Chapter 260: Chapter 62 Different Choices_2
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“There is only one chance,”
Without the shine of the moon, the earth was steeped in utter darkness, and the stars tonight were not as bright as usual, only faint glimrs appearing now and then.
But this was not a matter of just a day or two; in recent years, the stars that were originally the brightest in the Zodiacal Star Domain had dimd significantly compared to the past.
According to the Sun God Helios, the Heroic Spirits and God of Stars, who used to travel across the night sky, seed to be busy with other affairs now. Even when he drove his Sun Chariot across the sky, he seldom saw their figures. Therefore, the mortals usually stayed behind closed doors at night nowadays, and the deities didn’t venture out much either.
However, today was an exception for two gods. Hidden behind a layer of clouds floating midair, Epitheus was watching over the airspace above the garden. Although nothing was visible to the eye, he was certain that there was an invisible current of air there.
It was highly likely the God of West Wind. Epitheus had heard of him. He had gained favor with Zeus by offering a Divine Artifact and, unlike the Sun God who had also switched allegiances, received a completely different treatnt.
“It seems that the god who frequently visited here before was him… Indeed, there is no one more suitable than the Wind Gods,”
The ‘young man’s’ face bore an innocent smile as he stood alongside the invisible current, peering through the open window at his ‘wife’ in the room in the distance, struggling and getting lucky, unlike the latter who was oblivious to his presence.
Right from the start, Epitheus had been aware that they might be watched, so despite not being a talker, he had deliberately spoken the warning that Protheus gave before he left.
Then, sure enough, soone gave themselves away a little because of that and over the following decades, he gradually pinpointed their position.
It must be said, the absoluteness of Divine Authority was indeed difficult to break, and even now, Epitheus couldn’t detect any difference between that current of air and the natural elents. But oftentis, ‘no anomaly’ did not equate to being reasonable.
Over the years, he had made up excuses to leave the garden not just because he was reluctant to face the Graces, but more so to map out the patterns of climate changes nearby.
And according to those patterns, there shouldn’t be a current of air there now.
“There is only one chance, this is the best opportunity,”
With a sharp look in his eyes, at this mont, Epitheus was no longer the naive younger brother before the Forethinker or the foolish Afterthinker in the eyes of the deities. He reached out his hand, and an invisible force enveloped the area ahead.
He indeed was the Afterthinker among the deities, but perhaps his lack of presence was so pronounced that few realized that, just as the God of Wisdom could bestow wisdom upon others, the Afterthinker could also make others slow to realize.
Epitheus unleashed his power, and his authority that worked on consciousness shrouded the place where the current of air was for a mont.
Almost imdiately, the backlash of the Law struck him, his complexion turning deathly pale, but his smile was bright.
His judgnt was not wrong; the feedback from the authority told him that there was indeed a life form that had been affected by him.
“Hoo—”
“You were right, ‘You clearly could change sothing, but you just don’t want to.’ That describes quite well,”
Wiping away the blood that had spilled from the corner of his mouth with a wave of his hand, Epitheus recalled an unexpected encounter in a human tribe so ti ago.
One was the Goddess of the Nether Moon; not too long ago, he had seen this powerful deity once more on Mount Olympus. But for the other, he had no recollection, his presence leaving no mory in the Afterthinker’s heart. Such a terrifying ability was probably just as the Goddess of the Nether Moon had said before, the gift from the Lord of the Spirit Realm.
Yet another powerful Ancient God, but he was no different from the other deities. Endowed with innate powers, they then demanded from the weak with the attitude of the strong, displaying their arrogance.
Is it wrong to be indifferent towards a future that is destined not to change? Epitheus didn’t think so; he simply made the right choice.
aningless defiance was unnecessary. If there was no opportunity, he would have continued to drift with the current all along. But now, seeing the possibility of change right before his eyes, he would not hesitate to act.
Just like how his brother deceived the deities, he had chosen the most foolish and aningless way. Betting his life on insignificant things, only to fail miserably as expected—this was the fate he deserved. In the sa regard, as an adversary to the deities, his brother remained loyal to a forr Divine King of whom now nothing was known, only to eternally suffer the punishnt of holding up the sky, which was also a fitting recompense for his stupidity.
But he was different. Today, he too would deceive the Divine King, but that was only for himself, not any other existence. Apart from him and that foolish woman, nobody would know what happened.
Hum—
A humming sound rang out, and Epitheus knew that the jar had probably been opened.
As if given so command, at this mont, the authority of the gods of the Underworld was stirred. Even far beneath the ground, they were still aware that the ‘anchor’ they had given had left its rightful place.
So, in the newly built Divine Palace within the Fields of Truth, Hades signaled to his attendants, and the gathered deities quickly took their commands.
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