Cretus's aura was so intense that rocks around him started floating in the air. When the londals saw what was happening, they were watching in amazement at how powerful a mere human could be.
Londal: Who are you?
Merlin: He is the savior of humanity, he is the one who will put an end to the god's tyrannic rule. Now, we let you live today because we want you to give a little note to your lord. Tell him, he is back!
The londals wanted to intervene but just knew that they could not do anything to fight them back, so they listened to Merlin, however, they knew that what was awaiting them in Meralin was certain death for failing their mission.
Meanwhile, when the londals left, Cretus started to visualize every single part of his body that was glowing. Then, he realized his senses were sharper and he could see a little insect from about 10 meters away.
Cretus: So is this how it feels to be a God?
Merlin: You are far from a God my boy *laughs loudly*
Cretus: So you mean that you gave me powers that won't even match a God's one, and you still want me to bring back peace?
Merlin: Not really... As I said, Armdal was weakened, so it is up to get stronger and retrieve all that lost power.
Cretus: and how exactly is he going to do that?
Merlin: Well you are a human, so the only way to retrieve the rest of Armdal's power is to train hard. Of course, you might never retrieve his full power, but only 50% of his power would be enough to kill a god with one strike.
Suddenly, Cretus stopped glowing and became himself again, but he still felt like he was stronger both physically, and magically.
If you come back to your real self, this means that the power has accepted you as his new user. Now all you have to do is train for the Ragnarok
Kalista: What do you mean the Ragnarok?
Merlin: Next year, is the Ragnarok, a special tournament in which the strongest demi-gods fight the strongest humans. This is a way to limit the number of strong humans so that humanity does not cause any problems...
Cretus: So you are sending me to a wipeout tournament?
Merlin: No I am not, I am sending you there to find your potential crew members.
Cretus: What do you mean?
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Merlin: You don't intend to begin such a dangerous journey on your own do you?
After what merlin said, Cretus understood that it was suicide to begin such a journey alone and that he needed powerful allies to accompany him.
Cretus: When is your tournament...
Merlin: It is in 11 months, so you have got one year to get better and understand your power.
Cretus: *sighs* This was a bad idea to accept this...
Suddenly, Merlin teleported them to a land full of grass, trees, and wild animals and it was night while where they were, it was already the day.
Kalista: Where are we?
Merlin: Welcome to the garden of Eden, this place is the last secret place no one knows about apart from us.
Cretus: Did you create this place?
Merlin: Of course I did not, Armdal created it because he wanted to be alone and leave all the troubles behind him. This is also where he died, unfortunately...
There was a very big silence after what Merlin said, and a few seconds later, Merlin started walking in a precise direction in the jungle and Kalista and Cretus followed him. 10 minutes passed and when they got out of the jungle, the first thing they saw was a castle as big as the whole village of Meralin and which was bigger than the tallest mountains on earth.
Cretus: This is enormous!
Merlin: In this castle, there are 279 specific training rooms specially designed by Armdal because he knew that you would need help to retrieve his lost power. You will go through all these specific rooms and train hard as ever to have the power of a god, welcome to Mount Olympus!
Meanwhile, after the series of events that occurred, all the major Gods were called in to discuss what happened and what should be done. The people that were present at the little reunion were:
Martris, the deity of greed,
Zeus, the deity of heaven,
Hades, the deity of hell,
Anubis, the deity of the underworld,
Poseidon, the deity of the seas,
Hera, the deity of Marriage,
Athena, the deity of Wisdom
Artemis, the deity of wild animals,
Valorant, the deity of love
Indra, the current king of gods
The reunion started with an opening from the most influential individual, Zeus.
Zeus: I hope you all know why we are all here today don't you?
Valorant: Zeus, it's been a long time we've seen each other, so how don't you start with a warm welcome?
Athena: Valorant, you know tensions have been high between us since HE died. However, the reason we are here is that someone found his power, and it is not one of us, so it is surely one of the humans, so we have got no more reasons to be on a family feud.
Anubis: Athena is right, there is no reason to hate each other anymore, our main focus is the one who found the lost power.
Martris: I think I know who found it...
Zeus: Well then, we are listening to you.
Martris: One of my men reported seeing a man with the power resembling a god. His power was so great you felt hot when you were next to him.
Indra: Well then, there is no doubt, we found our man. Now, we just have to track him and make sure he does not manage to retrieve his full power.
Poseidon: No, just let him be and the day we see him, we will take our chance. Plus, he must have been of pure heart to overcome the barrier. However, even a magical barrier has an aura that can be sensed around the world when it appears.
Martris: It is true they claim he was with a magician and women.
Zeus: Merlin... That son of a bitch has the power all along. We should have started by him before looking around the world for something we were sure not to find.
Artemis: Well lucky you, Merlin signed one of his so-called students to the tournament of Ragnarok. He will be representing one of the 13 humans.
Zeus: hmm. That is our only solution. If we want to get him, we have got to make them get out of their hiding spot. It is decided, in a few month's time, the power of Armdal will finally be ours to wield.