Reborn As Hades In Olympus

Ch. 158: The Flow Of Change (III)

We settled into a small roundtable in the VIP section of the pub, I took my time to explain the situation in clear terms to her. Starting from the establishment with the circle to the part where I was poisoned and to the plan to take over Olympus. I made sure to tell her about the black amber and as I expected she had known of the name Pandora before.

It took a while for her to take it in and her gaze never once left me. She pressed her palms together and I could see them trembling with what I supposed to be worry. I wonder in what way she was affected by this.

"Haa~" she breathed a deep sigh. "I wonder why Poseidon became this rotten, I knew he was ambitious and perhaps the most ambitious of you three but this... But did you call me here to ask me for help to stop him because I have a feeling that is well beyond my power."

"You are taking this quite well, as expected of someone of your status." I smiled as I traced my fingertip on the table. "Let me say this I don't want to kill Poseidon I want to save him if possible."

Her eyes narrowed on me. "And if he does not want t be saved, what will you do then?"

I held a cold glare with her as I spoke. "Kill him of course."

She held her forehead as if trying to press down a rising headache. "Aye, bloodshed between the brothers. This will be a full out war."

"Don't worry I will contain it." I said with more reassurance. "I believe I had some part to play in his transformation into this villain. Something was missing from him that made him revert to this form."

She looked down at the wooden table and said. "why are you here, telling me this? It would be laughable if you came here for life advice."

I turned my eyes to the rug beneath my feet, these people lived their normal lives I could not have Poseidon disrupting it. Make no mistake I was no hero neither was I a revolutionary, I wanted to preserve as much of this world as I could. What good was a broken world to me?

"No I did not. When I last came here I noticed how much of the lowlifes your bar carried." I began and waited for her to pick it up.

She raised her head and we locked gazes. "I don't follow, this bar is a safe place for everyone of every status to be happy and have a good time. But how do they factor into all this."

I waited a bit before I revealed my plan. "I want you to connect me with the underworld, I want to create something like a revolution but not quite the same."

Her eyes widened in surprise at my words.

I continued. "There are times when you fight with just you power and other times you use your head and this is one of those times. I take it that by now Poseidon should be suspecting my unofficial appearance on Olympus but he's far from it that I know of his plan. This has already disrupted his plan a bit."

"What I just need is a large enough force— a movement to disrupt the motion of his attack. They want as many people as they can at the convention and I will have to shake those numbers."
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"The circle had always thought they were the predators in the game. From my experience with them I already know how to beat them. If they control the field-- I'll flip it, throwing both my alliance and his circle off balance. The only difference is that I will have full control of what side I will be flipping the game to."

Madame Perisa stared at me for a long time, her brain struggling to process the facts I had given to her. "Wow, you really are a strategist. I am in awe at the grand scope of your plan, you seek to put them on their toes while you hit them from all sides. It's a good plan but I am afraid I can not assist you."

I closed my eyes and nodded. "I understand. I can not force the innocent lives into doing my will, before I leave allow me to give this warning. I have a hypothesis that on the day of the convention they will douse more than half the city in black amber and in the process many will die. Try to reach out to your people however you can and save them."

I pushed my chair back and rose to my feet. "I will take my leave now. It was a pleasure talking to you."

She looked at me and said nothing as I started to walk away. I counted in my mind as I walked away....

3....

2....

1....

"Wait!" She called out.

Bingo! I smiled inwardly and then turned to face her.

She rubbed her temples with her forefingers. "If what you say is true then I will have to help you. I would rather have a full house where everyone can be happy rather than one where they would be afraid of going outside."

I pretended to be surprised. "Oh, are you sure it's fine. I would not want you forcing your customers into doing something they are against."

She shook her head. "Qyite the opposite, I could mobilize even the wealthy ones that is if you allow it. You can even pass on the orders and the information I am allowed to divulge to them."

I slipped back into my seat fully satisfied that everything went according to plan. "That's fine. The goal is not just to stop Poseidon's plan, I don't want to win the battle. I will win the war."

"Hmm? How?" She asked.

I smiled lightly. "I will broadcast his entire takeover on every network on and off Olympus."

She barely managed to suppress her gasp. "What? Won't that ruin his reputation as a god and fracture the system of the twelve gods of Olympus?"

"We are at the start of a war at the moment and all cards are on the table. I will save all those dear to me this time." I said with an unusual seriousness that broke my usually quiet personality. It took a while for me to shift back to my normal self.

She bit her upper lips for a moment, contemplating before she spoke. "This will break your brotherhood. What am I saying, it was already broken before but it will be a painful thing to see you two at each others throats. This time for real."

That was the price I had to pay, I was obligated to save this world and to end the long conflict. This was the final act to end the calamities that threatened this worlds safety. I had trained, had bled, had sacrificed everything for this moment. What more could I give?

It was true that I would try as much as possible to keep Poseidon alive or turn him to the light since this world would never be the same without him in it. There was some life to him underneath.

I would be avenging Hecate's death too and Talos' suffering too. Hephaestus' loss, Hermes' demise, the death of the other otherworlder. And my losses.

This was my chance at redemption in my new life. From a shut in, a failure to what...?

A hero?

A liberator?

A god?

The flow of change was in my very hands but I was unsure of how to wield it, only the outcome of the final battle would justify the means. The end would justify who was truly right, who was truly superior, who was to be pitied and who was to rule.

"There is ont thing that bothers me though." Madame Perisa looked at me with more intent than usual, her eyes searching for an answer in mine. An answer to the question she was yet to ask. "Did you manipulate me into doing exactly what you envisioned."

I held her gaze with cold eyes and spoke in a low tone that forced her to pay more attention to my words. "And what would give you that idea. You made your justification based on your own ideals all I did was ask for help, it's not like I forced you to make that decision though."

The truth was that people chose to believe and follow ideas if they believed they came up with it themselves. All I did was give her a reason to follow my plan.

"One more thing." I spoke.

"What? Are you going to give me another idea and end up manipulating me again?" She rolled her eyes in disgust.

"Have you heard of the name.... Eris before?" My question did not exact any reaction at all.

She turned her head. "That's a female's name, is she your love?"

I rose to my feet. "She's a dear acquaintance of mine."

Back then when I had my fight with Poseidon and Hecate died I did not know what really happened to her. Just like many others she was manipulated. I wonder if she was still with the circle at this time, of right she was there when Hermes tried to kill me.

I would find her and save her at all cost-- because she was the final member of my alliance.