Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 283 The Eve of War

Zeus slowly walked up to Prometheus. The god, who had been tortured beyond recognition, raised his head and looked at Zeus with exceptional determination. The torture had not diminished his will. Perhaps he had long been accustomed to the horrifying and endless torment. No one knew what ideals he held that had kept him going until now without yielding.

Zeus swung a long whip of lightning at Prometheus. Prometheus did not dodge, but just numbly watched the whip fly towards him. But to his surprise, the lightning whip did not hit him, but instead shattered the shackles that bound him. This made the already numb Prometheus look at Zeus with surprise and confusion.

Then Zeus called out to himself, "I made a deal with Odin. He asked me to release you. Now the World Tree is about to face a crisis, and Odin hopes that you can help him fight against the inevitable Ragnarok."

Prometheus slowly rose from the ground, then silently bypassed Zeus and staggered down the mountain. At this moment, Zeus, with his back to him, suddenly asked for no apparent reason, "What was your purpose in stealing the Eternal Flame back then? With your arrogance, it's impossible for you to side with Odin. I still don't understand why you targeted the Eternal Flame."

Prometheus stopped in his tracks after hearing Zeus's question. Perhaps it was because no one had talked to him for so many years that he was no longer reluctant to hide his thoughts, or perhaps it was no longer meaningful to hide them now. So Prometheus turned around and looked at Zeus's back as he explained.

“We have already lost. The existence of the Eternal Flame is nothing more than a means for us to prolong our lives. I think... since that's the case, it would be better to liberate the Father Gods from the cold of Niflheim. The twelve Titans were more than capable of easily destroying the nine worlds, which were reduced to less than one-tenth of their former strength after the great war. Although we would also be punished, at least the World Tree would be returned to its rightful owner. I know this will destroy the nine realms, but I am not willing to end it like this. Even now, I still think this way. Rather than letting those incompetent gods of faith rule this place, it would be better to let the Father Gods... go home!”

After saying this, Prometheus turned around and continued walking down the mountain. Zeus could only frown helplessly and smile bitterly, "Let the father go home? Prometheus, you are even more ruthless than I thought! I always thought you were a traitor, but now I realize you are also a filial son?! But don't dream about it. As long as I, Zeus, am alive, the twelve Titans will never be able to climb out of the cold seal of Niflheim!"

Prometheus did not stop, but simply replied to himself, "I will not give up, just as you will not give up." Then Prometheus disappeared on the mountain. Zeus knew that Prometheus had returned to his former home on Mount Olympus, a territory that had remained unchanged for many years, because after all, he was Zeus's brother.

Soon after, all the gods of the nine kingdoms, just like when they besieged Argred, began to gather at the Rainbow Bridge in the Midgard, waiting to launch an expedition to the material world. Other divine kingdoms and gods who had suffered persecution from the Kingdom of Myriad Races also responded to the call of the World Tree. The number of gods in this expedition was more than twice that of the one who besieged Argred, and the size of the army was about four times that of the last one.

However, the quality of the gods was questionable. After all, the high-level gods were basically the same as before, with the only difference being the addition of Prometheus. As for the low-level gods, the number of them had little impact on the battle. At this level, the numerical advantage was negligible. I can even bluntly tell you a common sense fact: in a truly high-end battlefield, large-scale gatherings are a joke. The higher the level of existence, the less they can coordinate with each other. Moreover, even the slightest difference in strength between gods cannot be compensated for by numbers. Otherwise, Zeus and the giants would have been wiped out by Odin long ago with a numerical advantage of hundreds of times. Defeating a god and killing a god are two completely different outcomes. High-level gods are really difficult to kill completely.

It's just a pity that Odin and Zeus haven't realized just how overwhelming the enemy they're about to face really is.

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The primary matter universe, somewhere in the void.

At this moment, Agreed is engaged in a one-on-one divine battle with 'Krtugia,' the leader of the fire faction among the evil gods, in the void. Recently, the gods of various divine realms have all quieted down, and Agreed can no longer get anything from them, so he has to turn his attention to the void. Recently, Agreed has been searching for various evil gods in the void to devour them in order to improve himself.

To be fair, he was incredibly lucky today, discovering the sealed location of 'Krtugia' in the void. Krtugia, as the representative of the fire god system among the evil gods and also the strongest evil god in that faction, was strong enough to rank among the top ten evil gods. However, his ranking didn't matter, since any god targeted by Agreed was bound to suffer.

After confirming that there were no other evil gods within tens of thousands of light-years, Agreed immediately broke the seal on Cthugia. Upon breaking the seal, Cthugia immediately channeled his divine power towards Agreed. Although Cthugia was sealed and unable to leave the sealed area, it did not mean that he was unaware of the outside world. As one of the oldest evil gods, he could clearly sense the hostility emanating from Agreed. Therefore, after breaking the seal, Cthugia chose to strike first and launched a fierce attack on Agreed.

Fireballs with energy levels no weaker than stars were launched at Agred. Without a word, Agred immediately activated 'Io Dragon God Mode' and ignored Krugia's stellar attacks with his terrifying resistance. Then, Agred directly grabbed Krugia, a strange creature that seemed to be formed from multiple intertwined stars.

Ktugya struggled to unleash his energy to break free from Agred's control, but unfortunately Agred's strength was far beyond his reach. However, at that moment, a strange wind element that shouldn't have appeared suddenly appeared in the void and directly cut Agred's hand open, thus freeing Ktugya.

Agreed glanced back and saw that Cthulhu, Hastur the Yellow King, and Shubnigs (the Black Goat Mother) had all arrived nearby. It was quite a surprise that representatives of the major evil god factions in Cthulhu had all come here. However, he quickly figured out the reason and looked at Cthulhu. The real purpose of the few stellar fireballs that this guy had released earlier was not to defeat him, but to release his evil god companions.

Despite being unable to speak, Ktugya was incredibly intelligent, even wicked. He knew that if Agred dared to release him, he was confident he could defeat him. So he opted for a roundabout rescue, even releasing Shub-Nicholas, who was his enemy, without holding a grudge. Even Agred had to praise Ktugya for making the right choice in such a short time.