Eos the world of the chosen.

A place filled with magic and splendor, Lush green scenery, bountiful sources of food amazing and mysterious inhabitants. Captivating forests and lands that stretches as far as one can see, gorgeous lakes and bodies of water than seem to be bottomless and the majestic sky that seems to have no end. A land that awakens the spirit of adventure within those that hear the tales of the treasures and glory that one can obtain by venturing out in these lands.

But this place is not for those that are weak for with every beauty in the world there are also dangers that come with it. Not all lands can be safely venture through one such example is the Azura desert we're few ventured and even fewer returned from the scorching lands. One of the reasons being the intense heat that governs the area but the major factor was the sands worms that dwell within the sandy lands.

Many beast both majestic and terrifying dwell within this world and even if a new one get's discovered countless species have yet to be recorded in history.

Despite that life flourished here and many civilizations were born. Quarrels were in everyworld but the land was at the most peaceful due to the guidance of the gods that oversee the world.

Countless gods watch over the world each with different jurisdictions and each varying each other no two gods are alike.

The gods were both benevolent and powerful even the weakest can destroy a whole species if left alone that is why they have rules that forbid them from meddling with mortals affairs and only act when dire times happen.But even whether it be human or god there are those that walk dark paths and commit atrocious acts that led to the death of many.

That is why to keep those that do harm in line a god rose up the most powerful one and most wise was picked by others to be the leader of the gods The High God was soon born.

Eo, The High God was filled with power and wisdom that even made the gods worship him. He had the authority to punish and if need be destroy wayward gods and keep the balance of the world in order. But even he had trouble to control the others for by every second countless new gods were born from prayers and desire of those that live in Eos.

That is why he chose 10 gods to help him govern them and he picked those that show power and can keep the others in line.

And he chose Aztog, God Of War, Qyagi, God Of Magic, Ebelia, Goddess Of Order, Aella, Goddess Of Peace, Merrick, God of Chaos, Femreus, God Of Life & Death, Jutarr, God Of Blacksmiths, Dihdia, Goddess Of Wisdom, Kutra, Goddess Of Time, Wuysus, God Of Destiny.

Each and everyone of them was picked by him to lead the others and govern the world, maintain order and uphold their duties if not they will be punished by Eos himself.

Despite the gods nature, each of them acknowledge eachother and respected one another well....most of them.

Above the world beyond the eyes of the mortals was the area of the Gods where they watch the world below them and all was at peace but then

"MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!!!!!!!!!!"

a loud roar echoed throughout the halls of the Gods.

A lone man with auburn red hair slicked back that reached his shoulders a build that could put any gorilla to shame covered with crimson red full body plate mail and a blade 3 times his size

The god of war was yelling for all to hear.

Aztog voice echoed through the entire area letting everyone that was either at the temple or far away hear him.

"GET YOUR ASS OUT OF HERE!!!! THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME YOU PISS ME OFF!"

Across the loud roaring god sat a woman who had pure white hair that dropped down to her feet and accompanied it she was wearing a long white dress that seemed to large for a girl like her the dress complimented her fair  skin and would make anyone stare at her with awe as she fed the dragon that was perched up the rock. With a sigh she sat on a chair that formed from the branches of the tree and petted the dragon that was cuddling her.

Those idiots are at it again.....especially Aztog....he should calm down......this is the fifth time already in this week......Merrick should just stop messing with him.....

"Can't you do something about those two Fem?"

She turned towards the cloaked man sitting across from her as he watched the dragon he was dressed in a robe that was separated in half with the color of white on the left and black on the right his hair was flowing beautifully on his left while looked like a cactus on the right and he wore a mask covering his face with those two colors as he sat on the patch of flowers which bloomed on his right but the area on his left withered and was rotting.

He shook his head quickly at the female gods request and muttered

"They will probably stop later on..hopefully so let's just stay out of it...plus Aztog looks quite mad I don't want to get attacked...again..."

He spoke sheepishly as he watched the little goddess scratch the dragons belly.

Aztog kept shouting the gods name and some gods came and looked at the shouting idiot.

"geez.....did they fight again? what is it this time? is it 298th time?"

"I know....but I was getting bored anyways and this seemed fun to watch, no one would be stupid enough to piss Aztog off or have the balls to do it except Merrick"

"I think it's 299th time you forgot about the time when Merrick turned Aztog into a woman....damn I still remember it....those huge knockers...."

three gods were discussing between themselves about Merrick and Aztog quarrels.

