Foolish Brother Odin

Chapter 489 Tactical Base Exchange?

For Odin, being irresponsible is fun for a while, and he'll keep being irresponsible forever.

Odin had never tried to fool his subordinates like this before, but after using it, he discovered how satisfying it was to use his elder brother's name to deceive others.

He talks about asteroids all the time, yet those former Greek gods who were once slaves to him still have no choice but to believe him.

Now, even a god can see the decline of the Olympian pantheon. Six kings of the gods have either died or surrendered, Zeus's sacred mountain stronghold has been destroyed, and even his title of king of the gods is in question. It couldn't be more decadent.

Compared to the extremely unreliable Zeus and his family, the Aesir god-king Tangs was clearly more ambitious and had more courage, and the Aesir treated the new gods better.

Furthermore, the great battle in which the Aesir took Athena and defeated Apollo took place right before their eyes. Whether out of reason or out of their hatred for Zeus, they had no reason not to believe in Odin.

They even encouraged each other when they met in private.

"Our losses this period may be considerable. But if we work harder, we can outlast that bastard Zeus and go back to our new little world to be a carefree god!"

"Hmph! It's still better than being under Zeus."

For these miserable gods who had been slaves for many years, living a life devoid of dignity, Odin's promises were truly enticing.

Well, Odin's transformation from a braggart to a master baker is, undeniably, a kind of progress.

What's even more incredible is that Odin actually guessed correctly.

Throughout the three generations of leaders of the family—Uranus, Cronus, and Zeus—they never lacked decisiveness in crucial moments.

Or rather, anyone who dares to overthrow the father's theocratic rule cannot be a coward.

Truly ruthless characters are forged through countless battles!
The three Zeus brothers discussed for three days and three nights before finally coming up with a battle plan.

"We've made our decision! While the Aesir are preoccupied with Odin and the rebellious slave gods who follow him, we'll first eliminate Odin and his followers, then gather the resources of all the smaller worlds to suppress Cronus."

Hera's heart skipped a beat: "What if Cronus really attacks?"

Zeus gritted his teeth fiercely: "Never mind that for now!"

Hera's eyes widened in disbelief: "Don't care?"

Zeus laughed in anger: "Look at what we have left! Our temple is gone! The mortals have either fled or died. Don't you think you can still sense how many believers you have left?"

Hera remained silent.

She is the goddess of the family. For her to be deified, there must still be enough 'families' in the world.

Deities do not provide divine power to one another. Only mortals can generate divine power to nourish the deities.

How many ordinary people are left in all of Greater Greece?

Athens, Mycenae, Corinth, Sparta... the major Greek city-states were either utterly crushed by Kinlunga's mortal army, with most of their people taken captive; or they were city-states like Athens and Troy that rebelled.

It can be said that the foundation of the gods in the entire Greek world who were deified through faith has been hollowed out.

Normally, the Olympian gods don't care about the lives of mortals. In the eyes of these Titan-descended gods, mortals are just like leeks; once a batch dies, another batch will grow back, endlessly.

When the time came, they realized the importance of mortals.

Without the deities of faith, relying solely on elemental gods is not enough.

The opposing god-king, Downs, was clearly a master of plundering the elements, employing a root-digging tactic from the outset, and it proved remarkably effective. Especially when Cronus, the former king of the gods, stepped forward to divide the elements and divine authority between heaven and earth, Zeus's faction was severely stretched thin.

Since Zeus and his allies couldn't deal with those despicable Titans in a short time, picking on the weak became inevitable.

Hera exclaimed, “Odin sent a messenger saying that if we attack him, Cronus will come to attack us.”

"Hmph!" Zeus glared angrily: "If we do not act in response to threats from our enemies, we will only be playing into their hands!"

Zeus either didn't sense it at all, or he did sense it but deliberately ignored Hera's little scheme—Hera wasn't saying the enemy was going to raid her home; she simply didn't want to lose Zeus's protection, but also didn't want to go on the expedition beyond the world barrier with Zeus.

Hades said in a deep voice, "We no longer have enough troops to fight on two fronts."

Hades stared intently at Hera as he spoke, his implication being clear: it was Hera's jealousy that forced Athena and her allies to their downfall, even to the point of surrender to the Aesir. Had they remained in power, at a time when the Aesir could no longer directly intervene in the periphery of the Greek world, they could have easily defeated Odin. It was her jealousy that ruined everything.

Hera panicked and glared back: "That old lecher Zeus has fallen for Athena, how can I not be anxious?"

Seeing Hera dare to glare back, even Hades, as her brother, was furious.

"Enough," Zeus said in a deep voice, stopping any potential escalation of the conflict. "There's no point in dwelling on the past. We will reclaim everything we've lost, and then use the flesh and blood of the Aesir gods to build our new throne!"

Poseidon was excited. Hades remained silent.

Hera: You haven't mentioned a word about the goddess of the Aesir!
In any case, the Olympian gods reached a consensus.

It must be admitted that Zeus did indeed have the ability to execute orders.

Since there were no more core temples on the Greek land, Zeus simply abandoned the remaining temples and deployed them all for god-level defense, leaving at most some demigods as cannon fodder. Then, Zeus led his army, transforming into dazzling streaks of light, straight into the sky, and fought his way out into outer space.

What a battle that left Zeus completely dumbfounded...!

Zeus and his companions were completely dumbfounded as soon as they broke through the spatial barrier.

Wait a minute! What about all our subsidiary worlds?
The place that was once home to numerous smaller, subordinate worlds is now empty, with only the ceaseless cosmic currents whistling in your ears.

In Zeus's perception, these worlds were like the seven stars surrounding the moon, accompanying the Greek world for countless years.

"Uranus! What about those smaller worlds?" Zeus urgently called out to his grandfather.

They sped up their pace a day ago.

Why didn't you say so?

You didn't ask me!

The extremely uninformative exchange sent a chill down Zeus's spine.

He instantly realized what that beast Odin had done—Odin had actually run away with the small world!
All those diplomatic missions were just a hoax.

From the very beginning, Odin never intended to live a life dependent on the gods. Instead, he created the illusion of being subservient and at the mercy of Cronus.

In fact, from the moment he sent out the envoy, he, who had control over the five small worlds, accelerated the progress of the small world cluster.

When Zeus discovered it three days later, the small world cluster was already 300,000 kilometers away.

Chase?
What did Zeus use to chase after it?

(End of this chapter)