Foolish Brother Odin

Chapter 416 Fighting match-fixing

It's very troublesome when one's own deities are not of one mind and harbor great hatred towards each other.

But Zeus still couldn't solve it.

Although Uranus, the first god-king and god of the sky, had no direct enmity with Zeus, and even though he was happy to see Zeus overthrow the divine authority of his eldest son Cronus, it did not mean that he liked Cronus's son.

Uranus was killed and became indifferent to worldly desires, but that doesn't mean he would help Zeus.

Gaia, the Earth Mother, hated Zeus even more. She had deliberately given birth to the powerful monster Typhon to support Cronus, directly challenging Zeus's power. However, she was no match for him, and Zeus couldn't easily deal with her.

There was no other way; one was the sky itself, and the other was the earth. If these two were destroyed, the Greek world would be destroyed.

It is foreseeable that the two gods of heaven and earth, who absolutely refuse to cooperate with Zeus, will create significant obstacles for Zeus in the struggle for the world's laws.

"Sigh! If only it were just a way to trip me up." Athena thought to herself, then felt even more worried.

She feared that these core Greek gods would collude with Downs to attack Zeus, which would be a real and super troublesome situation!
Uranus and a host of ancient gods whose power had been usurped... Cronus and a host of Titans... Zeus could keep these two factions in check during peacetime, but if they joined forces with the Aesir to launch a coordinated attack from within and without, each faction would be enough to blast the Greek world to smithereens.

The more Athena knew, the more terrified she became.

The seemingly powerful Mount Olympus is actually like a sandcastle built on quicksand. Isn't that terrifying?
The ongoing divine war continues.

With the communication technology of this era, it's already quite remarkable if you can confirm the whereabouts of a deity within half a day.

Real-time battle reports are rare; information delays are the norm.

Unless it's a deity like Helios, the sun god, whose fate is strongly tied to the state of the world, it's very difficult for Olympus to detect the fall of lesser gods immediately.

As the nymphs, divine servants, and angels successively sent in their battle reports, Athena's face gradually darkened...

In contrast, at the Golden Palace in Asgard, Downs remained calm as he watched the battle reports coming in one after another, but Thor was restless.

"Father God, when is it our turn to strike?"

"You're not a child, can't you stay calm?"

“This…” Thor sat down helplessly and scratched his big beard.

The spatial passage is open, large enough to accommodate an attack from a god-level being, but this does not mean that a god-level being must be sent there.

After all, the loss of a chief god would be a major loss to the entire pantheon.

This principle applies even to the Aesir gods.

Indeed, Downs led the Aesir to conquer various divine factions, both large and small.

There are enough gods to be the sun god to fill a whole line, and at least two dozen to be the god of death.

Core divine positions aren't given out so easily.

Loyalty, lineage, whether one is respected by the people, and relationship with the other gods—all these factors must be taken into account.

If not handled properly, it can turn a helpful tool into a hindrance, which is no fun.

The old Aesir did not have the four elemental gods of earth, water, fire, and wind. Until the defeat of the Fusang and Indian pantheons, Tangs firmly controlled the wind and water elements, and also held core divine positions over the fire and earth elements.

As the God-Emperor, he simply didn't take on the divine duties of fire and earth, leaving the daily tasks to working gods like Geb.

He also doesn't respond to the prayers of the believers in these four areas. If there are too many prayers from believers on Towns' side, Towns will simply delete them with one click.

This approach prevented the world from collapsing due to the fall of a supreme god.

As for Downs's demise, that's laughable. He's finished, so why would he care about the world being flooded? With core gods like Hela, Arthur, and Frey unlikely to participate, the intensity of this divine war was destined to be limited.

This is not to say that Arjuna and his men's struggle was unimportant.

Quantitative changes can easily lead to qualitative changes.

Arjuna and Ravana brought back their spoils of war—the soul cores of two sea goddesses.

Next came a series of battle reports from former South Asian gods... well, how should I put it?

As expected, those guys were terrible.

Having grown accustomed to seeing mortals ascend to godhood and powerful figures fight their way to the top, watching those battles of gods from the Liberian lineage is simply an eyesore.

Who knew that what was even more cringe-worthy was what was on the other side?

Those slave gods of the Greek pantheon have gone to extreme lengths to survive.

"I am XXXX, and I have no intention of fighting! But I have been forced to the battlefield by the wicked Olympian gods. If possible, we can have a friendly spar, waste an hour, and then I will leave. If the gods are willing to let me go, I will reward them handsomely!" This has almost become the standard rhetoric for those slave gods.

Participation in the God Wars is mandatory.

Not coming means they might be killed by the divine supervising team.

God wars can also be private.

They charged over to Jinlunjia's side. On the pre-arranged Fusang battlefield, they mustered their divine power, obscuring the surrounding battlefield environment, and immediately began to worship. Can you believe it?

This powerful move completely stunned the opposing Asaph.

The merit gained from killing slave gods in the Greek world was already minimal.

They have no will to fight; they're just here to complain and give up. It's not impossible for you to force a kill, but the price is that it could very well arouse the suspicion of God Emperor Tang Si.

This is right under the nose of His Majesty the Divine Emperor!
Those former South Asian little gods wouldn't dare to openly court death.
Most South Asian gods would just exchange pleasantries, and then both sides would throw the match.

You blow up a mountain, I'll blast a huge hole in the ground.

Since they had nothing better to do, these lower-level new Asgardians decided to try and extract information from the other party.

These slave gods were quite straightforward, revealing everything they knew without reservation: the names and characteristics of the Greek gods, gossip about who was with whom, or who had mortal offspring that might be a god's weakness...

These guys spilled everything out at once, while also pouring out their grievances.

Aside from being unable to immediately switch jobs due to the curse, they did everything they could—either slack off or defect.

A small group of Aesir gods did try to attack these guys, but they couldn't withstand the enemy's pre-emptive armor and shields.

Without saying a word, he poured all his divine power into defense, transforming himself into a god-level tortoise shell.

When a deity is focused solely on defense and disregards everything else, killing him is no easy feat.

Anyway, once the time is up, they immediately slip away and find some way to escape.

what?
Can you really smash their turtle shells?
That only proves that the two sides are not on the same level.

Anyone who isn't a supreme god can easily control these slave gods!

Well, after the battle, these South Asian deities had no achievements to boast about, while the former mortal heroes who stormed into the Greek world had gained something.

(End of this chapter)