Chapter 163: Gods, Do You Have A Problem With Me?
After the Gods departed, only the Goddess of Night and the Omniscient Goddess remained at the scene. They looked at this messy battlefield, both feeling a bit panicked inside.
However, on the surface, they were calmer than each other. They exchanged a glance, snorted coldly, and also hurried toward the Assembly Hall.
Seeing dark clouds surging, then everything returning to tranquility, the deities and nymphs at the foot of Mount Olympus finally managed to set their minds at ease.
This farce had truly scared them badly; some gods had already fled first out of respect.
When the Gods arrived at the Assembly Hall one after another, what they saw was the God King seated majestically on the throne with an expression of coldness.
Dark clouds at the pinnacle of the sky dome blocked all light. The God King’s anger was contained within, and occasional muffled roars of thunder echoed deep in the clouds.
The Gods were each uneasy and extremely panicked. After bowing to the God King in salute, they all obediently sat in their own positions, even lightening their movements considerably.
God King Zeus was always mild and approachable to the gods.
Normally, even though He was majestic, He was not indifferent.
An expression filled with alienation and coldness like today’s was truly extremely rare.
The cold-faced God King truly scared the gods to death.
The thunder in the sky constantly demonstrated the God King’s power and majesty; no god dared to ignore it.
After all the Gods had gathered, Zeus looked out.
Well, it was indeed quite complete.
Except for the gods not on Mount Olympus, basically everyone was present.
Only Hera, Themis, and Metis were absent.
Zeus ordered the mild-tempered Zephyrus, god of the west wind, to invite the Goddess of Order. Today’s matter required Themis to witness it together; it must be properly handled on this occasion!
With such a huge commotion on Mount Olympus today, Themis naturally knew exactly what had happened.
The reason she hadn’t gone to stop it was also because she didn’t know how to stop it.
While she was hesitating, Zeus had already arrived at the scene to end the farce.
Zephyrus encountered Themis on the way; at that time, Themis was already on her way to this Assembly Hall.
After the Goddess of Order arrived, seeing Zeus’s icy expression, she felt a chill in her heart.
Seeing Zeus’s face so cold was truly the first time.
His Majesty the God King was always kind and smiling, so this sudden outburst of anger made all the Gods solemn in their hearts.
The angry God King inspired shock and fear in all living beings without exception.
After bowing to Zeus in salute, she sat upright at His side, her posture straight and impeccable.
After Themis sat down, Zeus slowly spoke: “Gods, are the ‘Divine Twelve Laws’ I established so insignificant in your eyes?”
“If that were truly the case, why didn’t you raise any objections at the original Grand Ceremony of the Gods?”
The God King’s tone was not intense, not even stern, and his speech was not fast, but this suppressed, ruthless tone was even more terrifying to the gods.
Zeus paused for a moment, slowly scanning the Gods. No god dared to meet the God King’s gaze; they all lowered their heads. Zeus then slowly continued: “Or do you have objections to me?”
As soon as Zeus said these words, the Gods present truly shuddered in fear.
The nature of these words was truly too serious.
Mnemosyne’s heart suddenly trembled; she also knew that at this moment, it was absolutely impossible to think of coquetry to muddle through this matter.
She immediately stood up, bowed deeply to the God King, and said with utmost seriousness: “Most exalted and respected Your Majesty the God King! The sacred order You established is something no deity dares to disregard! The Gods would certainly have no objections to You! I, Mnemosyne, even more so!”
“Today’s matter is my wrongdoing; I provoked the Lady of Night first. In an unclear state of mind, I committed such a grave error. This is my fault, and I am willing to accept any punishment from You.”
The Omniscient Goddess displayed a perfect attitude. Hearing this, the Lady of Night felt much more comfortable inside.
But seeing that Zeus’s expression remained like frost without softening at all, she hurriedly said: “Great God King, I am also at fault. I shouldn’t have wanted to fight with the Civilization Memory Goddess, and even more shouldn’t have lost rationality and nearly caused a great mistake.”
“I was too emotional, unable to restrain myself for a moment, but it was certainly not disrespect toward You, nor disrespect toward the divine laws You established, and even more impossible to have any objections to You!”
The Lady of Night’s tone was extremely soft, and her attitude was put extremely low.
She gently bit her lower lip and said in a low voice with a tone full of infinite charm: “Your Majesty the God King… You know, the entire ‘Night’ belongs to You. How could I disrespect You?”
As soon as Nyx said this, Mnemosyne was immediately annoyed but still forcibly held it back.
