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[The battle of the ancient Hero Kai versus the Gods.]
As the conditions of life became terribly wearisome, many of the beings turned against each other due to the conditions of life. The human race, one of the beings who suffered greatly because of the gods, has had enough. Finally, after enduring so much, a cunning human by the name of Kai secretly attempted to unite all the beings in one banner to end the gods of their war. Through his influential actions, Humans, Demi-humans, Elves, Orcs, Beastmen, Lizardmen, Dwarves, Demons and Fairies united under him. Succeeding in his conquest of uniting all, the people of lands acknowledged the cunning human as someone who would lead them from despair.
At the start of his rule, Kai executed his plans that helped assure that the lives of all the people of the lands are some what bearable. With so much contribution in such little time all the lords from all the different races praised and favored him.
These powerful lords who were highly impressed decided to grant Kai the title of 'Hero'. With his new title, the Hero Kai gathered all the lords from all the races and created the secret council.
With the help of the council and Kai's management, none went hungry, many of the dying and the injured were healed and many towns and cities was renovated and raised. As time passed and the gods still continued their dispute, Kai secretly recruited great magicians and mechanics throughout the lands.
Using the vast knowledge that the Hero Kai collected from his travels, he aims to use the most skilled magic users and inventors of the lands to aid him to secretly attempt to build a machine that would rid the gods of all their powers..
Years had passed and after many painful trials and errors, with the help of the geniuses that the Hero Kai had enlisted to create the contraption, he succeeded. Unfortunately the machines not only rid the gods of all their powers but also had a high chance of killing them in the process.
Everything was going smoothly for Kai, until one uneventful evening that would unravel his discreet actions occurred.
It was a clear moonlit night, and a scruffy looking dwarf named Daric who helped build the king's machine as a mechanic, thought it would be a wonderful evening to celebrate their success. Since the dwarven race rarely spent their time up in the surface, Daric decided to sample all the different liquor in the surface he could get his hands on.
It was very late at night and the dwarf enjoyed himself so much that he ended up being kicked out of several taverns due to being too rowdy. Having been forced to end his celebration, Daric attempted to travel back to the inn by himself. The stubborn drunk dwarf wandered the city for hours trying to get back to the room he rented in the inn, until he decided to take a rest by laying down on the street.
Moments later a priest who was returning to the church after soliciting strangers for alms, happened to just pass by the alley. Nom the lizard priest noticed someone sprawled out sleeping on the street floor. Being a kindly person that he is, Nom decided to offer the homeless being his aid.
The lizard priest assisted the drunken mechanic to the nearest inn and on the way to the establishment, he listened to the dwarf babble on with the story about the machine that he helped make.
Nom found what Daric was saying humorous and began replying by teasing him..
"Hsssilly dwarf the power of the gods cannot be rid of that easily! Did the Hero use a mysterious power to manage this?"
Nom giggled and smirked. Daric's flushed happy face changed immediately. Hearing the priest tease him, the drunk dwarf instantly became irritated.
"If you don't trust me, I'll show you myself!"
After the drunken mechanic became very irritated, he quickly grabbed Nom with his strong stout arms then hung him on his broad shoulder. Suddenly the lizard priest regretted teasing the drunken dwarf. Nom had forgotten that dwarves are known to have short tempers.
"Hssss! release me at once dwarf!"
Nom screamed and tried to shake himself loose as the dwarf huffed and snorted. The drunken mechanic raced across the city towards the mountains carrying the priest on his shoulder.
"Hssss Let me down! I refuse to be treated like this! Hssss!" The priest cried and complained. Moments later the dwarf and the priest arrived at the base of the mountains outside of the city.
"Hssss! Put me down!"
Nom demanded as he continued to struggle to escape the dwarve's strong grip.
"Gwahaha as you wish!"
The drunk dwarf tossed the priest on the ground and began walking towards a secret entrance that led inside the mountain.
"Follow me priest or be lost."
The dwarf continued to walk into a dark tunnel after giving the lizard priest a choice. Nom was hesitant and was eager to go back to his quiet abode. But a feeling inside him made him curious and wanted to follow the drunken dwarf.
Moments later after arriving within the mountain's secret cavern, Nom saw with his eyes huge contraptions that he could not comprehend. Against the far walls of the cave are beings trapped inside cages. Dismayed at what he saw the priest began to weep.
"Hsss! This is blasphemous!"
The lizard priest swiftly dashed to a cage where a being was being held against his own free will.
"Hsss God of the birds Thoth! Why are you in here?! Hsss."
Nom grabbed the god's hand and began shaking it. The God of the birds looked up at the lizard priest with spite.
"Get your disgusting hands off me mortal!"
Thoth weakly shouted with so much hatred in a gruff tone. The deity slouched away in a sluggish pace away from the priest. Thoth struggled to move away as if life is being drained from him. Saddened and at the same time angered that such things were occurring, the priest turned around to question the dwarf. Nom screamed in an angered tone.
