The God of Gravity part 2: Olympus

The God of Smithing

A man with a big and low voice said, "The coolest guy ya'll eber see." His accent is weird.

I saw clearly who he is and he is freaking buffed up and huge! He has this large tobacco on his mouth, his facial hair is brown, he is bald, his eyebrow hairs are long, his face and nose are haggard. He wore a shirt that looks like it's gonna get ripped off and explode any second because of his huge pecs and weirdly, his stomach is huge like he's pregnant. Then he had this leather belt covered by his belly fat and he wore these tight jeans. He is two meters tall and I feel like I am a small creature like those that chased me all the way here.

"Whot happened to that boy?" he asked.

I said, "He got poisoned by a teleporting spider! I don't know who you are but I have to ask you to help him! I came all this way after sensing your Olympian Strength and-"

"Hold on," he said while pulling out his cigarette and blew smoke in the air above me. "Yer saying that ye sensed me Olympian Strength?"

"Yes, I don't know-"

"Let's talk about that later, come on," he waved his hand as a gesture to follow him and showing me his huge and rough hands. "give me yer friend. He must get out of this cold weather. Tell me both of yer names."

"Thank you, sir!" I yelled in gratitude and untied Darius from my back. "I am Leonide and that's Darius." He carried him towards where he came from and I followed behind him.

"Nice to meetcha. Call me Blaze. I am the God of Smithin'."

"It's nice to meet you, Lord Blaze!"

And at that moment, I saw the sun rising from my right. I saw the horizon as I am on a higher elevation and saw the whole eastern part of the Olympus District. The Demigod Districts and the Human Districts. I can also see the walls and got a clear view of how far I've come. The feeling of I finally found someone to help Darius on the brink of death, and the feeling of how I've come so far - made my eyes watery.

"Boy!" said Lord Blaze and I was startled. "Follow me."

"Oh, sorry," I apologized and wiped my tears with my hands. "I'm coming!"

Then I ran to catch up to him while seeing the magnificent machinery in a stupidly huge quarry! I just saw them just now and it surprised me! I don't know what they are called, but there are four humongous Ferris wheels on cranes that have buckets instead of seats that scoop the dirt and getting carried by conveyor belts. As I got nearer the edge of the cliff where the quarry starts, I can feel the ground rumbling under my feet as I watched them from up here. I turned my head to the left and saw Lord Blaze entering through a door made out of chiseled marble taller and bigger than him. It looks heavy but he pushed it without effort.

We entered and the door shut automatically after I entered and it disappeared like it became one with the wall. Inside, it is a chamber that has been carved out by pickaxes and drills as I see the surfaces riddled with scratches and cracks. He put Darius on the table in the middle of the chamber. Then he started to check the storage and lockers for something that could cure Darius.

"ARGHHH!!!" Darius suddenly screamed.

"Darius!" I exclaimed as I held him still so he won't fall off the table.

"Hmm...," hummed Lord Blaze while touching his beard. "Now, where did I put that?"

"What?!!" I exclaimed. "Whatever it is, my lord, please hurry up! He's suffering!" He just calmly walked around, looking at each of the drawers and cabinets around the room. What the hell?!! Does he think that this is kind of a joke? "Lord Blaze!" I yelled.

"Quiet!" he answered with a deep voice and I was startled. "I'm trying to remember."

"Please hurry!" I pleaded and Darius accidentally punched my jaw.

"Harghhh!" I cried in pain then went back to pin him down. "Lord Blaze, for Darius's sake!"

"I got it!" he exclaimed as he pointed his fingers to the ceiling with his eyes widened and his eyebrows are not shrouding the roundness of his eyes anymore.

I felt relieved as he opened a drawer on the very top series of drawers at the corner behind me. Then he exclaims, "Yes!!"

"Yes!!" I exclaimed. "Hurry now and-" Wait.... what? He's eating a cookie right from the jar of cookies. "What is that?" I confusingly asked and all got silent except Darius's screams.

"A chocolate cookie. Don't even try to ask for wone because it is maed especially for me by me beautiful wife."

"WHAT THE HECK?!!!" I screamed in anger and panic. "My friend is dying here and we need a cure for the poison!!!"

"Oh that," he said before swallowing. "he has to survive it on his own."

"Wha....wa..... wa.... wawawait," I stammered. "What do you mean?"

"There's no cure for the poison of the Abyssal Spider."

"No.... That can't be!" I turned to walk towards him and facing up to look at his eyes and some of the cookie crumbs fell on my face. "Tell me where is the cure!" I pulled his shirt on his stomach. "I will get it myself!"

"There's no cure for it, boy. And I assume from his state right now, that he received a venom from the broodmother of the Abyssal Spiders - nasty mythical creatures they are. Look, boy," he said while kneeling and putting both of his hands on my shoulders as he looked at me in the eyes. "even the gods that have the power to heal, has never been able to create cures and antidotes for the poisons of the mythical creatures. Only a handful have survived the venoms and poisons of other mythical creatures, but from a broodmother of the Abyssal Spider, none." He stood up and put his jar of cookies back into the drawer.

