Poseidon did not hesitate to speak. If he was right, and he was 90% sure he was, the entire Norse Realm was screwed, '' Odin allied himself with the force of Chaos.''
It took Mimir a few seconds to recover, '' ... What?''
Mimir knew Odin was crazy, but to ally himself with the Chaos was on a whole new level of craziness.
Poseidon was holding his Trident close, '' I know of a person who allied himself with Chaos before. He also opened a portal and it lead to the destruction of his realm... From the little I know about Odin, he already opened a lot more portals in the 9 realms.''
Mimir asked slowly, '' How many portals the other person opened?''
'' I don't know the exact number, but one portal was enough to destroy the whole realm.'' Poseidon took out the bell the Arrogant Aspect gave him, '' I have to ask Ratatorsk something.''
' I never thought I would use this so soon...' Poseidon then rang the bell.
It took a few moments, but somehow, the real Ratatorsk appeared before Poseidon. ' Hmm, it seems to be some kind of spirit. He can't leave Ygdrassil.'
Ratatoskr, or some part of him, looked around the place, '' Oh, hello. The Arrogant Aspect just gave his memories to me and you called almost immediately. What's the problem now?''
The Arrogant Aspect just gave the real Ratatoskr his memories, so the squirrel just finished adjusting to all the memories he received from the Arrogant Aspect and all others.
Poseidon started to talk immediately, '' We have a problem. Odin allied himself with Chaos and is opening portals across the Nine Realms.''
Ratatosk stopped smiling, '' Are you sure? This is something that changes everything.''
'' Im 90% sure. Hr svelgr said she saw Odin open a portal in the corner of Helheim. Can you see if there's anything like that in the other realms, like Midgard or Asgard?''
Ratatorsk's eye shone and he looked in the direction where the portal Odin created in Helheim. After a few seconds, he said '' I'll see if there is anything similar in the other 9 realms. Don't need to ring the bell, I'll find you when I finish checking.''
After saying that Ratatosrk disappeared.
Poseidon then asked Mimir, '' Did Hr svelgr tell you where Hephaestus's soul is?''
Mimir nodded, '' As he was a God from another realm, she was looking at his soul with attention. She gave the exact location where his soul is... and it's near the Odin.''
'' Good. Let's save Hephaestus and deal with Odin at the same time.''
When Poseidon and Mimir arrived at the location Hr svelgr told them, they immediately noticed Odin's strange condition. ''How is this possible!?'' Mimir said in shock.
Mind you, the fight between Poseidon and Odin happened shy of one hour ago, and the Odin in front of them had his arm somehow grow back and he was doing some weird things.
Poseidon's face became grave, '' He really did ally himself with the Chaos. His arm is not normal and I think he's really opening a portal!''
Mimir also noticed that the arm Odin replaced now was black in color and aura, almost imitating the chaos creature.
Anyway, just as Poseidon was about to attack Odin, he noticed Hephaeestus's soul nearby. ' Hephaestus!'
Immediately, Poseidon said to Mimir, '' You grab Hephaetus's soul and get out of Helheim. I'll deal with Odin!''
Mimir nodded and went to grab Hephaestus while Poseidon prepared an attack.
Taking a deep breath, Poseidon aimed his trident at Odin. He launched it at full strength.
' ZMMMMMMMMM... BOOOMMMM.'
When the attack hit, Poseidon already knew something was wrong, ' It didn't hit him directly!'
Poseidon looked in Odin's direction and sure enough, he was unharmed. A barrier was erected around him.
Odin looked at Poseidon. He was smiling, '' Oh, hello my outsider friend. How are you?''
Poseidon retrieved his Trident, said nothing, and continued attacking the barrier.
Odin continued smiling, '' Don't even bother. The one who made this barrier is st-, WAIT, STOP!''
As Poseidon continuously attacked the unknown barrier, it formed cracks here and there. Odin realized he still underestimated Poseidon's strength and now was in danger.
Odin speeds up the process of opening the portal. Poseidon noticed Odin's actions and continued his attacks.
Just as the barrier was about to break, Odin began to laugh. He looked at Poseidon with a grin, " It's too late. He's already here!"
