DEFEND HUMANITY FROM THE DREADFUL DEMON CLAN THAT CAUSE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AND EVEN WHEN TOE-TO-TOE WITH THE KING OF DEMONS, WE WILL NOW SEE IT AT FIRST HAND! WILL HE BRING HUMANITY TO VICTORY OR WILL HE FALL BEFORE THE GODS!? IT IS THE LION SIN OF PRIDE, ESCANOR!" Heimdall shouted, Escanor raised his finger to the sky and had an air of pride coming off him.
"Honestly, what were you thinking…? At least come out of the proper gate, will you!?" Alvitr, the Tenth Oldest Valkyrie sister shouted. "You left me waiting here, this entire time!" She shouted, upset.
"My apologies young miss." Escanor said politely.
"Hmph! I had a bad feeling about you from the moment we were paired up!" Alvitr shouted, turning away from him.
Escanor walks up to her and picks her up like she weighs nothing and jumps over to the side of Humanity, landing gracefully on the balcony and placing her down gently, confusing her.
"Please forgive my rudeness but I will be fighting on my own for this one, this kind of fight is no place for a young lady to be." Escanor said, fixing a stray strain of her hair and giving her a gentle smile.
This shocked her and got her heart racing, Escanor then jumped back down to the arena. This shocked everyone as it meant we were going to be fighting without using Volund!
On the side of Humanity
"My my, isn't this mortal bold, fighting a God without using Volund his power must be on a high level." Hearts said, chuckling. "Although judging from the feeling of his power gives off it almost of divine origin, how peculiar." He said, smirking.
Alvitr was still feeling shocked by what Escanor did and only looked down at the arena. Null let out a sigh but let things play out, Brunhild wasn't pleased but chose to remain silent, Geir was grateful for one of her sisters out of harm's way but worried for Humanity.
"We simply need to have faith in Escanor, he is far more powerful than the Gods think." Null told Geir, teleporting all of them to the side of Humanity.
With Hades, he was wielding a bident and was getting ready for his fight, it's been a while since he's fought with it.
"It's been some time… since I've used my bident." Hades said, wielding his weapon.
"Hades, sir! A moment of your time!" A servant shouted.
"Ah, it you…you're Poseidon's…" Hades begins to say.
"Yes! I am Poseidon's humble servant, Proteus!" He told Hades.
"What do you want?" Hades asked.
"Take this, sir…" Proteus said, offering something to Hades.
"This is… Poseidon's trident…" Hades said, looking at the broken divine weapon.
"Please… take my lord with you… and please I beg of you… smite those humans who killed Poseidon with the hammer of the Gods!" Proteus shouted, crying his eyes out.
"Hah…" Hades chuckled. "Fool… my brother was not the type to ask others to avenge him." He told him.
M-My sincerest apologies… sir." Proteus said, still crying.
"However… it's my duty as the elder brother to take revenge for him." Hades said, picking up the trident, a bright light took over the trident and then mixed the light with his bident and merged the two weapons. "Let's do this, together." He said, walking off to fight.
"A… A million thanks, sir!" Proteus shouted, crying tears of joy. "Ah, thank heavens… Poseidon. Our dear Hades will surely avenge your death!"
"AND NOW FIGHTING FOR THE GODS, COMING ALL THE WAY FROM HELHEIM IN A TIME OF NEED… IS THIS GOD! WHEN THIS GOD WALKS THE WHOLE WORLD TREMBLES! WHEN HE SCOWLS ALL BOW BEFORE HIM!" Heimdall shouted. "CERBERUS, THE WATCHDOG OF HELL, DROOPS HIS HEADS TO HIM! TYPHON, THE MOST FEARSOME MONSTER, PURRS LIKE A FELINE! THE ELDEST OF ALL THREE BROTHERS OF GREECE, AND STRONGEST GREEK GOD! KING OF THE NETHERWORLD… HADES!" Heimdall shouted, Hades removed his white jacket and stood tall.
This was a fight between two fighters of immense and unrivaled power, Hades the King of Netherworld and Escanor the Lion Sin of Pride, A God of Darkness and Mortal of the Sun. Divine Magic vs Mortal Magic, A Battle of Light and Dark! Seventh Round of Ragnarok, begin!
"Hmmm, a King among the Gods, huh?" Escanor said, curious.
"Escanor… was it? I have nothing to hold against you." Hades told him. "However… rue that you are one of the race who murder my brother." He sad calmly but full of murderous intent.
A silence fell over the arena as the fight began, instead of a barrage of fast thrust like Poseidon it was a single thrust full of tremendous power with the intent to kill aim right at Escanor! The Lion Sin dodge but his right cheek was grazed which created a small cut wound, Hades followed up with more heavy jabs of his bident but Escanor was able to dodge them all, even one of those strikes was enough to kill. Hades jumps into the air and put more power into his right arm and attack with Persephone: Kallichoron; Hammer of the Netherworld, Escanor raise Rhitta and use to block the attack and that creating a shockwave that broke about the ground but Escanor was able handle the attack and push Hades back with a swing. The crowd was in awe and shock at the show of power from both fighters, Hades merely tch and rush forward and attack with Persephone: Roa; Breaker of Storms, Escanor brace himself and meet the attack with his own and created a powerful shockwave that kick up dust and shatter the whole ground within the arena, Hades was push back from the force of the swing.
"God of the Netherworld, I am Lord Escanor the Lion Sin of Pride. It is I who stands above all… even if it's the Gods themselves." Escanor said with pride, holding his finger up to the sky.
"Bold words, mortal. But you'll be eating them in a minute, don't fool yourself into believing you've gained the advantage over me." Hades told him.
"Then come at me whenever you're ready, King of the Netherworld." Escanor told him.
"Before we continue, tell me something… what do you think makes a king?" Hades asked him.
