Reborn As Hades In Olympus

Ch. 178: In The Face Of Uncommon Defeat (Hera's POV)

I had only one job to do, keep Zeus occupied till Poseidon went through with whatever plan he had in store. That god's ambition was always a problem but if he thought he could take over Olympus I for one have no problem with that.

The idea of throwing this unbalanced world into chaos, I have no vision in that. What I am interested in is if Poseidon and his strange poison can actually kill Zeus. In truth I doubted that but for one I chose to dream.

A strange gleam flashed itself on my face.

My red ruby lips parted as I spoke to the wind. "Who would have thought Hades would show up?" His appearance totally threw this plan off the rails, if they fought who would possibly win?

In terms of ability and versatility Poseidon was a genius but Hades was a monster waiting to be unleashed. Instead of keeping Zeus occupied as planned I sent him hurtling their way, if I am to speculate the results he would interrupt their fight what happens next would be truly remarkable.

"Haa~" I sighed as I stepped forward over the debris, the top of the building filled with ash and dust. My eyes caught sight of Hermes squirming on the ground, my flowing gold gown caressed his face as I walked past him. "How pitiful, the ranks of the twelve really have depreciated."

I walked forward through the billows of smoke and ash my sights set on one figure. A few feets away was Pandora her burns healing as a drastic rate, she screamed as her wounds healed. I looked at her without doing a thing, my presence itself was imperceptible to her.

A short wheezing drew my attention to a small figure resting on one of the pillars she looked a bit bloody, short dark hair over her face in a mess, her crystal eyes flashed at me through her hair.

"You know if you want to beat her, this would be the perfect moment." As hazy as her voice sounded she seemed quite level headed.

I could tell that she was a dangerous person immediately. "You dare to command me peasant." I said with a detesting look at her.

The figure sighed as shook her head lightly. "Like I give a damn miss royal queen, you did not come here to sight see did you?"

I took my eyes off her a moment later and said. "No, I did not."

By now Pandora fully healed and was now noticing me for the first time, despite being recovered she still looked like a mess, her usual controlled composure was now broken. Seeing me she raised an eye in surprise.

I said to the figure on the ground. "I take it you were with Hades, he is not one to form parties, you must have been someone special to him."

With one last glance at Pandora who stood there idly oogling me I walked up to the figure on the ground and crouched down before her. I moved my hand and gently tugged strands of hair from her face, she looked extremely pale and had the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen.

"You're a smart one, I can tell. Willful, proud. No matter." I pressed my hand on her head and healed her with the energy that flowed through my body.

It only took a second and she was fully healed. I could not let an ally of Hades die, not when he would win me the war.

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"Why did you heal her, she's the enemy?" Pandora said with a hint of rage. "You--"

BHAM!!

I sent Pandora falling to the ground with a strong blow to the chest. Still paralyzed by the though of how I closed the gap in a mere seconds I pulled her by the hair and brought her closer.

"Don't test me abomination, did you really think you would win?"

An ugly smile drew itself on Pandora's face just as the sky cracked open with thunder. Across the city there was a downpour of blank ink from the clouds. The rain of black amber had begun and with it the fall of Olympus.

The feeling of being soaked in the black liquid felt like cold needles sinking into my skin through every pore. Across the city I could hear screams of those who were unlucky to escape their cruel fate.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

I turned my gaze to the espance of Olympus and said. "It's true that you plan did reach a level of accomplishment but looks at what you have accomplished here. The number of people you initially planned to infect was 70% of Olympus, now it's just a measly 5% or so. Hades affected your plan to such an extent. His plan was well thought out."

Pandora pulled back from my grasp her face looking angry for the first time as she spoke. "How? There is no way Hades could have reached that many people by himself. This is beyond the scope of my expectations."

I raised my hand to my face and pushed away strand of hair that that covered my face from being wet. "I have to agree Hades was did make a spectacular scene of making Poseidon seem like the villain of the story. Beyond that he had help from the goddess of strife and the god of war, they were very much involved in the foiling of your plan."

Pandora seemed surprised that a member of the circle had defaulted to Hades' side. "That's impossible, all my plans—"

"—Failed horribly." I interrupted her. "Ares respects Hades more than any other god, your biggest flaw was never in your allies or the playing field. Rather it was the unoredictability of your enemy. Unlike you who are just knowing your enemy for the first time Hades seemed to have known the extent of your might and planned far ahead. It was like facing an enemy who has studied you for centuries, Hades always had that air of impossibility about him."

Pandora seemed clearly shaken. "It doesn't matter the effect of the black amber will still cover the city for hours. When Poseidon returns it will all be over."

I scoffed at her, my glass shows clacked on the roof of the building as I circled her, her eyes following me in a cautious gaze. "Do you really think Poseidon will return in one piece, you seem not to know Hades and that is still your biggest flaw. You underestimate one of the strongest gods. The effects of the black amber is only violent to lesser gods, for god's such as myself it will take much longer. Perhaps hours."

The air of confidence and tranquility I resonated seemed to put Pandora on edge more than the chaos around us. "I only partnered with your alliance to see if you can kill Zeus, to see you in such a weakened pathetic state is truly satisfying."

I lunged at her from behind and grabbed her neck, I squeeze tight on her neck, I could feel her breathing heavily. "You are afraid I see, after all your bragging about being a force of reckoning you just turned out to be a cheap imitation. The gods of the twelve give more than their souls in a battle regardless of whether they live of die to protect this world from other forces. We rule the heavens and earth with unparalleled strength, a deformity such as yourself can never hope to understand that."

Pandora choked and tensed up even more.

I smiled and brought my face closer to her and whispered in her eye. "You don't seem to be able to put a curse in me, could it be that you've lost your ability? That pretty girl with glass eyes really did do a number on you. I wonder how fragile you are now." I tightened my grip on her neck and felt it shudder then crack slightly. "You're like an egg I can smash at any moment."

Pandora trembled and tried to put up a fight but her body shook even more. "Hades! Just where did he come from? But it's all hopeless, black amber has no cure it's plague will—"

She choked on her next words as I squeezed tighter. "It won't matter, we gods don't go down that easily. Now say good bye."

Just then a loud thump sounded on the roof as a huge figure was charging our way. The aura I felt from it, I never thought I would ever sense it again.

"No mother, don't kill her!" Hephaestus appeared screaming. He carried a huge device under his arm and stopped a few feet from me. "What you want is the entity within her right?"

I looked a him for a long time before breaking into a maddening smile meant to evoke all my negative emotions. "Son, funny of you to join us. You must know killing the vessel will end Pandora."

Hephaestus responded more terrified by me. "But I can extract her."

"Sorry but I can't have her getting away like last time, it time we end this once and for all." I pressed harder on Pandora's neck prepared to end this war once and for all. "Say your goodbyes son."