"Atlanteans?"
As Hades finished speaking, the group of main gods present all turned their gaze to Poseidon.
"What a joke!"
Poseidon also cried out in a panic:
"Hades, don't slander me! How could the Atlanteans dare to betray me?"
"Why wouldn't they dare?"
Hades put away his smile and calmly said to his brother:
"Poseidon, have you forgotten? You fought against Athena's city-state before, and due to your command errors, a large number of Atlanteans died. After returning, you performed another divine punishment on Atlantis, and another group died in that. Moreover, you only appeased your anger by accepting a batch of their sacrifices afterward. I remember the offerings Atlantis gave you were a group of beautiful women, right? These women, whom you 'consumed' as offerings, happened to be the wives and daughters of the Atlanteans who died in the war and divine punishment. Some of them were your priests, some were Atlantean royalty, so it's not strange that they knew these things. After you did such things to them, do you think they would still fear you? Their anger towards you has long surpassed their fear."
Facing Hades's questioning, Poseidon was speechless for a long time.
"That's why Hestia and I have always been telling you to be more lenient with your subordinates and more merciful to your believers. Why won't you listen…"
Hearing Hades start lecturing them again, Zeus impatiently interrupted him:
"Alright, Hades, stop talking! Poseidon, how do we settle this matter?"
"Hades."
Poseidon also said to Hades with a gloomy face:
"Hand over these leakers to me! I will personally deal with them!"
"No, they are already dead, and they are not under your jurisdiction."
Hades didn't take his brother's threat to heart at all. He resolutely refused Poseidon's request and added:
"What's more, most of these Atlanteans have already been sentenced by me to Tartarus for punishment. There is basically no more tragic punishment than that."
"Alright, Poseidon, don't try to shift the blame for this matter onto a group of mortals. They cannot bear this responsibility."
Zeus said in a deep voice:
"Only the main gods who were in the God King's Hall that day knew about this initially. If the Atlanteans knew about it, it must have been you who revealed it."
"But I didn't tell the Atlanteans!"
Poseidon argued forcefully.
"Then have you told other sea gods or sea creatures about this?"
Athena also unhappily added insult to injury.
"This…"
Poseidon was speechless, because after he returned to his Golden Palace, he had indeed mentioned this matter to other minor sea gods and sea creatures while drinking and boasting.
It's not impossible that these people, in turn, told their "confidants," and some of those confidants might have been Atlanteans.
"If you didn't tell anyone else, how could the Atlanteans possibly know about this?"
As Zeus spoke, he had already raised his divine lightning:
"Poseidon, receive your punishment."
"Zeus, as brothers, do you really have to be so ruthless?"
Poseidon also picked up his trident, looking warily at the sizzling, high-heat divine lightning in Zeus's hand.
"Zeus, Poseidon is your elder brother."
Hades in the holy fire said:
"Even I didn't blame you and him for plotting against me, so why are you blaming him?"
"Exactly."
Demeter also folded her arms and said sarcastically from the side:
"Some people even sell their own daughters, truly shameless."
"Enough! As the God King, I must keep my word, otherwise how can my authority be established?"
After Zeus finished speaking, disregarding Hades and Demeter's persuasion, he raised his hand and hurled the divine lightning. Inside the God King's Hall, a terrifying bolt of lightning flashed past, and at this moment, Poseidon also raised his divine power. Azure waves appeared within the God King's Hall, colliding with the lightning in mid-air.
After a thunderous roar, the gods on Olympus only saw a mass of cerulean seawater fly out of the God King's Hall, falling down Olympus and eventually landing in the boundless ocean. At the same time, Poseidon's voice echoed from the ocean in the distance:
"Zeus, from today onwards, don't even think I'll ever set foot in your God King's Hall again!"
After he finished speaking, heaven and earth shook, and angry waves surged in the sea. All the ships sailing in the ocean at this time were smashed by the angry Sea King's waves. Many of these ships were from Athens, Delphi, Cyprus, and other city-states that worshipped the main gods. Fortunately, Ares had already forbidden the ships of Sparta, Thebes, and other city-states from sailing before this incident occurred, which prevented them from suffering heavy losses like the other city-states.
The Sea King's action also more or less signified that he and Zeus were already estranged, even if nominally he was still one of the God Kings of the Olympian pantheon. But now, he would no longer help his younger brother, Zeus, the Heavenly God.
Upon witnessing this scene, the other gods on Olympus were all shocked, but of course, they still dared not say or ask anything.
"Good riddance, do you think I want to see you on Olympus?"
Looking at the empty seat of the Sea King, Zeus snorted coldly, while Hades in the holy fire sighed deeply, shook his head, and actively hung up the communication with Zeus.
Seeing Hades leave, Zeus turned to Athena and asked:
"How is Persephone?"
"She's fine, except for losing control when she sees me, she's normal at other times."
Athena swallowed with some difficulty and said:
"As a last resort, I could only knock her out. Now she is recuperating in Demeter's temple."
"Heh, Zeus, you don't need to pretend to care about Persephone anymore. Her condition has nothing to do with you."
Persephone's mother, the goddess of agriculture Demeter, coldly said to her husband.
"Don't oppose me at this time, Demeter."
Zeus waved his hand irritably and said:
"The key now is, Persephone, who was hit by the arrow of the God of Love, has completely fallen in love with Athena. How should she be dealt with?"
"How to deal with it? Just let the lovers be together and let her be with Athena."
Ares said gloatingly from the side:
"Oh, right, Artemis, a private question: when two goddesses are intimate, does it count as breaking the virgin goddess oath?"
"It… shouldn't, right?"
Artemis pondered for a long time, then said:
"I have also bathed with my subordinate gods, and I haven't seen anything happen to my virgin goddess oath."
"Oh, perfect then."
Ares winked at Athena and said:
"Great Goddess Athena, please quickly take in this little vixen Persephone."