On Mount Olympus, Zeus stood on the steps in front of the temple, his face pale.
The remnants of thunder were still lingering on his fingertips, and the fine lightning
crackled, reflecting the face of the God King. His gaze pierced the clouds, crossed the mountains and rivers, and landed on the wilderness.
A swaddling baby. A small ball wrapped in cloth lying on the edge of the bushes.
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His son.
His bloodline. The cub, who had just been born and showed the power of the descendants of
the God King, was lying there alone at the moment, without even a ghost beside
him.
was thrown, thrown by my mother. 1r5Rp
Zeus' temples jumped.
In this era, gods walked on the ground and monsters roamed the wilderness. A newborn baby, let alone encountering any monsters, can be taken away by a wild
dog.
He has to go.
He must go and get the kid to safety. 1r5Rp
Zeus raised his foot and was about to leave.
"Stop."
The sound behind him was not loud, but it made Zeus' feet pause in mid-air.
That's not a question, it's not a request, it's an order. 1r5Rp
Zeus' eyelids jumped.
He slowly turned around, putting on the majestic face of the God King, trying to
suppress the scene with momentum.
"Hera, I have something to do now-"
"What's wrong?" Hera leaned against the door frame of the temple, holding a
glass of wine in her hand, smiling with her brows and eyes. The smile was extremely gentle, so gentle that Zeus's back was cold, "What's so urgent?" Are
you going to leave without even finishing your words? "1r5Rp "I'll go down and go around." Zeus said, "I just thundered for a long time to see if I hurt the flowers and plants." "
"Flowers and plants?" Hera chuckled, "You want to see that wild species, right?"
Wild species.
This word came out of Hera's mouth, and it was particularly lethal. The corners of Zeus' mouth twitched, but he still stiffened his neck: "What kind of wild species? That's my bloodline! "1r5Rp
"Your bloodline?"
Hera's smile cooled.
She put down her wine glass and slowly walked over, each step seeming to tread on Zeus's heart.
"Your bloodline is everywhere. Today you can transform into a cow and give birth to one, tomorrow you can transform into an eagle and give birth to one, and the day after tomorrow a golden rain will fall."
Rain can give birth to another one. Your bloodline has practically filled Greece—what, you have to see each one in person?
See "1r5Rp"
Zeus was momentarily speechless.
"What are you?" Hera walked up to him, looked up and stared into his eyes. "Zeus, I ask you, who am I?"
"Who?" "You're Hera." Zeus was baffled.
"I am Hera, Queen of the Gods, goddess of marriage and childbirth." Hera's voice suddenly rose, "I am the..."
God! And what happened? My husband runs off every other day, changing partners constantly, and they've had enough kids to form an army! Where do you think I, the god of marriage, put my face? Do you even remember what you said before?
Zeus instinctively took a half step back.
"That happened thousands of years ago..."
"So what if it's been thousands of years?" Hera stepped forward. "Does a few thousand years mean you can go back on your word? What did you say when you were courting me? 'Hera, you are my one and only love—have you forgotten?'"
"I didn't forget..."
"Hera, I swore to be loyal to you forever—have you forgotten?"
"That's not true..."
"Is your oath just a load of bull?!"
Hera's voice was almost a roar.
Zeus took another step back.
He opened his mouth, wanting to refute, wanting to display the majesty of a god-king, wanting to say "That's enough," but found that Hera didn't give him a chance to speak at all.
"And last time!" Hera suddenly remembered something. "That nymph from last time, you said... 'Just once, Hera, you...'"
Trust me—and what was the result? 1r5Rp
"That was an accident…" "An accident? You always say it's an accident!" Hera's voice rose higher and higher, "Zeus, your accidents are more common than others' accidents!"
There are many sutras!"
Zeus suffered repeated defeats.
He took a step back, and Hera took a step forward. He took another step back, and Hera took another step forward. He retreated to the temple entrance, and Hera...
They were forced to the temple gates. (1r5Rp)
The surrounding servants had long since hidden far away, not daring to even breathe. The Olympian gods, of course, also noticed.
They noticed the commotion here.
Inside the Temple of the Sun, Apollo poked half his head out, glanced around, and immediately withdrew.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Artemis asked.
"Let's argue," Apollo said in a low voice.
"Should we go take a look?" Artemis said.
"Hey! Are you crazy?!" Apollo grabbed his sister's hand.
Inside the Temple of Ares, Ares himself huddled in a corner, pretending he wasn't there. Zeus, dizzy and disoriented from the scolding, finally couldn't help but speak up: "Hera, listen to me first—"
"I won't listen!"
That child is truly special—
"Special?" Hera sneered. "Which of your children isn't special? This one claims to be of the bloodline of the God-King, that one claims to be..."
It was destiny's will, but what was the result? Aren't they all just a bunch of bastards?"
Bastard. Another bastard. 1r5Rp
Zeus took a deep breath and decided to try a different angle.
"You've never even seen that child, you don't even know what he looks like, yet you're so malicious."
"Why should I see him?" Hera interrupted him. "Should I see the monstrous offspring you had with another woman? Zeus, are you out of your mind?"
"Did the water get in?"
