Is It Worth It?

At a glance, Zeus's whole face darkened. "Hmph! That rebellious son! I'll deal with him sooner or later!"

His own son and daughter had betrayed their pantheon, run off to their rivals, and become their servants. How could Zeus possibly be in a good mood?

Zeus wore an extremely sour expression, and he kept sneaking glances at Hera.

Hera shuddered. First she looked guilty, then she puffed out her chest and glared right back at Zeus.

This scene perfectly summed up her relationship with Zeus.

That's right! I know I was wrong, and I'd do it again!

What a perfect match: a scumbag and a venomous woman. No wonder they say birds of a feather flock together.

In a way, you could even say Zeus had done the world a favor! By marrying Hera, he'd kept that poisonous goddess from going off to torment other gods.

It was a shame Hera hadn't permanently dealt with Zeus the way Cronus had dealt with his own father. If she had, that would have been a real spectacle!

Even now, the divine king and queen couldn't resist bickering among themselves. The gods could only sigh at how difficult things were.

On the screen, the octopus-like Chaos God made its move.

Sound couldn't travel through space, but the overwhelming Chaos energy spilling from its body made even Zeus's surveillance feed crackle with static. The gods could still feel, with absolute clarity, just how terrifying it was to use a world's core as a source of corruption.

It only needed to trudge around the ordered lands a couple of times, and scarcely a blade of grass would remain.

Even though this creature could, for the moment, be considered an "ally," none of the Olympian gods—who were, after all, on the side of order—could bring themselves