Outskirts of Mt. Kailash:
Cao Cao had to admit that Shiva had quite the powerful armada when he along with the others followed Shiva & Kartikeya as they walked out of the castle.
As he watched Shiva seated on his bull mount Nandi, Cao Cao stared at the tens of thousands of divine beings, both mythological beasts of the Hindu faction as well as the different gods allied with Shiva, while the Organization's forces were all mixed in between the divine beings.
Looking back in the direction where they were told Indra's army was coming from, he frowned as he saw the giant form of the white elephant Airavata lumbering at the back of the massive army.
However, the reason for Cao Cao's frowning were the sight of hundreds of Makara, Jorogumo, Gandharvas, Pishachas, Vetala and all other kinds of monsters, most of them from Hindu Pantheon with a few from the other pantheons around the world.
"It appears that you were correct, Gilgamesh. Indra has allied himself with the Khaos Brigade." Shiva said to his blonde companion as he looked directly at the grinning form of Indra sitting under a houdah, a slight frown appearing on his face at the sight of Arjuna standing next to his father with the Pashupatastra in its bow form attached to his back.
"I suppose that means we can move forward with Plan A, yes?" Gilgamesh asked as he uncrossed his arms, a golden magic crest appearing in the air besides him.
"Yes. Go ahead."
"Gate of Babylon." Gilgamesh chanted and the sky was tinted gold as tens of thousands of magic crests appeared in the sky above Shiva's army, all of them aimed at the army slowly approaching.
A moment of silence hung in the air as Indra's army stopped marching before reality itself bellowed as thousands upon thousands of weapons from all over the world were shot at breakneck speeds at his army, another hundred or so magic circles appearing next to Gilgamesh as the muzzles of guns poked out of them before they unloaded bullet hell.
However, Gilgamesh frowned as each of his bullets and weapons were shot down within a few seconds, looking over to see Arjuna with his bow aimed at them while arrows slowly fell to the ground along with the thousands of weapons & bullets.
"You didn't think that would actually kill me, did you old friend?!" They heard Indra projecting his voice from his mount and Shiva frowned before he scoffed.
"Not at all! I was actually hoping you'd survive! It would let me take your filthy life for myself!"
"If it's any consolation, I did give Ganesha the ultimatum of either joining my army or dying, so it's actually his fault for denying my generous proposal."
"Calm, father. He's trying to goad you towards him." Kartikeya whispered as he placed a hand on Shiva's shoulder, a bit nervous as his father's hands trembled with rage before they stilled as he took a deep breath.
"Ah! I see my former little student is also running around playing hero! Did being part of a criminal organization become boring?!" Indra exclaimed as he grinned at Cao Cao, who snorted before he spoke.
"Nope! Just decided to actually do something with my life instead of being the errand boy for a dickhead like you!"
"Ohoho! The little warrior finally grew a spine! Let's see how long that last! All battalions! Full frontal attack!" He barked out and Gilgamesh frowned as Indra's army roared before spurring into action, watching as thousands upon thousands of divine and demonic beings charged towards them.
"Men! Kill all who oppose us for today, we of the Shaivism shall prevail in this battle and be victorious! Now, charge!"
"RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" The Shiva army bellowed as they charged towards the army, heaven and earth quaking as the two armies neared each other before all hell broke loose.
Blood and flesh painted the earth crimson as limbs and organs were torn from each other. Gaia herself cried as spells of Ultimate-Class and higher destroyed and scarred everything in their path and wails of misery & agony echoed in the atmosphere as different beings tore & ripped each other apart.
A fifth of the battleground had a black shadow enveloping the ground as hundreds of monsters tore up from the ground and ripped through the beasts in their paths, Leonardo straining his mind as he continued to replace a monster as soon as one of them were destroyed.
Just a few feet away from the black ground, Holmes was swiftly executing every single being that came after him, his Nightmare Fuel having taken the form of a gaseous cloud as he tormented the mental fortitude of any that came close enough to inhale the gas while also taking them out as soon as they lost their minds with a smile on his face.
