The twins exchanged a glance; they had been eager to follow along to see how the victim would react after the Golden Arrow Magic wore off, but to their surprise, Poseidon's reaction was no reaction at all.
"Forget it, this one... might be a bit abnormal,"
Shaking his head, Eros said somewhat helplessly:
"Next time, we'll change our target, let's just forget about this one."
"Let's wait a bit longer, until Demeter comes back—she should return. Once we get what we want from her, whatever they do is none of our concern."
Olympus, the council hall.
The affairs occurring between the human city-states had not reached this place, and no one knew that Poseidon had gone to follow in the footsteps of Zeus, even surpassing him.
Here, the deities had just finished listening to the Divine King's narrative, and their first response was undoubtedly doubt.
With furrowed brows, Hestia had not expected that before the recent troubles had been resolved, Zeus had created a new one.
And the content of what he said... the end of everything? Naturally, the goddess expressed skepticism.
"Zeus, it is indeed possible for a deity to inadvertently glimpse the future, but there's often a special reason for it."
"What about you? You wake up in your own palace and have visions of the world's end?"
Hestia's question was not unfounded; as primordial gods, the deities are influenced by the mundane world, but they also indeed reap much from it. For instance, memories and thoughts that cannot be permanently altered, or their immortal essence, are what set them apart from the deities of other worlds.
In such circumstances, it is indeed possible for certain deities to catch a rare glimpse of the future, just like God of Speech Iapetus from the Spirit Realm during the Second Era, who had seen into the future. However, they can usually see only a tiny part, leading to various interpretations, right or wrong.
In this case, it seems that Zeus could indeed see the future by accident, but on one hand, it is a very low-probability event, and on the other hand, there is the content of the prophecy itself.
The collapse of the world, the return of all things to ruins—such speech is somewhat like saying the world is round in the Middle Ages; aside from making those who hear it think you're insane, it wouldn't result in much else.
"Hmm, Hestia, I know this is hard to believe, but the world... may not be indestructible,"
Sitting at the head, Zeus understood the Goddess of Hearthfire's doubts. Even he himself—if it hadn't been for what occurred during the sacrificial ritual for the world—he probably wouldn't have believed in the truth of this matter.
But if his Sovereignty Grand Ritual was real, then the message about the future naturally was as well. What's more, there was the most direct evidence right in Olympus.
The remnants of a dead world... within it, he had foreseen fate, glimpsed Chaos's destruction, which was nothing out of the ordinary. Especially among some of the damaged relics of Asgard, Zeus also found some records.
Most of those things had little meaning, but some were different. For example, on a broken stele, Zeus had seen records regarding Divine King Odin and 'Twilight.'
Bringing down the deities, restarting the world, the Twilight of the Gods, the most terrifying calamity of them all.
"Perhaps it's the same for us, even before we realize it, the bell of twilight has already begun to ring... and that 'Outsider' is the 'Bell Ringer.'"