"But you''re a little arrogant by not giving your all... Let''s see if you can keep up that attitude... WITH THIS"


    With a sudden roar, Kratosunches himself forward, both chains spinning in the air in a devastating whirlwind of steel. The chainssh out like serpents, and the two twin des at the end of the Chain were like fangs ready to pounce on Taufik. one aimed at Taufik''s head, the other at his legs. The ferocity of the attack is unlike anything Taufik has encountered before, there''s no room for error.


    Taufik narrows his eyes, the glint of his katana catching the light as he steps forward with calcted precision.


    The twin des scream toward him, but Taufik doesn''t flinch. With a burst of speed, he sidesteps the first strike aimed at his head, and with a fluid motion, he swings his katana upward.


    The katana shes against the chain targeting his legs, redirecting its momentum to the side with a spark-filled collision.


    Kratos snarls, his fury mounting as he repositions himself mid-air, yanking the chains back with immense force. The des retract like boomerangs, slicing through the space between them. Taufik spins on his heel, his katana weaving an intricate pattern that deflects the iing des. His movements are sharp yet calm.


    "You''re still holding back"


    Kratos growls in anger, his voice like thunder.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "... I will not stand for this mockery! DIE!!!"


    With a roar, Kratos channels all his power into this one attack. His Twins des ignite with a blinding, fiery aura, and the chains elongate unnaturally, glowing with molten energy.


    Kratos mmed the chains into the ground; the two Twin des, as if merging in the air, created a greater impact than before; with that momentum, the Twin des shot towards Taufik at an incredible speed and contained a power that could not be underestimated.


    *Boom!*


    The attack causes a massive explosion that creates a shockwave of searing mes that towers high into the air, swallowing the arena in chaos, but it is not fear that is seen but cheers of joy from the crowd.


    The ground trembles, and for a moment, it seems as though nothing could survive the devastation, that''s what the observers thought. In contrast to Kratos, he still breathes calmly, but his muscles are taut as he surveys the destruction; as the smoke clears, Taufik emerges, his ck katana de glowing with a strange glow.  His clothes are unscathed, his expression calm with his eyes locked on the figure of Kratos..


    "... That''s all?"


    Taufik asks, his voice low butced with a chilling edge.


    "If that''s all you''ve got, then I''m disappointed"


    Kratos'' eyes widen, but before he can react, Taufik moves and closes the distance between them in an instant, his katana shimmering as he channels his Mana into his Katana. The ck Katana de bes a blur, changes color, and then emits a soft green hue light.


    *Swoosh!*


    A Wind sword Aura shot towards Kratos who still had time to open some distance between him and Taufik.


    Kratos blocks the initial strike, but the force behind it sends him sliding back. A second strike follows, then a third, each faster and more unpredictable than thest.


    Taufik''s attacks did not stop there; Taufik''s attacks were like a never-ending storm, continuing to hit Kratos, who had difficulty fending off Taufik''s attacks, which were hard to predict where they woulde from because they flew like the wind itself.


    "... You rely too much on brute force"


    Taufik says, his voice calm but deadly.


    "You need to know that you are not Hercules, who has an almost endless power; I''m arrogant? No! You''re just too weak for me to be able to use my full power, You have high and limitless potential, however, your loyalty chains your own potential, How disappointing~" Experience tales at empire


    Kratos grits his teeth, ignoring taunts from Taufik while desperately swinging his chains to counter Taufik''s seemingly endless attack, but Taufik''s movements are like the wind itself, fast and unpredictable.


    Flowing around each attack. With a sudden flourish, Taufik shes downward, his katana shimmering with the force of his technique that has changed form into ''Earth form'' The air itself seems to split as the attacknds with the force of gravity behind it, sending Kratos crashing into the ground with a great impact.


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    - In a special ce for the twelve main Gods of Olympus, with Hades and Hephaestus.