"Hsss! What going . . "
Before he could finish his sentence, Nom saw that the dwarf was on the ground passed out. The lizard priest continued to weep due to the gods are being treated as such. Then suddenly he heard a faint soft mystical voice from behind him.
"Do not weep my child. We the gods deserved this."
Nom turned to see who's word they were. It was the goddess of the swamp Uhlanga.
"Hsss! My lady surely you do not mean those words!"
The lizard priest was shocked by the words that came from one of the gods that the lizard people had devotedly worshiped long ago. Slumped down inside a cage just like Thoth the god of the birds, the goddess looked frail and lifeless.
"Hsss! Goddess please tell me how to stop this!"
The lizard priest wept and begged the goddess of the swamp. Uhlanga turned her head towards Nom and smiled.
"In the end, we who were created the world have failed due to our immature rivalries."
The goddess started to slowly become transparent. But before she disappeared, the goddess told all that she knew about the human king's machine to Nom. She informed the lizard priest that as the machine got rid of all the powers of the deities it also harnessed their many abilities into marbles called Mana. The Manas stored different abilities which when eaten by a mortal being will gain the ability within the stone.
Heartbroken and enraged the lizard priest decided to tell all the people of the land. He protested almost everywhere about the acts that the human King in various towns and cities. Everywhere Nom went he's ignored because everyone had no love nor care for the cruel gods that caused them suffering.
Right when the lizard priest was about to acknowledge defeat, one of the few remaining gods appeared in front of him. The priest whose whole aim in life was to serve the gods was ecstatic. Immediately upon seeing the beautiful goddess his knees bent and dropped to the ground to hail the goddess of the wind.
"Hisss! Oh goddess of wind! I am not worthy of your presence!"
Once the devoted priest was on all four the goddess commanded him to stand up.
"Rise devoted one and tell me about this Human King that you rant so much about."
The priest told the goddess of the wind Freeda everything. Seconds after hearing all the details about the blasphemous actions that the Hero Kai had done, Freeda's blood began to boil from her rage that she immediately flew to the skies to call out all the remaining gods to inform them about the doings of the Hero.
Piqued by the information that they all had received, the few remaining gods decided to temporarily cast aside their war with each other and banded together to deal with those who dares to offend the gods. The gods swiftly began destroying cities and towns that were managed and inhabited by humans.
Kai was instantly informed of the havoc that the gods were causing to his people. He predicted that it was inevitable that the gods would somehow discover his actions. Fortunately he had prepared long ago for when his secret acts had finally been exposed. Secretly right after the magicians and mechanics were successful in creating the machine and after gathering hundreds of Manas, the Hero then formed an army that consisted of all who wanted vengeance against the gods. Kai gave abilities to these multitudes of men and women who are all from different races through out the lands.
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Right after being informed of the situation that had broken out, the Hero Kai launched a campaign to finally retaliate against the gods.
On the day of reckoning, the army of the Hero and the few remaining gods faced each other in the battlefield. Kai led the hundreds of thousands of seasoned enhanced heroes from all the different races. They marched towards the open field near the black spiral mountain where the furious deities awaited them. All were well armed and carried with them the hatred for the gods that had burrowed inside each of them like a root.
"People of the lands hear me! We have suffered and endured too much from the gods. This is our moment to take our stand, to make them pay for what they've done! This is is for all that we've lost! This is for our future!"
The Hero Kai raised his spear after his short speech. The blade from his glaive shined as he raised it towards the sky. Instantly the morale of his army spiked, all screamed and roared their battle cries to prepare themselves.
"GWRAAAAAAWRRR!!!
The sound of the army screaming and stomping could be heard many miles away. The goddess Freeda felt a slight chill on her spine. It annoyed her to think that mortal beings had given her the sensation. The goddess of the wind hovered down to the enormous crowd that gathered on the foot of the black spiral mountain. Behind her followed the few remaining gods who were anxious to pulverize all the mortals in front of them. After hearing Kai's speech she shouted at the people of the land.
"Foolish mortals! We who created everything around you, will put you back to the earth from whence you came!"
*swhoosh*
Then from out of nowhere an arrow from one of the people in Kai's army swiftly darted towards one of the gods. The projectile penetrated the God of Insects' skull. Instantly the body of the deity began to rapidly drop from high above. Witnessing one of their own be killed by a mortal, the gods instantly retaliated. In a flash an all out epic war erupted.
The army of the Hero Kai consisted of the people of lands against the gods and goddesses had begun. At the start of the battle many of the deities were overwhelmed and killed left and right, but as the fight continued on, many of the warriros of the lands began to tire. The gods saw this and realized that even though the mortals had similar abilities as their own they were still just mere mortals that couldn't compete with a real gods.
