Arnold was busy training his b.u.t.t off when doors to his room were thrown open and in came Nicole rushing towards him. She had brought her tablet with her as she had something important to show to Arnold.
As Nicole approached him, Arnold stopped doing his pushups and got up to see his sister's distraught face. He knew something had happened and it was probably related to Hercules.
"What did you do this time!?" Nicole yelled as she slammed the tablet into his c.h.e.s.t.
Arnold was a bit confused by her question as well as her reaction. But rather than asking about it, he went ahead and looked at what was on that tablet of hers. It showed a monologue of two people who went out to investigate the 'island', which had been given the code name Delos, only to end up being swallowed by it.
'Is she referring to their deaths? How is it my fault that they were dead?'
The death of the two people didn't bother him much, if at all. The council had already given strict and clear instructions to every country and they were told not to do such a foolish thing. The two idiots didn't listen and hence had to pay the price for doing so. It was just as the saying went: Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
"Why are you showing this to me?" Arnold said, scratching the back of his head, "It's not my fault that these two idiots did what they were told not to-"
"Watch the end of the video first!"
Arnold sighed, continued playing the video, and then saw what Nicole had been trying to show him. A camera feed showing Hercules standing in front of his army. The following moment, the demigod was seen issuing a direct challenge to him, the Vassal of the Immortal one. Now Nicole's question made some sense to him.
"Just why is a Demigod coming here after you? What did you even do for him to hate you so much that he brought an army just to get rid of you!?" Nicole said as she slowly began to calm down on her own. She realised yelling at her brother won't solve anything, but the thought evaporated from her mind as soon as she heard Arnold's reply.
"Um... nothing much. I just happen to be the one to kill one of his friends... I guess?" Arnold replied with a goofy expression on his face.
"You what!?"
"Yeah. Remember that three-headed dragon I killed back in LA? Apparently, she was an ally of his and since I'm the one who killed her, I kind of painted a target on my back. So... you can say that in a way, all of the demigods want to kill me. That's all. It's nothing major."
"It's nothing major? Are you out of your fcking mind?" Nicole lost it again. But this time she wasn't going to calm down by herself, "A whole bunch of demigods are after you and only now you're telling me about it?"
"It's all under control. I know it seems weird but you don't have to be worried about a thing. As far as I'm aware, it will be a bit challenging, but I'm sure I'll be able to take care of Hercules as long as his army doesn't intervene..."
"Doesn't intervene? Do you seriously expect them to cheer you on while you kick their leader's butt? And how would you even manage to do that? This is Hercules we are talking about! A man who is told to have strength even greater than quite a few gods!" Nicole shook her head, "Please tell me that you have a plan at least..."
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