Chapter 98: Fatherly Love And Filial Piety
Prometheus’s earnest advice was of no use. Before Iapetus could speak, Atlas already opened his mouth to roar in anger:
“Enough, Prometheus! You who betrayed His Majesty the God King, what honor do you have left?!”
“Have you forgotten how you obtained your honor?!”
“Our entire Iapetus Family, all the gods received honor bestowed by the God King!”
“How can you betray His Majesty the God King?! How dare you betray the God Lord who granted us glory?!”
Prometheus, upon hearing this, immediately retorted in anger: “Atlas! My brother! What honor did the God King bestow exactly?!”
“Our Father God is the great Primal Titan Iapetus! Our Mother Goddess is the Oceanid Goddess, wise and tender Clymene!”
“But what is this so-called honor you obtained?!”
“You are the violent starry sky deconstruction power, Menoetius is the arrogant starry sky collapse power!”
“You are merely powers casually used by the God King in His hand, merely tools He manipulates!”
Prometheus suppressed his grief and indignation, pointing at Atlas: “Mother Goddess sought for you in marriage the gentle Daughter of Oceanus—Pleione, you two gave birth to seven tender and kind daughters—Pleiades, we became even more friendly with the great Oceanus, what a wonderful thing that is.”
PS:（Pleiades, that is the Pleiades star cluster, one of the finest deep-space celestial body groups visible to the naked eye, also known as the Seven Sisters star cluster. These seven goddesses represent the seven brightest stars in the cluster, the seven most beautiful, brightest, and most radiant star goddesses. At least three of them bore sons with Zeus.）
“But what honor did His Majesty the God King bestow upon Pleiades and them? Still the honor of stars!”
“For this, we fell out with the mighty Cosmic Framework!”
“But this is not the end!”
“Afterward, you two again gave birth to the lovely and cute Hyades（rain nymphs）, Calypso（seawater goddess）, Hyas（water mist god）, the God King granted them authority over rain, seawater, and water mist.”
“Thus we simultaneously offended the great Sea god Pontus and the boundless Ocean Oceanus!”
Prometheus turned his gaze to Menoetius again, his voice carrying anger full of disappointment at failure to meet expectations: “And you, reckless and arrogant Menoetius.”
“Mother Goddess sought for you in marriage Pontus’s eldest son, the kind and gentle daughter of Nereus—Eurylyia（peaceful river nymph）, you two together gave birth to the beautiful Hesperis（sunset radiance）.”
“But Hesperis, what did she obtain? The honor of star radiance!”
“For this we fell out with the Lord of Celestial Bodies Hyperion!”
Prometheus looked back at Atlas, his eyes full of disappointment at looking at a fool: “And you! Stupid and muddled Atlas! You incorrigible fool! What do you understand exactly?!”
“You even secretly with Hesperis gave birth to the Hesperides three sisters!”
“These delicate and friendly children, what they obtained is still the honor of star radiance! The Iapetus Family and Hyperion’s family are completely at enmity!”
PS:（Hesperides three sisters—Aegle, radiant sunset goddess; Eurylyia, deep crimson evening glow goddess; Hesperides, twilight dusk goddess）.
Prometheus fiercely cursed: “You utter fool! Reckless man! Why don’t you think, you and Pleione as well as Hesperis, why could you give birth to laws completely unrelated to your Origin?!”
“The bright path Mother Goddess paved for you, everything was ruined because of this!”
Prometheus fiercely cursed a round, suppressing his grief and indignation as he growled lowly: “Look! What kind of honor did the God King bestow upon us exactly?!”
“Our originally intimate brothers and friends have now all become our enemies!”
“Is what the God King bestowed true honor?! Why do I only see isolated schemes?”
“Look! Does the Iapetus Family now have any friends in the true sense?!”
The reckless Menoetius was thoroughly enraged by Prometheus’s words, He roared in fury: “Enough! Prometheus, what nonsense are you spouting exactly?!”
“The Universe all belongs to His Majesty the God King, everything is under the God King’s rule!”
“The God King did not occupy the honor belonging to the gods themselves, the gods did not actively give birth to laws! Can’t we give birth?!”
“I only see the Iapetus Family becoming ever more prosperous under His Majesty the God King’s leadership, power growing daily!”
“To obtain requires paying! Is there anything in this world that can be obtained for nothing?!”
“Allegiance to His Majesty the God King is perfectly justified!”
