Blessings and Curses

In a place in the skies, a meeting is being held.

"R-Realm of t-the g-gods?" Aedon questioned nervously. "What was that lightning? Is that how I go here? Am I dead?"

"HAHA you're obviously still alive and kicking" Says Ares as he slaps Aedon on the back.

"His armor, that sword on his waist, and that spear. Is that the god of war?" Aedon asks himself. Aedon looks around the room and feels the divine presence emitting from each one of the gods in the room.

"g-gods? Heh, so gods are real huh?" Aedon asked. "Well yes obviously" Ares answered confidently. "If you guys are real, then where were you when my parents died!" Aedon shouted out in agony.

"W-Well" Ares tried to speak out but couldn't find an answer good enough to satisfy the boy. "G-Gaia can you help me out over here?" Ares asked.

"Young boy, i'm very sorry that your parents have been killed, but sadly as of right now, us gods don't have enough power to save every single person sufferering in this world right now." Gaia answered in a sad tone.

"B-But you guys are gods, aren't gods supposed to help out if someone calls out for help?" Aedon said angrily "Why didn't you answer me when I was down there?"

Sadly we cannot help any humans as of right now, our situation is dire. Any wrong step we'll be found out. "Wrong step? Found out? You aren't making much sense" Aedon said.

As of right now the gods in this room are the only gods left in this world who haven't fully turned to darkness or lost their sanity. "what the hell?" Indeed the realm of the gods has now turned into hell, all because of the devil.

"The Devil? Who's that?" Aedon asked. The Devil has many names Lucifer,Satan, the morning star, the light, and countless others. He is the epitome of evil, hes the worst of the worst, and the reason why we brought you to this world.

Let me help you remember, Gaia walks towards Aedon and places her hand on his head. She recited the word"θυμηθείτε ξανά" which means "remember again" in greek. After Gaia recited those words, a bright orb flowing from within Gaia went into Aedon's head.

Once the orb had entered Aedon's head, he was thrown back and was shouting in pain. All of his memories from his past had entered his head once again, there were too many memories entering Aedon's head that his brain couldn't handle it.

After a painful five minutes, Aedon finally remembered everything again. "Now you see why, your world was destroyed, and you're the only living thing left in earth 01." Gaia said. Earth 01 humans are special, compared to the other earth's.

Sadly and regretfully the last human living was "you" who had zero talents and has no special gifts, I apologise but its the truth, wether you like it or not. "Damn it" what did you say boy? "Damn it all! I'm sick of hearing that, through out my whole life people have been looking down on me, and i'm sick of it" Aedon said in an angry tone.

That's good to hear. "What? Didn't you just hear a single thing I sa-" We brought you up here for a reason didn't we? We brough you here to give your useless self a boost, we need you to get stronger so you can save the universe.

"A boost?" Aedon asks intrigued by the statement. Yes a boost, or perhaps a blessing, a curse? We will give you Divine Blessings and Curses to help you grow stronger. "Okay blessing I understand b-but why a curse???" Aedon asks, confused.

You see, a gifted or talented person can easily get stronger. While you on the other hand.....need to go through hardships, that is the reason why some of us will give you curses. Sadly that's just how life works, the talented and gifted easily climb up the ladder, while the weak have to struggle, to get to the top.

"Sh*t, whatever lets get this over with" Aedon says arrogantly. "Tch, this boy is too prideful, he isn't even special and he thinks we gods will just follow his orders, i'm out of here" Says Poseidon, the god and king of the seas and living water.

"I agree, with the water king" Says Aeolus god of the air, "I too don't think this boy is worthy of my blessings" Says Hephaestus the goddess of forge and fire.

As the three elemental gods were leaving passing by Aedon, Poseidon stopped and said "Boy, once you have shown your worth and humbled yourself we shall aid you in your conquest"

After the three had left, the gods start to panic. "What shall we do??" "Three of the four elements have left" "What can we do without our top 3 players?" The gods asked each other in panic.

"Everyone! Calm yourself, they will be back i'm sure of it" Gaia orders them, reassuring them that everything will be alright. "But what they said is true, that boy might not be worthy enough" said one of the gods. "Yeah, yeah! I only have three more divine blessings left, I don't feel like wasting it on that talentless man"

"GOD DAMN IT!!!! GIVE ME THE DAMN BLESSINGS AND CURSES AND I'LL SHOW ALL OF YOU" Aedon shouted in anger. "Yes, yes, your anger is wonderful young boy, it makes me feel all good inside" Lyssa the god of anger said while hugging herself tightly while biting her lips.

