The Twist of Fate

The mortal world, the ruins of Mount Othrys.

Thousands of years had passed, yet the battlefield where the gods had once fought remained desolate.

Human traces were far away, and it was almost impossible to see any buildings that were not natural formations.

After all, the gods feared and rejected this place, while mortals were hardly willing to travel thousands of miles here to develop it... Thus, even after all these years, the place had maintained its primitive environment.

As her figure descended, Hera looked up at the sky.

She raised her hand slightly and infused her power into the illusory black shadow floating above her head.

The shadow trembled, then slowly solidified.

On the ground, the shadow that had originally begun to materialize once again vanished, as though the sunlight had bypassed its body.

This was the King of the Underworld's Invisibility Helmet. It could not only conceal one's form, but also sever the prying eyes of many mystical domains.

With it, the Sun God patrolling the skies could no longer discover Hera's whereabouts.

Although the Heavenly Queen did not believe Apollo would meddle in her affairs, that did not stop her from taking precautions in advance... Especially after personally confirming Aglaea's news, the Heavenly Queen was even more grateful for her caution.

"Zeus... you really dared to... Heh, just as I thought. I never should have held any expectations for you!"

Whoosh—

The wind howled, as if responding to the furious goddess.

A trace of gloom flashed through her eyes, and Hera's heart was as cold as a bottomless frozen river.

It had been more than a month since she had learned Hebe's whereabouts from Aglaea.

During that time, she had first gone to the Underworld and paid a long-overdue visit to Hades, whom she had not seen