Then I shrugged off my rags and shot an arrow at Antinoos, who dropped his wine glass and his dead body landed on the floor, food falling with him to soak in the blood. I stood on the table, looking around and soaking up the fear that was radiating from each suitor. I told them that I was Odysseus and I was back to kill them for bringing dishonor on my family and house. Amphinomos charged at me in anger, sword in hand, but Telemakhos threw his spear at him, and it hit right between the shoulder blades, and pierced straight through to the heart. I rained a shower of arrows down upon them, and many suitors fell. I took a break to instruct Telemakhos to get us four men a helmet, spear, and shield each from the storeroom. He left and came back with the items as I showered the suitors with arrows once more. And once I had run out of arrows, we all put on the shields, spears, and helmets, ready for the suitors to charge. But they realised that they'd need weapons to fight us, and they sent Melanthios to get them what they needed. He went into the unlocked store room and brought back weapons and shields, but when I realised what was happening, I sent the two herders to tie him high up and lock him in the storeroom until we'd either won, or the suitors came to get him. The herders went as father and son faught against the suitors. At that moment, Athena came in the form of Mentor and the herders came back. The suitors desperately tried to get Mentor on their side, but Athena was sticking with us. She didn't want to help us quite yet, though, and she watched from the rafters above while we faught. The swineherd and Telemakhos were grazed by the suitor's weapons, and the cowherd was pierced (but not fatally). At this point, Athena decided to join, and she created the aegis above us all, which made the suitors cower in fear. And we attacked, killing every single suitor around us as they gave up hope for survival. We spared two people that Telemakhos trusted as "not loyal to the suitors", but by the time we were done, everyone was dead and the great hall was flooded by blood. I sent Telemakhos to get Eurykleia. She came to me, and I sent her to get the 12 unfaithful maid-servant-sluts. They came out crying and I made them clean up the dead bodies and take them outside. When the hall was scrubbed of blood and cleared of suitors, I sent the 12 sluts into a dead-end alley where I had Telemkahos hang every singe one of them. I called Eurykleia once more, and told her to get the rest of the maids to make the hall smell nice with fire and brimstone. All the maids came out and hugged and kissed me, glad to see me home, and thankful for the death of the suitors...
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