105 Divine intentions (1/2)

As Leo was trying to organize the recently freed slaves, the gods were making moves of their own. They had long felt that Arthur was a thorn in their side, but it would be insulting for a divine to move for one mortal, even more so if he was a champion as they would be seen as a poor loser. Now however, the rest of the mortals were starting to fear him over the gods themselves, this could not be tolerated. After watching the destruction of Heliantis, they decide they could no longer remain idle, and started moving.

Some had non combat related champions, and decided to have them assist Leo. Others had their own pride, and simply decided to guide their champions to Leo and see what happened. A few, like Ares, found the current situation interesting and decided it might be fun to aggravate it more. While even fewer, like Athena, were regretting their choice of champion due to the fact that they were antagonizing the situation, but they had made a rule that once a champion was named, they couldn't be unnamed because of regrets. Some, like Venus, had made agreements with their champions before hand, but the rest couldn't change on a whim.

And so, the gods went to their respective champions, to spread their decrees.

***

A man stood on a mountain top, channeling his ki and the energy in the surrounding atmosphere, as a thunderstorm raged around him. He channeled the abundant lightning energy around him, and soon bolts of electric energy covered his body, waiting to be put to use. He continued drawing more energy, until he felt as if he was about to explode from having too much power in his body. When he could take in no more, he suddenly rushed forward and struck down on the ground to one side of the mountain, and discharged all the energy be stored.

BOOOOM

The entire side of the mountain received the impact, and faced utter destruction from it. The stored electricity shot through the ground, destroying everything in its path before being naturally negated by the earth. He stepped back to admire the destruction, before the sky flashed, and thunder roared. Others would want to run to make sure they don't get hit by the lightning, but the man closed his eyes agin and listened to the thunder, as if it was speaking to him. After several minutes of this, he opened his eyes agin and turned north before muttering,

”'Journey north to find what I seek' what I seek is vengeance, does this mean I'll find it in the north, or that there is a means to achieve it there? No matter, the journey alone would provide several opportunities to train, and it'll be a nice change in scenery after being here for the last twenty years.”

Acting as if he didn't just destroy the entire side of a mountain, the man picked a trail and started walking.

***

In the castle of one of the human kingdoms three people were playing instruments, and the fourth was singing. The one singing bore a brand in the shape of a bow, the mark of Apollo on her arm, and the rest bore the marks of the three muses. They were hailed as the finest musicians on the continent, and many lords and kings competed for the chance to get them to play in their halls. The girls voiced carried like an Angels, and the entire audience was captivated by her performance.

As the last note died down, a subdued applause echoed out, and the four started to prepare their next song. Suddenly different notes echoed through the room, none of the audience seemed to hear them, but the singer and the three behind her froze as they listened. As the notes died down the four suddenly started playing their next song as if nothing happened, but they now had a directive from their respective gods.

As the singer started planning how to travel north, she was troubled as she was the only fighter among their group, using a bow. She eventually decided that it would probably take a while before traveling, as they would need to arrange proper protection. As she thought of all of this, she continued her song as if nothing had happened.

***

Two elven women walked through the gardens of the elven royalty, both smiling with their golden hair down. They looked exactly the same, except for the mark of a tree for Medeina one bore on her arm, the other a pair of torches for Hecate. As they walked the various forms of plant life seemed to simply make way for them, and the air shimmered around them as if with mystery.