Gods Fighters

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The **Gods' Fighters** are the warriors chosen by the Gods to fight against the Einherjar in Ragnarok, whose objective is to win Ragnarok and destroy Humanity.

They are the central antagonist of "*Shuumatsu no Valkyrie: Record of Ragnarok*" series.

## Overview

After 7 million years, the Gods decided to destroy Humanity. However, Brunhilde took the Humans' side and suggested the start of Ragnarok, a series of one-on-one showdowns between the Gods and mankind. The Gods, seeing the suggestion as pointless, refused to take part in it, saying that it was a waste of time. However, Brunhilde taunted them, suggesting that they were "chickening out" from fighting the Humans directly. Angered at Brunhilde insinuating they are too scared to fight the Humans, the Gods decided to accept Brunhilde's proposition, if only to put her in her place. In order to win Ragnarok, the Gods chose thirteen of their mightiest Gods to fight against mankind's greatest warriors.

If the Gods win, they will destroy Humanity for good. However, if the Gods lose, they will have to allow them to live for the next 1000 years.

While in the beginning the Gods expected an easy victory, Brunhilde used a power of the Völundr to give mankind a winning chance, by giving them God-killing weapons. Because of this, as Ragnarok progress, the prospect of defeat becomes more and more real for the almighty deities.

## Plot

### Gods' Council

At the end of the Gods' Council the Gods decide to exterminate Humanity, however Brunhilde interrupts them before the final verdict can be issued with the proposal for Ragnarok to test Humanity and see if they are worthy to survive. Initially the Gods consider it a waste of time, but then Brunhilde plays on their pride and pushes them to accept Ragnarok. Zeus picked out 13 fighters for the Gods and Brunhilde picked 13 fighters for the Humans.

### First Round

Zeus decided to start off strong and sent in the strongest Nordic God: Thor, the Thunder Berserker. He faced off against the Flying General, Lü Bu, who put up a great fight, much to the surprise of the Gods. Despite Lü Bu's fierceness, in the end, Thor won, much to the excitement of the Gods.

### Second Round

Originally, Shiva was going to go up in the second round, however Zeus asks him to replace him in excitement.

Initially Shiva refuses, but then Zeus forces him to give him his seat in the second round, despite being listed to go last. The God Father of Cosmos went up against Brunhilde's trump card, the Father of Humanity, Adam. Due to being a copy of the Gods, Adam was able to match and even overwhelm the leader of the Gods on several occasions. To beat Adam, Zeus used his final form, **Adamas** and forced Adam to overheat his **Divine Reflection**. But even after going blind, due to his immense will to win for his children, Adam kept fighting, even after death. Ultimately, Zeus prevailed but Adam had earned his begrudging respect.

### Third Round

Wanting to push Humanity further up against a wall after the death of Brunhilde's trump, the Gods decided to send out the Tyrant of the Seas, Poseidon, who's considered to be the Most Fearsome God of the Twelve Gods of Olympus. Much to the surprise and silent shock of the Gods, however, Poseidon's opponent, History's Greatest Loser loser, Kojiro Sasaki ended up winning and killed Poseidon, which granted Humanity their first win.

### Fourth Round

Due to Poseidon's death, the Gods decided to take Humanity seriously and Shiva initially offered to go up. However, Zeus asked him to let another Greek God go up as the Greek Pantheon lost one of their own and they wanted to repay their debt.

After Shiva relented, Zeus chose the God of Fortitude, Heracles. Unbeknownst to the Gods, Brunhilde planned Heracles' opponent from the very beginning and sent Humanity's Most Infamous Serial Killer, Jack the Ripper to fight Heracles in the fourth round. Due to Jack's various tricks, Heracles ended up losing and Humanity tied the score. Although, during the fight, Heracles had managed to save Jack from his own suffering, which caused Jack to wish they could talk again.

### Fifth Round

After several setbacks, the Cosmos' Bhairava and strongest God of Destruction, Shiva was finally able to get his turn and faced against the Peerless Rikishi, Raiden Tameemon. Shiva had much trouble against Raiden's overwhelming physical strength and muscles, and ended up losing three of his four arms. Despite this, Shiva was able to narrowly beat Raiden after activating **Tandava Karma**.

### Sixth Round

To keep on their winning streak, Zeus decided to send the Enlightened One, Buddha, to fight in the sixth round, despite originally planning to send him out much later into Ragnarok.

However, because of his own hatred towards the Gods, Buddha decided to betray the Gods and fought for Humanity in the sixth round. Not surprised about his betrayal, Zeus sent Bishamonten to fight Buddha.

Bishamonten then fused with the other Seven Lucky Gods to become their original form: the God of Misfortune, Zerofuku. During their fight, Buddha managed to cause Zerofuku's misery to disappear and make him happy once more.

But because of an experiment done on him in secret by Beelzebub, Zerofuku was taken over and absorbed by the Demon Lord of the Sixth Heaven, Hajun, who fought against Buddha for the rest of the round. After performing Völundr with Zerofuku's Misery Cleaver, Buddha managed to forge a new Divine Weapon that helped him to kill Hajun, tying the score with the Gods.

