Chapter 622 - 113: True Martial Arrives, Heading to the Ocean
The appearance and death of Hercules did not cause too much of a ripple, or perhaps after the [Great Salvation Skill], these mortals have already taken Shen Fei’s orders as their sole faith.
Therefore, Hercules did not cause any disturbance when he appeared initially.
As for the cities conquered one after another, as long as the battles were won, Jasper Pool would go to the city to hold a concert under the guise of celebrating victory.
To imbue the citizens newly incorporated into ’Rome’ with the power of the [Great Salvation Skill].
In just half a year, Rome had unified all the scattered Greek cities on the Aeolian side, looking eastward to the Macedonian Kingdom, and adjoining Persia to the west.
The speed of unification has surprised these two behemoths, as these Greek federations have always served as a buffer for the Macedonian Kingdom and Persia.
Neither the Macedonian Kingdom nor Persia wished for a unified regime to emerge here, as Macedonia wanted to use this as a buffer.
In their own kingdom not yet possessing the strength to conquer Persia, using these scattered Greek cities as a buffer, especially after the Trojan War.
The power of the Greek cities was greatly exhausted, making it difficult for them to unify, something that was hoped to continue.
Yet unexpectedly, without any information received, the Aeolian region had already become unified.
...
Mount Olympus.
Hermes reappeared in the Divine Hall, and many divine spirits were summoned by Zeus, intending to hear the results of Hermes’ investigation in the mortal world.
Only to find that Hermes had a face filled with lingering fear.
"Respected Divine King, behind Rome is not only Athena and the others..." Hermes could not help but tremble at the thought of the divine spirits he saw.
"Who else?"
Ares spoke with irritation, his faith had been increasingly scarce lately, though his basic base of faith was in Thrace, originally the Greek cities still viewed him as the symbol of war.
But now, after many wars in the mortal world, Athena had already become the war goddess of that portion of the region, his [War] rank was once again maddeningly dwindling.
Back then, Zeus actually ceded a portion of the [War] divine authority to Athena to limit him, which made Ares think Zeus was truly mad.
Whose ambition wasn’t clear?
"Hecate, and Chronos..." When Hermes mentioned these two names, the gods present fell into silence.
Who doesn’t know Hecate, her power is mysterious and unfathomable, in some records she could even compare with Zeus and Gaia.
When Zeus and Gaia take time out, they can foresee how time will evolve; Hecate, adding a bit of lubrication to the gears, leaves room for unpredictability, thus making the world operate more freely.
Her privileges are without restriction.
"Hecate..."
Zeus frowned, his gaze falling towards one spot, which was precisely the divine hall of the child care goddess Leto, but Leto had long disappeared, the only contact with Hecate on Mount Olympus.
Was only Leto.
"Artemis, Apollo, Hecate, no wonder they could mingle together." Ares snorted coldly, but his eyes were filled with apprehension for Hecate.
"Chronos!"
Zeus’s face filled with anger, "Hermes, go to the Netherworld and get Hades for me!"
How could Chronos reappear in the mortal realm, since the last rebellion, he had told Hades to keep an eye on Chronos at all times without allowing anyone to approach him.
And report any situation immediately.
Now Chronos has appeared in the mortal world, and Hades hasn’t reacted at all?
Zeus’s greater concern is Chronos and Hecate, even though he sees Athena and others as merely nothing, no matter how fierce they are causing a stir in the mortal world.
To become the Divine King, ultimately it has to be here at Mount Olympus, as long as they’re here no divine spirit can best him.
Any god born from Mount Olympus will be suppressed by him.
He is the Divine King of Olympus.
But Hecate and Chronos are different, and this time Chronos is not attacking Mount Olympus directly as last time.
Instead, he has begun from the mortal realm, weakening their power from the very root.
By then, if the mortal world is truly occupied by them, relying on the faith from the mortal world, Chronos can even rebuild the divine system in the mortal realm, and after the mortal realm no longer has traces of other gods.
Other gods of Olympus would also fall asleep, leaving only those gods with Titan bloodlines.
And Zeus’s power would be greatly diminished.
By then he may not be able to face the siege of many old gods, and even now he still has to suppress the Pollux wanting to be born within him with the power of the Divine King.
"Ares, Hephaestus. You will oversee this, and initiate a war with this so-called Rome!"
Zeus’s gaze turned to Ares and Hephaestus, these two ’kindred spirits’ nodded saying, "Yes, Father!"
"By any means necessary, gather intelligence on this Rome to the best of your abilities!"
Zeus’s brow furrowed deeply.
The gods left full of worry, the consequences of Chronos’s rebellion that once occurred are still affecting Olympus.
And after that Chronos’s rebellion.
Typhon then assaulted Mount Olympus, adding insult to injury to the still-recovering Mount Olympus.
And now once again...
Plus, Athena, the most capable of fighting, is now on the opposing side.
Demeter, Hestia, and other gods exchanged glances and saw the concern in each other’s eyes.
...
Meanwhile.
At Ephesus.
Shen Fei looked at the visitor and spat, "You finally came."
"If it weren’t because the master caused such a big commotion, I wouldn’t have known how to find the master." The visitor was True Martial, or rather the Avenging Goddess of the Greek World.
"Just in time for your arrival, we should go trouble Poseidon, this guy has been occasionally causing tsunamis flooding our shores, hindering our shipbuilding." Shen Fei looked ahead.
"And Macedonia is blocking the Constantinople Strait, land routes no longer work, only via sea.
If Poseidon keeps causing tsunamis, shipbuilding is simply impossible."
True Martial nodded.
The Saintess and others received Shen Fei’s message and hurried to Ephesus, Athena also appeared here, "Where are you heading?"
"To kill Poseidon."
"I’m coming too." Athena slightly raised an eyebrow, Poseidon isn’t easy to deal with, previously she could suppress Poseidon mostly onshore or at the coastline.
If in the ocean, she isn’t certain she could defeat Poseidon.
"You stay here to keep the order, I’m worried Zeus might have someone stir trouble while we’re away, just a mere Poseidon." Shen Fei spoke flatly, his current aura erupted, vast waves roared around him, the divine nature he exuded made Athena somewhat surprised.
"How many sea gods have you slain..."