Chapter 70 Zeus: Great, no need to say more!
"That's his own son! What did he do wrong to deserve such humiliation?!"
At this time, Hestia, who had been enduring all the way from the palace, could no longer hold it in, and angrily denounced her good brother on behalf of a certain nephew.
"Biological son?"
Luo En sneered and shook his head, his eyes full of ridicule.
"Oh, as long as I stand in front of him, I can even give up my own father, so what does my own son matter to me?"
"…We…Zeus had no choice!"
Hestia almost let the cat out of the bag, but she quickly changed her words and spoke in defense of her brother who had once rescued his brothers and sisters and overthrew the brutal rule of their father, Kronos.
"Moreover, he at least has feelings for the lovers he is bound to, and the children whose blood flows in his veins. He has rescued those persecuted mothers and children from Hera time and time again."
"Oh? Really?"
Lorne looked at Hestia who was eager to clarify, raised his eyebrows and smiled.
"If he is so responsible, then where was he when Leto, the goddess of childbirth, had difficulty giving birth?
Where was he when his daughter Persephone was abducted by Hades and forced to stay in the underworld?
Where was he when Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, searched in vain for her daughter Persephone and was defiled by Poseidon?
Who turned Io into a cow and gave her to Hera to be punished?
Who caused Europa's three children to turn against each other?
Who brought this humiliation upon King Minos?"
As the other party asked her one question after another, Hestia pursed her lips, and a struggle appeared in her eyes.
"yes……"
"Is it because of Hera's jealousy? Hades's schemes? Poseidon's shamelessness? Or is it because of the unpredictable nature of human nature?"
Without waiting for the other party to argue, Lorne spoke first, with a wider smile on his face.
"Come on, don't push all the responsibilities onto others. The God King holds supreme authority. As long as he wants, who in the entire Olympus can defy his will?"
“…”
Hestia was speechless, but after a moment's silence, she still felt a little unwilling to give up and murmured.
"Perhaps, perhaps he was just deceived and just didn't want to see Olympus fall into strife..."
Perhaps it was because Zeus rescued the five brothers and sisters from the belly of their father Kronos and was willing to share power after the war, the goddess of the hearth obviously had a beautifying filter for her younger brother and was always unwilling to think badly of him.
"Until now, until King Minos told you that himself, you still can't figure it out - this King of Olympus sees it more clearly than anyone else."
Loen looked at this silly girl from the God King's family, sneered and shook his head, then raised his thin lips, outlining a cold arc, and spoke softly.
"Moreover, whether it was the conflict in Olympus or the catastrophe faced by the Minoans, he played a huge role!"
What? !
The unexpected answer exploded like thunder in Hestia's mind, causing the goddess of the hearth to look up suddenly, her eyes filled with disbelief.
"This is impossible!"
Seeing that Hestia was still not giving up, the smile on Lorne's face faded a little.
"Well, let me ask you, among the twelve main gods, Ares is the god of war, why does he only have the power of war, while the crucial power of victory is given to Athena?"
"Because, because Ares was reckless, unrestrained force will only bring disaster and disputes, so victory requires wisdom to control, so only Athena is the most suitable!"
Hestia spoke subconsciously, and her logically self-consistent arguments made her eyes brighter and brighter, and she became more confident.
"Moreover, in order to allow Athena to keep the power of victory, he also split the Aegis into two and gave it to the child. This is enough to prove his love for Athena!"
"Ares will bring disaster and strife? Oh, when did the gods who respected force and caused a flood to destroy the world become so kind? As for the favor to Athena?"
When Luo En heard this naive idea, he couldn't help but sneer.
"Then the question is, what will Ares think when the power of victory is taken away? And what will Hera, the Queen of Heaven, think?"
“……!”
Hestia shuddered, her voice a little dry.
"So, that's why Ares has always been against Athena?"
"It's not just Ares..."
Loen snorted coldly, his purple eyes were deep and dark, as if he could see the most essential evil and filth beneath the God King's glamorous appearance.
"Poseidon also wants to gain this power, so he makes things difficult for Crete in order to force Athena, the great mother goddess of the Minoans, to submit!"
"Won't Zeus take care of it?"
Hestia asked instinctively, looking indignant.
"Look, you're being stupid again, aren't you?"
Loen rolled his eyes at the forgetful stove goddess and directly broke the window paper.
