Greek Mythology: Starting with Becoming the God of the Breeze

Holy crap! That's incredibly generous!

This was Kanas's first reaction upon hearing what Cronus said.

A piece of the origin symbolizing the [Storm], a precious item that can directly give birth to a noble origin god!

Although he didn't know why the Earth Mother Gaia hadn't given birth to the so-called Storm God, Kanas was confident that within the first hundred years after obtaining this source, he would become the new Storm God.

However, after a brief moment of shock, Kanas quickly regained his composure.

The Storm Source is great, but it's not something you can easily obtain.

The first hurdle for Kanas to overcome is Gaia, the Earth Mother, who stands in the top tier of the Chaos world and is even stronger than the god-king Cronus.

He didn't believe that Cronus hadn't asked the Earth Mother for the source of this storm.

From what Cronus just said, Kanas could tell that Cronus had definitely coveted this source.

That makes sense. Although He, who symbolizes the "gentle breeze," is not threatening, the power of the "storm" far surpasses that of ordinary gods.

Given Cronus's character, he would never allow such a powerful force to remain outside his sphere of influence.

Given that this origin still belongs to Gaia, the Earth Mother, it is clear that Cronus's plan did not succeed.

The reason He asked Him to go and ask for it must be because He had a new plan.

However, judging from Cronus's tone, it seems that he has allowed Kanas to become the new god of storms.

Therefore, the reward given by the god-king Cronus was merely permission, or even tacit consent?

Well... that's really generous...

"Praise be to your generosity, great god-king, ruler of Chaos!"

"But I've heard that Mother Earth Gaia is still asleep. How can I, a weak wind god, awaken her and reclaim the source of the storm?"

Kanas's concerns were not unfounded. The Earth Mother Gaia was currently in a deep slumber. Even though she had become a god, to such a powerful being as the Earth Mother, she was merely a worm that had transformed into an infant.

How can an infant possibly wake a sleeping adult?

Besides crying.

Unfortunately, Canas couldn't even cry.

His divine duties and divine status are more supportive; his abilities to comfort, heal, and soothe can only help Gaia sleep better, but cannot wake Him up at all.

"Ah... that's easy to do."

Kronos was unusually taken aback. In the Titan pantheon, it was rare for a god to lack combat abilities.

Kanas is the only one.

He truly lacked not a single combat ability or bonus, from his divine status to his divine office.

No, is the Titan Court now so lax in educating the fourth-generation Titans?

While it's true that there's a lack of support-type gods, you can't leave a support-type god completely powerless, can you?

Or did Astraeus neglect his grandchildren?

Considering Kanas's experiences over the decades from birth to the present, Cronus deduced that the problem likely stemmed from Astraeus himself.

I've decided. I'll find another excuse to make things difficult for Him in a few days.

These guys always outwardly comply with their orders but inwardly defy them. Do they still believe in the prophecy made by my foolish father?

ridiculous!

All His children have gone into His womb; no one could possibly overthrow His throne as God-King!

These guys will find out sooner or later who the true, eternal ruler of the Chaos world is.

"Take this. As long as you approach the temple of the Earth Mother, she will awaken, and then you can make your request."

Cronus bent down and casually tossed the scythe-shaped weapon beside his throne to Kanas.

Upon seeing this, Kanas almost instinctively manipulated the breeze, creating a vortex the size of a washbasin, which steadily supported the scythe.

"Thank you for your help, great and generous God-King."

As he took the sickle, Kanas couldn't help but shiver.

This scythe is entirely black, and it is said to have been made by Gaia, the Earth Mother, from a material she took from deep within the earth.

He had only made contact with it once when he felt the cold and murderous aura emanating from the scythe.

"Okay, go ahead."

Cronus waved his hand impatiently; he still needed to consider what means to use to further consolidate his rule.

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After leaving Mount Otyrus, Kanas did not immediately head to the earth to search for Mother Earth Gaia.

As a god of the wind lineage, Kanas had powerful backers in the Titan court.

His father Euros, grandfather Astraeus, and great-grandfather Crios all had heads that were larger and stronger than the last.

Therefore, Kanas still needs to discuss this matter with his "elders" first.

This seems to be a habit that Kanas inherited from his previous life.

At the very least, in this life, He truly did not have the habit of consulting his elders first when faced with a problem.

"Hmm? The source of the storm? I knew it hadn't given up yet."

Since Euros was not in the Divine Court, Kanas could only seek answers from his grandfather.

And the other party, being a seasoned veteran of the Divine Court for many years, quickly guessed Cronus's thoughts.

"It's very simple. Before you created the concept of 'breeze,' the only concept in Chaos was 'storm.'"

"Therefore, the [Storm] Origin in the hands of Mother Earth Gaia is extremely precious, after all, it symbolizes the concept of [Wind] itself."

"But after you created the concept of [Gentle Breeze], the importance of [Storm] is not as important as before. After all, if we don't consider power, [Gentle Breeze] and [Storm] are on the same level."

Upon hearing this, Kanas understood the gist of it.

To put it bluntly, what Cronus was interested in before was not just the concept of "storm," but the entirety of "wind."

After all, before they became gods, the entire world of Chaos consisted only of the storm itself, so the gods naturally assumed that the storm represented the wind.

After Kokanas became a god, the value of the storm decreased significantly.

Now that we have a "gentle breeze," shouldn't we be followed by a "hurricane"?

[Gale]? [Typhoon]? [Tornado]?

By then, the value of storms will only decrease, and the overall probability of the [Wind] element appearing will also decrease.

This is not a good thing for the Chaos world.

Too much power means looseness and redundancy. It's better to have one god than ten gods. Ten messy wind elemental gods are not as useful as one omnipotent wind god.

Moreover, the burden that one primordial god brings to the world by having a dozen subordinate gods is completely different from that brought by a dozen primordial gods.

However, the workload for both is the same.

As the king of the gods, Cronus also wanted to reduce the burden on the world of Chaos as much as possible, so that more and more powerful gods could be born in the world.