“As long as we loyally pledge allegiance to the God King, the God King will grant us endless honor and power!”
Menoetius snorted disdainfully: “What of Crius? His children are not allowed to enter the World!”
“What of Hyperion? His children are not allowed to shine upon the World!”
“Honor forever belongs only to the God King and the Iapetus Family! To those strong ones brave enough to strive for it!”
Atlas had just been called out on his affair and was somewhat embarrassed, now after Menoetius retorted against Prometheus, He finally spoke.
He snorted coldly: “What happens to other families, what does it have to do with us?!”
“Prometheus, you must know, what god are you?! Whose child are you?! Whose family should you strive to strengthen?!”
“Can you expand your own honor by being on good terms with His gods?!”
“Honor must be strived for oneself!”
“We now possess too much honor, involving power, starry sky, light, sea and ocean! In the future we will possess even more!”
“These are all obtained by our allegiance to His Majesty the God King, can it be obtained by what you call being on good terms with His gods?!”
Atlas sneered, his voice carrying mockery: “Prometheus ah, now you pledge allegiance to that rebellious traitor Zeus, what have you obtained? What has been bestowed upon you?”
“You are merely a betrayer, possessing nothing!”
“Who in this world will truly value a betrayer?”
Prometheus’s usually calm temper could no longer endure, his two brothers’ stupidity and stubbornness had exceeded all His imagination.
He angrily roared: “Enough! You two fools! I may not have obtained yet now, but I will not lose everything I possess because of this!”
“In the long time of the future, I can still find methods to possess more!”
“While you, although obtaining some false glory and authority for the moment, but when you look out, the Universe is full of enemies, can you possess them for long?! Can you hold onto these things?!”
Prometheus no longer wanted to speak with these two utter fool brothers, He turned his gaze to His Father God Iapetus, his eyes carrying plea and hope.
“Father God, wise You, do You also think They are right? Can’t You see this great momentum that is about to arrive?”
No ripple or idea could be seen on Iapetus’s stern face.
His low and firm voice slowly rose at this moment, carrying meaningful words: “Prometheus ah, to obtain, one needs to pay.”
“This is the ultimate truth of the Universe.”
“It’s just that this payment, sometimes needs to be paid before obtaining; sometimes, is the price to pay after obtaining.”
“The future is always elusive, if one worries about losing and does not strive, isn’t that equivalent to never having possessed?”
Iapetus’s calm gaze fell on Prometheus: “You inherited your Mother Goddess’s wisdom, you are too smart, every god praises you so.”
“But you forgot, smart is praise for children, a god who truly knows the World, a mature god, should possess clear wisdom.”
“You always want to obtain without paying, or pay a tiny insignificant price to obtain much.”
“Prometheus, my child, in this world you are not the only smart god.”
“You are smart, but not firm enough.”
“You will pay the price for this later.”
“This reason you may understand in your heart, but you will always have fluke mentality, because you are too smart, always thinking you can easily avoid risk.”
“Your two brothers although not as smart as you, but They understand more clearly than you this simplest reason of exchanging payment for return.”
Prometheus’s eyes full of hope dimmed, but He still pleaded bitterly: “Father God, this is a war predestined to fail, now everything is still in time.”
“Even if we choose allegiance to Son of Rhea Zeus, will we lose the honor the Iapetus Family deserves?”
“Great you are so powerful, tolerant Zeus will not refuse your allegiance, Son of Rhea’s magnanimity is as vast as the Universe, He will accept you.”
“We are different from Coeus and them, we have no essential conflict with Son of Rhea.”
“Even if the Universe implements new order, even if we may lose some honor, but this is only temporary. In the new order, can’t we obtain even greater and more honor?”
“Possessing the present is how we can possess the future, but if you continue to stubbornly persist, then you will surely lose the present and future! Lose everything!”
Iapetus slightly frowned, his low voice carrying unquestionable majesty, scolding: “Enough Prometheus!”
“In this world there is no so-called inevitably winning or losing war, only the invincible will of the brave!”
“How would you know the God King’s great courage and that invincible Divine Power!”
“Even the invincible immortal Heavenly Father, that Master of Spirituality, was still sent by the God King to eternal Deep Sleep high in the sky!”
“We are Sons of Uranus! We are the original Titans, the foundation of all Existence in the Universe!”
“When have you ever seen a defeated Titan?!”
“Titans will never be defeated!”