Proving Odin correct, the portal expanded at a great speed. Poseidon recognized the size and knew that whoever stepped out of the portal would be bad news for everyone.
Poseidon quickly looked around and saw neither Mimir nor Hephaestus, only Hr svelgr, who was far away, 'They must have escaped. I hope Atreus and Kratos got out too, because it's about to get ugly here.'
Not long after the portal expanded, Odin laughed out loud, '' This is where you die!'' He then disappeared from the scene. Now there was only the portal and Poseidon in that area of Helheim.
Poseidon prepared for battle with the trident and his shield in hand. However, contrary to what Poseidon expected, only one thing came out of the portal and this time it had a humanoid appearance. The only difference would be the person's aura, which was completely black, indicating that it was indeed from Chaos.
The humanoid that came out of the portal looked at the surroundings with a strange look. Poseidon noticed that it had a melancholy and sad look.
However, Poseidon did not hesitate and attacked the humanoid. He knew that anything with Chaos aura meant trouble.
Poseidon appeared in front of the humanoid in an instant and attacked with his trident. To his surprise, the humanoid defended the attack with a strange sword, which did not break on impact.
Mind you that Odin's weapon broke in their fight, but now Poseidon wasn't so sure if it was Odin's main weapon or not, so he quickly recovered from the surprise.
The humanoid looked at Poseidon with surprise, " You are strong...I don't know if I will last long."
Yes, although he managed to fend off Poseidon's attack, the Chaos humanoid had been injured.
The Humanoid then proceeded to ignore Poseidon and looked around everywhere. It was as if he was looking at the entire Norse Realm.
"Hmm, you are the only threat to my master in this realm..." The Humanoid looked at Poseidon intensely, " Run. He's coming!"
Even though the Humanoid hadn't said it, Poseidon could feel a strong presence behind the portal. He took a breath, " First of all, what is your name?"
From the beginning, Poseidon felt that this Humanoid was different. He could sense a divine presence coming from him, and the situation with Odin showed that it is possible to use the power of Chaos to corrupt the Gods.
The Humanoid looked at Poseidon, " My name is Susanoo."
' Susanoo! One of the most famous Gods of Japanese mythology on my old Earth.'
Poseidon was running out of time, so he quickly asked, " I can feel a divine power coming from you, which means you were once a God. Now, from one God to another, could you help us? If you're on their side, you should've lost to them, but you can still help this realm and mine too.''
Poseidon knew it was a gamble if Susanoo would say something, but it didn't hurt to try. To his surprise, the corrupted Susanoo seems to hesitate, which means he was open to talking.
After only a few moments of hesitation, which felt like years to Poseidon, Susanoo started to talk, '' ... I can't say much otherwise I will die, but you have to know, they're not invincible and only one of them is awake right now! They can be defeated.''
Poseidon knew this could not even be considered information, so he wanted to ask more, but before he could do that, Susanoo looked at the portal, '' He's here.''
As soon as Susanoo's voice faded, a familiar presence appeared from the other part of the portal. Cthulhu arrived at the Norse realm.
Poseidon adjusted his posture to a defensive one. He was expecting to be attacked at any moment, ''Based on our last 'fight', he is powerful but slow... If I manage not to get hit once, I might have a chance.''
Touching the scar on his chest, Poseidon faced Cthulhu.
Cthulhu, as usual, and following a pattern, did not leave the portal. Poseidon noted this, ' Looks like he can't get out of the portal... One more advantage!'
The being from Chaos looked around and finally noticed Poseidon, '' You again? Didn't I already kill you?''
Cthulhu was really surprised, since not many beings survived a fight with him.
Poseidon smiled nervously, '' I don't die that easy.''
Cthulhu huffed, '' Well, it doesn't matter at the end. Is this your realm?''
Feeling curious about this so-called God who stood in front of him again, Cthulhu asked.
'' No. I was visiting this realm when an accident happened. And here we are.'' Poseidon was talking normally but was watching for any movement of Cthulhu.
Susanoo, who was still in Helheim, said to Cthulhu, '' Master, my scout work is done. I need to get back to Chaos, otherwise...''