More and more gods appeared and more than half of them were interested in what was going to happen.

Then Dihdia, Kutra and Wuysus appeared from the crowd but instead of going towards Aztog they went to the goddess playing with a dragon.

 A purple haired bespectacled woman wearing a dark blue robe letting her have an aura of someone intelligent was accompanied by a small child that suddenly turned into a young man and then into an old man and reverted back to a child that had a huge pocket watch on his side wearing a vest and brown trousers that changed from new to used as he did. Next to him was a tall and thin man that had his eyes covered with a sash and in front had a symbol of an eye he was covered with several sashes that combined together forming a makeshift robe that may sound like a horrible choice but it complimented him even more.

"So...Merrick gets his ass handed to him"

"You are wrong, this time Merrick makes a bigger fool out of Aztos"

"You both are incorrect, it will end up with them not fighting but both being sent flying."

The three spoke one after another as they stood at the three having the best view of Aztog yelling like a monkey.

"Are you betting on what’s gonna happen again? don't you guys get tired of it?"

Aella asked as he stopped petting the dragon and fed it with a fruit from the three she was resting at.

"Ofcourse not, after all I can only think of the logical conclusion to what would happen"

"Impossible, time is in my hands and I see the future more than once...I am the one correct this time"

"Wisdom nor time can battle against ones destiny a fixed outcome is already seen....and am the one correct this time"

The three gods argued amongst themselves making the goddess sigh and stared at them as they competed like a bunch of kids.

"So what the record?"

Aella curiously asked after all the fights that those two had they should have a record.

"99 wins"

"100 times I assumed correctly"

"101, but in the end I will win"

The one leading is Wuysus that said his score with pride as he grinned at the two.

Dihdia couldn't keep quiet

"No way! I'm sure that Aztos will beat Merrick"

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Kutra sighed

"Your wisdom is not enough to comprehend the seconds I have seen is enough for me to determine the outcome"

Wuysus ignored the two and faced Aella.

"Where's Qyagi and Jutarr? they should have heard the commotion already."

"I saw them working on something"

the goddess answered with a yawn.

"probably another magical artifact those two are always stuck in their workshops.....they even ended up destroying part of the building and had to be told off by Eo himself!"

She added remembering the explosion that happened a year ago like it was yesterday when the two gods made a magical suction machine but ended up making a bomb instead.

As the others were chatting and the crowd kept getting bigger Aztog kept on calling Merrick but to no avail but then something flew from the crown towards Aztog.

"Meri--- guh!?"

Aztog saw the incoming projectile and sliced it in half with his giant claymore the two pieces were burned by the fire emitted by his blade, WaR.

He glanced at the projectile that was thrown at him and gritted his teeth seeing it was nothing but toast! He then moved his vision at the one walking towards him from the crowd.

The bread then flew back towards the crowd and landed in the hands of a man wearing a neon black suit filled with countless symbols and hair that could make someone wonder what color it is and how messy it was and it was none other than Merrick himself.

"Finally you showed yourself!"

The god of war yelled as he pointed at Merrick who was casually eating the bread that was burned perfectly until it was toast. Seeing this Aztog glared at him.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"Eating some toast......it taste best in the morning and cooked just right by your blade"

Merrick casually answered as he finished eating and smirked at the plated warrior that was pointing at him.

"Now I'll make you pay for what you did!" he yelled out as he slashed his sword towards the suited god at a speed that can't be seen and ended up destroying the ground and blew away the other gods and earned some shouts and cheers from them.

Merrick was just beside the slash looking at the destruction that was created.

"*whistle*wow.......Lush wont like that, he'll probably ask another petition from gramps...he's such nature lover after all.....eh landscaping was his job, anyways...."

He then jumped avoiding a swing of the blade and jumped again in midair almost getting hit a wave of flames.

"Coward stop running and fight! I'll teach you to mess with my clothes!"

Aztog kept the assault but Merrick just kept jumping out of the way.

"Aw you didn't like my gift? I'm hurt.....lol... I even worked hard on it after all.....your chest was so big that you need new armor when you turned into a girl~" the god made a childlike voice as he smirked and kicked the blade that swung to him forcing both of them apart a 5 meters.

