Chapter 96 Pride

Above the light blue planet Mercury, the bright-eyed goddess Athena stood above the planet, feeling a long-lost peace within her, a feeling that made her feel as if she had returned to Mother Goddess Mertis again, so warm and serene. The Goddess of Wisdom raised her hand and waved her divine power, invoking the resonance of the star, helping it to attract more chaotic gases to transform into meta-force to catalyze herself, and the star also gave the Goddess a certain amount of return, sharing a portion of its meta-force with it, and Athena felt that the Wisdom Goddess within her body was even more powerful. 'Is Your Highness Hermes just going to watch from there? Father God has asked you to co-rule this star with me, so fulfill your obligation." Athena said without looking back. 'I can't disobey Father God's decision, but please also know, Your Highness, that I have no intention whatsoever of competing with Your Highness for the sovereignty of this star, and without Your Highness's approval, how would I dare to transgress you and privately exert my divine power on this star?" The handsome young man wearing a double-winged helmet on his head, double-winged flying shoes on his feet, a short-sleeved corset, and a double-snake staff appeared behind Athena, with a kind and sincere smile on his face. 'You even dared to steal Apollo's sacred cow when you were first born, so what would you not dare to do?" Athena snorted, 'Hermes, God the Father is right in one sentence, you are indeed resourceful and intelligent, though not an orthodox god of wisdom, yet closely related to wisdom. The God of Deception, to think that even our Father God was concealed by you, and thought that you were still a weak and pitiful second-class god who could only depend on him." The Goddess of Wisdom's eyes flashed with divine light, she was the Goddess who held the most wisdom essence among the three generations of gods after Prometheus, and although Hermes's deception was brilliant, it could not blind her eyes. '...... Sure enough, I still can't hide it from your eyes, Athena of Wisdom." Hermes let out a bitter smile, his body was flooded with a divine power fluctuation, as if there was a layer of mist dispersing from his body, this god's divine power rank climbed upward, from the originally inconspicuous second class god all the way up, knowing that the first class god upper class only managed to stop. 'Probably even our Father God didn't expect that the one who has gained the most from the new generation of humans is, instead, not him, the creator, but you, one of his most trusted divine sons." Athena raised an eyebrow, a few smudges of teasing surfaced in her eyes, this father god of theirs, being a god is really a failure, the children underneath are all centrifugal with him, even this Hermes, who was usually the most loved and trusted by him, nowadays it seems that he may not necessarily be completely on the same page with him. 'Just going with the flow, to say the least, there is also a little bit of luck, if not for those dark sides of human nature released by Father God, my promotion is not that fast yet." Hermes smiled lightly, not caring about Athena's slightly sarcastic words. The dark side of humanity released by Zeus on earth stayed on the earth and had soaked the souls of human beings, and the new human beings on the earth were already very different compared to the previous generation. They do not have a strong body, long life, pure and good soul. This generation of humans, appearing in pairs, has the ability to reproduce naturally, but the new generation also needs to grow up from the form of a foolish and ignorant toddler, and in this process, without proper guidance, the dark side of human nature will easily explode within them, breeding evil. Hermes is the patron of crooks, thieves, prostitutes, and merchants, and as humanity continues to multiply, these groups of people are growing in number, and amidst their constant stream of faith, and the worldly favor brought about by the extradition of the dead, Hermes' strength has skyrocketed. However, the cunning and resourceful Liar Guardian did not want to attract the attention and defense of the other gods, so he always wrapped himself in deceptive divine power, always ready to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger. 'What do you want, Hermes? The stars are so big, there's no need for you to come to me specifically to find out what's wrong." Speaking between intelligent people, in turn, there was no need to beat around the bush so much, both sides had hundreds of hearts and minds, and speaking in a roundabout way could only mean that one did not sincerely want to seek cooperation. 'Your Highness Athena, I believe that under the guidance of wisdom, you should already know the purpose of me coming to you. With the help of the Lunar Star, Artemis' promotion speed will be greatly increased, and the Lunar Star will draw in the origin of the full moon for her, and at that time, God the Father will surely propose to hand over the last Lord God position to her, so I need your help." Hermes opened his mouth to state the purpose of his trip. 