ENDLESS MYTH : Surpassing The Gods.

Somewhere in another world :

The world was completely white, snow was falling heavily. In this white world stood a large castle. It was made following the plan of an ancient cathedral.

In one of the rooms of this castle, incredible scene were described. On the ceiling who was in a dome shape, celestial stars were drawn, following the map of the sky. At the center stood the sun and around it, the twelve zodiacal constellations. Close to those twelve were also the [OPHIUCHUS] and the [CETUS] constellation who were respectively from the Heracles and Perseus family.

On the walls, scenes of wars and massacres were depicted. The scenes varied, but in more than half of them, it was always a group of humans fighting different groups of otherworldly beings. The other half showed wars between different groups of humans.

In the center of the room a simple round table was placed and around it were three chairs. Despite the extreme cold outside, the temperature in the room was rather cozy.

One of the three chairs was already occupied by a seemingly young girl with a beret on her head and a lollipop in her mouth. On the table in front of her was a teacup full of hot tea and with so much sugar it was showing. It's felt like the sacred atmosphere of this room had no effect on her. Behind her stood an old man with Grey hairs and eyes who had a kind look on his face as he observed the girl.

Edward was standing behind the seated Eleanor. He never ceased to marvel at her love for cosplay and sugar. This time rather than wearing her gothic clothes, she wore military-style clothes, all that with her beret and the lollipop in her mouth would have made anyone really made out of place in such a setting, but her incredible beauty made it so that no such thing could be felt.

Edward always liked taking care and pampering her. Even though she had long become an a.d.u.l.t and might be even older than him, it felt like he was taking care of his now-dead granddaughter, may her soul rest in peace. The poor girl died one hundred years ago during a war against the harpies or more precisely their descendants. Thankfully the three primordial harpies couldn't act otherwise they would have stood no chance of winning. Even the gods feared those three bastard birds.

The room was silent, they were waiting for some people. This wait, however, didn't last long. The door of the room they were in suddenly opened and following it, two women entered the room.

"Oh oh oh. Dear sister, did you miss me? How do you find my new decoration? "

The one with a rather grateful but grating laugh was the first woman to enter. She was a tall woman with an impressive curve. She had pink hair, which was pulled up under a black conical hat, and blue eyes. She wore a black dress with a low neck, showing the upper part of her impressive asset and long sleeves. The skirt of the dress flared out into a large hoop. Her beauty didn't lose in any way to Eleanor. In fact, she looked like an a.d.u.l.t version of her.

"Never!!! Each time I see you I wonder how we can be twins and your taste suck, I never understood why you liked those kinds of things"

Edward did a low bow as he showed a chair for her to sit.

This woman was Elizabeth Maxwell, the twin sister of Eleanor. She was also known as the [WHITE WITCH]. After seating herself she answered she said her thanks to Edward and turned her attention to her sister.

"We are certainly sister, my dear. Do not let things such as appearances make you deny this truth, despite how lacking you're in certain areas we will always be sisters don't you think so Elaine? "

"Of course milady, I personally assisted your mother when she gave birth to the two of you so I'm 100% sure that you two are sisters", Answered the woman called Elaine with a light laugh. Eleanor, on the other hand, could only grit her teeth in frustration. Elaine after teasing her young mistress, turned a blaming look toward Edward

" As for you, Edward, didn't I tell you to not let the second mistress consume too much sugar between-meal? "

The second woman was an old woman who looked to be in her fifty, she had grey hairs and eyes, showing an uncanny resemblance with Edward. It was normal, after all, they were born from the same source.

Edward directed a helpless glance toward the being closest to what he could call a sister. She, in turn, understood that it was basically impossible to stop Eleanor from consuming any forms of sugar.

"Don't fuss too much. I just felt like it today. A stressful event will soon happen, I needed the sugar rush in order to calm my headache."

