Ch. 148: The Fated Alliance
I stood in front of the huge roundtable and arpujd it were five seats, I had my hands folded behind and my eyes glancing down at each of them.
We were in the topmost room of Aphrodite’s Fashion house in her special quarters. Fortunately they had behaved themselves till I arrived.
“I appreciate you all for being here, I have selected you all because you are part of the people I trust the most about the current matter.” I started in slow words. “We have all had our encounter with a things or two, things that we have all come to have in common.”
I continued. “I will start with the fact being this, there is an organization called the circle that’s palnning to overthrow the balance of Olympus. This circle is headed by Poseidon the ruler of the seas, but taking over olympus is nothing more than a dream. That was till they gained control over a strange liquid called black amber.”
Their attentions were all on me, some pondering on my words, those who knew just acting indifferent.
“Black amber is a posion lethal to gods themselves, this has been proven by the fact that it was used to kill me. Fortunately I recovered from it, and the person who was engineered for the role being Hermes himself who was manipulated using the children who were being experimented by the circle.”
Hermes dropped his head lightly. But Aphrodite lashed out at him. “Hermes you!”
FWOOSH!
The release of my aura caused her to silence. “I will not appreciate interruptions a second time.” I’m sorry but I have to take this more seriously.
She calmed herself and apologized. But I could still see her trembling and struggling to wrap her head around the fact.
“This black amber was created by an ancient race from the understand, fortunately I was able to stop the flow of it at the source but the circle still has an ample number in their possession. While my assistant Hecate here is still working on a cure for the poison we have to stop the circle’s plans.”
“Another thing you should know is the existence of curses, just as the name implies they are marks that drain gods of their strengths. There are a number of people here already afflicted by the curse and others still infected with black amber while I can not disclose all of it at the moment I can say this.”
“Pandora and Apollo are working together to pull as many people as they can to the conference that will host Pandora. It’s going to be a big event and something big is going to happen there. I want us to prepare for this event and form an allaince with a similar goal.”
I paused, letting it all sink in. “The reason I chose you is because we have all been affevted by this. We have all gotten stronger and better in this time, it’s time we strike back and win. I need to know you all can work together to stop the circle, I need those who will aim for victory.”
This felt like a kind of a talk a coach would give to a soccer team or something.
They exchanged glances at each other before nodding one at a time.
“Very well then I will assign our roles now. Even if we have the same goal, I have administered everyone to their areas of specialty for us to work at a maximum efficiency.”
“First up is my assistant Hecate who will handle most of the documentation and handling the management of this allaince. You will answer to her when needed.”
“Next up is Hermes who will work as our informant and field specialist, he will work with Aphrodite who will carry a similar role.”
“Then there’s Hephestus who for some reason begged to be here. He can give us technical support when needed.”
Hephestus nodded with pride, his hulking figure causing the seat he sat on to rattle.
I looked towards the last seat. “And there’s Talos, the co head to the allaince. You will all answer to her if she demands it.”
I could sense malice coming from Hecate as she looked over at Talos who wore a black jacket, a nose mask and a face cap to conceal her face . Technically her true identity was still a metter of secrecy.
“Wait a minute, Talos? Could it be the ghost Detective?” Hermes asked.
Aphrodite hissed. “What are you talking about now? Ghosts?”
“What, the–! Am I not supposed to be the co head?” Hecate could not help but say.
I looked at her and said. “You doubt my decision?”
She looked away and tried to mask her rage. “No lord Hades, I’m fine.”
She must have felt hurt thinking she was always the next to me. Truthfully in a way she was but there was a reason why I gave that role to Talos.
“With that I conclude the first meeting, we can all fall back to think on what I have said today and prepare for out next meeting.” I dismissed them.
Talos raised her hand causing everyone to halt. “Now what’s the name of this alliance?”
A vein flexed on my solar plexus, she just couldn’t let it go. I cleared my throat and said, “The Dark Pantheon!” The name did leave an impact on my mind, Talos responded with a thumbs up. At least she liked it. That was a relief.
Hecate still stood there after everyone dispersed to talk with each other, her hands trembling down her sides and her face fuming with rage. Talos was being surrounded by the others who were trying to talk to her but she kept her conversation to a minimum.
I wondered if the extra company would perhaps do her some good.
Just then Hecate’s voice rose to me with pulsing intensity. “I don’t get it. Just how did you come to know of her? When did you even find the free time?”
Since this was not the original timeline there was no way she could know everything we had been through together or how I had come to know of her.
I looked at her and said. “As if I would just tell you.”
This was just the beginning, it was a rocky ride for me to trust others. Even now I still found it hard to fully trust others but if it was them, this group I could at least trust to give them a chance.
If I revive a magic castle I will mass release 10 chapters