Only then did Cthulhu 'notice' Susanoo's presence. He barely glanced at him, '' You may return. I should be done with this in a few minutes.'' Cthulhu then looked at Poseidon, '' By my count, after destroying this realm, there would only be 1 left...''
''We can rebuild.''
'' Can you really?'' Cthulhu cryptically said this.
Poseidon paused, ' The Chaos creatures are older than us, so they know some things we don't know... Is there really no way to rebuild the other realms?'
While the Greek did rebuild their realms once it was destroyed, maybe Cthulhu did something that could prevent the other realms to rebuild.
Susanoo departed to the Chaos. Before he entered the portal, he looked back, '' Good luck.''
To who he said that no one knows.
Poseidon and Cthulhu faced each other. Before the being from Chaos attacked, he spoke once again, '' Oh, so-called God, are you ready?''
' It seems he's toying with me... Doesnt really matters, as long as I can buy time for the others. I hope Mimir told the about the portal, otherwise, all this will be for nothing.'
Putting his shield in front of him, Poseidon asked, '' Can I ask something?''
Cthulhu, surprisingly, didn't mind, '' Hmmm, I'll think of this as the last wish of a dying God. Speak.''
'' Why are you doing this?''
Poseidon was really curious. ' The Chaos seems to be big enough, so why do they go around destroying other realms?'
'' Because we can.''
This response made Poseidon angrier than before, '' Just because you can!? How many beings died because of your doing?''
Cthulhu responded calmly, '' Too many to count. Besides, doesn't your race do the same? Toy with the ones weaker than you, bidding them to do whatever you want?''
Poseidon wanted to say something back, but based on what he knew of the Gods, Cthulhu was right. '' We changed! We rule our realm with grace and peace, not with an iron fist!''
'' Good for you! But what about the other realms? Do they do the same? To be honest, it doesn't really matter how you rule, what matters is that I'm strong than you, and the weak have no say in what the strong do.''
Poseidon knew that whatever they say from now on would be meaningless, '' Come!''
This time, Poseidon will not be like a fish in a net. He would fight back!
Cthulhu didn't waste time and attacked. This time, though, Poseidon could see the trajectory, ' If even one of the attacks hit, I'm fucked. So ill dodge then try to counterattack!'
Jumping to the side, Poseidon narrowly dodged it. He used the opportunity Cthulhu gave him. When the monster attacked, he left his arm unprotected.
Attacking Cthulhu's arm, Poseion noticed that he took damage, ' It seems I was right! The reason they don't get out of the portal is that they get weak outside Chaos! If we plan things right, we have a chance!'
Still, Poseidon's attack didn't do much damage. Cthulhu didn't even complain of pain and continued attacking Poseidon without stopping.
Although Poseidon was dodging the blows, he noticed that Chutllu was hitting the ground of Heilheim. ' That could be dangerous!''
Having already witnessed the destruction of a realm, Poseidon knew that if Cthulhu kept hitting the ground, it would bring consequences for everyone in the Norse Realm. ' But I can't take those attacks head-on! What now...'
As Poseidon tried to think of something, the attacks kept coming. He was managing to dodge and counterattack but the damage he was doing was minimal and Helheim continued to take more and more damage.
Poseidon was running out of options until he heard a sound coming from behind. When he looked at the sound, he noticed that an eagle was coming towards them, ' Is that Hr svelgr...!?'
As there was only one such Eagle in Helheim, Poseidon knew right away that it was Hr svelgr. ' She must felt what Cthulhu's doing, so she came to help me. Hopefully...'
'' Oh... another bothersome being.'' Cthulhu didn't mind Hr svelgr coming to help.
It didn't take long for Hr svelgr to get to Poseidon's side. Although the two could not communicate, they knew that the enemy was in front of them.
Even with Hr svelgr's presence, Cthulhu didn't stop attacking. Although Hr svelgr made Poseidon's life a little easier, the eagle had to be careful. Her size made her a perfect target for Cthulhu.
'' ARGHHHHHH!'' Poseidon used all his strength to attack the Cthulhu arm that was outside the portal. Finally, after quite a while of struggling, Cthulhu bled. It wasn't much, but it was a start.
''Hmm, I didn't expect that. Maybe I have to take it more seriously.'' Cthulhu's aura changed. It seemed to have become more aggressive.