After saying her mind, she turned her head to look at the door, the other three stopped jesting and did the same. Soon, footsteps could be heard. Of course, knowing the skills of those who were coming it was clear that they did it intentionally as a sign of goodwill. After a few seconds, three firm knocks were soon heard. Elizabeth looked at the door with a calm face, her earlier mood gone, replaced by a sharp look. She answered with a dignified voice.

"you can enter"

A masked man opened the door and after taking a step to the side, let another one enter. The man, a rugged middle-aged man with red eyes and hairs entered the room, while behind him trailed the masked man who had a golden ring marked by the number eight. They were Minos and his butler Eight. Truly a detestable bunch in his opinion. The boys left him a good impression, but the father was truly something else.

Minos took a seat as he looked at the people in the room, the pressure in the room was insane. A lesser man would have surely fainted the very moment he stepped foot in. The title of [PERPETUAL CALAMITY], a title given to them when they fought together and showed their CONCEPT to the world for the first time was truly deserved. Those two witches were monsters in human skin. Thankfully Minos was all but a lesser being. Still even he, despite his power didn't dare to take those in this room lightly.

Well, only a fool or someone sick of living would take them lightly. After all, of those sisters, one was the usurper of [HERACLES] constellations, while the other was the usurper of the [AQUARIUS] one. Truly a group of monsters. The two behind them were no slouch either. They made their names more than one hundred years ago in numerous wars.

Their looks were extremely deceptive. People at their level didn't grow "old" if they didn't wish to. They could age and grow, but they would normally never look older than 30 or so. Even if their lifespan were to end, they would still look like thirty years old. Those two most likely choose to take such appearance to conserve their power or play their roles as butler and head maid more effectively. Well he wasn't one to talk. After so many travels he different space-time when searching for a solution , he stopped caring of how old he truly was and simply keep the look he had when he meets HER for the first time.

After sitting, he took a breath, he grinned as he said,

"I'm here to explain the situation and propose a partnership of sort"

"You better give use a better overview of the situation. I have sent my cute Disciple on that island and I would be really unhappy if anything happened to her." Answered Elizabeth with a chilling look.

Minos frowned a little and a chilling look flashed past his eyes, but he went back to his usual grin as if nothing happened. He didn't necessarily need the help of such a group of monsters, even more so when they talked as if he was inferior to them, but he couldn't afford to make a mistake this time. His children may resent him, but everything he did was for their family, more precisely for his wife, Pareia. He was sure that they would understand once everything was over.

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Somewhere in England :

*CLANG* ; *CLANG*,

The sound of steel clashing sounded in a coliseum. , two men wearing gladiator clothes were fighting, or rather trying to kill each other. They move were skilled and showed no excessive movement. Clearly, they were trained to take life in the shortest amount of time necessary. Their eyes were cold and cruel. Even though they fought with their lives on the balance, they didn't show any of the despair and will of survive that should have been in humans in such situations.

Above them, in a special room, three people observed them. Two of them were guards decked entirely from head to toes, in armor of black color. The third one was seated on a throne and was holding a cup full of wine.

The one seated on the throne degaged an aura of majesty. He was a dignified man with golden hair standing up like a blazing flame. He had a handsome face, and his golden eyes, slit-like those of reptiles, gave off a mysterious radiance that made people shiver. He normally wore golden armor full of runes of unknown meaning. In short, he was the definition of badass. The only blemish on his face was the cross-shaped scar on his right cheek.

After losing interest in the fight bellows him, he turned attention to the two behind him.

"So you say that the witch sends an entire batch of candidates on a deserted Island? She only left a handful of teachers there? "

"Yes lord Richard, our sources are 100% of it." answered one the guards.

He traced the scare on his face as he pondered. She was the one who gave him this scare, he would never forget this humiliation. He crushed his cup, spilling the wine in it, just remembering this event nearly drove him insane.

He was the leader of the Pendragon family who once ruled Britain. Firstly in the light and then in the shadows. But the existence of the [PERPETUAL CALMITY] destroyed the status quo, his father, decided to propose marriage in order to unite the two families, but the bitch publicly humiliated him and even left that scare on him.

