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Chapter 1043
chapter 0438 part 1
# Purpose
Whether it was the Justice League or the Avengers, they had all faced various enemies in the past: aliens, supervillains, evil organizations. One could even say that everyone present here had prevented more than one world-destroying crisis.
However, directly facing a Deity who claimed they would initiate a god war undoubtedly exceeded the scope of understanding for most people.
On this matter, the two people who undoubtedly had the most say were Thor and Wonder Woman Diana Prince.
One was the Son of Odin, the Ruler of Asgard, Thor from Norse Mythology.
The other was the Amazon Princess, the daughter of God King Zeus from the Olympian Pantheon... It was just that Thor at this moment was leaning back in his chair, head lowered, dazed and confused, not knowing what he was thinking. His drunken appearance truly made it impossible to feel any confidence in him.
A god war!
Bruce Wayne recalled in his mind the cruelty of god wars that Constantine had told him about. The most recent god war for them was just a few hundred years ago.
The most direct manifestation of that god war in the Human World was the Crusades, a war of unprecedented scale. Millions died in that war, and the small gift it brought, the Black Death that affected more than half of Europe, directly took away the lives of tens of millions of people.
So upon hearing Tang Song mention a god war, the always steady Bruce Wayne's complexion also turned completely pale. He quickly looked towards Diana as if seeking help.
It was just that at this moment, Diana's expression as she looked at Boss Tang was somewhat dazed... The Olympian Pantheon, as the largest Deity Organization in Ancient Greece and the nearby Mediterranean Sea back then.
This Divine Pantheon bound by blood relation, its rule encompassed most of the Territory of Ancient Greece, the Sky, the Land, the Ocean, the Underworld, and even every river had gods governing it. During its peak, the Olympian Pantheon even faintly had a bit of the grandeur of the Jambudvīpa World's Heavenly Court... However, these gods who relied on bloodline inheritance were born strong, and possessing only strength, they did not know how to restrain their desires. Rather than saying they were gods, it would be better to say they were a group of humans who possessed supernatural power and had long lifespans.
Counting through the entire mythology history of the Olympian Pantheon, it was filled with various betrayal, murder, jealousy, incest, and desire. No other mythology's history was as spectacular as the Olympian Pantheon's; it was simply a mythological version of a wealthy clan power struggle melodramatic soap opera...
The second generation God King Cronus castrated his own father, the first generation God King God of the Sky Uranus, and with the help of many Titan Gods, became the second Ruler in the Olympian Pantheon.
Zeus, as the son of Cronus, emulating his own father, united with his brothers and sisters and overthrew Cronus, becoming the third God King himself.
Unlike the tyrannical rule of the previous two God Kings, the impression Zeus left on the people of the world could be summed up in just two words: debauchery—
This God King was simply a teddy among gods. Among his successive wives and lovers, not only were his own elder sister, younger sister, nieces, and younger brother's wife included, he even lusted after his own daughter. His aesthetic crossed the boundaries of human and god, male and female, and ethics, and regardless of species, he even engaged in acts not even sparing bulls... It was precisely because of Zeus's debauchery that his various illegitimate sons were too many to count, the most famous naturally being Hercules.
Hercules's father was Zeus, and his mother was Alcmene, the wife of King of Thebes Amphitryon!
This demigod, because he completed the Twelve Labors, became the most famous hero in Ancient Greece, and after death, he even became the God of Strength in the Olympian Pantheon.
Diana had not met this cheap older brother. As the last Old God in her Universe from the Olympian Pantheon, Diana's age, compared to those uncles, aunts, older brothers, and older sisters she had never met, could only be considered a baby among deities.
When she was born, the Olympian Pantheon had already become history with internal strife... Before she left Themyscira (Paradise Island), her mother told her that she was a form molded from clay, given her soul by King of the Gods Zeus, and only then was she able to be born.
Just like many children when they were young were told by their parents that they were picked up from a trash can.
Diana, who had never left Themyscira (Paradise Island), once deeply believed her mother's words. But when Diana left Themyscira (Paradise Island) and stepped into human society, the more she learned about the Olympian Pantheon recorded in human mythology history, the more she developed suspicion about her own origin.
