On what grounds did Ouranos do this?
With one sentence, you've decided on the candidates to save the world, so what do we gods and Adventurers count for?
What did the former Zeus and Hera count for?
Clowns?
In Hermes's view, heroes could be nurtured by gods; after all, this era was the era of Falna.
But they absolutely could not be designated by gods!
The reason why the gods came to the lower world was to explore the unknown. If the future of the world was already set, what was the point of them gods coming to the lower world?
It would be better to restart as soon as possible!
So early the next morning, Hermes came knocking on the door to demand answers. If he didn't get what he wanted... he might do something irrational!
"It doesn't matter; they will solve it themselves."
Ouranos knew Hermes well enough, so he wasn't surprised by his arrival.
"Oh? You seem to have a lot of confidence in those two girls. Aren't you afraid they'll be backstabbed by others?"
Hermes narrowed his eyes, seemingly waiting for Ouranos's next answer.
"It's not confidence, but an established fact."
Ouranos's tone remained flat, not changing at all despite Hermes's tone.
"Did you use divine power?"
"No."
"Then on what basis do you say that?"
Hermes questioned him directly. After all, the pressure on his end was immense; on the day the title of 'Deliverer' appeared, many gods had come to ask him about the situation.
But how could Hermes possibly know Hyacine and Barbara?
The two of them seemed to have appeared out of thin air, with no information to be found. Coupled with Ouranos's actions, Hermes even suspected that Hyacine and Barbara were dolls created by Ouranos!
Moreover, among the gods asking him to scout for information, there were quite a few troublesome characters.
The one at the top of the Tower of Babel...
The one in the Pleasure Quarter...
And the one who once went mad and declared war on all the gods...
None of them were easy to deal with!
If he were being squeezed by those goddesses in other ways, Hermes would have gladly accepted it and might have even shed tears of gratitude, but this way... it clearly wasn't what he wanted.
Ouranos closed his eyes, seemingly weighing the pros and cons, but he soon spoke.
"...Because they are 'Children of God'!"
"What?!"
It was a completely unexpected answer. Hermes thought that after coming to the Lower World, he would never hear those three words again, but now...
"You're saying those 'Children of God,' whom even gods find nearly impossible to produce with great effort, actually appeared as a pair?"
Hermes felt it was utterly absurd. Who would be so reckless? To dare create Children of God in the Lower World? And actually succeed?
If translated into the gacha pull rates of Honkai: Star Rail, it would be no less than pulling a full ten-roll of five-stars, and then using 'Undying Starlight' to keep pulling five-stars until every character in the pool was at Max Eidolon!
Crazy, crazy!
This world has simply gone crazy!
"So that's how it is. I finally understand why you'd let them become Deliverers..." Hermes sighed heavily. "Though I don't know which old friend did this, I'll thank them here on their behalf."
"Hyacine and Barbara, is it? I acknowledge them... If even they cannot save this world, then no one in the world can."
Hermes pulled down his hat, making it impossible to see what he was thinking.
"So you won't mind if I do something extra, Ouranos? Ordinary methods won't help a 'Child of God' level up..."
"It doesn't matter; do whatever you want," Ouranos's reply was equally forceful. "If an accident occurs, then we'll just start over..."
As the words fell, the two gods quickly reached an agreement.
Since they are 'Children of God,' they should overcome all difficulties!
If they can't even do that, they don't deserve to be 'Deliverers,' and this world might as well be destroyed.
What Hyacine and Barbara had to do next was no longer just saving the world from monsters...
But also saving the world from the gods!
Being a 'Deliverer' is not that easy!
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