glory of heracles: gift from the gods

End of the world arc end

At the ruins of what used to be neapolis

Heracles and maxion looked around the ruins until they found the house the woodcutter and his wife lived in, maxion tried not to cry as he enters. Inside the house is dry and everything isn't out of place, except no one's home "I feel sorry for you, maxion. I remembered when you were new in this world and the woodcutter took you in, as you first met me I lost faith in myself due to the grief of losing my little brother. Had you not come and intervened, I would've given up and taken the nymphs offer to return to the hall of heroes to train" said heracles as he smiled.

Maxion walked over to the table and sat on the same chair he sat when he is taken in by the woodcutter, he couldn't help but cry at the loss of the first two people he met. Heracles comforts him and says "I know it's tough, but the house is yours now" "my house?" Said maxion as he started to cough. Heracles then escorts him out of the house "I have a gift to give to you" he said, he brought out a flute and handed it to maxion. He watched as the boy plays the flute badly "no, Like this!" he said as he picked up the flute and shows him how to play it correctly, he then gives the flute back to maxion to see if he can do the same.

Maxion plays the flute very good "well done! You've mastered how to play the flute!" Cheered heracles, however he saw the boy coughing a lot. "Are you alright?" He asked but maxion shook his head "no... time is end" he replied, heracles was shocked to hear it as he knew he will out live yet another companion after the journey.

Maxion weakly walked over to the shore, stare at the blue horizon, then played the flute again as he knew that his time as a human is up. He slowly transforms back into his silver mannequin form while playing the flute, heracles nods his head tearfully as he understands that his friend no longer has a purpose to keep being human. "Goodbye my friend, thank you for everything" he said as he watched maxion completely turned back into a silver mannequin before collapsing on the sandy shore, and the white ether (the soul of maxion) came out of the mannequin and floats around.

"Where's maxion?" Asked nemesis, heracles points at the silver mannequin that was once maxion, and she screamed before rushing over to the mannequin. Heracles folds his arms as he watched her crying for maxions soul to come back, similar to how he lost his brother back then. Maxions soul floats straight into the blue sky and into the small cloud, but heracles takes it surprisingly well as he sheds another tear and smile, compared to nemesis crying and screaming for maxion to come back.

Meanwhile, at the once functional air taphus

General agon busts the sealed door out in anger "curse that Zeus! He caused the world to flood as a means to keep me sealed?? I think not, since the world has ended and is being restored I think I'll have to try and to think of some scheme" he said as he left the ruins of the air taphus. He knew that some of the heroes that tried to stop him at every turn will try to come after him, he even thought about laying low for awhile before he came across a corpse of a man.

"Hmm... perhaps I'll try to disguise myself as someone helpless" he said to himself. He took off his menacing helmet (he has black hair and normal looking face with no scars), he caused his body to go from muscular to weak and slender, and he shrinks himself from big and imposing to average human size. He then took off his armor before putting on the clothes of the corpse of a man (consists of an orange toga with a yellow sash), he then smiled at his disguise "I'll make a convincing civilian until I get to exact revenge on those heroes" he said. Suddenly, he remembers why he became a villain in the first place: he was a bit younger than heracles back when Hades kidnapped Aphrodite, he once helped heracles in some of the tasks given by the Olympians as a means to test him as a hero. He even tried to go to the hall of heroes thinking he can be the hero to help heracles, but was rejected by the Olympians due to sensing a lot of hate and revenge radiating off from the piece of the titans soul.

Authors note- this is the end of this arc, I know losing maxion is a sad turn but hey, it's Greek tragedy. Agon also disguised himself as a civilian to lay low, so stay tune for new characters and new arcs.