51 - Destruction (1)

Mimir found Poseidon's reaction strange, '' What's wrong with that?''

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. Hræsvelgr 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 Hræsvelgr 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.''

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When Poseidon and Mimir arrived at the location Hræsvelgr 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 Hræsvelgr, 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.