If you had a golden apple, who would you give it to?
At the banquet, Lorne, who had been invited, saw the golden apple on the plate inscribed with "For the Fairest Goddess," and the t...
Chapter 443 Your wife is awesome! (6.5k)
Themis, the goddess of justice, took off her blindfold and turned the golden scales on the hilt of her sword, chanting the solemn words of God, fully unfolding the power of order and justice:
"The living beings are our ruler, the stars are our scales - now, the court is in session!"
The dense stars intertwined and intertwined, revealing the shadow of a court. The grievances of countless victims rose to the sky, accusing the God-King of killing lives and ravaging the world, and requesting justice:
"Death penalty! Death penalty! Death penalty!"
The crowd was outraged and their resentment was as sharp as a knife.
The gavel fell, and the starlight was like a sword.
Facing this unprecedented criminal prosecution, the defendant Zeus actually felt a chilling pressure all over his body. His movements suddenly slowed down and his spirit became sluggish.
"You ants think you can judge me? How arrogant!"
Feeling extremely humiliated, the God King Gaotian roared angrily, and silver-colored lightning gushed out from his body. The extremely domineering power almost tore the court formed by the starry sky into pieces in an instant.
But at this moment, the charge has been sounded and the flags of rebellion are flying everywhere.
"The Universal Library, a collection of memories!"
"To the powerful fire of light, I offer my poetry and wine to celebrate!"
"Poem of sound, chapter of music, I will restore your light!"
"Magnificence, joy, and feast are with you; wisdom, power, and love are with you!"
“…”
Mnemosyne, Hestia, the Nine Muses, the Three Graces and other gods of Mount Ares chanted loudly, either to protect or to suppress.
"You are the Lightning Lightning of the Heart!"
"You are the Silver Rapid Shooter!"
"You are the gold that pierces the stars!"
"You are the disordered lust!"
"You are the fruit of your hard work!"
“…”
Hera, Artemis, Apollo, Aphrodite, Demeter and other Olympian gods awakened the artifact and launched an attack.
Zeus, who had just broken free from his restraints, had no time to recover and now had to face this massive group attack. He was a little flustered for a moment and could only hold the Aegis in front of him and resist with all his strength.
“BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!”
Hundreds of divine light streams hit the golden shield like falling stars, causing the Olympian God King, who was blessed by destiny, to stumble back. The Aegis Shield in his hand also kept wailing, and its light gradually dimmed.
At the same time, the descendants of Typhon, led by the three Gorgon sisters and the hundred-headed dragon Ladon, and the remnant of the giants, led by Prometheus and Atlas, attacked from both wings:
"What I hope for is a myriad of colors!"
"Storm Hammer, eternal damnation for all!"
"The blood of the Titans burns here!"
Unable to bear the heavy weight, the Aegis Shield turned gray and shattered, and Zeus's weak chest and abdomen were completely exposed to the rebels.
“Get lost!”
The God King, filled with shock and anger, raised his arms and roared, and silver-colored lightning gushed out from his body, knocking away the rebels entangled around him and successfully gaining space for himself to move.
But before he could move, he felt a strong sense of restraint from under his feet.
Zeus looked down and was shocked to find that several deep blue water chains and pale dead arms were tightly grasping his ankles. The power from the ocean and the underworld rushed straight into the sky, disrupting the divine power of the sky and dragging him down.
Poseidon! Hades!
Zeus looked up angrily, looking at his two brothers outside the field who were waving tridents and forks, trying their best to mobilize theocracy, as well as the gods of the sea and the underworld following behind them. He couldn't help but feel bloodshot, and raised his hand to gather a spear made of lightning, ready to shoot at these traitors who were against him.
"Dark Sky Eclipse Shot!"
"Hymn to the Two Gods!"
"Celebrate with poetry and wine, praise with light!"
"Fire and saltpeter, stone and iron, the perfect Red King, here appears!"
But at this moment, the divine blood heroes of Atalanta and the Spartan twins, the saints of the Dionysian cult, and the sorcerers of the Hermes sect also chose to interfere with the counterattack of the god-king Zeus.
In a dazzling stream of light, Hercules wielded the nameless axe and Diana held the God-killing Sword, and they rushed forward together:
"Shoot a hundred of them!"
"Glory to the Six Gods!"
