Artemis has always wanted this to happen in the mortal world. She does not want more and more oracles, and Artemis firmly believes that the power of the gods should be kept away from humans for the time being, and that the gods should not interfere too much in the human world. But now, Artemis has no choice. She cannot stop the ideas of other gods, not even a word of advice.
Even though the person next to him now is Hestia.
This goddess is usually quite calm.
I guess he has his own little thoughts on this matter.
So Artemis could only say helplessly: "I don't want to care about this matter anymore."
"If Zeus doesn't show up, there's no point in us caring."
Hestia sneered and shook her head.
"I'm afraid if this continues, the God Realm will be in complete chaos."
"Um……"
Artemis was unable to refute Hestia's statement.
The last time the gods sent out an oracle was probably during the Trojan War. At that time, the gods' little thoughts about each other eventually led to a war between the Trojans and the Greek Achaeans. In the end, this war destroyed Troy, and the Greek Mycenaean civilization also exhausted its national strength because of this war, which eventually led to the invasion of the Dorians, and the ancient Mycenaeans eventually scattered.
Some of them stayed in Athens and became the last "Greeks" on the Greek mainland, some came to Canaan and Israel and established new Greek colonies, and others established the Mycenaean Kingdom in Cyprus. The remnants of these Mycenaean heroes have continued to this day.
But this process.
It is a process in which a large number of lives die unexpectedly.
The gods who dominated the Mycenaeans and the Trojans.
But it also destroyed these two nations.
The gods play around in the human world, and they are happy, but what about the mortals? Are humans happy?
If it weren't for the gods' arbitrary decisions and capricious actions, the Trojan War might not have broken out, and the prosperous Mycenaeans would not have perished, causing Greece to enter the "Dark Ages" without writing, city-states, and records. It took a blind poet named Homer to record the events of this period. Every time Artemis looked back on the events of this period, she felt that these gods were really ridiculous.
"Just wait and see what happens."
After saying this, Hestia turned around and left.
Artemis watched him leave.
But at this moment, a young god ran over in panic.
"Everyone listen to me!!!"
"Isn't this Hermes?"
The young god who ran over was the messenger Hermes.
As one of the twelve Olympian gods, Hermes is the youngest among them, but he is the messenger of God who delivers messages between humans and God. When he came here in such a hurry, it meant that something big must have happened.
"Hermes!"
Ares saw Hermes and turned around.
"What happened? Why so panicked!"
"Father God! Father God! Father God has opened the door to the temple!"
When Hermes said this.
The gods around couldn't help but widen their eyes.
"W-What!?"
“God the Father has come out!”
Ares took a step forward and said excitedly:
"After so many years, Father God is finally willing to meet us!"
"Yes, yes!" Hermes said quickly, "Father God was the one who opened the door just now, and then he called me in. Father God asked me to inform everyone that all the twelve main gods of Mount Olympus should gather before Father God! Now, immediately!"
"well!"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately headed towards the temple of Zeus.
Artemis stood in the distance.
He couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Father God, finally appeared?
This might be good news for other gods, but for Artemis, this news was too bad. Artemis didn't know if Zeus knew about what had happened recently, including Hilde and the original book of creation in Hilde's body. However, Artemis didn't dare to refuse Zeus' order, so she could only nod and then decide to meet Zeus next.
Soon, the twelve gods gathered at the door of Zeus' temple.
Athena and Apollo are dead.
And there are only nine gods standing here.
Hera, the Queen of Heaven, Hestia, the goddess of the hearth, Poseidon, the god of the sea, Ares, the god of war, Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, Hephaestus, the god of craftsmen, Hermes, the messenger of the gods, Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, and Artemis, the goddess of hunting.
The twelve main gods also include Apollo, Athena and the king of gods, Zeus.
See this scene.
Artemis was in a trance.
In the previous meetings of the twelve gods, no one was ever missing.
But now, two people are missing all of a sudden.
"Lord Zeus is finally willing to see us." Hera looked at the temple door that was not locked with some excitement. "This is a good thing for us on Mount Olympus."
"Um……"
Hera's excited emotions did not affect the other gods.
Not far away, Poseidon, holding a trident, was standing silently.
Ares seemed to be expecting something.