"A king? Hmmm, to be a king one must stand above all, one must be the first to fight, one must be strong enough to bear the weight, out of all the people I know one man fits it." Escanor told Hades.
Hades took in that information and let out a stream of laughter Escanor laughed alongside with him, both were laughing out loud.
"So tell me, what's so funny?" Escanor asked.
"You just reminded me of someone, my brother. He was nobloest among all the Gods and would fit the title of king." Hades told him. "And as he's older brother it's up to me to avenge them, I won't fall to a mortal that is at the top of all mortals." He said seriously.
"I told you before, I stand at the top of all… even you, God of Netherworld." Escanor told him.
"Then prove it." Hades told him.
Then Hades unleash more heavy jab with his bident right at Escanor, instead of dodging the Lion Sin use Rhitta to block every attack and slowly made his way towards, Hades move much faster then before but Escanor is still able to block them all and when he is within range of Hades, he swing down his ax down with full force right at him! Hades widened his eyes and stopped it with his divine weapon but the power behind the swing forced his feet into the ground. Escanor put more power into his arm and pressed his divine ax further, Hades gritted his teeth and tried to push back but the strength of this mortal was beyond what he imagined. Escanor cock back his other fist and clenched tightly and threw a powerful punch right to the face! Hades is sent flying and crashes right into the arena wall, everyone was in shock at this by the fact that a mortal who wasn't even using Volund was able not only stand on equal ground with Hades but also sent him flying with a mere punch.
Hades was leaning against the whole as he pants a bit and when the smoke cleared it was revealed that blood was leaking from his head and dripping down his face. He pick him up and glares at Escanor, it was clear to him that Escanor wasn't someone that he could play around with so he lunge forward and attacks him with Persephone: Kallichoron; Hammer of the Netherworld but put more power into, Escanor was still able to block but had to put more effort in it. Hades didn't let up and attack with more heavy and powerful jabs causing Escanor to deflect everyone of them but a few hit him, a cut was on his right arm, left side of his torso, and right thigh but they weren't deep so little blood came out, Hades follow up with Persephone: Roa; Breaker of Storms the Lion Sin tries to deflect it but it had more power in it then before and he ended get hit across the right side of his torso, blood spill out and Escanor cough up a bit of blood but he counter with a heavy blow right to Hades's gut making him spit up a bit of blood. Hades backed away and took an odd stance, he held his spear-like weapon high in the air then lunged forward and unleashed a powerful downward swing with all his might! Escanor tries to cancel out the attack with his own but there is too much power behind so it wasn't enough to stop it.
"I am King of the Netherworld and one of the most powerful Gods of Greece… Hades!" Hades shouted, pouring even more power into his attack! "Fall… and be crushed!"
Escanor got hit with Persephone: Titan; Smasher of the Earth, it slammed the Sin of Pride into the ground, breaking it and burying him in it. Everyone was shocked by the display of power from Hades, the gods in the crowd cheered for Hades while the mortals dread at the thought of taking another loss. Escanor picks himself up and was bleeding from his head, he spit some blood to the floor and was on his feet once more.
"Oh? So you're still alive?" Hades said with a smirk.
"Hmph, not bad… not impressive but not bad." Escanor said, gripping Rhitta tightly.
"Still willing to fight, Sin of Pride?" Hades asked him.
"Whenever you are, King of the Netherworld." Escanor told him, an air of seriousness around him.
"So you can take and still stand like nothing happened." Hades said to Escanor. "I expected nothing less from the so-called Man that stands at the Summit of Humanity!" He shouted.
Hades lunges and attacks with a barrage of heavy thrust and Escanor meets them head one with his barrage of strikes with Rhitta, the clash creates sparks that fly everywhere and both fighters put more power into every strike! Hades attacked once more with Persephone: Titan; Smasher of the Earth this time with even more power then before, Escanor clenched Rhitta tightly and delivered a powerful swing and the clash created a shockwave that shook the whole arena, the blast was so strong it knocked their weapons right out of their hands. Escanor merely cracked his knuckles and walked right up to Hades like he was planning to beat the Netherworld God with his bare hands alone.
"Do you truly believe you can beat me with your fist alone?" Hades asked with a raised brow. "Not using Volund is one thing but you're without a weapon as well, I praise you for that one hit but you will be in a world of pain if you think that will work again." He told him.
"Hmph, I thought the King of the Netherworld and Mighty God of Greece wouldn't be so helpless without his weapon. Do you want me to wait for you to retrieve it and continue the fight?" Escanor asked calmly, striking a nerve within Hades.
"You need to learn to keep that mouth of yours shut, it could get you into real trouble." Hades said darkly, clenching his fist.
"Hahahaha, then… do something about it." Escanor said in a challenging tone.
Hades threw the first blow right to his face, knocking Escanor back a bit but the Lion Sin struck back with his own punch right to the face as well. The two go back and forth with powerful blows and unlike the brawl between Shiva and Wakatsuki these blows were thrown with enough power to kill in one strike. It was an unbelievable sight for the Gods in the crowd to see, a mere mortal was exchanging deadly blows with Hades like it was nothing, he was tanking the Greek God's strikes and giving back just as much as the King of the Netherworld. Escanor delivers a right punch to the face, Hades counter with a left punch to the face, Escanor counters with a strong left punch to the chin, Hades delivers a powerful right punch to the jaw, both of them spat out blood but keep going as they fight in this deadly bare-knuckle brawl
"What is going on here!? How is this mortal so strong even though he's not even using Volund!?" Hades thought, gritting his teeth from the pain and frustration. "And why does it seem like every blow he throws is stronger than the last!?" He thought, confused on how Escanor's power slowly rose.
Escanor delivers an extra powerful right punch to faces knocking Hades back a bit, he stood his ground but felt lightheaded and took a knee. Escanor walked to him and looked down at him with pride in his eyes.
