But there was something special about him, that no other blacksmith could do.
His weapons were able to kill gods.
Not in the way you expect, the weaponry couldn’t be that powerful.
All of Hephaestus’s weapons were seen as plain, they weren’t represented as shiny or golden. They were represented in the bland colours in order to let a god’s guard down, or an unsuspecting victim.
This would give you enough chance to strike, the first strike ensured that the God would detach from the immortal plane.
Once the dagger was removed, so too was their god-like connection.
I lured Sēth into thinking this was an easy battle.
However, this god-like connection is only severed for 15 minutes, this means that I have a small frame-window to fight.
Worse yet, he still remembers his experience, knowledge, and he can still wield the Was-sceptre so he’s still a difficult challenge to fight against.
At least I can damage him now.
His enhanced skills should also be reduced, hopefully.
I just had to observe—
Instinctively, I turned around extending the golden sceptre to shield me.
“What the—?”
I blurted, surprised at his quickness.
“Thee didn’t think removing my connection to the gods would support thee?”
A wide smirk played on his face from each corners of his face.
I need to quickly predict his movements before he kills me—!
Above.
I slashed above me, managing to hit Sēth.
But it barely made a scratch.
Is r?w the Sun God? If so.. he had a destructive aspect to him that was able to destroy the world.. and he had the power to create it again.. no wonder Sēth is terrified.
I jumped backwards, barely escaping Sēth’s ruthless assault of attacks.
Clashing spectres, I thought of an idea.
This would summon a bright light created from the sun’s fire, this would be enough to kill anybody. A bright light enveloped Sēth, to which I thought he disintegrated but..
He actually absorbed the light!?
“Continue to feed me strength.”
He hissed, smirking widely.
If r?w’s power supports him.. I’ll have to use the opposite.
The moon.
The golden sceptre changed form, the tip of the sceptre looked like an eye, in the size of a lunar moon.
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A dark, shadow-like blast manifested from the lunar moon ontop of the sceptre.
I aimed directly towards Sēth, who looked bewildered at the sceptre’s changing form. As soon as he got hit, he crashed against the wall. The room stopped shifting, this is definitely a sign of Sēth weakening!
“I slipped up, that’s the only chance thee will get.”
Horus spoke again, why is he so adamant on me aiming for his testicles?
I looked up, where a Was-sceptre was a few seconds away from slashing me in half. I managed to counter with the sceptre I was holding, but I began to grow weak.
Should I seriously follow Horus’ advice? He was the one able to fight against Sēth.
I was certainly being drained, I have to end this fight before it ends up using all my lifespan.
The sceptre transformed again, merging the two forms of “r?w” and “j??”.
The cobra from before sat on top of the lunar moon, whilst balancing the sun above.
I tapped yes.
The sceptre glowed brightly, a flame erupted from the top.
How was the flame not burning me? I—I should be burnt but strangely.. it felt soothing and calming more than anything.
“This is your only chance to step down.”
I said sternly, trying to rile up Sēth so he would slip up and make a fatal error, allowing for me to utilise him.
He smirked.
“O, Thee bring it.”
Dashing forward, our sceptres clashed quickly.
The thudding of the metal crashing together caused sparks to form between the two of us and a blaring noise to resonate throughout my body.
A sonically charged blast exploded from the sceptre, and I knew exactly where to aim.
Lowering the sceptre downwards, I aimed for Sēth’s private parts.
Shiing!
The blast blew off his private parts, specifically slicing off his testicles.
I grimaced at the sight, why was Horus so adamant on this?
I was suddenly overwhelmed by Sēth’s cries.
Wow. He was incredibly upset.
I almost snickered at Horus’ description, he sounded so stern whilst being passive aggressive.
I glanced over towards Sēth, as he continued to sob.
“Sorry, are you okay—?”
“I ADMIT DEFEAT!”
.. Was it that easy?
No way, Horus was actually telling the truth the whole time?
<5 minutes left before Sēth becomes a god>
“You admit defeat?”
“Yes, I do admit defeat! No more.”
He wailed, staring at the absence of his lower half.
—
Objective: Defeat the God of the Desert, Sēth
Reward: 10,000 coins
It was seriously that easy?!
That can’t be..?
I glanced over to the falcon stood by the drawer.
I wasn’t sure if he was talking about Sēth or me at the last bit, but I didn’t mind. The fight was over.
I collapsed, catching my breath. It was only then I began to feel pain. It was the adrenaline that made me continue fighting and now that the battle was over, I could relax.
A piece of me seemed to disappear, which felt eerily weird.
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I was definitely back at normal.
I might actually miss that ability.
I glanced over to where Sēth was originally limping and realised he had also disappeared.
It was like they were never there.
**
Waking up was a pain, my body ached badly and my eyelids felt too heavy to actually open my eyes.
“Myo-nim?”
A familiar voice said with a worried pang.
I immediately opened my eyes. Well, one of my eyes. The other was surrounded in a bandage.
“Yu-nim?”
I said, surprised. Then I was surprised at our surroundings.
I was in a hospital bed. The walls were painted an eerily white, like a bizarrely strange white. Wherever we were reminded me more of an asylum with how bright and vivid the walls were, then a hospital.
I couldn’t recall what had happened before. Like, there was gap in my memory.
I could only remember having my eye gouged out.. then I succumbed to the darkness.
It had felt soothing.
“What happened?”
I said, groggily. Touching my head to ease the headaches I was feeling.
“Long story. To shorten it, I fought Sēth by gaining a temporary ability from Horus. I managed to defeat him, but not kill him. You should have also gained 10,000 coins?”
She said, smiling.
I checked my coins.
Huh?
I checked the coins history.
—> 500 coins received from completing
—> 10,000 coins received from completing
—> 25% Reduction - Did not participate overall
“I received most of the coins but it got reduced due to a lack of participation..”
I said, groaning slightly.
“At least you got some in the end, right?”
She smiled.
“How long have I been out?”
“It’s..”
She frowned.
“It’s been a week.”
She frowned even more.
.. So everyone who hadn’t completed
A pain struck me at my abdomen.
“Are you okay? Do you need anything?”
“I’m fine, I just feel a bit ill..”
“Right.”
She hesitated.
“Do you have an ability?”
She sharply said, leaving me to two choices.
Lie or Tell the Truth.
.. There was no point hiding it now. She witnessed me using haemokinesis, and even gouged out my eye.
“Yes. Sorry for lying in the beginning, I was being weary.”
“That’s understandable. Let’s stay honest from now on?”
“I’m fine with that.”
I solemnly promised, glancing over to the IV line inserted into my arm.
“Oh right, when I arrived at the hospital there was no one here. I assumed everyone had evacuated.”
She looked out into the horizon with a pitiful look.
“I scanned you to see your vitals, it showed you had low blood circulation. So, I cleaned your arm and inserted the IV into a vein. There should be a lot of blood flowing into your body now.”
I was surprised, where did she learn this from?
“Thank you.”
“No problem.”
Could there be a blood bank then?
“Yu-nim, where did you get the blood bag?”
“I was roaming the hospital and found a room that should have been storing the blood bags.. however..”
She sighed slightly.
“That was the only one there.”
“I see.. well I might want to explain the situation to you.”
She looked confused, but intrigued to hear.
“Essentially, I need to have blood in order to continue using my ability.”
“Oh, so like a vampire?”
I paused for a second, and bursted into laughter.
“Kind of.”
I said clenching my stomach to stop myself from laughing harder.
“What’s so funny?”
She said, incredibly puzzled at my strange reaction.
It’s been a while since I laughed so hard.