Next to him, Jack was cackling in their Maria the Ripper form as hordes of female Jacks wrecked havoc across the battlefield, dipping and diving in between battles & helping those struggling in their battles before moving onto the next target to get more blood.
Smack in the middle of the battlefield, Nikola was grinning widely as he donned his Super Automaton Ω armour, ducking and weaving in between the blows of the enemies that noticed him while countering with blow after blow that was each coated with an abundance of electricity.
Indra frowned as he saw that his army was slowly losing footing, cursing the fact that he had pissed off a few hundred or so deities in his younger years, but the God of War did not lose his smirk as he hummed before turning to Arjuna.
"Start charging."
"I don't think so." Indra blinked as he heard Cao Cao's voice right next to them, turning to see the human along with the glaring forms of Kartikeya and Mahabali standing right next to him.
"You're coming with me." His eyes widened as he heard Shiva's soft voice before his world went white as an agonizing blow crashed into his skull and sent him soaring out of his houdah, Gilgamesh & Shiva nothing but blurs as they rushed after the airborne god while Arjuna frowned as he stared down his three foes.
"I do not suppose you will let me go, will you?"
"You killed my brother. Your death has already been decided." Kartikeya growled out as he gripped his spear-trident and Arjuna nodded before he smirked as he leapt off of Airavata with a flourish, the other three quickly following after him before their eyes widened as the demigod had his bow aimed directly up at them as he fell.
"Agni." He chanted and Mahabali quickly raised his hand in front of them, his divine aura condensing into a shield in front of them just as a barrage of scorching hot arrows crashed into the shield & severely fractured it.
Arjuna frowned as he flipped around & released bursts of concentrated flames from his feet, rocketing upwards just as Mahabali released his shield. Cao Cao didn't hesitate as both Kartikeya and Mahabali linked up wrists and held their arms under him, the human crouching on their arms before he grunted as both gods chuckled him upwards with gleeful bellows. Arjuna blinked in surprise at the side of Cao Cao rocketing towards him before his eyes widened as Cao Cao spoke.
"Balance Break: Polar Night Longinus Charkravartin." A halo of golden light appeared behind him as seven identical orbs of the same golden light appeared floating at the edges of the halo, True Longinus glowing brightly as Cao Cao smirked while aiming the spear at Arjuma.
"Hatthiratana." One of the spheres floated to be under him and Cao Cao smirked as he placed on the orb before he rocketed himself after the speeding form of Arjuna, the demigod frowning before he stopped flying away as he aimed his bow at Cao Cao.
"Agni Kai." Three arrows appeared notched on his bow before he let them loose, the three arrows spreading outwards before they all curved and descended on Cao Cao as he smirked.
"Assaratana." Cao Cao chanted and Arjuna blinked as the man disappeared, quickly raising Pashupatastra above his head to block the heavy blow from the True Longinus.
Frowning as he felt the blow slowly pushing him downwards, he looked up at the smirking Cao Cao before he grinned as he clicked his teeth, Cao Cao grunting in both surprise and shock as a flaming arrow appeared from thin air on the bow before he let it loose.
The human gritted his teeth as he barely forced his head out of the way of the arrow nearly clipping his face before he wheezed as a foot smashed into his stomach, Arjuna smirking as he stopped the fire under his feet & used the force from Cao Cao pushing down to quickly get out of the way just as Mahabali appeared besides them & barely missed cutting his arms off.
Free falling back to the ground, Arjuna frowned at the sight of Cao Cao & Mahabali diving after him before he lifted his left hand to the side and shot out a burst of flames, barely moving out of the way of danger as Kartikeya flew up from below & nearly impaled him.
Arjuna spun through the air to face all three of them before he pulled the bowstring of Pashupatastra back, Kartikeya's eyes widening as a gold & black glow coated both Arjuna & the bow.
"He's beginning the charge!" He shouted and Cao Cao nodded as he blitzed forward, chanting under his breath as True Longinus was covered with a bright blue glow.
"Feel the mercy of the King of Gods"
"O Spear, the True Holy Spear which pierces through God."
