Chapter 10

Eros who was very angry that Soul have gone missing flew back to the clouds in search of the deity of the west wind. He wanted to punish him for not protecting Soul as he promised, but when he got to the clouds far from Soul's father's kingdom he saw dark clouds and heavy winds clashing with each other. The god of love then realized that Soul's kidnapping wasn't done by one people alone and other immortals may be involved. So, Eros flew immediately to the direction of the dark clouds and saw west wind and east wind fighting with each other intensely without even minding if they were going to be seen by human. The god of love flew into the battle between the two brothers and request them to stop, but West wind who was tired of his brother hatred towards him ignored Eros and continue with the fight. Eros who saw that west wind and his brother wasn't listening to him, then summon a black hole with his magic. The black hole was going to suck their magic from them and render the deities powerless for some time. East wind who immediately saw the black hole coming directly to them stop fighting and vanished back to the immortal realm. West wind surprised that he's brother suddenly left turned back and also saw the black hole summoned by Eros, so he uses he's magic to counter the black hole and it magically dissolve.

"So you are here fighting with your brother when you suppose to be protecting Soul" Eros angrily said to west wind as he punched him in the face. " Soul is protected by the magic equipments you gave to her" West wind replied Eros without knowing what had happened. "she is gone, she is gone and some immortal too her!" Eros scream at the West wind as tears fall from his eyes. "What do you mean she is gone and some immortal too her?" West wind ask. "Ain't we the only immortals who knew that she was coming to the mortal realm" he said again. "Of course but my mother have always hated her and I am dead sure she is the one who kidnapped her" Eros said. " Wait! I think when my brother attack me earlier it wasn't just because he hated me" West wind spoke. "I think he wanted to distract me from protecting Soul, so that I couldn't hear or take her when she wanted to leave." west wind spoke again. "Yes, I thought of that just now, but your brother have never associated himself with higher gods like my mother" Eros said with a angry look on his face. "My brother will work for anybody as long as they promise him more power, so don't think your mother wouldn't work with him" West wind added.

"You speak well, but if my mother really kidnap her I pretty sure she wouldn't let her live for a day, so I have to rescue her from my mother" Eros planned. "You really want to enter you mother palace and take Soul from her?" West wind ask. "Anything for my Love" Eros replied. "You know that when an immortal takes another immortal possession even if that immortal is your mother, you will be punish for it" West wind educate Eros. "Don't tell me does words, you know very well that Soul was kidnap and no immortal was allowed to hurt mortals directly" Eros said angrily. "Fine, but am coming with you.... Am not going to let you do this by yourself" West wind said. "And besides It's also my fault Soul got kidnap so I have to make up for that" He said again. "Fine you can assist me, but don't slow me down or get notice my mother" Eros said and they both travelled back to the immortal realm. Eros and the west wind have been friends since the creation of time. They are essential elements needed in the world, so they have lived for millions of years as friends who were ready to assist each other anyway they can.

