'Of course it is.'

According to myth, it’s said Zeus received lightning, Poseidon received a trident, and Hades received a transparent helm.

Their names were Astrafe, Triaena, and Kyiene, respectively.

Especially Hades—using Kyiene’s power, he hid his own form to conceal allies’ weapons or carry out assassinations, and sure enough, this time too he had yanked Su-ho’s ankle through stealth.

'But if it rains, what can you even do?'

Of course, he still had to identify the bastard from just the silhouette getting hit by rain, but it was better than not being able to see anything at all.

“Let’s finish this quick.”

Thanks to getting hit by the earthquake, his gauge had filled all the way up.

Su-ho activated additional skills one after another.

[ Rage Mode activates. ]

[ Foxfire activates. ]

And then.

[ Weaken activates. ]

[ Seal of Pain activates. ]

[ Enrage activates. ]

[ Blessing of Rage activates. ]

[ Curse of Rage activates. ]

He used the skills on Poseidon too, who would be coming in close anyway.

“Guuuuuuuh!!”

Under the effects of the rage skills, Poseidon began to rage violently.

No matter how much of a god he was, in front of skills, there was nothing he could do.

Of course, some of all this was only possible because right now Su-ho was not Su-ho, but Cronos.

At that moment, the enraged Poseidon couldn’t hold back his fury and charged at Su-ho.

“Die, you goddamn butcher!!”

[ Poseidon uses Wrath of the Sea. ]

Kwagwagwagwagwa!!

The instant Poseidon charged, an enormous amount of seawater began to surge up from the shattered ground from the earthquake.

Amazing.

To use water magic at this level where there wasn’t even any water.

It rushed in like furious snakes along with Poseidon, and Su-ho snorted a laugh and swept his sword sideways. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

[ Wavebreaker activates. ]

Swaaaah!!

The moment Wavebreaker activated, Poseidon’s seawater split, like the Red Sea parting.

“Water control isn’t something only you can do.”

“You bastard!”

Kwaaaang!!

The water bombardment was neutralized, but Poseidon didn’t care and drove his trident in.

With a roar, the two forces that collided created a tremendous energy explosion.

Poseidon’s power was tremendous.

Because the destructive force had doubled under the effects of the rage skill series.

But Su-ho’s power had doubled too.

Su-ho spoke to Poseidon, who was face to face with him with their weapons between them.

“So, is that all you’ve got to show me, my son?”

“Shut your mouth!”

“I can’t do that.”

“What?”

“Watch.”

Instead of closing his mouth, Su-ho opened it.

Then an enormous amount of mana gathered into Su-ho’s mouth, and—

Hwahwahwahwahwahwah!!

A massive torrent of flame spewed from his mouth.

It was a mini breath.

“This—!”

Overwhelming firepower.

With the breath fired point-blank, Poseidon had no time to block it.

Of course, after taking the breath for about a second, he shoved Su-ho back and dodged away, but Su-ho’s breath dealt damage at a level that even a god could never ignore.

[ Poseidon uses Embrace of the Sea. ]

Poseidon immediately went into healing.

As expected of water attribute.

Self-heal was mandatory.

But Poseidon’s face, mid-heal, began to twist in a strange way.

“Wh-why is this.......”

At Poseidon’s flustered reaction, Su-ho smiled.

“What, is it not going well?”

“You—what did you do to me......!”

“What do you think? I neutralized you. Ever heard of Corruption Sorcery?”

“What?”

“As my son, there’s no way you have a higher rank than me, so stay crushed down as you are. You don’t even die anyway.”

“What are you—kuh!”

Poseidon collapsed.

It had only been barely a second, but because the Corruption Sorcery embedded in that full-body breath began to eat away at Poseidon’s entire body.

'As I thought, if you want to suppress an immortal being, this method is the best.'

The gods in Greek mythology are, by default, all immortal beings.

Naturally, that was also true for Cronos, called the bloodline of primordial giants.

That was why Titanomachy took ten years, and even after the war ended, they couldn’t execute the Titans and instead imprisoned them in Tartarus.

The reason the system set the condition as neutralizing key forces instead of killing them was because of that, too.

In that sense, Corruption Sorcery was the best choice.

Poseidon was Cronos’s son, so for now he wouldn’t have a higher rank than Cronos, and on top of that, he was also plastered with the rage skill series, so Poseidon’s resistance was currently the weakest of the weak.

Su-ho then summoned Guiyeong.

“Guiyeong, go bother Poseidon a bit.”

Pabat!

Hearing its master’s order, Guiyeong shot through the wind and rain like an arrow and pounced on Poseidon.

Kwachik!

The brave Guiyeong succeeded in biting Poseidon’s shoulder in a single move.

[ Shadow Penetration activates. ]

[ Shadow Restraint activates. ]

[ Shadow Bleeding activates. ]

The additional options of the shadow spear that popped up one after another.

Yeah, keep tormenting him like that.

Just doing that alone means you’ve earned your keep.

Only then did Su-ho shift his gaze and begin looking for Hades.

Swaaaah!

The rain pours down.

Kwaaang!! Bang!!

“Kill them!!”

“Kill them!!”

“Kuaaaah!!”

Screams and groans still filled the battlefield.

That was when it happened.

Flash!

A gigantic flash that sprayed across the entire battlefield.

Su-ho lifted his head.

In that instant—

Kkwagagagagagagagagak!!

An enormous amount of electric discharge fell down over Su-ho’s head.

The amount that fell was so absurdly massive, the thickness was as thick as a baobab tree in some novel that swallowed a planet.

