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Chapter 712

God of Jealousy

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The sky breaking and the sky falling were two different levels of disaster, but to Hera, Queen of the Gods, the situation was just as serious.

Even if Heracles the Mighty had been injured—or even if a hundred Heracles the Mightys died—the lofty Queen of the Gods wouldn't have so much as furrowed her brow. The real issue was that tiny-looking crack in the sky.

The sky had broken. That meant the beginning of the loss of her and Zeus's dominion over it. It was just like that classic saying: "When a god bleeds, he is no longer a god. Countless challengers will swarm in and attack him together, until he falls."

Hera had never heard that saying, but she understood all too well the gravity of this event and the dangers lurking behind it.

Her shrill curses rang across the entire Olympus Holy Mountain. "Lein Tesla! I only schemed against one of your disciples! Was this really necessary!?"

The piercing shriek of Powerful Divine Power made the entire sacred mountain seem to shudder in a brief but terrifying earthquake.

Yet Downs's words echoed in her ears like a demonic melody, over and over: "Another world is about to be destroyed..."

Another one...

Another one.

Another one!

After briefly venting her fury in a fit of impotent rage, Hera felt a surge of fear.

She could certainly start a war, but could she bear the responsibility?

It was true that Zeus had forced himself on her before taking her as his wife. Afterward, she had resented his shamelessness while also enjoying the supreme authority his peerless divine power brought her.

What if one day Zeus was no longer the strongest? What if a God King from outside their pantheon was stronger than Zeus?

Her severely skewed state of mind had

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