Destroying My Own Novel

“What’s this place?” Hermes asked as he stared at thousands of Gods and Goddesses gathering in a massive hall. They were enjoying the feast with a chalice of wine in their hand, but then they saw Ares enter the hall which made them go quiet immediately.

Ares looked at the familiar faces at the tables around him, some of them even were close to him. He stared at Phobos and Deimos, he was shocked that his own sons were there and enjoying the feast and wine.

“Don’t be so surprised, they’re here because I brought them here with me,” Aphrodite said since she was their mother.

“What’s the meaning of this, Aphrodite? You brought our sons into this place and you didn’t even tell me about this?” Ares asked with his hands clenched.

“Why not? It’s not like I’m giving them any bad influences,” Aphrodite answered and looked at Ares over her shoulder. “They have been with you all their lives, let them have their own things to do somewhere else,” Aphrodite explained as she smiled at Phobos and Deimos since she defended them from Ares’ wrath.

Ares didn’t make the same mistake and decided to calm himself down until he understood the situation. He was there because Zeus wanted him to get some information about what was happening there, and he didn’t want to disappoint Zeus but at the same time, he was curious about why everyone gathered there.

Ares followed them to the front and then he was surprised when he looked at Mykel walking up the stairs then he sat on the throne while Hera and the others went to the table next to the throne. Mykel looked at Ares’ expression and it was priceless, but he didn’t say anything and just enjoy his wine.

“Ares, Hermes, come here,” Hera said as she sat down on the customized chair specially made for her.

Ares kept staring at Mykel while a group of Gods and Goddesses walked toward his throne and they were casually talking with him. Apollo was sitting on the throne’s armrest and playing his harp while Dionysus standing next to Mykel and laughing with him.

Ares and Hermes sat on Dionysus and Apollo’s chairs, they both looked at Persephone who was sitting in between Hera and Hel. They were listening to Persephone’s worries about Hades because everyone in the hall knew that they both loved each other so much that their relationship looked so special compared to the other Gods and Goddesses’ love stories.

Mykel stared at them and he didn’t really need to join them because he had already discussed the important part before Ares came and he knew they could handle that matter on their own. Hera was the one who proposed the idea to get Zeus’ interest toward him by taking advantage of the situation through Poseidon and Persephone.

Mykel already had six Olympian Gods and Goddesses on his side, adding Poseidon and Persephone was something that he wished for. If Ares could join him as well, that would be perfect because currently, he had four Gods and Goddesses who was the leader of the four majors Arcana excluded Zeus.

“You should join us from now on, brother,” Loki said as he walked beside Thor and on their way to the throne.

“You don’t have to ask me that, brother, a good wine and an extravagant feast are what I like the most!” Thor replied with a smile on his face then emptied the chalice.

Thor turned the chalice upside down and then Dionysus filled the chalice with his skill. Thor looked at Dionysus and showed a face of approvement and amazement as he nodded his head.

“So, this is the person that my brother has been talking about. God Mykel, correct?” Thor asked with his arms crossed and looked at Mykel without showing any expression.

“I hope you don’t mind if I sit here,” Mykel said as he looked at Thor while enjoying his cigarette.

Thor laughed as he shook his head. “Don’t bother, it’s not me to decide because this world belongs to my niece,” Thor answered as he looked at Hel who was playing with Fenrir. “And even if I have to say my opinion, I think this is beyond my expectation because I never thought Hel would have so many friends. I’m glad that she looks so happy even though she barely shows any expression,”

“I can’t tell, I thought she didn’t like it because she seems to be enjoying her solitude sometimes,” Mykel said as he looked at Hel. Of course, he lied, he knew that Hel was really happy about all that from Hel’s or the other Gods and Goddesses’ [Story] that he had been checking every day.

“I believe she’s enjoying it because if not, Loki won’t allow you to sit on that throne since it belongs to his daughter. I also think you’re an interesting one since I have never seen my brother look so excited when talking about someone, you might be his first real friend,” Thor replied and patted Loki on the back.

Loki smiled and giggled. “Enough talking about me, there’s an important matter that we need to discuss,” Loki said as he looked at Mykel.

“Let’s go somewhere more private,” Mykel said as he stood up.

“Before we go, can I talk with one of them first?” Thor asked as he looked at Keres.

Mykel glanced at Keres and slightly smirked, he then called Keres and she immediately approached him.

“Yes?” Keres asked but then she stared at Thor for a split second.

“You’re a Valkyrie? I can feel the power inside you and it’s similar to what the Valkyrie have,” Thor asked as he looked at Keres a bit confused.

Keres smiled and looked Thor in the eye then she smiled. “Maybe Rangrid can give you the answer for that,”

Rangrid was a part of an army of semi-goddesses called Valkyrie and she was quite famous amongst the others. The shield destroyer was her title and she was one of the strongest Valkyrie that helped Thor achieve victory in each war.

“You know Rangrid?” Thor looked at Keres with his eyebrows raised.

“It’s a very long story, but you should ask her first to understand then you can come back to me and I will tell you the rest of the story,” Keres answered as she nodded her head.

Hel walked in and looked at Loki. “Aren’t we supposed to have a discussion about our plan?” Hel asked and looked at Mykel and Thor.

“Come on, brother, there’s an important thing that we need to do,” Loki said as he tapped on Thor’s shoulder.

Thor nodded with understanding and then the four of them left the hall, then Hel opened a portal so nobody wouldn’t know where they went to.

Mykel came out from the portal and noticed that he was standing near the cliff, he could hear the sound of ice crackling from down the cliff. He decided to look down and saw the endless pit of darkness and the icebergs were falling down there and made those crackling noises.

While Mykel was amazed by the scenery, he saw a mountain fall down from above, but turned out it wasn’t a mountain but only a tiny piece of the root of Yggdrasil. He looked up and saw Nidhoggr was gnawing on the root, it was the first time he saw Nidhoggr’s full body and he was dumbfounded by how big that serpent was.

“Magnificent, isn’t he?” Hel said as she stood next to Mykel. “He has been doing that for thousands of years, but the root keeps growing faster than his effort that he will keep doing that for eternity,”

“Yes, and I’m wondering if I can tame it,” Mykel replied and it made Hel look at him with a bit of shock.

“You want to tame it? Nobody has ever tamed all of the three serpents, but you can try,” Hel said with a smile.

“Is that a challenge?” Mykel looked at Hel with a smile and his eyebrow raised.

“I didn’t say it like that, but I would love to watch you try,” Hel answered.

“We should talk about this another time because right now we are here for something else,” Mykel said as he turned around and looked at Loki and Thor. “We need to convince the Asgardian to make Thor their new king,”