Chapter 440: Me and Gunhead, choose one?
After scanning the area and seeing the iconic silver hair and purple eyes, as well as a facial feature vaguely similar to Athena, Lorne asked tentatively:
"Metis?"
The beautiful silver-haired woman in the corner was startled when she heard the words. She subconsciously raised her head and looked in the direction of the voice. The confusion on her face gradually faded away as she thought about it.
As the other party responded, Loen also completely confirmed the identity of the silver-haired beauty in front of him.
——Athena’s mother, Metis, the original goddess of wisdom!
According to the Theogony, Metis was known as the wisest of gods and men, a righteous planner, who had helped Zeus establish the gods of Olympus. However, Zeus was afraid of the curse in the Titan blood, so he used words to coax Metis and swallowed her while his wife was weak and pregnant. Later, Metis gave birth in Zeus' body, and Athena's divinity was too strong for Zeus to absorb, and she was finally born from Zeus's brain. But Metis herself was still imprisoned in Zeus' body, using her wisdom and divine power to assist Zeus in thinking and decision-making.
It is also because of this that His Majesty the God-King was able to transcend the fateful reincarnation of the Titan bloodline step by step, and absorbed the three goddesses of fate who represent the world order, becoming the God-King of the End with today's destiny.
Once Zeus loses the wisdom and divinity of Metis, his strategy and acumen will inevitably be greatly reduced, which is an unacceptable flaw for the perfect career that Zeus pursues.
In shock and anger, Zeus on the throne did not bother to suppress the strange power that invaded his body. He immediately raised his hand to summon thunder, which turned into intertwined silver-white electric ropes in his palm, shooting towards Metis in the corner, vowing to take back this wisdom.
However, at this moment, a graceful figure passed through the sea of stars, broke through the air and fell into the temple, standing in front of Metis with a shield in hand, blocking the fierce lightning.
Athena!
Seeing his daughter appear in the Great Temple, Zeus was shocked and decisively summoned the Thunder Scepter, trying to break through the defense of the Aegis Shield in one fell swoop.
But at the same time, a trident wrapped in a water-blue torrent flew in from outside the temple gate, knocked the Thunder Scepter away, and the lightning gathered in the sky also dissipated.
The fishy and salty sea breeze rushed into the hall. A middle-aged man wearing mountain bronze armor and with a pale face stepped over the threshold and cast a sinister look at Zeus on the throne.
Poseidon? He's resurrected!
Wasn't it said that all those rebellious gods were suppressed in Tartarus to consume their divinity and serve as the cornerstone of the new world?
Faced with the continuous changes, Zeus could no longer bear it and immediately cursed:
"Pandora, that piece of shit!"
"Are you looking for her?"
A deep voice echoed, and Hades, the god of the underworld, wearing black armor, walked into the great temple with a fork in one hand and Pandora in the other.
"Father!"
As soon as he entered the door, Melinoe jumped into his old father's arms and couldn't help sobbing.
She was really scared this time.
In the past, she relied on her status as the princess of the underworld to bully others in the underworld. No matter how she messed around, there were always people who spoiled her and secretly cleared up all the messes for her.
Therefore, Melinoe did not think that the so-called struggle for theocracy would be cruel at all, and even sneered at his father Hades' cowardly behavior of living in a corner of the underworld.
However, when she really faced this struggle, she realized how terrible her blood relatives could be for the sake of divine power!
Two hundred years ago, she was bored with staying in the underworld, so she sneaked to the surface to play, but was captured by Zeus from the underworld.
Afterwards, the other party used her as bait to lure her mother Persephone to the ground, easily captured the mother and daughter, and swallowed them mercilessly, holding them hostage in order to force her father Hades to surrender.
During the days of imprisonment, she lost her sensory perception, her concept of time, and deeply experienced the meaning of "death".
If she had not been accidentally freed today, she would probably have stayed in Zeus's belly with her mother for the rest of her life. In the end, even if her divinity was immortal, her consciousness would have died.
Hearing his daughter's heartfelt call and feeling his wife's tight arms, Hardiston felt that two hundred years of endurance and suffering had finally paid off at this moment.
He immediately threw Pandora aside, hugged his wife and daughter who relied on him, and felt the family reunion after two hundred years.
Zeus, who was sitting on the throne, cast a murderous look at Pandora and shouted angrily:
"waste!"
At this moment, the Witch of Disaster, who was tied up tightly by multiple spells, was in tears.
Can you blame me for this?
It’s not that I’m useless, but that the enemy is too cunning!
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Time goes back to one day ago, in Pluto’s palace.
