In the Rub' al Khali:
Theo's POV:
Reappearing in the vast expanse of a desert, I looked around before I finally caught sight of a dust cloud blasting into the clouds.
Chains made out of light and wind whips appeared around two men standing in front of the disappearing dust cloud before wrapping around a 10 foot behemoth that had the head of a bull and the body of a man.
"Hey, Theseus! What's up?!" Apollon, the Greek God of Sun and Music, greeted with a happy smile as I walked towards them. His golden blonde hair shone in the sunlight and his bright blue eyes glimmered with happiness as he waved at me, dressed in a pristine white toga and a crown of golden leaves on his head.
"Focus, Apollon! I can't be doing all of the work like always!" Hermes, the Greek God of Travelers and Thieves, exclaimed as he clenched his hands, the wind whips tightening around the Minotaur before he bellowed as he strained to get rid of them. His dirty blonde hair and grey-blue eyes shimmered in the bright light of the sun as he was dressed in a dark grey suit, nodding at me in acknowledgement as he kept the Minotaur in the whips.
"It's okay, Hermes. I'll take it from here." I said as I walked towards the Minotaur and he nodded before relaxing as his whips and Apollon's chains disappeared. The Minotaur bellowed loudly before he snarled as he caught sight of me.
"Theseus!" It roared at me, swinging a greatsword as tall as me around like nothing and I chuckled as I pulled Anaklusmos from my pocket, gripping it tightly before uncapping it. In a flash of gold, its xiphos form was in my grasp and I lowered it to my side as I looked up at him.
"Hello, Minotaur. Didn't we already have this dance four years ago?" I asked with a smirk and he roared with laughter.
"Hahahahaha! Oh, we did, but I grew lonely in my cage and decided to come find my dance partner!" He swiped his sword down and I quickly raised Anaklusmos to block his blade, a shock wave raising the dust around us before Apollon spoke.
"Hey, we're returning back to Olympus to watch. Kick his ass and send him back to his prison."
"Sure…thing!" I grunted as a light green covered Anaklusmos before I pushed and a shock wave sent the Minotaur skidding back. In a flash of gold, Apollon and Hermes disappeared just as the Minotaur recovered, grinning widely as the two of them disappeared.
"What? Don't you want them to hold your hand?" He asked and I rolled my eyes as I tapped Anaklusmos against my right shoulder.
"Don't worry. I kicked your ass on my own four years ago and I'll do it again today. Then I'll get some of Hephaestus' special sealing tags and put you back in your prison for a century this time." He just cackled before a dark purple aura wrapped around his body, his eyes glowing crimson as he glared at me.
"That was four years ago. I've been growing stronger in that cage and I also have this to make sure I win." He reached into his loincloth before pulling out a vial filled with a familiar snake. My eyes widened as soon as I caught sight of it, but before I could move, he crushed it in his grasp and the snake inside it grew to about half his height before it sunk into his skin.
His eyes widened and he bellowed loudly with laughter as a dark purple aura rippled into the sky, piercing the heavens as he grinned at me and my eyes widened as I barely raised Anaklusmos above me, his blade crashing down onto me. I grunted as I sunk into the ground to just above my ankles, feeling my bones vibrating at the shock wave his blow released before I gasped as his leg smashed into my chest and sent me flying head over heels away from him.
Quickly flipping to my feet, I barely jumped out of the way of the second blow. Minotaur cackled as he kept running after me, swinging his blade around wildly like a hammer and I barely parried his blows as I tried to get some breathing room.
'Next time, don't take so fucking long to go all out!' I shouted at myself as I blocked another blow before ducking under a punch and jumping before kicking him away, Minotaur not even grunting as he skidded to a stop. He looked down at the small scuff mark my foot left on his chest before grinning as he looked up at me with a wide smirk.
"Come on! I didn't get all of this power just for you to barely be able to hurt me!" He exclaimed and I glared as I sheathed Anaklusmos, turning it back into its pen form before putting it away as I grinned at him.
In the blink of an eye, a dark green aura just as large and potent as his ripped off of me, making the ground under me tremble as I raised my fists into a boxing stance. Minotaur grinned at me and dropped his blade onto the ground before raising his fists into a boxing stance as I grinned.
Before he could even moved, I appeared in front of him, my right fist covered in the dark green aura with light blue cracks pulsing on the aura and I swung my fist forward, Minotaur letting out a silent gasp as my fist smashed into his chest before sending him rocketing backwards. He ripped through the air, barely able to keep his feet on the ground before I reappeared behind him.
My left leg arched through the air, covered in the same dark green aura before it slammed into his back. He nearly folded backwards in half over my leg, but I didn't stop there as I disappeared and reappeared in front of him once again. He was slowly floating in the air before his gaping jaw snapped shut and his eyes rolled into the back of his head as an uppercut sent him blasting upwards into the sky.
Blitzing after him, shock wave after shock wave ripped through his body and made him spew blood as I smashed blow after blow into his body. Shooting a shock wave below me, I rocketed to just above Minotaur and grabbed him by the horns as we came to a stop in the air.
