The King of Gods refused to respond and returned to heaven breathlessly and in a panic.
"The words of God fall to the earth and become laws as majestic as mountains and as eternal as the sea. The oath I have made is absolutely inviolable." Zeus said gloomily, "It seems that we have embarked on a dead end! He is determined to destroy us completely."
There was an uproar in the Pantheon. The gods were talking among themselves and clamoring with worry, discussing the solution to this matter. The gods of the underworld who lived deep in the underworld also came to the usually glorious Olympus and were as anxious as their compatriots.
Apollo said nothing. He sat alone in the corridor, away from other gods, with his head down.
Amidst the clouds of sorrow, Athena whispered, "I think... I have a solution."
Hera said impatiently: "Goddess, I know you are the wisest among gods and men. All your suggestions are ingenious. Tell me quickly, what method do you have to make that evil man change his mind?"
"He wants Echidna, but the demon and us are both deeply bound by an oath." Pallas Athena said, "To open the gates of Tartarus and let Echidna return to the world, we must break the oath we made in the past: as long as the boy's life ends, it will be regarded as the demon has served his hard labor."
"Yes," Hera frowned, and her daughter, Hebe, the goddess of youth, sat at her feet, protected by her mother's robe, "but time cannot be reversed, and the wine of immortality cannot be spit out from the same mouth again."
"The oath only mentioned the end of life, but never mentioned the end of whose life." Athena said calmly, "As a human, he is immortal, but if he becomes a god, then he will be like Hercules, and his identity as a human will end forever, and he will no longer be the same as before."
Zeus' eyes lit up, he stretched out his arm and ordered the gods to be quiet so that he could think carefully.
"Make him a god!" the God King said loudly, "Good, good... This is a really good idea! As long as he becomes a god, it can be regarded as the end of his life as a 'human'. The devil can finally come up from the abyss and fulfill his wish. Moreover, since he is a god, he can't draw his own demise, right?"
"That may not be the case," Iris, the goddess of the rainbow, whispered. "I think the child is very stubborn, more determined than an old bull and more stubborn than a lion. Even if it is a god, how can he change his mind?"
Athena nodded: "You are right, so this matter requires additional manpower."
She turned to Zeus and said, "Father of the gods, Aphrodite has always been on good terms with the young man. She has always had pity on him and was his sole sponsor when he competed with Apollo. She must be one of the people to be persuaded. Please persuade Aphrodite to come forward and persuade the young man with kind words."
Zeus agreed immediately: "So, who else is your candidate?"
Athena leaned over and whispered a name into her father's ear.
There was a flash of hesitation and sadness in Zeus' eyes, but it only lasted for a very brief moment. He quickly nodded and agreed to any proposal made by his daughter.
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