DxD: The Dragon Oppai {Chapter 198: Enough with the riddles! ] (Patreon)

Demeter nodded in approval, "I am pleased to know that Hermes has represented us well to you. I hope when this is all over more pantheons can come together and share cultures with each other. From what I saw of your son Tyr and of you, King Odin, your pantheon seems quite interesting."

"Yes, Tyr has told me much of the world and of other pantheons in his travels. He was particularly fond of you Greeks and the Hindu Gods. Though I think the Egyptians were his favorite foreign pantheon. Tyr even asked me what I would think if he married a foreign goddess," Odin noted.

"We've always been on good terms with the Egyptian gods. Our brother Hades even rules the Underworld with Osiris and Anubis helping him out. It's a shame we don't get along with Persia though. I didn't even know they were still around with all those monotheistic religions springing up in the middle east. It will be interesting to see if this repairs our relations," Demeter sighed.

"I am certain it will. The Zoroastrian Gods are quite noble from what I've seen of them. Their leader in particular is very respectable. Ahura Mazda is one of the most selfless gods I've ever met. I encountered him on my journeys through Yggdrasil," Odin said with a distant look in his eye.

"What was that like?" Poseidon asked.

Odin frowned, "Sad…honestly. He made a terrible and thankless sacrifice to safeguard Yggdrasil by binding his own body to the tree."

"Wait, he's bound to the world tree?" Demeter asked, confused.

The norse god nodded, "Yes…he poured his own life essence into the tree to keep it alive and to safeguard Midgard from darkness. He also did it to keep his evil brother Angra Mainyu forever imprisoned within Cocytus. I have never seen a god make a nobler sacrifice than that. I respect Ahura Mazda greatly."

"Angra Mainyu…you mean Ahriman right? I didn't know he was in Cocytus. Come to think of it, he just up and disappeared didn't he? I always assumed the bible god killed him." Poseidon said surprised.

"We're almost there," Zeus conveniently interrupted the conversation as he swooped in to land on the island. After the gods descended, Zeus quickly returned to normal form. Odin dismounted Sleipnir and began to walk alongside the horse as the gods continued onward to the Temple of the Fates.

Upon reaching its doors, they opened automatically. One of the sisters presumably came out to greet them a moment later. She had wings and Greek looking armour and clothes on. The woman stood tall and beautiful but was clearly otherworldly.

"Come, we've been expecting you gods," she motioned them inside immediately.

Hera looked around at the temple curiously as the five gods ventured inside behind the sister. Sleipnir came in as well but the sister didn't seem to care. After a short walk, they found themselves in a grand chamber surrounded on all sides with mirrors. Each mirror was connected by threads to various magical looms. A large pool was in the middle of the chamber as well.

Waiting inside for them were the other two sisters of fate who seemed just as beautiful as the first one. They all had white hair and golden eyes. Odin spoke what was going through Hera's mind a moment later, "The Fates are certainly more attractive than I expected."

"Allfather, your coming was foretold, but I'm sure you know that. You seek an answer to Ragnarok." One of them started cryptically.

"So if you know why we're here, then do you have an answer for us? What should we do about Ophis? What does she want? How can we stop her?" Hera tried to get to the point immediately.

"Quick to question, but slow to listen…the path will not always glisten. The looms vibrate bright and hot…insight we have, but truths we do not. A glimpse we can show you of the future we see…it is a dark and twisted reality," another one spoke up.

Poseidon sighed, "This is going to be annoying if they speak in rhymes and riddles. What are your names, Fates?"

"An introduction you seek, god of the sea? Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos are we. You come seeking answers to a frightening foe…to see what knowledge we can bestow." They creepily spoke in unison.

"That's Clotho, the youngest. Lachesis, the middle sister, and Atropos, the eldest," Zeus pointed them out for the others.

"Enough with the damn rhyming and riddles. We need to know about Ophis. If you don't know anything, then we're wasting time here," Poseidon said disapprovingly.

The middle sister Lachesis then stepped forward. To everyone's surprise, she spoke normally, "We know a bit…there is a prophecy regarding this that we once told the titans. Gaze into the reflecting pool and hear our words."

The gods all perked up as Lachesis guided them to the large reflecting pool in the middle of the chamber. Clotho went to weave a thread from the loom, Lachesis drew it out, and Atropos cut a shred of it out before throwing it in the pool. It began to play out a vision much to their interest. The scene was hazy and difficult to understand, but the fates spoke along with it in unison as it played out.

"The coming doom cannot be undone…there is no way to fight and nowhere to run. Beings older than time and more powerful than fate…will enter this world through the dimensional gate. The dragon gods will clash in a battle for the ages…a story older than time in a book with no pages. Your efforts are admirable, but you'll struggle in vain…as the Red Dragon flies into Earth's domain. All will perish and all will burn…unless the son's favor you seek to earn. The fallen brings darkness and the world's end…to free his new master does he intend. He ventures now to the frozen domain…answering the call to break the chain. A word of caution for this tale…should they find the Blue Heart, you will fail. Only one thing can save you from their dark schemes…the Great Red Dragon of Dreams," the fates all spoke in unison as the vision played out.