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"... Is that so? What a shame, I actually didn't want to do this to someone with a bright future like you, but it seems I have no other choice if that is your will... Come forth, O you who defied the Fate, let's us fight to determine whose determination is strongest"

Said Hercules who then spread the two wings behind him, which were the wings of Icarus from legend.

Hercules moved fast towards Taufik at a speed that the eye could not follow, leaving only an afterimage behind.

Hercules swung his mace towards Taufik to end him quickly; he was sure he could do it because, after all, he was a God, the God of strength, and even though Taufik was strong, he was still a mortal.

*Swing!*

Hercules' mace, which was the same size as Taufik, moved towards Taufik's head.

However, Taufik's eyes could still follow the speed at which the mace fell, and he quickly aimed his katana to ward off the attack from Hercules' mace.

*CLANG!!*

The clash of the Mace made of adamantine enchanted and forged by the god Hephaestus and Taufik's Black Katana which had been strengthened by the Soul Stone installed by Khan, the greatest Blacksmith of the Golden Dragon, created a very strong buzzing sound.

'Arrhgg!'

However, it seems that the weapon made by the blacksmith god is more powerful and stronger than the weapon without origin and only strengthened by the Blacksmith of the Golden Dragon, because after the collision of the two weapons, Taufik could hear a sound like someone in pain that was transmitted directly to his head from his Katana.

"!!!"

This, of course, surprised Taufik because this was the first time he had encountered something like that.

*leap*

Quickly, Taufik stepped back and immediately examined his Katana to see if there was any damage.

Luckily, there was no damage at all to his katana.

"He seems quite strong, Fik. Do you want me to help you?"

"No, it's a good opportunity to test my limit and measure how strong I am compared to a god, opportunities like this are rare, so don't do anything and just watch, I'll do a "little" test, first"

Taufik said, but he was actually wrong in one thing, this was not a rare opportunity, his meeting with Hercules today, was a beginning, it was true what Gaia said, she had indeed been too careless by using the rest of her power to create an avatar that met Taufik which resulted in her having to fall into a long sleep to recharge her energy, which meant making the Earth in a state without protection, which allowed foreign threats to enter the Earth's Realm at will, especially with the portal between the Worlds which at this time had not yet been sealed, because at this time, the "great war" had not even happened, so, Taufik's first day in the past, had already made the history that should have happened deviate very far from its path.

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"... impressive, you are quite amazing to be able to withstand my attack, with such a thin weapon, tell me, who made the weapon, he is quite amazing because he can make a weapon that can withstand my mace attack, which was made by the Blacksmith God himself"

"Believe me, I want to know that myself"

Taufik's reply to what Hercules said.

"Didn't want to tell me? Alright, I'm not here for that either, but to end your journey"

*Swoosh*

After saying that, Hercules attacked Taufik again with his mace, but seeing this, Taufik became hesitant to block it with his Katana again, so he summoned Aegis to protect him.

*CLANG!!*

The Buzzing sound was heard again, but this time on a larger scale than before, creating sound waves that made the ocean seem to be raging.

The force behind the impact was so great that it gave Taufik a bit of difficulty.

"... Aegis? You have something quite interesting in your arsenal, But it seems you are looking down on me, Mortal; something like this, which is a copy of the original, cannot stop me, who is a god who has the Authority of strength"

"..."

"I can destroy something like this with my bare hands easily"

Said Hercules, who then disappeared his mace and concentrated his energy, which was divine energy, the same as what was in the crack before, and quickly a transparent golden gauntlet formed on both of his hands that was shaped like a lion's head.

"RAHH!!"

Without delaying even a second, Hercules then shouted like an angry person and immediately punched Aegis who protected Taufik in the form of a Barrier shield that surrounded his entire body.

*BANG!*

A loud bang was heard as Hercules' Gauntlet touched Taufik's Aegis.

*Crack!*

Along with the sound of the bang, a cracking sound was heard from Aegis, but Hercules did not stop there; like someone who was at the peak of his anger, Hercules continued to punch Taufik's Aegis, and with each attack, the crack in Aegis got worse.

"OY! UNTIL WHEN WILL YOU HIDE BEHIND THIS LIKE A TURTLE? IS THIS ALL THE STRENGTH THAT SOMEONE WHO DARES TO DEFY THE FATA HAS?...

Said Hercules in the middle of his attack on Aegis; Hercules stopped for a moment and then raised one of his hands high, which seemed like it would be the final attack that would penetrate Aegis' defense.

... NOW, GET OUT AND FACE ME DIRECTLY, WILL YOU?"

