Myth: The Spiritual Dominator

There are always many legends about the Son of Zeus in the world.

After all, in the past thousand years, no one except Zeus himself knew how many offspring he had left behind.

Among these beings with the blood of the King of Gods, there are mortals, demigods, and true gods. Although most of them eventually became known to the world with the passage of time, there are still two children who, for various reasons, have not left a name in the world to this day, and almost no one has even heard of their existence.

The first one was a natural god, he was the offspring of Zeus hundreds of years ago, the founder and builder of Thebes, and the grandson of Cadmus. This prince who made contributions in the Typhon Rebellion had more than one child with the goddess of harmony, Harmonia, and Semele was the most beautiful one among them.

Then, in an unexpected (?) encounter, the young princess ran into the god king who was incarnated as a mortal at the time. Zeus, who called himself Cronides (son of Cronus), easily captured the princess' heart with his superb skills, and soon gave birth to a bloodline with her.

However, according to past experience, the fate of women who get involved with Zeus, unless they are gods, is often the same: either they die or live in pain.

So this time is no exception. Wherever Zeus cheats, Hera will follow.

When the Queen of Heaven learned about Semele and her child, she was naturally furious. She immediately transformed herself into an old woman to meet the pregnant Semele and began her daily persecution of mistresses.

She first inadvertently led the princess to mention her husband who was away all year round, and then questioned Semele when he was showing off. She claimed that the man could not be Zeus, the king of gods, and everything was just Semele's grandstanding, or even she was deceived.

The princess was naturally furious when she heard this, but she was also somewhat confused and uneasy in her heart. After all, Zeus had never shown the deity's deity before, so was he really the king of gods?

The young princess decided immediately that she would ask Zeus to reveal his true form the next time they met - the divine form that embodied the power of the king of gods. Coincidentally, on the day of their next meeting, Zeus promised the princess that in order to compensate for his long absence, he would agree to a reasonable request from Semele.

The subsequent story is very logical. The ignorant mortal princess and her palace were reduced to ashes in the thunder and fire. The true god no longer had a non-god mother. Only the immortal god, her son with Zeus, survived by chance.

Well... the world does not know what the story behind this is. No one knows how this unborn god in his mother's womb continues to grow.

In short, there is no record of the deeds of the son of the God King who was born a god. Considering that there were no gods born in the Third Age, many gods on Mount Olympus doubted whether this god named Dionysus actually existed.

However, as the son of Zeus, he still has a little presence.

Dionysus was the first, and the second unknown son of Zeus was this 'Glory of Hera'.

If the former was unknown, it was because under the influence of some force no relevant news was circulated among the people. As for the latter, it was simply because he was too young.

He was still far from adulthood, and even his name was only acquired recently because of Hera's existence. But since Zeus would think of him at this time, it was not without reason.

"Hera's glory... he should be called 'Hercules'. Haha, he was able to strangle the serpent sent by Hera right after he was born. With such an outstanding talent, no matter how bad he is in the future, he will not be worse than the King of Athens."

"The son of the God King, who accidentally drank Hera's milk and killed a snake-like monster shortly after birth, is truly the guidance of fate. I originally wanted you to be the king of Mycenae and the leader of my many bloodlines in the world, but now it seems that you may be able to do more for me."

This was a matter of killing several birds with one stone. After all, before the birth of this child, the strange fluctuations of the world's power had not yet occurred, so Zeus wanted to give birth to such a child, so that he could gather his descendants of gods in the world, strengthen the connection between royal power and humans, and even turn his name Zeus into a symbol in human civilization.

But plans cannot keep up with changes, and now he doesn't want his offspring to rule the world.

The great war in the mortal world is imminent, and the gods themselves should be allowed to participate in it. In this case, this gifted child naturally has more value in existence.

"Yes, that's it."

After passing through the gate of the underworld, as his thoughts changed, Zeus suddenly realized that he might really need such a capable offspring in the human world.

Maybe many of his things can be accomplished with his help, such as restoring his image in the underworld, or dealing with an ancient god who has supported the sky for half an era, to see if he has any intention of repenting.

"But don't worry. It's still hard to say whether he can grow to the level I need. And before that, I need to make some preparations..."

Anyway, it won't happen in a day or two, so it doesn't matter if you wait a little longer. A few years or even a dozen years is nothing to God.

When he grows up, I will test his abilities a little bit and finally decide whether to entrust him with an important task and let him go into the abyss to complete his mission.

After all, other places were easy to deal with. Even if there was a problem, he could make up for it in time. Perseus used to use the artifacts of the gods to cheat all the way. But Tartarus was beyond his control.

Once you enter, don't expect outsiders to help you. Zeus doesn't care much about whether a child is dead or alive now, but if he messes up in the future, it will be a difficult problem to solve.

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The world, Acropolis.

Zeus' journey to the underworld was temporarily declared over, and in the meeting place of the Acropolis, Gaia, who was not present but was repeatedly mentioned, finally looked at the masterpiece in front of her with satisfaction.

At this moment, the crowd in the venue built along the mountain was a little confused, because although the brief confrontation in the underworld not long ago did not completely affect the ground, it still left some traces.

A minor earthquake is not a big deal on the plains, but it is a big disaster for a city built on the hills.

