32 Interlude #4

General POV

It has been fifty years since the great cold for humans. The world had changed and for the better. The sun now was in the sky longer than before. Apollo was lazy and use to only pull the sun across the sky for eight hours now though the time extended to twelve hours a day. This allowed vegetation to grow easier and giving dryads more power. Farms flourished and the population had expanded to its previous number. The gods were fulfilling their responsibilities and for once answering prayers to humans. This made the worship of the gods expand and allowed more temples to rise. From the humanities perspective, the world changed for the better and a shrine had risen to thank their first hero, Kryos.

From the perspective of the gods, they had felt a great change had taken place. No longer the rapes of goddesses would take place without punishment. No longer will any god be allowed to ignore their duty. For the goddesses this was a blessing, they are finally allowed into the world without fear. The gods of Olympus though hated it, their freedom had been taken away from and for a few who did not get the memo were thrown into the pit. Hades had no tolerance for their shit anymore, much to the frustration of Zeus. Zeus had lost a lot of political power because of his brothers and resented them for it. Speaking of Zeus, two of his daughters Persphone and Athena had wedded him in the END. All the gods were invited to the END, even mortals were invited to come. It happened to be inside Persphone's garden, Hades's gift to his wife. Hades had given ownership of the library to Athena as his gift to her.

The meetings throughout the years were different. Hades had been paying more attention and was focused on the topics discussed. When the meetings were placed in the END all the gods and demigods of the END were allowed a seat, no exceptions. This angered all the Olympians except Athena as she had participated in some of Hades's conferences as she has residency in the END. The others could complain all they wanted, the most adamant was Zeus as expected, but at the end of the day, no one could overrule Hades and were forced to be seated with the other gods. Many of the Olympian gods and those of the sea were jealous of the END once they heard the news of how they were allowed to participate in the council meeting. After seeing many of the goddesses that used to be on Olympus in the END, Zeus decreed they should come back to Olympus, but was ultimately rejected by Hades.

Zeus POV

I have never been more insulted in my entire life. I had banished Hades from Olympus and made sure it was known that he wasn't an Olympian, but now he comes here and takes almost all my control over the gods. I was betrayed by Poseidon and the other gods went along with it and no one else stood up for me. Only I am allowed to punish the Olympians, but Hades thinks otherwise when the time comes he shall pay. I found out he had stolen the goddesses of Olympus when the meeting, in the END, took place. He stole from me that thief, he stole my daughters, and next he will steal my throne.

A/N

I made the title "Sorry" because I thought it was funny. Honestly, who thought I dropped the novel when they got it in their notifications?

I had not been feeling well and it turns out I had an inflamed appendix. I needed to get an appendectomy.

I am not going to post for a couple of days. I will rework this chapter before I post my next chapter.

I am dropping my other novel as I didn't like it.