‘This little **! Still playing little tricks!’
Even though the two goddesses had proactively admitted their wrongs and put their postures extremely low, Zeus’s indifferent expression remained unchanged.
He slowly spoke, his tone still icy cold: “If you truly respect me, then you shouldn’t trample the divine laws I established!”
“This is Olympus! It represents me, represents us Olympus Gods, the supreme order center ruling the entire universe! But what have you all done?”
“Go see those deities at the foot of the mountain—what are they thinking now? What will they think?”
“Let me tell you what they will think.”
“Everything that happened here today proves to them that the so-called divine laws set by me, God King Zeus, are nothing but worthless nonsense that can be trampled at will.”
“I cannot govern any deity. I, the so-called Master of the Sky, am nothing but a heavenly laughingstock in this entire universe!”
Hearing this, the Gods all panicked and stood up, bowing their heads, not knowing what to say.
Astraeus hurriedly came inside the hall and loudly said: “Great Your Majesty the God King! This is absolutely impossible! No matter which deity dares to utter any words trampling Your supreme honor, I, Astraeus, will mercilessly destroy them completely!”
“Great Your Majesty the God King, it is You who bestowed upon us our current honor! It is You who stabilized the entire universe! No deity would have such treasonous thoughts!”
Zeus smiled lightly without any emotion.
He countered: “Oh? Is that so?”
“But why is it that what I saw today was nothing but blatant disregard?”
Zeus looked around at the Gods present; His gaze was cold and sharp.
All the deities, even with heads lowered not daring to look directly, felt the terrifying pressure weighing on their divinity, all panicking inside.
“Helios!” Zeus suddenly scolded.
The Lord of Stellar Radiance, who had been in the midst of the gods trying hard to minimize his presence, shuddered instantly upon hearing this scold.
He quickly came to the front of the Divine Palace and hurriedly replied: “Your Majesty! Here! I am here!”
Zeus glared angrily and sternly rebuked: “Here? Should you be here right now?”
“You should be in the sky! You should fulfill your crucial sacred duty! You should bring light and warmth to the world!”
“Why are you here?!”
Zeus’s voice grew even colder: “You, if you don’t want to patrol this world anymore, if you don’t want the duty of bringing warmth and light to this world anymore.”
“Then, I can fulfill you right now.”
Helios shuddered violently in fright— he had just come to watch the excitement, and now he was about to lose his honor?
But He didn’t hesitate at all, immediately dropping to one knee and cried out in apprehension: “Great God King! Tolerant God King! Helios knows his wrong! Helios shouldn’t have neglected his duty; Helios was momentarily dazed and actually forgot his crucial sacred duty!”
“Your Majesty the God King, Helios pleads guilty to You here and solemnly assures the great and benevolent You that Helios will never commit such an error again! I… I will go fulfill my duty right now!”
Zeus remained noncommittal about this. His icy gaze passed over the sun god and directly looked toward the three Astraeus brothers.
Before He could speak, the three astute star god brothers had already proactively come to the center of the Divine Palace and knelt side by side with Helios.
“Most exalted and respected Your Majesty the God King, we know our wrong and earnestly request Your tolerance to forgive us! We assure You here that in the future, we absolutely will not err again!”
After they admitted their wrongs in unison, they began to cautiously explain: “Originally, we thought a major incident had occurred on Olympus, so we rushed here in anxiety to protect the king.”
“After discovering it was no big deal, we… we lingered due to greed for the beauty of Mount Olympus and failed to return to the starry sky in time to fulfill our sacred duties. This is our error; we beg Your Majesty to forgive us!”
Zeus’s tone softened slightly, but his words remained extremely stern: “I know of your loyalty to me. But you must also mind the manner! It was just a small matter, yet you caused such a commotion like stars falling, making the deities below the mountain apprehensive and uneasy—what propriety is that?”
Hearing this, the three brothers immediately felt relieved and hurriedly replied: “Your Majesty is right in your lesson! It was the three brothers who failed to consider properly. We will strictly follow Your Majesty’s teachings and absolutely not err again!”
Zeus snorted coldly, then His majestic gaze swept toward all the silent Gods in the hall.
He sternly rebuked in a tone full of reproach: “You are all great deities in this universe, incarnations of the universe’s most fundamental laws! Your every action concerns everything in the entire universe, the life and safety of billions of living beings!”
“But what were you doing just now?!”
“Careless! Indulgent! Treating your sacred and important duties as child’s play and games to be casually discarded!”
“Since you possess precious honor, you must naturally bear equally important duties!”
