Chapter 93 - Gorgilla (1/2)

Gorgilla was Taras's first experiment, a blend of ape and man. As a giant man-ape, Gorgilla possesses superhuman strength, durability, and agility. He's 6', covered in brown hair with 3 fingers and a disposable thumb, three toes and a tail.

Gorgilla was already near Athens on standby, waiting for a chance to be tested, and now that chance has come.

Taras sent the orders that it had no choice but to follow, intercept the group traveling to the docks and eliminate all of them.

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Theoric and the group were traveling in a carriage in the center of armed men they were being escorted by.

The dirt road they were traveling on was busy with soldiers and regular people trying to make a living from fishing.

Coming up to a point where there were more trees, the road became scarce of people. The soldiers they were traveling with immediately went on guard knowing there should still be a stream of people.

Theoric frowned when he first caught the whiff of blood in the air- ”Sigyn, Anna, Io, prepare yourselves.”

The shade of the trees hid much, but they soon discovered the blood on the road before Sigyn gasped, hiding her head into Theoric after she saw the hanging bodies still dripping blood.

Anna and Io drew their weapons with a frown as they kept their eyes peeled.

The soldiers were on edge as they brought everyone to a complete stop, hopping off their horses to circle the carriage, swords drawn. They couldn't allow the honored guests of Drusus to come to harm.

Theoric was the first to hear the blood-curdling screams of approaching men who were likely sent to see what was happening.

It wasn't long after they could see the silhouette of a man fleeing for his life towards them, screaming- ”Monster! Monster!”

When he made it into shooting distance something flashed by quicker than a regular person could see as it ripped his head off, the headless body falling to the ground spurting blood.

Io asked- ”Did you see it?”

Anna- ”I just missed it.”

Theoric- ”It kind of looked like a big monkey.”

”Captain, what do we do? What do we do?” one man asked who was starting to lose it.

”Calm down soldier, you were trained better than that, we'll wait here, for now, don't let your guard down, it won't be able to take us by surprise and we'll be able to deal with it.”

”I don't know Captain, this seems like something above our pay grade, did you see how that mans head just disappeared.”

”What are you getting at soldier?”

”What if it's one of Ares monsters, it was only a matter of time before the gods got involved, this could be the start of the war.”

”If it is Ares, I'm sure Athena will protect us, don't lose your nerve men, this is only a test sent by the gods.” said the captain feeding off of their beliefs.

Then an object came flying over bashing into the head of a soldier, dropping him dead.

”Oh My God, They killed Timmy.”

”Those Bastards!”

Io unhappily looked to Theoric wondering why he wasn't protecting them as he did her- ”Why did you let that man die?”

”Honestly? I don't care about them, I don't know them, they aren't important to me in any way and their lives mean nothing to me.” Theoric coldly said.

Io scowled- ”How can you say that.”

Seeing Anna also frown at him, Theoric sighed- ”People die all the time, life goes on, why should I worry about every single one?”

Io pushed harder- ”Anna, you see this, this is his true colors, he only saved us to bed us.”

Theoric couldn't help but grin- ”I won't deny that.”

This received a gasp from Anna and another scowl from Io.

Surprisingly it was Sigyn who spoke next with the voice of reason.- ”What's so shocking about that, didn't he just say he would save those who mean something to him.”

She would usually be on Io's side when it came to helping people, but being an Asgardian she was well aware of what it meant when it was time for war, you don't worry about the few, you worry about the many.

In the end, Sigyn would always be on Theoric's side even if she didn't like it.

Anna remained mute as she mulled it all over, Io, on the other hand, felt this was wrong somehow, though she just couldn't put it into words that sound convincing.

Before anyone could discuss things further the monster attacked.