Foolish Brother Odin

Chapter 453 Poseidon Loses Money Either Way

The cries of a thousand or eight hundred believers were like a brief ringing in Poseidon's ears, gone in an instant.

What about the cries of all the believers in the seven kingdoms of Atlantis, along with all the intelligent creatures in the ocean?

There's no escaping it!
Poseidon was not a good-tempered fellow to begin with, and his anger was instantly ignited!

Normally, he would have rushed back immediately and fought that shameless scoundrel who dared to raid his base while he was away!
This is his 'Seven Seas'!
The source of his divine power, the lifeblood in the divine realm.

No one is allowed to touch its sore spot!

However, that bastard god-king on the other side really made his move. Unfortunately for him, he was facing the most powerful god-king-level being on the other side: the crown prince of the Aesir—Thor, the god of thunder!
In the eyes of the Olympian gods, Thor's capture of Artemis was an act of unparalleled cruelty.

Poseidon was truly on high alert when facing Thor, daring not to be careless in the slightest, and even less likely to retreat casually under such circumstances.

If he were to run away recklessly, Thor would surely pursue him fiercely and might even inflict a terrible blow on him.

Poseidon gritted his teeth.

Despite his anger, he continued working, stirring up a massive storm within the enormous spatial tunnel, which was over fifty kilometers wide and high.

His golden chariot raced across the waves, so close to the top of the tunnel that it felt as if the chariot was crushing the clouds.

The trident unleashes a world-ending vortex.

Poseidon, the god with long, white hair, appeared to have hair that looked like a deep blue in the reflection of the waves. Behind him, nine sea dragons formed from seawater roared and surged, and the surging waves that swept across the space passage even caused dazzling ripples to appear on the seemingly indestructible barrier.

Poseidon relentlessly unleashed devastating waves that swept towards Thor.

Thor retaliated in kind.

His Ram Thunder Chariot hovered in the sky, his Mjolnir drawing upon the thunderous power from the 27th realm of Jinlunga. Exaggerated lightning bolts densely covered the sky and earth, seemingly capable of leaving scorch marks in the atmosphere.

The thunder never stopped rumbling.

The terrifying energy, equivalent to countless volcanic eruptions, transformed into billions of lightning bolts that crashed down.

"Crash-"

"Zizzi-"

The purest ocean waves and immense amounts of lightning clashed in the spatial passage.

The seawater dilutes the lightning, and the lightning also ignites the water.

This is the clash between the pure wind and water elements in the two worlds.

It felt as if, every second, a lake the size of Athens was being forcibly evaporated in this void of space.

This is merely a collision at the elemental level.

The two top deities were even driving their chariots, occasionally clashing fiercely in mid-air.

close!

Closer!
Poseidon's winged horse galloped through the air, its trident tip bursting forth with deep blue divine power, as if the seven seas were overturning.

On the sheep-drawn cart that was galloping wildly in mid-air opposite, Thor's muscular arm suddenly swelled up, and the ancient Runas runes on the hammer handle lit up one after another. He unleashed a sweeping, collapsing ball of lightning, which flew toward Poseidon's face.

"Oh!"

The two unparalleled divine forces collided, creating a vacuum zone, and a giant wave, no smaller than the entire Mount Olympus, instantly vaporized.

The winged horse on Poseidon's chariot raised its head and neighed loudly, its upper body upright as if it were stepping into thin air, and the chariot wheels even unintentionally veered off course as they spun. Poseidon spat angrily.

The destruction of the South Atlantis Trench Kingdom and the loss of control over the massive amount of seawater ultimately affected the transmission of Poseidon's divine power.

He didn't lose to Thor in a battle of divine skill, but rather to the despicable god on the other side.

"Shameless! Do you dare to truly fight me one-on-one with your own strength?!" Poseidon finally couldn't hold back and started cursing.

Thor was fully aware of the "Operation Overturn the Seas," yet he had no reservations whatsoever.

Thor laughed heartily and retorted, "Hahaha! I don't mind if you and your brothers gang up on me!"

Yes! It's a bit unsportsmanlike of me to have more gods than gods on my side. But I don't mind if you, the Olympian gods, use a war of attrition against me.

These words left Poseidon speechless.

There is no such thing as a fair fight in this world.

Whether it's a person or a god, one's own talent, effort, opportunities, the amount of resources at one's disposal, and the opponent, along with a large number of uncontrollable subjective and objective factors, determine the outcome of a battle.

Thor doesn't mind fighting multiple opponents, so Poseidon has no reason to criticize Thor.

And don't think that besieging is simple.

It's already difficult for gods with different characteristics to coordinate, let alone elemental gods.

Perhaps his own god is the fatal stumbling block.

Poseidon knew very well that Thor, an elemental god born with the body of a Titan, was undoubtedly the most difficult opponent on the battlefield. Even if you added any other god, even the sea goddess who was used to cooperating with Poseidon, they would still be no match for Thor, a veteran warrior god whose combat experience was clearly off the charts.

Fighting doesn't guarantee victory, and fleeing means certain defeat.

Poseidon's only chance was to exhaust Thor's divine power. After all, lightning, as a branch of the wind element, is notoriously energy-intensive.

Now, Poseidon's base has been raided. It's uncertain who will outlast whom.

The miserable Poseidon could only grit his teeth and bear it.

On the other side, Enki, the sea god of the Aesir, was grinning from ear to ear.

Enki wasn't exactly bad at fighting; as Enlil's older brother, his combat skills were certainly not lacking. However, rather than conquering the gods with force, Enki preferred to overwhelm his opponents with wisdom.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he was doing menial work—alongside a bunch of water deities, he was thrown by Downs to dig a hole to drain water from Poseidon's ocean and lead it to a Greek sub-world.

In fact, this could very well be the deciding factor in changing the balance of power between the two major world powers.

Draining the water is easy, but pumping it back in is difficult.

Even though both worlds were under Zeus's control, it doesn't mean Poseidon could reclaim his own seawater as the basis of his divine power.

Firstly, transporting water across space requires a top-level deity with the divine authority of "space".

Anyone without a concept of space and the universe would be completely lost. Zeus did indeed have some divine authority over the sky, but he was practically a 'space illiterate'! He had absolutely no astronomical knowledge, not even the most basic concepts. Let alone Zeus, even the true sky god Uranus relied on instinct when using his divine powers.

Sending a bunch of illiterate gods to mess up space-based water diversion is just utter nonsense.
Then, drawing water would also require an enormous amount of divine power, as well as the skill of a genuine sea god. Bringing back one-seventh of the waters of Atlantis meant that Poseidon would have to expend a great deal of divine power.

Not drawing it back means the foundation for extracting divine power is insufficient. Drawing it back means the existing divine power is insufficient.

Poseidon is losing money no matter what.

(End of this chapter)