Guardian Of The End

Two black horns slowly emerged from within Amon's hair. They were curved horns, similar to that of a ram.

Their length easily went beyond one foot which was a frightening thing to see. Combined with the fact that Amon's eyes were glowing a dangerous shade of red, he looked like the evil demon from old stories of heroes.

"Wrath is a wonderful thing. Even in the face of power, it can give quite a shock to people." Amon commented before clenching his hands into fist. "I hope you were expecting this."

Amon suddenly released a wave of power from his hands, sending the mages flying away. The black aura around his body started burning the skin of the mages, making a few of them scream.

Those who tried to fight back found out that their attacks were immediately absorbed by Amon's aura. Their attacks also resulted in an increase in the speed of their skin being boiled.

Julian watched this  with a calm expression since he had fought the sin of wrath before. He knew that unless he called upon the strongest mages under his command, he wouldn't be able to pose a challenge to the group.

Unfortunately, none of his strongest warriors were present inside the kingdom. He had sent them on a special expedition which meant that he only had himself to rely on.

'If Jason's divinity wasn't interfering with mine, I would be able to subject Risa to my control and easily suppress the others.' Julian mentally sighed before cracking his knuckles. 'I guess I don't have any other option left.'

He reached out for his divinity and formed a connection with his patron. A whooshing sound echoed inside his ears as a pillar of light tore through the palace and struck his body.

"We meet again." Julian's patron said with a smile as he slowly started levitating in the air.

Amon's expression darkened, forcing him to move his right hand in a circular manner. One by one, all of the mages started choking before turning into black dust.

Amon had gotten rid of all the small fries in one go but the real challenge had only began.

He now had to battle a god, that too a high leveled one. Even if he combined his strength with others, Amon knew that they couldn't win.

[ Jason, be prepared to dash towards the entrance. The moment you enter the temple, I will take all of us back. ] Risa suddenly explained. [ Amon, you know what to do, don't you? ]

[ I do. Let's proceed. ]

The sin of wrath took a deep breath before locking his vision on to Julian. His divinity flared up, sending divine energy throughout his veins.

[ Host, I am sending you some divine energy from Erebus's divinity. You are going to need it to see what is happening as well as to travel towards the entrance of the temple. ] The system informed.

Jason didn't question the system and simply used the incoming divine energy to power up his vision.

In slow motion, he saw Amon and Risa shot forward whilst Julian summoned a bow of sorts.

Thousands of arrows made from light were released from Julian's bow one after the other. Amon created arrows of darkness while a Qilin[1] emerged from Risa's palms.

The creature had four legs and had the head of a dragon. A long golden horn emerged from the middle of his forehead.

The rest of his body was wrapped by a golden light which seemed to be negating both Julian and Amon's attacks.

The arrows clashed against each other as the Qilin directly hit Julian's body. The god shrugged it off and hit Risa with a stallion made from light.

Both sides exchanged countless attacks when Jason realized that less than five seconds had passed.

He looked at Zeke and Amber and saw them staring forward with confused expression. Neither of them were able to see the fights since their eyes weren't fast enough to capture the motions.

All they saw were the explosions that were caused much later on.

Jason on the other hand had already shot out for the entrance. May had started using as much of her divinity as possible to protect herself, allowing Jason to transcend his speed limit.

His eyes kept track of the attacks while his body automatically moved towards the entrance. He could feel his muscles stretching inside his body as he passed the level of humane speed.

"On no, you don't." Julian's patron said as he suddenly appeared in front of Jason.

The god blocked Jason's path and struck him with punch to the gut. Jason didn't know how but he managed to move out of the way on his own.

When his eyes looked back, he saw that the walls had been blasted away for several meters. If he had taken the punch, he might be splattered across the wall.

"Keep going." Amon muttered as he appeared right beside Jason.

He and Julian exchanged several blows as Risa teleported all around the hall. Her eyes were glowing brightly while she struck several points on Julian's body.

Jason saw divine energy leaking out from those very points but he couldn't stick around long enough to see what else was happening.

He stepped on top of Julian's head and used it as a boost to shoot for the entrance. It was a simply opening in the wall surrounded by a golden boundary.

The other side of the entrance couldn't be seen due to a hazy golden mist. Jason didn't care what was on the other side as he passed right through the entrance.

His body was engulfed by the golden mist as all of his divine energy burst out at once. Jason gasped, his body slowly going limp.

May had it worse since she had much more divine energy inside her body. Her divinity was rapidly producing divine energy as well so it was a torture for her to get all of it pulled out at once.

[ Demi-gods can't survive without divine energy. This place can't pull out all of her divine energy and neither can it do the same to you. ] Hestia explained in a grim tone.

Both Jason and May were gasping loudly as the mist tried to suck them dry. It was almost like they were going to die…

Suddenly, the sensation of death vanished and was replaced by a pleasant humming. An amused voice slowly entered their ears.

"Well, well. I didn't think I would see someone like you both entering the temple forcefully. But I guess miracles are bound to happen."

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1. Qilins are creatures from Chinese mythologies often portrayed as creatures with four legs and the face of a dragon. They are sometimes symbolized as animals of light. They are also referred to as Kilins in Japan and Korea.