The source of the fight was Merrick changing all of Aztogs clothes even the one he wore to his sleep into that of a woman’s including his underwear. The war god had a daily routine which he runs around the entire land after he wakes up without changing and didn't realize that something was wrong with his clothes until it was too late. Some of the gods had a good laugh as they saw it and Merrick even had an orb to record the whole thing.

The two kept clashing as Aztogs kept slashing his giant blade swiftly with precision while Merrick dodge and countered with a kick when he saw an opening the two kept it on and the area around them was getting destroyed there were some dents on his armor and rips and slashes on Merrick’s side.

Those that watched was mesmerized at their fight while some ran away afraid of getting hurt from their overpowered strength they continued to clash even though they had blood pouring from both of them they kept on the assault and continued to pommel eachother.

But what was the most amazing part was the two of them were both grinning like idiots. Unbeknownst to others they enjoyed the fight despite it looking like they want to kill eachother. After a few more exchanges they both jumped away from eachother and the aura around them quickly changed.

"That's what I was waiting for you bastard! I'll enjoy wiping your face to the ground!"

"ewwwww you freaking masochist....you enjoy getting beat up? sorry but I'm straight but if you change back to that form with the huge knockers then I might consider~"

The two exchanged words as they gathered strength and prepared for one last clash.

 Aztogs body was covered with a bright red glow and was moving towards his blade and slowly but surely WaR was increasing it's size and kept an aura of fire around it while Merrick was standing like usual but a jet black mist was forming around his legs and kept on increasing making his lower body disappear in the mist.

"Ah this is a little bad.....Aztog is one but if Merrick joins they might actually end up destroying the whole area......"

Dihdia said as she stared at the two who were gathering energy around them.

"Time doesn't stop for anyone but if they do this even time will be killed....."

Kutra answered as he was sweating lightly.

Wuyzus was just staring at the area between the two seemingly waiting for something to appear.

Aztos and Merrick was preparing their finally move Merrick suddenly felt a chill and quickly dissipated the black mist coiling around lower body and stared above.

"Yo Azz I think we should stop for now...." he said as he continued to look above staring blankly at something.

But The God of war wouldn't relent

"Hah! you finally wuss out I knew you were scared but I wont stop and you will pay for your stupid pranks!!!"

With a yell he charged towards Merrick but despite the huge ominous blade that was coming towards him he didn't move from his spot but he started to count down.

"5......4......3......2.....and......1"

As Aztog charged towards him something fell from the sky and crushed the oblivious god but rather than something it was someone.

A woman appeared from the crash site and slowly dusted herself off. Her hair had golden locks that curled reached her back she was covered in white breastplate and a scarlet red skirt with black high knee socks and greaves that reached her knee. She looked like a valkyrie that fell from the sky and all the beings in the area had their eyes on her. She looked like a doll with golden eyes as she scanned the whole area no one made a sound.

"All those that aren't involved besides the 10,LEAVE"

A voice that was so beautiful that can captivate all that hear it spoke those words but when she said the last word a chill was sent to everyone except those that she asked to stay quickly hurried out and the area was soon emptied before the minutes passed.

"Yo~ Lia,I was telling the idiot to stop but then he was just too stubborn now that's out of the way I'll be going so-"

before he could run away golden chains locked his arms and legs and made him fall to his face.

The girl slowly walked over to him and stomped his head deep into the ground. Aztog was waking up and was about to yell out when he saw the God of Chaos being buried deep into the ground head first by the small girl.

Dihdia and Kutras sighed as Wuysus grinned and they handed him something while Aella watched the scene trying to cover her eyes at the gruesome sight.

The stomping continued for about 5 minutes and then she stopped and the girl let out a small sigh.

"Get up....Merrick, Aztog both of you will be placed at the chamber for a year"

Merrick pulled his head from the ground and shook his whole body and after a  few seconds he looked like those 5 minutes of stomping never happened while Aztog quietly stood up with a grimace.

she said with a straight face and then faced the 4 that was spectating them.

They flinched at her stare and waited for what she was going to say.

"You three....why didn't you stop them?"

"""We we're trying to see who would be the one to predict the outcome"""

The three in sync answered.

"You we're betting again......you three will be fed by Aella..."

At those words the three went pale and tried to argue but she quietly looked at them with a blank stare and they swallowed their words.

No....no no.....I can't think of anything to escape her....

This time....I might actually die

I have seen this outcome yet I didn't act.....

The three were sulking as they imagined the cooking of the goddess near them.

"is that fine!? I was thinking of a new recipe! Thanks sis!"

