A smile bloomed on Kronos's resolute face, his majestic voice speaking intimate words: "Dear Coeus, dear Phoebe, my dearest brother and sister, can I not come to your home to taste wine brewed with wisdom together?"
He sighed with feigned emotion: "Ah, it seems we really haven't gathered together for far too long. My dearest siblings, do you blame me for this and not welcome my arrival?"
Upon hearing this, Coeus laughed heartily: "Respected Your Majesty the God King, your arrival only makes us feel extremely honored. How dare we blame you? And how could we not welcome you?"
After Coeus invited Kronos to be seated, beautiful elemental spirits offered the God King divine wine and immortal delicacies. After three rounds of drinks, the atmosphere gradually reached its peak, with cheerful laughter echoing in the hall from time to time.
As Kronos put down his wine cup, his smile instantly disappeared, his expression becoming grave and serious. He said in a heavy voice: "My dear Coeus, there is something I can no longer avoid telling you."
"I originally didn't want this matter to disturb your peaceful life, nor did I want this news to disrupt your tranquility, but now I can no longer control everything, much less resolve this threat to you quietly."
"This matter concerns the honor of you and gentle Phoebe. Things having reached this point, for the sake of your honor, I must speak."
Coeus was slightly startled in his heart. Without showing any emotion, he exchanged a glance with Phoebe, then smiled and said: "Dear Your Majesty the God King, thank you for your protection. We are forever your most loyal assistants. Whatever happens, you can speak frankly to us."
Kronos sighed deeply, opening his mouth with extreme reluctance and heaviness: "Oceanus and Tethys, these two great gods I respect most, our siblings, they have..."
"Sigh, they have had a child, a child who poses a tremendous threat to your honor. Originally I wanted to quietly resolve this matter, unwilling to harm the most sincere and intimate feelings between us."
"But now, this child is doing everything to help that rebellious thief. I no longer have the means to resolve this problem alone."
Coeus and Phoebe listened quietly. Kronos's eyes focused, his voice lowering: "That child is named Metis. She possesses true wisdom's authority and is the embodiment of supreme wisdom."
"Now, she has become the rebel's most capable assistant and may even become that rebel's wife."
Kronos paused, sighing: "The Ocean has always concealed her existence very well. I only learned of this matter recently, but before I could deal with it, this terrible situation has already occurred."
"That thief is a destroyer of order, a tremendous threat to sacred order. Regrettably, under his conspiracy, I have been severely wounded and can no longer easily resolve this."
He looked at Coeus and Phoebe, his eyes carrying sincere pleading: "For your honor and safety, I can only speak frankly, hoping you can understand me and forgive my directness at this moment."
Now Coeus and Phoebe were truly shocked.
The prerequisite for not wading into muddy waters was that the matter had nothing to do with oneself, especially no interests involved.
But now, this threat was too great.
Their core interests were being threatened.
Wisdom and intellect—the two were similar yet not entirely the same.
The essence of intellect was a kind of perceptive, thinking cognitive ability, emphasizing the combination of innate talent and acquired training.
Wisdom, however, was a comprehensive quality, emphasizing acquired cultivation and life accumulation.
Intellect was a necessary condition for wisdom, but wisdom was the sublimation and transcendence of intellect. One could say intellect determined the lower limit, while wisdom determined the upper limit.
Intellect and wisdom themselves did not conflict, but the problem lay precisely here.
Intellect could devour and evolve wisdom, and wisdom could also reversely devour and absorb intellect.
If the two wanted to devour each other, judging accurately, wisdom posed a greater threat to intellect.
Now it seemed Coeus and the others had no choice.
If they chose neutrality, then once Zeus, the son of Kronos, truly replaced the God King's position, what would be their fate before the new God King with no achievements to their name, facing the new God King's great contributor, Goddess of Wisdom Metis?
This didn't seem to require much thought.
Even if they chose to defect to the new God King, then as Kronos said, if Goddess of Wisdom Metis truly became the new God King's wife, then once she harbored ill intentions, their situation would also seem...
There was no "seem"—they definitely wouldn't have a good ending either.
Everyone in this world knew that wives and children were the most intimate relationships, and family was the most sacred existence.
Allies?
After the overall situation was settled, weren't allies just provisions?
Now it was obvious that both sides had the most fundamental authority conflicts. This conflict didn't arise from hostility but from sharing and coexistence.
And this was even more sinister and irreconcilable.
Everyone knew that heretics were more hateful than heathens!
The Titans would never place their life and death entirely in the other party's single thought!
Regardless of whether the other party was good or evil!
After they worked together to overthrow the Sky Father, they would never again allow themselves to live in insecurity!
Coeus forced out a smile, his gentle expression carrying a trace of bitterness.
He exchanged a glance with Phoebe, and both gods fell into silent silence.
With their wisdom, they naturally understood there were no other choices left.
But Kronos really wasn't a good choice either.
What kind of divine character the sons of Kronos possessed was still unclear for now, but Kronos's divine character was already plain for all to see.
Supporting such a god when his situation was unfavorable was really something that couldn't make a god happy, especially since the God King was also doing things that undermined everyone's foundations.
But thinking about it from the reverse, God Kings would never be benevolent gods.
Sky Father Uranus was thus, Creator Lord Kronos was thus, so the sons of Kronos probably wouldn't be much better either. They couldn't gamble on the other party's divine character.
One who opposed an evil person wasn't necessarily a good person.
The most tragic thing was being forced to choose between two evil people.
After sending Kronos away, Coeus and Phoebe stood side by side. The entire temple fell into silence, the atmosphere heavy.
Coeus, the Titan of perceptive intellect, sighed long, breaking the silence: "It seems we can only participate in this war, can only once again fight alongside Kronos."
Beautiful and pure Phoebe, the goddess of intellect whose entire body shone with radiance, was an absolutely beautiful and heroic goddess.
She exhaled a long breath. Since she had already made up her mind, she no longer had any hesitation.
She said decisively: "Things having reached this point, it can only be so!"
Coeus sighed again, full of helplessness: "Yes, it can only be so, it's just... sigh..."
"In this battle, victory probably won't stand on our side."
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