Poseidon adjusted his posture to a defensive one. He was expecting to be attacked at any moment, ''Based on our last 'fight', he is powerful but slow... If I manage not to get hit once, I might have a chance.''

Touching the scar on his chest, Poseidon faced Cthulhu.

Cthulhu, as usual, and following a pattern, did not leave the portal. Poseidon noted this, ' Looks like he can't get out of the portal... One more advantage!'

The being from Chaos looked around and finally noticed Poseidon, '' You again? Didn't I already kill you?''

Cthulhu was really surprised, since not many beings survived a fight with him.

Poseidon smiled nervously, '' I don't die that easy.''

Cthulhu huffed, '' Well, it doesn't matter at the end. Is this your realm?''

Feeling curious about this so-called God who stood in front of him again, Cthulhu asked.

'' No. I was visiting this realm when an accident happened. And here we are.'' Poseidon was talking normally but was watching for any movement of Cthulhu.

Susanoo, who was still in Helheim, said to Cthulhu, '' Master, my scout work is done. I need to get back to Chaos, otherwise...''

Only then did Cthulhu 'notice' Susanoo's presence. He barely glanced at him, '' You may return. I should be done with this in a few minutes.'' Cthulhu then looked at Poseidon, '' By my count, after destroying this realm, there would only be 1 left...''

''We can rebuild.''

'' Can you really?'' Cthulhu cryptically said this.

Poseidon paused, ' The Chaos creatures are older than us, so they know some things we don't know... Is there really no way to rebuild the other realms?'

While the Greek did rebuild their realms once it was destroyed, maybe Cthulhu did something that could prevent the other realms to rebuild.

Susanoo departed to the Chaos. Before he entered the portal, he looked back, '' Good luck.''

To who he said that no one knows.

Poseidon and Cthulhu faced each other. Before the being from Chaos attacked, he spoke once again, '' Oh, so-called God, are you ready?''

' It seems he's toying with me... Doesnt really matters, as long as I can buy time for the others. I hope Mimir told the about the portal, otherwise, all this will be for nothing.'

Putting his shield in front of him, Poseidon asked, '' Can I ask something?''

Cthulhu, surprisingly, didn't mind, '' Hmmm, I'll think of this as the last wish of a dying God. Speak.''

'' Why are you doing this?''

Poseidon was really curious. ' The Chaos seems to be big enough, so why do they go around destroying other realms?'

'' Because we can.''

This response made Poseidon angrier than before, '' Just because you can!? How many beings died because of your doing?''

Cthulhu responded calmly, '' Too many to count. Besides, doesn't your race do the same? Toy with the ones weaker than you, bidding them to do whatever you want?''

Poseidon wanted to say something back, but based on what he knew of the Gods, Cthulhu was right. '' We changed! We rule our realm with grace and peace, not with an iron fist!''

'' Good for you! But what about the other realms? Do they do the same? To be honest, it doesn't really matter how you rule, what matters is that I'm strong than you, and the weak have no say in what the strong do.''

Poseidon knew that whatever they say from now on would be meaningless, '' Come!''

This time, Poseidon will not be like a fish in a net. He would fight back!

Cthulhu didn't waste time and attacked. This time, though, Poseidon could see the trajectory, ' If even one of the attacks hit, I'm fucked. So ill dodge then try to counterattack!'

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Jumping to the side, Poseidon narrowly dodged it. He used the opportunity Cthulhu gave him. When the monster attacked, he left his arm unprotected.

Attacking Cthulhu's arm, Poseion noticed that he took damage, ' It seems I was right! The reason they don't get out of the portal is that they get weak outside Chaos! If we plan things right, we have a chance!'

Still, Poseidon's attack didn't do much damage. Cthulhu didn't even complain of pain and continued attacking Poseidon without stopping.

Although Poseidon was dodging the blows, he noticed that Chutllu was hitting the ground of Heilheim. ' That could be dangerous!''

Having already witnessed the destruction of a realm, Poseidon knew that if Cthulhu kept hitting the ground, it would bring consequences for everyone in the Norse Realm. ' But I can't take those attacks head-on! What now...'

As Poseidon tried to think of something, the attacks kept coming. He was managing to dodge and counterattack but the damage he was doing was minimal and Helheim continued to take more and more damage.

Poseidon was running out of options until he heard a sound coming from behind. When he looked at the sound, he noticed that an eagle was coming towards them, ' Is that Hræsvelgr...!?'

As there was only one such Eagle in Helheim, Poseidon knew right away that it was Hræsvelgr. ' She must felt what Cthulhu's doing, so she came to help me. Hopefully...'

'' Oh... another bothersome being.'' Cthulhu didn't mind Hræsvelgr coming to help.

