C1 Prologue

"THAT DAMN BUDDHAAAAAA!"

An angry roar echoed in the halls. The halls that had the ancient touch of artistry trembled as her voice echoed.

"I can't believe he slipped out of his sick room without telling anyone...! What in the world is he THINKING?! 'I alone am the honored one' MY ASS..!"

Brunhild stomped her feet as her face warped in anger. Geir looked at her furious face in fear thinking, 'Sister Hild is real scary!!!'.

"B-But you've gotta wonder where he's gone... with how bad he's hurt I'm pretty worried about him." Geir said to her sister Brunhild.

But Brunhild just got angrier hearing her words and said, "Oh, are you? Well I couldn't care LESS about him anymore!"

"Eeekk!" Geir squeaked in fear and thought, 'I-I s-should probably change the subject...'

Geir remembered their earlier encounter with Adamas and Beelzebub and couldn't help but say, "Well... you know... that kinda surprised me back there..."

"With how calm Beelzebub is, you wouldn't think he'd show his emotions like that..." Geir thought back on Beelzebub's face earlier.

Brunhild then said, "I suppose that means that Hades' loss is that difficult a reality for them to accept."

"That's true isn't it... they must have thought he'll win for sure... Even we— Ack!"

Geir massaged her hurting forehead and looked at Brunhild who stopped walking. She then saw Brunhild looking forward and she looked at it with wide eyes.

"Uh... Wh-What is this?" Geir looked at the big wide vault gate in front of her and asked.

"This... is the next fighter's room." Brunhild said. She then took a step forward to open the door but—

"YOHOOOOO~! Brunhild-chan~!"

Before she could take a step forward, Brunhild and Geir heard a loud voice calling her. They then turned to look at where the voice came from and saw a girl skipping towards them.

Brunhild looked at the girl blankly and watched as she got closer to them. She then asked her with a blank look on her face, "Why are you here, Luna?"

"Awww~ Don't be like this Brunhild-chan~ You'll hurt my feelings." The girl said as she showed a sad look on her face.

"I don't believe that. Moreso when you're wearing that." Brunhild pointed at her and said.

The girl was wearing a military uniform with medals adorning her chest. She also had a golden blonde hair and crimson eyes, with her side bangs covering her scarred right eye.

"Don't I look cool. I specially wore my military uniform for my match~! Hehehe~" The girl said with a giggle.

Brunhild's face darkened when she heard her words, "What do you mean?"

Luna then wore an eerie grin on her face as she said, "You didn't include me in the list and now you're driving Niko-chan to his death. I just can't ignore that right~"

Brunhild looked at her solemnly. She didn't include this girl in the battle between Mankind and Gods, Ragnarok, and that's for a good reason.

This girl is so much worse and chaotic than Notradamus. But... now that she's here in front of her. She can't do anything anymore.

Brunhild just sighed and said, "This is inevitable. But can you wait till the next match? I think he would be suitable to fight now."

"Hey, hey, hey, Brunhild-chan~! Didn't you understand what I was saying?" Luna then patted Brunhilds shoulder and said with a chilling tone, "I. Am. Fighting. Now."

An eerie aura pervaded the hall as Geir felt beads of cold sweat trickle on her back. She looked at Luna who had an eerily wide smile on her face.

"Okay. You'll fight now."

As soon as Brunhild said that, the aura suddenly vanished like it was never there.

"Hahaha~ I see you're as understanding as always Brunhild-chan~! I will be on my way now! Bai bai~ I also don't need that Volund thingy alright!"

The two stood rooted on the spot as they looked at the girl skip away. Silence ensued for a few more seconds before Geir nervously asked Brunhild.

"Wh-Who was that?" Geir looked at her sister and was stunned to see her trembling. She thought to herself who is that girl to make her sister feel this scared.

"That's Luna. Luna Verzara, the Forbidden One."

Brunhild then took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. She then sighed and said, "Let's go. We need to talk to Nikola Tesla about the changes."

~ " . . . " ~

[ "At long last! The arena's makeover is complete!" ]

The announcer said as everyone put their attention on the arena.

[ "Ragnarok Round 8! The gods stand at three wins and mankind at four! For the first time in history the gods have given up the lead to mankind!" ]

Countless god's faces scrunched up at his words.

[ "In order to do away with this disgrace, one god has arrived... FROM HELL!" ]

"I-It can't... be..." Gods and goddesses murmured as they guessed who he is.

[ "The one who will bring despair to the defiant human race! The Cursed God!" ]

**Crash!**

The doors crumbled and the debris fell to the abyss of the edge of the arena. One god can be seen where the former gate once stood.

