Chapter 1211: 522: Two Faces

Capítulo 1211: Chapter 522: Two Faces

Epimetheus, Prometheus’s brother, is also another brother of the Power Titan Atlas.

Though compared to his two relatives, this God of Hindsight has never had a presence in the world.

Even in comparison, his wife Pandora is more well-known to the world, but Heracles obviously wouldn’t be unaware of him.

Just as Ande said,

Epimetheus, Prometheus’s brother, is also another brother of the Power Titan Atlas.

Though compared to his two relatives, this God of Hindsight has never had a presence in the world.

Even in comparison, his wife Pandora is more well-known to the world, but Heracles obviously wouldn’t be unaware of him.

Just as Ande said, Epimetheus is not his brother, the Great Hero hasn’t interacted with him either.

They can’t be said to be completely unrelated, but have basically no connection.

So, with a light nod, Heracles slowly retreated, preparing to bypass the place where the other’s presence was.

Hera’s influence with the Helmet of Invisibility had not yet dissipated; to ensure he could smoothly enter the Abyss, the Heavenly Empress wouldn’t be stingy on such a trivial matter.

But just moments later, as the Great Hero was about to leave this hillside, Ande’s voice suddenly rang out again.

“Wait… stop for a moment.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Because there’s no need for it…”

“If nothing unexpected happens, he should have already noticed your presence…”

The voice directly reached his mind, and the puppet’s mouth silently opened and closed.

From the other’s words, Heracles couldn’t detect a hint of emotional fluctuation.

But after traveling together for so long, the Great Hero still felt Ande’s bewilderment and seriousness at this moment.

Logically, with the Helmet of Invisibility’s influence, ordinary people shouldn’t notice his movements.

But the fact was, the other person did indeed achieve it.

“Get ready, here comes trouble…”

With his heart up in caution, Ande’s expression was serious.

He didn’t know what the Afterthinker was coming for, but at this moment, he had already prepared for the worst.

…

“You say… what is he here for exactly?”

“How would I know? I never cared about these things.”

“Whatever you guys want me to do, I just do… isn’t that enough?”

“…”

At the same time, around the moment Ande discovered Epimetheus.

The valley, filled with rubble and potholes, was covered with broken remnants of walls.

Expressionless, demeanor distant.

Beneath the intertwining red and purple dress, Pandora felt the rough sensation under her feet.

Beneath the earth, deep-seated wounds loomed in silence, an injury yet to heal to this day.

Looking around, like other Golden Age ruins, there’s no trace of life having existed here.

Clearly, after thousands of years, even stone structures inevitably erode.

Especially in the catastrophe of Mount of the Gods’ collapse, nowhere could remain unscathed.

“Epimetheus… you know?”

“It’s said it wasn’t always like this here.”

“It once was vibrant with bird songs, blooming flowers, a midpoint of this world, a paradise beneath the Mount of the Gods.”

“And why it has become like this today is simply because of a conflict between the God King and Mother Earth… and this time, she was still the complete loser.”

“Compared to the might she displays before me, she was even more pathetic than I imagined.”

The voice was slow, but Pandora’s steps did not stop.

Walking on this desolate land, she experienced the pain of the earth.

For a moment, she seemed to transform into the earth, collapsing and eroding in the clash of Great Divine Power millennia ago, feeling the sensation of being crushed alive, yet unable to escape.

However, Pandora did not react to it, and there was even a sense of unspeakable comfort within her heart.

Compared to the constant torment in spirit, external pain instead brought her some solace.

Gradually, Pandora began to find herself somewhat fond of this feeling.

Bringing disaster and enduring disaster were both things she wished to do… only the former came from Perseus’s ‘corpse,’ while the latter came from her assimilated soul.

“Pandora, I should have told you, there’s no need to express your discontent in such pointless places… even if she’s not here, it’s the same.”

“And although I was an eyewitness of that era, I can’t see the pain hidden in this land, nor do I know her true state at that time.”

“But even if what you see is real, you can’t defy her power.”

Following Pandora, with a slight twitch at the corner of his eye.

Epimetheus once again repeated his warning, but he could see that this woman took none of it to heart.

She became increasingly disobedient… after all, their identities were actually no different now.

With unchanged expression, the Afterthinker brought the topic back around.

“Speaking of which, Pandora… have you sensed other presences on that human’s Heavenly Destiny?”

“He seems a bit strange now… doesn’t that make you curious?”

“Of course not.”

Softly speaking, Pandora answered calmly.

“As for other presences… who knows?”

“Perhaps there are, perhaps not, but that has nothing to do with me.

“If you want to know, why not go take a look yourself.”

With a halt in breath, behind Pandora, Epimetheus could do nothing about it.

Not long ago, before ending their Ocean journey, both came to this place at Gaia’s request.

By the latter’s presence, Pandora managed to sense and absorb the wounds this land had once suffered.

The Afterthinker once suspected whether Mother Earth put importance on them for this reason.

It was a different kind of healing, trying to extract the price paid for epoch change… but on second thought, he quickly dismissed this idea.

After all, Pandora’s task had never been the earth, and with her current capability, she couldn’t bear all the powers buried beneath Mount of the Gods’ remnants.

In his view, what the other was doing at the moment was more symbolic than practical.

But anyway, Gaia’s request interrupted his long-held intentions—early on at sea when he saw Heracles’s group, he had the idea of contacting them, especially that guy named Dionysus.

No time or leisure, unlike the abundant life on the sea, away from the area under Mother Earth’s jurisdiction.

Returning to the earth, Epimetheus knew he could now abandon his plans.

But what he didn’t expect was fate’s coincidence, allowing him to encounter that mortal burdened with destiny here once again.

“Alright… since you don’t want to care, then don’t.”

“Follow Mother Earth’s orders, prioritizing your needs.”

“Apart from that, everything else is trivial.”

Smiling, without a trace of anger, Epimetheus quickly caught up with Pandora ahead.

Through words to pique her interest, thereby achieving his goals… such matters were becoming increasingly futile.

And personally going ahead, leaving Pandora here for now… needless to say, that was absolutely impossible as well.

Though Gaia wasn’t here temporarily, the Afterthinker couldn’t be sure she hadn’t left behind means to limit their actions, perhaps they couldn’t stray too far from each other?

The other clearly didn’t want to expose her recent movements, so naturally, controlling them was inevitable.

Pandora might not care, but he was different.

“Not just the real body, even the avatars can’t leave… if it were other deities, maybe there’d be no way.”

“Luckily, I’m different, not only the God of Hindsight but also the son of Iapetus, brother of Prometheus.”

“We once created many lives together… and humans were merely the most famous of them.”

“I never imagined I’d have a day to use them.”

“But not wanting to doesn’t mean I can’t.”

Without changing his actions, still following beside Pandora.

Epimetheus slightly stirred within, through some special connection, he sensed flickering specks of light.

They were animals near the ruins of Mount of the Gods related to him… after sensing for a while, he ultimately chose one existence.

“Yes, this one, an ancient turtle.”

“And right in front of that human, there’s a big river…”

With a gleam in his eyes, silently making the decision, Epimetheus hesitated no longer.

Though till now, he couldn’t confirm exactly what Gaia intended to do.

But anyway he saw it, he found no reason to stay here diligently serving her.