Chapter 80

"why is goddess Aphrodite protecting him?" 

"...maybe she just don't want her son to kill his own father." 

"... that's just really stupid. The father nearly killed her son, so why protect him?" 

"...She must have own reasons, now shut up and stop talking about the queen." 

"... goddess Aphrodite have really change.... something about her seems off." 

"...i said stop talking about the queen!"

All the gods discussed among themselves after seeing how Aphrodite protected Zeus from Eros. 

"...Why are you protecting him mother!...huh?!" Eros ask her and continue shooting arrows at the portal. 

"...He is your father... stop!" Aphrodite shouted at him. 

"He tried to kill me and Soul!" Eros said, and fill in four arrows in his bow. 

"Don't shoot those arrows at him!" Aphrodite shouted, but he still shoot the arrows straight at the portal, and the burst open.

"...Now i have you!" Eros said in a devilish tone, jump in the air, and land his feet on Zeus face. He then began kicking him with all his might, and the kicks broke some bones in his body. 

"Eros stop now!" Aphrodite shouted at him, but he still kept kicking Zeus. 

"...I said stop!" Aphrodite shouted again and whip him away with a chain she conjured up.

"AHHH!" Eros shouted as he drifts away after being whipped with the chain. He drifts away and lands on the ground, but quickly stand on his feet. 

"...You just attack me because of him? After knowing what he did to me and soul..huh?" Eros ask her, and fill his bow with five arrows, and aimed it straight at his mother. 

"Eros! What are you doing?" Dusa ask him. 

"...You can't aim your bow at her, it's not right." Dusa added. 

"...sure! But it is very right for her to protect this monster." Eros said, and draw out his arrows. 

"Don't do this. You two... please don't fight, the mother of fate sent us here to assist the upper gods in the war against Hades. If you all start a fight here, then that means...." Dusa said, but Eros still did not put down his bow. He still aimed it at him mother, while Aphrodite still was ready to protect Zeus from him.

*Hahahaha!*

Zeus suddenly burst into laughter, while still tied down. 

"... What's so funny?" Dusa ask him. 

"...The fact that you all think you can stop Hades. That demon has the chaos Pearl with him, and even with all the assistance in the world, you will never be able stop defect him." Zeus stopped laughing, and said.

"..If you know that Hades can't be defected, why did you round up all the gods, and promise them good things if they help you defect him?" The god of pride who have now moved closer to them, ask. 

"...YOU!" Eros angry said, and aim his bow at the god of pride. 

"Hey, cool down! I only came to talk...not to fight!" Cresifo stated and climb off his horse. 

"Don't think i have forgotten how you and that dead goddess of justice wanted kill me and soul so badly." Eros said while still aiming the arrows at him.

"Yeah...yeah...yeah... That's in the past now. Now I have acknowledge soul, and i don't want you or her dead again." The god of pride said.

"You don't want us dead again huh? Lies..." Eros said, and shoots his five arrows at him. 

The god of pride who is one of the most skillful gods in Olympus, just stand still and watch the five arrows fly straight to him. He then catch three of the arrows with his bare hands, and dodge two the moment they were close enough.

"..You should learn to improve your arching skills because....." The god of pride said after catching Eros arrows, but suddenly he got hit with two sharp arrows. 

"AHHHHH!" The god of pride shouted, and fall to the ground. 

"...How...how..." The pride god struggles speak because the two arrows that hit him,  pierced through his throat and chest. 

" ..Eros! What have you done?!" Aphrodite angrily ask him, and rush to the god of pride side. She then began healing him with her magic, and luckily he did not die.

"... next time you won't underestimate me!" Eros stated, and walk back to Soul who was still in an unconscious state.

"...Wait! Ain't you going to kill me..?" Zeus ask him as he walk to where Soul was. 

"..i will do that another day." Eros stated. 

"...There wouldn't be an another day.." Zeus said, and began laughing. 

"They wouldn't be another day! They wouldn't be another day!" He shouted furiously like a insane person and continue laughing. 

"Damn you!" Eros muttered after seeing the way Zeus was acting, and the  turn to Soul.

"Wake soul.... please wake up." Eros whisper to her, but noting happened. 

"Please.... listen to my voice! Wake up." Eros said again, but Soul did not respond. She was still deep in her unconscious state. 

