Chapter 288 Where are my teammates? Save them! (5.7k)
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zeus, whose scalp was tingling, decisively picked up the proposal that he had previously abandoned and shouted loudly.
"Let's make peace first! Everyone, take up your weapons and prepare for battle! Everything, for Olympus!"
During this period, he did not forget to bring up the name of justice and provide pre-war encouragement.
However, there was silence behind him and no one responded.
He subconsciously looked back and was shocked to see that the ruins where the rebels had gathered before were now empty.
“…”
After a brief silence, a cry of grief and anger resounded through the sky.
"I XX##XX!"
At the same time, in a cave somewhere in Olympus.
The rebellious gods all collapsed and gasped in fear.
After the great battle with Zeus, almost all of them were injured, and even their divine nature was slightly damaged. They were in a complete disadvantage and would need a long period of recuperation before they could fully recover.
The unexpected self-detonation of a certain guy was equally powerful. It not only severely damaged Zeus and the three hundred-armed giants, but also almost killed them on the spot.
If the other party had not had a little conscience, and had not informed Hera and Athena to evacuate in advance through a small gesture of shaking hands while rescuing them, they would probably have been buried by the rubble by now.
Although the rubble and lava would not do anything to them, the same might not be true for the Titans and Typhon's demon army that would appear next.
Apollo couldn't help feeling a little scared when he thought of the terrifying shadows covering the sky above Mount Olympus, like a swarm of locusts passing through.
Fortunately, it wasn't directed at them...
"Where's my sister? How is she?"
Then, Apollo, whose mood had calmed down a little, looked across.
"Don't worry, he just fainted."
Athena spoke calmly, and casually put Artemis, whose head was bulging high, down from her shoulder.
Because she did not receive the message from Loen immediately, the hunting goddess exploded when she saw her lover self-destruct, and she wanted to fight Zeus on the spot.
Fortunately, Athena was quick-witted and knocked Artemis unconscious and took her away when she was not prepared.
Of course, this was done with good intentions, but judging by the swelling on the back of Artemis' head, there was some personal grudge involved.
After confirming that his sister was fine, Apollo breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the team's think tank again.
"So what should we do next?"
Zeus's power was far beyond their imagination, and the ironic "destiny" always stabbed them in the back where they least expected, causing them to fail.
In addition, the Titans and Typhon, who were supposed to be imprisoned in Tartarus, also came to join in the fun, making the situation even more confusing.
The series of misfortunes have left Apollo in a state of confusion, and he can only ask Athena for advice.
Athena thought for a moment and suggested in a deep voice.
"Now there are Titans and Typhon's Void Spirits surrounding us. We will definitely become sitting ducks if we go out. Since everyone is seriously injured, let's rest for three days and take the time to heal."
"But on the mountain..."
"Don't worry, he is the God King of Heaven. We couldn't pull him off the throne even with our combined efforts. It won't be that easy for those Void Spirits who have just broken free of some consciousness to change the world."
Athena spoke calmly, but then a hint of sarcasm appeared in her words.
"Besides, that is his Olympus. Defending his royal authority is what he should do. Let's just take care of ourselves first."
Apollo nodded, suppressing the slight sense of responsibility that arose in his heart.
That’s right, let’s heal first. Once our injuries are stabilized and we’ve recovered some strength, it won’t be too late to work together to quell this unrest.
Then, the gods looked at each other and nodded, reaching a tacit understanding, and each chose a quiet place to take time to heal and recover.
However, having just experienced a series of misfortunes, the atmosphere in the cave was a bit depressing.
Seeing this, Hephaestus in the corner coughed lightly.
"Actually, Luo En..."
"Hephaestus, everyone is in a bad mood right now, so let's not talk about this."
Athena tried to dissuade him, but faced with his friend's advice, the dull craftsman could only follow her advice and swallow the second half of the sentence obediently.
However, he quickly raised his hand again and spoke hesitantly.
"Well, I have something else to say."
"What?"
Without waiting for Athena to object, Apollo opened his eyes and asked.
Hephaestus in the corner looked around, his eyes swept over Athena, Hera, Apollo, Artemis, and Aphrodite in turn, and spoke softly.
"Have we forgotten someone?"
“…”
In an eerie silence, the gods looked at each other in bewilderment.
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Meanwhile, Mt.
Poseidon struggled to reassemble his body and climbed out of the rubble. He looked at the ruins of Olympus after the nuclear bomb and the dense army of Typhon and Titans in the sky. His brain couldn't help but shut down.