The Olympian Pantheon's decadent mythology history, various incest, and God King Zeus, who could be called a breeding bull,
Her own mother, Amazon Queen Hippolyta, was a true great beauty.
Later, she confirmed her thoughts from the mouth of Ares, God of War. She was indeed Zeus's illegitimate daughter.
Regarding this identity, Diana said she did not want to accept it. After all, no one wants to have a widely known lecher as a father.
As time passed, Diana had lived in the Human World for decades, watching her familiar friends, neighbors, and colleagues grow old little by little... After seeing off many friends, Diana also felt a sense of emptiness from time to time—the loneliness of not finding kindred.
However, compared to Superman Clark, she was undoubtedly lucky. Whenever she felt lonely, she would return to Themyscira (Paradise Island), where she had her familiar family, friends, and relatives. Diana had never thought that a stranger she had only met by chance would also be a Deity. This gave Diana the feeling of seeing kindred.
As for the god war mentioned by Tang Song, when she was born, the Olympian Pantheon had long become a thing of the past. With the development of technology, gods also completely became legends, and the talk of god war only existed in some religious texts.
So facing the gaze Bruce Wayne cast towards her, Diana did not react.
"No! You cannot start a god war in our World!" Seeing Diana's dazed gaze, and looking at the few people present, it was clear they all had no intuitive concept of this god war.
Bruce Wayne sighed in his heart. He directly gazed at Tang Song, warning him with an exceptionally solemn expression.
Tang Song looked at Bruce Wayne and said lightly, "Is this your warning to me, Mortal!"
Meeting Tang Song's majestic eyes directly, Bruce Wayne immediately felt a kind of suffocation that made him unable to breathe. It was precisely at this moment that Bruce Wayne realized that this seemingly gentle man before him was a god, the kind described in the Bible who could cause the Great Flood and World Destruction.
Having witnessed the scene of Clark Kent's combat with that man's subordinate named Lane, Bruce Wayne at this moment was clear that this person before him truly possessed the strength to destroy the World.
Under the gaze of this pair of eyes, Bruce Wayne felt like he was a mouse under a cat's paw. That kind of trembling originating from instinct made his palm pressing on the table tremble.
Beside him, Diana noticed Bruce Wayne's abnormal behavior. Her hand instantly moved towards her Bracelets of Submission, wanting to draw out the Sword of the Fire God.
Under Tang Song's gaze, even though his body felt like it was pressed by a great mountain, Bruce Wayne understood in his heart that Clark Kent had both been defeated. With Diana's strength, she was completely no match for this man before him, and even against that man named Lane, Diana might not be a rival either.
However, Bruce Wayne was not someone who would yield to violence and authority. He gently shook his head towards Diana and the Avengers crowd who were casting their gaze towards him, enduring the discomfort on his body, looked around at the crowd present, and said:
"The calamity caused by wars between gods affecting humanity is unimaginable. The Crusades during the Middle Ages was the so-called Holy War of The Church's crusade against Heretics. The influence that war caused was that the population of the entire European Continent was almost wiped out!"
"Is it really that serious!" Tony Stark, who was secretly using nanobots to collect a tea sample from the cup, immediately sat up straight upon hearing this, looking towards Bruce Wayne with a solemn expression.
Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Barton and others, who had no concept of god war, also looked towards him.
"I think, once a god war is initiated, you should be even clearer about the destruction caused to the Human World!" Bruce Wayne did not explain too much. Instead, he faced Tang Song directly and questioned him.
Tang Song looked at Bruce Wayne, nodded, and said, "Perhaps. After all, just like wars between humans, they never pay attention to how many ants were stepped on and killed in the war!"
"But we humans are not ants!" Agent Natasha, wearing a black Ant-Man Suit, couldn't help but retort.
Tang Song smiled and said, "Is there any difference? You won't consult the ants for their opinion when you go to war, and neither will I!" Saying this, Tang Song winked at her and said, "Don't worry, no one will be interested in the little things in the ant hole!"
"That's not right!" Tony Stark said thoughtfully, "Humans don't go to war without reason, and you must be the same. If you truly want to initiate a god war, you definitely have your own purpose. What do you want to gain from it?"