'You want me to help you fight for the last main god position? Artemis and I are on better terms than you, I won't block her path to promotion for you." Athena shook her head, not wanting to say any more to Hermes, and turned her head wanting to continue invoking the stars to attract the chaotic gases. 'What if I voluntarily give up my right to ownership of Mercury?" Hermes narrowed his eyes and said softly. '!" Give up Mercury? Athena's eyes widened, that's quite a surrender ...... 'Of course, because of Father God's orders in front of me, I can't remove my divine mark for the time being, and once I do so, both you and I believe we will face his wrath. What I can promise you is that I don't want a single cent of the Yuan Power return obtained from catalyzing this star, I will leave it all to you." '......" It had to be said that Athena's heart was moved, for after having promised Hebe that she would hand over the complete essence of war to Ares, the Godhead of Wisdom would be the main direction of her development, so the right of Mercury belonging to her was very important to her. The bright-eyed goddess lowered her eyes and after a few moments of contemplation, she raised her head and said to the teenage-looking cunning god, 'I can't do anything to help you block Artemis, the most I can promise you is to stand by and watch. At the same time I will fight for a chance for you to compete fairly with her for this last main god position. If you are able to accept that, then we will make a vow to the Styx River here." '...... Well, as your highness said." Since Apollo had grasped the power of the sun, his prestige had grown stronger in the mountain of gods, and with his support, Artemis' ascension to the main god position could almost be said to be a foregone conclusion. If he could, Hermes wouldn't want to go up against these two Twin Gods who ruled over the authority of light, but that was already the last Lord God position, and today's situation no longer allowed him not to go up against them. And Athena goddess of this than the transaction, on the surface is he lost, but in fact ...... Hermes gently hooked the corner of his mouth, as the god of insight, but also as a undead extradite who runs on the earth from time to time, Athena went to the island of Samos to look for the Hebe goddess of the whereabouts of the natural concealment of the goddess of him, and stayed for a whole half of a month before leaving, if the relationship is bad If the relationship is not good, it would be redundant to stay even for a second. Hermes was certain that for some unknown reason, the relationship between these two goddesses seemed to have skyrocketed, and gaining Athena's support was, in a way, also gaining Hebe's support, and gaining Hebe's support meant that the three powerful gods behind her would not make things difficult for themselves. He was the God of Hitchhiking as well as the God of Business, and there was no one who had a better understanding of human relationships and maximizing benefits than him. Once the two gods reached a consensus, they made an oath to the Styx River in the presence of both parties. And then, Hermes was by Athena's side as well, wielding the divine power of cleverness and resourcefulness to help Athena catalyze the star and draw in more chaotic gases. A glimmer of light flooded the teenage-looking handsome god's eyes, and a figure emerged in his mind, his mother goddess, the soft yet strong goddess. His mother goddess was the oldest of the seven daughters of Atlas, the god of Prime, and Pleione, the goddess of the ocean. Their father god, and one of the sinful gods who had once led a rebellion against Zeus, but instead of being struck down from Tartarus, he had been punished by Zeus by descending to carry the entire sky on his back, preventing that starry Urano from ever coming near Gaia, the mother of the earth, again. Maia, the goddess of wind and rain, the beautiful goddess with bright black eyes, in order to protect herself and several sisters underneath, took the initiative to offer her precious chastity to the king of the gods, and through this gave birth to the resourceful and intelligent Hermes. After the birth of Hermes, the memory of his mother goddess will always look at the distant sky in the cave in the Kurenai Mountain, always with a beautiful face with the sadness that can not be dispersed. It was only later when Hermes, through his own ingenuity, gained the favor of his father's god and succeeded in getting a foothold on Mount Olympus that he saw the dark clouds on the mother goddess's face lift a bit, bringing a rare smile to her face. She wrapped her arms around him, her embrace carrying a bit of moisture and water, flooding him with the freshness of the rain that made Hermes feel so at ease. 'Mother Goddess, are you happy that I have become a god of the sacred mountain?" 'Happy, I'm proud of you ......" 'But Mother Goddess, why is it that the sadness on your face still hasn't dissipated."