Teammates? Where are my teammates? This is not right!
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
However, before he could be stunned for too long, thunderbolts exploded one after another around him. The virtual spirits attracted by the roar looked at the Sea King with gloomy and cruel eyes.
Looking at the familiar figure that flashed and hid in the clouds in the sky, Poseidon's whole old face turned from pale due to excessive blood loss to black as if covered with soot from the bottom of a pot in an instant, and his angry roar resounded through the sky.
"Zeus, I XX##XX!"
But before he could finish his words, void spirits swarmed in like locusts, venting their anger at the main god of Olympus for being imprisoned and stripped of their divine power.
At the critical moment, Poseidon made up his mind, waving his trident wildly, summoning the power of the ocean to protect himself, while withstanding the siege of the void spirits, he rushed towards the thundercloud in the sky with gritted teeth.
You don't want me to have a good life, right? Then let's not live anymore! Let's die together!
Under the guidance of Poseidon, those virtual spirits soon found the real target who was hiding his head and showing his tail. With strong resentment in their hearts, they surrounded and beat up Zeus, his three hundred-armed giants, and Ares who was involved.
Of course, as a member of the Olympian gods, Poseidon himself is also one of the targets of the Void Spirits' attack.
Thus, a fierce war between gods began amid the shouting and cursing of the three parties.
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At this moment, at the entrance of the cave.
Seeing the blue halo flickering in the sky above Olympus, the gods finally felt relieved. They all turned their guilty gazes away and walked towards the depths of the cave where they could not see the sky, and began to seize the time to heal themselves.
As for our ally Poseidon, I'm sorry, but he's on his own.
Just as Athena closed her eyes and prepared to enter meditation, the defensive spell set up in front of her was pierced by a cold arrow.
Artemis woke up from her coma and looked at the goddess of wisdom with gritted teeth.
"Why did you knock me out?"
"He asked for it."
"He...Lorne?"
The huntress' eyes lit up, and she immediately rushed forward and grabbed Athena's arm, her face full of excitement and ecstasy.
"He's still alive, isn't he?"
"have no idea."
Athena shook her head and explained calmly.
"He just asked us to be patient for three days, and everything will be over after three days."
"Three days? Great! Such a short time will pass quickly!"
Artemis nodded excitedly and immediately turned to heal herself.
Looking at the decisive figure of the Huntress leaving, Athena's prepared long speech got stuck in her throat, and a complicated look appeared in her purple eyes.
Another one who was fascinated to death...
So after three days, what exactly do you want to do?
The goddess of wisdom in the shadows slowly opened the clenched fingers of her right hand, looked quietly at the motionless serpentine twelve-sided dice in her palm, and fell into a long contemplation.
At the same time, a new war between gods on the top of the mountain officially began.
Zeus rode the chariot of time across the sky, using clouds as armor, thunder as a shield, lightning as a spear, and thunderbolts as arrows. The three hundred-armed giants, Kotos, Briareus, and the warlike Ghouas, followed him on both sides, the god of war Ares was in front, and Poseidon, the god of the sea, was forced to follow.
The leaders of the void spirits, the Demon Ancestor Typhon and the Titan King Kronos, were not to be outdone. One of them raised a fierce ether storm that swept everything around him, while the other raised the giant sickle in his hand and attacked Zeus' lower three areas.
The Titans and monsters gathered in the sky, roared loudly, and started to beat up the culprits who imprisoned them.
Faced with the massive offensive, Zeus either avoided it, or split it with lightning, or drove the chariot of time to ram it, and also drove up thunder and storms, constantly disrupting the formations of the Titans and Typhon's demon army.
Soon, Typhon was the first to collapse, and most of his shadow was shattered by the thunder, falling straight towards the Sea of Oceanus. The shadow of the Titan King Kronos was also pierced by the lightning and shattered.
Although they came to Olympus for unknown reasons, the "Real Dream" in the Garden of Elysium is still suppressing their bodies and dividing their divine power, so only part of their consciousness has escaped.
For Zeus, although the situation was tricky, it was not difficult to deal with.
But before he could catch his breath, a huge whirlpool arose in the Sea of Oceanus, the three bronze walls on the seabed uttered a shaking and tearing wail, the three dark curtains of the underworld overflowed with billowing black smoke, and the shattered shadows of Typhon, Cronus, the Titans and the gods and monsters condensed again, and seemed clearer than before.
