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Chapter 139 Leveraging the Prestige of the God of Fire

After leaving everything to Chiron, the goddess of fortune returned to the sea.

In the sea, Thetis, the goddess in charge of fish spawning, is the new darling of the sea. She has the infinite favor of the two emperors of the sea, the ocean god Oceanus and the sea goddess Tesis.

She was able to take this honor to unite many goddesses of the sea.

In the ocean, there are not many such factions.

Although the Thetis faction has a high reputation, it is not outstanding among the factions of the oceans.

Among their factions, there is no clear leader, but Thetis, as the one who unites the goddesses, respects her faintly.

The goddess of luck, Rika, has always had her own contacts, and she is a member of this faction.

She went back to the sea just to attend the regular meetings hosted by Thetis.

The location of the meeting is an isolated island in the ocean, along the undulating golden sandy beach of the isolated island, all the way down, deep into the sea, in the sea water of the shallow sea area.

There are patches of coral reefs here, the sea water is as clear as blue crystal, and occasionally there are various fish floating by.

The goddesses came one after another, and their powers that belonged to the ocean were intertwined together to prop up a canopy in the sea, and the canopy separated the sea water and created a piece of land in the water.

Corals of all colors lost their water sources and became the throne on land.

The growth of these corals is different, naturally there are high and low, and the goddesses sit on these corals according to some unwritten rules.They are so beautiful, the skirts and spinning are still blowing freely without wind.

Rika came here.

She blindfolded her eyes with a jade belt and wore a thick robe.

There were as many as fifty goddesses participating in the gathering. Although Luka's attire was surprisingly inconspicuous at this time, all the goddesses focused their attention on Thetis who was talking in the center.

The meeting has been going on for a while, and the discussion is already over half.

Now they spoke of the god of fire.

Among them, an extremely important person stood up and wanted to ask Thetis. She was Amphitrine, the queen of the sea, a goddess who played an important role in the ocean...

She asked: "If we really deliberately lead mortals in their beliefs, that they believe in their hearts that we are the manifestation of an extraordinary source of water, then our churches must unite."

"From now on, we have completely become a collection, a whole."

"Perhaps everyone here is more or less lucky and wants to add teachings that are beneficial to themselves in their own churches."

"Of course, I am no exception."

"But I still have a question. Together, how sure are we that we can deter Hephaestus?"

"Although I don't like him leaving the ocean, it is undeniable that his power is real and unshakable by any of us."

Thetis in the center lowered her eyebrows and said, "I'm not sure." As she spoke, she looked around and looked at the surprised and uncertain expressions of everyone.

She looked at Amphitrite again: "In other words, it is impossible to deter him. Even if our number is doubled, in his eyes, it is just a cloud of smoke that can be blown away in one breath."

"He is different from Poseidon. His strength has exceeded a limit, and the number is no longer enough to threaten him."

"Even among the powerful gods, he is unique. He doesn't need to live in the sea like our ocean gods to exert his greatest strength. Wherever he goes, it belongs to him."

"His strength allows him to ignore any opponent, and he doesn't need to care about where the battlefield is."

"He... is fearless..."

"Just like Atlas in the early days, his power is enough to threaten the great ones living in chaos, but in the world, he has no opponents, so he can always be unscrupulous and defy the rules."

"Hephaestus is just another Atlas, one that we cannot confront head-on."

Empress Amphitrine frowned, looking unhappy. She looked around and spoke the thoughts of the goddesses present: "Then what is the meaning of today's gathering?"

"We spent a whole day discussing whether it is feasible to imitate Plutus, the god of wealth, and use faith to fabricate authority. You also took the initiative to set a lofty goal, to create an extraordinary water source that can extinguish any flame."

"Now that everything is settled, you say that Hephaestus is a threshold we cannot bypass?"

"What about your plan? Or is it that you just said something casually and let us circle around you like idiots?"

Even when questioned, Thetis did not refute immediately, but patiently listened to Amphitrine's complete narration.

But the occasional cold light in Thetis' eyes was enough to express her dislike.

She is the older sister of Amphitrine, and she has always regarded herself as an elder.But ever since Amphitrine became Hai, she contradicted her more and more.

She can usually laugh it off, but if it involves her own real interests, she will never bear it anymore.Besides, being favored by the two emperors of the sea, Thetis didn't need to give Amphitrine a good face.

But she finally endured it.

The alliance of the goddesses present is actually not solid, and they have not yet had a fusion of interests, so that they can truly unite.

And... the actual leader has not yet identified...

Thetis wanted to be the actual leader, so he naturally had to set an example.

It's just that, she wrote it down.

She suppressed the anger in her heart, and calmly said to the surroundings: "Everyone may have made a mistake in the order."

"It is we who must guide the beliefs of mortals and let them believe that the extraordinary water source we symbolize together can extinguish any flames in the world, so that we can become stronger, not the authority we just get is powerful."

"As the most common thing in human families, flames occupy a huge place in human hearts. Their memories of flames can even be passed down from generation to generation to a time ten times longer than their lives."

"When we fabricate authority, we naturally want to give mortals a reference. It's not that we just talk nonsense, mortals' beliefs can get us what we want."

"The flame that circulates endlessly in the mortal kingdom is the best reference. The more important it is in the hearts of mortals, the more believers can imagine our strength."

"Everyone, our goal has never been faith, but strength."

"Just like Uranus, the god of heaven, who was born on the earth but can confront the earth, we leverage the prestige of the flame, and in the end we want to have the power to oppose the flame."

"From then on, the confrontation between the world is not only the sky and the earth, but also the source of water and the fire!"

The goddess present was thoughtful.

In the auditorium of Lemnos Island, Hephaestus also nodded frequently.

He said to the three goddesses who were snickering at the side: "You think very well, and you speak very well."

"But by doing this, she naturally designated me as an opponent, so how should she face me?"

"On top of that, maybe they got one thing wrong."

"Only if you have the power to match, can you oppose me, instead of opposing me, you can have the power to match me."

"In any case, they must be able to face me first, so that what they say is not empty talk."

(End of this chapter)