39 - Fear!

When the Greeks got close, they noticed that the Egyptian gods were shocked. Even Thoth was distracted.

Apollo decided to ask, "What happened?''

Thoth recovered and replied in a sad voice, '' Our realm... has been destroyed.''

'' What!?''

Thoth sighed, '' Yes, that last attack was accurate. It hit our realm in its main and weak part. I believe we have a matter of hours to get out of here.''

'' But you can rebuild later, right? Our realm has been destroyed before and we rebuild it.'' Hestia spoke up.

''Yes, but that will take some time. It's not something we can do in just one day, and we would use a lot of our powers while being exposed. Plus, we don't know how many Chaos troops are left behind.''

Hestia then asked, "What about the remaining mortals?''

Ra heard this and was surprised, '' Are there any mortals left alive!?''

Hestia nodded, '' Yes, we found some nearby and they are in a relatively safe place. We left four mystical creatures with them.''

Ra finally smiled a little amid this disaster, '' The Eye said all the mortals were dead... good thing there's something left.''

Anubis, who hadn't said anything until now, joined in the conversation, '' Have you by any chance seen souls wandering around the realm?''

The God of Death looked apprehensive.

'' Yes. The souls were wandering around the realm.''

Anubis sighed, "What were they thinking?''

Apollo was also surprised by Anubis' reaction, '' What do you mean by that?''

'' When Chaos trapped me here, they must have gone to my realm of the dead and messed things up. Souls couldn't walk around the realm like that. Death literally follows them. Any mortal the souls encountered, my servants would kill, for it is unnatural for the dead to have contact with the living.''

'''The realm would be in big trouble if not for his impending destruction.'' Anubis looked defeated, '' What now?''

"Now let's meet with these mortals and come up with a plan... Can you tell us how many hours we have before the destruction of the realm?'' Apollo asked Ra.

"At least 5 hours and no more than 10.''

Apollo quickly made some calculations, '' Yes... that will give us time.''

''Time for what?''

'' To save the mortals that are left.''

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When Poseidon woke up, the first thing he did was to take a battle stance, ''Where!?''

Poseidon looked around and noticed that only he and another goddess were there. He then asked, "Where is that being that attacked me!?''

Isis, who was taking care of Poseidon, said calmly, '' He is already gone and you have been treated... now, can you please put on some clothes?''

Only then did Poseidon realize that he was naked. ''Why am I naked?''

''To make proper treatment. Believe it or not, you were badly injured.'' Isis said without any fluctuation in her voice.

Poseidon looked around and quickly found clothes that were already separated. He got dressed and turned to Isis, '' Thank you for your help. Now, can you tell me what happened while I was gone?''

Isis nodded and began to explain the situation. Apparently, after a long conversation between everyone present, the Gods came to an agreement. The majority of Egyptian Gods would, together with Apollo, take all the mortals from Egypt to the Greek realm.

After they get there and put the mortals in a safe place, the Gods will come back and recreate the Egyptian realm. By the way, this is the list of gods that are left from the Egyptian realm: Anubis, Bastet, Ra, Isis, Thoth, Hathor, and Seth.

For some reason, no one could find or sense Seth in the realm, so they speculated that he must have gone to Chaos or another realm.

Anyway, Apollo took one of the Pegasus with him and took the mortals and the other gods to the Greek realm. Since Apollo was part of a team who was going to heal Kratos' wife, the Gods of Egypt decided that Isis, who had similar powers as Apollo, was the one who would follow the Greek Gods on their journey to the Norse realm.

''In fact, Ra learned that Apollo was also a deity with solar powers and promised to train him.'' Isis added.

Poseidon, who was already dressed, said, "Remind me to thank Ra when we meet again. We've barely said anything to each other and we're already separated.''

Isis smiled a bit, "Oh, don't worry. We know about you, the Greek gods.''

'' What do you mean?''

'' We send mortals to other realms from time to time, to gather intel. But we can't reach the realm that's in the south and the Norse Realm is horrible to get information. But yours... we know enough of your history and how you made an alliance to take down your old king.''

'' He became mad with power.''

''Don't they all?''

This time it was Poseidon who smiled a little, '' By the way, can you tell me where we are?''

'' We are already arriving in the Norse realm. In less than two days, in fact.''

Poseidon was surprised, '' How long have I been gone!?''

Isis sighed, '' Your wounds were not normal. We've never seen anything like that before. Thoth's wound, who lost a limb, was much less severe than yours.''

'' You were out for a week.''

Poseidon was shocked, ' One attack and it took me out of the fight for a week... and I heard the creature scream Cthulhu before it died. If it's the same as my old life... we're screwed.'

But then Poseidon remembered something, "How did we get to the Norse Realm so fast? It was supposed to be a journey of months.''

Isis looked proud as she spoke, ''As I said before, we are experts at exploring the Between the Realms. We've shortened the journey even more.''

Isis then stood up, '' I'll go tell your friends you woke up.'' She then started to leave the place where they were standing.

'' Wait.'' Poseidon said.

'' What it is?'' Isis stopped.

'' ... Thank you for your help.''

''You're welcome.'' Isis then left the place.

Poseidon, who was left alone, sat on the ground, 'I never expected this. I knew Chaos was bad but I didn't know that Cthulhu was one of the enemies... I have to remember his myth to see if he has any weaknesses.'

Poseidon tried to search his memories for something that would help him fight the monster, but too much time had passed since John had left and Poseidon had taken over. 'My memories of John are getting faint... I can't remember much.'

In the middle of his thoughts, Poseidon heard footsteps and felt that his family was coming towards him, '' I'm glad that everyone is alright.''