When Hades announced his surrender, everyone in the arena remained silent, sitting quietly in their seats.
As they watched Zeus, the king of the gods, fall from the sky, their faces showed no joy at their victory in the battle.
Discerning viewers could clearly sense Hades's intense and obvious sarcasm, as well as the power gap between him and Zeus.
It's very big.
Although Zeus also displayed astonishing power.
This power was enough to shake the world, causing Shul and the surrounding cities to suffer the onslaught of lightning.
The air bursts apart under the stimulation of the electric arc, causing space to twist and deform.
Even so, it was clear to anyone that he was no match for Hades.
Throughout the battle, Hades appeared completely at ease, a composure that could not possibly be faked.
If we were to make a comparison...
Hades was like a ruthless emperor who had fought countless battles and was the first to charge into the fray.
Zeus, on the other hand, is like a king who commands warriors but lacks practical combat experience.
They are nowhere near as astute as Hades in grasping every detail of the battle.
The stark difference is immediately apparent.
However, in this overwhelmingly unequal battle, Hades chose to concede defeat.
Although they couldn't understand this behavior, they couldn't laugh even after winning.
For Hades, this victory was like a stone on the ground, easily obtained.
He even showed extreme disdain for victory, rejecting it without a trace of nostalgia.
However, for humans, this stone is regarded as a rare treasure.
This sharp mockery instilled in countless audience members a sense of inexplicable humiliation and profound shame.
What they are desperately pursuing is nothing more than the trash that others contemptuously discard.
In this battle between the gods of heaven and the gods of the underworld
In the end, Zeus nominally won.
"He really did lose..."
Lia raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of surprise rising in her heart.
She was naturally surprised by Hades, since Lia never expected this.
In this battle, Hades, who held an overwhelming advantage, will lose to Zeus in what way?
Initially, when Zeus summoned a million warriors, Lia was secretly worried.
But the next moment, these warriors suddenly declared their allegiance to Hades.
This dramatic turn of events certainly caught her off guard.
Of course, Hades ultimately lost.
But not because he lost to Zeus, but because...
"See, I told you, he doesn't dare to win at all."
Persephone smiled smugly, hands on his hips, chin slightly raised, as if he were about to fly to the sky with pride.
Just as Persephone said, Hades did not dare to win.
In fact, there are various speculations and differing opinions about why Hades conceded defeat.
Some believe that Hades did this to mock Zeus, leaving a shadow of defeat in the heart of the king of the sky.
After all, on the surface, the victory in this battle should have belonged to Hades.
Some speculate that Hades was simply disappointed in his brother Zeus.
Countless viewers remember that they were originally brothers.
Inside this arena that can hold millions of people, all sorts of speculations echoed in the stands.
However, in the end, no one expected that...
The real reason was that Hades was afraid of his wife.
It's easy to imagine that Hades, without any scruples, would have completely defeated Zeus and then mocked him mercilessly after his victory.
Although Hades had a fierce wife, his personality made it impossible for him to deliberately throw the match to let Zeus win.
Therefore, Hades could only end the duel by conceding defeat after defeating his opponent.
This kind of surrender is more insulting than a simple victory.
Now, not only was Zeus himself heartbroken, but the human spectators around him were also utterly disappointed.
Clearly, they did not want a victory that could be so easily discarded by others.
At the same time, their faith in Zeus, like a tall building, collapsed in the blink of an eye, turning into a handful of dust.
"However... if Hades admits defeat, wouldn't that mean...?"
Just as everyone was immersed in humiliation, Lia, who was completely unaffected by the emotions, discovered the blind spot.
The wager between Zeus and Hades was originally about their rivalry over the most beautiful goddess in the world.
Lia also knew that the most beautiful goddess in the world was Hera.
In fact, she had never met Hera.
After all, the other party had always been in the adventurer's capital in the southern part of the empire.
When Victor first went south, he incorporated Hera's Beast Guild into the Clavner family.
During that time, many of the core members of the Beast Guild moved to Braxton.
At that time, suitable positions were scarce for these freedom-loving adventurers.
So Lia organized them into guards for the family caravan, who frequently traveled between Braxton and the capital.
At that time, the Clevina family caravan was the only one escorted by a fourth-tier powerhouse.
Of course, as the guild leader of the Beast Guild, Hera never left the south and remained at the Beast Guild's main headquarters.
Furthermore, with Victor gone for ten years and the south facing a crisis, Hera needs to stay there to defend against the monsters.
The south is extremely dangerous, and for an ordinary person like Lia who neither possesses magic nor excels in combat, the empire even forbids her from going there.
Therefore, Lia never actually met the guild master of the Beast Guild.
But it cannot be denied that
Hera had always been a retainer of the Clyvenar family.
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