After Su Ye finished speaking, a mysterious suction force appeared on his body. Apollo's soul tried to escape but was directly fixed in place. Then, that suction force tore at him, pulling him into Su Ye's body.
"No… You can't do this!"
"I am Apollo, the Sun God! I am the ruler of this world, the future of the world. You cannot!"
"Father, Mother, save me!"
Apollo struggled madly, but it was useless. In just a moment, his soul completely vanished, and both his body and divinity disappeared entirely from this world.
Just like his uncle Hades.
Calling him "uncle" is just a relational explanation, but why does it sound like an insult?
After absorbing Apollo, Su Ye did not leave or make any other major moves. Instead, he simply stood there with his hands behind his back, his expression indifferent.
Behind him, Thanatos couldn't help but speak.
"Lord Hades, killing the Sun God Apollo is no small matter. It is very likely to bring about the full siege of the celestial realm. Should we…"
He wanted to suggest retreating, but Hypnos cut him off.
"Lord Hades has his own considerations. As his subordinates, we only need to obey orders!"
Su Ye did not explain.
He was not afraid of a celestial siege, only concerned that they would not come fast enough.
This time, Su Ye did not follow the world's main storyline step by step. He came for power, so he would take the most efficient approach.
Sure enough, after sensing the consecutive disappearances of Hades and Apollo, the Gods on Mount Olympus could no longer sit still.
The Twelve Olympian Gods, though they usually had conflicts, fought among themselves, and even slept with each other's wives, never found it to be a big deal.
They were Gods, after all.
They had lived for too long. Over endless years, they had already lost their feelings for many things.
Perhaps only private battles, illicit affairs, and scandalous acts could excite them a little.
Is that why their personal lives and relationships were such a mess?
But these were all internal conflicts. Since they held the "Will of the Gods," even if they were caught in adultery, they had nothing to fear. At worst, they would be sealed away, and after a nap, they'd wake up as if nothing happened.
However, when an external disturbance appeared, one that even threatened their very existence and turned their supposed immortality into a joke, they could no longer remain still.
Hades and Apollo—one the King of the Underworld, the other the Sun God—were among the strongest of the Twelve Olympians. Yet, they were easily slain on the spot, body and soul annihilated.
This immediately struck fear into the hearts of all the main Gods.
No one needed to urge them; the Gods gathered at once and held a grand assembly in the celestial realm.
Among the Twelve Olympians, aside from Zeus, who had been missing for a long time for unknown reasons; Hades and Apollo, who were dead; Poseidon, who was sealed away; and Athena, who had descended to the mortal world—only seven remained.
And among those who remained, they were mostly Gods of ove, Sculpture, Harvest, Wine, and the like—not a single real fighter among them.
If they had to pick a general from a bunch of weaklings, the only barely qualified one was Artemis, the Moon Goddess.
But the problem was, even Artemis herself didn't think she was stronger than Apollo.
Regardless of their combat ability, at this moment, they had all donned their divine armor and stood in formation in the celestial realm, ready for battle.
Since that invader could kill both Hades and Apollo, he was bound to come for the celestial realm next.
When that time came, it would be the ultimate battle.
These Gods had to defend the celestial realm and preserve the last glory of the Olympian race.
As for Athena, who had descended to the mortal world, and Poseidon, who was sealed away, they were powerless to do anything.
And in the very next moment, they felt Poseidon's divinity vanish.
Su Ye stood in place for a while. After sensing the Gods moving toward the celestial realm, he paid them no heed and instead went to the nearby Kido Mansion.
At this moment, Athena had just been born and was still an infant in swaddling clothes. She had been entrusted by Sagittarius Gold Saint Aiolos to Saori Kido's adoptive father, Mitsumasa Kido.
That old man, Mitsumasa Kido, was thinking about gathering the hundreds of illegitimate children he had fathered worldwide within three years to bring them back to Japan and make them serve Athena.
But before he could act, the Athena in his arms disappeared.
At the same time, Mitsumasa Kido suddenly suffered a prostate explosion and died in his own home.
At the moment this happened, a golden soul attempted to appear and intervene.
Unfortunately, with a mere wave of Su Ye's hand, it disappeared and was transported directly to Elysium.
Standing in the Elysium, surrounded by the fragrance of flowers and the singing of birds, Aiolos was suddenly bewildered.
Who am I? Where am I? What just happened?!
That guy just now—was he Hades?
Why did this happen?!
Aiolos couldn't understand it, and unfortunately, there was no one to explain it to him.
Su Ye carried Athena in one hand and, with a single step, arrived at Poseidon's place of sealing.
With one hand, Su Ye crushed Athena's seal bottle. Poseidon didn't even have time to make a sound before he followed in the footsteps of Hades and Apollo.
Then, Su Ye extended his finger, playing with the baby Athena in his hand, and took another step forward.
In the celestial realm, the Gods were nervously discussing their strategy when Su Ye, holding Athena, appeared before them.
"Who?!"
"It's you!"
"Who are you?!"
"What do you want?!"
"Don't come any closer!"
Despite the many Gods in the celestial realm—Main Gods, second-tier Gods, celestial warriors—they were all flustered. They shouted in a show of bravado, yet none dared to make a move.
The only one who could fight, Artemis, looked valiant as she raised her bow, aiming her arrow straight at Su Ye's head.
"Put my sister down!"
As soon as she shouted, Artemis realized that her bow had disappeared, along with her divine moon armor. All that remained was the inner layer—thin autumn clothes and pants—which perfectly accentuated her tall and curvaceous figure.
"You… What did you do?!"
Artemis let out a wail and quickly covered herself. The Greek Gods never wore undergarments, let alone bras or anything of the sort.
With only the thin autumn clothes on, everything was visible.
But Su Ye casually handed her a child.
"Hold this!"
"Huh?"
Artemis hurriedly cradled Athena, and when she looked up, she saw that all the Gods before her— including Hera, the Queen of the Gods—were enveloped by an unknown force, their throats constricted, unable to make a sound.
As Su Ye controlled the gods, he glanced around and soon grabbed someone from among them.
"Goddess of the Hearth—Hestia. Not bad. The three virgin goddesses—collected!"