Poseidon noticed this and prepared to dodge. By the way, the way Hr svelgr was helping was to help Poseidon dodge, since any attack by the eagle would not do any damage to Cthulhu.
Contrary to what Poseidon expected, Cthulhu did not attack him. He aimed at Hr svelgr, who was a little further away, ' Shit!'
Poseidon knew it would be very difficult to dodge the attack, so he had to defend Hr svelgr from the attack, ' But if I do that, I'll be very injured and have no chance to fight...'
It was as if time had stopped for Poseidon, who was thinking of something to help Hr svelgr not die.
Knowing he couldn't defend, Poseidon looked at Cthulhu, ' If I can't defend, how about I attack?'
Remembering the results, Poseidon was about to dismiss this idea but he suddenly thought of something, ' If they get strong in the Chaos and weak in the Realms, maybe we are the same?...!'
Feeling that this might be true, Poseidon decided to gamble, ' Fuck it! If I don't do this now, I will lose Hr svelgr and the next time it would be me!'
Ignoring every warming his body was giving him and before Chutlhu's attack hit Hr svelgr, Poseidon jumped inside the Chaos portal. His action surprised both Hr svelgr and Chutlhu.
INSIDE CHAOS
As soon as Poseidon passed through the portal, he felt only one thing, 'Freedom...'
It was a strange feeling since he had practically 3 realms to explore. Anyway, this feeling didn't last long, since the portal gave direct access to Chutlhu's body. Poseidon was shocked by the size of the being's body, 'How can we possibly defeat this monster!?'
Its size easily exceeded 10000 meters, making the Titans from the Greek Realm look like puppies. In fact, it was so big, Poseidon didn't know where it ended. He didn't know if it was because there was more body down there, or if this was as far as he could see in the Chaos.
Ignoring his fear, Poseidon remembered why he had entered the portal, 'To attack Chutlhu and stop him from attacking Hr svelgr!
Going into action as soon as he recovered from his shock, Poseidon attacked the part he thought was Chutlhu's chest. And to his enormous surprise, this time he actually dealt incredible damage to the being.
'' ARRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!''
Chutlhu screamed in pain and stopped attacking Hr svelgr, who took advantage of the distraction and backed away.
Even Poseidon was surprised at the result of his attack, ' My hypothesis was right! The Gods get stronger in Chaos!'
Before Poseidon could celebrate, he noticed other presences in Chaos, who may have heard Chutlhu's cry. He decide to leave since he didn't know how strong they were. 'Let's get out of here as fast as possible! I don't know if I will be corrupted like Susanno or if other beings will appear.'
Poseidon was getting out of Chaos when suddenly, he felt danger coming from behind him. As he turned, he saw Chutlhu's arm coming towards him, 'Shit!'
Putting his shield in front of him and bracing himself for the impact, the collision between the shield and the arm occurred.
CRACK
The impact sent Poseidon through the portal and back into Helheim.
Looking at his broken arm, Poseidon thought, ' Even though I have a boost in my powers, he still broke my arm with one blow...'
Hr svelgr noticed that Poseidon had come out of the portal and went over to him.
Cthulhu did not continue attacking. It was as if he was completely surprised.
Poseidon noticed that Cthulhu was about to start talking, but the Chaos being looked back suddenly. He then looked at Poseidon again,'' It's getting boring. Let's finish this.'' Poseidon could swear he heard apprehension in Cthulhu's voice.
Poseidon noticed Cthulhu was preparing himself to launch a powerful attack that he won't be able to guard against. He looked over at Hr svelgr, '' RUN!''
' I can't defend this attack!' Poseidon didn't care about anything else and hopped onto Hr svelgr. The eagle didn't mind, as she knew if she stayed put, she would die, so she started to fly.
Hoping Hr svelgr could fly faster, Poseidon only heard the explosion that occurred after the attack. What followed was a strong wind, that almost made Hr svelgr lose control of her flight.
When Poseidon looked back, the portal was nowhere to be seen. But he could see a crater in the place of the attack, ' Almost the same thing that happened in Egypt... The Norse realm is done for!'
Another realm fell, only one remaining.