"Ow! That really hurt! Are you finally angry?" The masked man sprang back to life at full strength and shook his head. "Too bad it's no use. You still can't kill me. You can't even hurt me a little. As the Titan God King, don't you feel powerless? Doesn't it eat at you, having nowhere to vent your frustration?"
The masked man kept provoking him, but Zeus remained expressionless. He refused to take the bait. His mind kept turning over what he had just noticed. He felt as though he was on the verge of a realization, but he could not quite grasp it.
"Come on, then! What are you standing there for? If you won't attack, I will." The masked man's taunts remained pointless.
But Zeus was far calmer than Cronus had been back then. Rather than growing angry, he sank into thought. He keeps provoking me, trying to make me attack him and lose my temper. Is he trying to interrupt my thoughts? Did he notice something just now too?
At that thought, Zeus glanced almost casually at the wall where the masked man had just died.
The gesture immediately caught the masked man's attention. His mask hid his expression, but Zeus sensed him panic for an instant. With a shout, the masked man charged and attacked first.
Zeus sneered inwardly. With another sweep of his hand, he killed the masked man outright.
But at that instant, Zeus frowned. No. It can't be this simple. Over countless years, there have been several Divine Wars, and they've appeared in the Void more than once, openly or in secret. I can't be the only one to have noticed this. Yet nothing has changed, which means this phenomenon isn't actually important.
Zeus fell silent again. The fact that their battle could