"What's the matter? Did you drop something?" Escanor asked him.
Hades gritted his teeth in anger and got to his feet and slammed his fist right into Escanor's gut at full force! The punch was so strong that a small shockwave blast through Escanor, causing him to spat out blood and stagger back a bit then Hades follow up with a powerful right punch to the face that sent the Sin of Pride flying and slamming into the wall on the side of Humanity, everyone on that side gasp at the sight and dreaded the worse while the Gods cheered. Hades picked up his bident and was going to finish him for good this time. Escanor slowly got up, his face was covered in blood and he had bruises on his right cheek, the Lion Sin spit some blood to the ground and got to his feet and called forth Rhitta.
"Still alive, huh? For a second there I thought you died." Hades stated.
"Hmph, as if such light blows could kill me." Escanor said, boasting.
"Does your arrogance have no bounds?" Hades said, getting tick off.
"As I said before, I stand at the Top of Everyone. Even the Gods." Escanor said firmly.
Hades felt something off from Escanor, once the Sin of Pride started walking forward the ground under him started burning up and his body was… getting bigger and bulker? Steam was forming around Escanor and he was a much larger size then before and was now releasing intense waves of heat, surprising Hades.
"What the matter? Is my transformation too much for you?" Escanor asked him in a slightly deeper voice.
Escanor raised his arm high in the air and slammed his divine ax down onto Hades, he blocked with his weapon but the force was too powerful and almost knocked him down to his knees as his feet sunk deeper into the ground. Escanor follows up with a hard punch that sends Hades skidding back, he stabs his bident into the ground and stops himself from hitting the wall. Hades clenched his divine weapon tightly for a bit then spit up some blood and rushed forward at Escanor and the two unleashed mighty strike and once their weapons made contect it created a powerful shockwave and more followed as the two strike with the intent to kill.
"What's going on? How is this mortal getting so strong!?" Hades thought, wondering how Escanor was getting so strong.
Escanor delivers multiple strikes at Hades, who counter with his own heavy strikes. The Lion Sin swung down his ax right at the Netherworld King's head but he parried it with his bident and stabbed it into his abdomen with great force and power, making Escanor spat out blood. Hades tries to push his divine weapon further in but Escanor flexes his muscles to keep it in place and when Hades tries to pull it out he was in shock to find it stuck, the Sin of Pride raises his ax once more, Escanor attacks Hades with Super Slash! There was a huge crash and a shockwave blasted Hades into the arena wall on the God's side, shocking all the Gods. When the smoke was clear there was a truly shocking sight, Hades had a large cut across his chest, it went to his right shoulder to his left waist with tons of blood spilling out causing Hades to spit up blood. Escanor pulls the bident out of his abdomen and tosses it at Hades's feet.
"Shall we continue, King of the Netherworld?" Escanor asked, aiming his divine ax at Hades.
Hades picked up his bident and took a firm look at Escanor then looked to the sky, he took a few deep breaths and clenched his divine weapon and looked Escanor directly in the eyes. He touched the wound on his chest and looked at it, he was bleeding a lot and the pain was that of a burning sensation and a very familiar one.
"I see now… I figured out the mystery behind your power." Hades told Escanor. "It's the sun that gives you strength, hehehe how peculiar that is. Even so it won't be enough to defeat me." He said in a challenging tone.
"There's more to my power then you know, get too close and you'll be burned by the sun." Escanor said firmly, getting ready to strike.
Both lunge at each other and delivers powerful strike that shook the arena once more, the ground crack under the weight and pressure from these two, both cock back their fist and throw killer punch right to the face causing blood to spill out, Escanor attacks with another Super Slash while Hades counters with Persephone: Titan; Smasher of the Earth which created a even bigger shockwave than before that shatter the ground. The battle was growing more intense as the two clashed, Escanor delivered another slash right to Hades's left shoulder while Hades pierce Escanor's right shoulder, Escanor attacked with an uppercut while Hades attacked with a blow to the gut, the two continued to attack each with their weapons and punches.
On the side Humanity
"Lord Null, how is Escanor so strong? He was able to fight against Lord Hades as an equal without the help of Volund." Geir said, confused.
"It comes from the very magic that within him, the longer he spends in the sun the stronger he gets." Null told her. "You think he's strong now just wait and see when it reaches high noon then you'll see something truly powerful." He said in a vague tone.
"Huh?" Geir said, confused.
On the side of the Gods
"Huh? The sun?" Ares said, confused.
"That's right, that mortal is getting his power from the sun. It's still peculiar how such a being is able to still fight on without the help of Volund." Hermes said, rubbing his chin.
"Jeez, mortals sure do have no limits." Zeus said, letting out a sigh.
Back in the arena, Hades backed away and spat out blood and saw blood on his hand and instead of being angry he was intrigued that such a man was able to wound him and keep up with him, Escanor spat some blood to the ground and stood his ground but if he was being honest Hades was giving even more trouble then the Demon King.
"You're indeed a strong one, even for a mortal I never thought such a being could exist. But I can't afford to lose because I have something to protect, my oath." Hades told him, clenching his fist.
"I feel the same, I must not lose because I have those very dear to me that I want to protect and I'll give up my very life to do so." Escanor said, clenching Rhitta.
