"How do you feel?"
As soon as Zeus woke up, she saw Hades sitting in front of her, asking with concern.
"I'm alright, just a little dizzy."
Zeus didn't get up; she really didn't have the strength to support herself. She was now like a broken doll, lacking vitality and life. It seemed she still hadn't emerged from her psychological trauma. Emotion is a concept that even gods cannot control. Zeus was now like those 'depressed' patients, unable to overcome her psychological hurdle! She would remain silent forever.
Until the next time she conceived the idea of suicide, forever living in pain.
Looking at Zeus's eyes, which were once seductive to the world, now only silence and confusion remained.
This worried Hades greatly, but she had no good solution at the moment, so she could only stay by Zeus's side. As for other matters, were other matters as important as Zeus?
After feeding Zeus the tonic she had made, Hades held Zeus in her arms until she fell asleep. Only then did she leave, planning to go to the human realm (Zombie World) to find some information to help Zeus. Unexpectedly, she encountered an 'acquaintance' on the way.
"Come out! I know you're following me."
As she walked, Hades stopped in place and spoke.
"I didn't expect, Big Sister's strength has grown again recently. Little Sister truly envies you greatly!"
"Hera, what are you doing in the Underworld?"
Hades frowned, looking at Hera, who walked out from behind a pillar. She couldn't understand why the other party would be in her territory, at this time, and even following her. Yes, Hades had known someone was following her for a long time. If she hadn't been afraid of the 'Pure Land of Bliss' being discovered, she would have dealt with the other party nearby already.
"I'm just checking on my family, what's wrong with that, Big Sister!"
Hera smiled and said to Hades, but Hades didn't believe a word of what she said. Knowing Hera as she did, Hades knew that Hera never acted without a profit motive; she only moved when there was something to gain.
"Stop pretending in front of me, Hera. Others might not know what you're like, but I do. Trying that with me, Hera, do you want to die?"
As she spoke, Hades released an immense divine power. Hera, who had been smiling, instantly turned pale.
It was unclear whether she was frightened by Hades's power or if she was simply crushed by the divine pressure.
"Don't... don't be angry, Big Sister! It's just that everyone hasn't been able to find you recently, and we don't know what to do next."
Wiping the cold sweat from her forehead, Hera said, barely standing. Whether she was being truthful or not, only she knew.
"For the next step, just wait for my instructions. I will notify you."
"However, if you ever come uninvited like this again, be prepared for your downfall!"
Hades gave Hera a cold look, then turned and left. She didn't want to waste time in this place. She still had to accompany the lovely Zeus and had no time to deal with these'scheming' individuals.
"Hmph! Don't be so arrogant. You're just a bit stronger than me, born a bit earlier. If it weren't for Zeus, I wouldn't bother with you!"
"Your whereabouts have been so strange lately. Who knows what mischief you're up to behind the scenes."
"How unlucky."
After Hades left, Hera took a breath, patted her startled heart, and spoke with resentment towards the direction Hades had departed.
"It's no good just wasting time on her. Who knows what tricks she's playing behind the scenes? I still need to rely on my own strength to search."
Hera thought this to herself, then turned and left the Underworld. She needed to check the largest 'library' of the gods. There, she would find her own way to search for Zeus.
But neither Hades nor Hera noticed that they weren't the only two at the place where they had been talking. A green-haired figure with an unusually weak presence had listened to their entire conversation from behind a pillar.
"Big Sister and Hera are arguing. This is really bad!"
Hestia sat on the ground, saying with a troubled expression.
"Little Zeus hasn't been found yet. If we start fighting among ourselves, something bad will happen sooner or later."
"Oh, I know! Let's ask Sister Demeter to help mediate between them!"
The naive (and foolish) Hestia's final idea was to ask her fourth sister for help, but this was definitely a bad idea. Not only did Hera constantly disapprove of Demeter, but Hades also had no intention of revealing to her four sisters that Zeus was under her 'protection.' She completely did not want to share Zeus, this delicious big cake, with her other sisters.
Thinking this, Hestia quickly ran out of the Underworld and flew towards Demeter's residence.
Meanwhile, after obtaining the knowledge she desired from Demeter, Athena returned to her own temple and began to create. She used the divine power of the'Staff of the Earth' to transform her living quarters into thirteen palaces, with her own temple connected above the sky of the thirteenth palace.
"Yes, I also need to create legends."
"As long as everyone spreads the legends, I can turn stories into reality. Then, by transforming legendary things into stars, I can draw upon the power of the stars to create my own 'Saint Seiya.'"
"And also train talents, teaching them their Cosmos and the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Senses."
"The cultivation of the Ninth Sense was forbidden by Father God from being taught to races outside of the gods, otherwise my power could be even stronger."
While planning her next steps, Athena pondered how to recruit talent and how to weave stories.
Yes, you didn't misread. Athena was going to weave stories, then intentionally publicize them. Then, through people's faith, she would materialize the things she needed, and her plan would be largely successful.
"The Underworld's Surplices have no soul consciousness. I need the 'Cloth' to find suitable masters on its own, then I can relax a bit."
Athena thought this, and began to work on her 'plan.'
"I... I can't think of anything! What should I do? How do I weave a story? I can't think of anything!"
"How embarrassing."
Picking up a quill, Athena sat solemnly on a chair, but the quill remained motionless on the parchment. Finally, she threw down the pen, stood up, walked to the window, took a deep breath, and slammed her fist into a stone pillar that five people could barely embrace. A huge round hole appeared in the pillar. Looking at the dust on her hand, Athena clutched her head in distress and muttered to herself.
Her long hair, which had been neatly styled, was now as disheveled as Sadako's. If not for the different hair color, she could have directly played the classic role of Sadako.
"What should I do? I can't think of anything! What should I do!"
Athena, pacing back and forth in agitation, completely failed to notice that Nike, the goddess she had just taken in, was looking at her as if she were a mental patient. If Athena knew, that certain glutton would undoubtedly be punished.
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