Foolish Brother Odin

Chapter 486 Odin's Scheme
Hela's ascension to Goddess Queen was a bit of a surprise, yet not entirely unexpected.

Ultimately, Hela is also from the lineage of the God Emperor. Her grandmother is the aunt of the current God Emperor, Downs.

Although the bloodline is a bit distant, it is still the imperial lineage.

The investiture of Hela was also a reward for Loki's many years of service to the Aesir.

Loki instantly understood what was going on: he had done many good deeds but also caused a lot of trouble, leading many veteran Asgardians to dislike him. Towns couldn't promote Loki, so he could only attribute the favor to his most intelligent and capable daughter.

Although it doesn't look like it, for Hela, a pure-blooded frost giantess, this is already the highest reward she could receive.

Without any pretense, Hela stepped forward and knelt down before Towns with genuine sincerity.

"I am deeply grateful to His Majesty the Divine Emperor and will forever serve him and his lineage!"

This is also a vow made by the branch family to the main family!
It's not easy!
As a child, Hela was criticized for her appearance. It was Downs who showed her the way forward, and thanks to the rotation system, she no longer had to be that terrifying ugly monster who was half zombie and half goddess all the time. Now, with Ereshkigal, Scáthach, and Anubis as her three great assistants, her job is actually much easier.

This was the exchange she had to make to put Towns at ease.

After so many years of hard work, I've finally made it!

How could Hela not be excited?

Hearing the hissing of a giant serpent coming from outside the temple, near the edge of the Asgardian continent, she knew it was the blessing of her second brother, Jormungandr.

Second brother, I'll look for you later.

"Hiss! (Okay)"

Hela's ascension also gave hope to many other deities.

Having defeated the Greek world, the pie of the Golden Lunga world will undoubtedly grow even larger, accommodating more god-kings, chief gods, true gods, and even subordinate gods.

We need to step up our efforts!

Meanwhile, Athena secretly glanced at Artemis, who was instinctively touching her still-flat belly. Athena couldn't help but lament that she had joined the Aesir a little too late! If she had been the first to be captured, she might already be pregnant with a divine child.

The magnitude of this shift in thinking surprised even Athena herself.

Towns's lavish praise on the gods seems like a perfectly methodical move.

In comparison, the Greek world was much more lively.

Once the spatial passage was confirmed to be closed, Odin was the first to become restless.

Seeing that Zeus had temporarily reconciled with his father Cronus, with whom he had a deep-seated hatred, Odin, seemingly cowardly, sent a mortal messenger from Troy to Cronus.

To prevent the messenger from being overwhelmed by the divine power of the other god, Odin thoughtfully gave him a small amulet. "Your Majesty the Supreme God-King Cronus, I bring you the sincere blessings and greetings of the God-King Odin." The messenger's emotionally charged opening remarks made Cronus feel light as a feather, as if even his soul had ascended to the heavens and floated away.

"Hehehe! Odin's messenger is quite the smooth talker. He's very thoughtful!" Cronus laughed heartily, beckoning his wife Rhea to bring out some fine wine. At the same time, he offered the messenger a seat—a human-sized chair was placed on a hundred-story-high platform (actually just a barren mountaintop ravaged by the Titans), where he sat down comfortably.

This is the art of language!
Just like on Earth before Downs traveled through time, if you need to greet a "deputy director," as long as the actual director isn't there, remember to address him as "director" instead of adding the unnecessary "deputy."

Odin knew perfectly well that Cronus was ambitious and arrogant, so before he came, he repeatedly instructed the messenger to flatter and fawn over Cronus.

Cronus, having been imprisoned for so many years, was filled with resentment. After his escape, he gave Zeus a sound beating but failed to completely defeat him. His anger was far from subsided, especially after seeing Zeus 'proclaim himself' the emperor of the gods. Could he swallow this insult?

The opening line, "Odin's messenger," delighted Cronus.

With this auspicious start, the messenger continued to flatter Cronus with eloquent words, telling him how miserable Odin was, how he was hunted down by Zeus's king of gods for saving Cronus, and how he was forced to destroy the small world to resist Zeus's reckoning. Finally, he even begged "Your Majesty, King Cronus" to protect him.

The messenger's humble words and sincere emotions moved not only Cronus but also the other Titans, who simultaneously cursed Zeus as a scoundrel.

Cronus and the other Titans weren't idiots; in fact, some of them suspected Odin might be stirring things up. But without Odin, the Titans would probably still be suffering torture in Tartarus!
Even if Cronus didn't want to repay this favor, he wouldn't at least harbor any ill will towards Odin.

Now look what's happened! Zeus is actually settling scores with Odin, and the messenger is adding fuel to the fire by saying that after Zeus and Cronus reached an agreement to divide the Greek world, Zeus continued to send gods to secretly investigate. Isn't this a slap in the face to Cronus, the "god-king"?

Cronus could tolerate other things, but Zeus went so far as to punish Odin, the lackey of the "Cronus King," because of this, which was truly intolerable.

Seeing that Cronus was already fuming, the messenger unleashed his trump card: "My lord Odin does not wish to affect the harmony of Your Majesty's family. He only hopes that Your Majesty can help Odin when Zeus attacks him, for the sake of the difficulties you and Odin faced together in Tartarus."

"Don't worry! If that little beast Zeus dares to cause trouble for Odin over this matter, I will definitely kill Zeus's entire family!" Cronus pounded his massive, cliff-like chest with a loud thud, the rumbling sound like a mountain collapsing, which terrified the messenger.

By the way, killing Zeus's entire family includes you, Cronus, yourself, right?

The messenger, of course, dared not point out the grammatical error, but instead smiled and thanked him, exclaiming, "Long live the great Divine Emperor!" before taking his leave.

Cronus was greatly pleased and even allowed the messenger to choose several mortal women from his territory to take as slaves. The messenger, however, was quite bold and immediately chose the eldest daughter of the governor of Alexander…

What Cronus didn't expect was that the messenger, after leaving this place, turned around and went to the ruins of Athens, which had been razed to the ground by Ares, to request an audience with Zeus, the king of the gods.

Naturally, Odin's messenger was not qualified to see Zeus.

He was led by the attendants of the gods to Hera's temporary palace, where he saw a ray of light.

Do not look directly at God!
Hera's dazzling divine light nearly blinded the messenger.

【What is it? Speak quickly!】The vast divine power failed to overwhelm the messenger immediately.

Despite the immense pressure, the messenger managed to say, "My lord Odin is under the protection of His Majesty Cronus. To attack my lord is to break the non-aggression pact with His Majesty Cronus."

(End of this chapter)