Chapter 372

Qutuosi's destination, the Chaos Land, is the prison of the Olympus Gods, a place Zeus specifically used to imprison his own father.

Originally, this Second-Generation God King was exiled by Zeus into a vast desert, and Pandora's Box was then kept in the temple on Cronus's back.

According to Hephaestus, no one could enter that temple to find Pandora's Magic Box, but Qutuosi accomplished this task.

After Qutuosi became the God of War, Zeus violently beat his own son and old father, making this grandfather and grandson pair neighbors.

He exiled his father, the Second-Generation God King Cronus, to the Chaos Land, a region situated between the Underworld and the mortal world.

After parting with Hephaestus, Luode went to the Chaotic Land and then watched a grandfather-grandson battle.

Facing the heaven-piercing, earth-shaking Titan God King Cronus, Qutuosi showed no fear; despite their vastly differing sizes, he still wielded his Blade of Exile and engaged in a deadly contest with this Second-Generation God King.

The Chaos Land harbored many fallen undead warriors and powerful monsters, all driven by this god king to incessantly attack Qutuosi.

But against Qutuosi, who can even slay gods, these undead or monsters were utterly inadequate.

Qutuosi directly became a Nail Trimming Master, began trimming his grandfather's perpetually uncut fingernails, continuously swinging his Blade of Exile, and directly tore off his grandfather's giant toenail.

"These two are clearly grandfather and grandson, and both hate Zeus; you have ten thousand reasons to team up, yet you instead started fighting," Luode complained.

Recall that in God of War II, this Second-Generation God King still helped Qutuosi, granting him Lightning Power; but now, upon meeting, the grandfather and grandson immediately went at it.

Moreover, they employed various killing moves without mercy; Qutuosi shattered some of the iron chains on Cronus's body, after which the opponent swallowed them into his mouth.

This Titan God King perhaps thought his teeth could successfully digest this grandson, but he obviously had never read Journey to the West.

Had he read Journey to the West, he would understand that one must never swallow unknown things, especially living ones.

Speaking of which, you previously swallowed your own children, suffered a loss once, and still haven't learned your lesson.

Know that at this moment, Qutuosi wields an Enhanced Titan Bane, the Olympus Holy Sword.

Not long after swallowing Qutuosi, the Titan God King Cronus clutched his belly and began to howl loudly.

"Ahhh! Ah!"

A divine sword glowing with blue light emerged from his belly, tearing a huge opening, and Qutuosi, holding the Navel Stone, leapt out from within.

He then turned around and gave his grandfather a binding bundle, tying up his entire neck and head, then moved to the top of his head, wielding the Olympus Holy Sword, and stabbed down at the second-generation god king's head.

"No! Don't kill me, don't kill me, Qutuosi!" the Titan god king screamed, his massive body crashing down, Qutuosi's mouth curled into a cold smile, he gathered what he needed, then turned and returned to the place of the fire god.

After Qutuosi left, Luode immediately appeared, intending to bind the soul of the second-generation god king Kronos.

A soul glowing with pale blue light emerged from Kronos's body after being killed by the Olympus Holy Sword.

Originally, the souls of these Titan giants would simply dissipate, but because of Luode's existence, even after death, the opponent's soul energy could be used for oneself.

"As expected of the Titan god king, this soul energy is far greater than Bosedong's." Gazing at the mass of divine power in his hand, filled with violent, barbaric, and even chaotic force.

Luode looked delighted. The power of this second-generation god clan, the Titan god clan, indeed exceeded his imagination; strictly speaking, they are the world's first-generation gods.

Their previous first-generation gods were the creator gods, representing the world's rules and laws; they were the true primordial first-generation gods.

However, due to the Three Fates goddesses, they ultimately suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Olympian gods and were sealed in the underworld.

This Titan god king's soul energy alone exceeds three times that of Bosedong; Luode intends to preserve this god king's soul energy well, to later craft for himself a new soul weapon, Homizu.

As for the god king's immensely huge body, Luode also eyed it covetously; it is the largest creature Luode has seen besides the new-soul Titan Sargeras and the Marvel universe's Celestial Host.

As the Titan god king, Kronos's size was enormous to the extreme; from afar he looked like a giant mountain, and back then Qutuosi merely climbing his body took several full days.

However, this Titan giant still falls short compared to a true star-soul Titan; even if I now turned into an Azure Dragon state, my size would likely be somewhat larger than it.

"If you want a ten-tailed juvenile to devour this Titan god king, the difficulty would be rather high; otherwise, you could shrink his body, or else cultivate a gigantic ten-tailed juvenile." Luode sighed.

After dealing with the body and soul of god king Kronos, Luode immediately tore open space, returned to the place where the fire god dwelled, and simultaneously concealed his own body.

"Hephaestus. Are you trying to get me killed? You didn't tell me there was a Titan god king waiting for me there." Qutuosi stormed in, furious, and tossed the small stone in his hand to the fire god.

Although he ultimately won, the fire god's obvious ploy of killing with a borrowed knife was still seen through by Qutuosi.

"Spartan, I know you will eventually gain divine power, but that's just a has-been second-generation god king; how could he be your opponent?"

"Moreover, if you want to complete your revenge, you must possess this weapon; otherwise, you won't be able to proceed." The fire god Hephaestus said.

"Hmph! I hope your weapon won't disappoint me." Qutuosi snorted coldly.

"This weapon will absolutely not disappoint you. I will subject it to various treatments, forging it into an extremely powerful weapon." Hephaestus smiled, took Qutuosi's materials, and began crafting the weapon.

However, this time, for some reason, the fire god also added a bit extra to the weapon, such as the three special metals Luode brought, plus his own orichalcum from here, and then began infusing the lightning power from the furnace beside him.

