45 Chapter 55, 56: Hades.

In the sky of Mount Olympus Hades, the god of the underworld, knelt before Rao. This sight shocked many lesser gods as they never thought that one day they would see the god of the underworld kneel.

Even Rhea, the goddess of motherhood, who is also the mother of Zeus, Hestia, Hera and Hades was shocked by this view. "My son Hades never knelt for anyone, not even for his brother Zeus." Rhea said, she was a beautiful woman with long light brown hair.

Athena looked at Rao. Despite having his armor destroyed and having a hole in his stomach that was slowly regenerating, Rao's eyes never lost that dangerous red glow. Carrying Olympus' two most dangerous swords, Rao remained motionless in the sky while his long red hair danced in the wind. As the goddess of war, Athena can say that Rao will not stop until he fulfills his objective.

Artemis looked at Rao with hatred in her eyes, she wanted to kill him. She wanted to kill the bastard who killed her twin but, even though she saw Rao injured, she didn't move.

The silver-haired goddess bites her lips in frustration. Despite being very hateful and wanting to kill Rao at any cost, Artemis knows that she cannot harm him as long as he has those two swords. The past confrontation proved more than enough that Rao is strong.

If he were only a fool who was holding two powerful swords, he should have died a long time ago. But Rao is not a fool, he knows what he is doing. He is a warrior who is using the full potential of the sword, he is a formidable warrior.

Looking at the man with long black hair, Rao asked in a neutral tone. "Why?" He spoke just one word, but those words were enough for the man who was kneeling to understand what Rao was looking to know.

Hades bites his lip; he was very reluctant to say why he wanted to kill Zeus. He looks at Rao's face and sees the king god of the Kryptonians looking at him with neutral and indifferent eyes. "... Zeus ..." With great difficulty, the god of the underworld began to tell his reason: "Zeus slept with my wife Persephone ..."

Rao raises an eyebrow. He looks at Metis to see the goddess nodding; confirming Hades' words. He looks at the piece of meat that was within the last seconds of its life. 'Wasn't Persephone the daughter of Zeus?'

"Every night, Zeus left Mount Olympus and would visit my wife in the underworld. This has been going on for several years; they thought they were safe and that no one would find out."

Rao looks at the god of the underworld who was kneeling in front of him.

"Little did they know that I was always watching. Using my helmet of darkness that has the power to make me invisible, I watched my wife cheat on me with Zeus." Hades bites his lips hard; this was a very humiliating subject for him.

"Why didn't you do anything against Zeus?" Rao asked without looking away from Hades.

"I can't. If it were a few millennia ago, I would have the power to do something; but the gods are fueled by the energy of the 'faith' of their followers ..."

Rao's eyes are sharp; he begins to pay attention to every word that Hades is saying.

"Over time, the number of humans who believe in the Greek gods has decreased significantly and I have never been very popular with humans. Consequently, I have become weaker; my current self is just a shell of what I was in the past. I became weak, very weak ... "Hades lamented.

Rao had many questions to ask; but he knows that now is not a good time. He is at war. He cannot stop and chat until everything is resolved. He has to make a decision; he looks at the god who is kneeling in front of him and a small smile appears on his face.

"Tell me, how are you going to kill Zeus?" Rao's intention was clear, he would not lend the blade of Olympus; he is not an idiot. He does not trust a god who has just arrived ... Rao is fully aware that it is because of this sword that he managed to get this far. Despite being weakened, the Olympian gods were strong, very strong.

Hades raises his hand to the sky while kneeling; a black miasma begins to gather in Hades' hands. Slowly, that miasma started to take the shape of a scythe.

Metis, Athena, Artemis, Rhea, Dionysus, and all the lesser gods who were present on Olympus looked with shock at the scythe in the sky.

"Thanatos' scythe, the only weapon on Mount Olympus that can bring 'death' to anything." Hades explained while remaining kneeling.

Thanatos' scythe was a special weapon that was only wielded by Thanatos himself; everything that scythe touches' dies'. If the scythe touches the ground, the ground will rot and 'die'.

Carrying the authority of death, this was the weapon most used by the death entity of the Greek pantheon.

Rao looked seriously at the scythe, he could clearly feel the danger of that weapon.

"... How did you get this weapon? Thanatos would never lend his weapon if he didn't have adequate compensation ... "Metis asked in a calm and neutral tone. She starts to think and soon a possibility comes to her mind: "Don't tell me ... "

"It's what you're thinking, Metis. I gave my entire domain of the underworld to Thanatos. In exchange for my entire domain, I can use this scythe only five times. " Hades explained in a calm tone; but suddenly his expression changes to hate.

"I used this weapon once; I killed my wife Persephone in the underworld. Now I only have four chances to use this scythe." Hades spoke with hate and disgust.

"This is crazy." Metis closes her eyes and tries to feel Persephone's divinity but, just as she feared, Persephone's divinity is lost; she is dead ... 'Demeter must be going crazy now.' She thought.

When Metis was going to say something, she suddenly heard Rao's voice:

"Hades, you sold your domain to death and you killed your wife ... Was all this sacrifice worth it?" Rao asked in a neutral tone that carried a feeling of authority. He flies in the direction of Zeus who was weakened and grabs him by the neck. Zeus tries to struggle, but it is useless. Currently, he is just a cattle waiting for slaughter; he is not even able to scream for help. After all, his jaw was pulled out by Rao.

Hades looks at Rao: "Yes, for me, my wife was everything. I forgave her first betrayal thousands of years ago. But this time, I will not forgive her." Hades spoke with conviction, then he continued: "Rao, the King God of Krypton ... I am here to propose a deal."

Rao raises his eyebrow. "Continue."

"I want Zeus's head; I will use Thanatos' scythe to accomplish my goal. When Zeus is dead, the scythe can still be used three more times. I will transfer the remaining authority to use the scythe to you." Hades spoke.

Metis was surprised by what Hades said. 'Is he so determined?' She looked at her husband who was being held by the neck by Rao. Metis' eyes did not contain feelings for Zeus; she was just looking at a piece of trash. She looks at the lesser gods and the gods who are part of the 12 Olympus seats. 'How ironic. Even though you are in danger, I don't see any god trying to save you. In the end, you will die alone Zeus.'

Rao looks at Hades; he starts to think and soon he makes a decision: "This is not enough."

"Huh?" Hades didn't understand; he thought he made a good deal.

Rao displays a cold smile: "I want everything." He raises Zeus in the air with his arm.

"Hades, I want Thanatos' scythe; but I also want everything you have."

Hades was shaken a little by Rao's request:

"... But I have nothing else."

With the same cold smile on his face, he replied: "That is something simple to fix, you just have to take it back."

"Huh?" Hades did not understand.

Rao doesn't give Hades time to think about his words; he throws Zeus towards Hades then orders: "Kill him."

Seeing Zeus 'body flying towards him, Hades takes on an expression of hatred and attacks him using Thanatos' scythe. "Die, Zeus!"

"Nooo ...." Rhea spoke in a very low voice when she saw Hades attacking Zeus. She knows she can't stop it from happening; but she was still sad to see her son dying at the hands of his brother.

When Zeus' body was cut by a scythe, the body was swallowed by darkness and soon began to disappear. Everyone on Mount Olympus could feel Zeus's divinity being shattered; Zeus, the King God of Olympus, was dead.

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