"You will be destroyed with this one strike"
"Suck the ambition of the King of Domination sleeping within me and pierce through the gap of blessing and destruction."
"Watch, Indra, as I burn it all"
"You. Announce the will, and turn into a glow."
"Invoke: Vasavi Shakti!/ Truth Idea: Activate!" As Cao Cao pulled True Longinus back & got ready to throw it, his eyes widened as an arrow made out of the darkest flames with a pure gold arrowhead appeared in Arjuna's grasp.
Arjuna smirked as he notched the arrow and pulled it back with a wide grin, a split second of silence hanging in the air before they unleashed their weapons with all their might.
As the two weapons neared each other, gargantuan amounts of divine energy flooded out of both weapons and clashed just as the spear & arrow connected.
Heaven shattered and earth shook as a blazing inferno of cataclysmic proportions burned everything it touched while a pillar of golden light divided the sky into two. Cao Cao wheezed as the heat smashed into him before he blinked as torrents of dark blue water enveloped his form and pulled him back, surprised to see another six-armed man floating next to Mahabali and Kartikeya as the man kept the explosive inferno contained in a gigantic water bubble.
He heard the man grit his teeth and growled as he strained his muscles, but eventually, the flames began to die down as the pillar of light slowly disappeared, the god gasping and his body sagging over slightly in relief as the after-effects finally disappeared.
"Damn…I…didn't think…that would be…that strong." "Thanks, Varuna, but you know that you're supposed to be neutral, right?" Mahabali asked with a smirk and Varuna snorted as he pointed down at the ground, the god looking down before his eyes widened & a happy grin appeared on his face at the army of six-armed beings helping Shiva's army against Indra's army.
"Your speech roared everyone up and they decided to help to avenge Virochana instead of just sitting around and doing nothing."
"Well, that's good to hear and all, but we still have a problem." Cao Cao gasped out as he felt the drain from using both Truth Idea and his Balance Breaker in quick succession, both the gods looking at what he was pointing at to see a panting Arjuna barely able to keep afloat in the air while he held the Pashupatastra in his left hand.
"That attack was not the instant death attack of Pashupatastra." Kartikeya informed Cao Cao, who just groaned as he looked over at Arjuna, who had a deep frown on his face before he sighed.
"I suppose Father was right. I won't be able to fight all of you if I keep stopping myself." He muttered and they all frowned before their eyes widened as the young man pulled out three vials filled with a gaseous purple substance, opening & downing their contents before anyone of them could even think of stopping them.
The next instant, the world went still as Arjuna's aura flowed from his body, malice & chaos flooding the air as a dark purple glow covered his form as his skin turned a deep ash grey & his hair grew in length considerably.
The flames keeping him afloat intensified & turned a dark purple, a third eye with a gold iris & pitch black sclera opening on his forehead as two more pairs of arms grew from his body.
"Those were the Ophis snakes he just ate, correct?" Kartikeya asked Cao Cao with a nervous frown, the human just as nervous as he nodded before they went on guard as Arjuna looked at them, a bored look in his deep golden eyes as he spoke.
"I was just trying to take you all out without any pain or suffering, but I suppose you all didn't want to die in peace." Arjuna's tone was soft as he continued speaking, a purple glow coating Pashupatastra before everyone's eyes widened as the bow turned into a dark gold & purple spear with a crimson bladed tip.
"Very well. Prepare yourselves." And with that said, Cao Cao ducked barely in time to dodge the spear, his eyes wide in shock as the blade had barely missed impaling his skull. Arjuna kept staring at Cao Cao as he pulled Pashupatastra and spun the spear above his head, easily parrying Kartikeya's spear & Mahabali's sword to the side as a layer of intense purple flames appeared behind him & blocked a torrent of water that Varuna fired at him.
"Parinayakaratana!" Cao Cao exclaimed as he pointed True Longinus at Arjuna, a sphere of blue light appearing at the tip of the blade before a beam of holy energy was sent upwards at the floating demigod.
