Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator.

Chapter 405 Cycles and Achievements

As autumn approaches, the weather turns cooler.

Different from the bustling east coast of the continent, on a hill far away in the city of Thebes, the disturbances of the outside world have not approached here.

The tall blond figure looked down from above and could see some cattle leisurely eating the grass that had already turned yellow.

Beside him, another figure stood respectfully, narrating something.

"..."

"Yesterday, the Eleusinian Incident occurred, the gods descended, and the King of Athens fell."

"On the same day, in order to condemn the atrocities of the former Athenian king, the Kingdom of Argos, which believed in the Queen of Heaven, took the lead in denouncing the policies implemented by Athens and proposed to support the former prince Demophon to inherit the throne."

"Her Majesty the Queen intends to form an anti-Athens alliance to dismember the Kingdom of Athens by force."

"The gods have responded, but it will take some time to discuss."

"..."

"In the starry sky, the Titan god Phoebe visited his sister who had been in seclusion for a long time alone not long ago. The reason is unknown and the result is unknown."

"But according to speculation, it is most likely related to the sun and the moon."

"And in the north of the continent..."

"..."

The sound is neither high nor low, but just loud enough to be heard clearly.

Zephyrus talked about the various things that had happened in heaven and on earth recently, and Zeus listened quietly.

The King of Gods would occasionally ask a few questions, and sometimes he would get an answer, and sometimes not.

But he didn't care much about it. He just understood these things.

"So, Demeter didn't actually descend from the sky. Even if she provided the venue, she also provided cover and a series of assistance?"

It was a bit funny, and Zeus couldn't help but confirm it again, and Zephyrus also gave a positive answer.

"Yes, although the Goddess of Agriculture allowed Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven to act in her place, she did not personally participate."

"Ah."

Zeus chuckled, not knowing what to say.

But my sister is really like that, she can do such a thing.

"Where's Hestia? Didn't she come out to mediate?"

"Yes, but I didn't find anyone."

With a respectful expression, Zephyrus responded: "Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven avoided us, and her true body hid in the temple on earth. And Her Majesty Athena..."

After hesitating for a moment, the God of West Wind finally told the truth.

"I don't know where Her Highness Athena is. I have rarely seen her since the Golden Apple Conference ended."

"Because the leaders of both parties were not present, Aphrodite lost face again. Princess Hestia wanted to mediate but couldn't find anyone to mediate. She left the sacred mountain in anger and said she was going to find Princess Rhea to discuss the matter."

"After that, I don't know."

"Mother Goddess?"

His expression changed slightly. He was just wondering where his intelligent daughter had gone, but Zephyrus' last sentence moved Zeus a little.

If there is anyone in this world who is far less powerful than him but can make him give in on some things, then the queen of the previous generation is probably one of them.

Although fate may have played a role in this, it was indeed Rhea who concealed the truth from the second generation of gods, allowing Zeus the opportunity to grow.

Therefore, Zeus treated Rhea with great respect.

"Hestia...that's normal."

"This time the scene may be a bit too big. Maybe in her eyes, if I am not willing to come forward, then the Mother Goddess will have to come forward."

"But unfortunately, you're too late."

If it was just after the Banquet of the Golden Apple, Zeus felt that if Rhea stepped forward, it would be possible to resolve the dispute.

But now that the king of Athens was dead, Eleusis was about to be retaliated. The blood debt had been incurred, and it was not so easy to erase.

"Moreover, in such a short period of time, the power of the world has changed several times. Even the power of many priests has increased. It seems that this change is coming to an end."

"Another change in the world pattern, Primordial God... you are obviously already strong enough!"

As the king of gods, Zeus' understanding of the macro changes in the world becomes more profound as his power increases.

And it is precisely because of this that he can feel Chaos' increasingly powerful "breathing" and internal circulation. Perhaps when this change that began thousands of years ago is over, many places in the world will move to a higher level, and many primitive gods will be among those who benefit the most.

As for what the so-called "breathing" and "internal circulation" are, it is actually easy to explain. According to Zeus' understanding, it is nothing more than a way to grow by gaining strength from the outside or from the inside.

