Chapter 76: A Little Love Triangle? No Big Deal!
Therefore, Zeus had to make all the gods, regardless of their strength, believe that He was a trustworthy, supportive, and loyal new God King!
A God King completely different from Cronus!
A God King who could bring forth Just Order, Sacred Honor, and hopeful Light!
Besides the three Mother Goddesses, Oceanus, the Ocean God, was the first to support Him, and the most steadfast supporter.
If one can abandon their own people who are loyal to them in order to win over an enemy, then who would dare to follow Zeus?
If Metis is abandoned today, who will be next tomorrow?
Then what difference would there be between Zeus and God King Cronus?
I fear the Ocean God Couple would be the first to turn hostile.
When morale is lost, it is difficult to lead the team.
For many future schemes, that would have a tremendous negative impact.
To put it in a nutshell, Zeus could never make such an extremely foolish choice.
Besides, Great Thunder cannot be obtained just like that; who would dare to pledge their life for a god similar to Cronus?
And why would the three Cyclops willingly hand over their most core Primal Laws to Him?
Cronus’s past mistakes are right before their eyes.
It appears to be a small exchange for a large gain, but in reality, too much is lost.
What is lost is people’s hearts, trust, and the future.
With one wrong step, they could completely capsize!
Now it is perfect; the reliable divine persona is more stable, the team’s cohesion is stronger, and He has successfully made the Goddess of Wisdom devoted to Him.
When the time is right in the future, the authority of the God of Intelligence will be taken and given to Metis, helping her achieve Supreme Wisdom.
Doesn’t what Metis possesses, in essence, equal what Zeus possesses?
No matter how you calculate it, this is the most profitable deal.
It’s an absolute win!
When Zeus and Metis walked hand in hand, fingers interlocked, openly back into the noisy Divine Palace feast, for an instant, all the gods’ gazes were squarely fixed upon Zeus and Metis.
As the absolute core of the Olympus faction, it was impossible for the gods not to know that He and Metis had quietly left the banquet.
The God King’s every move is inherently the focal point of the gods’ attention.
The gods’ gazes are always fixed on His every move.
They went out for a while, and when they returned, they were holding hands so intimately!
Actions speak louder than any declaration!
In an instant, the banquet hall, which had been filled with laughter and the clinking of glasses, suddenly fell silent.
All sound seemed to be choked off by an invisible hand, leaving only the gods’ astonished, shocked, and varied gazes.
However, the silence lasted only a moment.
Immediately after, the Ocean gods erupted with even more excited and joyful cheers, and the atmosphere instantly became more enthusiastic than before.
They were genuinely happy for Metis finding happiness, and they also felt honored by the marriage alliance between Zeus and their family.
Styx and Pallas quickly exchanged a look of mutual understanding, glanced at each other, their eyes filled with joy.
They immediately stepped forward, one to take her younger sister Metis’s hand and lead her to the embrace of her sisters, the other to respectfully and enthusiastically invite Zeus to continue the joyous feast.
From this day onward, the Oceanic Pantheon would have no worries!
The entire Oceanic Pantheon was beaming with joy, immersed in immeasurable happiness.
The joyous clamor of the Ocean instantly drowned out the prior silence.
Not entirely, there was one goddess from the Oceanic Pantheon whose smile was rather strained.
This Goddess Eurynome, who wished to remain anonymous, was currently forcing a smile, and even the divine wine Nectar she drank, which was usually as sweet as honey, tasted bitter on her tongue.
She was so envious that she could cry!
But at least Eurynome could still manage a smile.
And inside the hall, there were some goddesses who could not smile at all.
When Hestia saw Zeus return, her initially bright and joyful smile suddenly turned cold when she saw Zeus’s broad hand so naturally and intimately holding Metis’s small, tender hand.
The warm smile on her face abruptly turned indifferent, like an extinguished hearth fire, quickly becoming a cold, distant, ceremonial smile as she silently averted her gaze and quietly retreated to the side.
Demeter’s gentle and bright smile also vanished in an instant, her delicate face deeply shrouded in a haze.
She didn’t speak, merely grabbed her wine cup and drank the divine wine deeply, seeking to extinguish the gloom in her heart.
She didn’t look at Zeus’s direction, her gaze filled with inexpressible loss and sadness.
The clear wine slid down her beautiful jawline like tears, but she paid no mind.
This most gentle, bright, and charming Maiden Mother Goddess, her temperament was too gentle; she would not erupt like a storm, but would only harbor this intense inner frustration deep within her heart, enduring it alone.
And that peerlessly beautiful Goddess Hera, her slender jade fingers instantly crushed the golden cup in her hand into golden powder, golden dust mingled with the sweet divine wine, falling from between her fingers.
Her beautiful face, which made the sun and moon lose their luster, instantly turned as cold as frost. Her once gentle and benevolent eyes now became sharp and icy, as if they could kill with a single glance, her majesty and sternness even resembling that of a God King.
She now felt it difficult to even breathe, a wave of dizziness and darkness washing over the depths of her divinity.
Proud as she was, she endured the tearing heartache, mustered her spirits, and without a word, abruptly turned and left the banquet.
One must know that all of Hera’s previous gazes were secretly and infatuatedly fixed on Zeus.
When Zeus and Metis secretly left, she was already restless, thinking of Zeus, her heart filled with sweetness and anticipation, her heart about to swoon.
As a result, Zeus’s return delivered a direct blow, making her feel the impact of thunder prematurely.
The greater the sweetness in her heart before, the greater the pain now.
Goddess Queen Rhea took in everything before her, sighing lightly in her heart, her sigh filled with helplessness and understanding.
She mused: It seems that being too popular as a god is not necessarily a good thing.
Zeus’s essence is the condensation of the laws of the sky, severance, harvest, courage, hope, future, and the vast power of the upper heaven.
He was naturally born a lofty courageous one, a supreme ruler.
He is the ultimate embodiment of paternal masculine power, the highest manifestation of masculine laws in the universe.
He possesses an extremely fatal attraction to all other laws, especially the laws of the Great Mother Goddess that symbolize life and reproduction.
Moreover, Zeus himself is so powerful and handsome; he is optimistic and confident, majestic yet understanding of humble affection.
In several battles, He was always at the most dangerous front lines, charging into battle and resisting powerful enemies; when retreating, He was always the one personally covering the rear, resisting the most terrifying enemies with His single might.
The terrifying God King, His immense power brought despair to almost all the gods.
It is precisely because of Zeus’s existence that the gods can be confident of victory!
