As word of what had happened in Athens spread through Krov's livestream, it reached the entire world. More than fifty million people tuned in, and major news outlets and television stations urgently contacted Krov for rebroadcast rights.
Some outlets, eager to grab traffic, rebroadcast the stream without permission. They didn't care about the lawsuits that might follow.
International lawsuits were hard to pursue. Besides, those outlets had major corporations behind them and teams of lawyers on retainer. Even if they were certain to lose, they could drag a case out until the wronged party gave up.
So the moment Olympus Holy Mountain appeared, self-styled experts, theologians, and military intelligence analysts rushed to assess the situation and draw attention.
Newspapers and online media were no different. Headlines like "Olympian Gods Aid the Norse Gods," "Odin and Zeus Unite Against Ragnarok!" and "This Is Not a Movie! This Is Not a Movie! This Is Not a Movie! We Said It Three Times Because It Matters!" were already splashed across their front pages.
The outlets had wanted even more shocking, more irresistible headlines. Something like "The Secret Between Odin and Zeus They Could Never Tell," "Odin and Zeus Crossed Centuries Just to Do This!" "Shocking! Odin and Zeus Actually Did This," or "Odin's Smile Says It All—and She's the Reason."
But the newspaper editors weren't fools. These were gods. One was the creator god of Norse Mythology; the other was the King of the Gods who had overthrown his own father.
What if they ran a suggestive headline and the gods punished them?
Gods weren't celebrities or ordinary people. A god didn't need to sue someone or send a drawn-out warning through a lawyer. He could strike down anyone who defied him with Thunderbolt, then cast their soul into the Underworld for eternal