It didn't take long for Hræsvelgr to get to Poseidon's side. Although the two could not communicate, they knew that the enemy was in front of them.

Even with Hræsvelgr's presence, Cthulhu didn't stop attacking. Although Hræsvelgr made Poseidon's life a little easier, the eagle had to be careful. Her size made her a perfect target for Cthulhu.

'' ARGHHHHHH!'' Poseidon used all his strength to attack the Cthulhu arm that was outside the portal. Finally, after quite a while of struggling, Cthulhu bled. It wasn't much, but it was a start.

''Hmm, I didn't expect that. Maybe I have to take it more seriously.'' Cthulhu's aura changed. It seemed to have become more aggressive.

Poseidon noticed this and prepared to dodge. By the way, the way Hræsvelgr was helping was to help Poseidon dodge, since any attack by the eagle would not do any damage to Cthulhu.

Contrary to what Poseidon expected, Cthulhu did not attack him. He aimed at Hræsvelgr, who was a little further away, ' Shit!'

Poseidon knew it would be very difficult to dodge the attack, so he had to defend Hræsvelgr from the attack, ' But if I do that, I'll be very injured and have no chance to fight...'

It was as if time had stopped for Poseidon, who was thinking of something to help Hræsvelgr not die.

Knowing he couldn't defend, Poseidon looked at Cthulhu, ' If I can't defend, how about I attack?'

Remembering the results, Poseidon was about to dismiss this idea but he suddenly thought of something, ' If they get strong in the Chaos and weak in the Realms, maybe we are the same?...!'

Feeling that this might be true, Poseidon decided to gamble, ' Fuck it! If I don't do this now, I will lose Hræsvelgr and the next time it would be me!'

Ignoring every warming his body was giving him and before Chutlhu's attack hit Hræsvelgr, Poseidon jumped inside the Chaos portal. His action surprised both Hræsvelgr and Chutlhu.

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INSIDE CHAOS

As soon as Poseidon passed through the portal, he felt only one thing, 'Freedom...'

It was a strange feeling since he had practically 3 realms to explore. Anyway, this feeling didn't last long, since the portal gave direct access to Chutlhu's body. Poseidon was shocked by the size of the being's body, 'How can we possibly defeat this monster!?'

Its size easily exceeded 10000 meters, making the Titans from the Greek Realm look like puppies. In fact, it was so big, Poseidon didn't know where it ended. He didn't know if it was because there was more body down there, or if this was as far as he could see in the Chaos.

Ignoring his fear, Poseidon remembered why he had entered the portal, 'To attack Chutlhu and stop him from attacking Hræsvelgr!

Going into action as soon as he recovered from his shock, Poseidon attacked the part he thought was Chutlhu's chest. And to his enormous surprise, this time he actually dealt incredible damage to the being.

'' ARRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!''

Chutlhu screamed in pain and stopped attacking Hræsvelgr, who took advantage of the distraction and backed away.

Even Poseidon was surprised at the result of his attack, ' My hypothesis was right! The Gods get stronger in Chaos!'

Before Poseidon could celebrate, he noticed other presences in Chaos, who may have heard Chutlhu's cry. He decide to leave since he didn't know how strong they were. 'Let's get out of here as fast as possible! I don't know if I will be corrupted like Susanno or if other beings will appear.'

Poseidon was getting out of Chaos when suddenly, he felt danger coming from behind him. As he turned, he saw Chutlhu's arm coming towards him, 'Shit!'

Putting his shield in front of him and bracing himself for the impact, the collision between the shield and the arm occurred.

CRACK

The impact sent Poseidon through the portal and back into Helheim.

Looking at his broken arm, Poseidon thought, ' Even though I have a boost in my powers, he still broke my arm with one blow...'

Hræsvelgr noticed that Poseidon had come out of the portal and went over to him.

Cthulhu did not continue attacking. It was as if he was completely surprised.

Poseidon noticed that Cthulhu was about to start talking, but the Chaos being looked back suddenly. He then looked at Poseidon again,'' It's getting boring. Let's finish this.'' Poseidon could swear he heard apprehension in Cthulhu's voice.

Poseidon noticed Cthulhu was preparing himself to launch a powerful attack that he won't be able to guard against. He looked over at Hræsvelgr, '' RUN!''

' I can't defend this attack!' Poseidon didn't care about anything else and hopped onto Hræsvelgr. The eagle didn't mind, as she knew if she stayed put, she would die, so she started to fly.

Hoping Hræsvelgr could fly faster, Poseidon only heard the explosion that occurred after the attack. What followed was a strong wind, that almost made Hræsvelgr lose control of her flight.

When Poseidon looked back, the portal was nowhere to be seen. But he could see a crater in the place of the attack, ' Almost the same thing that happened in Egypt... The Norse realm is done for!'

Another realm fell, only one remaining.