Reborn As Hades In Olympus

Ch 45: A Complicated Situation

What did Mr Anonymous mean by what he said? Talos would be dead soon, how? Who could after her life...?

I followed the direction on my map app on my phone as I flew over the buildings, my chest was getting heavier I could hardly breath. My eyes were getting hazy, was I sleepy or something?

In my old life I was used to spending late nights and now my head was was a fog. BHAM— I think I slammed into a signboard because the sound of metal ringing resounded in my ears and my head throbbed in pain and I lost balance. My wings retracted back into my body and in plummeted to the ground.

I don't know how high I must have been but I was falling for more than a minute, I peeled my eyes open slowly, I could tell now that something was wrong with me. The sky was blue and lit my hundreds of thousands of lights like diamond on a cave cieling, in my world stars were never as full as they were now. What a sight.

"HADES DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF YOURSELF!" That sounded like Mr Anonymous but from where? There was a metal device flying over my head, was it a drone? I tried to speak but my throat was dry, just what was wrong with my body now? I was fine a moment ago, "I SUSPECTED AS MUCH WHEN YOU FOUGHT ARES DESPITE NOT FULLY RECOVERING FROM YOUR PREVIOUS INJURIES BUT YOU ARE LOW ON ARCANE ENERGY!"

Arcane what?!

BOOOM~!!! The ground shook greatly as I impacted it, the pain was enough to knock be back into my senses. I groaned as I sat up straight, my body pulsed with pain. "Dammit!" I could hear the frightened screams of people around me, trust me I was just as scared as they were. Good thing I didn't die from that fall.

Around me was the city road or more clearly-- I was in the middle of it, under me was a huge hole. I knw I had to get out of there as soon as I could and find Talos.

The drone hovered before my face and beeped, it was a silverish metal dish shaped gadjet that looked too sophisticated for me to understand. What are you really Mr Anonymous? "CAN YOU MOVE NOW?"

"I sort of but there's something wrong with my body, it's failing me." I said while trying to catch my breath.

The drone started to fly away from me without any promp warning. "WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING, I WILL EXPLAIN YOUR CONDITION ON THE WAY.... DON'T DAWDLE, I CAN ERASE THE CAMERAS IN THE AREA BUT YOU ARE STILL WELL KNOWN SO--"

"I get it!" I cut him off as I sprinted after him and evadin the cars zooming my way barely. "And you know I just almost died so you could be much nicer."

The drone beeped again, "I highly doubt you would have died from that, you are one of the strongest gods in Olympus. Try to keep up, the Detective does not have much time left." Your story continues on m_vl_em_p_yr

BEEEP!— Woah! I jerked out of the way just barely avoiding the speeding car that almost took of my legs and maneuvered myself back into a steady sprint. "Why are we running on the highway anyway and in the opposite lane no doubt?"

"IS THAT EVEN A VALID QUESTION AT THIS MOMENT?" Mr Anonymous really did know how to shut someone up, I guessed he did not have much friends else why would he be rude to someone that was dropped from the sky? But he was right, I had to get to Talos— just what problem was she facing now. "THE PROBLEM YOU ARE CURRENTLY FACING IS CALLED ARCANE DEFICIENCY.

THE BODIES OF GODS ARE CONSTRUCTED FROM A RICH ENERGY CALLED ARCANE WHICH WAS DISCOVERED BY THE TWELVE GODS OF OLYMPUS. TITANS WERE BORN FROM PRIMORDIAL ENERGY WHICH IS FAR LESS REFINED THAN ARCANE ENERGY"—

I leapt high in the air and over a speeding car, every fibre in my body were aching as they gave their all. I felt I would drop if I relented even by a bit. "A GOD'S ARCANE ENERGY IS THEIR LIFE FORCE AND ALSO THE SOURCE OF THEIR POWER. THE LARGER YOUR OUTPUT THE GREATER THE PULL OF THAT ENERGY.

USUALLY THERE IS A SAFE KEEP OF ENERGY LIKE A RESERVE THAT KEEPS A GOD ALIVE EVEN IF THEY USE UP ALL OF THEIR ARCANE IN A BATTLE BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE FOR YOU WHO WAS INJURED IN THE WAR WITH THE TITANS. YOUR ENERGY WOULD ESCAPE FROM YOUR BODY IF NOT SUPPRESSED PROPERLY."—

"IF YOU OVER EXERT THAY ENERGY— YOU WILL DIE! ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HADES, YOU ARE CURRENTLY ON YOUR LAST LAP!"

