"YOU'RE NEXT!" Arnold roared in fury as he finally made up his mind to kill Hercules himself.

The system was correct. Hercules had become way too dangerous now. If Arnold didn't put a stop to him now, then it would be too late for anyone to do anything. He had to put an end to Hercules before he could take any more lives. With his mind finally made up, Arnold took out Cardinal's sin from the inventory and a message popped up in front of him.

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Destroyer class sync abilities are in effect now.

The Demigod [Hercules] has been marked as an evil entity.

Caution!

The target is ahead by more than twenty levels of the user. The user can not one-shot the entity using [Cardinal's Sin].

As compensation, If the user is able to kill the evil entity, one of the following rewards will be provided to them:

• Random increase in stats. 

• Random increase in attributes. 

• Forging Material Box. 

• Hidden Rewards. 

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'It's fine. I wasn't planning to end his misery so quickly either way.' Arnold thought to himself and aimed to blow Hercules' head away, 'I'll make that basta*d beg for mercy even if it's the last thing I do!' 

Arnold fired the shots without any hesitation. The noise of the winds and thunder were nothing in comparison to what was generated by the dual handguns. The bullets pierced through the air. Hercules' end seemed near. However, things didn't go according to Arnold's plan. For some reason, the bullets didn't hit Hercules in the head where Arnold had aimed for. Instead, the bullets got embedded in his shoulder.

'Damn it! The probe skill already told me to attack him from close range! How can I be so stupid!'

"Did you really think it would be so easy to defeat me, mortal?" The friendly demeanour that Hercules had while wrestling with Arnold had disappeared completely. He had now become cold and calculative, "Still, I'm surprised that you even dared to lift a weapon against me. Even after you know what may happen to you if you kill someone. Especially if you kill someone like me."

"What the hell..." Arnold mumbled in shock as Hercules pulled the bullet out of his shoulder. Not even a scar was left where the bullet had hit him. It was like Arnold's attack didn't have any effect on the God. Arnold quickly checked his HP and sure enough, his attack had only dealt 1 HP worth of damage.

"This should make you realise how pathetic your kind is in front of us." Hercules laughed as he crushed the bullets, turning them into dust, "You never stood a chance against me."

"We'll see about that soon enough..."

Arnold didn't have any other choice. If the Cardinal's sin wasn't able to do much damage to Hercules, none of his weapons will. Except for one. But before using the sniper rifle, Arnold had to get the warriors as far away from them as possible.

He couldn't risk opening his domain in front of Hercules and force the warriors inside either, as it would lead to another disaster. Arnold didn't know whether Hercules had his own domain or not. But if he did, he could easily contest for the control over Arnold's domain, just like Jake had done all those years ago.

Also, after taking Hercules godly strength into account, Arnold was most definitely going to lose if he didn't activate his [Devil's Rage] ability. This would mean that everyone inside Arnold's domain would end up being at Hercules' mercy and Arnold could not allow that to happen. Thus he turned towards, the only ones who could help him out of this situation: his summons.

"Listen up-"

"I'm not as big of a fool as you think, mortal!" Hercules yelled before raising his remaining hand over his head, "Feel the wrath of God!"

Hercules already suspected that Arnold being the cunning basta*d he was, would have already prepared some kind of a contingency plan well ahead in time. Despite having low intelligence, Hercules was not that big of a fool to allow Arnold to do whatever he was planning to. Thus he used his powers to do what he did to Tiamut, only this time his target was Arnold.

However, Arnold wasn't worried about Hercules' attack in the least. In fact, he had expected him to try and electrocute him. The only problem was, he couldn't actively do anything to prevent the attack altogether as the attack was much faster than he could possibly move. His only hope was to take the lightning bolt head-on and wish he could time his skill correctly. If he messed up the timing, he could get injured pretty bad.

The lightning bolt hit Arnold right in the head. The force generated by the impact made half of the black hill crumble. If a hill made of metal such as Adamantine, couldn't take the lightning bolt, there was no way in hell Arnold would have survived either. 

People all over the world gasped in horror, as a red lightning bolt fell on top of their beloved Deathless. Hercules saw the reaction of everyone around him and started laughing like a maniac, as his godly aura finally dissipated and he was back to being a Demigod.

Nicole saw him powering down and rushed in to confront the basta*d of a god and so did the rest of Arnold's summons. However, for the first time since the battle started, they weren't alone. 

Despite knowing that going against the godly being meant certain death. All of the fifteen thousand remaining warriors simultaneously charged at Hercules. They were scared of the god, someone would have to be out of their minds to say otherwise. But they were even more scared of what would happen if they didn't stop the mad god now.

Somehow, they had found a new kind of energy coursing within their bodies. This energy made them feel like they were invincible. Nothing could defeat them, no matter whether it was a god or the devil. This energy even made them happily embrace death if it meant they could save their families and countrymen.

But even before they could collide with Hercules, the demigod realised something. Hercules was aware of how summoning abilities worked. Thus he found it odd that even after Arnold's death, his summons were still alive. It took a while for his slow brain to process it, but he finally came to the right answer.

"Impossible!" He screamed in rage when he saw a light coming from the top of whatever remained of the hill.

Hercules now knew how these mortal dogs got the courage to face him all of a sudden. It wasn't because of the guilt that they couldn't save Arnold, but it was because of the skill Arnold had used. Hercules immediately recognised the glowing light that even expelled the thick storm clouds away. It was the light only a Guardian angel could generate.

"Everyone back down." Arnold's thunderous voice echoed throughout the island, "The real battle is about to begin." 

Everyone thought Hercules declaration of war was intimidating. But when they heard the Deathless declaring war over the god, they realised that sh*t just got real.

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