Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

748. Superman beats up the Sun God

"In the name of Selene, your face will be shrouded in the shadow of the sun, and only the radiance of Helios can dispel it."

"In the name of Hermes, your bloodline is hidden in deception, and only the Queen of the Goddess who protects the family can reveal your true identity."

"Finally—your existence will be concealed by the Three Goddesses. You will be discovered by the Three Sisters of Fate on the day you turn twenty, but before that, no one can track your whereabouts."

All prophecies and curses have been proven true.

His true face was revealed, his identity was known, and finally, he faced the final stage that fate had set for him.

He will have his grand finale here.

Facing the mighty Helios, the sun god, Tsugumi fearlessly absorbed the light and heat he brought with her body.

That is the sun, the source of light in the world of Greek mythology, and the greatest vessel carrying the light of this world.

For a mere mortal body to attempt to contain the first light is undoubtedly courting death!

As Helios drew the sun closer, the heat generated was enough to set the entire Colchis ablaze.

However, Tsurugi absorbed all this light and heat into its body without any hesitation.

He spread his arms before the sun, casting a cross-like shadow on the earth, and his cloak burned like a blazing torch, causing the Colchis to look at him with tears in their eyes.

Although they didn't understand what was happening, they knew that it was this new king, whom they had rejected, who was making them face the wrath of Helios.

"Sister, what is brother doing?"

The innocent Absyltus tugged at his sister's sleeve, pointed to the sky, and asked curiously, while Medea, her exquisite face streaked with tears, whispered...

"Remember his figure, our brother, who is sacrificing himself to face the wrath of the gods."

But—this touching atmosphere lasted for ten minutes, twenty minutes, an hour...

Hmm, isn't something a little off?

The figure hanging in the sky did not burst into flames; instead, it seemed to grow even stronger, and its expression showed an unusual enjoyment.

Yes, Tsugumi is indeed a mortal—but Kryptonians are mortals too! The children of Tomorrow are also mortals!

He certainly doesn't have the blood of the gods flowing through his veins, does he? It's just that his tolerance for the sun is slightly higher.

That scorching sun is indeed incredibly powerful—but who's ever heard of a Superman dying from sunburn? Well, Superman is an exception!

The body that Tsugumi chose for Tomorrow's Child, whose core superhuman setting is that the sun is the source of his power—no sunlight, not even the red sun, can bring him weakness or destruction.

Therefore, Tsuruga absorbed Helios's sun into her body almost without any scruples!

Helios's expression changed drastically. What kind of monster was this? How could it withstand the power of the sun so readily?!

Before he could react further, all that remained in front of him was an ever-growing fist.

Caught off guard, Helios was sent flying by the punch, the handsome and noble Titan god coughing up a mouthful of blood without any decorum.

"You want people's admiration?" An elbow struck him in the chest.

"Then you should at least do some good deeds that earn people's respect!" A kick landed on his face.

"Or at the very least, you must ensure your people live a good life!"

Tsurugi attacked Helios both verbally and physically, while the Titan, realizing what was happening, became enraged.

"How dare you, mortal?!" Helios roared, his entire body radiating a dazzling light.

In an instant, he transformed into a Titan as tall as the blazing sun, as if the statues of Rhodes Island had come to life, and the blinding light made it impossible for the people on the ground to open their eyes.

"Facing the radiance of the sun god—Gooa!!!"

Before he could finish speaking, Dongjiang grabbed him by the throat, and the tall, gleaming Titan was instantly lifted into the sky.

The Apollo chariot hurriedly chased after its master, while high in the sky, Tsurugi watched the struggling Helios and said...

“You won’t listen when I tell you, you don’t understand when you listen, you don’t do what you understand, you do it wrong when you do it, you don’t admit your mistakes, you don’t change when you admit them, you’re not convinced when you change, and you don’t say anything when you’re not convinced.”

"I'm really sure now, none of you gods, whether from Mount Olympus or Mount Oteris, are truly worthy of respect... Oh well, I don't care anyway."

In the brief moment he was speaking, Helios' right hand suddenly conjured a solar prominence-shaped battle axe, which slashed toward Tsurugi's shoulder with unparalleled heat.

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The battle axe touched that indestructible steel body, but the blade of light could not tear through its solid body. In fact, the light itself was being rapidly absorbed by its body.

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"That's it?" He looked at the battle axe beside him and gently blew on it.

The freezing wind instantly covered the battle axe, turning it into ice in the blink of an eye, before he shattered it with a single punch.

Helios was kicked away like a baseball!

"This is impossible! What are you?!" Helios roared in disbelief as he struggled to be pulled back up by his Apollo chariot.