What was this--? So I was right all along, the world of Greek mythology was far more than what I had read in my time, the power of the gods was not infinite. Overexerting myself, then that must have explained why I passed out after the battle with Zeus and hibernated for over a hundred years.

Must be the same reason why I can't summon the bident again or why my wings won't come out, my body is on its last legs. "Anonymous, who is after Talos?" I had to know who I was up against if I had to prepare, "Is it the man in red?" I saw him back there but it felt like a image rather than a real person.

"THE RED DEVIL...."

"You knew?" The drone zipped over to the side of the road too sudden taking me by surprise. Unfortunately for me I was too late to react causing me to get hitten by a truck, I was sent spinning through the air barely able to keep track of my momentum. "ACCK!!" Luckily for me I fell by the roadside, somehow my insides were in more pain than my outsides causing me to groan out in pain.

Remembering my goal I somehow managed to climb back to my feet, barely holding up my body with sheer willpower. "Huff, huff. Is... The red devil your target?"

The drone continued down another path that led into a lesser populated part of the city barely minding if I was following or not. It made me wonder if he understood what it really meant to be acquaintances. I started to run again after it onlu slower this time, "IN ABOUT A FEW MINUTES YOU WILL BE ENCOUNTERING THEM.

I SUGGEST YOU STRATEGIZE." Sorry but your suggestions have almost gotten me killed on every turn. "COULD YOU PERHAPS AVOID A FRONTAL CONFRONTATION WITH HIM, THE LIKELIHOOD THAT YOU WOULD SURVIVE IS VERY LOW."

I was starting to recover a bit of my strength, there was still something I had to know at least. "Anonymous, tell me this.... When did you know?" We well going in the direction of an alleyway now.

"YOUR QUESTION WAS NOT WELL MET BY MY SPECULATIONS!" The drone responded.

But I knew he knew what I meant, "About me, what gave me off?" I did not feel the need to hide it but whoever Mr Anonymous was— he had figured out my true identity as an imposter.

The drone delayed a bit before it responded. "IF YOU WERE THE REAL HADES YOU WOULD NOT NEED ME TO WIDEN YOUR SCOPE ON ARCANE ENERGY. I HAD REALIZED FROM THE MOMENT YOU WOKE UP—" My eyes widened by what he had just said, who was he really? "HADES WAS MORE GREASY AND UPKEPT THAN YOU WERE, WE HAD A SIMILAR ALLIANCE COMPARED TO OURS.

THOUGH SHORT LIVED, HE HAD ME WIPE HIS PHONE HISTORY IN THE EVENT HE WOULD PASS ON-- TO PREVENT THE LEAK OF ANY VITAL INFORMATION."

That explained Hades' phone was a clean slate, so Hades was connected with Mr Anonymous before me. So did that mean they knew of the red devil before me and the plot against Olympus?

"I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS BUT WE ARE COMING UP ON THE DETECTIVE IN SEVEN SECONDS.... BE PREPARED!!"

What? So soon.... I did not have a plan or anything, before me was another alleyway and behind it would be my target but whose back would I be running into? If I ran into the Red Devil first what would I do-- I scanned my surrounding for any weapon that would be of use to me but there was nothing.

I reached the alleyway and whipped around, my hands throbbed as I raised them at the ready to attack whoever came first.

WHOOSH — I came into next alleyway and graced my eyes on the situation before me. There was a single street light that lit it, there Talos was and boy she did not look good. Her back was on the floor, there was blood dripping from her leg. If she was at the distance then the person with the back to me was none other than the man in red, luckily he had not noticed me yet.

This was my chance to attack first, the only thing I could pick was a rock on the ground, there was nothing else within my reach so I grabbed it and-- before he would notice-- I would—

"SO.... YOU ARE HERE!?" I heard a deep boomed as the red masked man looked at me slightly over his shoulder. "DID YOU REALLY THINK I DID NOT SENSE YOU COMING A MILE AWAY...?"

I don't know if he was expecting me to be surprised or shake in my boots but a wide grid flew over my face. Despite being on my last legs I uttered the words, "You fell into my trap numbskull." Time for my comeback.