Revenge of the Serpent

Chapter 63

Theodore was fully prepared to fight all twelve Olympians when he entered the throne room. Though the current development was fine for him too. '...They might be silently hoping that I would win.'

He'd read about the story of how Poseidon led a rebellion against Zeus, but of course he lost miserably and was punished for his actions afterward. But now suddenly there was an unknown, newborn god that'd managed to defeat their king...

It was obvious that their lingering anger would start to resurface.

The moment Zeus raised his weapon, Theodore rushed inside and wrapped his body around the room's perimeter, making sure that there was no gap for anyone to escape. The lightning bolt was hurled full-force towards his face but he easily weaved and let it hit the walls instead.

He counterattacked immediately with Frozen Disaster, casting his domain and rain down ice shards towards his target, who instantly dodged and avoided everything that was thrown at him.

'...As expected of a lightning god, he's fast.'

Chilling frost covered the battlefield in mere seconds and a howling storm brewed above all of them. The gods that were watching from the sideline couldn't help but stare in awe at the serpent.

Athena mumbled to herself with a frown. "...Did Boreas take a liking to that snake?"

"Doesn't seem like it..." Artemis tilted her head. "Perhaps...He'd learned it from somewhere."

"How is that possible? There's no way a mere monster can learn the magic of gods." Ares spoke up with his arms crossed.

Athena seemed to think otherwise, she sighed and shook her head. "That isn't a 'mere monster', he's a newly born god in the form of a serpent."

"Eh?"

"I'm not surprised by your stupidity at this point..."

"Are you mocking me!?"

"Hey." Poseidon glanced at the gods bickering behind him and immediately everyone went quiet, he was only second to Zeus, after all. "This is an opportunity for us...We can take over the throne this way."

"What if the snake wants Zeus' seat?" Hermes looked worried. "I mean...Why else would he come all the way here to fight him?"

"He won't take the throne." Asclepius walked towards the group with his hand still gripping tightly at his burrowed sword. "His goal is 'revenge'."

"Revenge?" Poseidon was intrigued.

"It's a long story, but he's with the mortals. Zeus had done something to upset him...He also wants me to be the one to deal the final blow." Asclepius glanced down at his weapon, the blade was sparkling in a way that seemed like it was urging him to use it.

'SWOOSH!'

Something brushed over the gods' head and a thunderous explosion rang out. Theodore turned his head around and glared angrily at the gods. [Stop fooling around! At least be aware of your surroundings!"

Theodore had used his tail to swat away one of Zeus' lightning bolts, but in the process it'd done some damage to his scales.

[You are affected by the Status Condition: 'Paralysis'.]

['Sky's Absolute Grasp' is in effect! It prevents you from dispelling the debuff!]

[Abnormality detected!]

[The Status Orb has been digested!]

[The Unique Magic 'King's Lightning' has finished its registry!]

[You have gained resistance to all Lightning-based attacks!]