Bang!
Zeus's Thunderbolt was about to pierce Metis, the Primordial Goddess of Wisdom, and the fourth-generation God King in her arms when a shield barely half the size of an adult's palm appeared in its path and collided with it.
The one holding up the shield was the child in Metis's arms.
No one knew how long the child had existed, trapped in Zeus's belly and unable to be born. The moment the child emerged, they sensed that their father meant to kill them and instinctively turned their divine power into a shield, protecting themselves and their mother.
Before the eyes of the entire world, a baby and an adult pitted their strength against each other.
What stunned everyone was that the baby actually overpowered Zeus. With that tiny shield, they forced his Thunderbolt back.
Then the baby leaped from Metis's arms and out of Zeus's belly, landing on the ground.
The instant they touched the ground, their body began to grow.
In the blink of an eye, the baby became a handsome, masculine young man clad in sturdy armor and holding a shield and spear.
"I am Pallas, Sovereign of the sky, the earth, the ocean, the Underworld, the Vast Cosmos, and the gods. I am the fourth-generation God King of Olympus, King of the Gods, and God of All Gods."
"No! I am the God of All Gods!"
With a Wrath-filled roar, Zeus seized his Thunderbolt and charged at Pallas. If he killed Pallas, fate itself would be rewritten.
Pallas gave no ground. He raised his Spear and swung it at his father. As the fourth-generation God King of Olympus, he could not truly rule over all gods until the third-generation God King stepped down.
The Thunderbolt and Spear slammed together. Billions of volts of electricity erupted, with