Athena and the others stiffened. The rebellion was over? Already? The fact that the battle ended with the Gigantes victory meant they had been expecting this.

Even though the Titans had the element of surprise on their side, it wasn’t easy to defeat the Gigantes, who had Mother Earth. They had probably prepared countermeasures for her, whether it meant waking Kronos or using other skilled beings like him.

The battle between the Titans and Gigantes was bound to be long and rough, so Athena and the others had planned on using that time on things like learning how to take holy power from Kronos’ corpse or searching for the path to Erebus.

Things were different if the rebellion was already over. Athena and the others would have thought that Persephone was bluffing if she had arrived alone, but since she had Theia’s head, they had no choice but to believe her.

However, unlike the others, Athena smirked. “You’re lying.”

Everyone looked at her. Persephone asked with a dazzling smile, “What do you mean?”

“The rebellion is over? That’s a lie.”

“What…”

“I don’t know how you did it, but you captured Theia through sheer luck. You haven’t caught the other Titans yet. In fact, they’re probably stronger than you expected, and now that strange phenomena are occurring around...