Chapter 57: No Choice
A smile bloomed on Cronus’s resolute face, yet his majestic voice spoke affectionate words: “Dear Coeus, dear Phoebe, my dearest brother and sister, surely I cannot come to your home and taste the fine wine brewed by wisdom together?”
He sighed in feigned emotion: “Ah, it seems we indeed haven’t gathered together for a long time. My dearest siblings, are you blaming me for this and not welcoming my arrival?”
Coeus burst into laughter upon hearing this: “Respected His Majesty the God King, your arrival will only make us feel doubly honored. How dare we blame you? How could we not welcome you?”
After Coeus invited Cronus to sit down, the beautiful elemental spirit offered divine wine and ambrosia to the God King. After three rounds of wine, the atmosphere gradually warmed up, and laughter and cheers occasionally rang out in the divine palace.
As Cronus put down his wine cup, the smile instantly vanished, his expression becoming solemn and serious. He said in a heavy voice: “My dear Coeus, there is one matter I have no choice but to tell you.”
“Originally, I didn’t want this matter to disturb your tranquil life, nor did I want this news to disrupt your peace, but now I can no longer control everything, nor can I resolve this threat to you quietly.”
“This matter concerns the glory of you and kind and beautiful Phoebe. Now that it has come to this, for your honor, I have no choice but to speak.”
Coeus was slightly startled in his heart, exchanged a glance with Phoebe without showing it, then smiled and said: “Dear His Majesty the God King, thank you for your care. We are forever your most loyal assistants. No matter what happens, you can speak to us frankly.”
Cronus sighed deeply, opening his heavy mouth with extreme reluctance: “Oceanus and Tethys, these two great gods I respect the most, our siblings, they”
“Alas, they have a child, a child who poses a huge threat to your honor. Originally, I wanted to resolve this matter quietly, unwilling to harm the most sincere and intimate affection between us.”
“But now, this child is fully helping that rebellious little thief, and I have no method to resolve this problem alone.”
Coeus and Phoebe listened quietly. Cronus’s gaze sharpened, and he lowered his voice: “That child is named Metis. She possesses the true authority of wisdom and is the incarnation of supreme wisdom.”
“Now, she has become the rebel’s most capable assistant and may even become that rebel’s wife.”
Cronus paused, sighing as he said: “Ocean has always concealed her existence very well. I only learned of this matter not long ago, but before I could handle it, this terrifying event has already occurred.”
“That little thief is the destroyer of order, a huge threat to the sacred order. Regrettably, under his conspiracy, I have suffered severe injuries and can no longer resolve it easily.”
He looked at Coeus and Phoebe, his eyes filled with sincere plea: “For your honor and safety, I can only speak frankly. I hope you can understand and forgive my bluntness at this moment.”
This time, Coeus and Phoebe were truly shocked.
The premise of not wading into troubled waters is that the matter has nothing to do with oneself, especially no profit relationship.
But now, this threat is too great.
Core interests are being threatened.
Intelligence and wisdom are similar yet not entirely the same.
The essence of intelligence is a cognitive ability of insight and thought, emphasizing the combination of innate endowment and acquired training.
While wisdom is a comprehensive quality, emphasizing acquired cultivation and life accumulation.
Intelligence is a necessary condition for wisdom, but wisdom is the sublimation and transcendence of intelligence. It can be said that intelligence determines the lower limit, while wisdom determines the upper limit.
Intelligence and wisdom themselves do not conflict, but the problem lies precisely here.
Intelligence can devour and evolve wisdom, and wisdom can also reversely devour and absorb intelligence.
If the two want to devour each other, accurately judging, wisdom poses a greater threat to intelligence.
Now, it seems Coeus and they have no choice.
If they choose neutral, then once Son of Cronus Zeus truly replaces the God King’s position, they, with no merit before the new God King, facing the new God King’s great meritorious minister, Goddess of Wisdom Metis, what good outcome will they have?
This seems to need no further thought.
Even if choosing to side with the new God King, then as Cronus said, if Goddess of Wisdom Metis truly becomes the new God King’s wife, then once the other party has malice, their situation seems also
No “seems,” it definitely won’t have any good outcome.
Everyone in this world knows that wife and child are the most intimate relationships, and family is the most sacred existence.
Ally?
After the general situation is decided, isn’t an ally just provisions?
Now it’s clear that both sides have the most fundamental authority conflict, and this conflict is not out of hostility, but out of shared coexistence.
And this is more insidious, more irreconcilable.
Everyone knows that heresy is more hateful than paganism!
The Titans will never place their survival entirely in the other’s whim!
No matter if the other is good or evil!
After they united to overthrow Heavenly Father Uranus, they will never allow themselves to live in unease again!
Coeus barely squeezed out a smile, his gentle expression carrying a trace of bitterness.
He exchanged a glance with Phoebe, and both gods fell into silent silence.
With their wisdom, they naturally understood that there were no other choices.
But Cronus was really not a good choice either.
The divine quality of Son of Cronus is temporarily unclear, but Cronus’s divine quality is already obvious to all.
In his unfavorable situation, still supporting this god is really something that doesn’t make the gods happy, after all, the God King is also engaged in digging up everyone’s roots.
But thinking the other way, the God King is no benevolent god either.
Heavenly Father Uranus is like this, Creation’s lord Cronus is like this, then Son of Cronus is probably no better, cannot bet on the other’s divine quality.
One opposing an evil person is not necessarily a good person.
And the most tragic is being forced to choose one of two evil persons.
After seeing off Cronus, Coeus and Phoebe stood side by side, the entire divine palace fell into silence, the atmosphere heavy.
Titan of Insight Coeus let out a long sigh, breaking the silence: “It seems we can only participate in this war, only accompany Cronus in battle once more.”
Beautiful and pure, shining with light all around her, Goddess of Intelligence Phoebe, she is an absolutely beautiful and heroic goddess.
She let out a long breath. Since the determination was made, there was no more hesitation.
She said resolutely: “Things have come to this, we can only do so!”
Coeus sighed again, full of helplessness: “Yes, we can only do so, just… alas.”
“In this battle, victory probably won’t stand by our side.”
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