Chapter 23: Confrontation

Hera's Palace

Hera was seated on her throne slowly reviewing the rapport that Serea had brought her, a little smile pays out on her face. 

Her beautiful black hair was safely tucked behind her back, while her white toga hugged her beautiful figure allowing those in her presence to admire her.

She spent about a week having fun with Maeron and the other goddesses and was now much more relaxed. 

"Well done Serea, I knew I could count on you," she said smiling, a smile not completely fake as even the traitors in front of her couldn't damper her mood 

"Always," Serea responded calmly and let out a little sigh of relief seeing Hera more satisfy

'As expected he decided to sacrifice some of his lovers and children, I almost felt bad for them' she thought before putting the papers on the side. 

At the same time, the doors of the room opened letting in Evangeline, Anastasia, and Iris. 

All three of them cladded in armor and ready for battle. 

"Hello, Ser... How are you?! Hera told us about your failure, how could you screw up so badly, huh," said Iris entering the room 

Serea frowned a little hearing the loud voice of Iris full of reproach 

"Leave her alone Iris, the most important is that she is that we are rectifying that," said Anastasia calmly before turning to her friend "How are you doing Serea,"

"It has been a little while and your first words to me are reproached, I am a little hurt," Serea replied smiling 

"Don't mind them, I'm happy to see you as always my dear," Evangeline said arriving at her friend's level 

"At least someone is happy to see me," she replied 

The little banter between the goddesses continued with even Hera shimming in 

Meanwhile, Maeron was seated in the adjacent room 

"Thank you, Nana," he said sweetly at the maid who poured him a tea

She flashed him a smile before moving away 

"Those goddesses are terrifying, or is it a woman thing to be able to discuss and joke like that with someone that you hate," he said his gaze fixed on the wall in front of him.

The obstacle able to stop the gaze of other gods for him was as good as inexistent, so Maeron slowly drank his tea while observing the performance of the goddesses. 

"Ah, seems that they are done," he said looking through the wall, he saw them all move to complete the task that Hera gave them. 

After a few minutes, Iris, Anastasia, and Evangeline with a few select members of their armies had left Olympus and were flying toward the human realm under the eyes of their fellow gods. 

Everyone in Olympus was already discussing what could have made their queen deploy three of her closest and most powerful warriors, but very soon everyone had come to the same conclusion

"Is our king having another kid?" one of the gods asked his comrade as they enjoyed their peaceful day under the vast garden of Olympus. 

"Most likely!!" Another responded 

"I think that the situation is not as simple as we think," another shimmed in 

"What do you mean," 

"Well think about that..this isn't the first time that he has a mistress and this isn't the first time that he has a bastard, she definitively acted against them, she killed some of them even but has she ever deployed so many powers into that," asked the god looking at the gods all around him 

After a few seconds of silent pondering, they all came up with the same conclusion 

NO

Never before has something like that happened before 

Finally one of the goddesses present remarked with some kind of anticipation in her voice 

"Looks like this time our queen is very angry, We are going to assist a big spectacle, let's see what is going on!" 

"Why are you so happy about that?!" 

"Yes, if things go wrong we may get involved..." 

"Oh, I hope not," 

The discussion continued with everyone trying to guess what had happened 

After leaving the palace, Serea quickly summons all the members of her team to Hera's throne room. 

Very soon about twenty gods and goddesses were standing in front of Hera, all of them were standing straight in an orderly way, all of them could barely move and were afraid to even move. 

The oppressive aura of the queen was suffocating.

And that oppression was not only felt by those in the palace, outside all the gods of Olympus could feel the anger and power emanation from Hera. 

In the King's palace, the powerful king of Olympus could be seen seated on his throne with some of his advisors and children beside him, most were looking at him with a questioning gaze, yet he just stayed silent. 

Nearly every important member of Zeus' side was present, women like Maia, mother of Hermes, and Leto mother of Artemis and Apollo were there were there with their children.

"So, what did you do this time," said a beautiful and melodious voice coming from behind them.

The sounds of steps announcing the arrival of Athena one of the most powerful, beautiful and influential goddesses of Olympus. 

Her tall and slender figure covered by her white toga, is a pleasure for the eyes, she is a stunning beauty, as beautiful as Hera, her long blonde hair freely flowing beside her while her piercing blue eyes similar to her father looked at him with determination. 

"Why does everyone assume that I did something again," he asked looking at them his gaze lingering a little longer on Athena 

"Because everyone knows you," said Artemis iritated looked by her side to see her mother like Leto trembling in fear even though she was now one of the most well-protected goddesses of Olympus. 

Seeing as he didn't respond her brother the literal representation of the sun decided to be the one to answer

"It's because she found out that he subverted some of the subordinates that she sent to keep an eye on him so that he could do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted,"

"You did what!!" Everyone exclaimed in surprise before they realized that things may not end peacefully this time

In the human realm 

In many kingdoms, some peoples of all ages men and women had the misfortune to be visited by a few very beautiful goddesses, and each time that it happened destruction followed. 

It seems to those unaware of what was happening that the attacks were indiscriminately targeting rich and poor alike, noble or peasant, but the gods that were looking at what was happening from the above could discern the reason for those attacks and very soon the new will be transmitted to the humans below, but only after a little while.

On the streets all over Greece, people were running and panicking 

"Run!!" 

"Fire," 

"Please help, they kidnap my husband," 

"They took my child," 

Standing at Olympus the gods were looking at the spectacle with some kind of twisted enjoyment 

"Why did they take that old man, I don't get it," someone asked perplexed, a lot had similar questions, and it didn't take long for one of them to give them the answers 

"I see it, he seems to have a quarter-no about a fifth of Zeus' blood in him," 

"Damn, a fifth," 

"This is a purge, i don't think that Zeus with stand for that," someone said, and nearly at the same time the sky above their heads darkened, they could then feel the anger of their king as thunder illuminated the sky above them. 

On his throne, Zeus looked at the spectacle in front of him with anger. 

In the beginning, he thought that everything was going as he expected the goddesses sent by Hera followed the list that had been prepared and given to Serea he even reassured his family that everything was going well and that he had the situation under control but after a while thing took an unexpected turned. 

After killing and kidnapping all those on the list, they set their sight on people that were not on it, people that he didn't know had his blood in them. 

And yet she knew, luckily she didn't seem to know about his last escapade as those that he made sure to protect were still safe it unsettled and scared him.

"I guess you don't have the situation under control after all," Athena said seeing her father like that 

"Krirr, bang," 

"HERAA!" in an instant he was in front of her palace and destroyed the massive door 

"Bang," before he could make his entrance into her palace, Zeus was pushed out by a massive force.

"Do not soil my sanctuary with your presence, what do you want?!" She asked walking out of the place. 

"What is the meaning of this? This madness that you are unleashing in the human realm," he exclaimed anger evident in his voice 

"Oh that," I'm doing a little bit of cleaning," she said sweetly smiling at him

"Have you gone mad!!" 

"Mad. No, I have gone sane, I was mad before, that's why you thought that you could humiliate me like you did before without consequence," 

The anger in her voice was easily noticeable, but this time contrary to most times her anger was more calm and focused

"How dare you turn my subordinate against me,"