Greece: I am Zeus!

Chapter 113 Gaia's Compromise

Seeing the children's tears flowing like a galaxy, she felt a pang of heartache. She could only temporarily put aside her thoughts of arguing with Zeus, quickly hug each child, and gently comfort them, saying, "Alright, alright, it's all over now. It's good that you're free, it's good that you're free."

The giants continued, “Mother Goddess, you have no idea how terrifying Tartarus is. Even now, we tremble uncontrollably when we hear that name.”

"Thanks to Zeus, thank goodness for the great and merciful Zeus! It was He who saved us!"

“Mother Goddess, the merciful Zeus was not wrong; everything he did was out of necessity.”

After defending Zeus, they continued to plead: "What a cruel god the King of Gods is! He is a terrible being without any feelings, and he is equally cruel and merciless to all his relatives and friends."

“If He is released, we will surely be cast back into Tartarus, tormented by the chaos and nothingness. We never want to endure that again!”

"Mother Goddess, please have mercy on us poor children, we don't want to suffer anymore."

Gaia patted each of the giants' heads. A mother's love softened her heart, and she felt great pity for these children who had suffered so much. She opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out.

After all, Cronus was indeed extremely wicked, and he didn't do any divine things first.

She gritted her teeth, her anger still not completely subsided, but her tone softened considerably. She still spoke coldly, "Zeus, what you say makes sense, but isn't punishing only Cronus enough? Why also banish Coeus and the others to Tartarus?!"

"You are already incredibly powerful, so what threat can Koeus and the others pose to you?"

"Without Cronus as their master, they have no reason to be your enemy. Release them."

“I assure you, I will keep a close eye on them, and they will never be your enemies again. I will use my power to restrain them.”

Zeus did not reply directly, but turned and pointed to the Atlas brothers, who were still putting up a stubborn resistance, "Great Mother Goddess of All Things, do you see?"

“If I release the other three Titans, they will be like those two gods, endlessly rebelling for so-called ‘dignity’ and ‘past’ until the world is destroyed.”

Zeus spoke slowly and firmly: "The new order cannot withstand such violent upheaval. The power of the primordial Titans is too great, so great that even one of them would be enough to turn the universe upside down."

"Moreover, there are three of them, and they all have their own families and followers, and their influence is deeply rooted."

“If they spiritually return to the laws themselves, then I will not be able to completely deal with them, and for the sake of the stability of the cosmic order, I cannot take that risk.”

"Today's achievements are due to surprise. I will not have a second chance to achieve this result in the face of the primordial Titans."

He looked at Gaia again, his tone filled with promise: "Revered Mother Goddess, I assure you, this is only temporary. I will release them when they are able to truly integrate into the new order."

"The most important thing now is to establish a new cosmic order as soon as possible, maintain the new order, and bring peace to the world completely."

“Dear Mother Goddess, it is a good thing to let Tartarus temper their violent hearts, to extinguish their ambitions and hatred. All this is only temporary.”

Hearing Zeus's evasive words, Gaia was enraged once again, and with her anger, the whole world began to tremble.

Zeus did not yield an inch, and high in the sky, dark clouds quietly gathered and silently appeared.

All the gods watched their conversation from afar. Even as the atmosphere grew increasingly heavy and oppressive, tense and deadly, they dared not approach without Zeus's instruction.

Only the six giants standing nearby, seeing the situation was turning bad, hurriedly stepped forward and pleaded with him, "Mother Goddess, the son of Cronus is a merciful and trustworthy god. His heart is as vast as the universe. Since he said he would release them in the future, he will surely do so!"

"The most important thing now is to maintain world peace and stability, and to avoid any more unnecessary wars."

“Mother Goddess, we have stayed in Tartarus for an endless time, yet we were still rescued by the merciful Zeus, while Cronus and the others are only staying temporarily.”

"The unreasonable punishment we have suffered should also be made to them; this is the price they should pay for what they have done."

Under the passionate and earnest persuasion and pleas of the six giants, Gaia looked left and right at the six children who had just escaped their predicament. The trust in Zeus and the disgust for Cronus in their eyes were so real.

Thinking about the consequences of turning against Zeus and starting a war, she was completely speechless and gritted her teeth, swallowing her anger for the time being.

As has happened countless times, the mother chose to compromise once again.

