War Breaks Out, Titanomachy (3) Olympus
War Breaks Out, Titanomachy (3) Olympus
After the initial withdrawal of the enemy forces.
I intended to establish our base at a place called Olympus, following Prometheus's suggestion.
The reasons were threefold.
First, this location sat squarely between Mount Othrys, where Cronus resided, and Gaia's domain.
Second, it offered a geographical advantage for waging war against Cronus's forces.
And the final reason was simply that the place was Olympus.
'Gotta stick to the source material.'
I don't believe in superstition.
But thinking of the younger sisters under my care, who would build Olympus alongside me, I could offer a prayer to any god.
Zeus established his foundation on Olympus.
If I, too, lay the groundwork here, I will be one step closer to the destiny of defeating Cronus.
"Therefore, we shall leave this territory, Mother. And Lady Gaia."
I declared my intention to withdraw from this domain to Rhea and Gaia.
"Why do you make such a hasty decision?"
"Indeed. The outside is dangerous. Once things are a bit more stable..."
"The decision has already been made. I cannot place this land in further danger."
Gaia and Rhea tried to dissuade me, but I had no intention of staying.
'This is Gaia's land, not mine.'
Even Dangun Wanggeom advanced to new land to found Gojoseon.
If I settled here, even after crushing Cronus, Gaia and the Titans under her command would surely interfere with my rule.
'I need to be the master.'
I will lay my foundation in a place where I must be the master.
That is the only way to seize the initiative in ruling Greece going forward.
'I can't blindly trust Gaia either.'
No matter that she transformed into Amalthea and became a slave to my cock, that woman is the one who made her son sever Uranus's genitals.
In other words, she can betray me at any time.
It's unlikely, but just in case Gaia does turn on us, I need to cultivate the power to counter it.
Why do I harbor such worries, you ask...?
'Gaia is exactly that kind of woman.'
Perhaps it is because I have grown as strong as Cronus.
I was beginning to understand why Cronus had imprisoned Gaia's children in Tartarus—the Cyclopes, the Hecatoncheires, and others who were effectively her limbs.
Gaia is not the purely benevolent woman she appears to be.
"Hmm... Is that so?"
"Zeus, it's still dangerous, so how about going later...?"
Wasn't her gaze so different from Rhea's, which was filled only with worry, concern, and love as she looked at me?
"Mother, do not worry. Though my heart wishes to bring you with me to Olympus, for now it seems best you stay hidden under Lady Gaia's protection. Cronus will target me first."
I had drawn the aggro.
Cronus would now actively hunt me, and if I left Gaia's domain, he would focus his attention solely on Olympus.
Even if he tried to circle around and strike Gaia's territory from the rear, the threat of us striking his from Olympus would deter him from such a risky venture.
By removing myself from this land, everyone here becomes safer.
"You... seem to have no intention of changing your mind."
Rhea embraced me.
I patted her back to comfort her.
"Very well. I will not stop you. Instead, promise me. If you find yourself in danger, you must swear to return alive."
"Yes, of course. ...However, Rhea."
I was trying to maintain a rare, somber atmosphere, but a strange sensation crept into my lower body.
I tilted my head down slightly, but Rhea's large breasts pressed against my stomach, blocking the view below.
"...Ha."
So I turned my head to the side and saw that Rhea had deliberately pressed her private parts flush against my groin.
"You want to do it in this situation?"
"B-but, if you leave now, we won't be able to see each other for a while...!"
Not a farewell kiss, but farewell sex.
It seems I have thoroughly conditioned her with my cock.
"That is true. We won't be able to do it with your pussy for a while. Lady Gaia, please excuse us for a moment."
"Ah... do you require any assistance? Shall I call Amalthea?"
"No. She should rest too."
I lifted Rhea up in my arms.
"Mother and son shall have a brief, intimate moment together."
And so, I spent a private, cozy time alone with Rhea.
* * *
The peak of Olympus.
"I came, I saw, I conquered!"
"You came to Olympus, and you saw Olympus, but how does 'conquered' fit in?"
"The very fact that we successfully arrived here ensures our victory."
Poseidon and I had gone ahead of the others to scout Olympus first.
The other four younger sisters were advancing with the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires, setting up camp as they moved. We had rushed to Olympus first in case Cronus had gotten wind of our destination and decided to act.
Olympus.
It truly was an incredibly high mountain.
So high that I joked its peak might brush the sky, and its ridges were so rugged that ascending from the ground to the summit seemed impossible to do easily.
'Humans will never be able to climb this.'
Even for a Titan god, the distance from ground to summit seemed to take about thirty minutes. Could a 'human as a sapient being,' who would properly appear in the future, ever dare to scale Olympus?