The "breathing" of the world is the manifestation of the world's pursuit of growth "outside".

He can increase his own size quickly and efficiently by absorbing and exhaling external forces, such as devouring the fragments of the Nine Realms, or directly dismembering and dividing an entire world.

But things from the outside world cannot be integrated out of thin air, and the power from the other world also needs to be digested, and this requires internal circulation to solve the problem.

The more complete the world's structure, the clearer the order, and the smoother the exercise of the priesthood, the stronger the internal circulation will naturally be, and the world will be able to more easily turn the food it swallows into a part of itself.

In this process, the power obtained from outside the world will circulate back and forth in the big network woven by the laws of all things, and will be consumed by the world bit by bit. And every part of this cycle can benefit from it.

It’s just that the more similar they are, the easier it is to digest, and the more different they are, the harder it is to grow.

Therefore, if a world dominated by "darkness" is swallowed up from outside, then in the whole cycle, the "darkness" of this world will naturally be digested the fastest and gain the most growth, while the others will be far behind.

However, if [Light] is allowed to grow by digesting [Darkness], that would be a rather complicated matter.

Although everything is possible for the entire world, as long as one is willing to pay the price, the opposing sources of power can be forcibly changed.

But this behavior obviously does not have much significance, so the integration of the remains of the Nine Realms initially only strengthened the increase in their corresponding strength.

Of course, the uses of the internal circulation are far more than these, and the world cannot only be promoted by external demands.

Since the beginning of the world, Chaos has continuously created new concepts and new priesthoods, promoted the reproduction and evolution of the gods, and even promoted the prosperity of all spirits. This is essentially another way to enhance itself through the internal circulation of the world.

Zeus was not very clear about many of the mysteries.

His intuition told him that this might be related to why there must be "gods" with personalities, and why intelligent races were born both in the foreign land where the Nine Realms were located and in the world of Chaos.

But intuition is just intuition, and Zeus didn't think much about it. After all, increasing strength in this way is obviously a very long process.

"You still have to rob. How can you develop yourself as well as robbing others' things?" "I robbed Kronos and became the king of gods. I robbed Odin and obtained the ceremony of promotion. I robbed Typhon and gained stronger power."

"If I hadn't robbed him, I wouldn't be where I am today. It's the same now."

All gods can benefit from the strengthening of the world, but in this process, those who are stronger and closer to the power of the other world will undoubtedly gain the most benefits.

But in Zeus's perception, the power that the world breathes in and out, at least so far, is related to the fields of void, space, darkness, etc.

The first two don’t matter, they are nothing more than strengthening the spatial structure of the world itself and enhancing the range of radiation of the world’s power, but the latter is different.

The gods in this world related to "darkness" are first the two original gods of the underworld, and then the gods of the entire underworld and the lightless celestial bodies in the depths of the starry sky.

Perhaps Pontus, the ancient sea god and symbol of the 'concave surface of the earth', could also gain some benefits, but these had nothing to do with Olympus.

Therefore, the conspiracy between Zeus and the Lord of Darkness has changed from "the other party coming to the door" in the beginning to Zeus himself not wanting to give up.

It is imperative to complete the unification of the world.

"Let's go."

Although Zeus had a lot of thoughts in his mind, he just listened to Zephyrus' words quietly on the surface.

When he had nothing more to say, Zeus nodded and motioned for the other party to follow him down.

"Your Majesty, where is this?"

"This is just an ordinary hill called Cithaeron. But here is an extraordinary person, and he is also my most proud masterpiece so far."

Having said that, Zeus couldn't help but smile.

"When he was born, I foresaw his extraordinaryness. So I wanted him to rule the entire human world and become the common king of all the descendants of gods."

"Many people say that I watched Thebes, founded by Cadmus, suffer many hardships, but in fact I had long planned to send them a monarch who would be famous for all eternity. Unfortunately, all of this was ruined by Hera."

"..."

Standing aside and listening quietly, Zeferos felt speechless.

The 'king' you sent to Thebes does not have the blood of Cadmus, this is a case of usurping the throne.

Moreover, this man is not only your son, but also the child born between you and the princess of Mycenae and your own great-granddaughter. What does this have to do with Thebes?

