Foolish Brother Odin

Chapter 367 Never Give Up Until You Hit a Wall

Have few enemies and many friends.

The best course of action is to make the enemy an enemy of the whole world.

Despite leading the Aesir for so long and conquering so many pantheons, Downs didn't always resort to annihilation. For example, with the Danube gods and the Horusic faction in the Egyptian pantheon, he primarily used appeasement, with suppression as a secondary measure.

After Towns finished speaking, Thor unexpectedly started chatting quietly with his brothers Tyr and Vidal at a volume of 90 decibels: "I think I could never learn Father God's political wisdom even if I studied for ten thousand years."

Those two guys just nodded in agreement.

This little detail left Towns both amused and exasperated.

Back in the main hall, to be honest, the main enemies of Odin back then were the ancient Aesir gods, and at most the Vanir gods.

Since the old gods had no objection to Tang Si letting Odin go, the new gods who had merged into the other pantheons would have even less to say.

Ultimately, it's because Downs handled Ragnarok so brilliantly back then. Apart from a few unlucky giants, some divine servants, and mortals who perished in battle, none of the gods suffered any damage. In the grand scheme of things, this loss was at most a minor injury.

If a third of the pure-blooded Asgardians had died in battle back then, do you think the court would be in an uproar today?

Frey simply asked one question: "Your Majesty, shall we accelerate the progress of the Golden Lunga world?"

"It's best not to," Loki said quietly.

Frey didn't quite understand, but when he saw the smile on Downs's lips, he immediately knew that it was Downs who didn't understand Odin.

In theory, Frey should hate Odin, since Odin was the enemy who killed his and Frey's father.

Unfortunately, he couldn't bring himself to hate him.

From beginning to end, this was all due to the Vanir's arrogance and overconfidence in initiating a war against the Aesir, only to be annihilated in the process. It was entirely their own doing. If Njord hadn't been his father, he might not have even been willing to fight this divine war.

Frey didn't understand Odin, nor did he want to. Since Loki, the old god who had served Odin in the past, said so, he must have his reasons.

As soon as Loki spoke, Frey retreated to his throne.

Only Towns understood Loki's meaning: Odin, after all, possessed a certain pride. He was playing both sides—not wanting to miss the opportunity to grow stronger, nor willing to bow down to his elder brother. If Towns ordered the Kinlunga world to accelerate, it would shorten Odin's time to seize the spoils, and Odin might even rekindle old grudges. Therefore, proceeding at the original pace was the best course of action for the current situation.

After setting the tone, the next step was to discuss how to prepare for the war.

Today, with the rise in status of the Egyptian and Slavic pantheons, those minor sub-pantheons that were once part of India and Japan are now vying for prominence.

They were all eager to make their mark and soar to great heights.

Towns chuckled inwardly, but he wouldn't stop these guys.

Large-scale pantheon battles, smaller pantheons choosing sides.

This does not mean that someone in every minor pantheon is necessarily qualified to stand out.

The pyramid-shaped promotion system that Towns designed was inherently flawed. It just so happened that in each new cult, there were one or two exceptionally talented individuals who eventually converted their potential into real ability and rose to power, creating the illusion that anyone could rise through hard work.

In Towns' eyes, guys like Badr were already second-rate in the fighting arena.

However, Baldr sparred with these minor pantheons' war gods several times, beating them up like children.

Ultimately, it comes down to the environment in which they grew up. The entire Aesir pantheon consists of fierce gods who have fought their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Not only are their divine bodies incredibly strong, but their combat experience is also exceptionally rich. They are not in the same league as those weak gods from minor pantheons who were defeated very early on.

Just as Towns was willing to listen to Loki's advice and let Odin make his mark, Towns didn't mind these rookies hitting a wall.

They are all gods in the religion, and everyone outwardly respects and obeys their commands, but in reality they are outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant.

Only when everyone is beaten into submission by the religious authorities will they learn the meaning of "it's good to have a powerful backer."

Coincidentally, a stable pyramid structure also requires a large number of mediocre people to work for the gods.

And so, the battle plan was happily devised.

On the other hand, Towns and Loki's guesses about Odin's psychology were actually completely correct.

Odin is the kind of person who would forget the greater good for the sake of small gains.

After reporting the information about the other side to Towns in a dream, he immediately locked his mind, not giving his good older brother the opportunity to spy on his soul.

Now that Odin has gained power and controls a realm, as the King of Gods, he is no longer as easily seen by Downs as he was when his remnant soul infiltrated the Celts.

This doesn't prevent Odin from defending against Downs's attack.

The following days were marked by brief but intense contact with the Greek world community.

The current situation is somewhat like two hands clasped together in prayer. Worlds from different realms are approaching from two directions, beginning to enter relatively parallel ocean current paths. Since their worlds cannot directly contact each other, they can continuously launch attacks on each other through the gaps and holes between mutated star sectors.

This tactic is somewhat similar to the previous Starfield strategy. As long as you kill or defeat the opponent's top contenders, you can directly cut off a large piece of [space] from the other world. As for how many earth, water, fire, and wind elements, or mortal servants, are inside, it's like opening a blind box.

Odin has been very happy lately because the gods of two small worlds on the other side are no match for his Lilanca gods.

After the minor pantheons were wiped out, the second one to rise to the top was a pantheon called the Hittites.

Of course, Odin also informed Towns.

Towns smiled wryly.

The Hittites settled in Anatolia, now part of Türkiye, around 5000 years ago. They originated in the high-altitude mountains of eastern Asia Minor, in the upper reaches of the Kızılı River.

Strictly speaking, the Hittite pantheon belongs to a branch of West Asian mythology.

Because in the mythology, Annu also appears in Hittite mythology, which belongs to a branch of the Mesopotamian pantheon. Wherever the Hittites conquered, they incorporated the local mythology.

It's unclear which era the Hittite pantheon Odin was facing belonged to.

Unfortunately, Hittite mythology was even more chaotic, with numerous instances of fathers killing their grandfathers and sons killing their fathers, reflecting a tradition of filial piety and parental love.

If this isn't chaotic, then there's something even more outrageous.

For example, in Hittite mythology, Anu was defeated in battle and fled in panic. His eldest son, Kumarbi, grabbed him and then bit off his father's penis and swallowed a large mouthful of it. After this, Kumarbi became pregnant and gave birth to his son god, the storm god Taishub.

This is so outrageous that Towns even feels incredibly innocent about having a harem.

Sure enough, I'm not twisted enough, which makes me seem out of place among you twisted gods!
(End of this chapter)