Eros and west wind arrived in Aphrodite flower palace as fast as they could. West wind immediately turned himself into his true form so he became invincible as the wind. "Go and check the hidden rooms in the palace and also the servant quarter if Soul is being hold captive there." Eros instructed West wind. The deity immediately flew to the various places Eros ask him to check and Eros himself went straight into the flower palace to confront his mother. Eros flew straight into the palace ignoring his mother magical guards as they try to stop him from going straight into her chamber. The god of love manage to move far from the magical guards with his magic, so he was able to enter into his mother chamber. He entered into his mother chamber and he saw her enjoying the music played by her servants and also eating grades. She didn't even care to look at him or welcome him. "Mother! Where is the girl" Eros shouted. "Is that how you talk to a supreme goddess and your mother?" Aphrodite said as she eat her grades. "You call yourself a supreme goddess but you only favour does who worship you and curse does who don't" Eros challenge his mother. "You know very well that mortals were created by us to worship us and if they go against us they will get punish" Aphrodite educate her son. "I don't care about your selfish laws I just want the girl" Eros replied his mother angrily. "Well, I don't have her and she is not in the palace so you and the deity of the west wind are wasting your time searching my palace" Aphrodite tells Eros. "Wait! How did you know that west wind is here" Eros ask. "Am the supreme goddess, the only daughter of the first god, and the one you gave birth to you. So I know what you plan and think" Aphrodite revealed. "Whatever mother, i know you were the only goddess who have the power to kidnap her" Eros said. "Oh are you sure?" Aphrodite said as she finally face her son. "What do you mean by that?" Eros asked. "I guess you forget that the mortal girl you are so regard to find was also hated by the goddess of trickery, and don't you think she have her?" Eros mother said. "I doubt that, she isn't powerfully enough to access the mortal realm and you are the only goddess who can directly have access to the mortal realm" Eros said. "Hahahaha, you make me laugh child" Aphrodite said. "Look!" Aphrodite showed Eros a big magical mirror that could show anything that is happening in the mortal realm. The mirror displayed what happened to Soul and how the goddess of trickery drag her into shadow without showing herself in the mortal realm. "That witch!" Eros said with rage in his eyes. "Sorry mother but I have to go, and when I come back I will make up for my insolent behavior" Eros said as he make is way out of his mother chamber. "Stop!" Eros mother said. "The fight for that mortal will be worst that you thought, so are you willing to go through all that for a mortal who will just die and turn to dust?" Aphrodite asked Eros. "Yes! I am willing to do anything for the girl and I can give up my sole existence for her" Eros said to his mother. "Child! I get the fact that you were shot by your own love arrow that's why you fell in love with her, but doing all this and trying to save her from her own death is something a god shouldn't be doing" Aphrodite said to her son. "Well, I get it that you higher gods and goddess don't interfere with the fate of humans, but Soul is more important to me than any rules or laws. So I am going to save her no matter the course" Eros said while staring at his mother. "Fine if you are so desperate to save this girl, then take this magical armour and weapons" Aphrodite said to her son as she gave Eros some of her most powerful war weapon she once used. "Why the armour am only going to face the goddess of trickery and she is a low level god" Eros asked his all powerful mother. "Child, you don't know what you are about to face, and because of that mortal girl you will come across destruction first hand" Aphrodite said to Eros. "Well, for love I will face destruction head on mother" Eros said. "Fine, but don't take the armour off no matter what" Aphrodite said. "You can get to the goddess of trickery misfit palace with the help of my Phoenix, and please tell the west wind to stop searching my palace now he is messing up my flowers with his wind" Aphrodite said to Eros with a smile. "Okay mother!" He replied. "Please be safe and fight well" Aphrodite said. "Okay mother" Eros replied is mother without really knowing why she said he should fight well.