Hades charge forward once more and spun his bident picking up momentum while Escanor get ready to strike with his divine ax, Hades attack with powerful and intense thrust right it the face but Escanor parries the thrust with his ax and throw a punch but Hades lean back to dodge and attack with Cornucopia: Horn of Plenty a powerful kick right to the face which cause blood to spill out from the Sin of Pride's nose and stagger back a bit then Hades follows up with powerful slash right to the chest that was the same as his own slash wound but Escanor attack with another Super Slash right across Hades's chest in horizontal fashion with cause blood to spill out, Hades and Escanor didn't falter and continue to attack giving each other severe cuts and deadly blows. Escanot tries to attack with Super Slash but Hades block with his bident and did something surprising and attack with a barrage of punch knocking Escanor back, Hades just use Meteor Jab which left the Lion Sin's chest and face bruise up then Hades aim for a powerful thrust right to heart but Escanor caught the bident and put his ax down then raise his finger, he use his magic power, Sunshine and created a small sun. Escanor attacks Hades with Cruel Sun throwing the small sun at him, the God of the Underworld puts his hand up to stop it but the force of the ball of fire is too strong and knocks him back until it explodes and engulfs Hades in a powerful blast. When the smoke cleared Hades looked to be in bad shape, his left arm was severely burned black, it was so bad that it revealed some muscle and most of his body was scorched on his left side. Hades checked to see if he could still move it and winced in pain but could still move his arm and look at Escanor and saw him holding another small sun.
"Hmm, even though you're human you made it this far, huh?" Hades said, calmly. "I'm gonna kill you but I wanted to say that… you were magnificent." He said with a smirk.
"Hmph, I could say the same for you." Escanor said, with his own smirk.
Elsewhere within Beelzebub's lab, he was studying something while in front of a tube tank with some kind nasty creature he look to be making, it gain consciousness and started slamming against the tube until it broke free it like out a horrifying roar and was about to swing one of it's blade-like limb at the Lord of Flies but it limb fall off before it touch him.
"How fragile… Another failure, huh?" Beelzebub said in a dull disappointed tone.
The unholy creature made a run for the exit but something got in its way, it looked to be some kind of cybernetic being wearing a cloak, it grabbed the creature by the face and began to squeeze its head and skull to the point it looked like they were going to crush it.
"Don't even try. Don't you know… there are many dangerous people out there." The cybernetic being said then slam its head into the floor and turn it into a bloody pulp. "What the hell, you've made those nasty creatures again… what are you up to Beelzebub?" They asked the Lord of Flies.
"It seems that there's no problem with your body… Adamas." Beelzebub said and the cybernetic being face mask opened and revealed the fallen god of Olympus, Adamas.
"As usual, no problems." Adamas said, checking his movements.
"That's good. If something happened to that body… I would be angry with Hades." Beelzebub stated.
"The Demon King of Sixth Heaven, Hajun. You created a legendary monster… What the hell were you thinking?" Adamas asked in anger.
"Nothing… I just want to breed them until one of them manages to kill me." Beelzebub said with a creepy smile.
"What a look." Adamas thought, creeped out. "Hehe… as always, you're a creepy guy. You don't even have any friends, do you?"
Neither do you." Beelzebub told him. Both of them remained quiet after that and Adamas just watched the fight.
"Won't you witness the fight?" Adamas asked.
"There's no reason why after all… Hades is going to lose, it's not hard to predict." Beelzebub said in a dull tone, typing away.
"I see that you do not understand." Adamas stated. "The King of the Underworld, Hades, would not lose under any circumstances after all… he is our elder Brother." He said solely believing his brother would win.
Back in the arena, Hades and Escanor were both panting a bit and blood was dripping onto the ground but neither was going down anytime soon until their opponent went down.
"Escanor, allow me to acknowledge you once again… you are worthy of being the Strongest mortal. Therefore… as King of the Netherworld, I must also respond accordingly." He said seriously.
Hades then raise his bident high into the air and slams it down into the ground and few second later a demonic circle appear under him and then a spiral of hellfire was release and engulf him and a few second later Hades reappeared but now had a ball of hellfire in his right arm and his bident in the left hand meanwhile Escanor had a Cruel Sun in his left hand and Rhitta in his right hand and as both of them made eye contact, Hades whistle the same tone that Poseidon had when he was fighting Gyomei.
Escanor made the first move and attacked with a Super Slash and Hades counter with powerful thrust and both attacks landed with Escanor getting pierced in the abdomen while Hades got slash horizontally across the cut making blood burst out. Both fighters unleash their fire attack with Escanor throwing the Cruel Sun while Hades unleashes a ball of hellfire creating an explosion as both are canceled out. It created a cloud of smoke but neither was harmed, Escanor swung Rhitta at Hades with the intent to take his head off but Hades blocked and countered with another Meteor Jab mix with hellfire. Escanor staggered back a bit but wasn't fazed and counter with mighty punch to Hades's face in return knocking him back and follow up with another Super Slash across his abdomen, making more blood gush out, Hades unleash a powerful stream of hellfire which engulfed Escanor and created an explosion then dealt with his wound and seal it shut.
"I'll admit you're quite the powerhouse but it's time I unleash my trump card." Hades said, his blood coating his bident.
"Trump card, that doesn't sound good." Escanor thought, wondering what the Netherworld God was planning.
"Assemble." Hades commanded.
Escanor saw Hades's blood mix with his divine weapon cause it to change and take a different form, even the very power had was different like Hades's own powers was infused into the weapon. He was now wielding; Ichor: Desmos the Four-Blooded Spear of Destiny which was a whole new level from before.
On the side of Gods
"W-What happened to Hades's weapon!?" Ares said in shock.
"Ah right, his blood is simply blood but a special substance, called Pluto Inchor." Zeus explained. "Any divine weapon covered in it will harbor his life-force and become even more powerful."
"Amazing Uncle Hades! He can't be beat now, can he!?" Ares said, believing Hades now has a chance to win.
"One thing though, if his life-force is drained completely then… he'll die." Zeus said seriously, stroking his beard.
"H-Huh? He'll… die?" Ares said in shock and horror.
Back in the arena, Hades was marching up to Escanor with confidence while the Sin of Pride stood firmly but on guard for whatever might happen.