"Huh - not bad, it looks like you succeeded... Pandora, right? How is it? How do you feel? Or to be more specific, how do you feel about it now?"

In a corner of the platform, a woman in her forties looked expectantly at Pandora in front of her.

Just now, when the earth shook for a moment, Gaia could clearly feel that these divine fragments that originally symbolized the power of "matter destruction" suddenly flashed with light.

The original will of Perses suddenly became a little clearer, briefly curbing the chaos in the fragments; at the same time, because of the earthquake, the people of the entire Acropolis felt panic in an instant.

Many of them began to pray for the protection of the gods, hoping that this was not a large-scale natural disaster. In the process of praying, many people mentioned the phrase "asking the gods to drive away the witch of disaster."

In this situation, Pandora's spirit seemed to be boosted. When she touched the fragment of divinity, she seemed to have the ability to connect with the power of faith to a certain extent. Although this is not as good as the gods, there is always a difference between having and not having.

So her originally collapsing spirit stabilized instantly, and as expected, she successfully contained this fragment of divinity.

Slowly opening her eyes, in Pandora's eyes, the world seemed to change.

Things that were originally blurry became clear, and many things that she could not touch in the past became tangible.

And the most important thing is that after so many years, Pandora has mastered the power beyond the mortal world for the first time.

The power of destruction flowed through her, and she was now a bona fide demigod in every sense of the word—not in terms of race, but in terms of sheer power.

You know, although she lived for a long time in the past, in order to prevent her from having the ability to rebel against him in the human world, Epimetheus never allowed her to access truly powerful supernatural knowledge.

So until today, she had never mastered true power. But now, everything is different.

"Yes, I succeeded, I survived..."

With her palms clenched, Pandora, who had just completed the promotion, felt as if she could tear the sky and the earth apart and possess the power to destroy everything. However, soon, reason overwhelmed this sense of expansion.

There was no way she could be a match for Gaia, and she might not even be able to defeat Epimetheus now.

The fragment of divinity she contained was not the largest one, so Pandora took a deep breath, suppressed the thoughts in her mind, and turned to look in the direction Gaia indicated.

There, countless points of light were still twinkling, but it was obvious that Gaia was referring to the largest one.

That was the core of the power of Perseus, the god of material destruction. Whoever controlled it controlled the supreme divine power.

Pandora had no feelings towards it before, but now, perhaps because of the fusion of the fragments of divinity, an inexplicable connection was born between the two.

"I feel like I can influence it, but only a little. It can also influence me, and a big part of it. But..."

After hesitating for a moment, Pandora continued:

"It seemed to sense that a destruction had just occurred beneath the ground beneath its feet."

"Yes, I understand. Being able to communicate normally and not showing any signs of being seriously affected mentally... Pandora, you are performing much better than I thought."

Without paying attention to the latter sentence, Gaia naturally knew what had just happened in the underworld.

She was naturally happy that Zeus was injured, but the state of Pandora in front of her made her even more excited.

"It seems that my guess was correct. Fate is indeed favoring you. If it weren't for this sudden disaster, you probably wouldn't have been able to complete this step so easily. It would also be difficult to know what to do next to increase your chances of successfully fusing higher-level divine fragments."

"But now it's different... The destruction of matter can actually stimulate the consciousness in the fragments and reduce the chaos; and if life connects this disaster with itself, it can stimulate your spirit and anchor your state... This looks a bit like an alternative 'ritual'."

"Pandora, from this perspective, you have set a precedent for future lives in the world that will fuse fragments of divinity."

The voice softened, and Gaia gently stroked the ordinary-looking pottery jar.

This is the power of fate... Although she doesn't know whether this is fate or not, since the result is good, she will just take it as it is.

"Now that I succeeded, can I leave?"

Although the most critical step has passed, Pandora's mind is still constantly impacted by the spiritual realm.

The destruction of all things, the shattering of rocks, the change of course of rivers, everything in the world related to [Material Destruction] has been impacting her will for tens of millions of years, but not as fiercely and crazily as when she just merged.

She just wanted to rest and get away from the ancient god, but Gaia had no intention of letting her go.

"You can't leave yet, Pandora. I didn't come to you just to get you to fuse a fragment of divinity."

“This is just the beginning, and there is still a lot to do.”

"I see."

Pandora lowered her head slightly, and as the information brought by the fragment of divinity surged in her mind, a desire for destruction rose in her heart.

But she endured it because she didn't have the ability to resist.

However, as she lowered her head, the witch who brought disaster and curse glanced at the brightest star among the millions of stars, which was also the core of the power of [Material Destruction].

She told Gaia about her feelings, saying that she sensed the destruction of the underground, but in fact, she didn't tell the whole story.

Because this authority seems to be able to sense not only the destruction of the past, but also the destruction of the future.

And that other destruction that she didn't mention... seemed to happen not long after, in a corner of the human world.

"That direction, as I recall, was... a small country that was subject to Athens."

The impression had long been blurred, and Pandora just kept it in mind.

The reason she concealed this matter was not because she thought the destruction would affect Gaia.

She just wanted to know how much control Gaia had over her, these fragments of divinity, and even the power of destruction.

If there isn't much... the power that tries to destroy all matter in the world is flowing through the body.

Spirits, as long as they are close enough, will always influence each other. No one knows what this witch, who has been a tool for creating disasters since her birth, is thinking at this moment.