Zeus was slightly taken aback and asked, “Master, did you call me here today just to ask about this?”
William nodded.
At this moment, a flood of emotions surged through Zeus. He was aware of the burning of the Maldives, but it wasn’t the work of their Divine Alliance.
Yet, the only time his master had ever summoned him was for this matter. Could it be that William now cared more about this Loki?
“Master, if it weren’t for the burning of the Maldives, would you never have sought me out in your life?” Zeus’s smile gradually faded, and his expression turned solemn.
William replied, “How could that be? I just thought you were too busy to be disturbed.”
Zeus looked at William and asked again, “Master, if it were true that I ordered the burning of the Maldives, how would you deal with me?”
William frowned and said, “Loki only offended you, did you really need to burn down his home?”
When he asked this, William still saw him as the young boy from years past.
“You’ve already punished him by locking him in the Heavenly Dungeon, why go to the extreme of wiping him out?”
Zeus took a deep breath.
Indeed, if it weren’t for the burning of the Maldives, William wouldn’t have sought him out.
Even though he was the king of gods, in William’s heart, he couldn’t compare to Hades, let alone the Loki before him.
“I am the king of gods, and this Loki dares to call himself the King of All Gods. What’s wrong with burning down his home?” Zeus didn’t know what he was thinking anymore, but since the master felt this way, he would accept it. He was curious to see if William would execute him over this,if so, he would be utterly disheartened.
Being reprimanded by his master again wouldn’t be too bad either.
“I called you here just to ask about the situation,” William said. “I thought it wasn’t you who did it.”
Zeus, now the king of gods, was no longer the little boy William once doted on,he naturally didn’t need William to micromanage his actions.
Just as Zeus didn’t regard the lives of Loki’s relatives and friends, William, although he mentioned Zeus being extreme, didn’t actually think Zeus was wrong from his perspective.
Every place has its own rules of survival. As the king of gods, Zeus was challenged by Loki, and to assert his authority, even if it meant punishing Loki’s relatives and friends, it wasn’t wrong.
Even in Earth’s history, it was normal for some emperors to kill all relatives and friends of their enemies as punishment.
If an emperor wasn’t ruthless enough, he couldn’t hold his position, and William couldn’t expect everyone to follow the same moral standards.
When Loki saw Zeus and heard him say this, he was furious and threw a punch at Zeus.
Zeus, after all, was the king of gods and wasn’t afraid of this young Loki.
7 million years ago, Zeus had been by William’s side, and his strength was undoubtedly the strongest among all gods, even possibly stronger than Poseidon, who had now mastered the ultimate cosmic laws.
Loki’s fierce punch aimed at Zeus.
Zeus didn’t even flinch.
Loki was then suspended in mid-air, unable to move. 𝑓𝔀𝘯𝘰𝘷.𝒸𝑜𝘮
“Zeus, I’m going to kill you!” Loki, unable to do anything to Zeus, could only roar loudly.
The next moment, he couldn’t even speak.
Zeus didn’t even glance at Loki but asked William, “Master, do you think I did something wrong?”
“There’s no absolute right or wrong,” William said. “You’re the king of gods,whatever you do is right.”
“You’re not blaming me?” Zeus was curious, as he had clearly seen William frown earlier.
He thought William was angry.
“Why would I blame you? With your status and position, whatever you do is considered reasonable,” William said.
The Divine Realm was a place where the strong preyed on the weak. For someone as weak as Loki, who had dared to challenge Zeus at the Thunder Sanctum, whatever happened to him was only to be expected.
“You’re not protecting this Loki?” Zeus asked.
“I am protecting him, but you didn’t do anything wrong,” William waved his hand and said, “I’ve already asked what I needed to, you can go back to your duties now.”
Zeus stood there stunned, while Loki had regained his ability to move. Immediately, Loki shouted at William, “Mr. Johnson! My wish is to kill Zeus.”
“Help me kill him!”
Yes, he still had one wish with William.
Now his wish was to kill Zeus.
Zeus glanced at Loki, then asked William, “Master, what does he mean by that?”
William explained, “It’s nothing, I just promised before to fulfill one wish for each of them.”
Zeus smiled, “Then youmust be a man of your word, right? Now, Loki’s wish is to kill me. Please, go ahead.”
He didn’t even show a hint of resistance, just spread his hands and looked at William with a smile.
William ignored Zeus and asked Loki, “Are you sure this is your wish?”
“I’m sure! Please help me kill Zeus!” Loki was visibly agitated and indignant, saying, “Mr. Johnson, you wouldn’t break your promise, would you?”
When enemies meet, they are especially hostile. Loki also realized that the gap in strength between him and Zeus was too vast,only by having William intervene did he stand a chance at revenge.
At that moment, Rhadamanthus stepped between William and Zeus and loudly said, “Mr. Johnson, killing Zeus would surely plunge the Divine Realm into chaos.”
He had once been one of Hades’ three major guardians, and from a certain perspective, he might actually prefer Hades to take Zeus’ place. However, for the sake of the beings of the Divine Realm and peace, he felt that William should not act against Zeus at this time.
Zeus looked at William, hands clasped behind his back, and chuckled, “Master, you surely don’t care about the lives in the Divine Realm. Besides, even if you kill me, letting Hades succeed me isn’t out of the question.”
William shook his head, “I don’t care about the lives in the Divine Realm.”
“Then, master, please proceed,” Zeus slowly closed his eyes.
Zeus had thought that if one day he were to fall, he would rather die by William’s hand, as it would be less painful.
If William could kill him for Loki’s wish, then his role as the king of gods really meant nothing.
William’s eyes narrowed slightly,he saw the past events of the Maldives, how it was burned.
After seeing all this, he slowly walked up to Zeus and then extended his hand.
Zeus could feel the change in William’s energy,William was finally going to act!
Alright!
Let it all end!
William reached out his hand, slowly touched Zeus’s face, and pinched it hard: “Kid, you didn’t order the burning of that island, and yet you dared to deceive me.”
Zeus opened his eyes: “…”