The bolts of lightning that struck down from the sky seemed to echo Athena's current mood.
A deafening clap of thunder jolted her awake from her daze, and she snapped back to reality.
Athena's eyes widened, and she shook her head in disbelief.
Her lips moved slightly as she murmured to herself:
"No... that can't be."
She glanced sideways, her gaze settling on Victor.
Seeing him with his hands in his pockets, still maintaining his former absolute confidence.
At the same time, he was methodically directing the two giant beasts in the sky to engage in a fierce battle with Zeus.
The trench coat behind him was covered in lightning, fluttering erratically in the air with the surging storm, tearing out dazzling light.
The more Athena gazed at Victor, the more she felt that Poseidon's words made perfect sense.
Victor never seemed to intend to take them back to the Karencia Empire; he had only said that they were there to help him.
Despite the other party's promise to take them home
but……
Will Victor really keep his promise, which has no guarantee whatsoever?
However, Athena still instinctively refused to believe it.
"This...this is impossible."
Nothing is impossible.
Poseidon's response reached her ears in just half a second.
This calm yet firm voice utterly shattered the last glimmer of hope in Athena's heart.
"You don't need to think about whether I'm still trying to turn you against me."
"Do you think there's any point in this anymore?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Poseidon looked up at Zeus, who was now enraged and had lost his mind, and gave a disdainful sneer.
At this moment, Zeus, with his face that still blotted out the sky, continued to launch indiscriminate attacks on the ground.
Meanwhile, two giant dragons tumbled and weaved through the dark clouds high in the sky.
While dodging the attacks unleashed by Zeus, he also commanded the wind and thunder.
Like a swimming dragon, it continued to launch a fierce counterattack against Zeus.
Upon hearing these words, Athena turned her gaze to Zeus and immediately understood Poseidon's intention.
That's right, nowadays, even if they went back and relied on Zeus to attack Viktor, it would be pointless.
As Poseidon said.
It's no longer necessary.
When Zeus, the only chief god, was infected with the virus and lost his divinity, the fate of the gods was already sealed.
This fate means that humanity will no longer believe in gods.
No one wanted to see that the god they once revered was actually such a madman.
His breath seemed to contain chaos and destruction, and his eyes were filled with violent lightning.
Compared to Victor, he seemed more like a true evil god.
Who would be willing to believe in a god who, when insane, cannot distinguish friend from foe and even wants to destroy humanity?
Therefore, Viktor's plan was undoubtedly extremely successful.
From the very beginning, his goal was to destroy the gods.
What Victor wanted was for the world to have no more faith in gods.
Therefore, Zeus was particularly crucial in this plan.
Because even other gods look like evil gods.
As long as Zeus, the king of the gods, behaves reasonably well, humanity may still be able to regain faith in the gods.
This new faith offers the hope of restoring their original divine body and divinity.
Therefore, before Zeus turned evil, the gods still had a good chance.
Unfortunately, they failed to seize this opportunity.
Now, Zeus, who has been corrupted, is displaying the madness of an evil god.
In this situation, if other gods were to aid Zeus, they would be directly regarded as accomplices of the evil gods.
Of course, even if we don't help them, they are already evil gods.
The most ingenious part of Victor's plan was that he initially prevented Zeus from being infected by the virus from the "Golden Apple".
He didn't do that in order to deepen humanity's impression of Zeus.
By comparing Zeus with other gods who possess characteristics of "evil gods".
As the gods fought among themselves, they left an impression on everyone.
That is, Zeus is clearly the only normal god.
This will force many people to place more faith and hope in him.
Ultimately, under immense pressure, Zeus's reason collapsed, and he lost his "intermittent illusions."
The "Golden Apple" virus was immediately attached to Zeus, completing the final transformation.
If Zeus had been mentally broken and infected with the virus from the beginning, the effect would never have been as shocking and terrifying to humanity as it is now.
This is a live broadcast to the whole world, and people all over the world are watching everything that is happening here through their screens.
Humanity all over the world placed their hopes on Zeus.
Only when enough hope is gathered can deeper despair be triggered.
Once Zeus became a 'wicked god' in everyone's mind, people no longer wondered why the gods had fallen to such a state.
They would only think that Zeus was supposed to be this way, and that the previous solemnity and holiness were all a disguise.
After that, they never believed in any gods again.
Even the goddess of justice, who never intervened in the conflict from the beginning, would be blacklisted as someone to be distrusted.
"Win or lose, he has achieved his goal."
Poseidon spoke in a deep voice.
"He has won, but we are all doomed."
"Even if he fails, we will not gain the faith of mankind."
His eyes no longer held the initial anger, but were filled with a deep, still calm, as if he had accepted his fate.
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