Observing from the top, Notradamus looked at the god and couldn't help but say in amusement, "Looks like goth boy's getting heated. I'm soooo scared~"

[ "The Dark God spawned from utter darkness. What will his hands bring forth? Prosperity? Ruin? What will his mouth devour? God? Man?" ]

A pathway appeared across the abyss to the arena. The lone god standing at the gate slowly walked forward, towards the arena.

[ "The priest of the deadly sin of gluttony and the Ruler of Evil Spirits!" ]

As he walked towards the arena, skulls on fire flew up in line acting as torches on his pathway.

[ "Even the gods fear and revile his power and now... that power will be unleashed! Mankind trembles in fear of him and calls him thus: The Lord of the Flies—!" ]

"The... the Lord of the Flies... it's the devil! The devil is here!" Priests said in fear as he glanced at the cursed god.

[ "BEELZEEEEEEEEEEEBUB!!!" ]

Beelzebub then stood at the arena with his cane, The Staff of Apomyius .

Gods talked and reviled his very presence. They all talked about him in fear, disgust, and revulsion.

Geir who was seeing all this looked at her sister and asked, "Doesn't it look like the gods hate Beelzebub looks... kinda hated?"

Brunhild just looked at Beelzebub's back and said deeply, "That's the kind of god he is."

[ "And now for the representative of mankind facing Beelzebub, The Lord of Flies! Facing the dark god from hell... is her!" ]

"Her? A woman?" Everyone, among the gods and man, looked at each other and talked. This is the first time a woman fought in Ragnarok. For the past seven rounds all of them were men.

The gates opened and the pathway to the arena but no one is there. There's no one on the gate.

"What? Why is there no one?" Everyone wondered where the woman is but suddenly, a whoosh sounded and they saw a woman on a hoverboard gliding in the air to the arena wearing a military uniform.

[ "The child who's lived in oppression and longed for freedom the most! She brought liberation to her motherland that was oppressed for hundreds of years!" ]

"I-Is that her? She's..." Soldiers who fought in the World War 2 trembled at the sight of her, to the god's confusion.

[ "She shined bright as the moonlight as she repelled countless invaders to her country during war! The greatest general and tactician written in the history of mankind!" ]

A few gods recognized her and narrowed their eyes as they stared at her. Loki especially looked at her with a warped smile teeming of killing intent.

[ "The people questioned her, Did she have the capability? The people doubted her, What can a woman do? But all of them were proved wrong as she singlehandedly repelled three major countries' attacks with her men!" ]

"Attention! Give praise! Salute to the Great General!"

"""SALUTE!!!""" Men, soldiers of her country, saluted in respect at the sight of her stunning the others.

[ "Others feared her for her intellect and others revered her for her great visions and called her thus: The Greatest Strategist of Mankind!" ]

The girl then slowly landed on the arena before stepping down of the hoverboard and holding it in her hand.

[ "LUUUUUNNNNAAAAA VERGARA!!!" ]

"That's her, right? The one who defeated America, Japan, and Germany simultaneously." Countless military men and historians talked amongst themselves.

Meanwhile, Geir noticed Loki's odd stare aimed at Luna and she couldn't help but ask, "Umm... Sister Hild, why does it seem like Loki's looking at Luna oddly."

Brunhild's face scrunched up as she said, "Luna loves freedom and discovering something new. But that's not what's bad about her. It's that she stole from gods."

"Wh-What?! Then that means—!" Geir's eyes widened in shock as she now understood why Loki's glaring daggers at Luna.

"Yes. She tricked the God of Mischief himself and stole from him. And not just him. She stole from Odin, Aphrodite, Shiva, Zeus, Hades, Ares, and Hermes. She also stole from a bunch of other gods and half gods including me." Brunhild said with a blank expression.

"Then, why didn't everyone know about it?" Geir was curious. She haven't heard of anything like this.

Brunhild looked at Loki's furious looks and said, "It is because of god's pride. They can't catch her and they swore that they would never tell anyone about this as long as they don't catch her."

~ " . . . " ~

In the arena, Beelzebub looked at Luna and said, "Is that what you made from what you stole?"

"Hehehe~ Thanks for giving me Stygian Iron, Bel-chan. If not for you I wouldn't have completed this masterpiece of mine."

Beelzebub frowned and said, "You stole it. I did not give it to you."

"Ma~ Don't mind the small stuff! Whahahaha~!" Luna laughed as she reminiscences on what she did in the past till now.

At first, she... or should I say he, was just an ordinary otaku wasting away his life doing nothing but play online games and watch anime. Now here she is fighting with literal gods! She is living the dream!

"This will be fun!" She smiled wide in excitement as her hoverboard melted and integrated into her arm before turning into a sci-fi particle cannon.

[ "Ragnarok Round 8! Fight!" ]

"Hope you can survive this, Bel-chan!" The particle cannon on her arm whirred and glowed as a ray of light was released from it.

**BOOM💥!**