Accompanied by the dazzling aurora and the roar of thunder, the two most powerful heroes in the human group spit out golden blood and flew backwards.
But at the same time, the lightning spear in Zeus's hand completely collapsed, and his arms drooped with numbness.
Damn it! Damn it!
Looking at the weak figures attacking him, those ants called "human beings", Zeus' blood seemed to boil and an indescribable sense of humiliation surged in his heart.
Being blocked by the gods, provoked by the Titans, and counterattacked by monsters, these are still bearable...
But these humans who were as weak as ants, these lowly lives that had been destroyed for several generations, actually dared to turn their swords against him one day, becoming a stumbling block in his quest for godhood...
Such a result made Zeus, who was born a god and a king, feel sincerely ashamed.
"Die! Die all of you!"
The proud God-King raised his hand to summon, and with a ferocious look on his face, he raised the materialized Thunder Scepter, ready to bring destructive punishment from God to all the rebels present who disobeyed him.
"when!"
However, a golden shield of the same style blocked the thunder scepter that Zeus smashed down, and the spear of victory hidden behind the shield came out from a tricky angle and attacked the divine core in Zeus' chest directly.
Relying on his powerful perception, Zeus moved his vital parts several inches away from the tip of the gun. His bloodshot eyes stared at the figure rushing forward, and his clenched steel teeth made a squeaking sound.
Athena, his good daughter.
He had clearly granted her the revered throne of God and even gave her half of his Aegis Shield, so why was she still unsatisfied and insisted on getting involved with these rebels?
But before this confusion was answered, a long-planned cold edge took the opportunity to be delivered from the other side, making Zeus' hair stand on end.
He instinctively raised his only free arm, gathering the lightning to block the threat from the side.
“Whoosh!”
"puff!"
However, a spear shaped like a dead branch was faster than him and pierced through his wrist at lightning speed, nailing his arm to the throne.
At the same time, the figure who rushed forward raised his right hand, and a frost-green stone box sealed with nine heavy padlocks emerged from the magic array.
"Laevatain!"
With a cold hum, a ball of golden-red flame burst out from the box, and the nine heavy padlocks were melted in an instant.
A three-meter-long sword made of a material that looked like gold or wood, with a completely red blade and a blazing flame on the blade, fell into Loen's hands.
Zeus only glanced at the sword from a distance, and it was as if he saw a blazing sea of fire. The incomparable burning sensation spread from his sight to his soul.
"not good!"
The strong ominous premonition made Zeus subconsciously want to dodge and block, but it was too late.
"puff!"
The dark red blade pierced through the armor, through the flesh and blood, through the divine core, and nailed the destined God King to his shattered throne.
As the sword turned mercilessly, the gushing golden-red flames instantly engulfed Zeus' figure, and the entire Olympus Temple was melted away in the blazing fire.
"Bang!"
The temple collapsed, leaving only ashes.
Looking at the charred ruins and the empty throne before them, everyone who had participated in the crusade couldn't help but feel happy.
Success?
However, as soon as they relaxed their minds, thick dark clouds gathered in the sky.
“Boom!”
The next moment, dazzling lightning tore through the clouds, and a giant silver-colored palm smashed towards the top of Mount Olympus.
Athena and Lorne's pupils shrank, and they immediately jumped into the sky, each raising the shield in their hands to cover the entire square.
“Bang! Bang!”
Amidst the dull roar, the golden and green divine light shattered, and two figures smashed into the mountain like cannonballs, causing the peaks to shake and the stars to sway.
Zeus is not dead yet?!
Seeing the thousand-foot-tall giant made of blue-silver lightning standing before them, everyone's eyes were filled with disbelief.
Even with his body destroyed and his temple destroyed, this God-King still cannot be eliminated?
How is this possible?
A strong sense of frustration surged into everyone's hearts, gradually brewing into a sense of confusion and panic.
"If I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time! There is no real immortality in this world!"
The bloodstained figure stood up proudly from the rubble, the flaming magic sword raised in his hand, pointing directly at the thunder giant in the sky.
The passionate declaration is like poetry and wine.
The unyielding posture is like a flag and a gun.
Countless eyes turned to the god standing at the front of the array, and an unprecedented sense of heroism and courage burst out in their surging blood.