Slowly but surely the deities made their come back. Though they were now down to only two digit numbers, they started slaughtering the tired mortals. On the grounds of the battlefield mortal blood soaked the ground while the bodies of the gods simply just faded from existence.
Over the course of the battle, the gods were almost at their limit also. Freeda, the goddess of wind realized something and the realization made her begin to sweat. As she observed the battle, she now understood that when a god or goddess is slain, it isn't death. The death of a deity isn't like how mortals die. Their death is equal to just simply fading from existence. The thought of not existing gave her the sense of fear. Freeda watched as her fellow gods are killed by mere mortals. Their shriek made her think quick and without any hesitation she flew high above the battlefield and began shouting.
"Mortals! Lay down your arms and we will be merciful! If you dare continue we will erase each and everyone of you!"
The fight came to a pause, both sides stopped fighting after hearing the goddess spoke. All looked up at the goddess of the wind. Confusion spread throughout the battlefield when the mortals heard the goddess' voice. Their moral and drive instantly dropped after hearing the proposal of the goddess. It made them all realize that it was foolish to go against the gods. One by one the heroes of different races dropped their weapons.
*CLANG!*
*CLANG!*
The Hero Kai looked around. Just when victory was so near and vengeance was close at hand, his allies started to feel extremely overwhelmed. Demi-humans, Elves, Orcs, Beastmen, Lizardmen, Dwarves, Demons and Faries, the warriors from all these race began to falter one by one. Though Kai himself is at the point of exhaustion, he refuses to forgive the gods. The many years of enduring, planning and work, slowly disappeared in front of the Hero.
Kai became so furious how weak spirited the other races were. He watched as the heroes from the other race began to flee. King Kai turned his head shouting as he pointed his sword at the goddess of wind.
"NO!!"
Kai furiously charged at the goddess. All the human warriors joined their leader and continued to fight the deities while the rest of the other warriors of other race fled as far as possible fearing the gods. The Hero Kai had nearly reached his limit, he scanned the surrounding as his comrades were slowly slaughtered one at a time by the remaining gods and goddesses. but before King Kai was overwhelmed and captured by the remaining gods, Kai used an ability that he had to scatter the thousands of Mana he gathered throughout the land. Though the number of gods dwindled down to ten, The Heo Kai and his warriors were no match for the remaining gods. Without the help from the other races, King Kai and his fellow humans are defeated.
The most bloodiest battle in the history of the people of the land had come near its end. The remaining gods began to butcher almost all the warriors from the other races that aided Kai in the battle. After they searched high in low and could not find the remaining warriors that participated, they turned their eyes to the human race. The few remaining gods began to eliminate any human that they could find. After they could find no more they decide that the Kai and his beloved wife should receive their punishment. The gods decided to show the people of the land what happens to people who goes against the gods.
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Using her powers the goddess of wind lifted Hero Kai above where many of the people of the land could witness his punishment.
"People of the land! Witness your Hero!"
Freeda shouted as she coldly stared down to the many beings looking up.
One by one the deities pummeled Kai. After taking so much strikes from the gods, Kai's entire body were severely bruised, his bones were broken into pieces but the Hero showed no sign of pain. The god of the ocean became irritated and decided to slowly tear away his fingers and toes. The gods of the mountains joined in and decided to pull out the Kai's teeth.
Blood from the Hero Kai poured down to the ground. The horrific scene made the people of the land cringe. Some fainted from the sight while others decided to turn their heads and close their eyes because they couldn't stand to watch anymore. Not a drop of tear came out of the Kai's eyes nor the expression of pain showed as he went through the extremely tormenting pain that the gods have brought upon him. Not satisfied with what they've done, the gods had the idea to ravage Kai's wife in front of defeated Hero.
Upon hearing the gods talk about their plan to harm his wife, The Hero Kai mustered up all the strength that he had left. Right before the enraged deities could move to retrieve the Kai's wife, the Hero decided to use an ability that he had attained from a Mana he ingested. Using the last of his energy and will power, King Kai screamed out to his wife.
"My love I'm sorry that I've failed you!"
Then in a flash he turned into a gigantic ball of energy, exploding instantly after the huge sphere appeared.
The explosion destroyed the entire surrounding, wiping the Kai, his wife and most of the gods that remained out of existence. The destructive sound waves from the explosion completely erased the glorious city of the human King and severely damaging many of the other cities and towns near by. The view of the surrounding was something from a nightmare.
Few gods survived the explosion but all fled into hiding due to the critical injuries that they received from the human king's final retribution. But before the gods went into hiding they ordered their thousands of gigantic monsters to go on a rampage.
Centuries passed and the people of the land slowly began to rebuild. Much of the knowledge of the passed were lost and it was impossible to return to the prosperous days. After centuries passed the human race were treated as the worthless race. Most of the race throughout the lands enslaves humans. In the end the race that ended all the suffering caused by the gods and goddesses have become slaves.
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