"Sin of Pride… this is my trump card." Hades said, taking a fighting stance and was ready to strike. "Tear at his flesh… Desmo!"
Hades rushes at Escanor and unleashes Blood Led Dawn Ichor: Eos! A spear thrust with all the power focus into the tip, Escanor put all the strength and power he had in his arm into his swing and unleash a Super Slash to try and cancel out the thrust and as the two attack clash it was reveal that it was too much and Rhitta started to crack and then shatter, shocking Escanor and barely giving him any time to dodge and get the right side of his torso and arm tear open by the spear. Blood gushed out the wound, this shocked everyone and Humanity felt dread as they watched the sight before them. Hades then follows up with a powerful blast from a ball of Hellfire, making Escanor stagger back with more burns.
"I can not lose… as their elder brother. I shan't be defeated." Hades said with a confident smirk.
Many wonder what was Hades to the others Gods, be it his overwhelming prowess or his control over the bident. It was known that he had two titles, The King of the Netherworld and the God whom other Gods rely on the Most! And the reason why, it all start with a War between the Greek Gods and the Gigantomachy, it was a intense and bloody war were it left Ares badly injured the whole reason for the war was after Zeus killed his Father, Cronus and took over the title of the Ruler of Greek Gods but the Primordial Goddess, Gaia was unable to accept and launch a war with her own spawn the Giants against the Greek Gods! And thus the Gigantomachy started, even though the Greeks were willing to fight to the bitter end in the face but in the face of the giant's overwhelming strength it seemed hopeless. A meeting was being held with Zeus, Poseidon, Adams, Hades, Ares, and Hermes to figure out how to handle this and the simply was to just pummel them so Zeus join in the battle but then Hades was told that the Titans were break free from Tartarus were and marching to join the war and so the heavens were facing a pincer attack between the Giants and Titans which would no doubt cause the Greek Gods to lose but Hades left for Helheim on his own. It was long battle but the Greek Gods manage to win the Gigantomachy, Poseidon saw that Hades were nowhere to be see asked were he was and informed that Hades went to deal with the Titans all by himself, Poseidon found Hades in Helheim sitting on a set of step covered in blood and before him was a large pile of Titan corpses, Poseidon didn't approve of Hades's chose to battle on all his own but Hades assured his brother he would never lost to anyone because he was his elder brother.
On the side of the Gods
"That's right, in the Gigantomachy… Uncle Hades stopped the Titans' invasion all by himself and saved Heaven from danger." Ares said in confidence. "Yes! Hades is the King of the Netherworld and would never betray our trust!"
"I'll watch over my brother's back, huh? Hmph… show off." Zeus said with a huff.
"Why does Hades fret so much over his brother?" Hermes asked curiously.
"I'm not certain I understand myself." Hermes said, making Ares go pale.
"Wh-Wh-Wh-What does that mean!?" Ares asked, not liking what he was hearing.
"I'll tell you why." Adamantine said, revealing himself to his family.
Ares was surprised and frightened to see the so-called dead God and hid by Hermes but it seemed like only he was in shock while Zeus and Hermes were not. And it was revealed that Hades found out and requested that Adamas's body be fixed up by Beelzebub. And from then no Adamas no longer existed and Adamantine was born.
"Adamantine?" Ares said, confused.
"Yep. Hades is such a freaking busybody." Adamantine said, watching the fight. "Hey Hermes, you were wondering why Hades frets so much over his brothers? He doesn't need a reason, the only thing he needs is love for us… his love for his brother."
On the side of Humanity
"L-Lord Null, Escanor just lost his weapon and is in a bad position!" Geir said, concerned and dreading the worse.
"It seems so but watch Geir because Escanor is far from being done." Null said, looking at the sun and then Escanor.
Back in the arena, Escanor was clenching his wound but still stood firm and formed a Cruel Sun in his hand while Hades merely smirked and got ready for another strike to finish him off. Escanor threw the mini sun at Hades, he attacked with another powerful thrust and took out the small sun and pierced Escanor right in the abdomen! He spat out blood and slowly grabbed the spear and pulled it out but Hades unleashed a powerful stream of hellfire right through him! Causing everyone to gasp and believe not even the powerful mortal could survive that, Escanor staggered back and took a knee and spit up a lot of blood he now had a scorch mark on his abdomen and back.
"You fought well, mortal… no, Escanor." Hades said, showing his respect for the Lion Sin. "I will give you a painless death by using all my strength." He said, his muscles tensing up and growing a bit bigger.
"H-Hehehe, how nice of you, King of the Netherworld." Escanor said, slowly getting up. "But… I have rather bad news to give you." He said, calmly as the air grew even hotter.
"And what's that?" Hades asked Escanor. "This feeling? What is he up to now?" He thought.
"It's… high noon." Escanor said in a deep and scary voice, his body radiating scorching heat.
Escanor was covered in raging flames and his body grew to a hulking size, he looked down at Hades with burning eyes full of pride and power while the Netherworld King looked up at him in shock. Escanor had transformed into The One. The greatest power given to him by Sunshine!
"What's the matter King of the Netherworld? Is my power too much to bear for you?" Escanor asked, clenching his fist.
Before Hades could answer or react, he was hit in the face by the full might of a fiery punch! His head would have been sent flying or got his skull smashed in if he hadn't moved his body at the last second, getting his right cheek and shoulder burnt by the flames! Hades winced in pain, the flames were not normal flames or magical… it was almost like they were divine.
On the side of Humanity
"What on earth is this power coming from Escanor!?" Geir asked in shock and awe.
"It's like he's a different person from before." Alvitr said in just as much awe.
"Null?" Brunhild asked, looking at him.
"This is the power of his magic, Sunshine. Originally it was a Grace from the Goddess Clan but after the previous user suffered a horrible incident the power entered Escanor and made him the Strongest Human of his world." Null explained. "It's called, The One in which Escanor is at his strongest but it does have a drawback."
