Chapter 1988 – 1988. God’S Atlantis
A child was born between Demeter and me.
It was Persephone.
Demeter cherished Persephone very much. She cherished Persephone more than me, her husband.
“Please, I beg you. Just don’t touch that child. Please…!”
Demeter grabbed my leg and pleaded. Seeing her pitiful appearance, my heart softened.
“Demeter, I want to grant your wish, but…”
“…but?”
“Persephone is already pregnant with my child.”
“…….”
Demeter looked at me, beyond anger, as if she was dumbfounded.
“I gave birth to that child yesterday.”
“The deed happened at night.”
“You trash…!”
Of course, Demeter was prepared. She had placed nymphs, gods, and beasts who followed her near Persephone. But I had an invisibility helmet. It wasn’t difficult to enter Persephone’s room.
Enraged, Demeter went on strike. Thanks to that, humans had to starve. I appeased her to some extent, but I didn’t ask her to stop the strike. Frankly, I wouldn’t care if all the humans alive now died. I’d rather they all die.
But Demeter’s strike didn’t last long. Her daughter, and my wife, Persephone, appeased Demeter. Thanks to that, humans could once again receive the blessings of the earth.
Persephone gave birth to a son. He was Dionysus, and he offered me wine he had brewed himself.
After taking a sip of the wine, I felt much better.
‘If Elena drank this, she wouldn’t just like it, she’d go crazy.’
Maybe it wouldn’t hurt if she went crazy once. Elena can use complete recovery, after all. I tried to put the wine in my inventory, but it failed. I couldn’t use tricks to take things from this world.
“How is it, Father?”
“It’s excellent. Originally, this position wasn’t meant for you, but… since Athena is gone and there is no owner, I will give you that position.”
I placed Dionysus in one of the twelve seats.
After that, Hera gave birth to Ares, and a goddess named Maia had a relationship with me and gave birth to Hermes.
It was the moment when the twelve seats of Olympus were filled.
It was also the beginning of the reign of Olympus.
• • •
Gods and humans could not be separated.
Humans were both toys of the gods and recorders and worshippers of myths. The gods were strong from birth, but they became stronger when they received the worship of humans. Therefore, I couldn’t just wipe out all the humans as I pleased. There were also gods who liked humans.
-Ah, Zeus! Grant me eternal power!
-Lord Zeus, please save me! A monster is trying to kill me! Aaaah!
-Please give me something to eat!
Even if I just listened a little, I could hear the voices of humans. What was annoying was that there were hardly any humans who sincerely thanked me.
-Ah! How beautiful the king of the gods, Zeus, must be! I want to meet him in person!
There were no human women in this era. It was a woman, not a man, who was spouting such nonsense.
‘It’s time to make a decision.’
I descended to the human era. It was also to check on the humans one last time.
The humans of this era were different from the humans I knew. The fact that all the members were only men was not the humans I knew. These guys loved each other, and they reproduced with each other. I wasn’t curious at all about how they reproduced. One thing was certain: they loved each other and even got married.
In front of me, two men were sitting under a large tree, whispering sweet nothings and kissing.
‘Fuck!’
Annoyance and anger surged.
Rumble, crash!
Thunder rumbled and lightning struck, punishing the two men. It wasn’t intentional. When my mood became unpleasant, the sky reacted and dropped lightning.
‘Good job, sky!’
Then, I rode on the clouds and looked around the human world.
The world was terrible. They were laughing and giggling, enjoying themselves. When I saw their reproductive acts, I wanted to gouge out my eyes.
‘I just glanced over it last time…’
Now that I looked at it, I found something strange.
These humans, who were only men, didn’t age. And they were much stronger physically than the humans I knew. Of course, it didn’t mean they were immortal like the gods.
‘These bastards aren’t working?’
Was it thanks to Demeter, or Gaia’s blessing? The land was too abundant. Fruits grew on the trees all the time. They didn’t have to worry about starving even if they did nothing. There was no need to work.
‘They don’t even fight each other. Do they not have any ambition?’
From the perspective of human Sung Yoojin, not Zeus, these were not humans.
‘Hmm. Should I go the way of the original Zeus? I think I know why Zeus did what he did.’
I waited for now.
These guys still didn’t know how to use fire. That is, fire belonged to the gods.
‘Prometheus, who created these guys, will do something soon.’
In mythology, Prometheus was closer to the side of humans than the side of the gods. It wasn’t hard to understand. Prometheus created humans, after all. Humans probably looked like his own children, so he wanted to give them something.
‘The problem is that if I leave this bastard alone, he’ll definitely cross the line.’
He stole fire and gave it to humans. What else couldn’t he give?
Humans had to be human. They shouldn’t try to climb up.
