Chapter 70: How Did You Just Go For It?
Of course, Cronus was even more ruthless.
His plan was to first throw Zeus and the others all into Tartarus for imprisonment, then pull them out one by one and devour and digest them!
Thoroughly absorbing their laws and power to achieve unprecedented strength.
Now, in his heart, Cronus was truly secretly a bit regretful; he shouldn’t have offended the Goddess of Night so much before!
But he thought again that in the rebel camp now, there were also gods who controlled the Darkness Laws.
As long as he promised the Goddess of Night that he would allow her to also devour the laws derived from the darkness, he might be able to win her over.
After all, what real benefits could the Goddess of Night gain from helping that group of rebels?
That rebellious son could not possibly offer a better price than him, right?
Thinking this way, Cronus immediately made up his mind and decided to personally go lobby those gods who might waver, to win their help.
Saying it and doing it, the God King’s execution was never lacking; once he made a decision, he acted swiftly and decisively.
After negotiating with Coeus and the others, he briefly instructed Coeus and Phoebe to handle the battlefield aftermath, while he himself set off directly to visit the Goddess Themis who controlled the Sacred Order.
Coincidentally, Zeus
was thinking the same thing.
But before Zeus set off to lobby the gods, there was one important thing he had to do.
That was to first stabilize morale.
After Zeus and Rhea safely returned to the Olympus Temple, seeing the two gods unscathed, Hera and the Goddess of Wisdom Metis, as well as the gods whose hearts had been hanging, could finally truly let go.
Now Zeus was the well-deserved core; anyone could have an accident, but only Zeus and the Goddess Queen Rhea could not, otherwise everyone would be finished in the God King’s hands.
However, even though their hearts were much more at ease, the first battle today had ended in defeat, so the gods’ emotions were inevitably somewhat low, and the atmosphere inside the Divine Palace was one of deep gloom.
The gods all came forward to greet them, their gazes filled with worry and fatigue.
Zeus was surrounded by the goddesses who cared for him; although today was slightly defeated, there was not the slightest gloom on his face.
He still maintained that reassuring confidence and composure, with a gentle smile on his lips, and he called out loudly: “Gods, please follow me into the hall and sit down.”
After all the gods sat down, Zeus surveyed the gods, his steady and powerful voice echoing inside the hall: “Gods, this time we suffered a slight defeat; it was indeed my carelessness, my mistake.”
“The God King is ultimately the God King; no matter how many wrong things he did, no matter how tyrannical he was, there are still gods willing to pledge allegiance to him and serve him.”
“Even though we still hold absolute advantage, this encounter has given us a profound lesson; facing a terrifying opponent like the God King, we absolutely cannot have the slightest carelessness or underestimation!”
His gaze gently swept over the face of every god inside the hall, his tone becoming quite relaxed and optimistic: “But today we also saw through the God King’s true strength; we can confirm that the God King is no longer our opponent!”
“He can only use such despicable means now, and today’s means can only be used once!”
Zeus raised his arm and shouted, full of confidence: “Next, we just need to proceed steadily; the God King has no more other help, and those despicable sneak attack means will no longer succeed! Victory will ultimately belong to us! Honor will ultimately belong to us!”
Under Zeus’s optimistic and relaxed posture, and his words full of power, the gods’ slight low mood from the defeat melted away a lot, and their moods also recovered considerably.
Inside the great hall, a deafening cheer erupted immediately: “Victory is certain!”
After soothing and stabilizing morale a bit, Zeus looked tenderly at Hera, his gaze filled with deep concern, and asked softly: “Hera, are you okay now?”
Hera gently shook her head, a gentle smile like the warm sun of spring blooming on her lips: “Zeus, I’m fine now. Thank you for avenging me.”
Zeus gently shook his head; although his face still wore a smile, his tone clearly became cold and resolute; mentioning this, his anger immediately surged.
Although everything was under control and the hero saving the beauty effect was very good, he was still very angry!
Hera will forever be my Zeus’s Hera!
The names Zeus and Hera are forever tied together!
He said tenderly to Hera: “Rest assured, Hera; this time I made them pay the price, but this is just the beginning; I will truly avenge you.”
This was a promise from the depths of Zeus’s heart; the will of the Heavenly Lord of the Highest Heaven would inevitably be realized!
Hera, who had already restored her flawless jade-like form with divine light flowing and shining, pursed her lips upon hearing this and nodded slightly.
At this moment, her originally low heart was like a hot star thrown into it, instantly melting into a pool of warm spring water.
Her strength was completely melted by Zeus’s tenderness and promise; all her grievances and anger turned into deep trust and dependence.
She even secretly rejoiced at Phoebe’s sneak attack.
Seeing Zeus go mad for her, her heart also filled with joy to the point of madness.
Hera gazed at the god who occupied her entire heart and said softly: “Zeus, I believe everything you say will be done, but this matter is not urgent; your safety is the most important—I, we all cannot be without you.”
Hestia finally found an opportunity to speak; her brilliant red fire eyes were full of soft warmth, and this usually mild and steady girl now had a serious expression on her delicate young face as she said: “Zeus, you are the most important; only with you will the hope of light and a beautiful future exist forever.”
The resilient and intellectual Hestia, her concern was restrained and deep, but the gentle and charming Demeter was different.
Demeter sidled up to Zeus, almost pressing against him; this most tender and enchanting Maiden Mother Goddess had concern and dependence overflowing on her delicate face.
Her boldest move was to directly grab Zeus’s big hand and hold it in front of her full harvest, her crescent-like willow brows tightly furrowed, and she said with utmost care: “Zeus, please don’t make me worry anymore; I really cannot bear this painful torment.”
“No matter when, please make sure to protect yourself first; as long as you are safe, everyone will be safe.”
Zeus smiled lightly and nodded repeatedly, giving a shallow embrace to the most delicate Demeter, separating immediately, and with great willpower withdrawing his hand from the full granary of the Goddess of Harvest.
There were too many gods present now, and he was consoling morale, so it really wasn’t good to be too intimate; it wasn’t the time.
With just this one touch from Demeter, Zeus had already keenly noticed that several gazes were off.
Although he wasn’t afraid, the timing wasn’t right, there were too many outer gods, and the most important thing now was still to boost morale.
