Hades flew to this island in satellite orbit and came to a tree. In front of the tree was a rusty iron sword about 100 centimeters long, with a blade as thick as a machete, thrust into the ground like a tombstone.
"Is this the god-slaying divine sword?" Hades stepped forward and spoke curiously, then gripped the hilt and pulled it out.
Hades looked the sword in his hand up and down. No matter how he looked at it, it was just an ordinary rusty sword. Judging by its aura, although it had been a powerful sword in the past, its power had now withered away.
Hades suddenly remembered that if he wanted to restore the god-slaying divine sword, he had to awaken Rama, The Last King. To awaken Rama, there must be multiple God Slayers on Earth.
However, currently half of the God Slayers were dead, and the other half were in the Underworld. It would be a bit difficult to make Rama awaken.
This was not a difficult task for Hades. A purple light shone in his eyes as he gripped the hilt of the god-slaying divine sword and released a Cosmos equivalent to the cursed power of about ten God Slayers, attempting to trick The Last King into awakening.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Sensing the Cosmos released by Hades, the rust on the god-slaying divine sword suddenly exploded, revealing its true form. The blade was about 100 centimeters long, as thick as a machete, and shimmered with a platinum brilliance.
Then, the god-slaying divine sword in Hades's hand began to vibrate and flew out of his grasp.
A figure suddenly appeared beside Hades. It was a young boy with pale hair and pale skin. His nose and mouth were well-defined, and his chin was slender. He wore a simple blue windbreaker and trousers, with a white coat resembling a cloak layered over them.
The god-slaying divine sword that had flown out landed in his hand. Hades turned to look at him and said, "So you are The Last King, the Heretic Rama?"
Hearing Hades's words, the boy replied, "That's right. It's been a long time since I've heard someone call out my true name. Why did you awaken me, Hades, King of the Underworld?"
Hades looked at the god-slaying divine sword in Rama's hand and said:
"The Demon King Annihilating Blade, the Iron Sword of The Last King, the Holy Sword of the Falling Star, the Platinum Blade, the Life-Extinguishing Blade that cleaves all things in the world, the Doomsday Treasure Sword that can cleave both heaven and earth and planets, the weapon that clusters the armaments of many warriors into one, the symbol of the power of salvation, the last hope of glory, the solitary sword that hides the characteristics of various weapons, the divine sword with many aliases such as Caliburnus, Escalibor, and Excalibur—the god-slaying divine sword."
"I want it as a weapon with collection value."
Upon hearing this, Rama showed an angry expression and said, "So you defeated Guinevere and Lancelot because you wanted to take the god-slaying divine sword for yourself."
"I intended to ask them about the whereabouts of the god-slaying divine sword, but they attacked me in an instant. I was merely acting in self-defense."
"It seems I'll have to defeat you as well to get the god-slaying divine sword." The Hades Sword appeared in Hades's hand, its tip pointed at Rama.
"I offer a prayer to the noble King of Thunder, the warrior who masters the use of all armaments. Let the supreme strong bow that you once bestowed... awaken in my hands at this moment."
Rama's mouth moved as he chanted the Kotodama, pointing the sword's edge at Hades and releasing platinum lightning of salvation to attack him.
Hades swung the Hades Sword, shattering the incoming lightning of salvation. In an instant, he reached Rama and delivered a sword strike toward his chest.
Clang—!!
With a flick of his wrist, Rama blocked the strike with the god-slaying divine sword in front of his chest, stopping Hades's attack, though it forced Rama back several meters.
"Death-Heralding Blood Moon!!" A blood-red crescent strike rushed straight toward Rama. Seeing this, Rama held the god-slaying divine sword high and chanted the Kotodama:
"O white light of salvation, smite my arch-enemy!"
Instantly, the god-slaying divine sword erupted with a dazzling light. A white star about forty to fifty meters wide appeared in the sky, and the light, flames, and stellar pressure that dispersed all darkness and evil were all directed toward Hades.
Feeling the aura of the platinum sun above, Hades raised his left hand. The Cosmos of darkness and Death erupted as a pillar of black light.
"Great Eclipse," Hades said softly, lowering his head.
The pitch-black Cosmos quickly eroded the platinum sun, turning it completely into a black star. Under Rama's astonished gaze, Hades swung his left arm down, and a terrifyingly massive pillar of black light descended.
Rama dodged just in time, but the floating island beneath them was not so lucky; it was instantly pulverized into countless dust particles floating in the atmosphere.
Rama looked at the empty space below and felt a sense of dread. Unfortunately, as The Last King, he did not possess the Authority of wings or flight, so he had to rely on a divine tool.
"Flying Chariot! Defeat Ravana with me!"
Rama chanted the Kotodama, and a chariot quickly flew over, catching him before he fell. This was a vehicle that could be operated by willpower alone. Moreover, the driver was unaffected by heat or cold and would not be disturbed by wind or air pressure.
Hades remained floating in place, his eyes as deep as the bottom of a lake watching Rama standing on the Flying Chariot. With a turn of his left hand, the black star instantly vanished into the vastness of space.
Hades looked at Rama and said, "Alright, Rama, whatever tricks you have left, feel free to use them."
At that moment, Rama took out a divine tool—a disc made of iron and gold. Its name was the King's Arrowhead, a container that stored Rama's Sword God (Hero) Summoning Authority. For every Sword God stored, a sword-shaped engraving would appear on it.
At the same time, this divine tool could be used to resurrect the defeated Heroic Gods of'Steel'.
There were currently four sword-shaped engravings on it. Then, those engravings flew out of the King's Arrowhead, turning into four large circular gates of white light.
Four Heroic Gods of'Steel' flew out from the gates, all old acquaintances of Hades: Perseus riding Pegasus, The Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong on his Somersault Cloud, the pure white Knight Lancelot on a white horse, and Verethragna dressed in ancient traveler's clothing.
"We meet again, Hades, King of the Underworld." (Verethragna)
"It is an honor to meet you again, Uncle Hades." (Perseus)
"Hee hee hee! I didn't expect to meet again so soon, King of the Underworld." (Sun Wukong)
"..." Lancelot didn't speak, just gripped his long spear tightly and looked at Hades.
Hades looked at the four old acquaintances who appeared and said to Rama, "I didn't expect you to have this trump card left. However, it's a bit insufficient—just four defeated opponents."
After saying that, Hades took out the myriad dragon codex and withdrew four cards from it.
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