I Level Up To Fight The Gods

" Still no status, huh, System? " Ragna asks System as it continuously fails to scan Zeus' current status.

" If you still can't scan him, how am I supposed to call this transformation of his? " Ragna asks System, for this is the first time again fighting another person without the System giving his enemies' information right in front of his eyes, which makes him blind to Zeus' current stats.

" Fine then, perhaps I should assume his level is unknown ('?'), just like me... " Ragna says as he then evades an incoming attack.

< Skill: [Transformation, Slime Trait] >

< Skill: [Slippery Slime (Passive)] is in use due to the transformation. >

< Dodging incoming attacks. >

Ragna dodges and dodges, he plays it this way while hoping the System will give him the status of his current opponent. But sadly, his hope never came, and while Zeus here is getting more dangerous in each of his rampage attempts, his body grows larger like a giant, and his hands are transformed into a more rocky structure as if his body could turn into a rock, a transformation Ragna never expected from him.

" Now I could see why he managed to hold on against his father, Chronos... " Ragna sees it and understands.

" If my knowledge still serves me right, then the reason why he could grow this big and turn his hands into rocks is because he's one of the few gods that managed to keep some of his ancestral Titan's talents, not just that... "

" Some might say that he even possessed the power, similar to his grand Titan predecessor, Gaia, the Great Titan of Earth. She whose power created the very earth with her very being. "

" Since Zeus is related to her and was always mentioned to be her greatest descendant..., then that means he might've inherited Gaia's Earthly talent the whole time. "

" Or..., this whole 'Rocky' Transformation of his was just triggered by the 'Horns of Corruption' he possessed and also. " Ragna says it: fully understanding the reason for Zeus' current transformation. He looks at Shiva while he decides to jump so high, decides to see how huge Zeus has become as his transformation is finally completed.

Now Zeus' size is almost as big as the very land they're all in, he is now the very mountains itself, perhaps his current form represents the very Pantheon that he named after a certain mountain in Greece, Mount Olympus.

" If Poseidon's the 'Corrupted Horn Ocean Lord', then perhaps we should call this one the 'Corrupted Horn Titan Diviner'? Isn't that right, Twelve? " Ragna asks Twelve inside the System while deciding to use his transformation skill again, this time, he transforms into the initial transformation he wants to do, the one he slightly showed Shiva earlier.

* Ragna transforms again. *

This time, the transformation effect is bombastic, unlike the one he did earlier, for this one costs him much energy to release it, perhaps due to how huge the transformation is.

" So it's true... " the weakened Shiva lays on the ground as he looks at Ragna's transformation.

" No wonder he asks me about 'that thing' (Black Giant) out of a sudden. "

" 'That thing' that helped us drive Indura out of the Earth, by defeating her most powerful ally. "

" At that time, on September 6th, 2015..., we could only rely on that thing, as with his intervention, we finally managed to deal with Indura the way we wanted it to be... "

" Making us wonder when we realized that thing immediately gone before we could see him again... "

" But it seems, on this very day. "

" We will witness that goddamn thing once more... "

" The 'Black Giant'... " Shiva says as Ragna then transforms into the very creature that Shiva mentioned, the creature of mystery, as its existence could only be known by some as it once appeared and disappeared without trace. Now, the creature appeared again, now revealing who it truly was in front of those who might have witnessed it before.

* 'Black Giant' Ragna roars. *

After successfully transforming into his Black Giant form, Ragna then descends from the very skies, launching himself upon one of Zeus' Titan Limbs that sprouts from his Titan Body.

"( Tentacles? )" Ragna speaks in his mind.

"( Don't tell me that he could also have Poseidon's power, didn't he? )" Ragna asks as he rushes on the very titan tentacles, running towards the Titan Diviner with his current giant legs.

While running, Ragna uses his Black Giant Form's ability to spit fire upon the incoming projectiles—his black fire that burns back the incoming thunderbolts, and rock throws, literally anything that the Titan Diviner throws at him.

< Skill: [Black Scorch (Active)] >

< In this form, Player [Ragna] spits the black fire the Player currently possesses, releasing it to burn everything in front of the Player's path. >

"( Come at thee! )" Ragna says in his mind: He rushes, jumps, and evades everything that Zeus attacked him with, still rushing towards the Titan Diviner while burning every body part that he currently has right now.

