An Understated Dominance (Dustin Rhys)

“A bunch of weaklings like you dare challenge the wrath of god?” Zeus sneered. “Then, die where you stand.”

He raised his hand and conjured a sphere of lightning, then hurled it into the sky. Thunder cracked as bolts of blue lightning rained down on the monks below.

“Leave them alone!” came a shout, the voice crisp and clear.

At that instant, a golden octagram array appeared above the monks’ heads like a giant mirror. It blocked all the blue lightning bolts, then shattered with a deep, echoing crack.

Grace had conjured the array. Though she blocked the strike to protect the monks, the effort had drained her energy.

“Oh? I didn’t expect to find a master among you.” Zeus raised an eyebrow, visibly surprised.

Even though that was just a casual strike, it wasn’t something a typical grandmaster martial artist could’ve blocked, especially not someone so young.

“Greetings, Lord Zeus, Lady Hera. I am the Princess of Ariella. What could’ve provoked such wrath? Surely, we can talk this through.”

Grace stepped out from the ancient temple gate. Her white dress remained spotless despite the chaos around her.

“Princess of Ariella?” Zeus narrowed his eyes slightly. “That Golden Steeple earlier was your divine artifact?”

“That’s right. It’s bound to my life force,” she replied, not bothering to deny it.

skill. I didn’t expect it to hold us off this

voice didn’t reach his eyes. Beneath it

master from Dragonmarsh, or an ultimate grandmaster. Never did he expect the one who made two royal gods suffer a setback to

start producing

to take down Poseidon-was already a headache. And now here came another monster. If someone like Grace were allowed to

life force was shattered by both of you. Not only has my cultivation been severely weakened, but I will never be able to break through again. So

Hera said with

taken her under her wing and trained her personally. There were far too few female martial artists with both her talent

truth?” Zeus sneered. “Do you think you have the right to

a negotiation. It’s a deal,” Grace

your cultivation. You haven’t broken through in decades. But I happen

and Hera froze. Even the way they looked at Grace

greatest frustration. They’d tried countless ways to break through, but nothing had worked. Eventually, they’d resigned themselves to the idea that they might be stuck at that

hope, especially for Zeus. With his short lifespan, he desperately needed a

them was foolish enough to take a stranger at her word. They’d run into situations like this more times than they could count. Every time they thought they’d found a way to break through,

his eyes and gave Grace a sharp once-over. “You don’t actually think we’d follow your lead just because you tossed

faintly. ” I’m not reckless enough to make a deal without some certainty. That’d be like signing my

have a point,” Zeus said, stroking his chin. “So,