Cronus finally emerged victorious after engaged in a ferocious battle, defeating his father and ending his reign. Since Uranus was overthrown, a glorious chance just opened for him to become the new king of the gods.
But he declined to ascend to the throne instead. When his siblings asked why, he refused to answer it.
He also made a decision to distance himself from his other siblings. His brothers minus Oceanus objected his decision, while Oceanus and his female siblings didn't say anything about it. Rhea was sad if Cronus wants to leave his own siblings, and he might left her too. But Cronus assured Rhea, he will bring her along if she choose to follow him, and she said yes for that. And before their depature, the rest of the Titans organized an extravagant wedding ceremony for Cronus and Rhea.
Cronus and Rhea then wandered to many regions of the Earth, from vast deserts of Africa to the frozen lands of the Arctic. Yet no place were deemed suitable for them to live quietly. However, things started to changed when the couple reached an unnamed mountain in the northern lands. There is portal inside the mountain's caverns that will led to the homeworld of the certain enemies of the Aesir. Cronus found the portal after he decided to rest in there.
The natives giants of Jotunheim, also known as the jotunns were shocked by the arrival of Cronus and Rhea. They never thought the powerful son of Uranus will find his way to their homeworld. But the king of the jotunns, Thrymr didn't see the youngest Titan as a dangerous threat to his reign. He generously allowed Cronus and Rhea to settle in Jotunheim as long as no jotunns are harmed. This news even reached the vast castles of Asgard itself, yet Odin choose to keep their mouth shut about this. He personally thought it would be better if Ophion doesn't know about this. The Aesir couldn't risk an another great war to engulf the Nine Worlds after all.
And until today, Cronus have a peaceful life with his wife and six of his children deep inside a forest somewhere in Jotunheim. He decided to stay forever in the world of the jotunns with his family.
But the Fates wants them to return to Mount Orthrys. Ophion's reign is full of chaos and oppresion, and the mad king isn't fit enough to rule anymore.
Years ago, Cronus and Rhea left their siblings to travel the world. And today, two of their siblings, Iapetus and Oceanus just popped up in front of their house.
"Cronus!" Iapetus happily pulled Cronus and Rhea into a bear hug. "I miss both of you!"
"Glad to see you, Iapetus" Rhea gave an awkward smile.
"Iapetus!?" Cronus was shocked. He wondered, how did Iapetus find his way to Jotunheim in the first place?
And Oceanus was also there, stood next to the jotunn scholar Vafthrudnir. Iapetus then released them from the hug.
"Well, I meet them when I was on my way to your house" Vafthrudnir explained.
"I never thought that he's your friend!" Iapetus exclaimed.
"How did Oceanus and you managed to enter Jotunheim anyway?" Cronus asked in curiousity.
"Heimdallr" Oceanus simply answered.
"No wonder" Vafthrudnir said.
"Mommy!"
The youngest child of Cronus and Rhea, Zeus then appeared next to Rhea while Hera, the second youngest followed from behind.
"Cronus, who is this?" Iapetus asked.
"This is Zeus and Hera and they're my children" Cronus glanced at Zeus.
"You guys already have children now!?" Iapetus was excited.
"Yes, now I've three handsome sons and three beautiful daughters" Cronus said.
"Mom, who is this weird guy?" Zeus gave Iapetus an uneasy look.
"Honey, this is your uncle, his name is Iapetus" Rhea introduced Iapetus to Zeus.
"Our uncle?" Hera was intrigued.
"Hello, Zeus!" Iapetus greeted with a smile.
Zeus just glared suspiciously at Iapetus.
"Hi, uncle" Hera waved back.
"I hate you" Zeus spat.
"Zeus! Why did you say that?" Rhea scolded.
"He's weird, mommy!" Zeus said unhappily.
"Eh? Did I do something wrong?" Iapetus was panic.
"Uh, he just don't like strangers, that's all" Cronus scratched his head.
"What about if I give you a hug?" Iapetus offered.
"Go away, you freak!" Zeus hid behind his mother.
"Oceanus! Why Zeus doesn't like me!?" Iapetus cried, clinged himself on his elder brother's legs.
"Well, how should I know?" Oceanus closed his eyes with a sigh.
Iapetus then stared at Vafthrudnir with his puppy eyes.
"Don't ask me, I'm just an old jotunn who loves to speak nonsense things" Vafthrudnir scoffed.
Cronus just sighed as he silently watched Iapetus' behaviour.
One hour later...
"You want me to...what?" Cronus was shocked in disbelief.