"Isn't this what Zeus wants to see? He wishes that the entire Olympus would be in chaos, with no one able to hinder or threaten his kingship!"
Hestia opened her mouth, wanting to argue for her brother, the God King, but she didn't know how to start.
Seeing that this silly girl from the God King family was still stubborn, Loen simply spoke out to prevent her from being fooled by Zeus's words in the future.
"Not only is Athena now surrounded by enemies, but Ares has been deprived of the power of victory and has become an undefeated god. This is probably part of his plan."
"Why?" Hestia couldn't understand, or perhaps she didn't want to understand.
“The reason is simple. Ares is Hera’s most beloved youngest son and a powerful god of war. If he has the power to win, coupled with his mother’s doting, it is hard to guarantee that the old story of the God King family will not happen again. Kronos and Zeus himself both ascended to the throne in this way, so the power of war must be divided.
Athena was different. She was alone, and no matter how strong she was, she could not get the support of most of the gods in Olympus. At least she could not get past Hera and Ares.
In an environment surrounded by powerful enemies, she was destined to rely on Zeus and become a tool for the father god to divide Olympus.
If you don't believe me, think about it yourself. If Zeus really loved his daughter so much and couldn't bear to see Athena suffer any injustice, why didn't he release her mother Metis? And why did he swallow the pregnant goddess of wisdom directly into his stomach? "
Lorne glanced at Hestia, whose face was turning blue, and further tore open the shiny surface of Olympus, revealing the dirty flesh within.
“Similarly, the conflict between the God of Craftsman and his mother Hera is no coincidence.
If that good father really cared about his son and the peace of Olympus, he should have stopped Hera before she abandoned Hephaestus, instead of waiting until the god of craftsmanship became lame and filled with resentment towards Hera before ordering Hermes to bring Hera back to Olympus, and then hypocritically leading the reconciliation between mother and son to demonstrate his own fairness and magnanimity, but then marrying Aphrodite, who was having an affair with Ares, to Hephaestus.
Look, the three of them are having so much fun fighting each other now, their brains are almost blown out, and the possibility of them uniting is basically cut off."
The sarcastic tone sounded unusually harsh. Hestia belatedly recalled the scenes about the Queen and her son on Olympus. Her expression turned even worse and she turned her head away.
"You don't want to listen? It's okay, there's more!"
Lorne did the opposite and smiled coldly.
"There was also the matter of the goddesses of protection, Leto, and Hera. Apollo and Artemis both nearly lost their babies in the womb, so they naturally didn't get along with Ares.
The daughter of Demeter was abducted by Hades, and she herself was defiled by Poseidon, so she resented the sea god and the underworld god.
The messenger Hermes is Zeus's eyes and ears, and his grandfather is serving a sentence for being a traitor to the Titans, so of course he has to rely closely on this good father;
In addition, you, Artemis, and Athena have pledged chastity, which further cuts off the possibility of marriage...
So, you see, all the main gods of Olympus have their own clear enemies and are busy fighting among themselves. Who can pose a threat to the status of Zeus, the king of gods?
If this is love...
Haha, I'm afraid it's not just Athena who was pulled out as a gun. Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hephaestus and all of them have to thank this good father god!"
Listening to the word-by-word analysis and seeing the bloody truth, Hestia, who had always believed that there was still a trace of warmth in the family, turned pale, and her clenched teeth left a clear blood mark on her cherry lips.
After a long silence, the dejected stove goddess spoke dryly.
"So, does Athena know?"
"Of course she knows!"
Lorne nodded calmly, his expression showing no change at all.
"But does she have a choice?"
“…”
The goddess of the hearth, who was in charge of the peace of the home, looked up at the holy Mount Olympus standing among the stars, her eyes somewhat dim and empty, and she murmured in a low voice.
"He wasn't like this before..."
"Don't make up for him. It's you who didn't see it clearly."
Loen rudely tore apart the last bit of warmth in the God King's family, his eyes deep and penetrating.
"Wake up, from Uranus to Kronos, and from Kronos to Zeus... every god king has the same nature.
The reason why Zeus became the final winner was not because of his fairness and strictness, nor because of his kindness and generosity.
Quite the contrary, he is the most forbearing, smartest, most ruthless, and coldest of all the God Kings in history!"
With a deafening cold snort, Loen's purple eyes, which had already seen through the essence of the Titan bloodline, revealed endless mockery and coldness as he spoke word by word.