# Purpose
Whether it was the Justice League or the Avengers, they had all faced various enemies in the past: aliens, supervillains, evil organizations. One could even say that everyone present here had prevented more than one world-destroying crisis.
However, directly facing a Deity who claimed they would initiate a god war undoubtedly exceeded the scope of understanding for most people.
On this matter, the two people who undoubtedly had the most say were Thor and Wonder Woman Diana Prince.
One was the Son of Odin, the Ruler of Asgard, Thor from Norse Mythology.
The other was the Amazon Princess, the daughter of God King Zeus from the Olympian Pantheon... It was just that Thor at this moment was leaning back in his chair, head lowered, dazed and confused, not knowing what he was thinking. His drunken appearance truly made it impossible to feel any confidence in him.
A god war!
Bruce Wayne recalled in his mind the cruelty of god wars that Constantine had told him about. The most recent god war for them was just a few hundred years ago.
The most direct manifestation of that god war in the Human World was the Crusades, a war of unprecedented scale. Millions died in that war, and the small gift it brought, the Black Death that affected more than half of Europe, directly took away the lives of tens of millions of people.
So upon hearing Tang Song mention a god war, the always steady Bruce Wayne's complexion also turned completely pale. He quickly looked towards Diana as if seeking help.
It was just that at this moment, Diana's expression as she looked at Boss Tang was somewhat dazed... The Olympian Pantheon, as the largest Deity Organization in Ancient Greece and the nearby Mediterranean Sea back then.
This Divine Pantheon bound by blood relation, its rule encompassed most of the Territory of Ancient Greece, the Sky, the Land, the Ocean, the Underworld, and even every river had gods governing it. During its peak, the Olympian Pantheon even faintly had a bit of the grandeur of the Jambudvīpa World's Heavenly Court... However, these gods who relied on bloodline inheritance were born strong, and possessing only strength, they did not know how to restrain their desires. Rather than saying they were gods, it would be better to say they were a group of humans who possessed supernatural power and had long lifespans.
Counting through the entire mythology history of the Olympian Pantheon, it was filled with various betrayal, murder, jealousy, incest, and desire. No other mythology's history was as spectacular as the Olympian Pantheon's; it was simply a mythological version of a wealthy clan power struggle melodramatic soap opera...
The second generation God King Cronus castrated his own father, the first generation God King God of the Sky Uranus, and with the help of many Titan Gods, became the second Ruler in the Olympian Pantheon.
Zeus, as the son of Cronus, emulating his own father, united with his brothers and sisters and overthrew Cronus, becoming the third God King himself.
Unlike the tyrannical rule of the previous two God Kings, the impression Zeus left on the people of the world could be summed up in just two words: debauchery—
This God King was simply a teddy among gods. Among his successive wives and lovers, not only were his own elder sister, younger sister, nieces, and younger brother's wife included, he even lusted after his own daughter. His aesthetic crossed the boundaries of human and god, male and female, and ethics, and regardless of species, he even engaged in acts not even sparing bulls... It was precisely because of Zeus's debauchery that his various illegitimate sons were too many to count, the most famous naturally being Hercules.
Hercules's father was Zeus, and his mother was Alcmene, the wife of King of Thebes Amphitryon!
This demigod, because he completed the Twelve Labors, became the most famous hero in Ancient Greece, and after death, he even became the God of Strength in the Olympian Pantheon.
Diana had not met this cheap older brother. As the last Old God in her Universe from the Olympian Pantheon, Diana's age, compared to those uncles, aunts, older brothers, and older sisters she had never met, could only be considered a baby among deities.
When she was born, the Olympian Pantheon had already become history with internal strife... Before she left Themyscira (Paradise Island), her mother told her that she was a form molded from clay, given her soul by King of the Gods Zeus, and only then was she able to be born.
Just like many children when they were young were told by their parents that they were picked up from a trash can.
Diana, who had never left Themyscira (Paradise Island), once deeply believed her mother's words. But when Diana left Themyscira (Paradise Island) and stepped into human society, the more she learned about the Olympian Pantheon recorded in human mythology history, the more she developed suspicion about her own origin.