“Arrogant things… measures need to be taken.”
「The First Torch sponsors 10,000 AP.
“Are you not human as well?”」
The First Torch.
It was obvious that it was Prometheus. Sponsoring 10,000 AP was probably a kind of bribe. I scoffed.
“I am Zeus, the highest authority of Olympus right now. Also, from a human perspective… those things are not human. They don’t age, they laugh and giggle all day, and they lust after men. It’s disgusting just to look at them….”
I didn’t like Prometheus either.
Even though there was reference material that he was a goddess, Prometheus only created human men.
What did this mean?
‘Prometheus. This bastard is gay. He’s a god I shouldn’t get close to. I need to deal with him quickly.’
「The First Torch sighs. He hopes you will have mercy on humans.」
I lowered my gaze. Just then, I saw humans writhing naked, and they caught my eye.
“Mercy has already been given.”
Just not wiping them out with lightning was an act of mercy.
Time passed.
As in the original story, Prometheus caused an accident. He stole fire and gave it to humans. I, who had been waiting for this day, gathered the twelve gods and shouted.
“That damn gay bastard dared to steal our fire and give it to humans! He must be punished! Isn’t that right?!”
Most of the gods nodded in agreement with my opinion. He stole something that belonged to the gods. That alone was an unpleasant thing. Even if the thief was a fellow god.
Prometheus was kneeling in front of us, his head bowed. His face, full of resolve, showed no regret. It meant he had no remorse at all.
The gods were enraged by his attitude.
“Zeus, please have mercy on humans. They worship the gods. Humans and gods cannot be separated.”
“Arrogant thing. Just because you have the power of prophecy, do you think you can stand above me? You will suffer for the rest of your life.”
“Zeus. I will make a prophecy for you. Please have mercy.”
“I have no interest in your prophecies. You will become an endless piece of meat and become food for monsters.”
I gave him a harsher punishment than in the original story. The gods nearby were surprised. But Prometheus was still composed.
After Prometheus was dragged away, Hermes asked me.
“Lord Zeus. Shall we take the fire away from the humans?”
Fire didn’t just mean fire.
What fire symbolized now was civilization. In other words, the fact that humans had fire meant that the seeds of civilization had been sown. From today on, humans would develop.
“It’s fine. Humans are too primitive right now, so they need fire. Instead, we need to create new humans. Hephaestus.”
“Yes, Father.”
“Create human women. Humans with only men are too terrible.”
“I will.”
Hephaestus created humans. I used divine power to create Pandora’s Box and put all sorts of things into it. With the help of Metis, the goddess of wisdom, it was much easier.
I bestowed the name Pandora on the first human woman Hephaestus created. The gods blessed her.
‘She’s pretty.’
With her glamorous blonde hair and voluptuous figure, Pandora resembled Aphrodite.
‘Did he make her with Aphrodite as a reference?’
As the original Zeus did, I gifted her with curiosity.
‘Originally, I would have given her as a gift to Prometheus’s younger brother, Epimetheus, and made him take her as his wife, but…’
After seeing her in person, I changed my mind.
I decided to take Pandora. However, since she was not a god, I made her live in the human world.
One day.
On a day when I was not there, Pandora was cleaning the house when her gaze fell on a box placed on the table. I hadn’t said anything to her about the box. Pandora, who had been given curiosity by me, opened the box without much thought.
The box contained disasters that would wipe out humans, such as aging, disease, jealousy, war, and greed. Hope? There was no such thing. Why would I put that in?
“Ah, aaaaaah…!”
Pandora knelt down and despaired. I appeared behind Pandora and gently embraced her.
“Oh dear. You opened the box.”
“L, Lord Zeus! I…! I, I didn’t mean to…!”
“I know. It’s not your fault. It’s my fault for putting the box here… no, it’s not. This is a kind of accident. An accident created by coincidence and coincidence. Don’t worry. Well, what could happen?”
I smiled as I hugged Pandora.
Humans became greedy and jealous of each other. War broke out among humans. Also, those who did not age had to face the incurable disease of time.
The disasters took away the abundance from humans. Earthquakes occurred, droughts occurred, and volcanoes erupted. It was not an environment where crops could grow. They were gradually starving.
And then it rained.
It rained and rained endlessly, causing a flood that wiped out all the humans.
But there was no need to worry. Humans could be made again.
‘Actually, there was no need to create Pandora.’
The power of the gods was quite omnipotent. Creating humans was nothing. It was something that could be done as much as they wanted.
The reason I went through this troublesome process was….
“Because I wanted to fuck Pandora. The first woman to be blessed by the twelve gods…. How could I not be tempted? Heh heh.”
「All the gods of Olympus are shocked!」
