135 Zeus, God Of Thunder And Lightning III

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Chapter 134: Zeus, God Of Thunder And Lightning III

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"Zeus, wake up," The voice as well as the heat it radiates startled the two prisoners awake, eyeing the construct of golden flames before them.

"Haa? is it tor-torture time? Siuhahah, been a whi... A-Apollo? No, you'r..."

"Shhh, just listen," Apollo stopped Zeus from going any further, "You know who I am, so just listen,"

Zeus gulped in nervousness and anticipation but nodded nonetheless, his eyes widening the longer Apollo spoke.

"I wanted you here. No, you are here because we wanted you here," Apollo emotionlessly remarked, "I wanted you to be tortured here, and I was okay with the possibility that you'll die here."

Zeus was shocked, but not too dismayed. He had been locked in the Impel Down for more than a month, and it was strange that no one in the Pantheon tried to save him in any way.

"In fact, if you had said anything of significance about the Pantheon, you would be dead by now... This was a test, and this is how far I was willing to go to make sure the Pantheon remains standing," Apollo further added.

"Did you not realize your immaturity? Your naivety? Your carelessness despite your weakness?" He pointed out.

"I'm careless, but I can afford to be. I can be naive because it wouldn't matter. I can be immature because the cost of learning is not death... You can not because you are weak." Apollo stated, the veil of flames opening up just slightly to allow Zeus vision of his eyes.

"Do you understand?" Apollo asked.

"I... I don't know? Why did you choose me to be Zeus if you didn't believe in me?" Zeus asked with his mouth trembling, his emotions overflowing, finally able to let them out after so long.

"I didn't believe in what you were, but I believed in what you could be," Apollo murmured as he stood up from his crouching position.

"Do you feel pain? Did you feel pain? Did you suffer? Good because you'll suffer more... That's the path ahead of you if you so wish to be Zeus, the King of Gods." Apollo spoke as he crouched down before Zeus.

"Just know that no matter how much pain you had felt these past months, it can never ever come close to even a speck of what I went through, and I do not welcome the weak-willed under my wings, So make your choice, will stay on this path, or will you give up?"

Such a weird happening was taking place before the very eyes of Ace and Jinbe, and the two were well aware of the existence of the Pantheon, especially Jinbe.

"Siuhahahaha! You already know my answer!" Well, Zeus burst out laughing, not at the strangeness of the situation, but at his prediction coming true, he once said that he will be the Captain's right hand man.

Well, that turned out to be true. Then again, if you tell one thousand lies or predictions, one of them is bound to be true.

Even more flames burst out of Apollo, surrounding them both for a few seconds before retracting, showing the scenery of Zeus' cuffs falling to the ground.

"Take your role as Zeus seriously because the Pantheon may be left in your hand in the future," Apollo calmly said as he handed Zeus a strange fruit.

Zeus took the fruit by instinct, still perplexed and confused by Apollo's words. What the fuck did that mean? Left in his hand? What about Yovan? Is he leaving? Will something misfortunate happen?

If there was, Apollo wasn't about to provide any answer as he instructed, "Eat it. Eat it now."

Zeus did. He ate it without question, almost instantly feeling strange, falling to his knees, "I... I can't c-control... My body?"

"The place is built with Seastone," Apollo remarked as he carried Zeus by the neck.

"Aghh, then why can you move?" Zeus asked with discomfort.

"Because I am built different," Apollo stated as he took a step toward the cell bars.

"Ahahahahaha," One of the prisoners, Ace couldn't help but laugh at their interaction, seeing something so twisted yet so nice in this dark shithole.

"You... Wait!" Jinbe, on the other hand, saw something also as he called out, "Please save! Please! He is the Whitebeard's son! Whitebeard will definitely owe you if you do so, please!!"

He seemed desperate, and Apollo's response only made it worse, "No,"

"Just stop. Let them be," Ace shook his head, having no hope at all.

"No, shut up and fight for even a chance of survival! Please please help him! Or just tell the Whitebeard! I will owe you my life! I will..." Jinbe's pleas were getting more and more desperate.

However, "Someone who had already given up on life with no desire to survive could never wish to earn my helping hand, so No." Apollo shook his head as he released iron-melting flames, eating away at the cell bars.

"I..." Ace didn't know what to say.

"Huh? Do you ever offer helping hands? That's news to me," Zeus, on the other hand, had something to say.

"Shut it," Apollo said as he took a step outside of the cell, 'How is the security here still so lax?'

He assumed the guards would start paying more attention to the Sixth level after his escape, but it seems that they still keep away from the shithole that's this level.

Apollo ignored the call from those on the sixth level, trying to get him to help them, a very familiar scene, "I assume you understand what I gave you, so follow me," He let go of Zeus before vanishing.

The only clue to where he appeared was a flame far in the dark hall, something Zeus noticed as he closed his eyes, almost instantly dissolving into a cluster of lightning.

A lot of Devil Fruits give the user an instinctive understanding of their capabilities, while certainly not thorough, it's enough as a start.

Almost instantly, the cluster of lightning traveled to the end of the hall, following after the flame. The flame vanished again, and lightning followed until they found themselves on the very edge of level five.

"Someone will be coming, so we have to act quick, The Impel resides deep undersea, and devil fruit users' weakness is the sea, so follow my instructions to perfection,"

Apollo extended his golden fiery hands, bringing them together, "Golden Path," He murmured as a speck of golden fire took shape between his hands, growing almost instantly to the size of a small ball.

However, it became smaller again, like a speck, then bigger, then smaller, then bigger, for dozens of times in just a few seconds while Zeus watched from the side with wonder, "Go."

The state of continuously compressing the little sun built something of a fire hazard across the entirety of the fifth floor, the once freezing cold level turned hot, all the ice melting in seconds.

Zeus, in fact, had to turn into his pure lightning form to handle the heat. He could only watch as Apollo held the sphere in one hand, lifting high at a diagonal angle toward the sky.

Or rather, towards the thick walls of the Impel Down, walls so thick and durable not many could break through it.

"Stop!!!!!" The scream of a lately arrived Hannyabal fell on deaf ears as the little sun was allowed to have some release, getting fired like a beam of pure heat.

Those in the fifth level could only feel a heat wave followed by an even more intense heat wave, something even they could barely handle.

Thankfully, it came and went quickly, only leaving behind a hot breeze, but those with acute perception could notice something, forcing them to look high.

There was a hole, going through the Impel Down... No, it was going through the sea. For that split second, there was a clear path to freedom, a hollow surrounded by water.

However, only one individual was able to take the opportunity to escape, a spark of lightning that was able to travel more than a mile almost instantly before the hollow could be closed off by water again.

"Thank you, but I can not let you live past this... " Apollo didn't run but turned around as the whole sea prepared to engulf the Impel Down through the hole.

He vanished yet again, evading a mad Hannyabal because his goal was none of the guards nor anyone of the prisoners.

No, his goal was someone declared missing long ago or presumed to have escaped the Impel Down along with Yovan... It was none other than Shiryu.

His deal with Shiryu went further than what happened many months ago because the latter couldn't escape Impel Down despite Yovan freeing him, not even his powers of invisibility could help him in that regard.

Yovan offered to help him out, but only if he performs one last service, and it was one last service indeed because what just happened confirmed Yovan to be Apollo...