But the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

She gritted her teeth, changed the subject, and coldly questioned, "Zeus! What about your power of thunder?! This clearly belongs to Cyclops and the others, how did it end up in your hands?" Before Zeus could even explain, the three Cyclopes hurriedly said, "Mother Goddess, please don't misunderstand!"

They willingly defended Zeus: "This is not something Zeus forcibly took! It is a testament to our eternal friendship with the noble Zeus, and our sincerest gratitude and loyalty to Him!"

“Our beloved Mother Goddess, we gave this to Her willingly! And Zeus did not want to accept it; He regarded us as his dearest friends.”

"It was because we insisted on giving you your gift as a testament to our eternal friendship with Zeus that Zeus reluctantly accepted it."

They continued, “Moreover, Zeus is the true master of lightning. When has lightning ever possessed such supreme power in our hands? Power can only truly flourish in the hands of His true ruler!”

Zeus, with a solemn expression and golden eyes that shone with a dignified light, gazed intently at Gaia and said in a firm tone, "Honorable Mother Goddess, I ask the Lady of Night to bear witness before me, and in the name of Mother Goddess Rhea, and in the name of myself, Zeus, I swear this oath."

"Hecatoncles and Cyclops, they will be my eternal friends, they will forever enjoy the world under my order, we will always walk hand in hand, this friendship will be eternal and unbreakable!"

Faced with this outcome, and looking at those giants whose faces seemed to say, "Zeus is so good, we did it all voluntarily," the mother goddess Gaia felt both resentful and speechless.

Helplessness and reality left her feeling exhausted, and she temporarily lost all interest in anything.

However, deep down she felt a little comforted: with Zeus's words, she dared not speak for the other children, but at least these six poor children, who had suffered since birth, could finally enjoy this world in peace under Zeus's order, no longer suffering.

However, with such powerful authority over lightning in Zeus's hands, the power he displayed startled and even frightened her. Who could restrain Him in the future?

However, what's done is done, and Zeus didn't coerce them; everything was given voluntarily by the giants.

No matter how unwilling she was, the Mother Goddess of All Things had nothing to say and could only accept this fact.

It's a good thing that the children can find a good home; it's a rare piece of good news amidst all the bad news today.

That's my only solace today.

Gaia, the mother goddess of all things, spoke her final words of the day with deep displeasure and warning: "Zeus, remember what you said today! I will be watching you, and you must not follow the example of your father and Uranus!"

Zeus smiled slightly and said softly, "Honorable Mother Goddess, I welcome your supervision. I will govern the universe well."

Gaia snorted coldly, full of displeasure and helplessness. His divine body quietly disappeared, leaving only a trace of resentment in the air.

Zeus looked at the three hundred-handed giants and the three cyclops beside him and laughed heartily, "My dear friends, thank you for your explanation just now, and for your trust and support!"

"Now that the situation is settled and the old order has come to an end, please allow me to take care of the last remaining loose ends. After that, let us all enjoy this beautiful and hopeful new world together!"

Having said that, Zeus's golden eyes sharply swept across the remaining battlefield.

With a wave of his hand, He unleashed a storm of lightning, the dazzling light like billions of stars falling, the pervasive electric current carrying an aura of destruction, surging rapidly away.

A terrifying thunderclap exploded over the two Atlas brothers, who remained defiant and continued to roar in resistance, completely engulfing them.

In an instant, their massive Titan bodies were shattered. The lightning, with overwhelming force, instantly destroyed their almost indestructible Titan bodies, turning them into charred rag dolls.

Their pride and strength are nothing more than a matter of being easily dealt with in the face of absolute thunder.

Hades stepped forward and simply waved his hand. The endless darkness transformed into chains like giant black pythons, carrying a merciless chill, swiftly binding their broken divine bodies and completely stripping them of all power to resist.

With that, the war was completely over.

The corrupt and rigid order established by Cronus was also completely ended by thunder with His utter defeat.

The reign of Uranus, the first king of the gods, ended due to his absolute dictatorship and arbitrary actions.

The reign of Cronus, the second-generation god-king, came to an end due to the dead, stagnant, and corrupt monopoly, and the solidification of the flow.

Now, the era of Zeus, the third generation of god-kings, is about to begin.

A brand new era is about to begin, initiated and ruled by Him.

(End of this chapter)