What should one do when someone came knocking to pick a fight?
Taking a step back for a broader horizon was all well and good, but that meant endless bullying and harassment. The humiliation and forced smiles along the way were not something one could simply endure and get through.
Gaia had come with ill intent, immediately dumping a black pot on him. Naturally, Russell would not submit so easily.
He did not want to be King of Gods, but that did not mean anyone could force him to give up the position.
Besides, Russell had not suffered society's beatings in a long time. Having instead begun beating up society, he had already forgotten how to write the words "swallow one's anger."
Since someone had to take the abuse, why could it not be Gaia?
Russell wore his displeasure plainly on his face. Under the astonished gazes of the gods, he confronted Gaia without yielding in the slightest, even looking somewhat impatient with her.
Sky and earth were going to war again!
The gods wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads. The demon clan had yet to be driven back, yet their leader and supreme elder were already constantly clashing. Could they really win this war?
Gaia had not thought that far ahead. Hearing Russell's contemptuous words, her face immediately frosted over.
Upon their first meeting, Gaia had discovered that she did not like Russell at all. On her little black book, his level of detestability had surpassed Zeus, placing him behind only Uranus and Cronus.
Looking across the three generations of King of Gods, every one of their rises had been directly connected to Gaia, while the downfall of the first two had also been the result of her manipulations behind the scenes.
Uranus and Cronus had been defeated