Chapter 69: This Rebellious Son Is Way Too Strong
In truth, continuing the fight would indeed serve no purpose.
Even if They four joined forces, They could at most gain a slight advantage, but could not thoroughly resolve the problem.
Continuing the entanglement would have no substantial meaning other than causing the world to suffer greater wounds, and He also feared thoroughly provoking Zeus.
Moreover, He Cronus was the God King now!
The world now reduced to a scene of devastation was all territory under His rule!
In truth, He had already vented His anger, and the God King, now calmed down, felt heartbroken beyond measure as He looked at the shocking ruins of the world before Him.
What was destroyed was the world He had painstakingly created!
Zeus completely ignored Cronus, and in the time of these few words, the injuries on His body had already mostly recovered.
With a slight movement of His figure, He had quietly positioned Himself in front of Rhea, His handsome and majestic face now filled with deep remorse.
In the most respectful tone, He apologized to Gaia: “Respected Great Mother Goddess, Mother of All, this time it was indeed my oversight, failing to fully contain the war within a safe scope.”
“In the future, I will do my utmost to shift the war to the vast starry sky beyond the world. Such a beautiful world should not suffer such profound harm due to the strife between us gods.”
Hearing Zeus’s sincere and respectful words, the rage in Gaia’s heart dissipated considerably.
She was even more satisfied with the humility and responsibility Zeus had shown.
She gently waved her hand, her originally rapid and anger-filled tone softening as well, carrying a hint of helplessness and fatigue as she said: “Alright, your own family affair, make as much noise as you want, just don’t implicate the world’s innocent lives.”
Hearing this, Zeus gently shook his head, his restored calm face now showing a hint of barely concealed bitterness: “Respected Mother Goddess, this scene of devastation among living beings is truly not the outcome I wished to see.”
“After the destruction caused last time, I originally intended today to invite His Majesty the God King to head directly to the starry sky for a decisive battle, to avoid harming the world again.”
“However, there was a bit of interference. My considerations were indeed not thorough, leading the battle to spread to this point. I assure You that such things will not happen again as much as possible in the future.”
Hearing this, Gaia’s pair of verdant golden eyes glanced meaningfully at Coeus and Phoebe not far away, their faces like frost yet their divine eyes burning with rage.
She sighed inwardly, but ultimately said nothing.
The main reason for her sigh was still her regret that Coeus and Phoebe had gotten involved in this war.
Her own two children had always been renowned for their intelligence and strategy.
They were clever all their lives, yet at this most critical period of cosmic transformation, they chose a path that was truly not very smart.
Gaia’s heart was now filled with hesitation and uncertainty.
Things had developed to this point today, with no possibility of retreat anymore.
The future of the entire universe hinged on this father-son conflict.
Yet, what the final outcome would be, even she as the Mother of All could not determine at this moment.
She hoped Zeus could achieve victory, but as Cronus’s Mother Goddess, she truly did not wish for Cronus to fall into complete finality.
If Zeus truly overthrew Cronus afterward, how would He handle His Father God then?
That outcome was something she was unwilling and dared not deeply contemplate in her heart.
With a breeze as if carrying a light sigh, the majestic figure of the Mother of All Gaia vanished without a trace, as if She had never appeared.
The gods on both Zeus’s and Cronus’s sides each let out a cold snort filled with hostility and disdain, then turned into streamers, each returning to their own places.
Cronus appeared tough on the surface, but in truth, His heart was burning with anxiety at this moment.
He increasingly clearly realized that Zeus, this rebellious son, was too strong.
And the rebellious son’s forces had also expanded too much now!
Oceanus’s family supporting the rebellion was still within His expectations; Oceanus would not help Him no matter who he helped.
It was just a pity that Philyra had gone back to the Ocean and then vanished without news, so He was completely unaware of the specific situation in the Ocean now.
However, beyond His expectations and weighing heavily on His heart was that Crius and Hyperion’s families—His two extremely powerful brothers—had also unwaveringly supported Zeus!
This was extremely unfavorable. It was simply adding insult to injury!
Originally, He thought that even if these two families did not support Him, they would not rebel.
But now it seemed He had been too optimistic.
Now, the rebellious son’s side, on the surface, was already stronger than His own.
It was just that the Primal Titans were bound by oaths and their own other ideas, making it inconvenient for them to personally enter the fray.
However, their current actions had already clearly expressed their attitude; it was absolutely impossible to pull them back to His camp now.
One of the most important reasons He had stopped so easily just now was precisely because of this.
He feared that if the battle continued to escalate, the other Primal Titans would not be able to resist personally entering the fray!
That advantage would quickly turn into a disadvantage!
Even leading to complete suppression!
The more Cronus thought, the heavier His mood became.
Looking at all the Primal Titans, among all the current Primal Titans, only Themis, representing Sacred Justice and Order, and Mnemosyne, symbolizing Memory and Civilization, had yet to clearly take sides.
Themis was extremely powerful; her Sword of Order and Justice commanded great respect even from the God King.
Mnemosyne was low-key in daily life, but that did not mean she was weak!
One could tell from her authority just how important she was!
She claimed she was not good at battle, but how foolish would one have to be to believe she truly could not fight?
Their current choice would be the most critical point.
It could even be said that whichever side they ultimately stood on would secure final victory in the impending ultimate decisive battle, thoroughly overwhelming the other side!
Although today’s battle was intense and had reached this state, Oceanus and the others had not yet personally entered the fray after all.
Cronus firmly believed that as long as He could demonstrate absolute overwhelming victory, these Primal Titans would continue to maintain silence and not rashly personally enter the fray.
As long as They continued to maintain silence and did not directly enter to help Zeus this rebel, He could truly take down this rebel who made Him endlessly anxious!
The other rebels were manageable; the main issue was still Zeus—this rebellious son was simply too strong.
There was also one more point: he must secure the support of the Lady of Night Nyx.
Only with the Goddess of Night’s support could he more smoothly cast all those rebels into Tartarus after victory!
It had to be said that in handling powerful incarnations of laws, Cronus and Zeus’s ideas were truly passed down in the same vein, identical.
As expected of father and son!
