Rise Of The Wrought Iron King

Chapter 104: Tainted World

"Where... Where in the name of Zeus, am I?" Apollo muttered.

As he slowly get up from the ground, the last thing that he remember, he along with the seven lucky Gods, were swallowed alive by a giant salamander. Apollo have no idea, where in the name of Zeus, did that Salamander even came from. Not only that, but, the salamander was the least of his concern, as of right now, he have no idea, where in the name of Zeus he is.

All he see, were a bunch of large tree's covering the entire land, a weird tree to be precise, he never see this species of tree before. But, those tree's were the least of his concern, since, he can already predict that he is in a forest. A weird and creepy forest to be precise, as he look up upon the sky, his gaze were only meet, with purple moon, being the only source of light in where ever he currently is.

No stars can be found in the sky, no sign of any near by Mortals, nor Divine, not only that, but, the stench of the forest was the worse of all. After waking up, and finding out that he was being stranded on an unknown forest, the first thing, that Apollo did, was puke. The sheer foul stench of this forest, ended up forcing him to puke, this stench is by far, the worse stench that Apollo had ever smell in his entire life.

It was a combination of a bunch of mangle up corpse that was left to dry for days, and the foul smell of a divine animals feces being constantly moist for days. But, he quickly make sure, that he is use to this smell, since he is fighting for the sake of the Gods. So, he must show them the true form of beauty, no matter, what sort of situation that he is in, wheater the situation is life threatning or not.

"First thing first, I must find a way, out of here..." Apollo muttered.

Cleaning up his hair from all the dirt, he then take a quick glance to the sky, where he found a falling star was coming toward him. In a place, that don't even have stars, Apollo already know, that wasn't a star. So, he quickly pull out his weapons, Phoebus' Lyre (The Shimmering Harp), a golden gauntlet that produce a powerful ans thick yet small thread that no mortals eyes can see.

Quickly manuvering his hands, all the threads quickly head to the sky, to catch the falling star, once the said falling star was caught by his threads. He slowly let the said falling star down, and see, that the said falling star, was none other than Ebisu, one of the member of the Seven Lucky Gods. Taking a quick glance on Ebisu, Apollo can already tell, that Ebisu was tired, and the only way that one of the seven lucky Gods were to be tired.

"He must have fought either Rei or Kagetora..." Apollo thought, as he release his threads, and make Ebisu fall to the ground. "Ebisu, tell me, what is the condition of Bishamonthen, and the enemies?"

"You could've let me down, gently, can't you?" Ebisu growled. "Either way, I'll cut through the chase, Bishamonthen is fighting agaisnt that Kagetora chick. While me,  Fukurokuju, Daikouten, Jurojin, Benzaiten, Hoteison was ganging up agaisnt that vile chick,"

"You mean Rei? Wait! You mean, that girl is currently in combat agaisnt five Gods? And she even manage to send one, flying here," Apollo said in concern.

"That damn chick, is not what you expect! Let me tell you that," Ebisu growled, as he get up from the ground. "It's already pain in the ass enough! Fighting in an unknown location, then, that vile chick! Just appear out of nowhere, and fought all six of us, at once,"

"At once!? And, she even manage to send you flying here? What about the other?" Apollo asked.

"They're still fighting her, and it was my own fault, to underestimate her, she is far more stronger then I have expected her to be," Ebisu said.

"Then let us go there! Guide me, Ebisu," Apollo commanded him.

"Don't order me what to do, you're not my boss," Ebisu growled. "But, let's go, I have bad feeling, that something bad will happened to them,"