Undoubtedly, this was also a common question among the Olympian gods who were watching the battle!

How could a mortal with not a single drop of divine blood flowing through his body possess such unparalleled and terrifying power?

It was actually no wonder Helios was so unlucky; as the sun god, he was quite powerful before Apollo replaced him.

But his opponent was none other than Tsurugi, whose core concept was to absolutely restrain all the power of the Sun God.

Aside from being the sun god, he had no other divine duties. Once such a singular power was overthrown, he inevitably faced such a predicament.

Dongjiang floated here, his cloak, as red as flames, billowing behind him. He looked at the Sun God who had raised the question, pondered for a moment, then, with a glint in his eye, took out something.

Pandora's Box?

A startled Hera immediately recognized the object; it was the very thing that the gods had placed inside, the object of human malice.

The one in Tsugumi's hand is indeed the original. He got it from Eris.

Regardless of whether it originates from this mythological world or not, it is undoubtedly the real deal!

"My power comes from this." Tsugumi raised the box, looked at the Sun God, and began to seriously add to her own backstory and spout nonsense.

"I've said it before, I am hope."

Helios and the other gods seemed to finally understand the meaning of these words, and their eyes widened in surprise.

Then, they all looked at Athena.

Athena: Huh? What's going on? Me?!

The box given to Pandora contained all sorts of evils, including disease, madness, disaster, sin, jealousy, adultery, theft, and greed, and Pandora, unable to control her curiosity, opened it.

Thus, these deficiencies filled the human race, and among the gods, only Athena did not introduce any calamities, but instead introduced 'hope' into them.

But after Pandora released them, she closed the box, leaving the most important hope at the very bottom.

That's the gist of it, but after that, Pandora's Box, along with Pandora herself, was no longer the focus of the gods' attention.

Ultimately, this was merely the gods' revenge on Prometheus. Humanity was at most an afterthought, and these calamities were not even the root cause of humanity's downfall.

The descendants of Nyx, who truly control these things, are not dead yet. Even without them, humanity would still fall into depravity.

But the hope that is truly unique is that there is no god of hope on this land.

She was born in the future, long, long afterward, when the hope within the Pandora's Box would be opened again and manifest as the goddess Elpis.

She represents the hope of a new world, and is a figure often associated with the symbolism of 'creational hope' by later generations, like Gaia and Uranus. After her came the era of Roman mythology.

Where did Athena get such hope from?

Could it be that it originated from her unborn brother, Boros, who was supposed to replace Zeus...?

In an instant, the eyes of all the Olympian gods turned to Athena!

Once it's explained, everything makes sense!

Athena, you truly live up to your reputation!

Will you entrust the power of hope to humanity, to see just how powerful this power truly is, and then seize the opportunity to rebel?

Even—Aphrodite suddenly understood. She glared at Athena, thinking, "You ambitious and cruel woman, you were plotting against my lovely red rose in your previous life?"

How could you be so heartless!

Wise and terrifying, truly worthy of being called Athena—Coconut Heart Bun, oh Coconut Heart Bun!

Athena on Mount Olympus was instantly surrounded by the gazes of the gods, some glaring, some amused, some admiring, and some eager to try.

But she was on the verge of tears—she really hadn't done anything this big! She had indeed put that hope in, but she hadn't intended to do so. And why do people immediately look at me when they hear about someone plotting to rebel against Zeus?

Am I really such a bad goddess?!

What's more, she herself didn't know where the magic box ultimately went!

Hey, you little rascal, how could you even trick your own mother?!

Dongjiang didn't know what was going on with them, but the setting he had suddenly added to himself in a moment of madness seemed to be really working.

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Because he heard the old man's babbling in his ear.

"Hope, all that is ethereal yet essential, was placed into Pandora's box by the great and wise goddess Athena, and this power was ultimately obtained by Origrotes, who fell into the underworld."

"He absorbed the power of hope, becoming a person who, though not a god, possessed divine power, and became the embodiment of hope in the world, descending to earth as the Son of Tomorrow, Karl."

"So he saved countless people who longed to be saved, and also killed many kings, because those who oppressed mortals were the opposite of hope."

"Such precious power granted him the ability to defeat the gods, but it also sealed a certain fate."

"When you are the embodiment of hope, you must prevent all despair from coming."

"And in this world, nothing makes one feel the weight of hope more than 'sacrifice'."

"Therefore, what awaits the young prodigies of tomorrow—"

"It was a magnificent feat, and an even greater sacrifice."

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749. The Fall of the Sun God, Hera's Backstab

Unbeknownst to Tsurugi, his casually made-up self-description led to three irreversible consequences.

First, he's definitely going to die today.