Chapter 231: Soon Enough
’How could a woman throw someone she regarded as her son into danger with her own hands and refuse to help that child just because someone else ordered her to?’ he questioned.
Every word Epioles spoke, every thought he shared, angered his brothers even more and saddened Nyx even more. Erebus had no words to say.
All the gods and goddesses around them remained silent.
"Only Selene, Artemis, and Hermes are helping Atlas by thinking of him. And me. Among millions of gods and goddesses, there are only four sacred beings who protect a hero striving to save the world, without asking for anything in return, and who strive to give him strength. Shame on yourselves, every one of you!"
"Since the moment I saw Atlas’ memories, I have prepared every stage of the plan. For days, for months, I thought only about this matter. I considered who could harm him the most, which demon could inflict the worst damage, and I tempted him. I ensured that as few people as possible were harmed; the one who destroyed the vanished continent was not Xezbeth, and I have no idea what it was. My actions only caused harm to 96 people. Yours, however, have harmed millions, billions, throughout history," Epioles had said. It was clear that he had done everything with Atlas in mind.
When Epioles finally fell silent, he was truly out of breath. Moros and the others were angry and ready to speak at any moment, but Nyx stopped them instantly and said to Epioles, "You are right. You may go."
Epioles left the Olympus Hall without looking back, and Nyx ordered all the remaining gods and goddesses to leave, leaving only the Chaos-Born in the room.
’Father, are you watching?’ Nyx said suddenly, amid the astonishment of each Chaos-Born, each Oneiroi, each Hesperides, and each child born into existence, as well as Erebus himself, who remained in the highest hall of Olympus.
With Nyx’s words, the entire hall was instantly plunged into darkness, and two eyes appeared in the darkness.
These enormous eyes shrank after a few seconds, and the ancient Chaos appeared in the main hall of Olympus. He stood there as the creator, in the very centre of the hall, the home of the gods and goddesses.