Asterios’s soul returned to his body at around three in the morning.
He opened his eyes, his body and spirit now fully rested.
However, he knew that something was coming.
The concrete concepts of storm and lightning appeared before him.
Asterios stood there, calmly watching the King of the Gods who had manifested in front of him.
He then expanded his power to shield his fellow disciples nearby, ensuring they would not be disturbed by the King of the Gods’ presence.
The concept of a tall and mighty figure holding a scepter, with lightning flashing in his eyes, appeared before him.
He looked down upon Asterios from a height, and the mortal and god locked eyes in a calm gaze.
This was the first time Asterios had seen the King of the Gods of this land.
He truly embodied the posture and demeanor one would expect of a King of the Gods.
With hair and beard as white as snow, powerful muscles, and a towering physique, this was surely the proper form of the King of the Gods.
“Child, I believe it is not that no one on our side can respond to your exploration, nor is it that no god can answer your yearning.
While we still walk upon this earth, why must you seek far and wide, neglecting what is close at hand?” Asterios listened to Zeus’s words and shook his head, saying he wasn’t neglecting what was near.
He had simply encountered a suitable individual, and they had merely shared their inner thoughts and spoken heart-to-heart.
After a moment of silence, Zeus reached out his hand.
His large hand completely covered Asterios’s head, including his golden hair.
Like a loving elder stroking a young child, Zeus displayed his benevolence toward humanity at that moment.
“In the future, if you have a need, I hope you can come directly to me.
Child, since you are both a Son of Olympus and a child protected by Athena, then if you have any doubts, we shall naturally answer them for you.” At this moment, Zeus’s majesty and benevolence, like those of a Heavenly Father, made Asterios feel a sense of leniency.
The gods’ favor for him was beyond words; so far, he had yet to see their other side.
“I will, Master of the Sky, Noble Heavenly Father, Merciful King of the Gods.
For now, please allow me to express my respect to you.” After speaking, Asterios bowed.
Zeus then looked at Chiron, who was approaching, and spoke with an aura as thunderous as a storm: “You don’t even know the true level of your own son.
Your eye for people has truly declined.” These slightly complaining words left Chiron feeling quite ashamed, though even now he didn’t know what had happened.
He only knew that his brother had suddenly appeared before his son, and things had turned out like this.
Chiron was completely in the dark, having no idea what the situation was.
He decided it would be better to wait and ask his fine son, whose true depths he didn’t know, later.
For now, he was utterly confused.
After giving these instructions to Chiron, Zeus vanished from before them.
Asterios stood straight again, and Chiron trotted to his side on his four hooves.
“So, you’ve actually been keeping many things from me?” Chiron asked him.
Asterios replied that there were indeed some things he was reluctant to show in front of his fellow disciples and his father.
The moment Asterios finished speaking, he and Chiron vanished.
They arrived at the foot of a desolate mountain that even Chiron did not recognize.
At that moment, a golden radiance surged from Asterios’s body; he was finally going to strike with his full power.
“Galaxian…
Explosion!” Asterios struck with his current full strength.
The moment his arms crossed above his head, a powerful surge of energy erupted, pouring onto the massive mountain before them.
The entire mountain vanished under the bombardment.
Watching this power that could shatter the stars from the distant peak of Mount Olympus, Zeus let out a soft murmur.
This child was truly remarkable.
This was only because Asterios had limited his destructive power to crushing the mountain rather than releasing the energy across the land at will; otherwise, the resulting effect would likely have been even more terrifying.
Chiron’s eyes widened, unable to believe that what he was seeing was real.
Could the power of the main cannon of Artemis’s Machine God True Body surpass the ultimate move Asterios had just unleashed?
Even Chiron could not calculate the answer.
At this moment, Chiron deeply understood why Zeus had spoken of him that way; he truly hadn’t seen Asterios clearly.
Previously, he only thought Asterios had some extraordinary superpowers that still fell within the human scope, but looking at it now, Asterios’s strength was on a completely different level from theirs.
The energy erupting from the depths of his soul was so powerful that Chiron lost the ability to evaluate Asterios.
He did not know how a human could rely on themselves to erupt with such formidable power.
He had never seen this in the past, and it might not exist in the future.
Chiron even felt that Asterios’s magic power hadn’t changed much; this power was neither magic power nor divine aura.
“I’m truly defeated by you…” He couldn’t help but hold his forehead, lamenting his own ignorance at that moment.
Was his son actually powerful to this extent?
Did that make him, as a father, seem redundant?
“Have you told Athena?” Chiron couldn’t help but ask.
This only earned a shake of the head from Asterios.
“No, not at all.” Now even Chiron didn’t know what to say.
He suddenly understood what Asterios’s way of life was like.
He disguised himself to be no different from anyone else, interacting with everything in this world in a plain and ordinary manner.
He understood good and evil, and knew right from wrong, but he had yet to form a complete perception of this world, so he just kept things as they were.
Thinking of this, Chiron couldn’t help but laugh.
When he thought about it that way, Asterios was still a child.
He simply possessed great power and was different from others in that regard.
In terms of temperament, perception, and other aspects, he was still the same person Chiron knew.
So Zeus’s words weren’t entirely correct either~ The little bit of gloom in Chiron’s heart vanished without a trace.
It didn’t matter what kind of power Asterios possessed; he was still that same Asterios, Chiron’s son.
Looking at Asterios, who was watching him cautiously, Chiron smiled and reached out his hand.
“Let’s go home, Asterios.” In that instant, the caution in Asterios’s eyes vanished completely.
He reached out and took Chiron’s hand, and the two of them disappeared, returning to the Pelion Cave.
Chiron understood another truth: one cannot assume a person understands emotions just because they have immense power or behave rationally on a daily basis.
Right now, Asterios was still just a child, and a child needs the guidance of an adult.
Asterios was his son, and that was all.