Eros flew straight out of his mother palace and when he got outside he called out for the west wind. The west wind was still going through the palace searching every inch of it when he heard Eros calling out to him. He flew straight to Eros and He told him everything his mother showed him in her mirror. "So it turns out that witch too her" Eros said to the west wind. "I really underestimate that goddess, I thought she couldn't hurt Soul because she was too weak to enter the human realm" West wind said. "It must be one of her trick spells that help her kidnap Soul" Eros said. "Okay! But let us go and get her back" West wind said. "Yes but we have to use the magical Phoenix my mother gave me, it will guide us to the goddess of trickery palace" Eros said and both of them left with as the Phoenix show them the way to the goddess of trickery palace. They got to the entrance of the palace gate without being detected by the goddess of trickery demon guards. "So how do we get inside and rescue Soul" West wind said. "You could disguise yourself with your true form and enter the palace, while I am going to break in and face the goddess" Eros said. "You know that's very dangerous, she could be a low level goddess but her corny behavior have assisted in the fall of many great gods and goddess" West wind said.  "I know and I am going to take that risk for Soul" He said and flew straight through the goddess of trickery palace gate while alerting her demon guards. "Kill the higher god and you shall be rewarded!" A Senior demon guard shouted as he saw Eros trying to break into the main palace. "Goooaarr!" Hundred of demon guards shouted as they run towards Eros with full spead. Eros uses his amazing arching skills to fight them, and the magical Phoenix is mother gave him also assisted him in the fight by burning the demon guards with it's external flames. So, after killing off all the demon guards, Eros flew straight into the main palace only to see west wind badly injured on the ground and the goddess of trickery sitting on her throne. Eros flew straight to help West wind up, he was badly wounded but he could stand up. "What magic did you use on him you witch" Eros asked angrily. "Hahahaha did you think that you upper gods were the only ones with great powers" The goddess of trickery said. "I know you have Soul with you and if she is hurt in anyway, I will make sure you die" Eros threatened the goddess. "Hahahaha, you really see yourself as an upper god just because your mother is one. But don't worry, when am through with you, I will pick out your manifest wings and send it to your mother as a gift" the goddess of trickery said. "Don't.... Mind what she is saying... She's only confident because she has an unknown power, that's what she used to blast me" West wind struggle to talk while standing at Eros back. "You caused all of this west wind, and if didn't give my favours to that mortal girl all of this wouldn't have happened" goddess of trickery spoke out with anger. "Well, who knew the beauty of a goddess also comes with the powers of a goddess too, hahahaha" the goddess of trickery added. "What do you mean the beauty of a goddess? What have done to SOUL!?" Eros Shouted as he flew straight to attack the goddess, but she defended herself by creating a magical shield which counter Eros attack and pushed him back. The magical Phoenix who was also in the palace, summoned it's internal flames at the goddess, but her strong magical shield also counter the magical bird magic. "Hahahaha, so the son of an upper goddess couldn't break my shield" The goddess of trickery laughed. "That mortal girl wasn't as useless as I thought. When I kidnapped her, I took the first favour from her and gave her body to Hades as a prize. Now I both have the beauty of a goddess and also the power of a goddess. What a surprise" The goddess of trickery revealed. "You WHAT!" Eros Shouted as he's rage made the palace to shake. "You gave Soul to Hades? You will die for doing that you witch" Eros angrily said as he brought out the sword from his armour. "Hahahaha, come out me god of love!" the goddess of trickery shouted. Eros flew to the goddess with lightening speed as he tries to strike her with his sword. The goddess block his attack with her powerful magic and summon thousands of swords to Eros direction. This caught Eros by surprise but he uses his sword to prevent any of the swords from hitting him. The diety of the west wind who was at Eros back prevented the Swords from touching him by turning to his true form. 

Eros counter the swords attack and charge angrily at the goddess of trickery the second time. This time is uses is magic to create countless figures of himself, and this confused the goddess of trickery so much that she just attack all the figures of Eros without knowing that the real Eros has vanished to her back when she was attacking his figures. Eros took this opportunity to stab the goddess with his sword and before she could turn back and attack him with her magic. The other remaining figures created by Eros stab her with their own swords. The goddess of trickery was surprised that she didn't sense Eros in her back before he stab her, and now she is brutally wounded from all the swords attack she have received from Eros and his figures. The goddess of trickery fell on the ground, as Eros and his figures remove their swords from her body. "Hahahaha, you think you have won this round god of love, but your Soul is already at the mercy of hades and soon he will give her the blood fruit which will wipe all her memories and she will stay with him in the underworld still she perish" the goddess of trickery revealed as she splits out blood. "You witch!" Eros rages got the better of him and he wanted to completely kill the goddess with his sword. "STOP!" West wind Shouted. "Why will I spare the life of this evil woman" Eros replied West wind. "You....know the rules god of love, you can't kill..another goddess. You will be be going against fate" West wind struggles to speak. "I will face the consequences later put this so called goddess of trickery must die!" Eros said. So, as he was about to struck the goddess of trickery with his sword. Heavy dark wind covered the whole palace and west wind immediately knew that East wind was the one controling the dark wind in the palace. The dark wind controlled by East wind was so thick and dark that Eros couldn't see anything, or see him when he carried the goddess of trickery out of the palace. The heavy dark wind was eventually cut open by Eros and when he looked around he saw that the goddess of trickery was gone.  "AHHH!" Eros screamed in anger. "So are you going to chase after her or go to save Soul from the hands of Hades" West wind asked. "As much as I want to kill that witch for taking Soul to Hades, I have to go and save Soul Now!" Eros said and Flew with lightening speed of the misfit palace. The magical Phoenix followed him, while the deity of the west wind stayed back to rest. Eros thought about Soul as he flies to the underworld. "I hope she is fine" He Said.

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