Roars came from the abyss, becoming more violent and louder.
Zeus' heart sank and his face looked extremely ugly.
Their strength is constantly recovering, their will is constantly breaking free, and their power is constantly recovering!
What on earth is going on? !
No one answered the King of Gods' questions, and the Void Spirits, who had not yet fully recovered their sanity, were driven by instinct and launched attacks on Olympus again and again like a tide.
The new gods and the old gods clashed fiercely, and terrifying turmoil and visions were transmitted from the heavens to the earth.
In a trance, countless lives on the earth looked up.
Look up at the thunder representing God's wrath and the devil's shadow from the past, galloping across the sky and colliding with each other.
“Shhhhhhh!”
A meteor fell from the dawn sky, and a streak of light streaked across the dark river of the sky.
In the friction with the air, the boiling rich ether blooms with dazzling light in the night.
The scenery when looking up at the sky from the earth is like a frozen oil painting, unchanged.
But the next moment.
“BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!”
The sky collapsed and the stars fell, bringing death and terror.
The surface is burning.
The world is burning.
Buildings, villages, fields, towns...
Things that can be called "civilized" in the eyes of humans are being trampled and destroyed one after another.
The fragile life is so humble that in this sudden disaster, it is not even allowed to breathe.
Lord of joy, please have mercy on me once again.
All living beings tremble, kneel, and pray...
However, this time, no one responded and the statue became dim.
In a trance, they got the answer.
The supplicant who had answered their prayers and ascended to Olympus had died a martyr.
Unprecedented grief boiled in the hearts of the weak, eventually brewing into sobs and wails.
Boom!
Thousands of purple-white thunders exploded from one cloud layer after another, either flying back and forth or striking vertically in the boundless night, like an angry dragon descending to the world.
Through the faint light of thunder and lightning, one can see the turbulent muddy current that has completely submerged the coastal land. The height of the Oceanus Sea is as high as a thousand meters.
Hurricane after hurricane swept across the surging waves, rolling and raging, penetrating the sky and the earth, and complementing the dense and numerous lightning.
The noise and fighting in the sky eventually drowned out all the noise on the earth.
And in the deep darkness, the world seemed to fall into eternal loneliness, and as time went by, it was constantly distorted and altered by this unprecedented war between gods.
On the first day, there was no distinction between light and darkness, and the balance between day and night was lost;
On the second day, the stars disappeared, and the sun and moon sank;
On the third day, the sky fell and the earth was in chaos.
The dense turbulence of ether was visible to the naked eye, and even humans in the city's protective barrier found it difficult to breathe. Only the mighty thunder shuttled through the sky.
The forests are burning, the oceans are boiling, the mountains are crumbling, the sun and the moon have lost their light, the stars are falling, and the whole world presents a doomsday scene.
"It's happening too fast." The prophet shuddered.
"Pick up sword and shield to protect yourself!" The ruler stood up.
"It's too late." The scholars gave up.
"But, there must be a glimmer of hope, right?" The living gathered in front of the temple, making a confused and painful plea.
Finally, under the bricks and stones in front of the statue, we saw grape vines with tender buds.
——What crime has the righteous man committed that he has fallen into such danger? Give him relief and he can return to his herd.
The confused flock of sheep seemed to hear the comforting voice from somewhere, and like drowning ants they clung tightly to the dead leaves that represented hope, and together in the darkness of the end of the world, they blessed together.
“O Lord of Paradise.
You are my shepherd, I shall not want.
You make me lie down in green pastures; you lead me beside quiet waters.
You restore my soul; you lead me in paths of righteousness for your name's sake.
Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
O Lord of Paradise.
If you sing, the light will rise for you,
If you bleed, the filth will be washed away.
Fellow countrymen whisper together, and the gospel is heard thousands of miles away.
From this the fine wine gushes forth, and the three phases become one.
O Lord of Paradise.
Invite you to look down upon the glorious other side and join us in this heavenly feast.
The world is a dance, and there is laughter till the end.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil;
Because you are there with me!"
…
Finally, a beam of light lit up on Mount Olympus, illuminating the darkness and announcing the end of this long night.
The Titan gods and Typhon demon army in the sky, which had almost condensed into physical entities, seemed to have encountered their natural enemies. Their bodies decomposed uncontrollably, and their powers became the cornerstone for filling the gaps in the world again. Their consciousness was dragged into the Tartarus hell under the deep sea by an invisible force again.
The remaining divine seals, under the melting of light, turned into a giant golden egg.
