Chapter Thirty-Nine: Falling Short
In the clearing, Zeus decided to end the battle immediately, so he moved and stepped out of the convoy.
"Great God, ...... you?"
Hermes led his guards to follow him, but Zeus waved his hand to stop him.
Zeus soon came to the head of the ranks of the gods and spread his right hand to the air. Immediately, a drop of clear water appeared on his five fingertips, and the inventory was like a slight dew in the morning, which was eye-catching.
"It's over, Kareta!"
Zeus looked at the evil-looking Kareta who was standing in mid-air, sighed, calmly twisted his wrist, and then aimed his fingers at the target, shooting the dew into Karete's eyebrows.
Droplets of water instantly disappeared into her skin.
In the air, Kareta shook her body, and the black gas quickly shuffled down from the top of her head, as if expelled by the dew that poured into her body, all of which disappeared to the tips of her toes, and then disappeared.
In a flash, she changed back to her former cute appearance in a plain dress and a blonde shawl. And she was like waking up from a big dream, and her body collapsed and could no longer hold the air, like a kite with broken wings that lost its balance and fell sharply into the air.
Zeus hurried a few steps, stretched out his arms to greet him, and took the landed Kareta in his arms.
"Zeus ......"
Kareta was prostrate on his chest, sweating profusely, panting, and her faint voice seemed to be pleading, as if threatening:
"Let me go...... Let me go of Olympus......"
Zeus's brows moved after hearing this soft voice, and his face was solemn:
"Impossible......"
His voice was soft, so light that only he and Kareta in his arms could hear it, but his attitude was rocky and tenacious:
"Even if you die, you will die in Olympus!"
"Hehe......"
Karet's face was numb, and she kept sneering:
"If you force me to stay, I'm afraid that one day, I will do you ...... Draw your sword and face each other!"
"Good!" Zeus smiled and nodded slightly, his expression was sad:
"Karet, I'll wait for your day!"
Carette lost her strength, and finally collapsed into Zeus's arms and fell asleep.
After a few seconds of silence, Zeus picked her up and walked slowly in the direction of her dormitory. His ambassador, Hermis, followed him after a few paces.
In the middle of the long staircase, Zeus suddenly stopped without looking back. In a resolute voice, he issued a command to the dumb gods below:
"No one is allowed to mention tonight's events in the Holy Mountain. If I hear any gossip, I'll ...... Punish him Yuan Ling!"
“......”
The procession was silent, and the air seemed to freeze at the moment when Zeus finished speaking, becoming extremely solemn, so heavy that the gods present could not breathe. At the same time, they are frozen, and their hearts!
Hera, the goddess of blessings, stopped her grief and looked at her husband who had gone away with incredible eyes.
Zeus's calm but majestic tone sent a chill through her heart. Slowly lowering her head, Hera narrowed her eyes reluctantly.
Punish him for the ...... of the Yuan Spirit?
Zeus, what the hell are you thinking-
......
After the battle, Carette fell asleep in the dormitory. The battle between her and the gods of Olympus was so fierce that the entire sacred mountain was almost destroyed, and Carette's own dormitory was no exception. Most of the stone buildings had collapsed, so she was placed by Zeus in a smaller, one-story building not far from her ruined palace.
Hermes, the ambassador of Zeus and the god of healing, conducted a thorough examination of Karet.
Her body was fine, it was just that she had exhausted her energy from overusing the source of divine power. What's more, the instantaneous explosion of dark power has overloaded her five internal organs, so it takes a long time to recuperate, and combined with Hermes's medical and magical conditioning, it is not enough to leave any hidden dangers.
Another thing that worries Hermes the most is that after such a fierce and protracted battle, the weak life that existed in Karete's womb was still sleeping peacefully in her mother's womb without the slightest impact or impact of the great war. Not only that, but it seems that after a fight, her signs of life are much stronger than before.
Hermes did not report this super-magical event to Zeus, the god of the gods.
In fact, if there were 10,000 possibilities, Hermes hoped that this little life, which would soon be born and unpopular with the gods, would naturally disappear with the end of the previous fierce battle.
He didn't think his ideas were cruel.
After all, the identity of the baby girl was very special, and it could be said that it was a taboo for the Titans, so her birth was likely to bring endless disasters to her and her mother, Kareta. For this reason, Hemis came up with the idea that he could do it all.