Never.
'The problem is, Cronus's Titan underlings can climb up here.'
I worried more about the Titans right in front of me than future humans.
Fortunately, Olympus's basic natural terrain was a highly favorable defensive formation.
Unless some colossal monster capable of crossing mountains in ten strides appeared, Olympus would remain unconquered.
And I had no intention of leaving it as it was.
"Poseidon. Is 'that' possible?"
"Yes. The watercourse flows this way, so it is more than possible."
Poseidon raised one hand high toward the sky.
Then, water vapor swirled into a stream centered around her hand, coalescing into a single form. A blue trident materialized in her grasp.
Triaina.
Like my Astrape, this trident forged by the three Cyclopes sisters was the symbol of Poseidon, who would rule the seas, and a powerful weapon that controlled her aquatic might.
In fantasy terms, it was essentially a magic staff.
Fssshhh.
Droplets of water began gathering at each tip of the Triaina. The streams flowing from each tip began to draw a circle around Poseidon and me, flowing at our feet.
The ground below followed suit.
The rivers flowing on either side of Mount Olympus slowly began to divert their streams toward the mountain.
It was only a tiny trickle at first, but the flow soon grew larger, beginning to trace a circle centered around Mount Olympus.
"...It's done. It will complete itself as time passes."
"Thank you. It's a relief you have this kind of power."
"I'm truly happy to be of help to you, Brother. This... is called a moat, correct?"
"Correct."
The moment I realized Mount Olympus was ownerless, I immediately put the 'plan' I had conceived long ago into action.
The fortification of Olympus!
And the very first step in that plan was the 'moat.'
"...Lady Metis really is intelligent."
"She is."
Even if the concept of a moat existed since ancient times, it did not exist here in ancient Greece.
It was a secret strategy devised for humans to use against humans, so it had little effect on the Titan race, who could easily leap over a river flowing around a mountain.
But the mere presence of a moat was a major asset. We had also prepared another method to counter the Titan race.
"Traps that react when they try to cross the river... Truly, Lady Metis is amazing."
"She is."
Rise, conflict, resolution: Metis.
All my modern knowledge cheats are attributed to Metis's brain.
"I want to be of help just as much as Lady Metis."
"Aren't you already plenty helpful? Among us, you are the strongest after me."
"...I didn't mean as a Titan. I meant I wanted to be helpful as a woman."
Ah.
"Brother."
Poseidon stood beside me and asked in a gentle voice.
"...I made the thing you talked about here. In that sense, could you not give me a gift?"
"A gift?"
"Yes. It's nothing much. Just... I would like you to give me a 'name.'"
"A name?"
"Yes. Poseidon is a little... it sounds like a man's name."
That was true.
'What kind of woman's name is Poseidon?'
Honestly, I also wasn't fond of the name Poseidon.
Most of all, the Poseidon from the original source—the muscular, bearded man with curly, sea-blue long hair—kept coming to mind, which created a bit of distance.
"Are you saying you want to change your name outright?"
"No. I cannot change the divine name of Poseidon. But... when I am with you, I would like to be called by a different name."
"Like a pet name?"
"A pet name... Heh, that has a nice ring to it. So, what name will you gift me?"
A name.
A gift.
That truly does seem to be the best option.
"Neptune."
Just as Zeus has another name—Jupiter, a name from Roman mythology—Poseidon also has the name Neptune.
Strictly speaking, it is something like Neptunus, but to me, the name Neptune was more familiar.
"What do you think?"
"Neptune... For a woman's name, it is better than Poseidon."
Poseidon—no, Neptune held my hand tightly and gave a soft smile.
"I've contacted the others. It'll take them a while to climb from the ground to the peak, right?"
"That's right."
"Then..."
Fssshhh.
Neptune stabbed the Triaina in her hand into the ground.
A blue wave flowed from the trident, beginning to fill a small basin on the summit.
Splash.
"...Shall we rest for a moment?"
Neptune lay down upon the water.
Her white dress became soaked, revealing the lines of her skin, and she tilted her head slightly toward me with a flushed face.
"I, I'm wet right now. Brother."
Sex with Poseidon.
'Impossible.'
Then, what about sex with Neptune?
'Totally possible.'
It was a subtle difference in feeling, but once I thought of her as a woman named Neptune, my reluctance vanished.
"Are you okay with doing it here?"
"Here is fine. If I rule the seas in the future... I can instantly travel to this spring right here."
Neptune stretched both arms out toward me.
"No matter what sea I am in, if you call for me, I will come immediately to this spring on Olympus. This spring... where my first time will be remembered."
"..."
Splash.
I laid my body over Neptune's on the peak of Olympus, beneath the wide-open sky.