Arjuna frowned as he held Pashupatastra in front of him and unleashed a beam of purple flames, his frown deepening at the sight of his flames being pushed back by the beam of energy before he moved out of the way just as the energy neared him, feeling the destructive power in the beam as it continued flying upwards until it dissipated.
"I see. Destruction given holy form. Not bad…but not enough." With a spin, Arjuna was below Cao Cao, the human spinning in place to face the demigod as he thrust Pashupatastra at him.
"Maniratana." Two of the spheres flew forward, one appearing in the path of his spear's thrust and as the other sphere stopped next to Arjuna's head, his eyes widened as Pashupatastra shot out of it, leaning back as the weapon barely missed his head before he grunted in surprise as something painful smashed into his back.
Looking back, he growled at the sight of Kartikeya smirking at him with his trident-spear stabbed shallowly into his back, but as he spun to attack the god, he gasped as a sword cut right through one of his right hands, looking to the side to see Mahabali grinning at him while his sword was coated in an abundance of divine energy.
"You!"
"Yep, me. Now, goodbye." And Mahabali flipped back just as a concentrated jet of divine water crashed into his chest and blasted him backwards, Kartikeya flying after him and unleashing a flurry of attacks that kept Arjuna from unleashing any arrows while Cao Cao floated in the air besides Mahabali.
"Do you have some energy to spare? I think with my next attack, I can take him out and destroy Pashupatastra as well." "Take all the energy you need and end this battle." Mahabali said with a grin as a deep blue aura covered his hand before he placed it on Cao Cao's shoulder, the human nodding in thanks as he felt large amounts of divine energy flowing through his body before he took a deep breath.
"O Spear. The True Holy Spear which pierces through Divinity.
Suck the ambition of the Warlord of Conquest sleeping within me and pierce through the dream of blessing and destruction.
You. Announce the will and turn it into glory as I claim glory for my own.
Truth Ideal: Cakkaratana." As Cao Cao finished chanting, a surprising pure white aura covered both him and the spear as a comforting presence echoed through the sky, Varuna staring in shock at the elderly man with the long white hair & matching beard floating behind Cao Cao with a benevolent smile.
"YAHWEH." He whispered, watching as the man turned to gave them a smile and a nod before he placed a hand on the True Longinus and its divine aura shot through the roof & ceased all fighting as everyone looked at the human overflowing with divine power. Kartikeya stared at Cao Cao in shock before he grinned as he moved out of the way while the man aimed his spear at the still Arjuna, who quickly snapped out of his shock as he pulled Pashupatastra back.
"My karma shall be unleashed here. As the child of a god and a human, I will dole out punishment! Behold! For this is destru-!"
"Invoke." Arjuna wasn't even able to complete his chant as Cao Cao disappeared and reappeared behind him, Pashupatastra cut into pieces as Arjuna felt nothing but coldness.
Slowly looking down, he felt nothing as he stared at the gaping hole in the middle of his chest as well as his missing limbs before he turned his head to Cao Cao, his eyes widening at the fourteen wings made out of golden light spread wide with the large blue halo floating above his head as Cao Cao smiled at him.
"Be free, child." Even his voice had changed as it was filled with power & kindness and Arjuna couldn't stop the peaceful smile from appearing on his face as he felt his consciousness disappearing, the last thing he felt being someone catching him before all he felt was peace.
Cao Cao watched as Mahabali caught Arjuna before all of his energy left him, feeling his body slowly tipping to the ground before he grunted as something stopped him from falling.
"Nice work there, Cao." Kartikeya said with a proud grin and Cao Cao chuckled as he gave a thumbs up before he finally passed out, the True Longinus dissipating in a blue flash as Kartikeya shook his head with an amused smile.
'Father, we did it. The rest is up to you.' Kartikeya thought with a smile as he looked in the direction where he felt his father's, Gilgamesh's and Indra's auras still going rampant in their battle.
With Gilgamesh:
At the edge of Shiva's Territory:
Gilgamesh had to admit that he was being hard pressed to even keep up with fighting Indra let alone keeping up with Shiva's movements as he helped the Destruction God fight against the King of the Hindu Pantheon.
