What.
Where.
Fuck.
I can’t breathe!
I can’t move!
Where am… I?
The second I thought I was going to chock and die I seemed to be rising from the wheel or where ever I was, the second I was out of the water I started coughing and coughing.
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I opened my eyes and saw two men staring at me, one of them had huge muscles, long red hair and a thick beard with a big scar from his left eye to his upper lip he was wearing a black rope didn’t look like he had anything under it.
The other one on the other hand was wearing pants and a short sleeve shirt, an old looking model though. He had short black hair and a small goty beard and a short moustache. He had no visible scars yet he had a bunch of tattoos on both of his hands small black circles that had smaller details on them I couldn’t see. Looking down his legs a shadow was extended from them tracing it I saw that it was the thing holding me out of the water. The shadow took me closer to him and placed me in front of him and retracted back at his figure.
-who are you people? Where… where am I?
I said while scanning my surroundings, this place is like nothing I saw before it was dark like light wasn’t welcomed here, there was something falling from the sky yet it wasn’t rain on snow. It looked silver… is it ash? The area near me was mostly flat with no features like roads or trees.
I couldn’t see anything in the distance due to the dim surroundings, nothing but a castle that was far in the distance.
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-My name is Nergal, this is my son Namtar… and this is Kur.
Said the man with the tattoos while pointing at the ground and looking at me. He kind of reminds me of the man from in the plane?
-What do you want from me!? How did your shadow do that?!
-I require your… assistance.
-What is this place? What are you? What kind of assistance are you requiring from me ?
-silence! Listen!
The second he said that his shadow wrapped around my mouth, it was shut and I couldn’t make a single sound.
What the hell is this! What is happening! What is this guy!
-Long time ago there was a war between two gods it did not last over a week, but the outcome was catastrophic. Forests were burnt, oceans were dried, mountains made into valleys, and most important of all, lives were lost every kind of life.
After that incident a group of gods stepped in to preserve and mend the world so the council was formed.
It consisted from Enlil the god of storms, Enki the god of the ocean and the earth, Sin the god of the moon, Shamash the god of the sun, Ishtar the goddess of love and war, and at the head of them all is Anu the god of the sky and the heavens and the most powerful of the gods.
Under their rule the world knew peace and prospered until… some of the gods wanted to be part of the council and planned many failed attempts to kill the members of the council.
Anu punished the ones responsible for the attacks, yet he knew that more ambitious individuals will attempt to find their way to the council and because a battle between gods is so destructive to the world he worked so hard to maintain he created a tournament.
A battle between gods, yet gods were not allowed to fight in it…
Each god must provide a Human of his choice power and training and he will represent him as his champion against the champions of other gods in a one on one battle… to the death.
This proposal wasn’t very popular amongst other gods, yet no one could defy Anu’s Command.
Now, I expect you are confused and have a lot of questions so now you may speak.
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The shadow retracted back at his owner giving me the ability to speak again… yet no matter how much I tried, I couldn’t form a single word…
What is this man talking about, what gods, what council, what war, what does it have to do with me?!
After some time I put myself together and said
-W Why… me?
-Finally.
Well... because you saw me!
-So you are the man from the plane, why was I the only one who was able to see you?! Why me?!
-Even I don’t know the reason you could see me without my permission yet you can, and that what matters. you might ask but what does seeing me help you in battle of make me chose you over other, good question... seeing me means you will have much greater mastery over the powers you will obtain from me as you could defy my will and see me.
Now. What is your name, human?!
-Atlas.
-stand up Atlas!
He extended his left hand at me offering to help me stand up… after some hesitation I extended my right hand and held his hand. He squeezed my hand very strongly and I felt an excruciating pain on my palm, it was like a thousand needles were piercing my hand.
I looked at it and a circle was forming on my palm and a figure was forming inside it as well.
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After a few seconds of pain it was complete… it was a figure of a wolf surrounded by an imperfect red circle. I was fascinated by it and kept scanning it until the voice of Nergal took me out of my constriction.
-I have given you my power Atlas, your training will start now! We don’t have a lot of time before the tournament, Namtar will be your instructor and will teach you everything you need to learn… I must go now I have other matters to tend to.
And then his shadow wrapped around him and swallowed him… then he was nowhere to be seen.
I kept searching for him left and right yet I couldn’t find him.
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Then out of nowhere a sword went throw me… it was thrown by Namtar! What the hell is wrong with you people!? If you wanted someone to fight for you! You Don’t throw red glowing Katanas at th…
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What!? Why am I in the lake again!? How did I get here!?
I got out of the lake and saw the sword pinned at the pile of blood that was once my body, I went and grabbed it.
It was a katana with glowing red runes on the blade...
A shout came from the back, it was from Namtar
-Your training starts now…! Human!
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