On Mount Othrys, another eight years passed.
When all preparations were complete, at the God King's command, the first truly meaningful god war erupted in Khaos.
The war was nominally over the God of Meteorology and the Sun God competing for dominion over the star gods. The God King merely stood upon the Peak of Divine Mountain, releasing his power from afar. Thus, aside from the Sun God's family, no deity went to aid Hyperion.
Even the two sea gods merely watched in silence.
Utterly unlike the brief god war that had lasted only seven days, it was easy for gods above Intermediate Divine Power to determine who was stronger, but difficult to determine victory or defeat. Unless there was an overwhelming disparity, they would not end a battle in a short time.
Thus, when the Mother of Light was held back by the God of Celestial Bodies and his wife, the battle faced by the God Queen and the God of Meteorology became drawn-out and grueling. Amid the starry sky, with their Divine Power Levels being similar, the Sun God's strength was extraordinary. Even though Cronus had given Rhea the Scythe that had once wounded the Sky Father, they still needed to fight for years before they could temporarily force Hyperion back.
After all, this high-grade Divine Artifact born after the fact inflicted the greatest harm upon the sky, the next greatest upon the God King, and had no effect whatsoever on the earth.
Against the Sun God, it could indeed make up for Rhea's lack of combat prowess, but that was all.
As the battle between the chief gods dragged on, the disparity in the number of True Gods became apparent.
Compared with the mere handful of True Gods in the Sun God's family, the Ash Tree Goddesses