Even with him having taken off his weighted armour and releasing the seals that kept his full power hidden away, he was barely able to see Shiva casually ripping & tearing through every lightning bolt that Indra threw at him while the King God tried his best to dodge the aura-infused blows from Shiva.
Indra knew in his divine soul that he had perhaps been a bit too hasty when he decided to join the Khaos Brigade to overtake Shiva & become the sole ruler god of the Hindu Pantheon, but he thought that with Ophis at his side & Arjuna with the Pashupatastra on his side, that he would be able to take them out.
Imagine how surprised he was when he heard from his scouts that not only was the Organization allying with Shiva, but Gilgamesh himself along with five Ultimate-Class U& higher fighters were going to be in this battle as well, one of which he knew quite well.
Cao Cao was supposed to be his trump card, his magnum opus, against Shiva, so when he heard that the Hero Faction had been taken out & converted by the Organization, he was pissed as that meant that years of hard work & manipulation had gone down th-! "
Aggh!" Indra was knocked from his inner monologue as a heavy gut punch nearly knocked him out before he grunted in pain as a hand wrapped around his skull.
"Did you forget that I can read minds with ease? You do not get to possess the concept of thinking any longer." Shiva said with a frown and Indra gave a bloody chuckle before the destruction god rolled his eyes as he let go of Indra & blocked the monstrous stream of lightning coming down upon his head with a bored look.
"H-Hehehe, yeah, I did, but! Now…now I'll take you seriously." And he quickly pulled a large potion out, its colour a deep purple with fumes floating above it. Shiva just watched on in disinterest as Indra downed it before he rose an eyebrow as a deep purple aura appeared around Indra & mixed with his dark blue aura.
"I feel like we should have stopped him." Gilgamesh said with a frown and Shiva just snorted as he shook his head.
"No, it doesn't matter if he gets stronger. He's still nothing more than a fly."
"Hah, then I'll go and help the others take care of the rebel army."
"You do that." Shiva said with a dismissive wave of his hand, Gilgamesh rolling his eyes with an amused smirk as he floated back to the battlefield on the ground while Shiva kept his eyes on Indra.
A deep indigo-blue aura flowed off of Indra as two more arms sprouted from his body, the god tearing off his shirt as another mouth grew around his stomach. A third eye with a dark blue iris and deep black sclera opened on his forehead and a wide fanged grin appeared on Indra's face as his entire body sparked before transforming into dark blue electricity.
"Is this suppose to be some sort of hidden move of yours?"
"Inspired by Brahma's & Vishnu's true forms, actually. Unlike you three, I never tried to achieve my True Form, but with this, I am now on the same level as the three of you!" Indra exclaimed with a grin and Shiva rolled his eyes before waving his hand.
"Very well. I'll give you four attacks to kill me. If you have not killed me by then, I will kill you."
"Your funeral. Mourning willows. Deep sorrows. Darkest memories. Sing as the Śakra envelops your soul./ Evening bitterness. Dragon Morning blackest. Soulful heartache. Wail as the Powerful One punishes your sins." The mouth on Indra's face and the one on his stomach chanted respectively as sparks of deep blue electricity filled the air while harsh wind swayed around his body.
His two top hands combined into a hand sign with his middle & ring fingers pointed upwards & his thumbs, index and pinky fingers curled up & pressed against each other while his lower two hands formed into a hand sign with the middle fingers curled around the index fingers and the rest of the fingers linked up with its other.
"Cursed Technique: Heavenly Cleave. Totality Technique: Sparking Carnage." Shiva hummed at the sight of hundreds of giant airblades and the numerous massive beams of dark blue plasma racing through the sky, staring as the attacks slowly neared them before he scoffed as he lifted his hand & pointed his right index finger at the attacks.
"Purple." His voice was soft as he unleashed a small purple orb of divine energy, but just as the orb touched the first on the lightning, a monstrous orb of deep purple gravity appeared in its place and reality itself roared in pain as a gaping hole was ripped in between space & time itself.
