The System Awakens: Rise of the Champion-Chapter 281: The Greek Pantheon - 3
The divine dimension of the Greek Pantheon was silent as usual, with the gods and goddesses going about their lives.
Some were training their divine concepts, striving to improve themselves.
Others did nothing but cause pain, directly or indirectly, manipulating mortals for their own amusement.
And then there were those like the god-king Zeus, indulging in his own degenerate pursuits.
That silence was suddenly shattered when every single god felt an astounding presence manifest out of nowhere in their world, a presence so vast and powerful it felt like the highest point in heaven itself, impossible to ignore.
Even the highest-ranked gods and goddesses of the Greek Pantheon could not help but feel as though they were standing before a predatory, monstrous entity, something that existed only to bring mayhem and destruction.
Regardless of rank or what they had been doing, all the gods and goddesses immediately rushed toward the source of that presence.
Hundreds of streaks of light shot through the blue sky as they converged on the Great Hall of the Gods.
Meanwhile, inside the Great Hall of the Gods.
"Tiana, you are a queen. Act like one," Kathryne said, rolling her eyes as she looked at her.
At the very end of the hall, Damian sat upon the white throne in his werewolf progenitor base form. Tiana was seated comfortably on her husband's lap, being spoiled like the queen she was by her husband.
Kathryne did not like that Tiana was fooling around with their husband when they were on an official visit to the Greek Pantheon.
She wanted Tiana to act professionally, but Tiana, being the free spirit she was, had seen the opportunity to sit on his lap and immediately took it.
"It's just us. I'll get up once the Greek gods start to appear," Tiana said, pouting as she tightened her hug around her husband, earning a gentle pat on her head.
"My king, you shouldn't spoil her so much," Kathryne complained, pouting as she turned toward her husband.
"I can't help it. You two are too cute for me to stop myself from being lovey-dovey with you," Damian said as he gently took Kathryne's hand and kissed her palm, making her blush.
"Also, why are you still calling me king? Call me husband or something," Damian added, narrowing his eyes.
"I-I like calling you king," Kathryne said in a low, mosquito-like voice.
"As long as you like it," Damian replied, giving her hand another kiss.
"Father, are you going to kill many Greek gods like you did with the Norse Pantheon?" Big Eden asked curiously.
"More or less. I am going to deliberately provoke some of them, like Zeus and Ares. When they lose control and attack me, I will test my strength and then devour them. Of course, I will give them the chance to submit, and I am pretty sure many of them will be more than willing, especially those who hate Zeus and the way he runs the Greek Pantheon," Damian said casually, narrowing his eyes as he sensed many presences rapidly approaching their location.
"They are here," Damian said.
His wives and two daughters tensed slightly, their expressions calm and controlled despite the tension.
Tiana quickly rose from his lap with a deeply dissatisfied look and moved to stand at his right side, joined by Lilith and Kathryne.
Freya, Grace, and Big Eden positioned themselves to his left, while Little Eden rested quietly in Grace's arms like an infant.
Meanwhile, the Progenitor of Werewolves remained seated upon the white throne, his expression utterly casual.
His head rested against his fist, legs crossed, the very image of a king lounging upon his throne as he regarded his subjects.
Moments later, hundreds of streaks of light flashed one after another within the Great Hall of the Gods.
As the radiance faded, the great gods and goddesses of the Greek pantheon revealed themselves.
The assembled gods took in the scene before them and froze.
A burly man sat upon the elevated throne, women standing beside him.
Their eyes narrowed dangerously.
That throne was reserved for the God King Zeus.
And yet, seated upon it was a man who was not even a god.
Zeus would not let such arrogance pass with a simple death.
No, he would torture the mortal who dared claim his throne until death itself seemed like mercy.
Every god and goddess present thought the same, for all of them knew how ruthless, petty, and catastrophically destructive Zeus could be.
What they did not know was that the one seated upon the throne was no mortal at all.
He was the Heavenly Son.
The Eighth Primordial.
The one who had conquered the Biblical pantheon, the Norse pantheon, and the majority of the mortal worlds of the Lower Plane.
Most of the gods were ignorant enough to remain uninformed about events beyond their own pantheon.
Some, however, had heard whispers of the rise of the Empire of Ouroboros, though none of them knew anything about the emperor who ruled it.
The only worlds Damian had personally appeared to conquer were Nightingale, Vargheim, and Earth.
The rest fell under the hands of his subordinates.
The human worlds, in particular, were subdued through his High Humans, beings empowered by Damian's authority as the Human Progenitor, forcing humanity into submission until those worlds became part of his empire.
At the time, Eden served as the administrator of the System. Using his authority, he ensured that no gods could peer into Damian's actions.
As a result, no one outside those who stood in Damian's presence during those conquests knew what he truly looked like.
To deepen the mystery further, everyone who had ever witnessed him saw a different version of him.
Some beheld the Human Progenitor.
Others saw a dark angel.
It was as if each observer perceived a different being entirely, each with a presence uniquely tailored to them.
Some of them recognized that it was the Emperor of the Empire of Ouroboros who had come to claim the Greek pantheon.
There was a group of gods and goddesses known as The Silent Firmament.
This group consisted of deities from various pantheons across both the upper and lower planes, gods who despised the ways of their own pantheon or had other reasons to develop disdain toward it.
Freya had once been a member of this group before she found her true love in him and received the divine blessings of the others in the first tower realm, long before Damian became what he is now.
Eden had not prevented them from learning about him, so they knew who he was, but they did not know the extent of his growth.
Judging by the presence he now radiated, it was far from insignificant.
"How dare you sit on my throne? How dare you sit in the presence of the God King?" Zeus, as expected, was beginning to lose his composure.
"What are you going to do about it?" Damian asked simply, still seated, his arrogance deliberately directed at the God King himself.
Gasps echoed through the hall.
Most of the gods could not believe that someone, a mortal no less, was speaking back to their God King.
Goddesses like Nike and Tyche, however, who were part of The Silent Firmament, recognized him and were quietly astonished at what he was about to do.
While Zeus seemed on the verge of exploding with anger, some of the level-headed gods were observing the women beside the Persian seated on the head throne of the hall.
They could easily recognize Freya of the Norse pantheon and Lilith, the strongest demon of biblical Hell, but they did not understand why the two were here.
They chose not to concern themselves with it. While both were powerful, they were not strong enough to face an entire pantheon of gods alone.
"Who the hell are you? What are you doing in my pantheon?" Zeus demanded, furious but still in control, knowing he had to be cautious, because Damian's presence was not to be taken lightly, much to Damian's own surprise.
"Your pantheon? Do you think you own it? If anyone owns this world, it's me," Damian said as if stating a fact.
In the next instant, the sky darkened.
A hurricane began to form, the air turned icy, and lightning crackled violently around the God King.
The distant roar of thunder reverberated through the hall, shaking the very foundations of the world.
"King..."
The gods began to feel the tension as the aura of the God King manifested.
'He is doing it on purpose… can he really fight against the God King Zeus and his loyal gods alone?' 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
the goddess Nike silently thought as she observed the situation.
Her gaze landed on one of her best friends, the goddess Freya, who also noticed her look, and a silent conversation passed between them in those few moments.
"Take the others and come to this side, Nike," Freya said with a small smile.
"Are you sure about this? Once we betray Zeus, it's over. There won't be any turning back," Nike asked, her tone serious.
"You don't have to worry. My darling is going to devour Zeus and his dogs… just bring everyone here. Once this is over, you can get fucked by him," Freya said, her smile brimming with excitement.