“Chiu!”
Along with the faint and crisp bird calls, a heartbeat like that of a pacemaker could be heard from inside the giant egg.
And each cycle brings earth-shaking changes to the world.
The first time, day and night are divided, and the four seasons operate.
The second time, the sky closed and the stars lit up,
The third time, the waters were divided into upper and lower parts, the raging waves receded, the continent appeared, and the city was preserved.
“Crack!”
A clear and crisp sound came from the sky, and the giant egg broke its shell. A jewel-like figure emerged from the egg, with golden wings shining brightly behind it.
Until this moment, the trembling lambs in the high walls and temples finally believed that the disaster was over and the world was at peace.
They wept quietly in joy, celebrating together their survival.
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At the same time, in the cave.
“Buzz!”
A buzzing and vibrating twelve-sided dice flew out from Athena's hand, piercing straight through the belly of Olympus and shooting upwards.
The goddess of wisdom suddenly opened her eyes, immediately summoned the Aegis Shield and the Spear of Victory, stepped out of the defensive spell, and spoke solemnly.
"It's time to go up the mountain!"
The gods, who had just finished their rest, were excited and immediately rushed out of the cave, turning into streams of light and rushing to the top of Mount Olympus.
And in the midst of the burning flames, a familiar figure was standing tall, with a smile as warm as the breeze.
"Loen!"
Artemis cheered in surprise and wanted to throw herself into the arms of her resurrected lover.
Facing the passionate female hunter, Loen could only give her a comforting look and then turned to look at the ruins in front of him.
The three hundred-armed giants were almost turned into bare mountains of flesh, falling to the ground;
Ares, the god of mad war, was bloody and healed slowly;
Poseidon, the king of the sea, turned into a pool of gelatinous seawater, wriggling with difficulty;
The last figure, although also riddled with holes, was holding the Aegis Shield and was able to stand.
Seeing this, Luo En cursed in his heart.
Damn it, this is outrageous!
First, he was attacked by seven rebellious gods;
Then he blew himself up unexpectedly;
Finally, he was beaten by a large number of Titans and Typhon's demon army for three days and three nights. Even now, how can this old Deng still be alive and kicking?
You know, although those Titans and Typhon's demon army were initially just virtual spirits carrying a small part of consciousness and divinity, their strength was not that strong.
But with his death and Hecate's imprisonment, the dream world of Elysae lost the support of accidental divine power and could no longer restrict their entities, so these old gods would break free from their shackles little by little over time and take back their former strength and authority.
And within these three days, the entire world will gradually show signs of collapse as they are liberated.
Because the separated power and flesh of the old gods are the cornerstones for building and perfecting the new world. Once the cornerstone is taken away, the world will inevitably fall apart.
According to Hecate, the former warden, if they are not restricted, it will take them three days at most to gather from spirits into entities and possess extraordinary combat power; it will take them seven days at most to recover to their peak and completely break the shackles from the dream world.
Therefore, the Typhon Demon Army and the Titans can be used as assistance, but cannot be truly relied upon.
But even so, these old gods, who had been placed with high hopes, still failed to explode Zeus's gold coins within the limited time.
As Hecate said, Zeus who possessed the [Blessing of Destiny] was almost an invincible bug. If one wanted to kill this God-King of Destiny, one had to completely strip away the halo of destiny from him to have a chance of winning.
His thoughts raced, and Loen made up his mind. He smiled and looked up at the air behind Zeus.
Three goddesses in soft and light dresses stood side by side between the thunderclouds. One of them held a silk thread, one held a ruler, and one held a pair of scissors. Their deep eyes looked down at the creatures in the world, cold and mysterious.
——Croato who weaves the lifeline, Lachesis who distributes the life degrees, and Atropos who takes back the lifeline.
They were the legendary three goddesses of fate. Their appearance was the real reason why Zeus turned defeat into victory.
In the Greek world of the gods, there is a general consensus that the authority of the three goddesses of fate is above all else, and no god or man can disobey them. Even though Zeus is the king of all gods, in charge of the heavens and the earth, and has infinite power, his own fate is controlled by these three goddesses and cannot be completely controlled by himself.
Likewise, whether it is Typhon's demon army or the Titans, in the face of [inevitable fate], they can only accept their own defeat.
Looking at the three behind-the-scenes bosses who finally appeared in front of him, a brilliant smile appeared on Loen's face.
"So, let's talk, shall we, the three of you?"
(End of this chapter)
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