[Excerpt from Japanese Reports Concerning the Verification of the new Campione, Beginning of the 21st Century]

Among Near East tutelary gods, few if any received as much widespread worship as Melqart, the Tyrian Herakles.

Originally the patron god of the port city of Tyre and thus earning the title of Ba'al, Melqart gained divine king status as worship of the storm god spread across the Mediterranean.

He was said to awaken at the end of the winter rains, and his worship most likely influenced the legends surrounding Herakles son of Zeus.

Even as the politics of the world continued to shift westward, worship of the first king of Tyre failed to let up. In the eyes of his followers, his ability to withstand such invasions made him more than king; it made him a deity who could withstand any storm.

It was this divine king who met Kusanagi Godou in battle on the island of Sardinia and was slain, thus allowing the boy to ascend as a young devil king.

[Report on Kusanagi Godou}, Compilation of the Greenwich Assembly

As the previous report explain, Kusanagi Godou plundered the authorities of Melqart to become the [Divine King]; it was deduced that he had one prominent restriction.

As his actions following his victory seem to prove, the young godslayer cannot use his full power in a land he cannot claim as his own.

However, should the people of that land bow to him, it is believed that his power should grow exponentially.

It has also been determined that, prior to his rebirth, young Kusanagi Godou had no experience in any form of magical or martial practice.

Perhaps the young godslayer is proof that, even among those of humble backgrounds, great kings can be born; perhaps it is proof that it is the man, and not his lineage, that qualifies him for the throne.

It's a shame that the anime of Campione! was such a colossal failure. The world is insanely interesting - divine beings roaming the Earth, searching for acceptable foes, and the only ones capable of standing up to them are people who have gone past the limits of humanity. That those people are so… weird... is awesome. Seriously, one of my absolute favorite characters in all of the light novels I've read is the last godslayer introduced in the series, and she is absolutely brilliant. And unfortunately I'll never be able to see her come alive on the screen.

Anyways, this story is focused on a Kusanagi Godou who slew Melqart and not Verethragna in that fateful battle. And, as my little prompting in the Greenwich Assembly's compilation hinted, it changes things, both with our hero and with the world at large. But I'm going to follow the pattern of the books a bit, so you'll have to wait for a bit to see why everything flipped end-over-end.

Anyways, enjoy and please review, though I wonder if this will get much following. There's less than fifty Campione! fanfics on the entire site, which is about how many Naruto gets in a day. Nothing against Naruto (though I'm not really a great fan of it), but that fact is kind of sad.