Foolish Brother Odin

Chapter 493 Prejudgment
"Oh? That's interesting." Towns' lips curled up slightly upon hearing the news.

Thor frowned: "Could it be that Zeus is deliberately delaying his arrival to disrupt our preparations?"

This statement is very unlike Thor's.

However, the word "reckless man" no longer applies to Thor.

Towns had mentioned beforehand that he might temporarily leave after this battle to travel, which made Thor increasingly accustomed to thinking about problems from the perspective of a leader.

Towns smiled. "My son, the fact that you have this idea shows that you are becoming more mature. This tactic of deliberately making your opponent wait only works for those short-tempered enemies. A true king will always have patience. Remember—we are waiting, and the other side is also waiting."

"What are you waiting for?"

Zeus wanted to gather more cards before going into battle.

Thor seemed to understand something.

Having followed Downs for over a century, Thor wasn't stupid; he certainly knew what the Father preferred to do.

Throughout his father Downs' war history, Thor discovered that his father rarely waged the kind of epic, sweeping victories that are hailed as world-class comebacks.

On the surface, it seems that the Aesir always possess overwhelming combat power and are very good at turning advantages into advantages, and they digest the fruits of victory very well, transforming them into the power of the entire divine race.

Inside, through years of communication, Thor knew that what Towns did was to gather all the elements of victory before the war started, which turned into a methodical crushing victory once the war began.

Downs knew how to coordinate the distribution of internal interests, uniting the gods from multiple pantheons into a single force, and also knew how to divide and attack external enemies.

Thor felt that even if he studied for another hundred years, he could not match his father's leadership skills, which were both internal and external.

But he must learn!
He had a premonition that the day he would be forced to take over the reins was not far off...

"Father God, are you saying that Zeus used the last moments before the decisive battle to eliminate internal threats and deal with Cronus?"

Towns said calmly, "That's most likely the case."

“It’s too late.” Athena shook her head and interjected, “If Zeus had done this a year earlier and absorbed those subordinate worlds, he might still have had the strength to fight the Aesir.”

Towns nodded.

In terms of population, the Greek world was pitiful. It was already one zero less than the Ginnunga world, but now at least 90% of the mortals in the Greek world had been taken away by the Ginnunga. The few remaining people were hiding in the mountains, and many of them had even abandoned their faith in the Olympian gods.

It's very simple. If the gods you prayed to day and night during your time of trouble did not bestow blessings to protect you, then after you come back to life, your reverence for the gods will definitely be much less.

Even the most devout believers may become ordinary, shallow believers, and thus become of little use to the deities who depend on faith.

Before the war, the Greek world undoubtedly held the advantage in terms of the four elements. However, after Enki and his forces stole two of the seven seas, Gilgamesh shattered a continent, and they lost a bunch of asteroids and a small world, the Greek world has now fallen behind even the Ginnunga in terms of the total amount of elements.

At this point, as long as Towns doesn't act recklessly, the battle might have some twists and turns, but the final result will be predictable.

"It doesn't matter, we'll do our thing."

On the surface, what Towns is doing is getting Kinlunga to absorb the five small worlds offered by Odin as quickly as possible.

In the past, absorbing a small world on the eve of battle would have been suicidal.

The world is different now. It's like feeding a small human child a pound of meat would be very filling, but feeding a thousand-pound bear a pound of meat would be a piece of cake.

Those former slave gods who had surrendered were also thrown to the same table as the South Asian gods by Downs. If you want to gain the status of a true god, you muster the courage to fight against the Olympian pantheon; otherwise, you'll only be fit to stand at the back of the pantheon.

No one will discriminate, and no one will care.

The Asgardians, who rely on force to establish themselves, are that simple and brutal.

Inside, only the most core deities knew that Downs had something big brewing up.

Thor followed Downs to a huge underground cavern in Asgard and was speechless when he saw the 'gift' his father had prepared for him.

"This is……"

“I told you a long time ago that this world is ‘physical.’ Divine power is also a kind of energy. Energy neither disappears nor is created out of thin air. It only moves from one place to another, and transforms from one form to another.” Downs was halfway through his sentence when he noticed that his eldest son was once again displaying that clarity untouched by the ‘contamination’ of knowledge.

Downs sighed and switched to language Thor could understand: "We'll most likely still have to fight in the Greek world. Faced with that unfavorable situation, you'll need a more effective lightning storage device. It's like wine needing a vat, the principle is the same."

"This is……"

"You can call it a [battery]!"

Thor's cheek muscles twitched; he still didn't understand, but that didn't stop him from sensing an immense amount of lightning power within this strange, colossal metal, which resembled a mountain. Normally, he wouldn't be able to muster such a massive amount of lightning power without gathering dark clouds over a thousand miles around.

It's quite amazing that such immense divine power is so obediently stored in this huge metal block.

"This……"

"Zeus lost those subordinate worlds, and the divine power of most of the god-kings around him will be reduced by one level, becoming sovereign gods, which is not a concern. The real worry is the three brothers of Zeus."

"Ah."

“As your father, I will deal with Zeus, and Hades will definitely be dealt with by Hela. I only have Enki as my sea god, but his divine authority is not as great as Poseidon's. So you will most likely be the one to deal with Poseidon, with Enki as your assistant.”

"clear."

As Thor agreed, Gilgamesh asked, "Father, why are you so certain that our opponent is Zeus, and not Cronus?"

"The Titans are strong, but their tactics are too simplistic."

A single combat strategy means it is easy to be countered.

Moreover, with such a massive size, it would definitely have an advantage against opponents of similar size or slower movement speed. But if it encountered an opponent who was faster and had stronger attack power, the Titan would simply be a sitting duck.

To take it a step further, the divine position of "God of Agriculture" is far too disadvantageous.

Towns knew, of course, that Cronus had once held the office of the Sky God, but he was still under the control of Uranus, his mortal enemy. For Cronus to try and seize the Sky Godship from his father and eldest son was a pipe dream.

Given this, the outcome can be predicted.

Downs stroked his chin: "Zeus has been dragging this out for so many days. I also want to know whether I'm facing a Zeus who holds half the kingdom or a Zeus who holds the entire broken Greek world."

(End of this chapter)