"Ummm okaaay, anyways shall we begin the Divine rites?" Gaia asks, anymore complaints anyone wanna say? No? Okay lets by sitting order. "Boy, walk towards the center, under that ray of light" Gaia tells the boy.

As Aedon walks towards the center, he looks up and gets glares of disgust from multiple gods. Once Aedon was under the ray of light his body was unable to move, only his eyes and mouth are free for him to control. "Alright, the boy is in the center, Aphrodite you first"

Aphrodite flys down towards the boys direction and stands infront of him. She places her hands on his chest where his heart is located and says "I Aphrodite, goddess of love, bestow a Divine Blessing upon "Aedon Nazdarin" the blessing of love, this blessing shall only be gained once Aedon experiences true love."

Next was Ares, he pulls out a knife as he walks towards Aedon. Ripping apart the shirt Aedon was wearing, he takes the knife and carves a spear and shield on Aedon's chest and says "I Ares, god of war, bestow a Divine Curse upon "Aedon Nazdarin" a cursed marking, this marking has been cursed to attract "war" basically anything that is evil or something that wants to cause pain to others will be attracted to you, because of this marking. This way you'll get stronger, said Ares as he smiles at Aedon. While walking away he laughs wickedly.

After Ares was Lyssa, she flew down towards Aedon. She takes out a divine knife that can hurt a god, and cuts herself. She sucks the blood from the cut she made and held Aedon's face, "May your anger grown into something beautfiul" after she says that to Aedon, she kisses him.

"What in gods name?" said Ares, "Okay thats not a kiss anymore Lyssa...." says Gaia. While Lyssa was making out with Aedon, his eyes were wide open, trying his hardest to move his body so that he can push her away, he soon gives up after struggling for awhile though.

"Thats enough Lyssa..." Gaia says. Lyssa stops and says "I Lyssa, goddess of wrath, bestow a Divine Curse and Blessing upon "Aedon Nazdarin" the curse and blessing of anger flowing within me, this curse curse can engulf Aedon in pure rage and destruction if his rage reaches its limit, but blesses him with strength equal to his anger.

Once Lyssa got back up on the platform the gods were staying at, she got a slap from Aphrodite while she was wiping her lips with her hands. "How dare you take that boys first kiss!" Aphrodite says. Lyssa filled with anger after getting slapped "He tasted sooo goood tho" she says as she slaps Aphrodite. The two started slapping each other, one after another.

Hermes rushed towards them and tried to stop them, "Ladies gods shouldn't fight amongst themselves" The two stop fighting for awhile. "Hermes it's your turn!" Ares shouts out. "Okay ladies don't fight, I'll be back" Soon after he left the two started going at it again.

Once Hermes was down there he said to Aedon "Don't worry about the other gods, I support you, I believe you can do this" Aedon smiled with one tear falling from his eyes, Hermes wiped the tear off and kneeled down. "Impossible! a god shouldn't be doing that" one of the gods said "Hermes, you fool!"

Hermes kisses the legs of Aedon and says. "I Hermes, god of speed, bestow a Divine Blessing upon "Aedon Nazdarin" the blessing of speed, he will be able to gain and master this blessing only after he realises that running doesn't mean losing.

Once Hermes got back up he saw two unconscious gods laying on the floor and says "Oh my, these two are ruthless"

Next was Thoth, he walked towards Aedon and places his head on Aedon's head. "I Thoth, god of wisdom, bestow a Divine Blessing upon "Aedon Nazdarin" the blessing of wisdom, granting him great memory and deeper understanding of anything he hears, learns, sees, or studies about."

Hercules then leaps down infront of Aedon, placing his hands on the boy and says "I Hercules, god of strength and heroes, bestow a Divine Blessing upon "Aedon Nazdarin" the blessing of strength, this blessing shall only be activated whenever he calls my name and requires the strength to do good.

After Hercules was Oizys, she teleported infront of Aedon and captured her forever falling tears in a vial. She then fed Aedon her tears from the vial and said, "I Oizys, goddess of dark emotions, bestow a Divine Curse upon "Aedon Nazdarin" the curse of darkness, when ever someone he cares for has dark emotions he will be able to feel that pain but in a worse way.