"No, I mean—"1r5Rp
"I won't look," Hera's voice was cold. "I loathe to look, I'm disgusted to look. All your affairs, I…"
I don't want to see any of this.
Zeus was completely speechless.
He stood there, stunned, completely overwhelmed by Hera's imposing presence, utterly forgetting that he had just wanted to display his divine power.
The majesty of the king.
Just then, Hera suddenly changed the subject.
"Oh, right," she narrowed her eyes slightly, a half-smile playing on her lips, "that bastard isn't in her…"
Mother? The people I sent were driven away by you, so why were you in such a hurry just now?
Zeus's heart skipped a beat.
Too bad.
Hera watched his changing expression, her eyes growing brighter.
"Something happened to him?" Hera asked, her voice tinged with barely suppressed excitement. "What happened to him?"
Zeus was silent.
Hera waited two seconds, but received no reply. Suddenly, she laughed. The laughter was clear and melodious, yet it was heard by Zeus in awe.
Feeling cold.
"Let me guess," Hera said, pacing slowly, "it's probably because those celestial phenomena just now let that bitch know this child is yours, right? She's scared, scared of my revenge, so—"
She stopped in her tracks and turned to look at Zeus.
"She threw the child away."
It's not a question, it's a certainty.
Zeus's expression froze. Hera stared at his face for three seconds, then smiled; she had guessed correctly.
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She knew her men hadn't killed the child, but the sight of the child abandoned in the wilderness was still a blow to Hera.
Also acceptable.
In the wilderness of the Age of Gods, even an infant with the strength would die!
"good!"
She clapped her hands sharply, the sound clear and resonant, echoing before the empty temple.
Zeus's face turned completely black.
"Hera!"
"Good!" Hera clapped her hands again, her face beaming with a bright smile. "Good! Excellent! Alcmene has finally done it!"
That's a wise decision! Good thing you threw it away! It should have been thrown away!
"you" 1r5Rp
"What do you mean, 'what about me'?" Hera glanced at him sideways. "What, did I say something wrong? Your bastard is lying in the wilderness right now."
"Look, we're surrounded by ferocious beasts and monsters—oh dear, this is really..."
She raised her hand, gently covering the corner of her mouth, her eyes curving into two crescent moons.
"This is truly the best news I've heard today."
Zeus took a deep breath, then another. He was about to leave when Hera stepped forward and blocked his way.
In front of me. 1r5Rp
"I told you, you're not allowed to go."
"Hera!" Zeus's voice finally crackled with rage. "That's my son!"
"That's a bastard."
He is my bloodline!*1r5Rp
"You have plenty of bloodlines, you don't need this one."
"He was just born!
"So what if he's just been born?" Hera sneered. "Is a newborn bastard not a bastard?"
Zeus choked, his chest aching. He took a deep breath and tried to get around Hera, but Hera shifted to the side, blocking his way again.
He. 1r5Rp
"Get out of the way.
"No.
"Hera!
"Zeus!" 1r5Rp
The two locked eyes, sparks flying in the air.
Seeing that he couldn't win the argument with Hera and was about to be insulted like a little brother, Zeus desperately sought help. (A divine thought flashed...)
spread out.
Poseidon, who was strolling above the sea, received this divine message. He was riding his golden chariot, originally intending to visit Olympus—after that earth-shattering thunderclap...
He certainly noticed, and wondered what was wrong with Zeus.
Before I even arrived at my destination, I received this distress message.
Poseidon's chariot paused in mid-air.
He was silent for three seconds, then tugged on the reins.
"Whoa!" The four magnificent warhorses neighed, turned around in mid-air, their hooves pounding the clouds, and headed back the way they had come.
Running away.
He walked away without looking back.
At the same time, the underworld.
In the dimly lit palace, Hades sat astride his throne, his face expressionless.
He had naturally sensed that bolt of lightning as well. The heavens and earth changed color, and countless bolts of lightning struck simultaneously; the scale of the event was truly astounding.
Every Greek with eyes saw it.
But he didn't move.
He sat there, gazing at the darkness of the underworld, contemplating life.
Then Zeus's divine will arrived. 1r5Rp
Brother, help me!
Hades' eyelid twitched.
He tilted his head slightly, his gaze falling into the void, as if it could pierce through the endless darkness and see Mount Olympus...
In that farce that happened.
He was silent for a moment.
Then he slowly turned his face away.
Illusion.
he said to himself.
Time to feed the dog. 1r5Rp
Hades stood up, straightened his robe, and walked toward Cerberus's kennel.
On Mount Olympus, Zeus closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
No one is available.
The gods who usually fawned over him were now all silent, none of them coming to his rescue.
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Not one.
He opened his eyes and looked at Hera, who stood in front of him with her hands on her hips and looking fierce. Suddenly, he felt very tired.
So tired.
It's really tiring. 1r5Rp
"Hera," he said weakly, "that child.. It's really special.
"Oh?" Hera raised her eyebrows, "How special?" "
Zeus opened his mouth, looked at Hera's smiling expression, and suddenly didn't
want to say anything. So what can you do? His wife understands for herself, and
Hera in this state doesn't want to reason. 1r5Rp At this moment, Zeus glanced at a figure and saw a figure, and then his eyes lit
up.
"Athena!"