The Olympian Pantheon's decadent mythology history, various incest, and God King Zeus, who could be called a breeding bull,
Her own mother, Amazon Queen Hippolyta, was a true great beauty.
Later, she confirmed her thoughts from the mouth of Ares, God of War. She was indeed Zeus's illegitimate daughter.
Regarding this identity, Diana said she did not want to accept it. After all, no one wants to have a widely known lecher as a father.
As time passed, Diana had lived in the Human World for decades, watching her familiar friends, neighbors, and colleagues grow old little by little... After seeing off many friends, Diana also felt a sense of emptiness from time to time—the loneliness of not finding kindred.
However, compared to Superman Clark, she was undoubtedly lucky. Whenever she felt lonely, she would return to Themyscira (Paradise Island), where she had her familiar family, friends, and relatives. Diana had never thought that a stranger she had only met by chance would also be a Deity. This gave Diana the feeling of seeing kindred.
As for the god war mentioned by Tang Song, when she was born, the Olympian Pantheon had long become a thing of the past. With the development of technology, gods also completely became legends, and the talk of god war only existed in some religious texts.
So facing the gaze Bruce Wayne cast towards her, Diana did not react.
"No! You cannot start a god war in our World!" Seeing Diana's dazed gaze, and looking at the few people present, it was clear they all had no intuitive concept of this god war.
Bruce Wayne sighed in his heart. He directly gazed at Tang Song, warning him with an exceptionally solemn expression.
Tang Song looked at Bruce Wayne and said lightly, "Is this your warning to me, Mortal!"
Meeting Tang Song's majestic eyes directly, Bruce Wayne immediately felt a kind of suffocation that made him unable to breathe. It was precisely at this moment that Bruce Wayne realized that this seemingly gentle man before him was a god, the kind described in the Bible who could cause the Great Flood and World Destruction.
Having witnessed the scene of Clark Kent's combat with that man's subordinate named Lane, Bruce Wayne at this moment was clear that this person before him truly possessed the strength to destroy the World.
Under the gaze of this pair of eyes, Bruce Wayne felt like he was a mouse under a cat's paw. That kind of trembling originating from instinct made his palm pressing on the table tremble.
Beside him, Diana noticed Bruce Wayne's abnormal behavior. Her hand instantly moved towards her Bracelets of Submission, wanting to draw out the Sword of the Fire God.
Under Tang Song's gaze, even though his body felt like it was pressed by a great mountain, Bruce Wayne understood in his heart that Clark Kent had both been defeated. With Diana's strength, she was completely no match for this man before him, and even against that man named Lane, Diana might not be a rival either.
However, Bruce Wayne was not someone who would yield to violence and authority. He gently shook his head towards Diana and the Avengers crowd who were casting their gaze towards him, enduring the discomfort on his body, looked around at the crowd present, and said:
"The calamity caused by wars between gods affecting humanity is unimaginable. The Crusades during the Middle Ages was the so-called Holy War of The Church's crusade against Heretics. The influence that war caused was that the population of the entire European Continent was almost wiped out!"
"Is it really that serious!" Tony Stark, who was secretly using nanobots to collect a tea sample from the cup, immediately sat up straight upon hearing this, looking towards Bruce Wayne with a solemn expression.
Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Barton and others, who had no concept of god war, also looked towards him.
"I think, once a god war is initiated, you should be even clearer about the destruction caused to the Human World!" Bruce Wayne did not explain too much. Instead, he faced Tang Song directly and questioned him.
Tang Song looked at Bruce Wayne, nodded, and said, "Perhaps. After all, just like wars between humans, they never pay attention to how many ants were stepped on and killed in the war!"
"But we humans are not ants!" Agent Natasha, wearing a black Ant-Man Suit, couldn't help but retort.
Tang Song smiled and said, "Is there any difference? You won't consult the ants for their opinion when you go to war, and neither will I!" Saying this, Tang Song winked at her and said, "Don't worry, no one will be interested in the little things in the ant hole!"
"That's not right!" Tony Stark said thoughtfully, "Humans don't go to war without reason, and you must be the same. If you truly want to initiate a god war, you definitely have your own purpose. What do you want to gain from it?"