He could have healed it. But he didn't. Each time he looked in a mirror, each time he went out and saw the mocking stares, he keeps it in his heart and used the hatred in his heart to grow his power. D.e.s.i.r.e and will were extremely necessary for training. He turned his hatred into an obsession, patiently awaiting the day when she would slip up, and now it has come.

A grin full of madness slowly etched on his face. He knew that he couldn't beat her. Even if not taking into account her personal power, her relationship with the TUATHA DE DANANN and the FAES made it so that openly acting against her would jeopardize all the work made by his ancestors.

No, he couldn't beat her, but he could hurt her. From what he was told, the batch of this year was truly special, with four children from the nobles families. If they're to die, there no way she would come out of it unscathed.

"ah. Ah. Ah ah ah ah. Bitch !!! I will make you pay"

He couldn't help stand up and laugh when he imagined her anguished face. One day, she will be under him, screaming his name. But right now he would make her suffer.

"You two, get ready, send a squad of the black knight on this island. How long will it take?"

"If we go at full speed, one day will be enough, but my lord... "

The guards who spoke until now couldn't help but hesitate a little.

"What? Finish what you're saying "

His eyes began to glow as he looked at them. The two guards gulped. They knew his personality. If what they say didn't please him, they might get killed. Still, they had to say it. They pledged their loyalty and were ready to throw away their life if needed.

"My lord, don't you think this matter is a little too fishy? Maybe it's a trap? "

The expression of Richard suddenly became impassive. Richard wasn't stupid. You couldn't become the leader of such a large and powerful family if you only had brawn and no brain.

He began to think about all he knew about Eleanor. Many people took her as a brash and young woman. What more because of her relatively young ages, many said that she wasn't ready to take the burden of the Maxwell family.

Those idiots, he knew better. He knew something they would have never imagined. She had the right to enter the word of the TUATHA DE DANANN as she wished and fight and train with them. Even his ancestors, Arthur Pendragon didn't possess such a privilege. Time in that world didn't flow the same way. She may be only 30 years old here but he wouldn't be surprised if she was in fact already more than a few hundred years old.

Could someone like that really let people in her charge go unprotected? No, it was impossible. After the hatred that clouded his mind went away, he began to see money issues. ( But what did she plan by dangling such a bait? Was I the target? Or is it another one? Perhaps she had no particular target in mind and anyone will do? )

He sat down with a hand on chins and thought for a while before gritting his teeth.

"Orders are changed. Send the red knights. They will be perfect for the job, and even if it's a trap, their annihilation wouldn't be too great of a loss overall speaking."

"Yes my lord" Answered the two at the same time.

"Now go, and prepare the next fight, this one was pitifully boring, also, give the usual reward to the winner of this one. No matter how boring, a promise given must be respected"

Richard didn't pay attention to them anymore as he looked back in the now finished fight. The two guards once again shared a look after that and left the viewing room.

They wished he would have simply put an end to the operation. But they knew that they already obtained the maximum concession from him.

The knights were divided into colors in the Pendragon household. The highest were the white knight, followed by the black knight and after them come the other colors. The red knights' division was where the new recruit was sent to acc.u.mulate some experience. Their deaths rate was the highest out of all the divisions, but the result was outstanding. The division was lead by one myth ranked human and two legends. As such, the red knights were neither the weakest nor the strongest out of all the division. They were just right in the middle.

If there is no trap, this division would be enough to massacre all the candidates on the island. What more the red knights were not known to the public and were given special poison to end their life if caught. So even if they were caught in a trap, the enemy would gain basically nothing out of it.

Still, they decided to inform the young mistress. Perhaps she could convince him to simply not do it.

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A little paradise on a clearing :

A rather large number of people stood in different places while looking at each other. They were nine in total. They had planned to discuss the finality of the plan today, but the tension was so palpable its hurt. Finally, Natalie completely fed up with the situation simply said.

"Okay guy, do you want to change anything to my perfect plan?"