I Am Zeus - Chapter 165: Quests Complete

Chapter 165: Quests Complete

The air over Africa hung heavy, thick with the scent of scorched earth and salt-soaked rivers. Zeus stood at the edge of a vast savanna, where the horizon burned gold under a sky bruised with his storm. His boots sank into the cracked ground, sparks dancing off his shoulders like fireflies. The continent trembled faintly beneath him, as if it still felt the weight of his conquests. Yoruba’s flames had dimmed, Igbo’s forests bowed, and Ijaw’s deltas flowed in submission. The gods of this land, ancient and proud, had knelt before him, their power now threads woven into his storm.

He exhaled, and the clouds above churned, spitting lightning that split the dusk. His crimson eyes scanned the endless plain, searching for the next challenge, the next throne. The air pulsed, not with thunder, but with something deeper—a hum that sank into his bones. His grin flickered. Something was coming.

A flash cut through the sky, not lightning, but a shimmer like molten glass. It coalesced before him, forming a translucent panel that hovered in the air, glowing with runes that pulsed like heartbeats. Words etched themselves into the light, sharp and clear, as if carved by an unseen hand.

Quest Complete: The Primordial Hunt

Objectives Met:

– Survive the first assault. (1/1)

– Locate and eliminate any Primordial who moves against you. (3/3)

– Secure power equal to or greater than a Primordial. (1/1)

Rewards Granted:

– Title: Storm Over Creation, Breaker of the First Dawn

– Primordial Authority Assimilation

(Passive: gain fragments of a Primordial’s dominion upon their defeat)

– Unlock Hidden System Path: The Throne Beyond the Sky

– Unknown Reward: Granted

The panel pulsed once more, then dissolved into sparks that sank into Zeus’s chest. A rush of power surged through him, not just lightning but something older, heavier—like the weight of stars being born. His storm roared louder, the clouds above twisting into spirals that mirrored his heartbeat. He clenched his fist, feeling the new title settle into his soul. *Storm Over Creation*. It fit. He was no longer just the king of Olympus. He was something more, something that made even the sky tremble.

But the hum didn’t stop. The air shivered again, and another panel flared to life, its light softer, golden, like dawn breaking over a battlefield.

Quest Complete: The Age of Gods

Objectives Met:

– Build Pantheon Seats (12/12)

– Gain Full Realm Recognition (3/3)

– Rewrite the Divine Law

– Survive the First Crisis

Rewards Granted:

– Origin Core Access

– Omnipantheon Integration Key

– Legacy Path Revelation

The words burned into his vision, and for a moment, Zeus stood still, his grin fading into something quieter, almost reverent. Olympus, his mountain, his throne, now stood as the heart of all realms. The pantheons—Egyptian, Hindu, Yoruba, Igbo, Ijaw, and countless others—had either bent the knee or been broken. The Divine Law, that ancient code binding gods to their roles, was his to shape now. He had survived the crisis, the Primordials’ wrath, and emerged not just a king, but a force that rewrote existence itself.

The panel flickered, and a final message appeared, smaller, almost an afterthought.

(The Throne Beyond the Sky awaits. Step forward, Storm Over Creation.)

Zeus’s grin returned, sharper now, like a blade catching light. He tilted his head back, letting the wind whip through his hair, his storm coiling around him like a living thing. The savanna stretched endless before him, but he could feel it—the pull of something beyond, a throne not bound by earth or sky. His lightning crackled, eager, as if it knew what came next.

He took a step, and the ground shook. The storm followed, a cascade of thunder and light that painted the savanna silver.

The savanna lay quiet, save for the whisper of grass bending under the storm. Zeus stood still, crimson eyes locked on the golden light still lingering where the panel had faded. The air around him tingled, heavy with energy that wasn’t only his lightning anymore. It was older, stranger, threaded with weight that pressed even the ground into silence.

The hum returned, steady now, almost like a heartbeat that wasn’t his. Then the voice came—not spoken, not sung, but carved directly into the marrow of his being.

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[Rewards]

Title Granted: Storm Over Creation, Breaker of the First Dawn.

This title is not symbolic. It anchors into existence. Wherever you walk, the laws of sky and storm bend first to you. You are not only Zeus, King of Olympus—you are the storm at the beginning and the storm that ends. Enemies who invoke creation before you will falter. Their foundations remember you as breaker.