"Damnit!" Eros shouted, and bend down his head like someone who have failed an important task.

"...Eros is really not in a good mood right now." Zadre muttered. 

"Yeah! He is not." Dusa agreed with him, and levitate to where Aphrodite was. 

"Watch him!" Dusa said to Zadre as she levitates away. 

"Sure! He will not leave my side." Zadre said, and conjure up more chains around Zeus.

"Damn you demon....but just wait. If i get out of here i will make sure i ki....." Zeus was about to say something, but zadre conjure up chains around his mouth before he could complete what he was about to say. 

"...Thank you goddess Aphrodite...thank you for healing me." Cresifo thanked Aphrodite. 

"..Yeah you better thank her." Dusa said as she levitate to towards them. 

"Sister! Don't cause problem now." Aphrodite immediately stand up and block her way, so that she can't get to the god of pride. 

"... don't worry sister. I don't want to kill me. Not yet!" Dusa said, and levitate to the ground.

"...Thank you!" Cresifo said to her, and stand up from the ground. 

"... don't thank me you damn upper god." Dusa said, and turn away from me. 

"Okay!" Cresifo answered, and turn to Aphrodite. 

"....great goddess Aphrodite, we need to talk about the huge matter on ground right now. Which is not about Zeus, but about the war with Hades." Cresifo said to Aphrodite. 

"Yes! We need to talk about that... but first we need to find a way to bring back my sister from her unconscious state." Aphrodite stated. 

"...Yes! She is really in an unconscious state." Cresifo said as he take a glance at soul. 

"... We need to find a way to bring her back. I don't think my magic will be of any use because i tried to use it to bring Eros out of his own unconscious state but noting happened. So i sure noting will happen if i try it on her too." Aphrodite revealed. 

"...But why don't Eros try to bring the goddess of kindness out of her own unconscious state?" Cresifo ask. 

"...if he does that. He might get trap in his own unconscious mind again." Aphrodite revealed. 

"Oh! That's too bad." Cresifo muttered. 

"Damnit! What are we going to do. If only she can not drag her out of her unconscious state with our magic." Dusa said, and her words gave the god of pride an idea. 

"...Wait! I think i know of a way that can bring the goddess of kindness back to reality!" Cresifo suddenly shouted.

"...what! Really?...how?!" Aphrodite turn to him and ask. 

"...When i was young. My sister always conjure up monsters and demons in my dreams so that get can scare me out of it. And it works. So i think if we do thesame in the goddess of kindness mind, she might wake up from her unconscious state." The god of pride explained.

"Okay! I see. But where is your sister? I can't see the goddess of flowers among the other gods." Aphrodite ask him. 

"My sister is dead goddess. Zeus killed her, and he also killed the god of the seas and goddess of Justice." The god of pride revealed, and Aphrodite could not believe what she just heard. 

".. what?! He killed those many gods at a time like this?" Aphrodite ask him. 

"Yes! goddess." Cresifo answered. 

"But...but. i did not see him kill any god or goddess when i was in the portal...." Aphrodite said, and now realize why Eros wanted to kill Zeus so bad. 

"..WHY?! WHY?! ZEUS?!" Aphrodite turn around to Zeus and angrily ask. 

"goddess please calm down. We have something important to do now. Later you can confront him for all the evil things he have done." Cresifo said to Aphrodite. 

"Yes you are right about that." Aphrodite said, and levitate to where soul and Eros was. The god of pride, and Dusa then followed her from behind. 

"Eros! I think we might know of a way to bring Soul back." Aphrodite said to Eros as she Levitate to where he was. 

"What's that?...and what's he is doing here?" Eros ask, and quickly fill up his bow with arrows the moment he saw the god of pride. 

"He is here to help soul...so put down your bow!" Aphrodite commanded. 

"...I am not going to put down my bow.." Eros talk back to her. 

"Eros..." Aphrodite said, and walk closer to him. 

"...I now know what your father did and i understand why you wanted to kill him, and kill the upper gods too." Aphrodite calmly said to him. 

"If you know what they did, why don't you kill them?" Eros ask her.

".... because it is not the right thing to do." Aphrodite stated.

"Look..." Aphrodite said, and pull down his bow. 