### Seventh Round

Due to Buddha's defection, the Gods had an empty spot they had to fill. Though Ares was considering volunteering, the King of the Netherworld, Hades decided to go up and replace Buddha on the roster. Hades revealed it was to take revenge against Humanity for them killing his little brother, Poseidon, and he went up in the seventh round against The King Where It All Began, Qin Shi Huang.

Before the round, at Proteus' behest, Hades fused the remnants of Poseidon's trident into his bident, wanting to fight alongside his brother. Throughout the battle, Hades was forced on the defensive, thanks to Qin Shi Huang's secret techniques. To overcome them, Hades used his blood to upgrade his bident into Ichor: Desmos, using the spear to overwhelm Qin Shi Huang and gouge out his left shoulder.

Even though it looked like a sure win for Hades at this point, he had unknowningly caused his weapon to gain a flow of Qi as any weapon infused with Hades' blood, harbors his life force. Qin Shi Huang exploited that and used his own ability to disrupt Qi to destroy Hades' weapon.

Hades was promptly killed by Qin Shi Huang, though not before acknowledging his opponent for a final time, which caused Qin Shi Huang to consider Hades to be his friend.

### Eighth Round

Upset over Hades' loss (which he hadn't expected) and wishing to eradicate all of Humanity, the Lord of the Flies, Beelzebub volunteered to fight in the eighth round against Human History's One and Only Sorcerer, Nikola Tesla. Early on in the fight, Beelzebub easily overpowered Tesla, thanks to his Divine Weapon, the Staff of Apomyius, being able to amplify the power of his vibrations. Tesla wasn't deterred and proceeded to construct the **Gematria Zone**. Thanks to the amount of Super Tesla Particles inside the cage, Tesla was able to utilise anti-gravity to float and reach top speed without acceleration. This caught Beelzebub off-guard at first and he kept getting minor injuries as Tesla's attacks hit him before he could fully employ his defensive vibrations. But soon, thanks to his battle sense, Beelzebub got used to it and was able to perfectly block an attack from Tesla. This prompted Tesla to use the **Tesla Warp** to teleport behind Beelzebub and land a direct hit.

This injuring Beelzebub to the point where he tried to finish things off immediately by using **Original Sin of the Netherworld – No.0: Chaos**. However, much to Beelzebub's surprise, Tesla managed to survive by sacrificing one of his Super Tesla Coils to offset the explosion, though he and his Völundr were still damaged. After Tesla reactivated the **Gematria Zone**, the two clashed, with Beelzebub continually injuring himself because of his vibrations, due to the damage done to his body from using **Chaos**.

Because he was injuring himself, Lilith's tattoo attempted to hold Beelzebub back but it receded after Beelzebub told it that he was offering his life, not throwing it away. Right after, Beelzebub unleashed **Sorath Tau: Prayer of Darkness**, which completely destroyed the **Gematria Zone** once more and almost destroyed Tesla's Super Automaton β. Tesla didn't give up, however, and used his final Super Tesla Coil to cause electricity to wrap around his body. Tesla seemed to resort to brute force as he used **Plasma Pulse Punch Moebius** to launch a never-ending sequence of punches.

Beelzebub was forced to keep his shield up, even though his vibrations were breaking his body down.

Tesla paused at one point, due to damage done to him by **Original Sin of the Netherworld – No.0: Chaos**, and using that opening, Beelzebub pushed Tesla back. After readying his vibration blade, Beelzebub was about to end it before Tesla propelled himself back up. Believing a punch was coming, Beelzebub put his shield back up, only for Tesla to use **Tesla Warp** to teleport his right fist behind Beelzebub. Tesla performed his last move, **Plasma Pulse Punch Cross**, attacking Beelzebub with his left fist from the front as his detached right fist went for his back. But Beelzebub used his left hand to knock away Tesla's right fist while thrusting his right hand forward, using **Sorath Resh – Satan's Horns** to pierce Tesla through the heart. Tesla assumed Beelzebub was one step ahead of him but Beelzebub revealed he believed in Tesla as he knew there was no way that he would turn this into a simple contest of strength, which Tesla was flattered by. After Tesla died, Beelzebub walked to the exit while blaming Hades for ruining an opportunity for him to die.

### Ninth Round

With Beelzebub's victory having tied the score for the Gods, Zeus decided to choose the Sun God, Apollo, to go next. Apollo, who hadn't bothered to watch the previous rounds, was surprised Ragnarok was still going before he was informed of Poseidon, Heracles and Hades' deaths. Apollo was saddened he wasn't able to see how beautiful their deaths must've been before he asked the women he had been bathing with if they wanted to see him fight. They cheered in response and Apollo decided to heed their cheers, going up in the ninth round against Leonidas, the Strongest Rebel in Human History.

## Trivia

* Not all members of the Gods' Fighters are Gods. For example, Hajun is a Demon Lord from the depths of Helheim.