Chapter 284: 70: The Road and Ra Siding_3

Chapter 284: Chapter 70: The Road and Ra Siding_3

“It’s difficult, and very personal; not at all like the structured meditation I had envisioned. After all, people’s natural wills differ… But this is actually just right. Divinity, perhaps, should be so unique.”

Now, everything was ultimately preparation for what Laine would do in the future, so he silently committed to memory the entire process of Cohen’s transformation. Success or failure, it would all be a valuable lesson.

As time passed, Cohen’s condition eventually plateaued after reaching a certain limit. However, the battle did not pause for even a moment. He seemed to be fighting sea beasts, but in reality, he was getting closer and closer to Triton.

Clearly, Cohen was well aware of who was the source of all this. If he could deal with this Sea God, the abnormal floods would recede, the sea beasts would no longer linger on land, and everything would come to an end.

As for what to do afterward, that would be a matter for later.

“Will he succeed?”

“No.”

Shaking his head, Laine knew that Cohen wouldn’t be able to kill Triton, not because of lack of strength, but because someone would surely interfere.

Regardless, Poseidon, if only for the sake of his own honor, would never allow Triton to be killed by a mortal in plain sight.

“Just wait and see.”

“Whether he succeeds or not, he will still make it through today safely.”

In terms of rationale, the king of men who once harbored strong faith in him perfectly fit the target Laine wished to save today. After all, to the Master of Spirituality, worship in the heart unquestionably met the standard more than bodily worship did, so Cohen was sure not to die today. And in terms of value, that went without saying.

Before he fully embarked on the path of his own divinity, Laine would not allow anyone to kill him.

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“Snap—”

The wineglass was crushed, and the relaxed atmosphere of Olympus had turned so quiet you could hear a pin drop, making the sound of the shattering glass all the clearer.

With a face ashen, Poseidon watched the scene unfolding before him, where some unknown fellow had taken Triton’s place and become the main character of the drama.

With each sea beast that was slain, Poseidon felt as if the blade was slapping his own face.

“Who is he? Has any of you left offspring in the mortal realm?”

Grinding his teeth, it seemed like Poseidon was looking for a scapegoat. But as his gaze swept around, not a single one rose to answer.

The expressions of the gods varied; some avoided his gaze, not daring to meet the Sea Emperor’s wrathful eyes; others smirked, seemingly mocking that his son couldn’t even handle a mortal city; and some watched the spectacle on the screen, engrossed in this rare drama.

“What, nobody dares to own up? We’re the only ones privy to human affairs. Whoever did this, confess now while you still can!”

“Ahem, Poseidon, calm yourself.”

Zeus interjected, pacifying Poseidon’s increasingly irate questioning, and turned his attention to Eurynome.

At this moment, the deity of the grassy water pastures was stunned. The scene on the screen was utterly incomprehensible to her.

Although she was a True God, in terms of her Godhood, she probably didn’t possess the combat strength found in Triton’s Divine Artifact. A human leader, who once built temples for the gods at the foot of Mount Othrys, suddenly possessing such power, was an immense shock to the goddess.

“Eurynome, I recall you told me this human resembles a Golden Humanity member? ”

“…Yes, but as far as I remember, that Golden Humanity member also did not possess such power,” Eurynome replied, tearing her gaze away from the screen with difficulty, confirming what she recalled. Although she had seen him only a few times, the Golden humanoid still fit her preconceived notions of mortals.

“If that’s the case, then the situation is clear.”

With a glint in his eye, Zeus turned to Poseidon with a smile:

“This is not a demigod, at least not one from any of us present. Whatever way he has managed to survive till now, however he obtained this power, I believe the Son of the Sea Emperor shall not be thwarted by him, correct?”

“Hmph, Zeus, you’ve always been in charge of the affairs of humans, resulting not only in the matter with Prometheus, but now even——”

His face twitching, Poseidon was about to lash out a few more pointed words at Zeus, but he halted mid-sentence when the corner of his eye caught something on the screen, and the Sea Emperor’s face abruptly changed.

“—You dare!”

No longer caring about the backlash of the Law, Poseidon channeled the power of a true deity through the connection with the Divine Artifact, across the void. However, he still had some sanity left to not unleash his full Divine Power, invoking only a fraction of it instead.

In the next instant, the feedback from the Law arrived. Almost visibly, Poseidon’s Divine Power Level took a nosedive, barely maintaining the threshold of significant Divine Power. This was not a permanent injury, but it would likely take a hundred years or two to recover.

Disregarding the loss of Divine Power, having paid the price, Poseidon knew he could only act once, so along with the power that was expedited, he also sent his furious rebuke.

“Triton, your mission is to destroy the humans, not waste time with this relic from an old era! ”

“Now, flood this city, and leave the other obstacles for later!”