Pajat— patsutsut—

The discharge finished falling.

In the place where it fell, current that hadn’t fully bled away sparked, showing off its presence until the very end.

All that remained there was a pitch-black crater.

Within the traces the discharge left behind, there wasn’t a single living creature.

It could only be that way.

Because the true identity of that discharge was lightning.

And not just any lightning, but the lightning of Zeus, who would later become the highest god of Olympus.

Around then, someone slowly descended from the sky.

It was Zeus—a young man with blond hair and solid muscles.

He wore armor that only covered from his collarbones down to his waist, and he held a long spear, and that spear was Astrafe, said to be Zeus’s lightning.

Zeus spoke in a disappointed voice.

“Poseidon said he’d handle it, so I haven’t paid attention until now...... but why haven’t you dealt with something this easy yet?”

“You also haven’t dealt with it, Zeus.”

At those words, someone smoothly revealed himself at Zeus’s side.

It was Hades.

He had black hair and a sharp impression, his outfit itself was similar to Zeus’s, and at his waist he wore a sword.

Zeus asked,

“What do you mean by that?”

“What do I mean. I’m saying your brother was right.”

At that moment, someone answered Zeus’s words instead of Hades.

It was Su-ho.

But in Su-ho’s hand was Poseidon, his body already neutralized to the point it hung limp.

“Brother!!”

Seeing Poseidon captured, Zeus immediately raised Astrafe with a face full of fury.

Seeing that, Su-ho lifted Poseidon and said,

“Oh, would you like to shoot lightning or something?”

“What kind of disgrace is this! Using your child as a shield!”

“And you? A child trying to drive out his parent is normal? At this point, does it matter whether there’s a father-son bond between you and me?”

As he continued speaking, Su-ho narrowed his eyes.

Then he could clearly see Hades and Zeus’s nameplates.

- ★Hades Lv.???

- ★Zeus Lv.???

Yeah.

If they were the three major gods of Olympus, of course those two bastards were key forces.

He had succeeded in neutralizing Poseidon.

With all kinds of skills piled on him, Poseidon’s resistance and defense had dropped, so he was easily devoured by the Corruption Sorcery.

But he didn’t die.

No matter what, Poseidon was a god.

'And using your child as a shield?'

What a joke.

Because he had zero intention of using this guy as a meat shield.

Su-ho said,

“And you must be under a serious misunderstanding, because I have absolutely no intention of using this guy as a meat shield. What kind of thoughts do you live with every day that the moment you see Poseidon, who I brought to teabag you with, the first thing you think of is a meat shield?”

“Tea... what?”

“It’s a thing, you idiot. Watch. I’ll show you there’s a much better way to use him than some meat shield.”

Su-ho used a skill on the ragged Poseidon.

Then Poseidon’s limp body began to twitch, and—

Udeuk— udeuk—

He loosened his stiff muscles, pushed himself up on his own, and offered proper respect to Su-ho.

“Poseidon, the proud son of Father, is standing by.”

“......!”

“......!”

At Poseidon’s perfectly proper attitude, Zeus and Hades’s eyes grew larger than they ever had.

It couldn’t be helped.

Because Poseidon, who they definitely had to bring down, was showing respect to his father—the enemy they had to neutralize.

The secret was enthrallment.

Su-ho used enthrallment, which had grown even stronger after he became High Blood, on Poseidon, who had weakened as far as he could weaken.

After seeing enthrallment work properly, only then did Su-ho release the Corruption Sorcery from Poseidon and use healing skills and various buff skills on him.

[ Restore activates. ]

[ Dispel activates. ]

[ Paladion activates. ]

[ Blessing activates. ]

[ Endurance activates. ]

Skill effects bursting out.

With that, Poseidon became several times stronger than before.

However, Su-ho’s use of Poseidon didn’t end there.

[ Bloody Hand activates. ]

Shuaaa!

Placing his hand on Poseidon’s shoulder, Su-ho activated Bloody Hand.

[ You can copy the target’s abilities. ]

Poseidon’s further use.

That was copying Poseidon’s skills.

'Now that Blood Prison’s skill storage slots have gone from 5 to 10, new power...... and at that, getting the Olympian gods’ skills—this is the only time I’ll be able to.'

On top of that, thanks to the High Blood effect, Bloody Hand’s power had strengthened by one more stage, so skills that used to copy randomly could now be chosen directly from a list.

Of course, there was something disappointing, too.

He could choose the skill to copy directly, but he could only choose one per target.

Still, this was enough.

After Su-ho finished copying a skill from Poseidon, he raised his blood sword and said,

“You unfilial brats, from now on you better be on high alert. From now on, it won’t be a gank—it’ll be a 2v2 pair match. Let’s go, Ion.”

“Yes, Father!”

Answering loudly, Poseidon drove his trident into the ground.

[ Poseidon causes an earthquake tsunami. ]

Kwagwagwagwa!!

Mount Othrys convulsed.

At that tremendous shockwave, Zeus and Hades began moving in a hurry.

That was when it happened.

Kwachik!

Something bit Hades’s ankle.

Startled, Hades turned his head, and there was the loyal divine beast, Guiyeong, tearing into Hades’s ankle.

“What the—!”

An enraged Hades swung his sword.

In that instant, Guiyeong vanished, and—

Kaaang!!

Su-ho, who had swapped positions with Guiyeong, raised his blood sword and blocked Hades’s blade.

Then without hesitating even a little, he cut Hades’s ankle.

Sseogeok!

“Kuaaaah!!”

“Brotheeer!!”

The end of Titanomachy began to draw near.