The Guardian

Chapter 10- The Titans

I broke the Chains bounding Kronos. And walked the path near the river styx, Kornos followed behind.

"Do you know what makes a God, Kronos?" I asked him, trying to make a conversation. "No" Kronos replied. "Is it About ruling the world with power?" He said. "No. Being a God means absolution when it comes to power, a single moment is all it takes to reshape anything. God is conceived as the supreme being, creator deity, and principal object of faith. God is usually conceived as being all-powerful, all-knowing, all-present and as having an eternal and necessary existence." I said.

Kronos nodded and said "What about Chaos? The creator of Gaia. Is he a God?" Kronos asked me, "Perhaps. You see Kronos, You immortals are the closest thing to a God, that also applies to Chaos. It is not written in the Greek history. But Chaos has siblings. When there was Darkness Three beings holding immense power appeared in this universe. They are Chaos, Order, and Creation. These three are the ones who made Gaia and Uranus. The Titans of the sky and earth." I said to Kronos stopping in front of him. He also stopped.

I looked at him and summoned three balls of light. Red referring to Chaos, Yellow referring to Order, and Blue referring to Creation. I continued. "These balls of light are the ones we call the elders. They are one of the few Beings in the multiverse that i can consider a proper God. They only observe, and watch. Never intervening. A God isn't a leader Kronos. Its an Observer." I moved the two balls of light, Creation and Order, Away from Chaos.

 "Chaos maybe named after Destruction, But he is gentle. His siblings called him that, Because he doesn't interfere with the world that he and his siblings created. His Siblings moved away into other worlds, making new Gods. The Norse Gods, and the Egyptian Gods. That is why they are eerily similar to each other. they each have separate Gods. . . . But" I erased the yellow ball of light, leaving the red and blue.

"Order used too much of its power, from making many manner of beings. The Norse monsters, Including Dwarfs, Elves, Pegasus, And more. While Creation, The blue light, Was weakened from making a brand new universe. His power was much more immense than that if his siblings, But by making a new world, He made Ra, The sun God. Ra was the God of nothing at first. So Creation Made the sun, Giving Ra a purpose. But by doing so, Creation attracted Apophis, A great serpent who eats worlds. And thus, Creation too sacrificed himself to make a weapon far more powerful than the sun, To keep the Serpent at bay." I erased the Blue ball.  of light. "and thus Creation is no more, leaving Chaos as the sole observer of the three Worlds that He and his Siblings made." I moved the red ball of light closer to Kronos.

"That is what makes a true God Kronos, He or she observes, Never interfering, Never Dying. A true immortal." I said while making the red ball float higher and higher into the cave walls, Finally disappearing into the darkness.

"Are you also a God?" Kronos asked looking at the spot where the red ball of light disappeared to. "No, I am a Guardian." I said.

I started to move forwards once more, while Kronos stayed, I stopped to look at him. Then he looked at me, Then he nodded. Finally, i thought, It seems that i have awoken his true calling, He will be a proper ruler.

Kronos started to walk forwards, as i too, started to move. We kept on walking in silence for an hour. I hear the sounds of chains, and whips, accompanied by screams of pains. We are near out destination. There was a crack in between the cave walls, light was pouring out if the crack, flooding the other side with a dim flickering light.

I peeked on the other side only to see the Titans bound in chains, some being forced to work in the forges by the three Elder Cyclops, their works destroyed before they could even finish it. They are now given the same treatment the Elder Cyclops had centuries ago.

I summoned my scythe and was about to kill the Elders. But someone came. It was a tall gloomy figure dressed in all black, Hades, What is he doing here?, Kcaz told me he was passive.
Hades called the Elders together and whispered something to them. Hades' eye flickered in my direction. Hades end the Elder Cyclops walked away, They appear to be approaching the underground castle, on which Hades resides.

"Kronos, stay here. i have to do something." i said, "are you gonna kill them?" Kronos asked me, I looked at him and shrugged, "It depends"-- "Depends on what?"--"Whether they comply and stay out of my way, or die by my hands." I said.

I dissolved myself and imprinted my shadow unto Hades, as he walked towards his castle. 

But somewhere in the surface, in the distant town. A man is laughing. Kcaz looked up in the sky. A red Glow in the shape of a ball can be seen in the distance. Chaos is watching.

 "The plan is in motion. It cant be undone.

The time for chaos cannot be undone!

let us play a game Zeus.

Shall I clasp my hands together and give my reflection a longing kiss on the signifying ring of the Fates?

The heavy nights bring heavy fog and with every glance towards the chapel sitting uphill, the fog intices me and robs me of a sane mind and allows me another drink.

It intoxicates me to the brim with my own home remedy of self-loath.

A jokers foolishery possesses me and turns me into a faltering cripple on legs of jelly-- it feels me with glee; I am so close to finding me.

In my old age, I wager bets with myself alone. I am the shadow that looms over your grave, shoves into the Earth the dirt you have been crafted from and hands it back to you. I am the darkness that whispers itself to you when the Fates deem it so. I am all the horror and nightmares you have ever imagined, but I am not heartless.

I am the one that gingerly kisses you once, twice, three times-- knuckles, cheek and cheek. I am the one that will ease myself into the enclosed space that you leave for me and rest my head on your shoulder, ease my breathing, and cry with your soul for the life that was wiped whole.

I too, fall into the depths of the darkened Earth. But unlike you. I always come back!"

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