She ran and hugged Ebelia, she snuggled close while Ebelia let her do as she wished.

The reason why the three went pale was despite being the Goddess of Peace her cooking is anything but peaceful.....

Merrick then walked towards her as he escaped his restraints while Aztog was further restrained by additional chains compliments of the god of chaos.

Ignoring the shouts behind him he walked towards the golden haired knight and slowly blew into her ear which yielded a cute sound from her.

Eek!

Everyone then went quiet even Aztog as they heard the scream and only one thing was on their mind

So cute....

But as they thought that she regained her composure and kicked Merrick in the knee further amplifying her cuteness.

As they were quarreling two newcomers walked towards them a short bald man that had a long red beard that was covered with oil and some dust he wore simple workers clothes and had a belt filed with different tools behind him was tall hooded man his face is barely seen and is dressed with a sleeveless yellow brown robe that covered his whole body leaving only his arms seen and was accompanied with a dozen orbs varying in color.

"Ah Jutarr, Qyagi you came at a good time seems like Lia has something to say" Merrick glanced at the two and greeted them while holding the golden haired Goddess down by her forehead as she tried to punch him.

"Haha you two are quite the duo I might say, isn't that right Qyagi?"

"As it is strange it is most likely their difference that makes those two connected to one another"

the two conversed as they shared a laugh at the sight in front of them the others aswell.

Aztog finally removed his restraints and moved towards them glaring at Merrick but not doing anything else.

"So we are all gathered..what were you going to tell us?"

He said as he tried not to sound irritated but failed.

With a quick jab to the stomach Merrick dropped to his knee and Ebellia finally regained her calm and cleared her throat.

"We will be meeting with the High God....he has something he needs to tell us"

and with that a rune covered the ground beneath them and they were transported to a huge throne room and the one that sat on the throne greeted them with a smile. In unison all of them kneeled except for Merrick who was already kneeling.

"Finally....I thought you would never come.....and Merrick, Aztog....your punishment will be given later" he said as he eyed the two.

"ahhhh gramps I can explain.....it was all his fault"

Merrick said but was soon met with another punch to his stomach but this time blocked it with his hand.

"You were the one that changed my clothes! and made me run out while wearing woman’s underwear!" Aztog yelled as several chuckles could be heard even Eo couldn't hide the grin on his face.

"Well I'm not the idiot that runs out of the room without checking what I wear"

“why you! that's it! this time I!"

The two were then sent face first to the marble floor as they were held down by the golden goddess.

"enough.....or I'll get mad..."

she said quietly but the meaning got across.

The area was filled with silence but then a loud laugh came from the one on the throne

"Hahahahah oh dear...hahahahah! I hadn't had a good laugh in while...it seems all of you are getting along....nothing makes me more happy than that.." the white haired god smiled as he spoke.

But then he resumed his blank face and stared at them.

"Now all of you must be wondering why I called for you....so listen up....and not one word will escape this room....understood?"

with a serious tone he eyed each of the ten and continued.

"what's with the dark atmosphere? you sound like you're dying old man."

Merrick exclaimed as he picked himself up and looked straight at The High God but his smile soon disappeared from his face at the next few words.

"You are right....my time is close......and I will soon die" with those words the quiet atmosphere became ominous and serious.

"No!" the voice came from Aella as she dropped to her knees and cried she was comforted by Dihda and Kutra.

Merrick was silent but Aztog was furious "How!? why!? can we prevent it? Maybe we can-"

but he was met with a smile from the High God that made him stop his words.

"Ebelia....is what he said true?"

Qyagi asked as he removed his hood revealing dark a man that looked like he was in his mid 20's had yellow green hair that was kept short his eyes had dark circles bellow them making him have the look that he didn't rest for days.

"It...is true..." Ebelia muttered as she clenched her fist her calm face was filled with sorrow and anger.

Kutra talked to Wuysus, trying to devise a way and see if they can find a good outcome to help him, Jutarr was looking at a list probably one filled with his inventions trying to see if he can devise something to aid the their leader. Femreus stood there as he stared at the dying god and seemed unfazed but he was shaking nervously at the news.

The others all voiced their opinions but there was one that was calm among them and stared blankly at Eo

how....just how?

Crack

Merrick saw it, his entire world would soon fall apart and the trigger that started the change was the High God's next words

"And one of you will be my replacement"

And with that the peace would soon be destroyed.