Foolish Brother Odin

Chapter 483 Uranus's Mediation

Breaking three ribs is extremely painful for a human and can even directly affect combat ability.

For Zeus, the god-king who possessed the ability to transform and had Titan blood, it was actually not too bad.

It really hurts, but at least I won't be taken away by my dad in one fell swoop.

When Cronus's scythe swung down a second time, Zeus had at least blasted the green grass above his head into charcoal with a thunderbolt, regaining his sanity and control over his divine power, which gave him more room to dodge.

"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard—" Zeus cursed incessantly, these being the cleanest words among his curses that were most easily recorded by the priests.

It is worth noting that, in his fury, Zeus once cursed Cronus to be childless!
A group of Olympian gods and a bunch of Titans fought until the sky darkened and the sun and moon lost their light.

Because a large amount of divine power overflowed, stirring up the atmosphere and causing the world to become physically dark, Zeus and his companions did not immediately notice that the sunlight had disappeared.

Only after Odin smashed the world down from the sky of the Greek world did this earth-shattering war, in which they raged and vented their hatred for each other, finally cool down a little.

Zeus and Cronus, now some distance apart, watched the meteor shower falling from the sky and murmured almost simultaneously, "What is this again?"

[My foolish son! My idiotic grandson! You're still fighting? The world is about to end!] Uranus, the god of the sky, roared in fury from the heavens.

"What?" Cronus and Zeus exclaimed in unison once again.

Their strategy of "pacifying the internal before resisting the external" stems from a fixed mindset—that as long as they eliminate each other, the Aesir are nothing but a bunch of trash.

This is not because they think rationally, but because their excessive hatred for each other has blinded them to reason.

Cronus believed that after killing Zeus, he could easily turn his attention to the Downs and their allies. This was because the prophecy had foretold that it would be his own son (later confirmed to be that little bastard Zeus) who would overthrow his rule, not the Downs. Such was the confidence and superstition of this god-king.

What about Zeus?
To reiterate, heretics are more despicable than infidels!
The most unforgettable betrayal comes from one's own father!
But the dilemma he faced was equally troubling: the reduction of his divine power base.

There was a time when he felt his divine power was inexhaustible, because no one in the entire Greek world thought of how to solve the problem of the sky or weaken its power.

And so on, no one would have thought of how to destroy the ocean and the underworld.

This is the limitation of thinking.

The truth is, the Asgardian emperor Tangs on the other side not only had wildly imaginative ideas, but he also actually did it—using an asteroid to break through Uranus's defenses, using a spatial channel to divert the waters of the seven seas, and then having Hela lead a large army to raid the Underworld and abduct ghosts.

This series of actions even made Zeus and his two brothers, who seemed to have inexhaustible divine power, feel a real sense of crisis.

The sky can be pierced, the sea can be leaked, and the earth can be dismantled.

What is impossible then?

The problem is, with Zeus's father pursuing him so relentlessly, where does Zeus find the energy to deal with Downs?
Cronus broke three of Zeus's ribs, which angered Zeus. Zeus then focused on enlarging his father's seemingly small wounds, injecting them with large amounts of air and thunder, and even drawing water from his brother and the death energy of the underworld. He concentrated his firepower on his father's left leg.

Zeus wanted to cripple Cronus's leg. Thus, in this state of mutual destruction, the two camps fought fiercely for three whole days before Zeus realized something was wrong.

【Wait! I can't sense Hercules' divine power anymore?!】 Zeus's divine voice echoed in the ears of the Olympian gods.

"Not only Hercules, but Athena has also disappeared. I can no longer feel her competing with me for (war) divine power." Ares was actually quite excited about it. His (war) divine power wasn't exclusive; Athena had taken a significant share from him. Now that Athena had suddenly stopped competing, he felt his divine power increase greatly, and he was quite happy.

"And the light of Apollo and the sun of Helios!" Hades added coldly.

"Haha! That's great...no, that's terrible." Hera blurted out, then immediately changed her mind.

It's no wonder she hates Zeus's illegitimate children for a long time, especially since Zeus defied her will and made these outstanding illegitimate children the kings of the Olympian gods. This was a perfect example of stepping on a landmine, dancing on her most sensitive nerve called "jealousy".

Even just seeing those few people on a normal day makes Hera angry.

This time, Hera actually felt Zeus's angry gaze, and she suddenly felt guilty.

But Zeus's anger didn't last long; his gaze soon dimmed with disappointment.

At this very moment, though the battlefield was still incredibly noisy, and the Titans' furious roars still echoed throughout the heavens and earth, and the terrain of the earth and mountains was constantly being altered and destroyed by the immense force every second, the hearts of the Olympian gods gradually fell silent.

Even after Athena and the others left the Greek world, the gods' connection to them weakened.

But weakening and disappearing are two different things.

If the loss of Hercules's power had little impact on the Greek world, the dereliction of duty by Helios and Apollo had a much more significant effect.

Without light, the world entered a state of eternal night.

This wasn't really noticeable for the primordial gods like Uranus and Gaia, or for the second-generation gods like Cronus. But starting with the third-generation gods, the feeling became incredibly clear.

Various terrifying conjectures uncontrollably surfaced in the minds of Zeus and his companions:
Is Odin really that terrifying?
Or was it that Hera forced Athena to attack while the space passage between the two worlds was not closed, leading to their attack and subsequent deaths?
Or is it some other situation?
Just then, a loud and furious voice suddenly descended from the sky: "My beastly son! My idiotic grandson! The Aesir's attack is about to destroy the entire world, and you two are still fighting amongst yourselves? Are you only satisfied when the world is completely torn apart and you've both become powerless trash?"

Clearly, the one who spoke was Uranus, the first god-king!
Neither Zeus nor Cronus would have the slightest respect for Him.

Uranus was no good either.

Gaia is the most qualified to speak on this matter.

After Cronus slaughtered the chicken for his father, he had no hope that his father would give him the slightest kindness.

Zeus? All those who threaten his divine authority are enemies!
However, Uranus's appearance finally brought a slight pause to the great war that had destroyed the entire city-state of Syracuse. The two sides kept their distance, staring at each other menacingly while listening intently to what Uranus had to say.

(End of this chapter)