Chapter 3053: The Mercury Record (50)

The thread of events became clear.

Stirring up trouble on Earth held no benefit for the gods of Mount Olympus. After all, they belonged to the ancient gods, not the shallow-cultivation evil gods formed in recent years; they didn't actually need sacrifices or human faith to be powerful enough.

Zeus's reign as King of Gods wasn't necessarily great—Earth seemed like a large brothel to him—but aside from establishing the Amazons, he rarely interfered in Earthly affairs. His management of other gods was also relatively strict; major gods like the God of War could not easily come to Earth.

This also meant that many factions on Earth held no ill will toward the Olympian pantheon. People's most common complaints about the Olympian pantheon were still Zeus's private life.

Under these circumstances, there was no need for Poseidon to charge into the human Atlantic to show off his power. Although sailors often called storms at sea the "wrath of the Sea God," most were just bad weather. Poseidon didn't care about the harvest of tiny human sailors; good or bad, it had nothing to do with him.

But this time, he made a shocking move: he attacked Atlantis. This was very intriguing.

Atlantis indeed did not worship Poseidon, but Poseidon didn't need their worship. Even taking a step back, if it were to teach heretics a lesson, Atlantis had existed for so many years. Why not earlier, why not later, but at this exact moment? It didn't look right no matter how you looked at it.

If you looked at this event alone, it might be nothing, but combined with the continuous accidents on Mercury, it was easy to see that someone was using a "luring the tiger away from the mountain" strategy.

Poseidon had injured the future Queen of Atlantis. How could Arthur sit idly by? To stabilize his rule, he had to seek an explanation from Mount Olympus.

Although the members of the Justice League hadn't fought the ancient gods head-on, to be safe, they wouldn't let Arthur face Poseidon alone. They would definitely find him a helper. Wasn't the Flash following him?

And now, Arthur was seriously injured, and Mera had to preside over the overall situation in Atlantis. To prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation to attack Arthur, the Flash had to stay in the deep sea and couldn't easily leave. The Justice League had lost two major generals in one go.

Ares had died in front of the portal. If he had successfully passed through the portal to Earth and held the same purpose as Poseidon, showing his presence over Metropolis or Gotham, Bruce and Clark would definitely not sit idly by.

At that time, the Justice League would have to split their forces again, and at the very least, they would have to send a major general to deal with Ares, the God of War.

And there was no telling how many gods on Mount Olympus had abnormal behavior like Poseidon and Ares. If they all descended to the lower realm through the portal, punching here and kicking there, the Justice League wouldn't be able to handle it even with ten Supermen.

In essence, this was still a trick of "holding the emperor to command the princes." Ordinary humans were too fragile and had almost no resistance to these supernatural beings.

The DC side was too young; many experts hadn't stepped onto the historical stage, or were like Shazam, who hadn't been tempered by wind and rain and were unusable, and they lacked "out-of-the-chart" combat power like the mutants who had fought across the universe. Using the Olympian gods to drive tigers to swallow wolves would inevitably leave the Justice League stretched thin and in a sorry state.

Once this scheme succeeded and the Justice League's main combat forces were drawn to Earth, Mercury would inevitably have major problems.

The equipment on Mercury, or even Mercury itself, could be discarded, but these outstanding youths were the hope of Earth's future. Once they were ruined, various factions would likely not be able to recover for two or three generations.

The members of the Young Avengers team all felt the pressure. This opponent was different from the ones they had encountered in the past; they were cunning and powerful enough, and most importantly, they knew how to hide themselves.

Currently, the only one appearing on the surface was the witch Circe, but no one believed she had planned all of this. The real mastermind was hidden even deeper.

But at this moment, Jason spoke again: "But to achieve the goal of dispersing the Justice League's power on Mercury, you can't just send one Poseidon, or even Poseidon and Ares combined wouldn't be enough. But now, although Poseidon successfully descended, Ares is dead, and the other gods are nowhere to be found. No major chaos has occurred on Earth. What is going on?"

Aisha understood and said, "The Justice League and Professor Schiller aren't pushovers. I guess they had already made countermeasures."

"You don't mean to say that Ares was killed by the Justice League, do you?"

Aisha reasoned from the beginning: "This mastermind's power is stronger than we thought. We observed Poseidon's state with our own eyes; he was clearly abnormal."

Jason and Dick both nodded, because it was they who had frozen Poseidon. Theoretically speaking, although the freezing generator might impose certain restrictions on the Sea God, it shouldn't have been that easy.

Poseidon wasn't made of mud. No ancient god who could live to this day and hold a high position was a pushover. How could he be frozen just by throwing two freezing devices at him?

And his fight with the Atlantis warriors was also wrong. He used a total of two moves: one was throwing his trident to slap the water, and the other was swinging his arm to smash down. Was that all the dignified Sea God had?

It could be seen that Poseidon was in a state of madness, his mind wasn't very clear, and his use of divine power was virtually non-existent. Rather than fighting, it was more like venting. This was definitely the mastermind's doing.

But then again, if the mastermind could make Poseidon like this, it proved that their strength must be far beyond the gods of Mount Olympus.

Aisha continued: "In that case, they actually didn't need to use the eldest son to attract Zeus's attention to let Poseidon and Ares descend. On the contrary, there are simpler and more convenient methods than this."

