"So... what exactly happened?"
"Just as the gods thought, you were swallowed by Zeus, and then I ca to be... But now, are you still there?"
Whispering softly, Athena didn't expect an answer, for her godhood told her it was impossible.
There was no other Hydrology deity in the world anymore; she was the sole master of that authority.
"About that... I'm afraid no one can conclude. In fact, I'm also curious about tis's whereabouts."
"Who!"
In an instant, her normally gentle eyes sharpened, and Athena abruptly turned around. Although her beauty, as "bright-eyed maiden," "protector of the city, among goddesses she shines," is often recorded in mythology, no one could disregard that her strength was just as renowned as her beauty.
Without a sound, the spear of Victory fell into her hands, and Athena scanned the area warily, but nothing t her gaze.
"...There's no need for such precautions, in fact, I have been here even before you ca. If we're really talking about it, you are the later arrival."
The gentle voice ca again, and the next mont, the void trembled, and a figure cloaked in black erged. He looked at Athena and also at the manuscript in front of her, issuing a sigh that ca from the heart.
"I'm just soone like you, seeking the truth... In fact, I'd seen her when tis was still an infant. I just never expected that she would co to such an unknown end."
"Just like Protheus, huh... Is it that every self-proclaid wise one is bound to make a fatal mistake?"
Laine couldn't tell whether it was the influence of destiny, their own nature that decided all this, or perhaps, it was a result promoted by both since their personality was, to begin with, a part of their fate. Regardless, he was determined to understand the causes and effects today, to determine the source of the Divine King's power, as well as tis's fate.
Zeus wouldn't tell the truth, and even if he did, it wouldn't be credible, and there was no other way to find out. So, the only one who could possibly have the answers was Athena, who herself had only a partial understanding.
...
In the secluded palace, the atmosphere gradually eased from its previous tension.
In fact, just as Laine said, he had arrived at this palace even before Athena did.
The outside world was in the throes of battle, and he didn't know whether any other spectated this drama of Divine King versus Mother Earth—after all, the other two Primordial Gods of his generation were extrely adept at concealing their whereabouts.
But Laine could almost guess that even if they ca, they would probably focus on the suddenly strengthened Zeus, while what kind of person tis was might be sothing they would hardly recall.
However, Laine didn't indulge in such futility. He bypassed Gaia and the other deities, directly seeking the source of the problem.
The sudden increase in power, so phenonon resembling a ritual, and the feeling of an interconnection with the current Laws... all of these indicated that sothing unexpected had happened to him; yet to find out the cause from Zeus himself was decidedly unrealistic. Stay updated through мѵʟ
After all, even if he told you and it sounded plausible, no one could guarantee that the Divine King hadn't deliberately withheld any key information. So rather than wasting effort there, it was better to search for the answers himself.
For instance, the most crucial clue, all of this must be inextricably linked to the slip of tis's godhood. Therefore, after only a short search, Laine arrived here, at the place once inhabited by the Oceanides; he saw what they had left behind, and then, unsurprisingly, waited until Athena arrived soon after.
But unlike her complex emotions, Laine only lanted tis's fate briefly—after all, everyone should be responsible for their own choices. She voluntarily chose Zeus, so it seed not so strange that she ended up in her current situation.
"Whoever you are... it seems you've co for His Majesty the Divine King."
In the side hall, having seen Laine's erging figure, Athena's eyes flickered montarily before she sheathed her weapon.
She didn't maintain unnecessary vigilance because Laine also didn't conceal his aura from her. After sensing a power even more daunting than that of Zeus and Gaia, the Goddess of Wisdom understood the deity's intention almost in a breath.
He ca for the currently battling Divine King, for Zeus's abnormal strength—Athena actually didn't know what kind of power the Divine King 'should' possess, but the reactions of the gods in the hall earlier all proved one point: in the past, the Divine King was far from Gaia's match, yet the battle outside was the complete opposite.
Perhaps it was this change that attracted the attention of the deity before her.
As for tis or herself... this palace had clearly been vacant for hundreds of years, and although he claid to have t the Oceanide Goddess in her infancy, they probably didn't have a close relationship. As for Athena herself, she didn't know what about her freshly born self could possibly interest others.
"Sort of, the Divine King... In fact, I'm not at all surprised about Zeus becoming stronger. In the destiny set out for him, he was ant to grow stronger, but when his thod of gaining strength and tis's disappearance are put together, then it cannot be ignored."
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