On the side of the Gods
"That human, his power of divine origin, aren't they?" Adamantine asked Zeus.
"So it seems, that would explain how he is able to fight and wound Hades so far with the help of a Valkyrie." Zeus concluded. "Quite surprising if I do say so myself." He said intrigue.
"Hmph, I'll say." Adamantine admitted.
Back in the arena, Hades was hissing in pain but wasn't going to back down. Escanor had to finish this fight within a minute so he prepared his next strike to finish off the Netherworld God. Hades lunged forward and attacked with killer thrust with hellfire around the blade and hit Escanor right in the chest creating a huge explosion of fire and dust but when it died down the Lion Sin seemed to look unharmed.
"Not even a scratch." Escanor said, raising his hand. "My turn."
Escanor attacked Hades with Divine Sword: Escanor, a downward motion with his hand and moments later, the King of Helheim had blood bursting out and spit out blood as he looked shocked at the amount of damage a single move did to him. He clenched his chest and staggered back and Escanor took the chance and attacked with Cruel Sun once more and as Hades tried to stop it the Sin of Pride followed up with Pride Flare! Engulfing Hades in a powerful explosion of fire, the Netherworld King was badly burned and he fell to his knees and spit up a lot of blood. Escanor pulls out the spear and tosses it to the side and walks up to Hades, he'll be honest and admit that the Greek God and King of the Netherworld was far tougher than the Demon King but it was time to end this.
"You fight well but the outcome of the fight was obvious in who the winner was." Escanor told Hades. "I will honor you with painless death with my next attack, King of the Netherworld, Hades."
Hades let out a few chuckles as he struggled to get up, he now understood how condescending it sounded but he wasn't going to let this end just yet. Hade slowly gets to his feet and looks Escanor in the eyes.
"H-How… thoughtful… but a-as… the Elder Brother… I can't lose." Hades said with his eyes having a purple glow.
Escanor raised his brow and what happened next surprised him as an explosion of Netherworld energy burst, the howl of a thousand screams could be heard as it was revealed to be the souls of the damned. Hades held out his hand and called forth all the souls to him and absorbed them within his body, one he was done Hades was different. His body was more muscular, he had glowing purple eyes, and his body was surrounded by a dark purple and black aura.
"Let's continue, shall we?" Hades said in a deep and distorted voice.
Escanor was about to say something but Hades appeared alright in front of him and punch right in the gut, a powerful blast of force came through the Lion's Sin's body, making him spat out blood and he stagger a bit but counter with powerful punch of his own right to Hades's face, pushing him back a bit. Both wipe blood off their face and enter a battle of blows, Hades right punch Escanor in the face, the Lion Sin return with a left elbow to the face, the Netherworld King counter with left punch to the gut, Escanor counter with right punch to the face, Hades hit Escanor with right hook, Escanor hit Hades with a left punch to the chest, and both finish with blow to the face! Escanor and Hades spat out blood but there still and the King of the Netherworld attacked with Meteor Jab, battering up Escanor and dealing heavy damage to inside and out of his body.
On the side of Gods
"W-What's going with Uncle Hades!?" Ares asked in confusion and fright.
"He resorted to using the souls of Helheim to empower himself to match that mortal's form." Zeus answered.
"Quite the move he pulled off here. It acts differently to you're Adamas form in terms of blows, instead of releasing all the power in a condense blow, it releases in the form of an explosive force." Adamantine said, impressed. "But the way he is now… it's cutting it close here."
"Indeed, and it seems like that human is on his last legs." Zeus pointed out.
Back in the arena, Escanor spat out more blood and his body was covered in heavy bruises, the flames on his body were getting weaker. Hades noticed this and looked at the sun and back at Escanor, figuring it out completely.
"I see now, since your strength rises and sets with the sun, high noon was your peak and now it has passed." Hades said, to Escanor.
"A minute has already passed, if I return to normal now then I won't stand a chance." Escanor thought, feeling the power of The One fading. "Guess I have no choice." He thought seriously.
Hades hit Escanor with a move of his own creation, Meteor Impact! Hitting him in the solar plexus and thought that was it for him but something felt off, he looked up and saw Escanor was actually growing in size and power as the flames grew brighter and surrounded him and his hair and mustache were now on fire, he had taken a new form altogether. The One Ultimate, his final trump card. Escanor had a more savage smile as he looked down at Hades, who could only look up in shock and disbelief once more and when he tried to pull his fist out, he found it was stuck and Escanor raised his fists and started pummeling Hades's face! Hades's blood splat against the ground as he gets beaten down but he doesn't just take it and attack with Meteor Impact right to the face but Escanor wasn't even fazed and finished pummeling him with one more powerful punch right to the face and sent him slamming into the ground. Hades spat out blood and picked him up and looked at Escanor, the Lion Sin was more powerful than before, he called forth his spear and had a serious look on his face.
On the side of Humanity
"It looks like we're at the final stretch of this battle." Null said, looking at Escanor and Hades.
"Indeed but I wonder who will fall first. The Human who Strength Rivals a God or The King of the Netherworld." Hearts said seriously but intrigued.
"It comes down to time, whose life ever burns out first." Null stated.
"Burns out? W-What you mean, Lord Null…" Geir asked, not liking the thought.
"Escanor is unable to take such a form, The One can only last a minute but that has long passed. He using his lifeforce to not only maintain his form but also increase its power but once he runs out of it his life will end." Null explained grimly.
"O-Oh no…" Alvitr said in horror.
"R-Really!? I-Isn't there a-anyway to help him!?" Geir asked in shock.
"It's out of our hands, Escanor has made his choice and we can only watch and see how this plays out." Null told her.