With that, Hercules brought his fist down at full speed, and the sound of the bang was heard once again. Sure enough, Aegis could no longer withstand the power behind Hercules' fist and then shattered into pieces, leaving Taufik without any defense.

"!!!"

Hercules' hand that penetrated Aegis' defense continued to grip Taufik's head.

With Hercules' grip, Taufik's head felt like it was being bitten by a lion.

"Your courage is too great that it cannot match your strength, that is what we call arrogance and stupidity... it seems that Zeus is too wary of you, even though your strength is only exaggerated, perhaps *Hygieia can even defeat you"

# A/N- "Hygieia is a goddess from Greek mythology (also referred to as Hygiea or Hygeia; Latin: Hygēa or Hygīa). Hygieia is a goddess of health, cleanliness, and hygiene" (From Wiki)

Hercules said with a grin, and with every word his grip on Taufik's head tightened.

"Arghh!"

Taufik could only groan in pain from Hercules' grip.

"...Kid"

Lembuswana said; he wanted to help Taufik, but he didn't have the "Hands" to do that; he had even used some of his techniques, but none of them seemed to have any effect on Hercules.

But Lembuswana's words were only answered by Taufik's groans of pain because Hercules' grip on his head was getting tighter with every passing second. If what Hercules was gripping was an ordinary person's head, it would probably have been destroyed long ago.

"Ohh~ are you this young man is your Master? Hmm~ Your existence is a unique one; If you are willing to be my pet, I will let you live after I kill this kid; what do you think?"

"Never! I rather die than do something like that and this kid is not my master, he's my Family"

"... It's so? Then... "

Hercules said as he tilted his head slightly to the right, and with his free hand, he gripped Lembuswana.

"... As a god, I will fulfill your wishes"

Said Hercules, who then increased the strength of his grip on Taufik's head, and what happened next, like a balloon filled with water that explodes, that's what happened to Taufik's head.

Taufik's headless body fell into the ocean, but strangely, Lembuswana did not react at all.

"Huh? Deviating from my expectations, you didn't react as you should have, is that child really your master?"

"..."

"Are you so shocked that you don't know what expression to make, or what?"

"..."

*Tilt head*

Seeing Lembuswana not responding to what he said, Hercules tilted his head.

"... Is this thing... Broken, because his master dead?... *Sigh* I've lost my interest in this thing"

Said Hercules who then immediately threw Lembuswana into the ocean.

"... *Sigh* I thought I would feel a thrilling battle sensation like back then, I didn't expect him to be this weak... let's return to Olympus and collect Zeus' Oath, and after this, I finally can regain my freedom and stop being Zeus Slave"

Said Hercules, who then intended to return to the Portal where he came from earlier, but...

"Hy~ Where do you intend to go, we are not finished yet"

Hercules stopped when Taufik's voice suddenly echoed from all directions.

"?!!"

Hercules then looked out to sea, where Taufik's body had fallen, and the headless body was still there, floating in the middle of the ocean.

"..."

Seeing this, Hercules did not seem surprised; he looked at his two hands, which were clean without the slightest bit of dirt, which was something strange because it was with these hands that he had cracked Taufik's head.

"... aha~ Haha~ HAHAHAHAHA~"

Hercules suddenly burst out laughing after realizing something was strange, and with a few bits of memory fragments coming back to him, he finally knew where he was.

"... I see~ I see~ smart move, young man... Really a smart move... I didn't think that I would be trapped in an illusion"

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- Back to a few moments earlier.

"... Test? What kind of test would you want to do in a situation like this?"

Lembuswana asked Taufik, who said that he wanted to do a test on their current situation, which is not suitable for playing around because their current opponent is a God.

"...After the exchange earlier I realized that Hercules' strength is not normal... fighting him in a normal way is the same as committing suicide, let's do a little trick... Just see it"

Said Taufik, who then secretly activated his "False World" skill, but this time he only aimed it at Hercules, but he wasn't too sure if this would work on Hercules.

'... Let's just try it... False world- World of Illusion... Active!'

After saying that, Taufik's Mana started working, controlling the Mana around him and creating what Taufik wanted.

"!!!"

But it seems like Hercules is very aware of his surroundings with how he made a surprised expression the moment Taufik used his skill, but it was too late because Taufik's "False World" was already active.

Taufik was shocked after seeing Hercules' expression, but when he saw Hercules suddenly fall silent and stop moving inside a kind of round barrier, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Find your next read at m-vl-em-pyr

And what happened after that, was just an illusion for Hercules.

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