* Titan Diviner Zeus growls. *

"( Even though I don't know your current HP, you still feel the burn, didn't you? )" Ragna asks while burning Zeus over and over, still evading his incoming attacks as Zeus tries his best to prevent him from getting closer to the main body.

"( Tch! So annoying! )" 

< Skill: [Brimstone (Active)] >

< In this form, Player [Ragna] creates an explosive burst of black fire, destroying the Player's surrounding area. >

With this, Ragna cleared many obstacles in his path, making it easy to jump high, and prepared himself to launch his gigantic body towards Zeus' main Titan body. But before he could launch himself, Zeus looked at Ragna and immediately prepared a roar attack as his titan's mouth slowly showed the light of his usual Thunderbolt attack.

"( Dammit! )" Ragna evades to the left in the skies while using as an explosive form of a shield against the incoming thunderbolts but was immediately attacked by those Earthly Titanic Tentacles that Zeus had, which gave Ragna so much trouble.

"( Argh, so annoying! )"

"( Is this transformation of his this strong? )" Ragna could only ask in his mind while struggling, while below him, Shiva, who sees Zeus' transformation, immediately understands what's going on.

" My Divine Authority of the Earth, [Prithvi] "

" It allows me to create many Physical Creations with every Earthly ground that I could see. "

" Whilst for your upgraded Thunder, Zeus, you must've received my divine Divine Authority over the Water [Jal] and the Air [Vayu]... "

" Those three are the Divine Authority I had left, the ones that didn't birth another Divine... "

" You mean, the Purifying Flame Lord, Agni? He is made from your 'Divine Authority,', right? " said a voice that came behind the weakened Shiva, which made him surprised as he saw the person.

" You...? " Shiva sees Hades and Izanami, the two Tartarus prisoners that escaped without the 'Crown of Thoughts' on their heads.

" This is thanks to 'Circe'. " Hades says while his finger points at his forehead.

" That Enchantress is more capable than I could ever thank her for; she freed me and Izanami here... "

" But aside from that, it seems that 'Flame Divine Authority' of yours is still keeping his Divine Form and hasn't returned to you, didn't he? " Hades asks Shiva about it.

" Tch, you know that I had a problem with controlling it, Hades... "

" The reason I split it out from my overall Divine Form, is to restrain me from ever causing unnecessary destruction."

" Besides, as you could see, I have nothing now..., my Authorities are all being taken by your brother... " Shiva points at Zeus, which made Hades and Izanami chuckle.

" Hahaha, serves you right, Zeus... "

" It seems it's your turn to have your body controlled by another person, kekeke.. " Hades grins in happiness while he looks again at Shiva.

" You look weak, my friend... "

" Should we take you away from here? " Hades asks Shiva while Izanami behind him smirks, seeing Shiva's weakened state.

" Izanami, you creep. " Shiva says it to her.

" You must've waited so long to see me 'decaying', didn't you, Monarch of Decay? " Shiva asks Izanami if she sees his weakened state, hilarious.

" My, my, Shiva..., you're so sensitive. " Izanami replied.

" I had no twisted desire to see you weakened; my chuckle was meant as a self-pity for you. "

" You, Shiva... one of the ones that had the power to fight against Zeus..., I thought you of all people had the power, no the Authority to counter even Zeus in the first place. "

" 'That' Authority..., the very one that made you part of the 'Peak of the Divinity'..., remember that one? " Izanami asks Shiva which made him remember something.

" [Akasha (Space)]? " Shiva suddenly remembers that he actually had one Divine Authority left within him, the one he had forgotten for so long.

" I... I can't... " Shiva said as he looked at his weakened state.

" Look, in my current state, I couldn't even beat you both as I used to..., especially if you ask me to activate that one Authority of mine... "

" I'm sorry, even if it's the only way we could stop Zeus from destroying everything right now, I still wouldn't be able to activate it. " Shiva explains his concerns, but suddenly another visitor approaches.

" Milord can, and I know how to do it... " Circe, the Aether Enchantress, comes without notice, approaching Shiva, touching his body as she immediately performs something on him.

" You...? " Shiva asks as Circe then offers her other hand towards Hades and Izanami.

" Lord Shiva couldn't activate [Akasha] due to his primary storage of energy being eaten by Zeus and was left by the ones he had now. "

" But I think we could cover the loss, please, Milords... " Circe asks Hades and Izanami to hold her hand; she tells them that this would let them transfer their powers to Shiva.

