Foolish Brother Odin

Chapter 385 The Advantage of Intelligence

The war is over, temporarily.

The battle between the two pantheons has yet to offer a decisive chance to determine the outcome.

This was just an initial contact.

Whether it was Downs's imagination or not, it seemed that after the Greek pantheon 'destroyed' Odin's broken pantheon, they didn't take the Aesir gods seriously.

Even though Greece lost a number of heroes because of the Argonauts incident, including two of Zeus's sons.

As the leader who guided the spread of offspring across the land, Zeus seems to have regarded his two sons as if they had been shot onto a wall.

During the ensuing battle, there was no overreaction from the Greek pantheon.

The mortal heroes of the Aesir tribe mostly reported that they were sent by Athena to intercept them.

Everything seemed uneventful, and it just passed by without any major incident.

Is it really that simple?

The mutated star sector separated the two world clusters, eliminating their chance to clash. Meanwhile, three days later, Downs stepped out of the Silver Palace's inner sanctum for the first time.

The six god-kings were already waiting for the summons in the side hall.

Catherine teased in a calm tone, "It seems that Father God really likes that mortal woman he captured this time."

Among the six divine children, the tallest of them all, Badr, was slightly displeased: "Sister, you shouldn't tease Father like that. Everything Father does has a deeper meaning."

Badr's words made Gilgamesh's right eyebrow twitch. Gilgamesh never believed that Downs was omniscient and omnipotent, but on the other hand, he had to admit that his father was far more knowledgeable than him.

Gilgamesh finally said, "Is it going with the flow? As a bonus for conquering the world?"

Anubis then said in a deep, humming voice, “We children should not speak ill of our father behind his back.”

Enkidu remained silent as always, while Bridget smacked her lips but said nothing.

Just then, Chief Valkyrie Brunhilde led a group of Valkyries in: "His Majesty the Emperor is about to enter the palace. Please prepare yourselves."

"Yes!" the six God Kings replied in unison.

Not long after, in the main hall of the Silver Palace, the six God-Kings and a group of core deities met the energetic Tang Si.

After exchanging greetings, Gilgamesh stepped forward first: "Father, my brother Baldr said that your concern for a mortal attack and the cleansing of the Argo must have a deeper meaning. I am ignorant and hope that you, Father, can enlighten me."

Speaking of which, Gilgamesh, with his more unruly and fierce personality, always looked down on Baldr's kind-hearted nature, feeling that such blind faith was not in line with the behavior of a god-king who could stand alone.

There's a slight rift between the two brothers.

Towns pursed his lips, chuckled, and said amiably, "You guys also think I'm making a mountain out of a molehill?"

Thor, on the other hand, stroked his chin and said, "Father, that does have a certain flavor to it. My brain tells me that's the case, but my intuition tells me that you really have a backup plan."

Towns' mouth twitched this time. Thor is the kind of person who rarely thinks before acting, and is even the kind of lucky god who is 'wrong in the process but right in the end'.

He actually guessed right.

Downs scanned the entire room with his divine eye and found that neither the Six God Kings nor the core deities had guessed it. He stopped cryptic and began a self-questioning mode:
"I ask you—two vast worlds, two colossal divine races of roughly equal strength. In this situation, besides relying on your own power, what else can break this deadlock?"

"Gentlemen, we are about to wage the largest battle in the history of the chaotic universe."

"To win such a battle, the top priority is to gather intelligence—"

"What powerful deities does the other side possess? Are the rumors about them just empty boasts? To what extent do they control the elements or laws? And do they have a way of restraining any of our deities? How mobile are they?"

"By mastering all of this, we can gain the upper hand when deploying our troops, instead of foolishly rushing in and relying on individual strength to gain an advantage on a local battlefield."

As the God-Emperor, Downs had no need to explain this to his subordinates.

As a father, Towns is starting a teaching program.

Catherine was the first to realize: "Father, do you mean—you obtained a large amount of information about the enemy's core deities through the mortal heroes of the Argo?"

As soon as she spoke, all the children of the gods' eyes lit up.

Towns snapped his fingers, and instantly a series of mental projections appeared.

The Argonauts, or the Fifty Heroes, encompass the descendants of almost all the major Greek gods.

By casting the [Prophecy] spell on the soul of each Argonaut hero, the [Divine] mark can be deduced in reverse!
【Divinity】This is the unique quality that distinguishes a deity from other deities in the chaotic universe.

By knowing the power fluctuations of the enemy's god-king or chief god in advance, one can sense the enemy from a greater distance and take countermeasures ahead of time.

The inspiration for this operation actually came from the electronic surveillance ships of the Great Celestial Empire before Downs' time travel—by monitoring the enemy's electronic signals, they could determine the enemy's identity as quickly as possible within the maximum detection range, and then take appropriate action. This was unlike during World War II, when radar detected an enemy ship but could only roughly determine its size, without knowing whether it was a gunship-destroyer or a torpedo-destroyer, an anti-aircraft cruiser or a gunnery-type cruiser.

Having intelligence gives you a greater advantage.

After Catherine finished speaking, Downs nodded: "My brother Odin, though a fool, is no less powerful than any of you. He still lost. This is partly because he had nowhere to retreat. On the other hand, it's also because he was too rigid and was caught in a pincer attack by the enemy's superior strength. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood!" The six God-Kings and the core deities nodded in unison, then accepted the soul crystals from the Valkyries.

Each soul crystal contains the divine characteristics of a group of Greek gods.

As long as you keep it firmly in mind, you will not easily fall into the predicament of being weak against strong or outnumbered.

This is a complete crushing defeat of combat concepts!

Every deity present had shining eyes.

It is foreseeable that the gods will soon be fighting their own battles in the enemy's vast array of worlds. How to manage their advances and retreats, and how to secure the greatest possible victory for their own minor pantheons without being caught by the enemy's main force, will be the lessons that every god-king must learn.

Towns has finished his arrangements.

Unbeknownst to him, a minor incident was unfolding in the rear hall of the Silver Palace at that very moment.

Atalanta felt as if her hip and leg bones were about to fall apart, and her two long legs were being spun around like the hands of a clock countless times.

"Do I... still have a chance to escape this place?" she asked herself, still confused.

"It's unlikely." A gentle voice came, followed by a hot towel being draped over Atalanta's arm to wipe it.

(End of this chapter)