Chapter 15 - Shining Axe

On the last chapter of the Rave god reruns

Omotola beheaded one soldier after another, heading deeper in the Nupe army. Her armor glowed
brightly as she moved in their midst, cutting a swath left and right. The sun was high in the sky, its rays
beating relentlessly on the warring armies below. She made to cut down another unfortunate soldier
when she saw them. The seven - now six gods stood at the back of their army, looking all majestic and
glorious. Suddenly, all the hatred and anger she felt towards them blazed to life. Her thoughts burned
and rage consumed her. With a yell she screamed, releasing divine energy at the same time. The
explosion that came from her cut a path through to the nupe gods, leaving hundreds of dead men in it's
wake. The Nupe gods finally looked at her.... Their faces masks of smug superiority and power. The first
one, Gutsu, scowled and said, his powerful voice booming across the field so everyone heard.
"You dare raise an army against us? You dare defy me? "
Omotola, rage still smoldering within her, moved towards them. Her eyes blazing and swords out and
teeth clenched.
"You have doomed yourselves", she gritted out. "Because of your insatiable lust for power and your
cruelty, you have also doomed your people for I will destroy you and wipe the Nupe race from the face
of the earth. Every child, woman and man with a fraction of Nupe blood in them will die"
Everyone on the battlefield stopped to watch the proceedings as Omotola drew nearer to the Nupe
gods. The first born, Gutsu stepped out of the midst of his brothers, divine armor springing to existence
on him. He was tall, and his armor covered every inch of him, made of pure steel. He wore a huge
helmet with horns on it made of iron. In his arms he held a huge axe with a very long shaft, as long as a
spear but also made of steel too.
He stood in Omotola's path and said, voice hollow in the metal armor:
"I will make this as painful as possible". And with that he swung.
Omotola dodged and leapt to his height with swords raised but he backhanded her almost non-chalantly
and sent her flying. She hit the ground hard and rolled, coming up in a crouch, blood trickling from her
lips.
She charged him, eerily silent as their weapons met with a clang, releasing shock waves all around them.
They fought madly in what was described as the greatest fight ever fought among gods. They moved with blurring speed, in a dance as primal as time. It was both beautiful and scary to watch them as they
clashed with both weapons and divine power. Cracks began to appear in the ground, a result of the
pummeling it had received from divine energy.
The fight went on, both scoring hits on each other and both healing instantly. Omotola felt her mortal
body begin to weaken, knowing she could not hold her attack pace for too long. It. Seemed Gutsu knew
this and he renewed his attack on her, his axe swinging wide and fast.
Omotola ran at him head on and Gutsu widened his stance and swung his axe in a move that was certain
to shear Omotola in two. She back tracked too late as the axe whizzed towards her midriff, the sun
glinting off its blade.
Then Ode was there. He pushed Omotola out of the way as the axe whizzed past. Omotola looked up to
see him standing where she would have been, a look of surprise on his face as he fell to his knees. Gutsu
didn't stop but made a second swing, beheading the god of the wild as he knelt. Omotola screamed as
she felt his presence in her mind get torn away in the most brutal way possible. Ode's body exploded
into fiery light as his essence shot straight up into the heavens.
Gutsu stepped towards the kneeling Omotola, walking with a careless swagger, his blades still dripping
divine blood.
He stood before Omotola and said in that guttural voice of his:
"Your turn".
Then he swung his axe in a beheading move. The combined armies watched, breaths held, as the axe
fell. It sliced through powerfully and the axe embedded itself into the earth. Omotola wasn't there.
Gutsu whirled to counter the attack he knew was coming but he was too late as Omotola materialized in
the air behind him and delivered a powerful blow accompanied my divine blast to his face that sent him
spinning. The sound of her knuckles meeting his iron helmet was so deafening that every being on that
field cringed. As Gutsu spun from the powerful blow, his helmet flew off his face, revealing wild eyes
glazed with pain. Omotola leapt, her small frame giving her speed as she landed on his chest as he
struggled to gain his balance. He opened his mouth to curse and she thrust her hand through his mouth
into his throat. A second passed, and then she withdrew her hand, leaping off his chest, his spine in her
hand. She landed a few feet away as the first of the Nupe gods crumpled like a sack. She faced the rest
who looked on in horror, bloody spine in her hand and she struck. The Nupe armies, seeing the most
powerful of their gods defeated turned to run but we're cut down by Omotola's men.
Sango, oya and Oduduwa appeared at Omotola's side and they made quick work of the five Nupe gods.
Omotola spoke, her voice carrying through the field, amplified by power.
"Kill them all, chase them to their hometown, burn their temples, slaughter their children and hang their
wives. By sundown, the Nupe race will cease to exist".
A roar followed her declaration as her armies descended upon the Nupe army.