During the half-moon of Carret's sleep, the gods of Olympus were working day and night to rebuild their home. Right
For them, who have the ability to do the law and pick up the stars with their hands, the matter of moving bricks and tiles is not a matter of effort at all.
The only problem is that many of the gods are stinky and have long been thinking of redecorating their palaces. And the fact that their night battle with Carreta led to the destruction of the palace helped them realize their wish.
So, taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the gods gathered to reimagine the design and try to make a difference in the new palace.
This was the husband of the goddess Venus, the goldworking god Hevetos. Every day, he didn't care about accompanying his wife, and after breakfast, he buried himself in piles of design drawings.
On this day, Venus, the goddess of love, Croto, the goddess of fate, and Athena, the goddess of war, got together and talked about the thrilling night battle a few days ago.
"It's horrible...... Whining...... I didn't expect that child Kareta to hate Olympus so much......"
Recalling the battle in his mind, Venus felt palpitations and choked unconsciously.
The maid next to her hurriedly brought her a handkerchief, and brought her a refreshing drink that could calm her mind.
Athena, the goddess of war, stood alone in front of a semicircular window lattice, looking out at the craftsmen who were busy working in the foothills, with a blank expression.
"Athena, you owe me a favor!
The voice of Demos rang in his ears. Athena shuddered and closed her eyes in remorse at the thought of the resolute expression on his face when he stood across from her in another dimension and entrusted her with the evil and vicious appearance of Karette under the influence of the dark forces.
"Perhaps, in the first place, we really did something wrong...... Athena exhaled a few times and whispered in a descriptive voice.
Venus, hearing Athena's whisper, seemed to approve very much, and she got up from the stone chair and walked up to Athena in a few steps:
"Athena? Do you think so? Yes, we were wrong, we were wrong! We wanted to maintain the existing order so much that we refused to accept the idealized world. But what do we do...... In the end, we hurt too many people, and it was indeed us who hurt Karete!"
The goddess Venus was in repentance, and blamed herself incoherently for a long time. Turning again, she hurried to the goddess of fate, and earnestly took her two hands:
"Croto, why don't you tell Carreta the truth......! It was we who created the seal of the Athena Gem, and it was we who cast a spell to make her the key to unsealing it! It was we who single-handedly pushed her and the Dark God into the abyss from which they could never recover! The two of them have done so much for the Titans, we shouldn't continue to hide it from her!"
"Alright, you!"
Croto sighed, put his hands on Venus's shoulders, looked at her intently, and earnestly comforted:
"Listen, there is no such thing as a right or a wrong thing. The means are just a process, the result is the most important thing! Venus, you can't be too emotional. Although what we did at that time was extreme, our belief that we want to protect this beautiful land is not wrong!"
"But...... But we all failed......"
Venus broke away from Crotto with a pair of teary eyes, and she shook her head and took a few steps back:
"We planned everything, but we didn't stop the catastrophe from coming. Eventually, the key to unlocking the gem is still alive. Carreta ...... Oh, poor child, I am still a victim in vain!Oh, poor child......"
Athena, who was in front of the lattice, turned around and looked at the two goddesses who were arguing, and sighed with a sad expression:
"My only concern now is that Zeus is still secretly continuing his plans. In that case, we will not only lose Carret, but we will also have to face the looting that is coming!
The goddess of fate stopped answering, and after a few slow steps, she bowed her head and remained silent.
What to do, I don't know...... Is that prophecy still unbreakable......
Croto mused to himself:
The only one that can defuse the crisis and shatter the prophecy of that catastrophe is ...... God of Harmony, where the hell are you......
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At night, Zeus was served by Hermes and lay down on the soft bed of the dormitory. After tidying up, Hermes closed the embroidered tassel curtain for Zeus and exited the inner room.
Zeus has been tired lately.
During the day, when he was awake, he felt very sleepy. His mind seemed to be stuffed with all kinds of things, and his brain was full of pain. But when he concentrated on thinking, his mind felt blank.
At night, it was time to go to bed, and he couldn't sleep at all.
After the night of the gods' scuffle, Zeus did not sleep with his wife, Hera.
That night, Hera lost her hair and became a bald man. In order to hide her ugliness, she used the best quality wigs to decorate her head, but no matter how you look at it, Zeus still thinks she is still very awkward. Therefore he sent her to rest in the temple.