" Inconceivable... Enchantress, do you think your body and mine could survive the power transfer, are you sure Izanami's decaying energy won't affect me? " Shiva asks.

" No, mine alone is enough... " Hades tells Shiva as he holds Circe's hands.

" Begin the transfer... " Hades orders Circe to do it.

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( Meanwhile. )

[ Trinia, Earth ]

" Mmmm... " Lord Agni sensed something within his Divine Power, realizing that something must've going off.

" Fath-... Maker...? " Lord Agni asks himself as he felt a resonating feeling at a sudden, something that felt like his entire divine spirit form being pulled by force.

" What is it, Lord Agni? " Aidan asks Lord Agni within him as he was currently training his body in the facility that Lord Loki provided alongside the others.

As Aidan asks the Lord, he too felt a sudden shift on his own energy at a sudden, not from his Gift Core but something else.

" I feel hotter than usual, this is... " Aidan touches his heart where his core is positioned at, as he touches his heart, his other hand slowly emits fire, but this time, the fire appeared to black for a while, frightening Aidan.

" This flame... " Aidan sees the black flames.

" How come you reappear after all this time? " Aidan asks himself as the flame color returned to normal.

" Lord Agni... " Aidan calls Lord Agni who went silent at a sudden.

" Lord Agni...!? " Aidan calls Lord Agni again as the Lord is silent as if, he's gone from Aidan's body completely...

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Extra:

< Name: Lord Shiva, the Great Destructor >

< Title: Svarga Allfather >

< Level: 290 >*

* Based on the System final analysis. Level 285-290 are the known level of the Current Earth Allfathers. Despite some non-Allfather gods like Erlang Shen might have the same level like them. But things like that are rare.

The reason why it came to this is during Ragna's lost journey over the tampered Gates as he happened to fight 2 Allfathers (Rulers) and similar powerful Diviners (Gods) in his way. It's already a Miracle that he and his shadows are holding on. Luck? It seems the scales are currently at his side.

Zeus however, already surpassed this level, you might say his around level 291 at this point, but since the System is broken, we digress.

< Age: Unknown >

< Sex: Male >

< Race: Diviners >

< Pantheon: Svarga >

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< Known Divine Authorities: >

< Shiva is one of the most powerful gods of Earth and was gifted with a great Divine Body that could contain more than one Divine Authorities after the Diviners defeat of the Titans and their overall victory in the Second Holy War before the start of the Universal Reboot. >

< Agni (Fire), Jal (Water), Vayu (Air), Prithvi (Earth), and Akasha (Space). >

< Even an Allfather like Zeus could only had one Divine Authority that he constantly upgrades over time, which makes Shiva here quite the talented one in comparison. But unlike Zeus, his great numbers of Divine Authorities often made things out of control for me, it slowly turn him into an uncontrollable Divine Force that destroys everything, making him the God of Destruction we generally know him. Thus, after the other Allfathers and the Pantheons subdued him, they helped Shiva turned each of his Divine Authorities, birthing them into Four Divine Elemental Gods, each one is powerful as the other while 'Akasha' stays with him. This division of power is temporary while Shiva tries to prepare his body again, the summoned gods also prepares their body too in order to fuse again with Shiva once more, in order to Shiva to attain his true Divine Transcendence as it should be. >

< Currently Shiva had managed to fuse again with the other three of his Divine Summons, aside from Akasha, but sadly, the power was stored within his 'Horn of Corruption' which Zeus had eaten, giving the Olympian Allfather the returned three Authorities to his arsenal instead. >

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< Known Divine Abilities/Skills: >

< Tandava (Cosmic Dance) >

< Using this Divine/Cosmic Dance, Shiva uses this method as his greatest way to properly release his destructive capabilities, the dance were meant to control his flow of his own destructive divine energies, enabling him to destroy with purpose instead of needless destruction that serves him no purpose at all. >

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< Nagendra (Divine Serpent) >

< This allows him to summon serpents using his Divine Authorities, usually he uses Jal (Water) and Prithvi (Earth) to summon it. >

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< Known Divine Weapons: >

< Trishula Pashupatastra (Divine Trident) >

< Right now, Shiva couldn't use summon this Divine Weapon. For the Divine Authority that is responsible for for the summoning had not returned. >