"Then, will Lord Santos be able to heal him?"

"He can, but unless you can't call him from here."

"Do you how to contact him?"

"No."

"So, you're saying that Darius is gonna die?"

"No, but I am guessing that he could survive the venom because he managed to survive for a long time. Ordinarily, even those who have Olympian Strength could instantly die from even the smallest dose of venom of the broodmother in just a minute. Let me ask ya, how long has it been since he was poisoned?"

"I am not sure, but...," I thought about it while turning around and saw Darius's face looking like he's fighting against the venom in his own body. "about...more than six hours."

"Then that's a sign of miracle!" he declared in a hope-provoking tone. "I know someone who first survived the venom of the broodmother but I am not allowed to tell who is that person. I can only tell ya that he or she is on Olympus."

"Then Darius has a chance to survive?!!!" I exclaimed.

"Yes, but... how did ya come across that broodmother? I thought the Goddess of Death is keeping these creatures contained in the Depths of Tartarus- Ah, I forgot that she's still a child, so it could happen. And how did the two of ya kids ended up in this forest?"

"We are told to climb Olympus because I won the Inter-district Demigod Tournament against Darius and he also has been chosen to climb up."

"But I don't sense any Olympian Strength comin' from ye, are ya hidin' it?"

"No, I don't, my lord. I am the God of Gravity."

"Oh, mi sweet rivets," he slowly said with his hand massaging his beard. "A human that won the Demigod Tournament and sensed me Olympian Strength while I tried to hide it."

"Uh... I don't understand, my lord."

He stooped down to look at me in his eyes. "You got the 'Will', don't ya?"

"Will?" I asked.

"The Will just like the Two Kings."

"Lord Rai's and Lord Enzo's-" I shook my head. "I still don't understand."

"Well, I am not a fan of talkin' too much, so if you don't mind, I have werk to do."

"Tell me!" I pulled him but he is too strong as he walked towards the empty part of the wall where there are no drawers, lockers, or whatsoever. He pushed it lightly with his palm and it opened like a door!

I followed behind him but then he clasped the top of my head with his large hand and said, "No kids allowed down here and you have to tend to yar friend or he can't make it."

"Oh, right," I said then he shut the door.

I watched Darius, he is still frowning in pain, and he is sweating too much while closing his eyes. I looked at the wall and I tried to push it. It didn't open. I pushed it harder but doesn't budge. What the hell? He just lightly touched it, and I can't open it with force.

Maybe I will have to apply more force like "Fist of Six!" I prepared my left fist then punched it. Then it was like I punched my own knuckle. "Argh!" I cried in pain as I fell down the ground. Damn! That hurts!

I looked at my knuckle and it is bleeding while the wall is left unscathed. Whatta weird wall. Maybe that's his power as the God of Smithing.

"Water!"

I turned around and I knew that was Darius. "Darius!" I exclaimed. "Don't worry, I'll find water!"

I checked the drawers for water. I went up and down to check each of them. So far, I have found none. Then I found this peculiarly colored liquid in a jar.

"Okay!" I exclaimed. "I found wat- Ughh!" I said in disgust when I realized it is piss."Who the heck puts his urine in a jar?!!!"

Then I started to get to the last of the drawers and I finally found water in a bottle. I even smelled and tasted it, so I'm sure that it's water. I went to Darius and opened the lid of the bottle. I poured it to into his mouth and he swallowed it until he coughed. I stopped and I guess he is satisfied. He just breathed slowly but sweating too much.

Then I noticed something strange about the smell of his sweat. I cleaned his limbs and his clothes using a rag I made from my shorts. With my finger, touched the newly formed sweat on his forehead and smelled it. It smells like the venom!!! Now I get it! He is washing away the venom by sweating! I have to get more water!

"Hang on, Darius!" I said. "I'll find more water!" But the question is where? To think about it, I am locked inside this chamber with nowhere to go. That geezer! Damn, I already checked every drawer, and what I found is that water bottle - that is already empty and this cookie jar I am holding, grabbing some, and eating them. I also shared it with Darius but he ate only half of the cookie.

If only I could get through this door - I mean the door where he came in and I could ask him to give Darius more water. I touched the door and I realize that there should be something that keeps it locked up like a mechanism of something. I closed my eyes, I put my ear against the wall, and blocked my other ear with my hand. And with my other hand, I tapped it.

I felt the vibrations, I heard every sudden change of pitch. There's some kind of thing that gives off different vibration than the rest. I have a clear definition of its location deep in the wall so I tapped it with my knuckle again. There is it.... I can sense where it is. I tapped once more and I can sense that it's some kind of a long metal buried deep in the sliding marble door then going through a hole at the stationary wall so it wouldn't budge then locks the door. If I could move that, I can open this door but how am I gonna do that? Oh! I have an idea!

That metal bolt is at the left side of the door and the hinge would be at the right. I went near the hinge and focused. I inhaled then "Gravitational Pull!" as I used my powers of attractive gravity. I heard a loud clang. I pushed the door and it opened easily.

"Yes!" I celebrated. "Now, let's get ourselves some water, Darius."