362 Poseidon
I am Poseidon.
The Divine Ruler of the Earth's Sea.
The Talented One of the Olympian Main Triumvirate*.
With my mind and might, I ruled the mortals with their sea, creating the greatest underwater civilization of Atlantis.
How could this be?
Me, getting hurt so bad?
...
Poseidon thinks of it, he was hit many times by Ragna Twelve.
" Die you Divine Bastard, die! "
...
Who is this old man?
His face, whenever I see it, feels familiar.
Not him, but...
...
When Poseidon thinks of it within his mind, he suddenly remembers a certain someone, deep in his memories, a memory from a certain time before.
" Divine Hero of the gods, Carla Kent, Rogue Retired Divine Force Captain, Ragna Kent. "
" You both have overstepped your bounds in this battle, therefore... "
" You both shall receive... punishment. "
" Please let my granddaughter be! "
" Please forgive my grandfather... "
" No, we can't do it... "
" Ragna Kent, Carla Kent... " Poseidon remembers it, amid Ragna Twelve's attack, he briefly gasps after the hit knocks his mind and quickly finds the memory needed to know what's happened.
" ...Kent...? " Poseidon says while seeing Twelve's face once more.
"( How is it, possible, here? )" Poseidon says, as Twelve hits him, secretly moving his fingers on the ground, bending some water behind, crafting a sharp-edged tentacle behind him.
" Hmph! " Poseidon pulls his finger, controlling the water to attack Twelve, something which Twelve could sense and deflect, but.
* Ragna Twelve's face is hit while he's deflecting Poseidon's water. *
" You're an idiot using your fists in this kind of battle. " Poseidon wakes up after knocking Twelve away from him.
" It seems, water is also your domain, isn't it? " Poseidon asks Twelve while summoning his primary weapon.
[ Weapon Summon: Ocean Master's Trident. ]
" Fine then, I won't make the same mistake... " Poseidon says this as he swings his trident towards Twelve, who immediately uses his Shield to defend himself.
" Heurkh! " Twelve was thrown away with the attack's very force, realizing that Poseidon is taking him seriously.
"( If only I'm good at using bladed weapons like Ragna 'Current'... )" Twelve regrets, knowing he's too attached to his Shielder combat style.
"( But, on the other hand, my shield is also the one that protected me from Poseidon's very attacks, look at him. )" Twelve saw Poseidon's way on whirling his Trident, he could tell that despite his dominating control over the sea of Earth, he is also a great trident weapon-based combatant.
"( Poseidon will be too rash if he throws the ocean into my face right now..., if he did it then the other Pantheons will be pissed as the Ocean go chaos over one man. )"
"( But no matter... )"
"( Even if he did, it will give me one hell of an advantage, hup- )" Twelve dodges another of Poseidon's trident attacks.
During those strikes, with his other hand, Twelve quickly hits Poseidon in the head again, while continuing to block his incoming attacks with his shield.
" Hmph! " Twelve used one of his combat abilities <Shield Throw>, he threw it hard on Poseidon which he deflected with his Trident, after it was deflected, Twelve quickly grabbed the tip of his shield and swung it on Poseidon again, as if it was a sword.
" Your shield throw, your shield swing... " Poseidon says to Twelve.
" I understand now, so it's you... "
" Divine Force Captain, Ragna Orion 'Mamoru' Kent. " Poseidon remembers it now, with his Diviner's memory that flows rapidly to him at the moment.
He remembers it all, everything happened in the 12th Timeline, the first time he sees Ragna Twelve in the Divine Force Military during the ceremony and his ascension onto the ranks of a Divine Force Captain, a prestigious reach for someone who was 'Ungraced' at that Timeline.
" That's the top you could give me, isn't it? " Twelve asks Poseidon.
" Since I'm 'Ungraced' at the time, no matter my achievements, I can't reach the ranks above that of a Captain. "
" Isn't that right, Poseidon? "
" The Grand Commander of the Divine Force Army! " Twelve says it which makes Poseidon chuckles when hearing it.
" Ah, 'Grand Commander'... "
" How long I've never heard someone call me that? " Poseidon smirks when hearing it.