'Just as I suspected.' Indra thought with an amused shake of his head as he watched the void in reality slowly began to fill back up, staring at Shiva as the destruction god raised an eyebrow at him, as if to ask 'what now'.
Both mouths of Indra chanted softly in rapid succession as tens of thousands of lightning bolts were fired off from the Vajra floating right next to him, Shiva not even wasting his time moving as a simple yet constant pulse from his aura disintegrated every single spark of electricity that neared him.
"As the light falls, let dawn arise. Domain Expansion: Mythical Shrine of the Malevolent Amber Beast." As Indra finished his chant, a shrine dripping with deep amber blood appeared in the sky behind Indra, Shiva raising an eyebrow before he blinked as a slight sting of pain appeared on the back of his hand, looking down to see a shallow cut on his hand.
Looking back up at Indra, he hummed as a pitch black void enveloped the two of them before he chuckled as a series of thunderbolts ripped right through the aura pulsing around his body & crashed into his form.
Yet, the god was not fazed as he easily swatted away the lightning following those bolts with a smile on his face, not even caring for the airblades that delivered shallow cuts all over his body as he stared at Indra before he nodded.
"Good work. I see you've finally decided to dip into the true domain of the gods. However, right now, you are a mere fledgeling compared to myself or the other two of the Trimurti. Let me show you what true power is. Domain Expansion: Maximum Totality: Hollow Void of Infinite Destruction." And as Shiva unleashed the full brunt of his aura into the void, Indra could only give a silent scream as the shrine & the void around them was ripped asunder, feeling his consciousness sinking deeper & deeper into the abyss that is death as he kept staring at the amused yet bored stare Shiva aimed at him.
'Even with a boost that gave me 200% more of my full power, I was still nothing more than an ant to him. I was foolish. Heh…you truly are…the strongest.' And that was Indra's final thoughts as the last of his mind, body and soul were fully disintegrated, all fighting below ceasing as Shiva's army cheered while Indra's dropped their weapons & held up their hands.
Those that didn't, which were mostly the beasts from the different mythologies, were all swiftly put down and Shiva took a soft yet deep breath as he felt Kartikeya's and Gilgamesh's presences behind him.
"May you rest in peace, my son. Know that your death has been avenged." Shiva prayed before he smiled as he turned around and looked at his two companions.
"It is done, father?"
"It is done, my son." He nodded with a smile and Kartikeya nodded as he floated back down to continue cleaning up the aftermath of the army, leaving Gilgamesh staring at Shiva before he spoke.
"What will you do now?" He asked and Shiva hummed before he shrugged.
"Perhaps go on a vacation with just Parvati & I for a few decades while I leave Kartikeya and Mahabali to clean up the mess and make something of those left in the Hindu Pantheon. Maybe Brahma & Vishnu can help."
"So, the same as usual. Why did I expect anything else from your lazy behind?" Gilgamesh muttered with a sigh and Shiva chuckled as he patted Gilgamesh on the back and floated back to the ground with the human following after him.
However, both men stopped in their tracks as an overwhelming presence flooded the area, both their heads snapping back up to where Indra had disappeared before their eyes widened at the sight of a petite teenage girl with long black hair & emotionless black eyes.
The gothic dress she had on was open at the chest with her nipples covered by black tape in an x-shape, but that didn't stop both of them from focusing on the monstrous draconic aura flowing off of her as she stared at them.
'WHY THE FUCK IS OPHIS HERE?!'
A/N: And another war done and Cliffhanger-kun strikes again!
Next chapter, what will happen!
I know! I know! I understand that Indra wouldn't have pulled this shit in canon, but I needed a way to progress the story and unfortunately, this was the only way I knew how to.
Also, how does everyone like the fact that I made Indra's true form be a combination of Kashimo and Heian Sukuna? Or the fact that I made Shiva have Gojo's technique with a touch of his destruction abilities?
Now, as always, read, enjoy, review and until the next one…
Ba-Bye~!
