Foolish Brother Odin

Chapter 435 Thor should also stand on his own now.
The new gods born from the union of Downs and mortal deities are all human in form.

Fortunately, they also inherited the Aesir's ability to change the size of their bodies.

Each divine child possesses different talents, but they generally grow to a lesser size than the divine children of the giant race.

Just like how Thor can easily transform into a 20-meter-tall giant, Gilgamesh, even with all his might, can only reach a height of 6 meters.

On the combat level, these new generation of divine sons have a natural disadvantage. Relatively speaking, they are generally more intelligent and well-rounded, and are more suitable to be rulers than fierce generals charging into battle.

It can only be said that Towns has so many children, and each of them has their own strengths.

As the chosen ones who embody the hopes of various former pantheons, the six God-Kings are destined to be unable to accept their ordinariness. The option of simply relying on their birth to live a life of ease and comfort is simply not available to them.

In an era so reliant on military merit, even Catherine, who wasn't particularly gifted in combat, trained herself relentlessly.

Meanwhile, in the Silver Palace.

Whenever there was fighting on the front lines, a live broadcast of mental projection would be conducted in the main hall.

Not every battle requires Towns to be on the front lines.

As for battles below the level of God King, Downs just does it according to his mood.

The battles of the past few days have clearly made Artemis realize that the Aesir are not only on par with the Olympians, but could very well be the victors in this grand divine war.

Towns noticed all the changes in her attitude. From initially not resisting but inwardly resistant, acting her true self the whole time, to recently being obedient and doing whatever she was told, and now quietly lining the streets to welcome her... Towns felt a real sense of accomplishment.

That's pretty much all she can do.

As long as Zeus did not fall, she would have hope and would not completely give up.

This is exactly what Towns wants.

Those goddesses who surrendered after their worlds were destroyed and there was no way out, under this harsh law of the jungle, often didn't sulk for long and soon completely submitted.

It is precisely Artemis's current state of being essentially half-hearted that is most intriguing.

Look at Amaterasu before, sigh, as soon as the Fusang world was destroyed, she resorted to zero-armor dogeza (a form of self-immolation). Now she's teaching Artemis the same trick, but the goddess of the hunt just can't seem to grasp the essence!

"Your Majesty, the spatial portals between the two world clusters are about to close." Brunhilde chuckled as she entered to report, finding Artemis's eyes dimming.

"understood."

Towns stood up, and the Valkyrie helped him change into his armor.

Not long after, he arrived at the main hall and sat on the supreme throne.

Looking out over the crowd of deities who were bowing to him, it was easy to see their joy and sorrow.

Whether it's a mule or a horse, we'll find out once it's out for a spin.

Don't be fooled by the various races' frantic efforts to feed new gods to the six great god-kings during their ascension; when they don their armor and go into battle, these subordinate gods are forced to follow. The true worth of these subordinate gods will be revealed on the battlefield.

Those from South Asia were the worst off; roughly one-third of them were gone.

Because of their low combat strength, Catherine and Bridget were unable to protect their followers, resulting in the number of their followers being halved.

In the lull before the end of the war, they needed to reorganize their staff and their allies.

This time, anyone with eyes can see which of the gods are the most powerful. All the new gods that Downs cultivated, who were made gods from mortal bodies, have not only survived but have also achieved considerable success.

Among them, Beowulf and Arjuna each slew four enemy gods, surpassing all other gods. The second tier includes several new gods such as Gawain, Siegfried, and Ramses II, each with three human (god) heads.

Regardless of the fact that most of these slayings were of slave gods from the Greek world, the act of killing gods in itself is a feat worthy of praise.

Downs didn't mince words either, announcing at the Golden Palace that Beowulf and Arjuna had been elevated to the status of Aesir gods.

As a result, the newly created gods, who were originally mortals, were fiercely contested by the six great god-kings.

They no longer waited aloofly in their palaces, merely sending messengers to lure people over and recruit them as henchmen. The six of them took the initiative, condescending to come to the abode of the new gods and offering them resources.

During this process, some of the new gods were not used to the God-King's command style and made requests such as becoming servants.

This has nothing to do with loyalty or betrayal.

From the very beginning, the God-King's fiefdom was not fixed; even the World Sword was 'granted' rather than 'given' to the God-King by Downs.

Aside from not being allowed to serve in their native lands, all deities are theoretically free to serve other deities, since their true allegiance is only to the God-Emperor Downs Paulson.

What Downs wanted was the complete integration of the conquered gods with the Aesir, so he made this exception.

A deity can forcibly transfer to another body if the deity or its supporters pay a certain price. This involves a great deal of competition for interests and power.

A ruler chooses his ministers, and a minister chooses his ruler.

In this context, Brigitte and Catherine, whose fighting strength was weaker and whose maternal clans were relatively disadvantaged, were the first to be eliminated.

There's nothing that can be done about it. Scáthach is indeed a Celt, but she is not of Danu lineage.

The Slavic gods joined too late, and even though Peren and the others tried very hard, the disadvantage of lacking their homeland could not be easily made up for.

Subsequently, because Gilgamesh and Enkidu were of the same origin, and in order to concentrate resources, Enkidu, the god of the sea and wisdom, tacitly approved the decision to bet on Gilgamesh.

In fact, those mortals who were deified were most eager to serve Gilgamesh, Baldr, and Anubis.

However, following a subtle hint from Downs, a large number of new gods began to gather under Prince Thor's command.

"It's time for Thor to stand on his own. My duel with Zeus is likely to be very long. While I'm away, Asgard will be in Thor's hands."

In a single sentence, an invisible wave immediately swept across the entire Asgard.

If Downs hadn't limited Thor to a maximum of twelve followers, he probably would have wiped out all those powerful new gods of mortal origin.

This unexpected turn of events caught Thor somewhat off guard. He quickly went to find Towns.

"Father God, what do you mean by this?"

"It's nothing. Just the literal meaning. When I was tied up with Zeus, the final decision-making power in Asgard was handed over to you. You are my chosen heir. When the God-Emperor is not around, isn't it only natural for the heir to oversee the country?" Downs said casually.

Every word Towns said was correct, so why did Thor find it all a bit off?
Suddenly, Thor asked, "Father, you don't think dealing with Zeus is too easy, and you've already decided to run away after defeating Zeus, leaving such a big place like Kinlunga to me to deal with, do you?"

Towns' eyelids twitched simultaneously.

(End of this chapter)