"Cocoon?" Jiang Lu and Lucifer exchanged a glance: "Is it the one An Dan saw in the Netherworld?"
"Probably so."
"Zeus came to retrieve the cocoon from me, but I don't intend to give it to him."
Nodens continued:
"His current power is not enough to protect it, only in the Illusory Realm is it safest, and if things go well, capturing Nyarlathotep's incarnation later might allow the cocoon transformed by Hades to absorb its power, possibly enabling a resurrection after a while."
"I always said that Zeus, despite his chaos, couldn't possibly have slipped out from the Netherworld Battlefield just for fun at such a critical moment."
Lucifer suddenly realized:
"Although that is indeed his style, now that Nodens explains it, everything seems to make more sense."
But he did not hear Jiang Lu's response.
When he turned his head, he found Jiang Lu seemingly frozen.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
Jiang Lu had no time to respond to Lucifer, he was deep in thought.
Zeus... fooled me?
