Chapter 785: 285 Earth-Born_3

Chapter 785: Chapter 285 Earth-Born_3

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A human head and a snake’s body, whenever Laine thought of this image, he couldn’t help but marvel at the wonders of creation.

Just like humans were always special in every myth, it seemed that in every myth, there existed some form of ‘human head and snake body’ being.

Some were the ancestors of humans, others were demons wielding abnormal power.

Some could stir the tides of life, while others were earthly creatures born of nature.

Like the ‘Great Flood,’ traces of their existence spread throughout the world.

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Perhaps there really was something special about this form, which led to such coincidences.

“…So, Pandora is considered a member of the Royal Family of Athens.”

“Actually, she was the original ‘Elder Princess,’ and she is even still alive today?”

Andrea was quite surprised, not fully understanding what Laine meant, but even this secret history was astonishing to her.

The Royal Family of Athens was different from other kingdoms; it was hard to say which deity was their direct ancestor.

The Amazons carried Aphrodite’s divine blood, and the Western countries were not short of descendants of Ares and Zeus. The seaside kingdoms had the blood of the Sea God.

Unexpectedly, Athens had now found its ancestral lineage, though it did not sound great.

Neither a demon once causing chaos in the mortal realm nor a witch bringing disasters.

“One could say so, and from this perspective, Athens’s involvement in All Gods’ War further affirms Pandora’s disastrous reputation.”

Whether this had any connection to Pandora, Laine did not know.

After all, All Gods’ War was originally driven by Zeus, which didn’t seem related to Pandora.

But Laine remembered the gift he had given, the magic jar containing ‘hope,’ thinking about today’s events, could Destiny possibly have used it to fan the flames?

If so, what was the true nature of this matter?

Was associating Pandora with a disaster spanning the world helping her in some way?

If so, then why did she not achieve this change after the Great Flood?

“Destiny…”

Laine did not know what changes might have occurred to Pandora during this time, since not even the divine parts were with Chaos, even if they were, Laine couldn’t possibly monitor Gaia’s every move.

But he still felt that there was likely some secret here that he could not yet unravel.

As one of the four pillars of the world’s creation, many gods were involved with Destiny, but none ever claimed outright mastery over it.

Nyx couldn’t, the Moirai couldn’t, Laine couldn’t.

To truly understand its secret, he first had to reclaim everything of spirituality.

Only between equals could there be a chance of insight.

And even though he had already used various means to reclaim the spiritual parts from different divine authorities, it was still far from complete.

“The world has two sides, the material and the spiritual.”

“Perhaps only when those held by the present world are split, will they be returned to me, one by one.”

Pandora and Heracles, they were just the preludes to this process.

The current war in Athens was just part of that prelude as well.

So, Laine smiled and brought the topic back.

“Enough, the story is over, whether it’ll be useful, we’ll see in the future.”

“Back to the current war, the Western countries are already preparing an alliance.”

“This stronghold is indeed powerful, but purely defending, a prolonged defense will surely fail.”

“So?”

“So you must take the initiative, strike them before they gather, suppress their momentum, and also build reputation for yourself.”

“But remember, don’t become overly engaged in the battle.”

Smiling, Laine asked,

“Well, are you confident?”

“Of course.”

Nodding affirmatively, Andrea gripped the sword tightly in her hand, as if Theseus were still by her side.

The Western countries were at varying distances from Athens, naturally arriving at different times.

Additionally, they needed to appoint a commander, unify command, these were not things that could be done in a day or two.

The war between Athens and All Countries was destined to be protracted, as the new king, even though still inexperienced, Andrea had to learn how to lead and fight on the battlefield.

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