Chapter 650: Chapter 221 Trials and Ons_2
“But let’s not rush things; whether he can grow to the level I need him to reach is still a matter of uncertainty. Moreover, before that, I need to make so more preparations…”
Waiting a bit longer doesn’t really matter; a few years or even a decade is trivial for a deity.
Once he grows up, I’ll test his abilities a bit more before ultimately deciding whether to entrust him with the important task of venturing into the Abyss to fulfill his mission.
After all, other places are manageable, even if troubles arise. He can fix them on ti—Perseus managed it with the Divine Artifact of all Gods. But Tartarus is beyond his control.
Once entered, don’t expect anyone else to offer help. Zeus doesn’t care so much about whether the boy lives or dies now, but if he bungles his task in the future, that would create a very difficult issue.”
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In the Mortal Realm, at the Acropolis.
Zeus’s journey to the Underworld was temporarily concluded, and in the chamber of the Acropolis, Gaia, who was repeatedly ntioned despite not being present, finally looked satisfied at the masterpiece before her.
The crowd on the mountainside where the chamber was built was slightly chaotic, because the recent brief clash in the Underworld had left its traces, though it didn’t fully reach the surface.
A minor earthquake is not a big deal for the plains, but for a city built on a hill, it was a considerable disaster.
“Hmm—not bad, it seems you’ve succeeded… Pandora, right? How do you feel? Or more specifically, how do you sense it right now?”
In one corner of the platform, a woman in her forties looked at Pandora with eager anticipation.
Just monts before, as the earth quaked montarily, Gaia distinctly felt the ‘Divine Fragnt’ of the Authority of Material Destruction flicker.
Perseus’s will, belonging originally to him, montarily awakened, briefly containing the chaos within the fragnt. anwhile, as the earthquake erged, all the people in the Acropolis felt panic in an instant.
Many among them started praying for divine protection, hoping it was not a major natural disaster, and during these prayers, many ntioned the need to ‘call upon the deity to drive away the disaster-causing witch.’
Under these circumstances, Pandora’s spirit seed to be lifted as well. The mont she touched the Divine Fragnt, she seed to gain the ability to connect with the Power of Faith to so extent. Though not comparable to a deity, having such a power was still significant compared to not having it at all.
So, her previously faltering spirit instantly stabilized, and without a doubt, she successfully contained that piece of divinity.
Slowly opening her eyes, at that mont, the world seed to change in Pandora’s eyes.
What was once blurry beca clear, and many things she couldn’t touch before were now within reach.
And most importantly, after so many years, Pandora for the first ti possessed power beyond the Mortal World.
The power of Destruction flowed in her, and from many perspectives, she was now a legit demigod—not by race, but by sheer strength.
You see, although she had lived a long ti, Epitheus had never allowed her to access such potent transcendent knowledge to prevent her from gaining the power to defy him in the Mortal Realm.
Thus, until today, she had never possessed real power. But now, everything was different.
“Yes, I succeeded; I survived…”
With her palm open, Pandora felt, at that mont, as if she could tear open the sky and the earth, possessing the power to destroy everything. However, her sanity quickly overca this swell of emotion.
She could never match Gaia. She likely couldn’t even defeat Epitheus as he was now.
The Divine Fragnt she contained was not the largest one; thus, taking a deep breath, Pandora restrained her thoughts and turned towards the direction Gaia indicated.
There, countless points of light still twinkled, but clearly, Gaia was pointing to the largest one.
That was the core of the God of Material Destruction Perseus’s authority, and whoever held it, held one of the ultimate Divine Authorities.
Directly, Pandora had felt nothing toward it, but now, perhaps because she had fused with the Divine Fragnt, an inexplicable connection had ford between the two.
“I feel I can influence it, but only a little. It can influence , indeed quite a large part. However…”
After hesitating for a mont, Pandora continued,
“It seems to sense that, beneath the ground underfoot, a destruction had just occurred.”
“Hmm, I understand. Being able to communicate normally, without severe effects on the mind… Pandora, you are performing much better than I had expected.”
Ignoring the latter part of the response, Gaia naturally knew what had just happened in the Underworld.
Zeus was wounded, which naturally made her happy, but Pandora’s current state excited her even more.
“It seems my guess was not wrong; fate indeed favors you. If it weren’t for this sudden disaster, you might not have completed this step so easily, nor would you know how to proceed to increase your success rate in fusing higher-order Divine Fragnts.”
“But now it’s different… The Material Destruction can stimulate the consciousness within the fragnts, reduce the chaos; letting life link this disaster with you personally can stimulate your spirit, anchoring your state… this looks a bit like an alternative ‘ritual’.”
“Pandora, from this perspective, you have also pioneered the integration of Divine Fragnts for life in the world to co.”
As her voice softened, Gaia gently touched the utterly ordinary-looking earthen jar.
This is the power of fate… Although she didn’t know if it was indeed fate, since the outco was good, she accepted it as such.
“Now that I have succeeded, can I leave?”
Although the most crucial step was over, in Pandora’s mind, she was still constantly impacted by the spiritual domain.
The disintegration of all things, the fragntation of rocks, the redirection of rivers—everything related to “Material Destruction” had been impacting her will, though not as fiercely and madly as when she had just fused.
Now, she just wanted to rest for a while, away from this ancient deity. However, clearly, Gaia had no intention of letting her leave.
“You cannot leave yet, Pandora. My visit to you was not simply to let you fuse with a Divine Fragnt.”
“This is just the beginning, and there is much more you must do.”
“I understand.”
Bowing her head slightly, as the information brought by the Divine Fragnt surged in her mind, a wave of destructive desires also involuntarily rose within Pandora’s heart.
But she endured because she did not yet have the power to resist.
However, aside from bowing her head, the witch who brought disaster and curses cast a glance at the brightest one among those million twinkling points, which was also where the core authority of Material Destruction resided.
She had told Gaia about her feeling, about sensing the destruction beneath the earth, but in reality, she hadn’t told everything.
Because it seed that this authority could sense not only past destructions but also those about to co.
And that next destruction… seed to be imminent, in a corner of the mortal realm.
‘Which direction, I rember it being… a small nation under Athens’ control?’
The mory had long blurred and Pandora put the matter out of her mind.
It wasn’t that she thought this destruction would affect Gaia.
She simply wanted to know, how much could Gaia truly understand about her, about these Divine Fragnts, and even about the control of the authority of destruction?
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