Just as Pandora finished perfunctorily dealing with Hades and was about to enjoy the final scene of the Trojan battlefield, the lifeless victim at the table slowly raised his head and spoke leisurely to Hades beside him:
"See, I told you they wouldn't follow the rules, but you still insisted on trying."
"Wait, how could you..."
The sudden change on the field made Pandora stunned, and she looked at Lorne, who had come back from the dead, in astonishment.
"How come he's not dead?" Loen raised the fading mark of the dead on his hand and looked at Pandora with a sneer. "The three goddesses of fate have fallen, and all of Greece is under the control of Zeus. How could he miss the hidden danger of the underworld? He probably left a backup plan. And for such a long time, not only did the gods of the disappeared Ares Mountain not contact me, but even the gods of the underworld didn't have any news. I knew something must have gone wrong here, so do you think I should be on guard?"
"Since you've already guessed it, why don't you do it on the ground?"
Pandora asked as she quietly backed away towards the door.
"It's too dangerous on the ground. Who knows if Zeus, who has full control over destiny, will notice anything." Lorne looked at Pandora with a smile and slowly gave the answer. "Comparatively, the underworld is much safer. At least it can interfere with destiny's perception to a certain extent. How can we take action if we don't lure you here?"
us?
Pandora's body stiffened when she heard the key words, and she turned around to look at Hades, the god of the underworld, who had stood behind her at some point.
"Don't you want to save your wife and daughter?" Pandora swallowed and threatened in a cowardly manner.
"I want to save them." Hades was unmoved by Pandora's threat, with a gloomy sneer on his face, "But do you really think I'm a fool to cooperate with you?"
As the descendant of the God King, he doesn't like fighting, but he is not a complete fool.
He had seen with his own eyes what would happen if he followed his good brother Zeus.
The skinned wet goat Amalthea, the devoured primordial goddess of wisdom Metis, the tortured prophet Prometheus... these are all living examples. In the beginning, each of them was loyal to His Majesty the King of Gods and made great contributions to the cause of the gods of Olympus.
The result? None of them had a good ending.
Similarly, if he really believed Zeus' lies and sold out the gods of Ares, I'm afraid that once his good brother eliminated all the threats, he would immediately get rid of him as well.
By then, not only would he not be able to save his wife and daughter, he might even have to sacrifice himself.
After hearing Hades' answer, Pandora immediately realized that the God of the Underworld's betrayal was not a whim, but was premeditated.
Having given up her delusion of convincing the other party, the witch of disaster turned around without hesitation and tried to escape from the underworld.
However, as soon as Pandora turned her head, she immediately stopped and raised her hands with a sad face:
"What a coincidence, you are all here..."
Outside the palace, a dead fog surged up, and the gods who had disappeared, including the goddess of wisdom Athena, the goddess of the hearth Hestia, the queen of heaven Hera, the goddess of hunting Artemis, and the god of light Apollo, suddenly appeared outside the palace.
With such a luxurious lineup, let alone her, even if the boss Zeus behind her takes the field, he has to think twice.
After all, the laws of the underworld suppressed the divine authority of the destiny. Therefore, the God King did not dare to enter the underworld easily, but asked her subordinate to pass on the message.
At this time, the gods outside the temple came in one after another and nodded to Hades. It was obvious that the two sides had already colluded with each other.
And the fact is, it is indeed so.
After learning that his wife and daughter were captured, Hades did not really give in. Instead, he secretly informed the gods of Mount Ares of his plight.
Similarly, Athena and others also realized that there might be a problem with the Greek divine authority through the mysterious deaths of some heroes with divine blood who had fought on Mount Koyama.
So the two sides hit it off and put on a show together for His Majesty the Divine King to watch.
——Hades, the god of the underworld, set up a Hongmen Banquet in the name of discussion, catching all the gods and heroes who attended the banquet, and surrendered to Zeus in exchange for a chance for his wife and daughter to survive.
Originally, according to the request of His Majesty the God King, all the rebel gods would become the cornerstones for rebuilding the Olympian gods, and their self-will would be erased.
But Hades is not stupid. On the surface, he imprisoned the gods and heroes of Mount Ares in Tartarus Hell, but in fact, he has been using the souls of the dead in [Pure Land] to collect the power of faith to maintain the consumption of the gods of Mount Ares.
However, since the Tarot Taros Hell posed a certain degree of interference to the divine authority, Zeus did not dare to take the risk to explore it.
In addition, Hades had been obedient to him for two hundred years, and the gods had really disappeared, so Zeus was deceived and thought that those former rebels had long since become the cornerstone of the gods and could no longer pose a threat to him.
