AEONS: THE GODS ARE DAMNED

Chapter 7

Chase opened his eyes to see that he was in the middle of another war, this was was much more brutal; he was on an island, in front of him was a tall fortress, around him was nothing but a perfect example of a necropolis, with the smell of death in the air, dragons fought in the sky, men, sorcerers, orcs , shadowy and different beasts fought on land and even the sea was filled with ships either burning or crashed into another. Two men fought near a stone altar, one was Korvac, the other was unknown to Chase. Chase walked closer to watch their battle. Korvac landed a good slash on the man but the man quickly healed before he then landed a punch on Korvac.
The impact of the punch released a force wave that shook any standing structure. But Korvac was unfazed by the punch, after more parry of swords, Korvac knocked the sword out of his opponent’s hand but the opponent quickly tackled Korvac to the ground.
“Am not dying here today, Korvac” the opponent said
“Neither am I, Kelpas” Korvac said before throwing Kelpas off of him. They both stood at the same time and exchanged blows, each blow was enough to crush an armored tank into flat plates but both fighters looked okay with the punches as if it was nothing.
Soon, magic was called upon; Korvac threw a bolt of fire at Korvac but Korvac smoothly blocked with a shield and returned the favor by blasting Kelpas with bolt of sizzling energy which Kelpas quickly blocked as well; before he could attack again, Korvac was already in the air with rocks and several swords floating behind him.
With a single gesture, all these objects hurled towards Kelpas at incredible speeds but Kelpas as they got close Kelpas punched the ground releasing a huge energy release. The attack was absorbed in the wave and the wave successfully threw Korvac towards the altar. Korvac landed close to the altar, with a single leap Kelpas landed beside him and help him by the neck and flung him. Korvac landed on his feet over 200 meters from where he was thrown; with a revived vigor he ran towards Kelpas as Kelpas ran towards him as well. They both met in the middle with a punch infused with power. The power of their punches was powerful enough to throw both the Aeden and the Aeon out of their realm. With a crash, both men landed in a forest; several trees were burnt upon impact. They both scrambled to their feet and lunged for themselves. In a mix of fire, ice, wind and lightning, they destroyed most part of the forest, creature ran for their lives and the trees cried out for mercy, as the two godlike beings decimated the forest instead of themselves.
Chase watched and marveled, he has watched movies and read novels but none of those could show anything like this. Their power influenced the ground, the sky even the very air gave them space in fear of getting destroyed as well. Soon, both opponents had a fist bump that threw them out of that realm into another; they held each other by the shoulder and both exchanged punches to the face. Each punch threw them through dimensions and countless of realms; until Kelpas broke the hold and both crashed in another forest. *******************************************************************************************
“Who is the dread lord?” The King asked
“Not who, what” Haemir replied, “He is the shadow of the gods, before creation he was the darkness that covered everything, when the gods started creation, the darkness was forced into a realm within this one, a pocket realm… he created the dark gods, and he is a force that the gods classify as an equal in power”
“What is happening to him?” the King asked, “How does he know such?”
“I don’t know but I think his mind is open, he is speaking in a language I haven’t heard in centuries” Haemir said, as Chase still stood their saying the same thing over and over again.
“Is this normal for an Aeon?” The King asked
“We might have to revisit the meaning of normal besides no one really understood the Aeons, no one knows what they are truly capable of in true power” Haemir answered, listening to Chase chanting the same words again and again. ****************************************************************************************** Their impact destroyed a couple of trees and Korvac rolled away before he hit a rock which stopped him. Kelpas stood injured but his body healed. He brought out a silver medallion from his pocket; Chase got a close look at it.
“The Medallion of Hashrott”, Korvac managed to say as he struggled to stand
“I will make sure you don't make it home” Kelpas said
“You could try”, Korvac replied and lunged at him; the medallion falls meters away, both men looked at each other to see who was going to move first.
After seconds of waiting, they both scrambled for the medallion together. Korvac got his hand on it first but felt a sudden pang of pain; he looked down to see that Kelpas had stabbed him with a knife imbued with Aeden magic. With a strong swipe, he swung Kelpas away; the force was strong enough that throw Kelpas into a tree. The Aeden broke a few bones, all which healed instantly and he stood to finish Korvac off. The knife poisoned Korvac and his veins darkened.
Korvac stood, “You are not going to get another chance, kill me now, or die trying”
Kelpas smirked, “My pleasure”, he ran at Korvac and punched him; the punch knocked him to the ground and the medallion landed some feet away.
Kelpas walked to it, but as wanted to pick it up Korvac spelled it. The medallion merged with the earth.
“What did you just do?” Kelpas asked with anger, “Where is it?”
“No one can find it now, not even me”
“What did you do?” Kelpas said in rage as he walked briskly towards Korvac and pulled him by his neck. With a smile, Korvac teleported them both back to their home realm, back to the island. “NO!” Kelpas fumed, he rained down punches and bolts of dark magic at Korvac but was stopped when Korvac shouted in rage, releasing the absorbed blasts which threw Kelaps away.
Korvac stood, “we are both going to hell together if I have to”
Kelpas chuckled as he stood, “Good, I was starting to think I might be bored in the afterlife”, he moved remarkably fast and directed a punch to Korvac but Korvac weaved it and sent his as well. As Korvac got the upper hand, two Aedens joined. With a handicapped match now Korvac strained himself to keep up with them. Kelpas now left him to continue his ritual. Just as the two Aedens managed to blast him off his feet, a huge dragon crashed into one of the Aedens, the second dived out of its way. The dragon had lightning within it, the lightning could be seen through the cracks in its skin and in its throat. Its eyes glowed with lightning. The dragon and the Aeden had a furious battle. The Aeden that now faced Korvac soon fell as Korvac destroyed him totally; he rushed to Kelpas, but Kelpas was through with the ritual. His body had a sort of dark light around him. His eyes glowed with renewed power.
“I have merged the power of this realm with me”, He boasted and walked closer. The dragon now done with its prey dived for Kelpas but Kelpas just swatted it away like a bug. Korvac rushed at him but Kelpas weaved his hits and dished out his own hits to Korvac. A punch and Korvac stumbled to his knees.
“Tell me, Korvac, this new power does it suit me?” Korvac lunged for him but Kelpas just gave him a kick that sent him tumbling backwards, “You know I’ve always wondered who to kill first. You or the gods, since you are here now…” he punches Korvac sending him stumbling backwards, “…I think it should be you”, he held Korvac by the chin. “You are now nothing compared to me”, he said as he squeezed Korvac’s face.
Korvac managed to say, “No…am still your equal… all that just to be powerful enough to kill the gods and still you failed to see your own fall, right in front of you”, his eyes shone with a blue light, the light shone so much that it covered the entire island.