Greece: I am Zeus!

Chapter 221 Gaia's Despair

She is undoubtedly the most brilliant, beautiful, flawless, powerful, and expansive of the great gods, second only to Zeus.

Her divine body was the same.

As the embodiment of the origin of all matter, if Gaia's divine body had even the slightest flaw, then there would be no perfect existence in this universe.

Because she herself represents "matter," she herself represents the most perfect "existence."

Zeus personally stepped forward, gently and respectfully helping the mother goddess of all things to slowly take her seat in the guest area.

Immediately, He strode up to the highest divine position, waved His divine robes, and sat down with an air of supreme majesty.

He opened his hand, and the thunder scepter, symbolizing the highest authority in the universe, transformed into a golden stream of light and landed steadily in his hand.

He gently waved his scepter, and Clymene, who had been waiting at his side, personally served Gaia a cup of fragrant mead.

Then, without a sound, they led all the children in the hall away.

For a moment, only the two gods remained in the magnificent temple of the God King.

Zeus, with a polite smile, spoke slowly in a calm and dignified tone: "My revered mother goddess, please speak."

Gaia sat with an extremely dignified posture, but her expression carried an unusually reserved air, almost like a young girl meeting a king for the first time.

After being repeatedly "trained" by Zeus, this great mother goddess of all things has now learned how to behave when making requests of the king of the gods.

She gently held the golden cup in her hand, her beautiful, slender hands unconsciously caressing the cold cup.

She carefully organized her thoughts before slowly speaking, "Your Majesty, I have a question for you."

"Your Majesty, what exactly are the laws of Cronus and the like?"

Upon hearing this, Zeus looked as if he had just realized something: "Oh, so that's what it is."

Zeus, with a gentle smile on his face, said in a soft voice, "My esteemed Mother Goddess, I did indeed go to the Underworld a few days ago, intending to release the ancient gods."

Upon hearing this, Gaia's heart skipped a beat, and an uncontrollable joy flashed in his eyes.

However, she regained consciousness in the blink of an eye.

She knew that since the children's laws had become Zeus's, there must be something else going on.

As expected, Zeus continued, "However, after a deep conversation with them, I found that they were not aware of their mistakes, did not believe in my mercy, and did not respect the order of me, the new king of the gods."

“My father is still as irritable and cruel as ever; Iapetus is still as stubborn and loyal as ever; and Coeus and Phoebus still do not trust my character and still harbor unrealistic hopes.”

"Therefore, they need more education and more tempering. I cannot release them until they truly admit their mistakes."

Gaia opened his mouth, as if to speak.

Zeus, however, simply waved his hand, interrupting her speech with an unquestionable gesture.

He continued, “Originally, I wanted to release them, and if they could truly recognize their mistakes, I would allow them to share in this beautiful and prosperous new universe.”

"However, they chose to continue their stubborn resistance."

"Now that the order of Heaven has been established, the universe is about to usher in its largest and most rapid development."

"And their laws are the fundamental laws of the universe, an indispensable and great origin of this universe."

"Therefore, even though I am unwilling, I can only choose to first strip away and divide their laws and authority, and hand these laws over to the gods who are suitable for them. Because the development of the universe requires these laws."

"As for those old gods, I can only continue to imprison them in Tartarus and let them receive the punishment and lessons they deserve."

“I will consider giving them their freedom again once they have truly repented.”

Upon hearing this, Gaia was both shocked and enraged. Unable to contain herself any longer, she abruptly rose from her seat and shouted, "Zeus! You! You have actually stripped them of their fundamental laws?! What difference is there between this and utterly destroying them?"

"You! How could you do this? Cronus, He is, after all, your father god!"

Zeus waved his hand dismissively, and said softly in a flat tone devoid of any emotion, "Honorable Mother Goddess, when the Old King of the Gods mercilessly devoured all my brothers and sisters, and even the laws that He mistook for mine..."

"At that time, did He ever regard us as His own children? We were merely 'sustenance' for Him to strengthen Himself."

Zeus's brow furrowed slightly, and his body leaned forward slightly, as an invisible yet heavy pressure, as immense as the entire sky, slowly descended.

He spoke in a cold and unquestionable tone: “The ancient god-kings have committed countless inhuman acts, yet I have preserved their divinity and divine bodies.” “I still retain the ‘existence’ of the ancient god-kings and those corrupt and stubborn deities; I have not completely erased them.”

“In fact, if they are willing to repent, I may even release them in the future. How can you now blame me for my injustice?”

Zeus did not make any significant moves.

But His simple gesture already put immense pressure on Gaia, making her almost unable to breathe.

She took a deep breath, forced herself to soften her tone, and said softly, "Your Majesty, I have no intention of blaming you. Please do not misunderstand."

"I just felt that maybe there were other better ways."

"Besides, didn't you promise me that you would release them when the time was right?"

Zeus chuckled softly and said slowly, "Yes, I will never break my promise to you."

"Moreover, I have already tried to release them. It was they themselves who gave up this precious opportunity that you and I had jointly given them."

“I, in the supreme name of the ruler of the universe, the god above gods, and the king of all gods, have stripped them of their honor and authority over the laws.”

"This does not conflict with my promise to you at all."

Zeus paused for a moment, looking intently at Gaia, whose expression was growing increasingly grim, and softened his tone slightly.

He said softly, “Honorable Mother Goddess, I deeply respect you and am deeply grateful for everything you have done for me and for this universe.”

"You are the great Mother Goddess whom all living beings deeply love, and I love you just the same."

"Therefore, I still assure you that my promise remains valid. I will still release them at the appropriate time."

"And now I can explain to you clearly this 'appropriate time'."

"That will be when they truly repent for the mistakes they have made, and that will be the time when they are set free."

"As for the laws they lost, I do not believe that losing the laws is equivalent to annihilation."

“Their divinity and their divine bodies still exist perfectly well. As long as their ‘self’ exists, then they ‘exist’.”

“Once they are released, if you wish to bestow the laws upon them again, I will not prevent you, as long as it is appropriate.”

Gaia pursed her emerald green lips tightly.

Zeus's words were reasonable and well-founded, combining both kindness and force, leaving her speechless.

As for being unreasonable.
So, isn't that because we can't win?
Having experienced the conversation just now and witnessed Zeus's unquestionable majesty, Gaia's last thought had been extinguished.

She is now absolutely certain that she can no longer confront Zeus with force.

She did not doubt what Zeus had just said.

Since their children are still unwilling to submit and admit their mistakes, they will certainly not cooperate when their authority is stripped away.

No, even if they feign submission, they still might not cooperate.

For a deity, the fundamental law is destiny!
There is absolutely no way they would willingly cooperate and hand it over!

Gaia was certain that her tyrannical son, especially Cronus, would never so easily submit to any being.

However, even without any cooperation, Zeus was still able to easily seize their authority in such a short period of time.

This is something that cannot be achieved solely through His own law of "division".

The power to "divide" is very strong; Zeus himself is also very strong.

However, if force is used, it is absolutely impossible to do so so easily unless the opponent has completely lost all ability to resist and has completely lost all consciousness.

The goal was to make these powerful deities lose all consciousness and thought in an instant.

Then there's almost only one possibility.
Zeus has completely seized control of that supreme "spiritual" authority!
Gaia can now be completely certain of this.

Zeus, the king of the gods who was already unparalleled in strength and wisdom and invincible in the entire universe, has now obtained the most fundamental "spiritual" authority.

This is a truly invincible god-king who would make any god who wanted to oppose Him feel deep despair.

(End of this chapter)