The Rise Of A Porter

Apollo had no answer for Arnold's question. After all, all this mess was caused by the gods themselves and now humanity was paying the price for it. Just for the sake of entertainment, these fcking gods had done more than enough damage to the world, but Arnold will not allow it to happen anymore.Â

But to do that, he first needed to take down the serpent or else no one would be safe around the world. However, it seemed Loki, Zeus and Johnny were already on to what he was thinking because they jumped in front of Jormungandr to protect him from Arnold. Now to mention, Fenrir was there as well.

Fenrir was the first one to make a move, however, the moment he jumped at Arnold he got flung sideways. It wasn't Arnold who did it but to everyone's surprise, it was Baldr and Odin!

It would appear they wanted to be on good terms with Arnold now that he had crossed over and achieved the state of omnipotence. They had to redeem themselves for crossing his path but that wasn't the only reason for their preemptive strike.Â

They wanted to fulfil the future they had been preparing for billions of years. The future where most of them lost their lives trying to protect humanity for once.Â

"You fcking dog think I'll let you go after what you did to my brothers?" Baldr roared in rage while Odin charged behind him on his heavenly steed.

"Don't get carried away, Baldr. Fenrir is someone destined to kill me." Odin's voice was all serious but he had a smile on his face almost as if he was looking forward to dying.Â

Arnold spared a look at them as they rushed to the other side of the battlefield, before turning back towards the rest of his enemies. He might have been omnipotent, but taking on all of them by himself was nothing less than suicide... still he would have been able to take all of them down so there was that.Â

He looked around him and found all of the summons were attentively looking at him. Without a tinge of fear in their eyes. They were itching for the final battle just as much as he was. But unlike them... he knew another battle was awaiting him if he manages to defeat Loki and Zeus.Â

'There's no point thinking about that now.' Arnold flexed his neck before charging straight into Zeus.Â

The way he completely ignored Johnny baffled Loki. He was sure Arnold would lose his cool the moment he saw Johnny and would do something irrational. But Arnold didn't do that and went to get Zeus instead.

Even Zeus was taken by surprise but managed to summon his lightning bolt to assist him. He bombarded Arnold with everything he had in his arsenal, the entire world shook under the might of his powerful attacks.

The ground split apart and oceans began consuming the land. Thunderous clouds covered the entire world as everyone went rampant thinking it was the beginning of the end. Which in a way, it was.Â

Zeus managed to take millions of lives all around the globe, including his own army, with the intention to kill only one. However, as everything slowly began to settle down... his face was met with a punch and he was flung into the sky.  After everything Zeus did, there wasn't a single scratch on his armour.

The next moment, Arnold squatted on the ground and jumped with all his might. The ground shattered under his feet as he raced behind Zeus. The god of lightning was waiting for him on top of the clouds. But waiting was all he could do as Arnold was not planning to hold back and drag the fight more than it was necessary.Â

Zeus rushed in to punch him, but although the punch connected, it didn't even make Arnold flinch a bit.Â

"That damned dragon heart!" Zeus yelled in frustration and began relentlessly pounding Arnold left and right.

Each of his blows was equivalent to thousands of nuclear bombs exploding simultaneously.  Yet, by looking at Arnold, it would appear that he was playing wrestling with a kid as he kept walking towards Zeus. In a couple of seconds, Arnold grabbed Zeus by his neck and punched him right in the guts.Â

"You seriously think I transplanted the dragon heart in me for the likes of you?"

Zeus couldn't see Arnold's face, but he knew the bastard was smiling underneath his helmet. But more than focusing on what he couldn't see, the thing Arnold had just said got stuck to him.Â

'Not for us? Then for whom?' Zeus thought with a surprised look as blood gushed out of his mouth.

"Sure it would have taken some time, but I could have defeated you and your pesky army sooner or later. But I had to prepare for what was to come next." Arnold whispered in his ears before he began hammering Zeus instead.Â

Unlike Zeus, Arnold's blows were much stronger and seemed to suck out Zeus's life force with every punch. Soon, Zeus lost too much blood to keep himself floating in the skies and rapidly fell down. Still, Arnold wasn't done and kept pounding Zeus with his fists till they collided with the ground below them.

Back in Los Angeles, Arnold's army was busy fighting Loki's. In Arnold's absence, Talos took the reins of his army while he himself engaged with Loki. However, it wasn't easy. Talos had the strength to defeat Loki, but Loki was the most cunning bastard Talos had ever seen.Â

On top of that, his mastery over the illusion of all sorts made it even more difficult for Talos to fight him. At the same time, Hercules was fighting Johnny while Anubis and Yan together were busy taking care of Loki's undead army. As for Jormungandr, Tiamut and Scylla were actively showing why they were the rulers of the dragons.Â

The humans did not back away either. Although they could not actively participate in the war, they were helping the gods by healing them when they got overwhelmed with the serpent's poison.Â