Old Testament v2

### ***Tony is eternal***.

Many decades after the previous conflicts, humanity were able to develop powerful technologies to assert their dominance over the globe. The religion of Tony re-established itself and became the only belief system, with the rest being discarded or forgotten. Churches and monuments were constructed to honour their almighty deity and with churches came priests. Priests were the most devout of the followers, and most of them were veterans of the earlier battles but they were not affected by old age or disease for they were above the natural order. High priests were venerated to a greater degree than those beneath, and they were considered enlightened by all.

Amongst all the common followers, there was 1 prodigy, a librarian known as Jerry. Within a few months, he had already been promoted to be a priest, and was the most powerful among them as he was able to harness the fabled power of telekinesis which was the hardest skill to master. None were able to perform it except for 1 high priest, an ancient asian man called Harbin. He saw the potential of Jerry and took him as his student and educated him in many spells that were unknown to the rest of humankind. Harbin himself was considered the leader of the entire religion, and also possessed several mythical artifacts granted by Tony himself which were bound to his soul and unable to be stolen or misused.

### Jerry

After 5 years, Jerry had ascended to become one of the high priests and was highly respected by all to the same degree as Harbin. At this point, he was exempt from all processes of life and was granted a holy white robe that showed his status as a grandmaster of the t10 scrolls of magic and beholder of all knowledge, except for one mysterious scroll that was kept under surveillance and fortified with archaic symbols and spells. Harbin refused to disclose any information about it.

However soon a great threat to humans emerged; the prison of Tillen was beginning to break. The place was dimly lit by an unknown light source and the walls all curved to meet at the top, and the floor was ice except for a stone circle which was vaguely engraved with a pentagram and had a walrus carved into it. 7 Totems resembling armoured warriors stood around the engravings with mystic runes carved onto them which were beginning to fade.

### Joe Tillen

It was a dark and stormy night, and at 3:00 am the floor completely caved in as the gnarled figure of Tillen clambered out of the floor as the totems disintegrated to dust. Tillen stepped out and levitated through the roof. From the skies, he crushed the glacier with a huge flaming fist, and the heat radiated from this began global warming which still plagues our world. He then revived the remains of the Karens by sacrificing his right hand, and made the Karens completely brainwashed and obedient to him and when they rose again they were drenched in his blood thus giving them the nickname of Tillen's Red Right Hand.

Joe Tillen tore a dimensional tear and they travelled to an alternate dimension of fire and torture which is known to us as Hell. They prepared to build a huge demonic army to conquer the rest of Existence. But the release of Tillen caused many people to be corrupted by his satanic energy and they defected from the holy religion of Tony. Many people fell to the dark side, including priests and 1 high priest. The once stable civilisation collapsed as people were drawn into Hell and other traitors were executed by the remaining followers.

### Fighting

A few months afterwards, Tillen and the Karens waged war upon humans. They opened a dimensional portal and sent their army of brainwashed pestilence to conquer and kill. But they had underestimated the technological superiority of the humans who they had deemed insignificant, and the war lasted for 100 years with no side gaining even the slightest of advantages. By that time, the dimensional portal had become to unstable for Tillen's forces to travel through, and they were unable to recreate one again. Before it collapsed, they sent one titanic monstrosity as a last resort: It was known as Matthew.

As soon as Matthew went through the portal, he was sighted by a small group of warriors who attacked him. Matthew fired torrents of repulsive, radioactive flames from his fingers, and incinerated everything in his vicinity. Corrosive gallium rained from the sky and dissolved the entire region and necrotic storms engulfed the land, reducing it to a huge crater. The crater would later be filled with water, and form the Mediterranean Sea.

But Matthew was unsatisfied with this destruction. His primitive violent mind refused to cease destroying, and he rampaged on, killing thousands and crushing people and buildings alike underfoot. He continued raining down gallium from the sky and eroding land masses. The Planet would never recover, and the rampaging of Matthew formed continents and canyons in the Earth.

But his spree was swiftly ended when Jerry fought back. Jerry’s raging attacks beat the shit of Matthew, and Matthew’s projectiles, fire, and corrosive wax was futile - they were deflected with ease and were fired back towards Matthew, causing him severe damage and bringing him to the ground. Matthew hit the ground with a gigantic thud which shattered all terrain in his vicinity and caused a deep hole to appear.

Jerry then conjured a giant crane-like mechanism, and hung Matthew by his foot. He drew his sword and slashed at Matthew’s heads. The enhanced magical blade was able to pierce through the tough hide and decapitated all of the 10 heads and buried the remains at the bottom of a tower near the city.

After the battle, a sliver of light came down from the shady clouds, and Harbin looked up. He then glanced at Jerry before giving him one last message containing information too godly for mortals to comprehend. Harbin ascended to the Ethereal Realm and became a cosmic entity alongside Chukwudi and The Narrator.

Jerry was still left down on the mortal plane, and he returned to the Temple Of Tony to continue his path to achieving enlightenment.