Reborn As Hades In Olympus

Ch. 162: Clash Of Gods

The tension between Poseidon and me hung thick in the air, the battlefield echoing with the cacophony of war. His trident pulsed with a sinister light, while my bident gleamed, a harbinger of the underworld's wrath. I could feel the ground beneath us tremble in anticipation of the clash, and when we launched ourselves at each other, the world itself seemed to shatter.

Our weapons met in a collision that illuminated the sky, the force sending shockwaves that rippled across the battlefield. The earth cracked beneath the impact, fissures tearing through the ground and scattering debris. Soldiers and gods alike were flung backward, caught in the maelstrom of our fight.

Poseidon grinned, his eyes alight with madness. "Hades, your defiance is as irritating as it is futile." Find adventures at empire

"You mistake my resolve for defiance," I countered, parrying his thrust with my bident. Sparks flew as our weapons clashed, each strike carving the air with raw, unbridled power. "This isn't a battle you can win."

He responded with a flurry of strikes, each faster than the last. His speed was impressive, but I could see the openings in his form. I weaved through his attacks, the blade of my scythe slicing through the air like a shadow. When I retaliated, my strikes were deliberate, forcing him to block with the haft of his trident.

"You're slowing down," I taunted, my eyes cold and following the speed of his movement with ease.

Poseidon snarled, his anger fueling a surge of energy. The sky darkened further, the clouds swirling ominously as he raised his trident high. With a guttural roar, he slammed it into the ground, unleashing a massive tidal wave of water that surged toward me.

"Wow." I could not help but exclaim.

I planted my feet firmly on the ground and breathed out nether flame on my bident causing it to transform into a long black scythe that hissed out blue smoke. I reinforced my body and swung my scythe in a wide arc, unleashing a wave of nether energy that cut through the water. The collision created a steam explosion that obscured the battlefield. Through the mist, Poseidon lunged, his trident aimed for my chest.

I sidestepped and countered with a horizontal slash, forcing him to retreat. "This is the best you can muster?" I asked, my voice calm despite the storm raging around us.

All of my years training my butt off paid off more than I expected it to. Now I was on par with him. I tried not to get overly absorbed in my overconfidence, like Charon taught me keeping a level head at all times was the key to winning a fight.

My progress seemed to have annoyed my dance partner.

Poseidon's lips curled into a snarl, and his trident crackled with energy. "Allow me show you why I am the King of the Seas!"

He struck the ground again, and the earth beneath us crumbled as if being eaten up by millions of parasites. "He really going at it really hard." I said to myself.

The battlefield gave way, and we plummeted into a cavernous chasm filled with swirling water right under the park grounds. Poseidon manipulated the torrents with precision, the water rising around him like serpents ready to strike.

I summoned the nether flame, enveloping my scythe in dark fire. The cavern lit up with an eerie glow as I charged through the onslaught of water. I dodged on pure instinct I had honed in my years of hardship, I swung my scythe left and right. Each serpent dissolved into steam upon contact with my blade, but Poseidon was relentless.

He darted through the water with inhuman speed, his trident striking from all angles. I barely managed to parry his attacks, the force of each blow resonating through my arms. One of his water serpents lunged at me from beneath just as I was carrying his blow. Unable to dodge the attack I reinforced my body and took it head on.

"Kuegh!" I grunted as I spun through the air and skidding backwards sending water shooting out in the air.

I kicked forward and started my relentless assault, Poseidon was ready for it any just like Charon had taught me I switched gears and the tempo rose. I went faster and faster, I could feel my muscles slowly straining, Poseidon looked just as fatigued as me but we both knew the fight had only just begun.

All of a sudden I stopped attacking causing him to freeze instinctively. And that when when I finally found an opening, I swung my scythe with all my might, the blade carving a deep fissure into the cavern.

Poseidon dodged, the edge of my attack grazing his thick coat. I heard him grunt as I saw drops of sparkling blood flying in the air as water droplets. He retaliated with a surge of water that struck me square in the chest, sending me crashing into the rocky wall.

"Urrgh!" I grunted, I could feel all of Olympus shaking from our battle.

Poseidon staggered to catch his breath, I watched him grip his trident tighter. Funnels of water snakes out of the water beneath us and wrapped around the trident reinforcing it and fixing the cracks I had made on it.

"You're persistent, I'll give you that," I muttered, pulling myself from the rubble. My wings unfurled, and with a single powerful beat, I launched myself toward him.

The cavern couldn't contain our battle. Our strikes shattered the walls, and the water surged upward, carrying us back to the surface. Olympus loomed in the distance, but our fight had transcended its sacred grounds.

We soared above the clouds, the winds howling around us. Poseidon's eyes burned with fury as he summoned a massive whirlpool in the sky. "Do you see this, Hades? This is the power of the seas!"

How the hell did he summon that much water in mid air?

I asked myself in my head.

I countered by channeling even more of the nether flame into my scythe. The dark energy expanded, forming a massive spectral blade that dwarfed even the whirlpool. "And this is the power of death."

Our attacks collided, the resulting explosion splitting the clouds and shaking the heavens. The force of it propelling us toward off Olympus and towards the mortal plane. We cut through layers of white fluffy clouds as we fell to earth, the world below rushing up to meet us.

That last attack seemed to stun our bodies, we could hardly move as we were subjected to free fall. I had a feeling this would hurt a lot.

The winds whipped us with great might, my hair billow and swam in waves. I could see Olympus begin to shrink above me as we fell to the earth.

Instead of falling into the earth's surface we crashed into the ocean with enough force to create a tsunami that swept across the nearby coastline. The water hissed and boiled around us, our powers clashing in the depths.

Just why did we have to fall here of all places?

I asked myself.

Poseidon's domain gave him an edge. He moved with unparalleled speed, the ocean bending to his will. While he got stronger I was forced to rely on my strength and cunning, using the shadows of the deep to evade his attacks.

"Do you feel it, Hades?" Poseidon called out, his voice echoing through the water. "This is my realm. You cannot hope to defeat me here!"

"Your arrogance blinds you," I replied, my voice carrying through the abyss. "Even kings fall before the inevitability of death."

I was very relieved that I took the underwater breathing lessons Charon recommended at one time, though the use of it was to help control my power. As long as I still had divine energy and knew how to channel it I would not lose in any terrain or ocean.

I channeled my energy into the scythe, the blade glowing with an otherworldly light. When Poseidon lunged, I swung with all my might, the impact creating a shockwave that parted the ocean.

The water closed in around us, but we rose above it, the fight carrying us to the surface. Waves churned violently as we exchanged blows, the clash of our weapons echoing across the sea.

Poseidon's attacks grew more frenzied, his movements erratic. I could see the desperation in his eyes, the cracks forming in his composure. He did not expect the fight to drag on this long.

But I was far from unscathed. My body ached, my arms trembling with the effort of parrying his relentless strikes. Blood dripped from a gash on my shoulder, staining the ocean red.

The sky above mirrored the chaos below, lightning illuminating the stormy clouds. As we clashed once more, a massive bolt struck the sea, the light reflecting in Poseidon's eyes.

He hit me on the head and I barely evaded it as I skidded on the surface of the water trying to recover my breath.

Poseidon too took a moment but the ocean's water revitalised him in seconds, I acknowledged that I was at a disadvantage. All the more reason to end this as soon as I could.

"This ends now!" Poseidon roared, his voice like thunder.

I straightened my posture, my hair damp and falling into my face, I rested the blade of my scythe and boomed. "I could not agree more."