POWER: A Tale of Greatness

Chapter 35: You Are Strong

"Thunder Smash!"

"Agua Stream: Splash Hit."

Agustus crashed out of the ruined house, out in the open. Smoke and debris blasted in all directions. He quickly stood back up and jumped back to the two of them.

"Evade!" Thor warned James.

James did what Thor said and hopped away from the dashing opponent.

"I don't need your help. I myself can defeat him, I swear." The young Atlantian leaps in the air, dodging another hit. Swift as the breeze, James rapidly spun the trident before attempting another slash.

"Not too fast." The large hand of his grabbed the trident and threw it far on the sky, along with its user.

Thor watched as James spun far in the sky, "Young man fighting for freedom." Pity filled his heart, eyes locked with the gigantic man, "I have the same disdain you have with this human... this is not a form of vengeance, but of justice to those who failed to defend themselves!" Fists clenched airtight, Thor moves in the range of Agustus reached for him with absolute aim on his face.

"A stranger like you shouldn't be meddling with our business here in Estuaria!"

"I may be a stranger but I have the right mind to know that what you are doing in this land is unjust and unacceptably evil." Thor switches for a lower stance to dodge another fist. The God of Thunder's lips smirks before saying, "And also, little child, you are talking to a God, show some respect."

"Forgot to mention... I believe to no God!" Pinning his log‐legs, Agustus outwardly swings his arm simultaneously.

Thor weaves but a slight graze of his foe's fist made his eyebrow bleed. His stance wavers, making an opening for the beast to make another assault.

"What happened to that godly confidence you have been yapping all this time?" Another swing almost sent Thor into unconsciousness but he dodged it.

Thor grunts, "What is it that is happening to you, Thor! Fight the battle!" He made a swift turn ending up on Agustus' right, landing a blow. After his foe had fallen on his one knee, Thor leapt above it and threw an uppercut. "This is not blind confidence, but the fruit born of my experience." He finds his feet landing behind his foe. "I won, and have lost twice as many. Falling again would not be as painful as the first."

However, the man behind him had not yet sent to fall, but stood up, towering over Thor, "Pathetic." The Governor cracks both of his fists. "You do love talking about yourself... but short of action."

The God of Thunder clenched the same fist, electricity within it, bursting out. His resolve is affirmed, he will pour out everything to finish his opponent. He turns, swiftly reaching for the face of the titanic silhouette of his foe. "Thunder–"

His heart clenched for a moment, "My body... it shivers..." a cold breeze came caressing his body. "I... must not–" A small hand pressed on his shoulder, his attack got intercepted. Thor's eyes closed, the moment he opens them, he's on the ground, Agustus up in the air, and there was him—James.

"That throw was dirty." James twists his right wrist.

The Governor regains his footing, unfazed by the Atlantians swift move. "Your tiny, little hands won't hurt me, monster." His aura appears like steam, but cold. "All my life of hard work, searching for every single one of you, many of your kind came here and have tried stopping me. I managed to kill dozens of those, perishing in unimaginable pain, and you... You think you can just casually come here and waltz your way out whenever you please? You are out of your mind, kid." His voice reverberates around the poles.