That’s right, we haven’t lost yet!
Nothing is settled yet!
"Innocent!"
The Thunder Giant looked down at the ants that still didn't recognize the reality and sneered at them, piercing their illusions.
"Do you think that you can defeat me by mastering a power from outside the domain? How ridiculous! It can't kill this world, let alone me!"
The sky was filled with wind and clouds, and millions of lightning flashed, as if becoming the only background color of the world, reading out the proclamation from the [King]:
"The thunder is me, the sky is me, the world is me - I am destiny!"
"Fuck your destiny!"
Amidst the disdainful scolding, Athena rushed out from the ruins on the other side, raised her beautiful head, and hurled the spear of victory in her hand unceremoniously towards the God King in the sky.
However, Zeus only raised his hand slightly, and the intertwined layers of lightning arcs slashed out like sharp swords, easily tearing apart the divine light of the Spear of Victory, causing Athena, who was suffering from the backlash, to vomit a mouthful of golden blood and fall on her back.
Seeing that the fierce lightning continued to strike the goddess of wisdom on his side, Loen tried his best to block this powerful attack. Gods from the Ares Mountain, the Underworld, the Sea, Olympus and other departments attacked forward.
Stubborn!
The Thunder Giant looked down disdainfully, as if looking down at a group of moths flying into the fire, his silver eyes emitting cold murderous intent:
"Well, I will grant you the right to die and see my divine work!"
The hundred-foot-long arm interwoven with lightning waved forward, sweeping away the gathering dark clouds and summoning the boundless starry sky.
The stars are like shuttles, and the starlight is like silk, just like an automatically operating loom, interweaving to outline the "pattern" (fate) of all things, wrapping up the gods rushing forward and even the entire world.
"Destiny: Stripping!"
Suddenly, a cold voice came from the starry sky, creating ripples with a strange rhythm.
Wherever the light pattern passed, all the gods were like being struck by lightning. They fell from the sky spitting out golden blood and were unable to stand up from the ground for a long time.
The power in their bodies disappeared completely, as if all the halos were stripped away in an instant, and they were transformed from powerful gods into weak mortals.
Hecate looked up at the passing stars and the starlight in front of Zeus, and her expression suddenly changed:
"【Destiny Loom】!"
In ancient Greek mythology, the three goddesses of fate wrote, planned, and determined the fate of all things in the form of weaving. The youngest, Clotho, was responsible for managing the future and weaving the thread of life, the second sister, Lachesis, was responsible for deciding the length of the thread of life, and the eldest, Atropos, was responsible for managing death and cutting the thread of life.
What assists them in completing all these tasks is the so-called "Loom of Destiny", which is equivalent to the terminal processor that keeps the entire world running normally.
However, this thing should only be a concept, not a concrete entity.
Because of the overly rigid [fate] and the inflexible [constants], the entire world will lack the lubrication of [chance] and eventually decay and wither.
Unexpectedly, in the two hundred years since they were away, Zeus not only devoured the three goddesses of fate, but also materialized the [Loom of Fate] by constantly collecting the spirituality of all things, preparing to compose the future and destiny of the entire world by himself.
This is his divine work?
Hecate realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately shouted:
"That thing must be destroyed, quickly!"
Everyone's heart trembled. The descendants of Typhon led by Ladon and the remnants of the giants headed by Prometheus decisively organized a second wave of attack and rushed madly towards the starry sky in front of Zeus that looked like a loom.
Seeing the figures gathering again, Zeus pulled the Star Shuttle violently:
"Heaven's will: Suppression!"
In an instant, the stars in the sky shone together, and the interwoven starlight was like an invisible hammer, smashing down on the gods, monsters, and giants, pounding them violently into their bodies.
Balls of blood mist exploded, and thousands of monsters and giants were turned into minced meat under this prison-like power.
However, Hecate was not frightened by the tragic scene before her. Instead, a sharp gleam appeared in her eyes.
Zeus's movements are slowing down, and the power of God's words is declining!
The world has not yet been remade, and his divine work is not yet perfect!
In other words, he cannot completely control this [Loom of Fate] and manipulate the destiny of all things!
There is still a chance!
"Keep going, don't give him time to recover!"
Hearing the order from the Queen of Hell, the heroes stood up without hesitation and launched the third charge towards the almighty God-King.