However, since Zeus said so, Zephyrus naturally agreed and said that he had heard of this story.

Zeus and his great-granddaughter conceived this child. Before the birth, he claimed that his next descendant would achieve extraordinary achievements and become the leader of many gods.

Then Hera secretly used her divine power to allow Zeus's other great-grandson to be born early.

The God of West Wind had known about this for a long time. He thought it was just another trivial conflict between the King of Gods and the Queen of Heaven, but now it seems that there is really something unusual about this child?

"Yes, his talent is beyond your imagination, Zephyrus."

"The strife among men began in Athens, because there lived a king there who claimed to be invincible. Hera tried her best to kill him, but she didn't know that if she had chosen to raise the child, she wouldn't have to worry about the threat from the king at all."

"Although his power is not that strong now, it doesn't matter, because after a little more training, he will become the most outstanding hero in this world."

Going down, Zeus and Zephyrus had already walked down the hill.

With the eyesight of the true bodies of gods, the two easily saw a young man herding in the distance.

The God of West Wind could not see any trace of a strong man from him. He did not know how strong the other party was, but at least from the surface, he did not seem to be a person who was keen on fighting and killing.

If there were no external influence, perhaps the other party could have stayed here to lead horses and herd sheep... However, looking at this scene, Zeferos did not question it.

"He doesn't look like a strong man, right?"

With a faint smile, Zeus seemed to be looking at a priceless treasure or a sharp sword.

But the God of West Wind was sure that this was definitely not the look one gives one's children.

But God is like this. They don’t care about the descendants who are not Gods.

"He needs to be tempered, and before tempering himself, he needs a reason to temper himself and a reason to persevere."

"According to my original plan, this should not happen today, but after he has started a family and a career. He will accidentally kill his own child, commit the great sin of fratricide, and then accept God's trial in guilt and despair, and regard obeying my orders as his way of atonement."

"Obeying you is what all human beings should do, Your Majesty, regardless of whether they have committed a crime or not."

Lowering his head slightly, Zeferos' intuition told him that he was about to witness the ruthlessness of the position of "God King" again.

"Hahahahahaha... Everyone can say nice things, but Zephyrus, not everyone is as loyal as you."

Zeus waved his hand slightly, his smile unchanged: "It's a pity that there is not enough time now. I can't wait for him to get married and have children."

"Right now, right now, I need a reason that will make him fight for it and unleash all his potential. So tell me, Zephyrus, is there anything in this world that can be compared to an heir, and is there anything that can replace his son?"

"..."

In silence, Zeferos already had the answer in his heart, but he knew he didn't need to say anything.

And sure enough, Zeus soon solved the mystery.

"Of course it's his parents."

“Parents are closer than brothers and are the closest blood relatives like children.”

"But he couldn't have killed me by mistake. Fortunately... my love, the beautiful Alcmene, is still alive."

At the end of his sight, the invisible wind told Zeferos that at the edge of the grassland, an ox cart was heading towards this side.

Alcmene, the princess of Mycenae, the great-granddaughter of Zeus and another of his lovers on earth, was slowly approaching here.

This was probably not her first visit, as she was carrying a food box and some clothes. No doubt, she was here to visit her son, who was banished here because he accidentally injured his teacher when he was young.

But she probably didn't know that this was going to be her death.

“It’s an honor.”

Still laughing, Zeus's laugh was so gentle, because he felt that it was simply the guidance of fate.

One hero fell, another hero rose. The night before, Theseus of Athens had lost his life, but now his replacement had arrived.

"Alcmene should be honored by this. Zephyrus, you know, although I have many lovers and many people blame me for this, to be honest, my feelings for Hera are real. It's just that compared to this relationship, I don't want to control my desires even more."

"So I hurt her again and again, but I also wanted to make it up to her; so many times, I didn't mind what the fate of these 'toys' was... like this time."

Looking into the distance, Zeus stretched out his hand slightly and moved the strings of his blood.

"Hera is not here, but I can take her place. Let Alcmene make him complete and fulfill the legend of Hercules (the glory of Hera)."

(End of this chapter)