Maeron was strolling in the ruin of the Titan settlement, observing the destruction he had created.
His gaze was fixed on all the Titans and Titanesses groaning in pain due to the injuries that he had inflicted upon them.
It was with delight that he was reminded that all Titans are really good fighters, after the defeat of their guardians they all took arms against Maeron.
"Haa, so much anger and resentment, it could've been avoided," he said creating a massive energy throne in the center of the settlement.
"Now let's start again, my name is Maeron, I have come to take you under my wing as they said, follow me and I will rid you of your current plight, I can..."
"Go to hell you disgusting spawn of Zeus," the voice of one of the Titans was heard.
"You are starting to anger me now," he said as his expression started to harden.
"Chaos orb," he created an orb of chaos energy in his hand and sent it to the one that interrupted him.
"Arghhh...."
The screams of agony of the poor Titans started to resonate throughout the settlement.
They could only watch powerlessly as one that had shared laughs and hardship for so long together in this hell was suffering,
"Allon!"
His skin started to wrinkle and his energy dwindled.
In an instant a titan who had managed to retain a lot of his strength until now became a wrinkly old man on the verge of death, with nearly no divine energy inside him.
"P-Please, s-sir forgive his impoliteness,"
"We are ready to hear your proposal,"
"No, we will do what you want,"
"..."
Maeron looked around as the voice of the Titans pleading sounded all around him.
This is all they could do at this point.
Smiling he stopped his attack and watched as the old titan fell on the ground.
"Good, good, this is all I wanted to hear,"
As they started to tend to their friend Maeron made a sign toward the sky.
"Woosh," flying down Eden came and knelt by his side
"I'm here my king,"
The Titans were surprised when they saw Eden appear beside Maeron as they didn't realize that someone else was near and that someone was such a powerful titan.
"Eden!?" one of the titans asked his voice laced with incertitudes
It didn't take long for the other to also recognize him too,
"That appearance! This is indeed you Eden, how are you so young again"
"And his strength too, it's like he is back to a thousand years ago,"
"How?!" Getting up with Maeron's authorization he approached his fellow Titans
"This!" he said deploying his aura for them to see, "this is due to the benevolence of my king Maeron, as you can see he restored me to my full power and also granted me the ability to resist the erosion of the chaos energy,"
"What!"
"How is that possible?"
"..."
All the titans around him started to interrogate him and discuss between them.
"Does that mean that he can do the same for us,"
"D-don't we can't trust him, he is dangerous" Another voice weak and afraid made itself heard, it was obvious that the one who said that was afraid of Maeron's retaliation.
"I'm an open-minded god, you can disagree with me as long as you don't insult me," he said with a smile before continuing.
"Before you start arguing, I'm going to be direct with you, the reason I'm here is to recruit you, you, and all the titans that I can for the fight that I intend to lead against Olympus,"
At those words, the titan's expression turned solemn
"I'm sure that you know of your previous king Chrono's curse upon his son after his defeat," they stilled as they remembered that Chrono had indeed placed a curse on Zeus after his defeat or prophesied that he would be defeated by his son who would take everything from him.
"Do you mean..."
"Yes, I'm that prophesies in the flesh," Maeron with a gentle and wide smile.
"And I intend to fulfill that prophecy with you.
The reaction of the Titans was varied some seemed to accept it immediately while others didn't believe him, but it was enough to spark a debate between them with Eden and a few others pleading his cause.
After a few minutes, one Titan and one Titaness walked toward him cautiously, Maeron could see that their level of power was not bad, it said a lot after a thousand years in Tartarus.
"Hello my name is Erion," Maeron looked at the Titan in front of him with black hair, sharp eyes, and muscular.
"And I'm Lena," Turning his eyes he also observed her she had a beautiful face deep green eyes, long straight black hair, and a sexy body,
'She is still quite beautiful even with those wrinkles and with that dirt on her, she may have been as beautiful as Hera in the past,' He thought looking at her.
"We are the leaders of that settlement,"
"First we would like to apologize for our earlier behavior, the attack! You have to understand that even in this place toxic for them, we are sometimes subject to the whims of the gods, particularly of Zeus, he sometimes sends his people attacks or drives beasts of Tartarus toward our location, to torment us,"
"I understand, I'm aware of those attacks, this is why I didn't kill any of you, well one of the reasons,"
"We are grateful!"
"Now we would like to confirm that what you said is the truth," Erion asked bravely.
"Prove it, prove it, you will have to take my word for it because even if you have a seer in your ranks this is going to be hard to confirm," he said and their face hardened at those words.
"What do you mean by that," Lena asked
"Well, when he realized that I may be the one destined to dethrone him my dear papa tried to kill me, and he nearly succeded," he said marking a pause.
"And would've succeded if it wasn't for my dear mother who protected me with her life,"
"Anyway I stayed hidden in a place he was certain nothing could survive and remained undetected in a place where the slightest of mistake would have gotten me noticed, it included the gaze of a seer, and if I were to allow a seer to notice my presence other will probably be able to do so,"
After the explanation, they showed a complicated expression as they hoped to confirm what he told them with the help of a seer,
"I see,"
"How about that," he pointed at them I will share a bit of my plans and goals with you two, as my partner you are worthy to know a little bit, but know that once I do you will have to follow me, you will no longer have the choice, to step back, what do you think,"
'There we no turning back since I set my eyes on them, but I like to give my subordinates the impression that they have the choice,' he thought.
Hearing that Lena and Erion looked at each other for a few seconds and looked at the Titans and Titanesses behind before nodding their heads
"We agree,"
"Good, step forward,"
Once they were at his level Maeron put his hand on their heads and transferred in his plans and identity in their mind.
After a few seconds, the two Titans looked at him with awe and devotion,
"You were able to infiltrate the heart of that place and make allies there, all that without being noticed" They looked at him with awe and deference
'In intended to instill in them a sense of devotion, but it seems that it will not be necessary,'
"So do you agree with my plan," he asked and they kneeled before him
"We will follow you Maeron- not my king, you will be the one to lead us toward success whatever where we are,"
The Titans behind didn't seem to understand but they didn't contest the words of their leaders and chose to believe in them after all this is what they did for the last thousand years, and they never regretted it.
"Good, very good, now that you agree to submit to me it is time to reward you, this is going to hurt,"
With that, he extended his hand toward them and a wave of chaotic energy enveloped the two.
"What is he doing to them,"
"Did the negotiation fail,"
Why is he torturing them,"
The confusion spread among them when they saw that their leaders seemed to be struggling,
"He isn't torturing them," Eden said his voice calm and firm
"Look closely he is rewarding them,"
As they did they saw how the energy in the body of Erion and Lena seemed to be growing.
After one minute they two got up their complexion was clearly better and as they let their energy flow out of their body, the crows were in how.
"That power, this is so deep so oppressive, they have regained their full power, like for Eden"
The greed in their eyes grows and when they see their leaders kneel in front of Maeron they follow suit.
"Long live the king, Long live the king!!"