As Surtur spoke, three beams of light flew out of his body and transformed in midair into Hela, The Serpent, and Gorr the God Butcher.
Without any nonsense, Hela and The Serpent attacked Zeus in the air from opposite sides. Hela wielded the Night Sky Sword, while The Serpent naturally used the Sticka Hammer.
"Hela, The Serpent? How are you here?"
Zeus was greatly startled and hurriedly swung Thunderbolt Lightning to block their attacks. The moment he did, he froze. Whether it was Hela or The Serpent, both were far weaker than he had imagined.
"So something happened to you."
Zeus's confidence immediately surged. He swung Thunderbolt Lightning, turning it into countless bolts of Golden Lightning that struck at the two of them. The pair snorted coldly and joined forces to fend off Zeus's assault.
If Zeus had still been the Zeus of the past, Hela and The Serpent, at their current strength, truly would not have been able to defeat him. But the current Zeus was nothing to worry about. They only needed to wait a little longer.
Gorr inhaled the rich scent of divinity in the air and grinned. A large number of Shadow Monsters emerged from the shadows and pounced on the gods.
"That's Gorr the God Butcher!"
One god cried out in alarm. All the gods were horrified, and some of the more timid ones immediately turned and fled. Knull, disguised as the God of Buns, was among them.
There was no helping it. To gods, Gorr the God Butcher was the kind of existence that terrified them at the mere mention of his name.
Some battle gods hurriedly drew their weapons to fight the Shadow Monsters, but they mostly looked after themselves and rarely helped anyone else.
Gods were as selfish as they could possibly