Hades tightens his grip and charges forward and attacks with Blood Led Dawn Ichor: Eos while Escanor attacks with Divine Sword: Escanor! The two connected and created a huge burst of flames and dark energy as they clash, Escanor put more strength into his arm while Hades put more power into his thrust, it look like Hades was at the end of his rope but Demso was able to pierce through three of his fingers and right to his face but Escanor dodge and merely get a gash on the right side of his face, Hades once again and attack with Meteor Impact and added hellfire to the mix and blast through him once more. He stumbled back and grunted in pain, he looked at his right hand and only had his index finger and thumb left, he was panting and couldn't take much.
"It's over for you, the power of the Gods has overcome you." Hades said, getting ready to pierce his heart with Demso. "You have my respect for being able to stand against the Gods with nothing but your strength but it is done."
"Who decided that?" Escanor asked, and that moment, Hades spat out blood he took a heavy blow to the gut. "This fight is over, who decided that? The power of the Gods has overcome me, who decided that?" He said seriously and a sun formed in his right finger. "The only one who gets to decide such things is me."
Escanor was going to end this fight with his next attack, he was going to put his all into and use Final Prominence, Hades widened his eyes at this and coated the tip Demso with hellfire and Blood Led Dawn Ichor: Eos the two attacks connected and entered another clash! Hades put his all into his attack and added the souls of the damned into Demso to empower it more, Escanor added more power into his attack and slowly raised his other hand and stuck out a single finger, he attacked with Divine Spear: Escanor! His finger mixed with the flames and struck the tip of Demso and both of them clashed and he put all his strength into his arm so much his arms grew veins, Hades smirked at this and Escanor returned it.
"I consider myself proud to have been able to fight with you, Escanor." Hades said with a smirk.
"I feel the same, this is a battle of all times, Hades." Escanor said with his own smirk.
Both Mankind and God, every eye upon the arena could sense, this was the final clash of Round 7 of Ragnarok! It all comes down to who is more powerful and has greater strength, Escanor or Hades, who will win?
Hades put more power into his arms and the ground broke under him as he push harder, Escanor did the very same and it look it was going to be a draw until Demso started to break through his finger and Hades smirk but Escanor put all the power of Sunshine into his whole arm and focus it into his finger and what happened next, Demso started cracking and breaking apart.
"My friends, allies, and everyone… Thank you." Escanor thought,
Escanor's finger breaks Demso and pierce Hades right in the gut the blazing flames engulf and then blast right through the King of the Underworld's body.
"Magnificent… expected nothing less, from the Strongest Human." Hades said, spitting up blood now having a massive whole in his gut. "My brothers… I'm sorry, I could not make good on my vow. I failed as an elder brother…" He thought. "Forgive me." He muttered.
Hades died and his body turned into light particles, Escanor was about to fall but stopped himself and stood tall and firm. Hades the King of Helheim had lost and was now dead, the outcome to this epic battle left an unforeseeable outcome, both sides were at a loss for words
"T-The Winner of Round 7 and the Battle of the Strongest and Most Prideful is… Escanor!" Heimdall shouted.
Everyone cheered as Humanity was once again ahead of the Gods and gained another win and chance to survive. While the Gods could despair and curse this loss as they felt even more humiliated then ever before.
Escanor basked in the glow of cheer for a moment but then spat out blood and fell to his knees, his body has reached the limit and burned through all his lifeforce. He could feel it, his life was coming to an end but he merely smiled with a look of content and satisfaction for his accompaniment.
"This is it…" Escanor muttered.
On the side of Humanity
"It's done." Null said with a saddened expression.
"Huh? What do you mean, Lord Null?" Geir asked the Bookkeeper.
"Look…" Null simply told her.
Escanor's body was breaking apart as embers and light particles were coming off his body, this shocked many as they watched the strongest human die.
"H-How is this possible!? He won! Why is his body breaking apart!?" Geir asked in shock.
"Escanor burned through his life-force, there is nothing we can do." Null said sadly.
"T-That can't be…" Geir said, shocked and speechless.
"D-Damn fool, he should have used Volund!" Alvitr said, upset.
"Null…" Hearts said, looking at him with an unreadable expression.
The Bookkeeper had a conflixed look on his face and look at his Master, Lord Arcane, who look to know what Null was thinking and seem against it
Back in the arena, Escanor looks to the sky and at the sun. He let a sigh and embrace his death with grace but just then, Null appeared before him and placed his hand on his chest much to his confusion.
"This is not something I normally wouldn't do but given the fact you fought so hard to gain a victory without the help of Volund, this should be acceptable just this once." Null said, and white light shone on his hand.
He sunk into the body of the Sin of Pride and pulled out a ball of fire the shine as bright as the sun, Null then held out his other hand and muttered a few words and Escanor's body was back to normal before he fell apart, he was still bloody and injured but alive.
"Huh?" Escanor was about to ask.
"I merely remove the source of your death, you no longer have Sunshine but you do have your life-force back." Null told him. "Like I said, this isn't something I would normally do but just this once I made an exception." He said, as the medical team showed up. "Now rest, Sin of Pride, you earned it."
Escanor merely passed out as he was carried away from the arena, Null looked at Sunshine and with a wave of his hand made it disappear and return to the balcony.
On the side of the Gods
"N…No… this can't be… this can't be possible!" Ares shouted in anger, destroying the stone rail.
Adamantine walked away and kicked down the door, he had a pissed look on his face and when Hermes asked him where he was going and Adamantine answered with this.
"I… don't give a single shit, about your fucking games or your stupid fucking rules!" Adamantine told them. "Let me deal with this the way I wanna deal with it." He said walking away.
"Is that alright with you…?" Hermes asked Zeus.
"Hermes…" Zeus said quietly.
"Yes sir?" Hermes asked.
"In his last moments… he apologized, damn him…" Zeus said camly.
