"Mars how much more until the portal?"

Mars stabbed his sword into another angel before he answered.

"At our speed, about 10 minutes!"

Now it might seem like the other living G.o.ds were doing nothing since Mars was so busy but that was in fact not the case, in fact they were killing way more angels than Mars. The answer as to why Mars was so busy was found in the sheer amount of angels were around them on all sides, they clearly blocked out the sky as they came at the living G.o.ds from all sides. Terry and Tatiana were both spun around firing off spells and arrows of light at lightning speed, Mars called out to them.

"Elder sister, Terry how are you holding up?"

Tatiana was the first to answer.

"I'm fine just a little dizzy."

Then terry also yelled back.

"I'm good too, but Mal might not hold until we reach the portal."

"Got it... give me a second."

Mars cut down another two angels before he flew up and matched Terry's spin and put a hand on Mal's back as he activated his healing skill at full power before he went back to slaughtering angels at full speed. The minutes snailed by as gradually more and more golden particles filled the sky, but then suddenly it happened. The angels suddenly switched tactics all at once and transformed their golden weapons into bows before they all took aim and fired at the same time.

"s.h.i.+t!"

Mars fired off a flurry of sword lights to intercept the golden arrows, Tatiana quickly formed defensive spells that covered all the living G.o.ds, Hel panicked and formed a repulsive skill around herself and Terry fired off arrows of light that intercepted the golden arrows. But alas the swarm of golden arrows all approached at high speed and soon they hit their targets which resulted in a giant explosion as they all exploded at the same time. Mars just managed to use his [Energy: absorb s.h.i.+eld] skill so when the dust settled he was relatively okay, the same could not be said for Terry and Mal that both fell from the sky. Mars dove down after them while charging his healing skill, the other two living G.o.ds Hel and Tatiana knew that if they split up they would be doomed so they followed Mars as all four living G.o.ds breached the clouds at the same time. Mars grabbed Mal and Terry and began healing both of them at the same time, Terry was the first to wake after a few seconds.

"Thanks Mars, how's Mal?"

"She will be fine but I am afraid we have more problems."

Mars looked up and so did Terry, both of them watched as the clouds were pierced by swarms of angels, but it was not all bad as in the distance appeared a giant portal. The portal itself looked like a black mirror and stood on a hilltop in the middle of a modern looking city, around the portal floated four giant obelisks that Mars guessed worked as stabilizers or maybe batteries for the giant portal, Mars looked at the other three living G.o.ds and yelled.

"Das.h.!.+"

Hel and Tatiana nodded as they speed up and flew towards the portal at higher speed than before, the angels all let out screams of hatred that sounded like gla.s.s being shattered at the same time as they followed after the living G.o.ds while firing off arrows after them. Mars activated [Instant movement], in fact he pushed it more than he had ever before as he neared the portal while he yelled.

"Break the obelisks!"

Terry climbed onto Mars' back and held on with one hand to him with one hand while the other held Mal that woke up in this very moment and yelled.

"Master!"

Mal grabbed Terry and Terry let go of Mars as the two of them began flying under their own power again, Mars being freed from the extra weight speed up even more and within a few seconds he slammed into the obelisk and released the stored energy units as he yelled.

"BREAK!"

*BANG*

As if a giant hammer had just smashed into the obelisk it dented inwards around Mars before it fractured in a cobweb like pattern and soon crumbled into small pieces. At the same time the pursuing angels let out another scream as the portal s.h.i.+mmered like a mirage as it became unstable, Hel was the next to arrive and used her gravity control on another of the four obelisks as it suddenly began cracking into pieces before it crumbled making the portal turn even more illusory. Just after that Tatiana and Terry fired off spells and arrows at the next obelisk shattering it like a piece of gla.s.s that fell to the floor, this proved to be the last straw as the portal wrapped in on itself and collapsed. Mars sensed a violent amount of energy suddenly running loose and turned before he cast his [Energy: absorb s.h.i.+eld] on Mal right before a flash of bright light shone out from where the portal collapsed, this was the last Mars saw before his consciousness left him...

Mars gradually awoke and tried to move, that was his first mistake as pain shot through his entire body, then he felt his body rapidly cooling and heating up and he knew he had died and was in the process of being revived so he kept still as he opened his eyes. It was dark but that proved no problem as he just transformed his eyes and looked around without moving his head, he quickly found out he was buried under some rubble and therefore waited for until his body was done reviving.

'The portal must have exploded after it collapsed...'

Feeling his body being done reviving Mars activated his healing skill on himself at max power before he gradually began cheeking which parts of his body he was able to move.

'Ouch... I think a rebar is piercing though my left leg... And my right arm and shoulder have been crushed under the rubble.'

Mars moved his left arm as he reactivated [Half-awaken] before he began lifting the rubble that pushed down on his chest, then holding up that part of the rubble with his elbow he grabbed the rubble that had crushed his right arm and lifted it slightly before he activated his healing skill a few times on max power before he was able to put strength into his arm again.

'Good then next is my left leg...'

Mars summoned a flame that quickly melted the rebar that pierced through his left leg before he reactivated his healing skill and felt his mobility return to full, then he lifted up the rubble that pressed down on him as he gradually stood up before he activated his flying skill. Slowly floating upwards while lifting the rubble he soon saw sunlight s.h.i.+ne down from above and reached freedom before he put down the rubble and looked around.

"Tep it sure exploded..."

The only thing left of the modern looking city was rubble, Mars didn't know exactly how many died in the explosion but it was probably in the thousands.

'Well I guess that's the price of completing my mission...'

Mars looked around before he floated over to another pile of rubble and began lifting the pieces of rubble to the side, soon he had dug a couple of meters into the rubble pile and saw what he was looking for, Terry and Mal.

"Well would you look at that, you're both alive."

Terry having healed from begin revived was in somewhat okay shape with some cuts and bruises, Mal however was in worse shape as one of her arms were missing with the bleeding having been stopped by some sort of flame from the looks of her wound, Terry looked up at Mars and asked.

"Can you heal Mal's arm?"

Mars gave a smile.

"Sure can, it will take some time though."

"Did you hear that Mal you will be able to hold a spear again."

Mal gave a nod as she held back her tears, being from a warrior tribe getting crippled was worse than death for her and any other sky person so she quickly gave her thanks

"Thank you Mars..."

Mars reached down and pulled up Terry and Mal, then he looked over at another pile of rubble and walked over and began digging through it. But that proved unnecessary as soon the rubble began floating by itself and Hel was revealed beneath the rubble. She looked at Mars for a moment before she gave a snort and flew off into the distance without saying anything to them, then Mars walked over to another pile of rubble and called out.

"Elder sister you need any help?"

Mars waited for a few seconds before a response came from beneath the rubble.

"Sure if you want to help out."

Mars gave a nod and began digging, soon Tatiana emerged from the rubble and thanked Mars with a smile and a hug.

"Thanks Mars... Well I will be going now."

"Yeah see you elder sister."

Tatiana gave a wave to Terry and Mal before she opened a portal and stepped through, then Mars turned to Terry and Mal with a slight smile on his face.

"Let's head back to Green river."