Chapter 114: Hermes, Lord of boundaries (1/2)

”Herme-

”Alex, he's much stronger than you, and probably on the level of Father, let me take care of this,” Hermes didn't let him speak.

”Then you can't beat him!”

”Alex, I repeat, I'll take care of this, now, step back!” Hermes took Alex from his neck and propelled his body up above.

Before sending Alex away, he also took Prometheus from him.

Then, he placed his two hands on the ground.

Suddenly, Indra frowned.

”What did you do?” Indra swung his fist around, but it stopped in thin air like there was an invisible wall around them.

”In Olympus, they also call me....Lord of boundaries,”

Hermes continued, ”You won't be able to get out of the boundary I erected, now, let's get this over with!”

Hermes wielded two weapons.

Now, in one hand, he had a silver dagger.

On the other hand, he had The Caduceus, his serpentine healing staff.

Indra shrugged and replied, ”Then I'll take down the boundary on my own,”

The area inside the boundary was dry and free of any rain since nothing could leave it or enter it without Hermes' authority.

Hermes giggled and bolted at Indra.

His speed was his greatest advantage, and the silver dagger slithered towards the god's neck.

Indra didn't turn around, and his hand simply twisted around and grabbed Hermes' wrist and halted his movement.

However, out of nowhere, Hermes teleported away and created some distance between him and Indra.

'He's going to be an annoying opponent...' Indra remarked internally.

Meanwhile, Hermes observed his bruised wrist.

'Is there really such a big gap between us?'

Hermes then shook his head and used the Caduceus to heal himself. The purple-ish bruise quickly returned to a healthy color and the fight resumed.

However, Indra was the one who launched an attack this time.

He had discerned that he had the advantage in physical ability and charged at Hermes.

Strangely, Hermes moved slower than usual, and Indra swiftly caught up to him and tackled him.

Hermes seemed to be completely overpowered by Indra, but the dagger that was in his right hand seemingly teleported into his left hand, and pierced itself onto Indra's lower torso.

Indra frowned and golden blood spilled onto the dagger.

Hermes didn't waste any time and teleported away before Indra could retaliate.

Alex observed the fight with awe and tried to help Hermes multiple times, but the invisible boundary blocked him.

”Physical attacks are not going to work on you, are they?” Indra said.

Then, the god pierced the Vajra into the ground, and white flames suddenly coated the entire arena.

The flames also halted at the boundary, and for the people outside, it made for a strange scene to see that the flames covered a perfectly circular area.

”Oh, Hot!” Hermes unfolded his wings and flew into the air.

However, Indra didn't have the expected reaction, and a cunning grin emerged on his face.

Since Hermes sealed off the arena from the outer world, the temperature inside quickly skyrocketed due to the flames.

Hermes realized Indra's plan and sighed.

His skin crackled in the searing heat and his throat felt dry.

Alex pounded on the boundary repeatedly and exclaimed, ”Hermes, let me in, I can handle the heat!”

However, the barrier didn't allow sound to enter and Hermes simply ignored him.

Hermes used the Caduceus to heal his heat damage, and his skin shed repeatedly like a snake.

'We can't stay like this forever....' Using the Caduceus consumed immense amounts of Faith Energy, and he didn't have infinite reserves.