Changes are being made to the arena for the next round and it will take some time.
In the infirmary, Escanor was in a chamber full of healing liquid, Geir and Alvitr had their face smushed up against the glass while Null and Brunhild merely watched.
"He's going to be okay, right?" Geir asked, concerned.
"I really hope so." Alvitr said just as concerned.
"It's all up to him now, how strong his willpower is will determine his fate." Null said, walking off.
Brunhild and Geir followed after him while Alvitr stayed behind, Geir was hype for the next fight and believed they had a choice now because all they needed was three more victories to win.
"I can't believe we really won, I'm amazed and can hardly believe we're ahead of the Gods once more." Geir said, pumped. "We actually managed to beat Lord Hades of all Gods and took the lead from him!"
"Let's not celebrate yet, the Gods aren't likely to take this lying down and get serious in the next round." Null told her.
"Right." Geir nodded. "Say, where are we headed anyway?" She asked.
"I figure we check on Buddha to see how he is doing." Null told her in a neutral tone.
"Buddha was in pretty bad condition in his fight, are you sure we'll be able to visit him?" Geir asked him.
"Will find out, that is if he is even in his room." Null stated.
"What do you mean by that?" Geir asked, confused
"Yo, Valkyrie Girls and Bookkeeper." Adamantine said calmly, appearing before them. "Where the hell are you keeping that human bastard, Escanor?" He asked seriously.
"Huh!? Who the heck is this guy!? He looks like real trouble!" Geir thought with a panicked look on her face.
"It's good to see you again, Lord Adamas." Brunhild said, bowing down.
"Yo." Null reply back.
"This sinister looking God… is th-the Adamas! Didn't Lord Poseidon kill him!?" Geir thought, panicking.
"I had heard rumors of you being alive, it seems they were true." Brunhild said, still on her knees.
"Just tell me what I want to know…" Adamantine said, smashing his fingers into the column next to them. "Cuz right now… the only reason why you're still alive." He said, deadly serious.
"Sister!" Geir said, concerned.
Null stood before Adamantine and blocked his view of Brunhild, the cyborg God was not pleased and gave Null a heated glare that promised death if he didn't move but the Bookkeeper remained.
"That will not be happening, so turn back now before things get out of hand." Null said, his eyes glowing red.
The two looked like they were about to get in a fight, a faint red hue was starting to leak from Null's body and Adamantine was at the end of his patience so he swung his hand at full force with the intent of taking off the Bookkeeper's head! But then his hand was taking off much to everyone's shock.
"Hey, you stay the hell outta of my way, Beelzebub!" Adamantine shouted.
"Don't you know if you kill the Valkyrie or Bookkeeper then Ragnarok would've been over." Beelzebub told him. "Don't deprive me of my enjoyment."
"Your enjoyment ain't got jack to do with me, bud!" Adamantine shouted. It looked like these two would fight now but Beelzebub changed tactics.
"Adamas… do you plan to belittle the dignity of the Gods that Hades exuded?" Beelzebub asked calmly and Adamantine could only gritted his teeth in frustration.
"I don't… give a single… fuck!" Adamantine shouted in anger as memories of his elder brother flash through his head. After a few minutes he calmed down and placed his robotic mask back on and walked away. "Listen up… once this battle is over… you're dead. You and that human both." He said, marching off.
Geir let out a gasp and fell to her knees, she thought that they were going to die or at least a fight was going to break out. Null returned to normal and let out a sigh for what could have happened.
"Beelzebub." Brunhild called out. "Thank you for coming to your aid." She said grateful.
"You all better be careful…" Beelzebub warned. "I doubt it's just me and him… who wish to wipe out Humanity and are finding it hard to control those urges." He said seriously, his voice soft but bone-chilling.
"Worry not, Lord of the Flies. I pick out a special opponent for each of them… for the sole intent of killing them." Null said seriously. "Even you… if fact I say the fighter I have for you is the only one that wants death more than you." He said darkly, his eyes turning pure pitch black.
"Hmmm, good." Beelzebub said, walking away.
Meanwhile, Buddha was out of the infirmary and laying by a tree, he was still covered in bandages and let out a yawn and was trying to enjoy a lollipop but his wounds acted up.
"Should have known that you would be out here." Katakuri said, appearing and was holding a large bag. "It isn't wise to leave the sickroom with your condition. "He said, placing the bag down.
"Ah, you're that pirate who is familiar with sweets." Buddha said, looking at the Sweet Commander.
"I am." Katakuri said, crouching down. "You really should not have left the infirmary, the medics were looking all over for you."
"Worry not, beside I'll heal faster out here." Buddha told him. "What's in the bag, some kind of sweets?" He asked with a glint of hunger in his eyes.
Katakuri opened the bag and it was full of different kinds of sweet that one can here in Valhalla, Buddha looked at it in awe and was drooling and grabbed a rock candy and crunched on it. Katakuri chose a ball of chocolate with caramel and pink sprinkles and flipped it into his mouth and savored the taste. The two enjoyed the taste of sweets. The atmosphere was calm but Buddha's face became serious and he looked at the pirate while taking in another bite of the rock candy.
"Hey, I have a favor to ask you." Buddha said to them.
"Hmmm?" Katakuri said, looking at him. "What is it?"
"There's someone I like you to look into…" Buddha asked him.
"Who is it?" Katakuri asked Buddha.
"The man that could shake Ragnarok upside down, the Dragon Slaying Hero… Siegfried." Buddha told the Sweet Commander.
And done, the Battle of Escanor and Hades is over and with a good ending. Some of you are probably wondering why Null decided to save Escanor while given the fact he did fight on his own without a Volund, don't you all think he deserved it? Also Kanoh vs Sun Wukong is being written now and I just say this, the fight isn't going to end how you might think but it will be close.
Peace!