Aphrodite and Hestia still looked as if it had nothing to do with them.
Demeter looked at the temple with some concern.
Hephaestus stood aside, observing Aphrodite coldly.
Hermes was waiting for Zeus's order.
Artemis, on the other hand, was extremely nervous.
No one knows what will happen next.
"Open the door!"
Hermes suddenly raised his head and walked to the door of the temple.
Then he opened the door of the Temple of Zeus.
Twenty years.
This door was finally opened.
When Artemis looked at the door, she felt that the past twenty years had passed so long - so long that Artemis had an indescribable trance.
"Lord Zeus!"
Hera rushed in impatiently.
And when Hera went in, Ares followed behind.
Ares was Hera's child after all, so it was only natural for him to follow in. However, Hephaestus, the eldest son, was not in a hurry. He did not want to be in the limelight like Ares did.
Chapter 9: Zeus's Amazing Words
Other gods also entered the temple of Zeus one after another.
Artemis followed behind Hestia.
She was feeling nervous, but she could only pretend to be calm.
What will happen next.
Artemis really wasn't prepared at all.
When the gods slowly walked into the temple of Zeus, the oppressive feeling that made it almost difficult for all the gods to breathe came directly to their faces. Artemis was not unfamiliar with this feeling, but now this feeling was stronger than before. It was as if Zeus was surrounded by anger, and this anger seemed to be able to destroy the entire world.
Zeus sat on his throne, holding the thunder staff in his right hand and his left hand on the armrest of the throne. His eyes, as bright as copper bells, were examining all the gods who came before him.
In the face of such oppression.
Even Hera lowered her noble head.
"Father God!"
Ares stepped forward quickly and knelt on one knee.
"You are finally willing to meet us!"
"Ares..."
Zeus's deep voice, like thunder, reached the ears of all the gods.
It was like a loud thunderclap exploding in the ears.
"Yes, Father."
"I've kept you waiting for so long."
Ares, kneeling on the ground with his head down, suddenly felt a big, broad hand placed on his head.
The powerful divine power was now within reach of him. Even the God of War Ares was oppressed by this powerful force and didn't know what to do. Similarly, he didn't dare to raise his head to see what the Father looked like now.
No one dared to look up now.
Except Poseidon.
Poseidon stood aside, frowning slightly.
Although Zeus is the king of gods, Poseidon is Zeus' brother after all. There is not much difference between the two in terms of divine power. Moreover, Poseidon is naturally very dissatisfied with the fact that Zeus, as the king of gods, has been absent for so many years.
"You finally came out."
"Poseidon."
Zeus turned around and looked at the man who looked like him.
Poseidon knocked on his trident and said grimly, "Ever since Athena stole the artifact and the barrier of the divine domain was broken, the entire Mount Olympus has fallen into chaos. As the king of the gods, you, Zeus, should have taken the initiative to step forward and explain Athena's affairs, and then stabilize everyone on Mount Olympus. But twenty years have passed, what are you doing!?"
"Do not worry."
Zeus waved to Poseidon.
"I have also been searching for Athena for the past twenty years."
"But you never left the house!"
"Indeed, even for me, it is extremely difficult to break the limitations of time and space and enter another space. It took me twenty years to truly break through time and space and go to a space that is unfamiliar to me." Zeus closed his eyes slightly, as if recalling something, "I followed the last remaining divine power of Athena and came to a strange, empty space. There is the final resting place of Athena, but I did not find Athena. Instead, I discovered something very interesting."
"Interesting things?"
Poseidon also looked at Zeus curiously.
"Some of Athena's divine power remained in that space, but her body was missing. In addition, there were traces of another soul entering this space. I followed these traces and found something very surprising. That is... Athena's body was taken away by a soul from another world."
"What……"
The gods heard this.
They all fell into a state of panic.
"Athena's sacred body was taken away!"
"This is unforgivable!"
"Not only that." Zeus glanced at everyone coldly, and then continued, "Athena's body was taken away, and her divinity and soul were also completely destroyed. In other words, Athena is truly dead and will never come back. And the guy who took Athena's body used Athena's divine body to come back here."
"where is she!?"
Ares stood up quickly.
"I'm going to kill her!"
"I'm afraid that only Artemis can tell us the answer."
