Chapter 385 Apollo Descends, Hand Over Alex! (Part 1)

Chapter 385: Chapter 194: Apollo Descends, Hand Over Alex! (Part 1)

"Wait!"

Alex’s figure appeared between Athena and Hades at some unknown point.

His gaze, sharp as a knife, swept past Athena and finally settled on the ashen-faced Hades.

"Athena, slaughter will not solve the root of the problem..."

Alex’s voice was cold and clear, echoing across the silent battlefield.

"Hades, tell me! You Olympian gods, generation after generation, tirelessly instigate Holy Wars to vie for control of the earth. You don’t even hesitate to use billions of living beings as pawns to crush one another... What exactly is the true reason behind all this?"

Hades hadn’t expected Alex to step forward and ask this very question; his face stiffened.

Alex stared into his eyes and said flatly,

"Is it merely to fight over faith? Or for power? Or... is there something deeper, something that makes you lofty gods not hesitate to personally enter the fray to fight over?"

Alex’s question exploded like thunder in the hearts of all the Saints.

What exactly was the purpose of their millennia of reincarnations and endless sacrifices as Saints?

In the beginning, the three gods—Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus—overthrew the brutal rule of the second-generation Divine King Cronus, and then divided the world into three: the Underworld went to Hades, the seas to Poseidon, and the heavens to Zeus.

Why did Poseidon and Hades repeatedly try to extend their dark hands toward the human world?

But seeing how these two gods would constantly launch world-destroying natural disasters to kill all humanity, it didn’t seem like they were trying to vie for the power of faith.

So... what exactly were these lofty gods fighting over?

Aiolos, Dohko, Shaka... everyone’s gazes focused on the two chief gods, their eyes filled with inquiry and questioning.

Hades’s eyes flickered violently, and Athena also pursed her red lips...

Faced with Alex’s question, the two gods fell silent.

But Hades understood that at this very moment, if he didn’t speak, it was highly likely that in the next second, his chest would be pierced by Alex’s god-slaying spear, his divine power drained, and he would be forced into a slumber lasting millions of years...

He gritted his teeth and slowly opened his mouth.

"Ever since the primordial god Chaos gave birth to Gaia, the Mother Goddess of the Earth, and the Mother Goddess in turn gave birth to Uranus, the God of the Sky, divine power has been continuously dispersed. The divine power inherited by subsequent gods has become weaker and weaker..."

"For us gods, immortal and undying life is actually a shackle. Every one of us gods yearns for transcendence..."

Oh!

A trace of surprise flashed through Alex’s eyes. In that case, was the gods’ purpose in fighting over the earth to transcend this world?

Athena hesitated to speak. The things Hades was saying were truths that only gods were qualified to know; they could not be easily made known to mortals.

But she could not speak right now. In front of hundreds of heroic spirits and Saints, she still needed to maintain her image as the Goddess of Justice who protected the human world.

Just at the moment when the truth of what the gods were endlessly fighting for was about to be revealed!

A pillar of golden light abruptly tore through the pitch-black canopy of the Underworld!

This pillar of light was even more blazing and domineering than the solar brilliance Alex had released before the Wailing Wall. Carrying a scorching heat capable of incinerating everything, it illuminated Elysium as brightly as day.

The Underworld aura in the air was instantly evaporated, and even the ground began to grow slightly hot.

From within the pillar of light, a magnificent golden chariot slowly drove out. Four winged Pegasi, their entire bodies burning with golden flames, trod across the void, leaving trails of sparks in their wake. The armrests of the chariot were carved with complex sun patterns, radiating supreme divine might.

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