undying flame

trial of the gods

Dero awakes from a dream that he has had before. That dream so vivid, it almost feels like a memory that has been locked in his mind. That dream where he is alone standing in a medow under a tree looking deeply into the valley of flowers, as a gentle breeze picks up and blows off his hood. Where he can relax his muscles and mind and take in peace. When he blinks a woman is stood before him, and he can only see her back side. A woman with dark red hair calling his name repeatedly. " Dero... dero... why do you forget me.... Do you know remember me, is it because I made you what you are? Her gentle voice haunts him. Dero tries to reach for her shoulder but that's where the dream ends every time.

Dero gets out of bed and gets dressed for it is friday, or for the Norse gods Freitag, or Freyja day, meaning peace and love day. Dero has signed up for the trial of the gods as he left the bout of honor yesterday. He couldn't get into a ranked trail because no gods claim him so he has to go into a draft trial, where the beast are weaker and anyone can join. Dero leaves the crazy bitch and climbs the walls and travels by rooftop. He enjoys the country scenery with the lush green grass and the big trees that are there. He travels to the trial of the gods allocation center. " The masked swordsman your right on time, you and your partner for the trial will be in the loading zone where you will be lifted into the stadium where all of the gods will be present, this isn't normal at all usually it's just Hercules and Athena watching new prospects, but since your participating it's big make sure you don't die." The man said. He was dressed sharply in correct attire for business. He Let me through and put me on the platform that will be raised. " break a leg out there swordsman and don't forget to collect your winnings... if you make it back." He locked the room and dero started to ascend.

He stopped ascending was in darkness. "LADIES... GENTLEMAN... GODS AND GODDESSES ALIKE...... WE HAVE A SPECIAL KILLER ENTERING THE TRIALS TODAY, BUT I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW OF HIM ALREADY... WELCOME THE MASKED SWORDSMAN!" The announcer said with pure enthusiasm. The gates open from above dero and he is blinded with the bright light of the sun. The crowd roared with energy and all of the gods sat in rows so close to the stage blood can almost get on them. Dero walked onto the concrete of the stadium and drew his chisa Katana. Another person came raised up and he had a spear and light armor. He was a young boy, he was scrawny and weak. He looked sickly and trembled. Dero walks up to the young boy and looks at him in his eyes. This was no coincidence, it was that boy from yesterday Xavier. He shouldn't be able to participate in the trial you must be at least 12 to be a factor and 14 to be legible to fight. He looks nothing of the age.

Zeus and Odin stand up and silences the crowd with their hands. Zeus and Odin lock hands and put it in the air signaling to start the trial. Gates to to the underworld started open. Dark spell circles and creatures coming from the depths of hades emerging. Harpies and a centaur came out the circles and then closed up. The centaur had full plated armor on his human half and the harpies had black helmets shining with darkness. Xavier dropped his spear and ran towards the opposite gate and started to beg to be taken out. The crowd laughed and cheered for the blood and violence that was going to come. Dero could only ready himself for what was about to come from the gods and the spectators

Dero picked up the spear and threw it dead center in the centaur. The centaur tried to Catch it but it went straight through the stomach. The centaur still stood strong and ripped out the spear and broke it in half. The harpies flew in the skies, they all dived at Dero and cut his legs and arms up since there beaks were sharper than obsidian. Dero still stood but he was bleeding from all limbs. The centaur rode slowly towards him with his one handed maul in hand. The centaur grabbed dero by the neck and raised the maul. Dero started to choke with blood and with the brute force of his hands. The centaur dropped dero and rode back in and hurry. Dero's wounds started to smoke up and heal. The gods started to stand out of their seats,because they started to sense great power. " who the hell is that swordsman damn it, he killed my main factor and now he has survived this long against elite beast that should only be allowed in the highest ranked official trials! Zeus started to yell. " Zeus calm down its been so long since I had this much fun watching a mortal fight... please sit down and watch more and summon cerberus, when all of these beast are killed. Odin said calmly with his deep old and wise voice. Zeus got the gods to sit down and Continue to watch.

Dero was on the concrete coughing up blood and gasping for air at the same time. He got back up extremely tired and beaten down. His physical wounds all healed but his mental wounds are not. He just witnessed death first hand and just made it out alive. His soul almost taken with one action. The harpies tried to come and attack dero but he kept dodging back and forth spinning between each harpie. The harpies tried to rush him all at once but dero spun with his Katana slicing there backs and wings killing all of them, but one. The last harpie tried to crawl away while bleeding from his torso at an extreme rate, even beast feared death. Dero walked up to it and grabbed it's leg and dragged it back. He put his foot on its back and grabbed it's wings and ripped them out its back. He turned it around and curb stomped it's face in creating a blood spatter all over him and the concrete. The centaur rushed towards him with the maul I'm his hand. He slammed the maul down and got it stuck in the concrete. Dero cut the centaur's legs and jumped on its back. Dero started to stab the centaur continously. He broke through the amor and caused flesh damage. With each stab the centaur dropped even further on the ground. Dero punched punched the centaur and took the maul and smashed its shoulder blade and made it on its side. Dero got off and shoved the blade in the centaur's stomach. The centaur tried to kick but dero was gutting the centaur alive. Dero reached the rear end and the guts of the centaur just flowed out onto the concrete. The organ system was no longer in place, the blood turned into a pool and dero was bathing in it.

" He still isn't at his full power you know Zeus, this is only a quarter of what he can truly do... you know how it works with factors. The more you have the less potent the blessing is, and depending which god you are the type of magic is granted. He is my only factor, meaning he has max potency and potential... you even have not even seen his magic, but you know mine and his is only a slightly weaker branch of mine. Destructive magic, it tears down anything and everything that in its way, when it's on a combat situation it overflows the field and breaks down your enemy faster than anything. It is in my title to be such a monster since I'm a god of calamity." The cloaked woman said. " which god of calamity are you.. I have yet to know.! Zeus said with attitude. " my flames cannot be extinguished, nor can he. If you try to kill him, he will get right back up and keep fighting... because he is imortal. He is my undying flame. She said. " wait you're.... before Zeus could answer the cloaked woman stopped Zeus before he could answer. " let's it all fall into place as everything should we still have a show to watch.