"Time to go back, buddy!" I exclaimed with a grin as we began to fall towards the ground, spinning as we slowly began to pick up speed, soon becoming nothing more than a tornado of bull and man before I grunted as I tossed him into the ground as hard as I could. He gasped as he smashed into the ground before he moved as quickly as he could out of the crater his body made before I smashed into the ground, cracks spreading out and a massive dust cloud exploding into existence before it disappeared with a wave of my hand.
"Come on! Where's all that smack talk now that I'm actually trying? I remember you being able to take me on at this level or have you grown so weak in your time locked up that you can't even keep up?" I asked with a mocking smirk and he snarled before we rocketed towards each other. Our fists were clad in our respective auras and it felt as if time crawled to a still as we reappeared in front of each other, our fists slowly approaching each other and with a final grin at each other, we clashed.
Heaven and earth trembled as shock waves made the air warp. The sky above us was divided and the ground under us cratered and cracked, turning into a warped canyon as we tried to push back the other.
"RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" "RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" We both bellowed as we tried to push the other back, my light green aura clashing with his dark purple one and the sky was tinted with our respective auras.
For a few seconds, we were just pushing against each other before he smirked as he abruptly pulled away, making me stumble slightly. I tried to stop myself, but that didn't stop him from smashing his right leg into my chest, sending me flying head over heels in an arc through the air.
Barely able to create a water platform out of what little humidity there was in the desert, I slid it to the side just in time as Minotaur smashed through the air where I previously was, his greatsword now once again in his grasp as he smashed back into the ground.
A massive dust cloud covered his position and my eyes widened before I dismissed the water platform and fell back to the ground, a monstrous pillar of earth/ sand crashing into the water platform and dispersing it with ease.
Anaklusmos was out of my pocket and in its trident form just as Minotaur appeared above me with a wide grin, swinging his sword down with a loud roar. I almost sunk to my knees as I held Anaklusmos up, Minotaur roaring even more as he tried pushing down, but I kept him up before I grinned as I stopped pushing back.
Sliding to the side, his sword came down onto the ground and he couldn't stop himself from stumbling as I used Anaklusmos as a crutch to jump up to his face, my foot smashing into his jaw and sending him barrelling backwards.
Sprinting after him, I clad Anaklusmos in my aura as I leaped into the air, grinning widely as I reached the apex of my jump before I came down onto him with a roar. Minotaur's eyes widened and he tried to raise his sword to block my attack, but I gave a large grin as I thrust Anaklusmos forward and it pierced through his sword and into his body, golden ichor spewing onto the ground as I stabbed through his heart and pierced him to the ground.
"H-How?" He gasped out, golden ichor slowly dripping from his mouth and the wound in his chest and I smiled.
"I've been attacking the same spot on your sword before we began our fist fight. You've been too drunk on your power to notice it and the fist fight was to take all of your attention from your blade." I explained and he gave a bloody chuckle before I spoke.
"Hey, who actually let you out of the cage? I know that Pluto is too weak to do it, so he must have had help." Minotaur just smirked as he laid his head on the ground, his feet slowly breaking down into gold dust.
"A man with silver hair in a braid and a man that felt like a dragon with black and blonde hair, a gold right eye and a black left eye. They told me that they wanted to see me battle the descendant of Theseus and see how powerful he is." I nodded before I pulled out Anaklusmos, transforming it into its xiphos form before I cut his head off in one stroke, Minotaur's corpse instantly disintegrating into a pile of gold dust.
"And what a battle that was! Truly, you're worthy of your title as the Strongest Demigod in History!" A voice exclaimed above us and my eyes widened before I jumped away from the gold dust as a large beam of dark silver light smashed into the dust and disintegrated it. Looking up to where I heard the voice, my eyes widened as I saw three beings slowly floating in the air.
The first was a man that looked to be in his early twenties, with silver hair tied into a braided hairstyle and wearing a silver robe with detailed accessories. His arms were behind his back as he had two large silvery bat-wings on his back that was helping him keep afloat in the air. His aura felt like that of a God-Class Devil's and it also had a slight chill to it.
The second was a tall man wearing a black cloak, his long hair a mixture of black and blond hair as well as a right gold eye and a black left eye. His ears was pointed and his arms were crossed as he smirked down at me. His aura felt like that of a dragon, though it was far more powerful than that of a normal Dragon or even a Dragon King.
'They must be the two that released Minotaur, which means that he must be the leader. Why the hell did he have to be the leader?' I thought as I turned to the last man in the middle of the other two, who was also the one who fired the beam as his hand was still covered in a dark silver aura.
He was grinning widely as he looked down at me and he looked to be in his 40's as he had long, dark silver hair and hazel eyes, with a beard. His aura felt monstrous, even more than that of the first Devil, and it felt almost bottomless with a tinge of maliciousness to it. His 12 large bat-wings were out behind him, a silvery tinge to each one.
