Chapter 28: Seeking Destiny (Additional updates, please give me a monthly ticket)
Themis walked on the earth, feeling the guidance of the world and the rules of the universe, established one law after another, and the code in her hand became more and more perfect.
About another five hundred years passed before a complete set of worldly laws was finally established.
Since she began to legislate, many gods have turned their attention to her, but most of them were just curious and wanted to see what the so-called order and fairness were.
But after watching it for a few years, they found it boring and turned their attention away.
It was not until the legislation was completed and the world began to respond and change, and Themis's strength increased rapidly, from a weak existence among the Titans to one of the most powerful, that they cast surprised glances again.
At the same time, there was a gaze coming from the endless void at the edge of the world. Unlike other gods, Taren was always watching Themis' every move, from the beginning to the end.
"good."
Feeling the growth of the divine power in his body, Taren withdrew his gaze with great satisfaction. Although the legislation of Themis was not promoted by him, as long as the world progressed and improved, Taren would also be able to share the benefits, but not as much as he promoted.
But this is understandable. After all, one participated and the other did not. It is fair to reward according to merit.
Prometheus, who had been running to him frequently for the past few hundred years, saw that Talen had finally withdrawn his gaze and said with a smile: "Your Highness, it must be a very big deal to have you paying attention to me all the time."
"You should have noticed this as well. This is a very good thing." Taron also responded with a smile: "With laws and fairness, the world can distinguish right from wrong and develop better."
Prometheus nodded in agreement. As the god of prophecy and foresight, and a branch of fate, he also hoped that the world would become better and better.
"This is something that deserves celebration, but now is not the time to celebrate. There are other more important things happening."
Tarun said: "Maybe soon, I will have an unexpected guest here."
Prometheus was a little confused. He didn't know who this unexpected guest was, nor did he know what could be more important than legislation. But when he saw that Taren had no intention of explaining, he suppressed his curiosity.
What he didn't know was that because Themis's legislation was successful, when many Titans, including the king of gods Kronos, rushed to celebrate, a haggard figure quietly left the sacred mountain.
That was the queen of gods Rhea, who had been trapped on the sacred mountain by Kronos for many years.
Because she was always being watched by Kronos, she could only leave secretly when Kronos went to congratulate her.
At this moment, the Goddess of Time lived up to her youth and vitality, and looked extremely tired. She hid it from everyone and quietly came to the palace of Gaia, the Mother Goddess of the Earth.
Gaia was very surprised by Rhea's arrival, and even more surprised by her current appearance. She couldn't help but ask, "Rhea, my child, why are you so weak? What happened?"
"Merciful Mother Goddess, Great Mother Earth, please protect me, please help me..." Upon hearing this, Rhea immediately shed tears of pain and wailed in despair:
"That cruel god-king Kronos ate our children!"
"What?!"
Gaia let out a voice filled with rage upon hearing this, her face full of disbelief, as if she couldn't believe what she heard.
Gaia clearly remembered that Kronos once found her and asked her to take back the child in Rhea's belly, but was severely scolded by Gaia.
Gaia said at the time that not only would she not withdraw, she would also bless it, so Rhea's child would definitely be born.
This was also a warning, warning Kronos not to think about those absurd things anymore. Some things are destined to be unstoppable, like the birth of a child and the change of divine power.
Now a thousand years have passed, and Kronos has never come to her to talk about these things again. There is no movement on the sacred mountain. Gaia thought that Kronos had listened to her advice and stopped making those meaningless attempts.
Unexpectedly, when he found that he could not prevent the birth of the child, he actually chose to eat the child!
How absurd this is, it's simply horrifying!
"Over the years, from Hestia, to Demeter, Hera, Hades, and finally Poseidon, he has eaten five of my children!"
Rhea choked and could hardly speak: "I wanted to stop him, but I couldn't. He was too strong. I didn't even have the ability to struggle..."
Thinking of her children who were eaten alive and how she could only watch helplessly and was unable to stop it, Rhea was in so much pain that she almost fainted. She cried and the huge sadness and grief almost overwhelmed her.
Gaia looked at Rhea who was tortured beyond recognition in front of her, and she felt bad looking at her poor daughter.
Gaia had experienced something similar before, so she could empathize with him and knew how desperate and painful it was.
At the same time, the benevolent Mother Earth also felt incomparable anger. She held the power of fertility, and Kronos' behavior was no less than a provocation, or even worse.
"Kronos has completely forgotten his duties as the King of the Gods. He has become exactly like his cruel father, Uranus! Perhaps we should let that curse come true!"
"What curse?" Rhea asked blankly. She knew nothing yet.
Because of Taron's interruption, except for Kronos who went to ask Taron in person, and Gaia who was informed by Kronos, the other gods did not know the content of the curse, or even knew that the curse was still continuing.
Gaia told Rhea, who was still in the dark, about the curse. Rhea suddenly understood and murmured with sobs, "No wonder, no wonder..."
"It turns out he's afraid of being overthrown by his own children, so he devours our children again and again."
"He has changed. He is no longer the brave and fearless Kronos I loved. He has become timid and cowardly, cruel and vicious!"
As Rhea spoke, she suddenly remembered something and her expression suddenly became extremely terrified. She pressed her hand on her still flat belly and frantically pleaded for help: "Mother Goddess, save me, save this child, Kronos will definitely not let this child go!"
Only then did Gaia realize that there was a faint breath in Rhea's belly again. Perhaps because the pregnancy had just begun, the breath was still very weak, so she did not notice it at the first time.
The benevolent Earth Mother's expression suddenly became very complicated. She lowered her voice and soothed her softly, "Rhea, my daughter, don't be afraid, don't be sad. Don't worry, I will definitely help you."
She began to think about what to do.
Although a great primordial god, Gaia is not good at fighting, and the same is true for Rhea, the goddess of time.
The two of them alone are completely unable to fight against Kronos, who has been on the throne of the King of Gods for thousands of years and has been completely recognized by the world.
This scene was so familiar that Gaia was even a little dazed. She had faced the same dilemma back then, but the one she had to rebel against was Uranus, the king of gods.
Uranus was just as powerful then, even more invincible than Kronos is now, but Gaia still won because of that person's guidance.
Gaia's expression became more complicated when she thought of this. She looked at Rhea and spoke very seriously:
"Maybe we should ask fate."