The Realm of Skyfall, a very rare Realm type, which was in the shape of a blue sphere, was composed of Blue Sky, and several types of Cloud Oceans, where hundreds of Floating Islands were spread everywhere. It was a beautiful Realm inhabited by a Divine Race of beings known as Heavenly Guardians, which were gigantic humanoid birds with bright colored feathers and golden, sharp beaks.
A Divine Race of intelligent beings born from the concentration of Divinity within the Realm, unique to this Realm due to its pillars being composed mostly of the Divine Realms of Wind- attribute Gods, creating this unique Realm- no, this world of endless cloud seas and floating islands.
Yet its beauty was being tainted, the cloud seas were being contaminated, the beautiful and diverse life that inhabited these clouds was dying, as Hades noticed the Miasma of Hell pouring into it, the white clouds becoming red, turbulent, life died or mutated into demonic creatures.
The blue sky turned deep dark red as well, rapidly spreading around as it contaminated and became darkened, evil. It made Hades feel disgusted, even when he reigned a world of death and souls such as Tartarus, he thought of it differently.
To Hades, Tartarus was a world where the souls of the dead went to rest, to finally move on towards Reincarnation, however long it would take them. He thought of the Undead of that Realm as people that were slowly getting better, learning to forgive and move on.
Hell, in comparison, was simply an endless agonizing world to him, a place that simply shouldn't really take any souls at all to begin with!
Although he wished to fight the Galactic Humans first, he was given a different task, but he decided to trust Fate, and do as she ask him.
After all, she had told him something before he left, through telepathy.
"Your wife is alive, Hades. I will do everything I can to help you get her back. Until then, work hard. We must proceed step by step, do not rush things, and do not let your wrath consume you."
"... Very well, Fate. I shall trust you. Don't disappoint me."
"Hmph! Shouldn't I be the one saying that?"
"We are here..."
Hades looked at the endless blue skies and the sea of white clouds of Skyfall, several floating islands in the distance, now mutated and darkened by contamination from another plane of existence.
And amidst these contaminated clouds and skies, there it was, a massive, floating demonic tower moving across it all, surrounded by hundreds of flying Demons and Demonic Beasts.
It was crimson red, with several black jewels encrusted into its gigantic surface, overflowing with power. Demons required a "Tower" to fully manifest into other worlds.
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As long as he had the power, he could destroy the tower and simply send them away... T thing is, he didn't.
After all, without Kireina and the other Supremes, Genesis' fighting forces had been reduced massively.
While Kireina and her allies might be able to go against powerful Demon Kings and Lords, it wasn't the same for the Gods of Genesis, even the strongest of them weren't sure they could win.
And yet...
Hades smiled, his powerful Aura rapidly making the skies tremble.
"Demons!"
He roared, his voice reverberating through all the skies around him.
The five other Gods behind him, two Sun Gods, two Moon Gods, and one Underworld God, his son Zagreus, stood there, combining their Auras with him to seem more intimidating.
"Would you be so nice to give me some of your attention?!"
RUMBLE!
His combined Aura was unleashed, the entire tower stopped moving in that very moment, as something within it had indeed given him some attention, a massive, powerful presence. "Hmmm... A Genesis God? All the way here? And this smell... Those are some rare Divinities. I haven't had a decent meal in a few days, you see."
A gigantic, fifty-meter-tall monstrosity emerged from the tower, made of shadows, crimson demonic energy, and covered with black stone-like armor.
He had three heads, one of a wolf, a tiger, and a reptile merged together, looking hideous, with a massive jaw reaching his stomach.
His limbs looked like long and skinny spider legs, and he had eyes across his entire body, but above all, a crown made of horns decorated its head.
TRUUUM!
A wave of dark red and black colored energies washed over the Gods, pushing them away! Their Divinities seemed to weaken by merely being touched by this deadly power. "That's...!" Zagreous gasped, feeling the immense pressure coming from the Demon. "He's no mere demon, isn't he?"
"A Demon Duke!" Hades gritted his teeth, feeling the pressure of such a monstrously powerful being. "Could we even stand a chance against it if we actually fought it? No, forget it! Without using Tartarus to gain greater Divine Power, I would be crushed, even with the help of the Spirit within me."
Hades quickly gave up on his arrogant idea of battling this thing and winning, even less when it was being feed endless Demonic Energy by the Tower, which had already consumed thousands of souls.
"I AM ELIGOS, 15TH GREAT DUKE OF HELL, LORD OF MASSACRE."
Eligos rose his massive, sharp claws into the air, gripping them tightly and generating loud, cracking sounds as everyone noticed there were hundreds of souls being destroyed by his hands, feeding him more power.
"Would you be kind enough to give me some entertainment, Gods of Genesis? Things have been rather dull since I arrived!"
"B-Bastard! Stop feeding on the souls of the innocents!" Zagreus' screamed, even as he felt the immense pressure of a being thousands of times stronger than him.
"Hmm? Are you a young God? How cute..." Laughed Eligos. "Kids! Go have some fun... I'll be feasting on their Souls though... But you can do whatever you want to their Divine Flesh! Let us have a feast! Genesis only keeps on giving!"
Eligos waved his claws, as a swarm of hundreds of Demons rushed towards Hades' small party of six Gods. They moved quickly, spreading Demonic Miasma everywhere as they did.
"Here they come...!" Hades roared. "Maintain formation, follow my orders, and don't step out of line... or you'll die. Understood?!"
"Y-Yes!" the Gods nodded, as they quickly went to battle.