"Rizevim Livan Luciver. What an honour to meet one of the three Super Devils in the world." I said with a smirk, trying to hide my nervousness as I thought of a way to escape this with all of my limbs intact. If that was not enough, the Dragon and the other Devil were monitoring my every movement, waiting for me to just act out and take me down.
"Well, you see dear Theseus…you took something very special from me and I need it back, since it would help me awake a very special friend that's currently taking a very long nap."
"And what would that be?" I asked as I turned Anaklusmos back into its pen form, but not putting away as I gripped it tightly, making sure to keep an eye on the Dragon as he felt even more dangerous than Rizevim, which meant that I was fucked.
"Valerie Tepes and Sephiroth Graal. Hand her over." His smirk disappeared as he just stared at me, a dark silver aura now coating his hand once again as he tilted his head slightly.
"And what if I don't?" I asked and he was cackling once again, as if his serious face was nothing more than a facade before he stopped abruptly, glaring down at me with a deranged smirk before he spoke.
"Then you're going to become a problem and I hate problems." He snarled and I sighed before I grinned widely.
"Then come and get her." In a flash of bright green, I was in front of the silver-haired devil, a punch sending him flying as Dad and Zeus appeared from teleportation crests, blocking Rizevim and the Dragon from attacking me.
"Crom Cruach. Who would have thought that an Evil Dragon with a powerful name such as yourself would join a Devil?" Zeus asked with a strained grin and the Dragon, Crom Cruach, didn't say anything as he and Rizevim jumped back to the silver-haired devil, who was glaring at me as he wiped a bit of blood from his lip away.
"You took your time, old timers." I said with a grin and Dad just rolled his eyes as Zeus scoffed.
"You're the strongest Demi-god in history. What's two devils and a dragon compared to you?" He asked with a smirk, to which I just sighed before turning to Rizevim, who was now fully glaring at me with a strained smile before he spoke.
"Do you truly believe that just you three can take on us three?" He asked and Dad chuckled before he spoke.
"Not at all, but that's why they're here." In a flash of gold, Hermes, Apollo, a man with a mane of black hair, crimson eyes and dressed in Spartan armour with a red plume on his helmet, a woman with auburn hair and storm grey eyes dressed in a female version of Spartan armour with a blue plume on her helmet, Artemis dressed in bright silver leather hunting gear and her bow strapped to her back and a large, burly man clad in bronze armour with a full helm hiding his face from view appeared besides us. Rizevim's eyes widened at the sight of them as a javelin made out of pure neon white lightning appeared in Zeus' grasp.
"So, still think you can take on the Greek Pantheon, Devil?" Zeus asked as sparks of dense blue lightning crackled around him, storm clouds appearing out of nowhere and a slight drizzle beginning to fall as Dad's golden trident appeared in his grasp. Rizevim just glared at us before he sighed.
"I'll be coming for the girl, Theseus. Apophis, get us out of here." Our eyes widened at the name before Zeus barked an order.
"Apollon, Artemis, fire." In the blink of an eye, arrows made out of golden and silver light blanketed the sky above us before they rained down on the three men. Unfortunately, it was too late as all three of them sunk into their shadows just as the arrows bombarded the area, raising a massive dust cloud that raised up high before Zeus waved his hand and a small blast of wind dismissed it. He sighed at not seeing the three of them before he spoke.
"Ares, Athena, work together to create a defensive guard plan for Mt. Olympus." The man and woman dressed in the Spartan armour nodded before they disappeared in flashes of gold.
"Hephaestus, work with the Cyclops of Olympus and start manufacturing weapons and armament for our warriors."
"Yes, father." The man with the helm nodded before he disappeared in a flash of dark red.
"Artemis, Apollon, find out about any weak points in Mt. Olympus and take that information to Ares and Athena. That should help speed up their part and create a better defensive position for us."
"Yes, father/ Sure thing, pops." Apollon said with an eccentric salute, drawing sighs from everyone and I chuckled as he waved before they disappeared in a flash of gold.
"Hermes, let Amaterasu and Odin know of what just happened and make sure to tell them that they should reinforce the defences of Asgard and Takamagahara."
"Will do, father." Hermes nodded before wings came out of the sides of his dress shoes and he blasted away into the air, booms echoing through the sky as he accelerated even more.
"Tell your mother that she should stay with you for the time being since Atlantis is going to be a bit noisy for the foreseeable future." Dad said and I sighed.
"Here's to hoping she doesn't try and kick my ass when I tell her that."
"Oh, she will try to. Just make sure you run as fast as you can and there should be no trouble." Dad said with a shrug and I groaned as he and Zeus chuckled before Zeus placed his hand on Dad's shoulder and they disappeared in a flash of lightning, the clouds dispersing above me as I looked around at the destruction around me before I sighed as I began fixing it.
This is why I hate having all-out battles.
A/N: And there we go, another chapter done!
Now, to the soccer match! And then, the story continues.
Anyway, yeah, the Greek Pantheon is now fully in this battle, so we're finally fully going into this war of DxD.
As always, read, enjoy, review and I'll see you all in the next one.
Until then… Ba-Bye~!