The anger of having his weakness seen through and the humiliation of having his dignity challenged burned fiercely in Zeus's chest, turning into a raging flame:
"court death!!"
Two silver arms crossed and swung down, and the violent thunder turned into thousands of shooting light spears. Wherever they passed, even the space was torn into narrow fracture zones.
The heroes who launched the third round of charge did not even wait to get close to the star field. Many of their charging figures melted in the terrifying lightning.
At this moment, the glorious gods were stripped of their power, the brave giants and monsters were brutally suppressed, and the heroes who rose up were defeated...
So, what about the weaker ones?
Back off?
The mortal spellcasters and warriors looked at each other and laughed.
No!
Even the strongest have failed, which just proves that the evil in front of us is even stronger! More power is needed to fight for it!
Archers from Arcadia, powerful troops from Sparta, sorcerers from the Hermetic sect, believers from Eleusis... batch after batch of weak figures joined this brutal war of gods and launched the fourth round of attack.
"Die! All of you die!"
Zeus' eyes were bloodshot as he brandished two spears made of lightning, sweeping in all directions.
Wherever the thunder struck, life was like a falling comet, falling from the silver sky in pieces, and being decomposed into pure spirit particles and dissipating.
But the Pegasus Knights of Athens, the Wyvern Army of Colchis, the Blood Guards of Thessaly, the Dionysians of Thebes... one successor after another filled the gap without hesitation and moved forward courageously.
This is a rebellion about destiny, a war to take back the future!
No one can escape, no one can stay out of it.
During the continuous charge, the lightning on Zeus' body dimmed rapidly, and the starry sky above his head began to shake.
The gods, giants, and monsters on earth successively felt that the repressive force in their bodies was weakening, and they also struggled to stand up without hesitation and joined the ranks to fight against the tyrant.
Amidst the raging sparks, a beam of blazing flame shot up into the sky, carrying with it a violent destructive force, heading straight for the [Loom of Destiny] in front of Zeus.
Don’t even think about it!
Zeus' eyes flashed with a grim look, and his silver arms grabbed the floating star shuttle into his hands. The fierce lightning and the power of destiny stored in his body burst out completely.
"Destiny: Destruction!"
The two rays of golden-red and dark-silver light collided, forming a cross-shaped light band that looked like a supernova explosion.
"boom!"
The invincible divine light swept in all directions. The starry sky shattered like glass, and powerful streams of chaotic turbulence gushed out from the dark cracks.
The sky collapsed, the sun and moon dimmed, and the stars disappeared.
Gods, giants, monsters, heroes... exhausted figures fell from the chaotic sky and smashed into various parts of Greece like scattered meteors.
Although the giant god transformed by lightning has shrunk to the size of an ordinary man, he still stands tall on the top of Mount Olympus; although the starry sky has become much dimmer, the loom that controls fate is still turning.
The determined warriors wanted to return to the battlefield, but because of the erosion and suppression of the divine authority, they were not allowed to struggle or resist, and could only collapse in the mud like ants.
They had done everything they could, and they had failed miserably.
At this moment, the Holy Mount Olympus, located at the center of the explosion, has been completely destroyed, and the only two remaining figures are standing facing each other in the ruins.
Zeus looked down at his son, who was helpless and could barely stand, with a ferocious sneer on his face:
"You think you can replace me? Dream on!"
How about the Titan's Curse? How about the Prophecy of Destiny?
In the end, he surpassed everything and stood at the pinnacle of destiny!
Luo En wiped the golden blood that flowed from the corner of his mouth, looked at his blood father and corrected him seriously:
"I don't want your throne, and I have no interest in becoming the next you. I just want you to die."
Hearing this outrageous declaration, Zeus laughed in anger:
"Want to kill me? Fine, fine! Then I will let you have a taste of what true despair is like first!"
The waving thunder spear swept towards the sky, and the star shuttles on the loom fell one by one.
The descending star shuttles split into billions of light beams in the sky, like a swarm of meteors with long flaming tails, cutting through the surface of the world and sewing the inevitable fate of destruction into the flesh and blood of the world.
Boom boom boom boom!
One after another, brilliant stars fell to various parts of the Greek world, causing horrific explosions and sounding the clarion call of doomsday.
The next moment.