"From beginning to end, he never loved anyone, he only loved himself!"
The reverberating sound gradually faded into silence. The goddess who guarded the peace of her home stared blankly at Mount Olympus bathed in the cold starlight. She clasped her hands to her chest and subconsciously shrank her body, as if she felt the endless coldness from the long night.
It seemed that the cruel truth had dealt a heavy blow to Hestia.
For several days, the stove goddess stared blankly at the fire that never went out all night, wondering what she was feeling.
Lorne wanted to dissuade her, but in the end he had no words to disturb Hestia.
For some things, it’s useless to persuade them, you need to get out of it yourself.
Moreover, sea monsters and sea beasts in the open sea are continuously rushing to Crete and regrouping nearby.
In just two days, not only did their numbers exceed twice that of the first wave of attacks, but one could even frequently see signs of activity by the Divine Blood Clan among them.
Similarly, facing the imminent enemy, the cities of Crete, under the order of King Minos, began to frantically transfer population, build coastal defense lines, and make all preparations for this inevitable war.
As a temporary consultant, Loen was naturally very busy.
He needed to follow little Medusa every day, acting as an external brain, wandering around defense lines, military camps, temples, palaces, etc., and making suggestions through the mouth of this messenger of God, trying his best to fill in some loopholes in defense line design, personnel placement, strategic planning, etc.
Being so busy, Loen naturally had no time to persuade Hestia to deal with the trivial matters of the God King's family, and could only focus his limited energy on preparing for the war.
Although he did not have much practical experience, due to the nature of his work, he had consulted a lot of information on epic wars from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.
A stone from another mountain can be used to polish a jade.
You only need to come up with ideas, and leave the specific operations and implementation to professionals.
But even so, the eyes of the priests, priests, and generals gradually became fanatical when they looked at the clerk, and they kept praising the goddess' wisdom.
Obviously, they believed that all these arrangements were the will of the goddess Athena.
As for this, Loen was happy not to clarify.
With Athena as a banner to attract firepower, not only can he hide safely in the dark and make plans, but he can also make the Minoans believe that the goddess is with them, greatly boosting morale. Why not do it?
Besides, this is Greece.
As the offspring of Zeus, the more outstanding you are, the more troubles you will have.
The goddess of wisdom Athena who was forced to be a gun, the wise King Minos who was forced to endure humiliation, the great hero Hercules who was forced to complete twelve trials...the experiences of these brothers and sisters all prove this truth.
In this way, Loen adhered to the principle of caution, constantly going back and forth between various defense lines and fortresses, giving advice to the Minoans, and improving the coastal defense lines to resist the beast tide according to the ideas of him and King Minos.
As time passed bit by bit, the two sides, facing each other across the sea, seemed to have started a military competition of increasing soldiers and stacking armor.
Two huge gunpowder barrels were getting closer and closer, waiting for the moment when they would collide and ignite with each other, making a loud bang.
Finally, the third day and night.
A beam of scarlet light rose from the sea, breaking through the dark night sky, crossing the sky, and directly hitting the city walls built along the coast.
“Buzz!”
At the same time, the Hermetic characters densely carved into the brick and stone surface of the outside of the wall lit up one after another, madly gathering the ether in the air to form a huge, overlapping and compounded magic barrier.
“Boom——!”
Along with the roar like heavy artillery, the crisscrossing etheric light streams rushed around and shot in all directions, causing the earth to tremble continuously and huge waves to rise on the sea.
Driven by the God-Blood Clan and stimulated by the smell of blood, the densely packed sea beasts, which had been hungry for three or four days, roared and howled, and rushed madly towards the obstacle before them, eager to tear open the wall and enjoy this carnival of blood and fire.
Through the sky that was almost as bright as day, the Cretan city defense forces who took the lead looked at the boundless deep-sea beasts that almost covered hundreds of kilometers of sea. They took a deep breath, bit their lower lips hard, suppressed the fear growing in their hearts, burst out with the courage to die, threw out their spears with all their strength, and struck the crossbows.
In an instant, spears were thrown and arrows broke through the air.
"Swish swish swish!"
“Puff, puff, puff!”
Suddenly, the flesh was torn apart and blood spurted out.
On this closed island, [humans] and [beasts], [life] and [death], collided violently, officially playing the prelude to the opening of the war!
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