"...we are going to save Soul, and we can only do that if you trust the god of pride. He is not going to hurt her." Aphrodite said to him. 

"Fine!" Eros muttered. 

"...but just know if you try anything that will put her life in danger...i am going to end ours right here." Eros threatens. 

"Yeah...i know you will." Cresifo said and stand in front of soul. He then holds her head and close his eyes.

"What is he going to do to Soul?" Eros ask his mother.

"He said he is going to wake her up from her unconscious state by scaring her." Aphrodite answered.

"Scaring her?... scaring her with what?!" Eros angry ask. 

"... Don't worry god of love. I not just scare your beloved partner with monsters or demons." The god of pride said while still closing his eyes.

"...if you ain't gonna scare her with monsters...what are you going to use then?" Dusa ask. 

"...I am going to scare her with the thing she fears the most." Cresifo answered.

"...and what is that?" Eros ask.

"... losing you!" Cresifo answered, and began whispering some spells. He stopped talking, and then his hands began to glow. 

"NOW! Manifest!" The god of pride shouted like a witch doctor, and then Soul who was still trap in her own unconscious mind began to see a lot of strange things.

IN SOUL'S UNCONSCIOUS MIND.......

"Damnit! Somebody should please get me out of this place!" Soul shouted, but her voice only echoed round the large open space. 

"I have tried all the spells i could remember Dusa doing but non of them seem to be effective in this damn place. Damnit! I just want to get out of here and see if Eros is alright." Soul said, and knee on the ground in frustration.

*BOOOOOM*

A loud explosion suddenly occur metres away from soul, and the sound of the explosion echoed round the room. 

"Damnit! What the hell is that...?" Soul ask as she close her ears with her hands.

"...did someone came to save me?" Soul ask again and then slowly remove her hands from her ears. She look at the place the explosion sounded from only to see Eros on the ground half dead by Zeus stand close to him holding a long spear.  

Little did she know that everything she is seeing now is just a illusion created by the god of pride in her mind. 

"EROOOOSSS!" Soul shouted. 

"...You again?!" The Zeus in her mind said, and turn to her. 

"You better let Eros go...NOW!" Soul shouted at him, and somehow conjure up her bow and quiver. 

"...You damn mortal! You think you can defect me?" Zeus ask her. 

"I will if i must!" Soul stated as she quickly fill her bows with as many arrows the bow can take. 

"Okay! I will make it easy for you. Why don't we make a deal?" Zeus ask her.

"...I don't make deals with devils!" Soul said, and points her bow at him. 

"... fine! If you don't want to make the deal...i will just kill the weak god right HERE, right Now." Zeus said and raise up the spear, he was about to stab Eros with it, but soul shoot him eight times right in the head, and he fell to the ground and died. 

"That was pretty easy." Soul said to herself, and rush to where Eros was.  

"Eros! Eros! Can you hear me?" Soul knee in front of him and ask. 

"Yes...i can hear you." Eros muttered. 

"...How did Zeus get into your subconscious mind...?" Soul ask as he drag him into her arms. 

"... that's not important, i need to tell you something..." Eros said with a dieing tone.

"..why...why are you talking like that huh? You are okay... Zeus didn't do anything to you." Soul stated.

".. please listen to me..." Eros firmly said to her, and she knew that something was up. 

"No! No! No! I am not going to listen to anything you have to say you hear me! So come on stand up.. let's find a way out of here.." Soul said and tears began to drip down her eyes.

"Listen Soul... please!" Eros said to her.

"No! I am not losing you again. So i am not going to listen to anything you have to say you gat that?....wait! Let me try to use my powers. Maybe i will be able to heal you." Soul said, and was about to lay her hands on Eros body, but he stopped her by grabbing hold of her hands.

"What are you doing?! Let go of my hands so that i can heal you!" Soul shouted at him, and try to pull her hands away. But Eros held her hands with a tight grip. 

"Listen up i have something to say..." Eros muttered. 

"I said I don't want to listen to what you have to say....just let me heal you!" Soul shouted, and manage to free her hands from his tight grip. 

"Wait! Let me heal you...." Soul said and was about to place his hands on his body.

"...I am going to die soon!" Eros revealed, and she paused. 

"No! You are lying...no you are lying!" Soul shouted and tears pour down her eyes.