The surface is burning.
The world is burning.
Everything that could be called "civilized" was trampled and destroyed.
Being an intellectual being is not even allowed to be subordinate.
Countless stardust like light dust spread out with the explosion. The lives contaminated by these substances twisted in pain and destroyed themselves in collapse. Finally, they turned into pure spirit particles and gathered towards the throne above Olympus, serving as nutrients to nourish the God King of Heaven.
In fact, not only life, but also non-life existence was wiped out.
Forests burned, oceans boiled, mountains collapsed, and tectonic plates split apart.
Then, disasters such as floods, storms, earthquakes, etheric tides, etc., struck every corner of Greece.
Driven by "God's will", the whole world is like burning firewood, burning everything and contributing all its light and heat for the king who intends to ascend to the supreme throne.
On Mount Olympus, Zeus stretched out his arms to welcome the spiritual light pouring down from the Hole in the Sky, and his divine will soared wildly in a ferocious laugh:
"The world is my furnace, and all things are my firewood! Today, my divine work will be reborn from your residue and the ashes of the world!"
"Don't even think about it!"
Loen gritted his teeth and roared, and the Spear of Nation-Building in his hand shot out, passed through the starry sky, and fell into the vast earth.
In an instant, the chaotic tide that was wantonly washing over the earth's surface and dissolving all life seemed to have encountered a solid wall of steel. It shook violently and the overwhelming ether wave instantly collapsed and dissipated.
Buzz!
At the same time, a large palm tree wrapped in golden flames broke through the blockade of endless lightning and grew to a height of ten thousand feet. Nine all-embracing light-like branches waved vigorously, gluing the broken sky and cracked earth together again.
Along with the flashing of countless light patterns, jade-colored arches made of marble and engraved with Hermetic characters rose from the ground all over Greece.
Compared with the world that is about to be destroyed, the inside of the gate seems to be another extreme, with green grass, gurgling water, like a paradise of life.
Then, a huge golden cup poured down from the clouds, sprinkling sweet divine liquid onto the earth.
--liquor?
Figures struggling in despair sniffed the rich fragrance that fell on their bodies, either dazed or reminiscing.
At this moment, a solemn and low chanting came from the sky:
"This is the temple of God, this is the gate of heaven, where the living are sheltered and the dead are blessed!"
Suddenly, those lucky ones who were sprinkled with the divine liquid turned into streams of light, escaping the quagmire of doomsday and entering the safe sanctuary in the tree.
Lord Shepherd! It is Lord Shepherd who is protecting us!
The ecstatic survivors walked out of the ruins, actively welcoming the rain of light falling from the sky, eager to gain the qualification to enter the kingdom of God.
The golden cup in the sky also poured out the divine liquid without reservation, opening the door equally to all things in the world.
Gradually, the plants, animals, humans, monsters, and gods that had not yet been wiped out on the earth turned into billions of streams of light and were absorbed into the kingdom supported by the giant tree.
"Bang!"
The lightning spear swept across, and the figure who hastily raised the flaming magic sword slid back a hundred meters and crashed heavily into the mountain behind. The swaying divine fire was like a candle in the wind.
"You can't even protect yourself, yet you're still thinking about extending the lives of these ants who are struggling to survive? How indecisive and weak! You're not like me at all!"
Zeus looked at his son lying in the rubble and snorted with disdain.
"So you are so outstanding, but what have you gained?" Luo En stood up with the help of his sword, looking at the vast and ruined world with a sneer on his face, "A king without even citizens and territory is no different from a beast, right?"
Zeus didn't care and spoke proudly:
"As long as I have the last laugh and rebuild my divine power, everything I want will come back. No matter what you do for them now, it will be meaningless in the future. Because these weaklings, these ants, are destined to only follow the strong, and they will follow whoever wins!"
"Oh? Really?"
Looking at this confident Father God, Loen showed a playful smile on his face.
"Your people are good, they all follow me."
“…”
"Your children are good too. They all respect me."
“…”
"Oh, by the way, your wives are even better, they all love me..."
"--Shut up!"
Finally, under Loen's understated narration, Zeus, who could no longer bear it, completely broke down. Fierce lightning gushed out of his body, and his angry roar resounded through the sky.
"Die! I want you to die!"
(End of this chapter)