Chapter 82: Publicity (1/2)

'Why would Aphrodite try to discredit Olympus?!'

'Is this why all of her temples were intact?!'

'I don't understand....'

Alex was puzzled, perplexed, confused.

Aphrodite wasn't the most popular or benevolent goddess of the bunch, and following the results of the latest divine council, she might have wanted to enact retribution upon Olympus, but it wasn't logical to harm the very organization she was a part of, in Alex's opinion.

”Alexei-boy, are you coming?!” Hermes exclaimed from the corridor beyond the room.

Alex nervously stuffed the letter into his pocket and decided to keep this for himself for now.

'I'd presume Aphrodite has some trump cards up her sleeves...I'll keep this letter a secret as my own hidden trick against her..' Alex thought that he could use this letter to vilify Aphrodite and further distance her from his sphere if he kept it a secret.

”I'm here..” Alex reunited with Hermes.

Hermes was currently using his scepter to heal the women, who had bruises and wounds over their bodies.

”As it turns out, he was an even more disgusting fr*eak than we thought.”

Alex nodded, but he realized his movements were a bit stiff.

'I'm so bad at hiding secrets...'

Hermes frowned slightly but he didn't say a word.

After that, they found that all of the guards gathered outside and confusion was visible on their faces.

”People, you were manipulated by a servant of jeopardy to rebel against your queen!”

Hermes was as resourceful as always, taking advantage of their confusion to bring them to Nephis' side.

Alex realized very early on that Hermes wasn't someone he should ever make an enemy out of.

He might not be the strongest, but he had other ways to manipulate events, people, and things to make them go his way.

'Actually, I don't think I've ever seen Hermes fight, so I don't even know if he's strong....' Alex suddenly caught on to the fact that the latter his strength extremely well, and very often, a cloud of mystery engulfed the space directly underneath his always-smiling face.

”Why are you staring, Alexei-boy~~?” Hermes asked playfully.

”Nothing, really, let's just go back,” Alex shrugged and gave up.

Following their successful recruitment of the strong guards, they went back to the underground base where Nephis fidgeted around, anxiously awaiting a positive piece of news.

Fortunately, they had just that, and they informed her of everything that happened.

Alex didn't mention the letter, obviously.

Nephis suddenly kowtowed to Alex, and she said, ”Lord Alex, you requested for a million temples?”

”No, that was just a jok-

”As soon as I am able to collect taxes again, I will personally order for the construction of temples to Your Honour in all of my lands.” Nephis spoke very seriously, and her eyes exhibited her strong determination.

'Tax money to build a million temples for me? Now I sound like a tyrannous god.....'

Alex gave up, and Hermes' sarcastic proposal ended up turning into a concrete plan.

Nephis also proposed, ”Lord, let us do a campaign to announce your accomplishment of taking back Kabura.”

”That's a great idea!” Hermes interjected.

”I...don't know...” Alex was worried about Aphrodite's involvement in this matter.

He was already on unfavorable terms with her, and offending her, even more, didn't seem very wise.

Hermes took him to the corner of the base and whispered, ”You're worried about her involvement in this, right?”

Alex frowned, but he knew who 'her' was.

He continued, ”Alexei-boy, I know that witch very well, she plays around like this very often, and her male puppets make these sh*tshows for her to entertain herself, she doesn't care at all.”

'Should I tell him about the letter....?' Alex was conflicted.