    Hades and Hephaestus watched the match between Taufik and Kratos without missing any detail, even though Taufik and Kratos moved at a speed that was difficult for ordinary human eyes to follow, but for them, the Gods, no movement from Taufik or Kratos could escape their attention.


    In the midst of the heated duel, and the cheers from the audience, one thing that caught Hades'' attention was Taufik''s weapon that kept changing color, coincidentally the person sitting next to him was someone who really understood weapons, so with great curiosity, Hades asked Hephaestus without looking away from the duel that was taking ce.


    "... Hephaestus, what do you think about that man''s weapon? Does the power he hase from that weapon?"


    Simr to Hades, Hephaestus also had the same interest as what Hades felt. As the god of cksmiths, metalworking, fire, and volcanoes, he was also particrly interested in Taufik''s weapon. However, when faced with Hades'' question, Hephaestus was a little hesitant to answer it.


    "... No, it''s not the power of his weapon, how should I put it, that man, Instead of using a wand just like what a Magician usually used, that man, used that weapon of his as a catalyst to cast his Magic, but his weapon had its own uniqueness"


    "Hoo~ Continue"


    "To make it short, his weapon was not made in the usual way, you know how the process of forging is, but that man''s weapon, it seems like it didn''t go through any forging process, it seems like it was directly created as a set like that, it is truly very unique and..."


    "And?"


    "... Although it is a bit vague, the weapon has its own soul, if the soul within the weapon is fully awakened, the weapon will be a weapon of the highest level in the entire world, even in the entire universe... Whether it is an enemy or not, I want to meet the person who created that extraordinary weapon"


    "... A weapon with soul?"


    "Yeah..."


    "..."


    "..."


    After that small talk, Hades and Hephaestus returned to watching the duel taking ce in the arena with more focus than before.


    "... How is it? Have you finished measuring the depth of that man''s strength?"


    "Sadly, No, that man does not even use his full power while facing Kratos, Who, in terms of raw strength, is only second to Hercules... I remember eight years ago when that guy first appeared in this timeline, he had a hard time facing Hades directly, I didn''t expect his power to grow this fast, maybe even Zeus didn''t expect this"


    "Eight years ago, huh? That day is sure crazy, if Mother Gaia didn''t seal the earth, The Ages of Go-"


    "Hephaestus"


    "Opps~ I almost said it"


    "*Sigh* Just remember, don''t speak carelessly in the future, the truth is only known by a handful of us"


    Hades said firmly while staring at Hephaestus with a sharp gaze, but in his mind, he also had the same thoughts as Hephaestus.


    ''... But it was indeed a great fortune for us, If Mother Gaia had not sealed the Earth in time, the consequences would have been very fatal for us, the Olympians''


    That day, it was not only the Olympian gods who were actually expelled from Earth, but other entities that had once set foot on Earth also wanted to enter Earth. Fortunately for the Olympians who came from Earth, the bacsh was not too serious for them.


    Unlike those other entities, they used a lot of their divine power to forcefully enter Earth, but because of the seal that Gaia had ced in time, they were forcibly pushed out of Earth''s atmosphere, which made them receive serious bacsh, with such severe injuries, they would need a very long time to recover their strength before trying to enter Earth again.


    ''We nned to gather as many followers as possible and grow our strength to face the other entityter at this crucial time, but something unexpected like this had to happen, Zeus and Poseidon, those two, they are always impatient... *Sigh* In the end, everything will end up as ''HE'' has decided''


    Long ago when the Titanomachy War ended, a golden opportunity for the Olympians arose, but a new threat was created, a threat beyond the control of the three brothers, Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon.


    "... We have sacrificed so much, but why does everything never go ording to n? In the end, do we have to take advantage of Mother Gaia''s ''goodness'' again?"


    "You know that Impossible now with that man on her side"


    "Then we will do anything we can do to erase that man''s existence from this world at all cost even if we have to ask for help from ''HIM'' again"


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