Chapter 758: Chapter 151: Me or the Gun, Choose One? _2 Chapter 758: Chapter 151: Me or the Gun, Choose One? _2 “Since you had already guessed, why didn’t you make your move on the surface?”
Pandora asked while quietly retreating toward the door.
“The surface is too dangerous. Who knows if Zeus, who has completely grasped Heavenly Destiny, would notice anything?” Luo En smiled at Pandora and slowly answered, “Compared with that, the Netherworld is much safer. At least it can somewhat interfere with the perception of Heavenly Destiny. How could we make our move without bringing you here?”
Hearing the keyword, Pandora stiffened and turned to look at Hades, the God of the Underworld, who had appeared behind her at some point.
“Could it be that you no longer wish to save your wife and daughter?” Pandora swallowed, threatening with feigned aggression.
“I do want to save them,” Hades said, unfazed by Pandora’s threat, a cold sneer spreading across his face. “But to cooperate with you, do you really take me for a fool?”
As a descendant of the King of Gods, he disliked strife, but he was not completely senseless.
He had seen firsthand what would happen when mixing with his so-called good brother Zeus.
Amalthea, the goat nursemaid, who had been flayed, Metis, the Primordial Wisdom Goddess, who had been devoured, and Prometheus, the Seer, who had been tortured… all these were live examples. Hadn’t each of them initially offered their utmost loyalty to His Majesty the King of Gods and made huge contributions to the Divine Business of Olympus?
And the result? Not one of them had ended well.
Similarly, if he truly believed the smooth talk from Zeus and betrayed the gods of War God Mountain, once that good brother eliminated all threats, he would surely dispose of him next.
By then, not to mention saving his wife and daughter, he would likely have to sacrifice himself as well.
Realizing Hades’s answer, Pandora understood that the Underworld King’s defiance was not whimsical but premeditated.
Extinguishing the delusion of persuading him, the Catastrophe Witch turned and ran, trying to escape the Netherworld.
However, just as Pandora turned, she immediately stopped, pulling a mournful face and raising her hands:
“What a coincidence, you are all here…”
Mists of dead ash surged from outside the palace, revealing the Wisdom Goddess Athena, the Goddess of the Hearth Hestia, the Heavenly Queen Hera, the Hunting Goddess Artemis, and the Light God Apollo, along with other gods who had vanished, all appearing outside the temple.
Such a grand assembly, not just her, but even if Zeus himself came, he would have to weigh his options.
After all, the laws of the Netherworld suppressed the Divine Authority of Heavenly Destiny. That’s why His Majesty the King of Gods didn’t dare to enter the Netherworld lightly, choosing instead to send her, a subordinate, to relay his messages.
At this moment, the gods outside the temple entered one by one, nodding to Hades, evidently having colluded with him long ago.
And indeed, that was the case.
Upon learning that his wife and daughter had been captured, Hades had not genuinely submitted, but instead covertly communicated his predicament to the deities of War God Mountain.
Likewise, Athena and others had observed some puzzling deaths among those close to War God Mountain, sensing that something might be amiss with the Heavenly Destiny’s Divine Authority in Greece.
Thus, they seamlessly agreed to stage a drama for His Majesty the King of Gods
—Hades, under the pretense of negotiation, set a trap at a banquet, planning to capture all attending gods and heroes to feign allegiance to Zeus, seeking a desperate chance to extend the lives of his wife and daughter.
Initially, as His Majesty the King of Gods demanded, all traitor gods should have become the foundation stones for reshaping the Divine Business of Olympus, stripped of their self-will.
However, Hades was not foolish. On the surface, he imprisoned the gods of War God Mountain and the heroes in Tartaros Hell, but in reality, he continually used the souls of Elysium to gather the power of faith to sustain the deities of War God Mountain.
Due to Tartaros Hell’s certain interference with the Heavenly Destiny’s Divine Authority, Zeus dared not easily venture in to investigate.
Adding to this, Hades had been obedient to him for two hundred years, and the gods had truly disappeared; thus, Zeus was deceived into believing that those former rebels had long since become the foundation stones incapable of threatening him again.
But Zeus was unaware that Hades and the gods of War God Mountain were merely biding their time, waiting for an opportunity to turn the tide.
However, to prevent His Majesty the King of Gods from targeting the Netherworld in a rush, Athena also instructed Hades to inform Zeus of a “risk”
—”Your son is still alive, wandering overseas, destined to replace you…”
Indeed, Luo En’s existence was no longer a secret. Athena and Hades had already sold him out.
Of course, only halfway.
Regarding the secrets of finding other Divine Era gods and forging the Godslaying Weapon, Hades had not disclosed it.
But even so, it was enough to make Zeus wary, not daring to rashly strike at the Netherworld.
Thus, His Majesty decided to use this scheme, planning to uncover a potential threat through Hades and, once everything settled, to eradicate the problem permanently.
And two hundred years later, the return of the person both parties were waiting forfinally arrived, finding almost the only way out, and covertly connected with the defying Hades.
Unaware of all this, Pandora, having eluded Zeus’s sight, was lured into the Netherworld, becoming a trapped turtle in a jar.
Surrounded by a host of menacing deities, the weak and pitiful Pandora, shrinking her neck, said with a bitter smile:
“Planning to exchange me for the Queen of the Underworld and her daughter? Impossible, His Majesty will never agree. So, capturing me is useless.”