" Right after Loki took that title from you and became one afterward even now, right? " Ragna Hundred interrupts, he comes to the place while holding Hermes in his head.
* Hermes stutters in his stunned state. *
As Hundred says that, Poseidon shoots his Trident at him, which Hundred dodges as it misses him.
" Who asked you!? " Poseidon rudely asks him back, feeling pissed at being interrupted.
" I see you have dealt with Hermes. " Poseidon looked at Ragna Hundred who held Hermes at bay.
" Feeling cornered, Grand Commander? " Twelve asks him, as Poseidon looks at him and chuckles.
" Of course not, why should I? " Poseidon says as the spear summons itself into his hand, teleporting itself.
" I still have my Trident, thanks to Hephaestus *Poseidon searched for him*.... "
"( Dammit, he escaped!? )" he sees Hephaestus no more, realizing he was with all the women that should've been with him before.
" ..., my Trident has been repaired after what happened in the 108th Timeline. " Poseidon tries to hide his stutter by showing some Trident moves to gloat.
"( So much energy wasted on that one moment... )" Twelve sees it, he felt that the whirling trident moves Poseidon did was a great waste of stamina he could ever think of while gripping his Shield handle.
"( That Trident, I don't know what it's name yet, but I know it's a powerful weapon. )"
"( Every Divine-based weapon had its name, not because of mere identification, but each of the Divine Weapons' name has it's meaning for the weapons' very creation or purpose in the first place. )"
"( Or perhaps, the name holds a hidden power or ability that the very weapon is imbued with in secret. )"
"( Like 'Judgment Libra', for example... )" Twelve began to remember Carla from his Timeline and Battle Maiden who is still inside the System.
"( But aside from that... )"
" Hundred, let go of Hermes, aid me! " Twelve orders Hundred as he looked at him.
Hearing that, Hundred looked back at Twelve and showed him Hermes in his hand, non-verbally asking him if he should just toss him aside like that.
< Twelve Eye of Time Activated >
" Hmm...? " Twelve received some visions.
" Mmmm... " Twelve reacted to it and ordered Hundred with a gesture that meant to toss Hermes from his hand right now.
" He is unimportant, he will die soon enough, but not by you. " Twelve said as Hundred threw the defeated Hermes far back.
" Good riddance to him. " Poseidon said after Hundred did that.
" I always see him as a casualty in every battle we Olympians waged. "
" If our wars were just sports, Hermes would've succeeded especially in things that required speed. "
" But wars are wars, speed is required, but... " Poseidon shows his trident.
" If one doesn't have the capability of combat, then one's life means nothing. " Poseidon smirked as the two Ragnas also prepared to face him.
" Shall we? " Poseidon says it and the battle ensues.
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Extra:
Hermes, as the Divine Messenger, does know various Combat Moves, Martial Arts, etc. He simply relied too much on his Divine Speed, hence even Poseidon must've seen him as a boring Diviner despite his uses as the 'Olympian Ambassador'.
Hermes did lose, but as the Author I assure you this is not because he is weaker than Ragna Hundred, stay tuned.
*Olympian Main Triumvirate:
In Olympus, there are the three Main Divine Gods.
1st Rank: Zeus
2nd Rank: Hades (Unknown, probably Deceased)
3rd Rank: Poseidon (Currently Fighting)
Character Info:
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< Name: Poseidon, God of the Ocean >
< Title: Master of the Ocean, God of the Ocean, Ruler of Atlantis >
< Level: 210 >
< Age: Unknown >
< Sex: Male >
< Race: Diviners >
< Pantheon: Olympus >
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< Name: Hermes, Divine Messenger >
< Title: Divine Messenger, Divine Flash, Godspeed >
< Level: 150>
< Age: Unknown >
< Sex: Male >
< Race: Diviners >
< Pantheon: Olympus >
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< Name: Hephaestus, Divine Blacksmith >
< Title: Divine Blacksmith, God of the Forge, Holy Forgemaster >
< Level: 108 >
< Age: Unknown >
< Sex: Male >
< Race: Diviners >
< Pantheon: Olympus >
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