Finally, Luode, hiding in the shadows, secretly infused the weapon with powerful soul energy; soon, the weapon Vengeful Whip was completed, and Hephaestus, smiling narrowly, handed it to Qutuosi.

Qutuosi's fourth 25-year weapon appeared. After receiving the weapon, Qutuosi fiddled with it up and down; Hephaestus's craftsmanship was extremely fine, and knowing Qutuosi preferred two-handed weapons, he specially made a pair, which were very easy to use.

"Alright, with this weapon, you can leave the goddess of love's palace, then strike those devices with these weapons to generate current, activate those mechanisms, and you'll be able to move forward." Hephaestus said.

"Then what about extinguishing the Olympian Holy Fire? When exactly will the creature you mentioned appear?" Qutuosi asked.

"Believe me, Qutuosi; when you see the Olympian Holy Fire again, that creature will appear before you and help you extinguish the Olympian Holy Fire." Hephaestus said with deep meaning.

Qutuosi nodded, rose, left Hephaestus's cavern, once again embarked on his journey, and headed to Hera's small garden.

"Lord Luode, according to your orders, I have finished everything I could do." Hephaestus looked at Luode, as if saying, "Lord Luode, shouldn't you be retrieving my daughter now?"

"Don't worry; I promise you, I will certainly not go back on my word." Luode smiled, drew a fiery red circle in the air with both hands, and then stepped into it.

On the other side of the spark teleportation gate was a huge labyrinth; in the deepest part of the labyrinth's cages were imprisoned an old man with a white beard and a young maiden who looked about fourteen or fifteen.

This top craftsman of the ancient Greek world, Daedalus, had built this palace, but Zeus had not paid him his dues; instead, he had imprisoned him.

This is a clear case of "removing the bridge after crossing the river."

"Who, who are you? Have you seen my son? Oh, my son is already dead, as that bald guy just said."

"No, no, I will resurrect my son in my own way; I have calculated it, and this time I will succeed." The white-bearded old man Daedalus shouted madly.

Looking at this renowned ancient Greek figure who was airdropped, Luode shook his head; yet another person driven mad by the Greek gods, and already mad to the extreme.

Both father and son were harmed by Qutuosi and Zeus and their father-son duo.

Luode paid no attention to that mad old man, instead going to the other prison cell in the labyrinth where the little girl Pandora was held.

"Who are you? You, you Qutuosi? No, no, you, you're not Qutuosi." Upon seeing Luode enter her cell, Pandora's expression was initially very excited.

But after clearly seeing Quluode's face, she immediately showed disappointment; she had originally thought the one coming would be the war god Qutuosi.

"Don't be so disappointed, little girl—I may not be that Spartan, but I'm far gentler than he is, and besides, your father commissioned me to rescue you." Luode said.

To be honest, Luode doesn't particularly like this world's Pandora, this little girl; as for Qutuosi, whom she met for the first time, her attitude was extremely good.

But toward her own old father Hephaestus, who wholeheartedly protected her and was even killed by Qutuosi for that, his attitude was downright awful—he even said that Qutuosi killing Hephaestus was a relief for him.

"My father entrusted you to rescue me! If it were that Spartan, maybe it could work, but with you, Zeus won't let me go." Pandora shook her head and said.

"Actually, rescuing you is much easier than with that Spartan." Luode smiled, stepped forward, forcibly tore the cage apart, and rescued Pandora.

That cage might hold others back, but it can't hold him. Luode easily opened the cage and rescued Pandora.

"You don't understand—if I leave, Zeus will notice right away, come after you, and uh… uh!" Before Pandora could finish, her eyes widened.

Luode took out a green leaf, drew on it, threw it into the air, and instantly a girl identical to him appeared, then lay down in the cage.

"All right, this can temporarily stand in for you—as long as Zeus doesn't come up to inspect personally, nothing will seem amiss." Luode said.

The Metamorphosis Leaf cannot simulate divine‑level beings, not even demigods.

But if it's merely an ordinary mortal, even if the body is made of divine flesh and blood, it can be simulated.

"Oh! This is really interesting magic—I'm Pandora, and you?" Pandora's eyes shifted, she looked at Luode, and said.

"You can call me Luode! Your father has already defected to me? From now on he'll be my exclusive weapon‑smith, armor‑forger." Luode said.

This little girl is no pushover—right after meeting Qutuosi for the first time she threw herself into a passionate hug, stirring his paternal feelings.

Qutuosi even came close to abandoning his revenge plan for this little girl, instead thinking of another way to extinguish the Olympus Holy Fire.

"My father did a lot for me—when Zeus was beating him up, I was right there, terrified." Pandora said.

"Come on! Otherwise Zeus will notice the problem; let's talk when we're back somewhere safe."

Luode said that, took Pandora's hand, used a teleportation portal to leave the prison, and returned to Hephaestus Valley.

"Pandora, are you my daughter? Are you really? Wonderful, you've finally come back, you've finally returned to my side." Upon seeing Pandora brought back by Luode, Hephaestus immediately leered and said.

"You… hello, Father… I… I'm back." Pandora's gaze darted away, she even shrank behind Luode's back, clutching his hand tightly.

Could it be that I'm falling back into the demon's clutches? Good heavens! Why? My own father is such a dead weirdo?

If I stay with him, he'll surely do something horrible and terrifying; to escape this monstrous malformed father, Pandora would even be willing to leap into the Olympus Holy Fire.

If death could free her from this weirdo, she would rather die.

"Go on! Little girl, have a reunion with your father." Luode patted Pandora's shoulder and said.

Hearing that, Pandora forced a smile worse than crying. (End of chapter)