The others thought about it and felt it made sense. If they could even fool the God of War and the Sea God, who were at the top of the combat power rankings, then getting two people to descend through the portal wouldn't be simple? Maybe the mastermind could even bring the gods to Earth themselves.

"Oh, I understand," Dick slapped his palm and said, "The eldest son's escape might not be what the mastermind wanted, but a countermeasure from our side!"

"Think about it. Once the eldest son escaped, Zeus and Hera quickly took the gods and ran. At the very least, everyone except those at the level of the God of War and the Sea God had to follow Zeus and were under Zeus's supervision. In that case, they basically had no chance to stir up trouble."

"And once the eldest son escaped, he was very likely guided to kill targets like Ares who had the conditions to descend and could pose a major threat to Earth. In that case, the 'luring the tiger away from the mountain' strategy would collapse."

"Who did we say released the eldest son earlier?" Jason looked at Faust. Faust immediately said, "It was Circe, the witch Circe."

"That's not right," Jason realized the problem at this moment. Because he had been paying attention to child abuse cases and had heard from Gordon what kind of person the witch was, he said, "You said the witch Circe controlled a man?"

"I'm telling the truth," Faust seemed afraid they wouldn't believe him, hopping in Funa's hand as he said, "A man in a black suit, wearing glasses, with some scales on his neck, carrying a black umbrella..."

The expressions of Dick and the others instantly became very colorful.

Just as Dick was about to say something, Jason snatched the words before him: "There's a loophole. I heard the witch Circe hates men very much. If she were to choose someone to possess, why would she choose a male?"

Faust was also stumped. Finally, the toad could only hop twice on the spot and said, "Maybe she changed her gender?"

He actually didn't have full confidence. When that man who could use witchcraft power broke in, Faust's mind was full of the witch Circe and he hadn't observed carefully. Now that he thought about it, there was indeed a problem.

The witch Circe was somewhat famous in their circle. The most famous thing was that she was a "widow maker" who hated men very much, and no matter what the species was, as long as it was a male, it wouldn't have a good time if it fell into her hands.

Still the same saying, "Rivers and mountains are easy to change, but nature is hard to change." It wasn't like all female creatures in this world were extinct. Even if a major event happened, Circe would have time to pick a female to possess. How could it be a man?

Jason and Dick, of course, already knew what was going on. It was likely not the witch Circe holding the man hostage, but that man holding the witch Circe hostage.

"It seems this is likely the Justice League's means of countering the mastermind," Dick said after a moment of thought. "The mastermind wanted to use the gods of Mount Olympus to stir up Earth, to make the Justice League reduce the defensive power of Mercury, thereby destroying Mercury and the reserve talents on Mercury."

"And the Justice League sent people to Mount Olympus, directly released the eldest son, and guided him to precisely kill Ares, who wanted to go down to stir up trouble, ruining the mastermind's plan."

"What will they do next?" Jason raised a question. At this time, Funa spoke up: "Now we are all speculating, without evidence. I think we should still find the gods of Mount Olympus first. If Zeus and the others are still alive, they can tell us if there were any abnormalities on Mount Olympus before."

Aisha also agreed with this view. She said, "Zeus might not have been prepared before, which allowed the mastermind to succeed. But if he is still awake now, he will definitely be able to recall many things that were not right. Although the mastermind is very cautious, what if they really left some traces?"

Dick, who was leading the team, looked at Faust the toad and said, "Do you know where Zeus and the others would hide?"

"Mount Olympus is a dimensional space, but it is not just this one dimensional space. If I have to say, I think they might have gone to Apollo's realm of light."

"What kind of place is that?"

Faust sighed lightly and said, "The area we are in now is actually the Pantheon. You can understand it as the White House of the United States. Usually, the gods hold ceremonies and activities here, but this is not their home; it's more like their office building."

"The Twelve Olympians all have their own realms, and each realm represents different elements. Apollo represents light..."

"Wait, isn't Apollo the Sun God?"

"That's a rumor," Faust said very affirmatively. "The Sun God is Helios, and the Sun Chariot is also his property. Apollo is his superior, and the realm he presides over is broader."

"Then why do you think Zeus would go to him?"

"Because he has a good temper," Faust said. "Apollo is the easiest to talk to among the Twelve Olympians. When Zeus and Leto gave birth to him, Hera was very opposed, but by the time Apollo joined Mount Olympus, even Hera had a harmonious relationship with him. It was through his persuasion that she allowed Hermes to live on Mount Olympus."

The images of a very charismatic male god instantly outlined in the minds of the others. Faust said, "I heard from Charon that he is Zeus's favorite son, even more so than Ares. So Apollo's realm should be Zeus's first choice for refuge."

"Then how do we enter his realm?"

Faust thought for a moment and said, "We really have to start with the Sun God Helios. The Sun Chariot he drives will drive into the realm of light from a special door, and the warhorses rest there."

"Since the sun rises in the east and sets in the west as usual, it means the Sun God Helios is fine. Then we just need to wait for him at this entrance, and perhaps we can follow the Sun Chariot into the realm of light together."

"Wait a minute," Dick felt his worldview was challenged. He said, "Doesn't the sun rise in the east and set in the west because of Earth's rotation and revolution? A carriage pulling the sun—is this scientific?"

Faust said disdainfully, "You are standing on the land of Mount Olympus now, and the corpse of Ares, the God of War, is right next to you. And you're talking to me about science?" ===== CHAPTER 3054 =====