But little did they know that Hades and the gods of Mount Ares were just lurking in secret, waiting for an opportunity to break the deadlock.
However, in order to prevent the God King from taking action against the Hades, Athena also instructed Hades to inform Zeus of this "hidden danger".
——One of your biological sons is still alive and wandering overseas. He is destined to replace you...
That’s right, Ron’s existence is no longer a secret, Athena and Hades have already sold him out.
Of course, only half was sold.
Hades did not reveal the secret of finding other gods and forging god-killing weapons.
But even so, it was enough to make Zeus cautious and not dare to attack the underworld easily.
Therefore, the emperor chose to play along with Hades, hoping to use Hades to dig out a potential threat, and then get rid of him after everything was settled.
And two hundred years later, the person that both sides had been waiting for finally returned, and found almost the only way to survive from the cracks, and quietly connected with the rebellious Hades.
Pandora, who was completely unaware of this, escaped from Zeus's sight and was lured into the underworld, becoming a turtle in a jar with nowhere to escape.
Looking at the large group of gods staring at her with eager eyes, Pandora, who looked weak, helpless and pitiful, shrank her neck and smiled bitterly:
"You want to use me to exchange for the Queen of the Underworld and her daughter? Impossible. His Majesty will definitely not agree. So, it's useless for you to capture me."
"We will rescue them ourselves. You just need to tell us where they are being held." Athena said bluntly, and took out her beloved Spear of Victory. "Or, do you want to choose this?"
As expected, Pandora was not loyal enough to die for Zeus.
So, after some bargaining, she honestly confessed the fact that Zeus had imprisoned the Queen of the Underworld and her daughter in his body.
And what follows is the scene that happened earlier in the Temple of Olympus.
Relying on the divine memory and the disguise of spells, Loen transformed himself into Pandora, and brought the decomposition potion prepared by Athena, Thetis and others. He took the opportunity of reporting back to the God King, and tricked him into drinking the divine wine mixed with secret medicine, so as to rescue the Queen of the Underworld and her daughter, completely eliminating the worries of everyone taking action.
But the good plan failed, and Zeus could not help but attack Pandora on the ground in anger.
"careful!"
Loen summoned the shield that Hephaestus had made for him, stepped in front of the witch of disaster, and withstood the attack of the lightning.
But feeling the numbness and soreness in his arms and the irresistible thrust on his body, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
He drank the magic potion that separated the divinity, was stabbed in the abdomen by the golden dagger with the attribute of killing gods, and his chest was pierced by the upgraded version of the Spear of Nation-building... If it were an ordinary main god, he would have been killed long ago, but this old guy was actually bearing all these debuffs, making it difficult for him to cope.
Sure enough, after devouring the three goddesses of fate, Zeus's strength had risen to a terrifying level. Even if he was seriously disabled, he could not deal with it alone.
Thinking of this, Luo En no longer hesitated and turned back to shout at Pandora behind him:
"Close the magic box immediately!"
Once this catastrophe on earth is over, he can gather all his strength to attack Zeus.
Pandora, who had just saved her life, nodded immediately and moved her lips quickly, preparing to take back the magic box.
However, Zeus on the throne smiled grimly and clenched the five fingers of his right hand into a fist.
You want to destroy my divine work? Dream on!
Suddenly, the magic box outside the city of Troy, which was constantly changing its shape, suddenly stopped. Fierce lightning exploded from the inside, and dense red and black mud poured down from the hole in the sky.
"puff!"
Pandora in the hall vomited a mouthful of golden red divine blood, her face turned pale as paper, and she couldn't help but curse at Zeus on the throne:
"Not only did you deliberately keep this trick to protect me, but you also tried to kill me again and again to silence me! I did so many dirty things for you in vain! You conscienceless old bastard!"
As she spoke, the Witch of Disaster looked at the figure in front of her with a mixture of fear and relief.
If the god of wine had not given her divine wine and taken on flesh for her before he left, just in case, she would probably have been destroyed along with the magic box.
Of course, she was so cooperative because of the experience of Eris and Perseus.
Those two colleagues were certainly loyal, yet in the end, weren't they used as stepping stones by this Father God?
You say it's for the cause of the gods of Olympus, but isn't it for yourself?
Pandora looked at the red and black bands of light on the ground, gathering countless light dusts and converging towards Olympus, and immediately shouted to the gods:
"He is using the natural disasters in the magic box to recycle the spiritual energy of all things to repair themselves. Don't let him succeed!"
The gods were startled and rushed towards Zeus on the throne.
(End of this chapter)
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