With Gaia’s encouragement and persuasion, someone finally stepped forward.
Everyone turned toward the voice and was stunned.
It was actually the youngest of the Twelve Titans—Cronus, the God of Time.
Because he was the youngest and weakest among the Twelve Titans, Cronus was unlike his brothers and sisters, who lived in misery every day.
He had suffered the least at Uranus’s hands.
Uranus’s attention was always focused on the powerful Titan Gods.
He would feel that it was beneath him to even lay a hand on someone as weak as Cronus.
Just as he was deeply concerned about the Prophecy that his children would overthrow him yet never bothered to deal with Theron, his arrogance and conceit made him feel that arguing with such a weakling would be beneath his divine dignity.
Precisely because of this, Cronus, who was weak enough to escape most of the suffering, was not as afraid of Uranus as his brothers and sisters.
He was still afraid.
It was impossible not to be when facing such a powerful God-King, which was why he had not stepped forward at first.
However, after Gaia’s persuasion and reassurance, he gradually realized the true nature of the situation.
There was no point in continuing to flee.
If they did not resist now, they might never have another chance.
He did not want to be imprisoned for eternity, so he had no choice but to stand up.
When everyone saw that he was the first to step forward, they were utterly astonished.
“Cronus, do you know what you’re saying?” Hyperion, the God of Light and the Sun, could not help but scold him in a low voice.
“You’re so weak.
You have no chance against the God-King!”
Not only Hyperion, but the other Titan Gods also began whispering among themselves, finding the idea completely absurd and believing it to be an impossible task.
“Enough, Hyperion!
And all of you, be quiet!”
Gaia coldly interrupted the Titans.
The Earth Mother Goddess walked over to her youngest child, and her expression softened.
“Cronus, your courage has impressed me, but I still need to ask you one more question.
Have you truly thought this through?”
Gaia looked at Cronus seriously.
“This matter may be extremely dangerous.
Without sufficient courage, we cannot possibly succeed.”
Cronus did not back down despite the skepticism of the other Titans.
He was a determined god.
Once he made up his mind to do something, he would not easily change it. Get faster updates on g.com.
He nodded solemnly and said without hesitation, “I am willing to try, even if the final result is failure.”
“Besides, we truly have no other choice, do we?
If we resist, there may still be a chance to survive.
If we don’t, then there is only one outcome left.”
Gaia excitedly took Cronus’s hand.
“Good child.
Your courage makes me proud.
This is exactly what I have been looking for.”
“Fate truly is on our side!”
At that moment, Gaia finally understood the meaning behind Theron’s words.
Uranus’s power was unmatched.
Even the Twelve Titans combined were no match for him.
Therefore, the strength of one’s divine power was not the most important thing.
What mattered was having the courage to resist even when the gap in strength was enormous and the chances of failure were high.
Such fearless courage was not something everyone possessed.
That was why Theron had told her that she would easily find the child mentioned in the Prophecy.
And that was exactly what had happened.
Cronus was unaware that Gaia had already received guidance from Fate.
Although he was courageous, he was not reckless.
He looked at his mother and asked earnestly, “Revered Mother Goddess, what should I do?”
“I have no weapon capable of fighting the God-King, nor do I know how we can defeat him and put an end to his tyrannical rule.”
The Twelve Titans nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.
Ever since the Prophecy had appeared a thousand years ago, Uranus had ordered the entire world to ensure that no sword or blade could escape his senses.
They did not even possess weapons.
So how could they possibly wield a blade against the God-King?
“My children, that does not matter,” Gaia said.
“Your brothers, the naturally born Cyclopes, are already forging weapons for us.
They are within me, and even the God-King cannot know what they are doing.”
After saying this, Gaia could not help but sigh once again at the capriciousness of Fate.
If Uranus had not feared the Cyclopes’ power and forcibly imprisoned them within the Earth Mother, they would never have been able to secretly forge weapons without his knowledge.
And the Cyclopes happened to be the world’s greatest craftsmen.
“As for how to defeat him…” Gaia looked at her children.
“Perhaps we should follow the guidance of Fate.”
…
Finally, he saw the three Goddesses of Fate returning.
However, when he looked toward the direction from which they had come, a trace of doubt appeared in his eyes.
That did not seem to be the direction of the Land of Eternal Night, where Erebus resided.
However, Uranus was too lazy to dwell on it and went directly to meet them.
“My esteemed goddesses, have you received answers to the questions I asked?”
The three goddesses looked at the approaching God-King, nodded in unison, and spoke together.
“Great King of the Gods, we have received the guidance of Fate.”
“What is it?”
Even Uranus, noble God-King that he was, could not help feeling slightly nervous at this moment.
“You already knew your fate,” said the eldest sister, Clotho.
Uranus was taken aback before frowning.
“What do you mean?
I already knew my fate?
Was it the Prophecy?”
The Goddess of Fate did not answer his question.
The second sister, Lachesis, looked directly into the God-King’s eyes and said solemnly, “Great King of the Gods, your destiny is in your own hands.”
Before Uranus could speak, the youngest sister, Atropos, gave the final conclusion.
“You are the God-King recognized by the world.
No one except the world itself can shake your position.”
Upon hearing this, Uranus’s tightly furrowed brows immediately relaxed.
He threw his head back and laughed heartily.
“Yes.
This is a fact I already knew.”
He sincerely thanked the goddesses, feeling as though the heavy weight that had been pressing upon his heart had finally disappeared.
He felt that he had been far too cautious.
It had all been completely unnecessary.
Thus, he finally put that ridiculous Prophecy out of his mind and stopped worrying about it.
He returned to the Sacred Mountain and found his Queen of the Gods.
Once again, heaven and earth merged as one.
Uranus was so happy that he failed to notice Gaia’s unusual silence that day.
Nor did he notice that the weakest of his twelve incompetent and cowardly children had quietly gone to a distant void.