After Oizys teleported away, Pluto flew down holding a metal rod fresh out of the oven. He pulled out Aedon's hand and branded Aedon with the metal rod, a freshly burned brand in the shape of a coin was now marked on Aedon's left hand. After marking him Pluto said "I Pluto, god of prosperity, bestow a Diving Blessing upon "Aedon Nazdarin" the blessing of wealth, Aedon shall never have a problem with any matters related to his wealth.

Fenrir then jumped down towards Aedon in his wolf form, he walked around Aedon looking up and down at the boy thinking to himself "Hmph this boy is too weak, he is utterly useless." he stops behind Aedon and scars him on the back with his sharp claws, a large skratch was now marked on Aedon's back. After doing so Fenrir said, "I Fenrir, lord of the wolves and god of destruction, bestow a Divine Curse upon "Aedon Nazdarin" the curse of the beast, there will be a time when the moonlight of the full moon touches Aedon, turning him into a beast."

Next up was Adephagia, she flew down towards Aedon while holding a basket full of food. Once she landed she started forcefuly feeding Aedon the food that was in the basket. Aedon was choking and coughing but he couldn't do anything. After she fed him the last piece of grape she said, "I Adephagia, the goddess of gluttony, bestow a Divine Blessing upon "Aedon Nazdarin" the blessing of predatory, Aedon can eat "anything" and depending on the amount of food he consumes, that will be his strength."

After that horrible scene, Kronos flew down while sitting on his throne. He got off of his throne once he reached the bottom, he walked towards Aedon while three hour glasses were floating around him. He stretches his hands towards Aedon's head and says "Ο χρόνος είναι πολύτιμος" meaning "time is precious" suddenly the three hour glasses enter the Aedon's head. "I Kronos, the god of time, bestow a Divine Blessing upon "Aedon Nazdarin" the blessing of time, Aedon is given three chances to go back to specific time he yearns for.

And finally Gaia, she slowly walked towards Aedon and recites the words "η ζωή είναι πολύτιμη" meaning "life is precious" as green light starts surrounding the two Gaia says, "I Gaia, the goddess of life and earth itself, bestow a Divine Blessing upon "Aedon Nazdarin" the blessing of life, this gives Aedon the ability to regenerate any wound he gets, as of now his regeneration will be very weak, the more damage he recieves the stronger this power will grow.There is a price for everything though, each time he gets damaged and regenerates, the pain will be far more excruciating than when he recieved it."

After Gaia finished the final blessing all the gods chanted out the words "KREMBULUM SAATI SAAFARA DARUTCHII LEDINA DIVINI MUNERIS"

The Divine ceremony was complete, Aedon was finally able to move again. "W-What the hell was all that? Why the hell did some of you gave me something weird and gross, like blood, tears, and a bunch of weird foods?" Aedon asked angrily.

"I too was weirded out by what some of the gods did, but you can't help it, gods do what they wanna do. I'm terribly sorry if some of that caused you disturbance." Gaia said, calmly.

"Doesn't matter as long as I can become strong" Aedon said arrogantly, again. "About that, didn't you listen? You need to earn some of the blessings given to you" Gaia says.

"What the heck? No one said anything about that, well perhaps I was thinking about what Lyssa did too much." Lyssa blushes after hearing that, while Aphrodite gets fires in her eyes. It's like they both became each others opposites.

"Anyways can you just tell me what they are?" Aedon asks. "I'm afraid not, even if I do tell you, it would be pointless. Once we bring you back down there you won't remember anything that happend here" Gaia says.

"What?! No one said anything about that" Lyssa says filled with rage. While Aphrodite lets out a small "phew" she was happy that Aedon wouldn't remember anything about Lyssa.

"N-No way" Aedon says as he falls on his knees. "I'm sorry but its about time you go back" Gaia says regrefully. "W-Wait I still have alot of questions abo-" Do it now Hermes!

Aedon was struck by lightning once more, bringing him back down to earth. "O-Ouch" Aedon says as he wakes up in the graveyard with rain pouring down on him, once again. The voice of someone calling out his name "Aedon!" "Boy! Where are you?" it was the voices of Anna and Michael as they climb up the hill.

Aedon's vision was slowly fading away, the last thing he saw before going unconscious was the hand and face of Michael, once Michael reached the top "I-Is that you Doc?" Aedon softly says as he slowly falls asleep.