Foolish Brother Odin

Chapter 425 Athena's Dilemma
damn!

Athena's heart pounded wildly.

Of course she knew what these things were—cheating devices that could change the laws of the world!

The most terrifying thing is that, at this stage, she has absolutely no means to fight against it.

Generally speaking, only the primordial god-king who created the world has the right to write the laws of a world.

Not to mention her, even the god-king Zeus might not know such methods.

Every primordial deity was born out of the world's needs. They are born noble, possess extraordinary skill in a particular domain, and are the sole representative of that domain. This is both a blessing and a curse, as these deities are often eternally bound to that domain, unable to transcend it.

In contrast, those mortals who were deified theoretically had more choices.

They can seize the opportunity to advance their careers while simultaneously demanding a necessary but currently vacant clergy position from the world.

Why does Athena know so much?
As a pitiful goddess who lost her mother, had an unreliable father Zeus, and was constantly targeted and secretly persecuted by Hera, Athena didn't have many divine positions at birth. Zeus had children all over the world; there's no such thing as 'any child of a god could become one of the twelve kings of the gods'.

My current status is 50% due to talent and 50% due to hard work.

The goddesses not only had to be strong, but also had to guard against Zeus, that lecherous old man, trying to take advantage of them.

Athena's journey was more fraught with danger than walking a tightrope.

Her current divine office was at least half seized from other deities through divine wars in different domains.

The more you grab, the more you learn.

Obtaining a divine position does not mean she can gain such a deep understanding of the field that she can reshape the laws of the universe.

If your newly created laws cannot be proven to be superior to the existing world laws, the world will not recognize them. In that case, the laws without roots are more like small-scale, self-indulgent laws that might fool some external gods, but don't even think about having the entire world power you and let you do as you please.

The more Athena learned, the more terrifying the god-emperor Downs Paulson seemed to her—his laws were clearly accepted by Greece and even this star system, making many of his laws universal ironclad rules.

This means she has to participate in a card game where the rules are set by the other party. Just imagine how terrifying and difficult it would be to deal with someone who is both the opponent and the referee.

Under these circumstances, she might not be able to count on Zeus.

As gods of three generations, Zeus and his father Cronus both rose to power by overthrowing the previous king of the gods.

Each term of office is more bitter and resentful than the last; there is no gratitude, only hatred.

Under such circumstances, how can one expect the new God-King to receive the complete inheritance of the world-shaping from the previous God-King?

The only tiny bit of hope is that Zeus, after conquering many worlds, has mastered the laws and secrets that shaped the world... but Athena can't ask Zeus directly.

There was no way around it; both generations of god-kings had seized power illegitimately, so they would be extremely sensitive to such core abilities that involved the very origin of the world.

With Athena's wisdom, she certainly knew that not asking was the best course of action.

The thought of this gave Athena a terrible headache.

A thousand thoughts raced through Athena's mind, but her hands never stopped. Her gleaming spear unleashed wave after wave of divine power, bombarding Anubis with various forms of divine magic. Meanwhile, her goddess of victory, along with her 'Saints,' clashed with Anubis's subordinates, led by Galahad, and their foes.

Divine light flashed, elements vibrated, and destructive shockwaves rose and fell across the battlefield. Every now and then, twisted and mangled human figures could be seen flying up, their deaths quite gruesome.

Athena glanced at it and knew that this battle was neither a win nor a loss.

Continuing the fight would only increase casualties. The problem is that she can't retreat immediately; Ares is Hera's son, and Hera will protect him no matter what.

She, Artemis, and Apollo were all merely children born to Zeus's lovers.

Having achieved nothing, retreating so early will surely invite Hera's wrath.

Then her divine servants (Saint Seiya warriors) will have to suffer.

At the same time, she didn't want to reveal too many of her trump cards, as she felt that her every move was being monitored by some powerful deity.

This is not an illusion!
Because in Asgard, Downs was truly keeping an eye on Athena.

Hathor, the mother of Anubis, deliberately brought up the topic: "Is this the Greek goddess His Majesty has chosen?"

"Yes and no," Towns said calmly.

"what?"

At this moment, Scáthach interjected, "All His Majesty desires is for a Greek goddess-king to appear as the conquered on the main stage of the Palace of Pleasure. Whether she is Athena, Diana, or whatever, it doesn't matter."

Scáthach's words resonated deeply with Towns.

At his level, even the most beautiful goddess is nothing more than a painted skeleton.

What he wanted to conquer was not her beautiful appearance, but her identity.

As for whether a hybrid offspring of the corresponding pantheon will be born, thus completing the fusion of the divine races, that depends on whether the other party is sensible or not. If they are truly sensible, and if Tang Si has a need, he can communicate with the world's will, and not just one, but a hundred divine children could be born.

Actually, Towns is more interested in the Saints under Athena's command than Athena herself.

Before his time travel, he was always puzzled as to why the Bronze Saints could defeat the Silver and Gold Saints. After his time travel, he finally understood – Gold was the softest, Silver was the second softest, and only Bronze was the hardest metal in the hands of the Greeks!
It turns out that the world had already reached a consensus.

Unfortunately, Downs didn't recognize any of these Saint Seiya warriors.

Otherwise, he might develop a collecting obsession.

Since he didn't get what he wanted, he quietly watched as the new gods, including Bose, Galahad, and Hassan, along with several South Asian subordinate gods, brutally beat up the Saints on the other side.

Even with Athena having the goddess of victory and several slave gods as her subordinates, this was still not a battle of the same level.

The difference in their fighting spirit is too great!
Clearly, Athena held back and gave her subordinates a signal. As a result, the firepower inevitably hit those Saints who had not yet reached the level of gods.

The Saint Seiya warriors were brave, but only merciless slaughter awaited them.

Seeing this, Towns withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at Anubis.

In the mental projection, Towns didn't really want to watch the other three major battles.

The battle between Badr and Poseidon was so horrific that even without seeing the mind projection, just hearing the sounds was enough to make one's heart tremble and tears flow.

Frigga clenched her fists tightly and never let go.

After all, from the start until now, Badr has been the giant punching bag.

To be honest, if he hadn't received the World Sword from Downs, he would have been devoured whole by Poseidon, skin and all.

(End of this chapter)