Chapter 148 - 3 Discovery

Chapter 148: Chapter 3 Discovery

“If that’s the case, Zeus, none of us is the true hero in the path of overthrowing the Father God.”

However, across from Zeus, Poseidon clearly wasn’t going to back down so easily. He avoided discussing the so-called ‘merits,’ because Poseidon knew he couldn’t surpass his opponent.

“It is the honored Mother Earth who is key, isn’t it? Without her, your so-called salvation could never have succeeded. Without her, what do we have today to persist until the Father God departed?”

“If accomplishments are to decide the Divine King’s position, then it should be up to Mother Earth to make a fair judgment, not for you to receive it on your own!”

Sinking at heart, Zeus knew full well the other party was twisting words, but he still couldn’t refute.

He had been confident before because between himself and Poseidon, the gods certainly seemed to favor him a little more. But if Gaia were to judge, and if she truly stood with Poseidon, the gods might not necessarily object.

The gods of today had just witnessed the strength of Mother Earth; even among the Sea Gods, probably only Oceanus would dare to dispute the speech of the other side.

If he were still sane, he would never let Poseidon ascend to the throne, but unfortunately, the stretch of black clouds spanning hundreds of thousands of miles over the East Sea showed them what had just happened there.

With the former Divine King’s suppression gone, the Sun, at last, returned weakly to where it belonged. But the consequences brought by the sun-bathed East Sea were far from over.

“So, Poseidon, do you really intend to let the respected Mother Earth decide the position of the Divine King?”

In the silence, Metis, who had been quietly observing, spoke up.

Just now, for some reason, she felt a strange fluctuation in her authority, but she hadn’t noticed any problem.

Zeus, being a judge in his own cause, was deluded, but she saw clearly. Although Poseidon was unexpectedly clever today, this, in turn, proved that he didn’t actually want Mother Earth to decide everything.

Back when Cronus had just ascended to the throne, to avoid sharing the same land with Gaia, he chose to anger her away by refusing to release the Titans. If Poseidon really let Mother Earth make the decision, wouldn’t he be acknowledging Mother Earth’s supremacy over the Divine King, no matter the outcome?

Although, from what it seems, the new Divine King would indeed find it hard to establish higher prestige among the gods than Mother Earth, in the world of the gods, the name itself also carried significant meaning.

Just as Cronus did not truly become Divine King until the gods acknowledged him five hundred years later, if even the Divine King himself admitted to being below Mother Earth, then his power would necessarily be hard to secure.

“She’s right, Poseidon, my brother, you wouldn’t make such a foolish choice, would you?”

As these words were spoken, Zeus suddenly came to his senses. Everything Poseidon said before was probably more about bargaining with him, so he once again looked seriously at his two brothers.

He did not care about the desires between men and women, as long as his sister agreed to bring vitality to the Underworld, he could even overlook what she did afterwards.

“Good!”

Somewhat surprised, but happy, Zeus realized that his eldest brother was not as ambitious as Poseidon.

“Since that’s settled, let the Styx River witness your agreement today.”

The division of the fruits of victory among family members finally came to an easing of the atmosphere. At this point, the eldest sister Hestia suddenly mentioned something.

“Speaking of which, have you noticed that something seems to have appeared around us recently?”

“Hmm?”

Visibly intrigued, Zeus also sensed around, and the next moment, as if he had discovered something, he extended his hand forward and drew a gentle stroke in the air.

Before him, a world in shades of black and white slowly emerged.

There was no difference between this place and the outside world, except that everything seemed to have lost its color, and there were no signs of life. The deities were somewhat surprised; this was a place they had never encountered before.

“What is this place?”

Zeus asked, somewhat astonished, realizing for the first time that there were places in the world he did not understand.

“...Perhaps, we could take a look.”

Poseidon turned and glanced at Metis; without this woman, Zeus would not have been so difficult to deal with.

“Are you coming with us?”

“Though gods do not die, and we are all powerful True Gods, such unknown territories might not be suitable for you.”

Wisdom indeed was a powerful godhood, but the speed at which it accumulated Divine Power was unimaginably slow in the current era.

“You’re right, I’ll just stay here.”

Ignoring Poseidon’s implicit mockery, the Goddess of Wisdom was not afraid of danger, just that now was somewhat different.

Without any surprise, she was already bearing the first offspring for the soon-to-be third-generation Divine King.