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Zeus’s lips curled faintly, not a smile but acknowledgment. The air thickened with silver sparks, lightning spilling in lazy arcs across his shoulders. His storm felt sharper now, cleaner. Each bolt hummed as though it carried memory, not just power.

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Passive Ability Unlocked: Primordial Authority Assimilation.

Upon the defeat of a Primordial or those seeded with their essence, fragments of their dominion fuse into your own. These fragments cannot be rejected or undone. They will warp your storm, deepen it, make it something beyond lightning. Be cautious—assimilation changes both dominion and bearer.

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The words burned through him, and he felt it immediately. His storm no longer smelled only of ozone and fire. Beneath it lingered faint traces of silence from Tartarus, of abyss from Hades’s growth, of rhythm broken from Shiva. The storm was no longer only sky. It was the place where other powers ended.

Zeus’s jaw tightened. “So I carry their graves in my storm.”

The system didn’t answer. It only continued.

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Path Unlocked: The Throne Beyond the Sky.

This path cannot be forced. It opens as seats are claimed, as pantheons bend, as laws of divinity are rewritten. It is not Olympus expanded. It is Olympus unbound. Ascension through this path leads beyond godhood into a station unnamed since the First Dawn. Requirements remain hidden until each stage is approached.

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The air shimmered with faint gold before dimming. Zeus’s storm throbbed once, then steadied.

He let the silence linger. The words sank deep. A throne beyond sky. Not just Olympus ruling, but Olympus no longer chained to realm or earth. For the first time, his grin softened into something close to wonder.

But the hum didn’t stop. A second wave of words cut across the sky, golden instead of silver.

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[Age of Gods Reward Clarification]

Origin Core Access.

You now possess entry to the hidden foundation that fuels all realms. The Origin Core is not a weapon. It is the first breath of existence. Through it, you may draw threads of raw creation and bend them into storm, into law, into thrones. Misuse risks collapse of the weave itself.

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The moment it sank into him, Zeus staggered. For the briefest instant, the savanna vanished. He stood in a place where no sky bent overhead, no ground anchored below. A pulsing sphere of light floated before him, fractured yet unbroken. It thrummed like breath, like heart, like drum. Each pulse lit him from the inside, and he realized it wasn’t showing him something—it was letting him feel that he had touched the first thing that ever was.

He inhaled, and the savanna returned. Sparks hissed off his skin as if reluctant to hold so much.

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Omnipantheon Integration Key.

This key is not material. It rests within you. When invoked, you may call upon the recognition of every pantheon bound under Olympus. Submission, conquest, and alliance all count. The more you bind, the heavier the integration, until Olympus no longer stands as a mountain among others but as the single spine of divinity.

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Zeus closed his hand, sparks dripping like water. He could feel it—threads pulling from Yoruba, whispers from Igbo, rivers from Ijaw. Their oaths had not vanished. They had become his storm’s roots. He could draw on them at will, bend their power into Olympus’s frame.

He muttered low, “Not conquered, not erased. Bound.”

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Legacy Path Revelation.

This reward does not activate yet. Its nature remains concealed. Legacy is not built by conquest alone. It reveals itself when Olympus survives what no pantheon before has. Continue forward.

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The golden light flickered, then bled away into the dusk. Silence fell again, broken only by distant thunder rolling across the savanna.

Zeus tilted his head back, staring into the storm above. Sparks traced his jaw, crimson eyes glowing faintly. For a long moment, he didn’t move. The weight of the rewards pressed against him—storm sharpened, dominions fused, a throne waiting above the sky, access to creation itself. And yet, hidden still, a legacy unrevealed.

He exhaled slow. The savanna bent beneath the sound, grass flattening. His grin returned, not wide but certain.

“So this is what it means to break dawn itself,” he said softly. “Good. Let them come.”

The storm thickened, lightning crawling wider across the heavens, as if the sky itself prepared to follow him beyond.

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He stepped forward again. The ground cracked. Sparks hissed. The savanna trembled.

But now, every step didn’t just carry thunder. It carried silence, abyss, rhythm broken, creation itself humming beneath. His storm was no longer one thing. It was all things waiting to end.

And from high above, unseen eyes—Primordial, vast, unblinking—watched.

The hunt was not over.

It had only begun.

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