"Cronus, we need you and your family to return to Mount Orthrys immediately!" Iapetus shouted.
"But why me? Why must my family?" Cronus was confused.
"Cronus, the Fates have destined that your children will overthrow Ophion" Oceanus explained.
"My children?"
"Yes" Oceanus nodded.
"Sorry to interrupt but let's say if Cronus and Rhea returned to Mount Orthrys, wouldn't Ophion will set a trap for them?" Vafthrudnir asked.
"Don't worry, Cronus! I'll already have a plan about this!" Iapetus assured.
"Then what's your plan?" Cronus raised his eyebrows.
"Hmm...let me think about it first" Iapetus said.
Cronus just gave him a weird stare while Oceanus just facepalmed.
"Iapetus, we're discussing something serious right now! This is about the future of my family!" Rhea was serious.
Vafthrudnir meanwhile set his eyes on Zeus for a few seconds, who sat silently next to Rhea. His mind was thinking about the prophecy Oceanus told them earlier.
"Could that prophecy is mentioning about Zeus?" Vafthrudnir whispered to Oceanus.
"Since Zeus is the youngest child of my brother, it looks like I have no doubt about it" Oceanus replied slowly.
"I see" Vafthrudnir said.
Meanwhile, as Hades leaned silently on the wall, his eyes couldn't stop staring at Demeter who stood next to him. And Demeter was uneasy when she noticed Hades was focusing his naughty eyes on her, much to her own chagrin.
"Stop looking at me, Hades" Demeter's face blushed.
"I'm not staring at you" Hades quickly turned his face away.
"Yes, you did" Demeter glared.
"I feel like I want to squeeze it" Hades said.
"What?" Demeter's eyebrows arched.
"The thing on your chest"
Out of sudden, Demeter pinched Hades' arm in irritation.
"Ouch!"
"Don't you dare!" Demeter hissed. "Do you think I'll let your dirty hands touching mine? No way!"
As Iapetus stared at the outside of the window, he spotted a large black stone stuck on a tree. Bergfinnr, the Crown Prince of Jotunheim placed the stone on the tree many years ago, and it got stuck until today. This just gave Iapetus a not-so-awesome idea.
"Aha! I know what we have to do!" Iapetus exclaimed.
"What?" Everyone then glanced at Iapetus.
Meanwhile...
"He's coming!"
The Gigantes backed away in fear as they looked upon a certain jotunn in fear. None of the giants were brave enough to block his path.
Skrymir is one of the strongest of the Jotnar race in Jotunheim. When summoned into war by the king of the Jotnar himself, he can be described as one of Thrymr's best generals in the battlefield.
And now, Skrymir just appeared inside the caverns of the Greek giants. A smirk full of pride was seen on his face, enough to scare away any of his opponents.
Skrymir spotted two giants, Agrius and Thoas guarding the archway to Porphyrion's throne.
"What are your business here, jotunn?" Agrius asked.
"I come here to meet your king under the orders from my king" Skrymir said.
Agrius and Thoas then looked at each other for a while.
"Yes, you may proceed, jotunn" Thoas nodded as the giants paved the way for Skrymir.
Meanwhile, as King Porphyrion sat on his throne, his eyes widened as he saw Skrymir stood in front of him.
"Skrymir!?" Porphyrion was shocked.
"King Porphyrion, it's a good thing when I got to see you" Skrymir bowed politely.
"Are you coming here harm my men?" Porphyrion asked suspiciously.
"Have no fear, Your Malevolance. I come here without any ill intention" Skrymir answered as he delivered a letter to Porphyrion.
"A letter?" Porphyrion took the latter in curious manner.
"From my king" Skrymir added.
Porphyrion was uncertain why Thrymr delivered a letter to him.
...
For the Aesir, it's a great disaster if the son of Farbauti and Laufey escaped from his imprisonment. But...
Sadly to say, it happened for real. Andthe whole of Asgard was in the state of panic.
Thanks to his wife Sigyn and several mysterious individuals who helped him escaped, Loki finally could roam free on the Earth again and it's also the perfect time to continue his plans as usual. But still, he need to be careful in case if the Aesir are planning to capture him again. Of course they won't left him alone for that.
Somewhere on the raging seas of Bermudian Triangle, Loki sat alone on his magic boat, heading towards an unknown location. And his eyes gazed upon a monstrous fish which just emerged from the depths of cursed seas.
"Just wait, you fools! The time for reckoning will come, and the world will fall into the eternal darkness!" Loki said. "Don't you think so, Allfather?"
Loki finally bursted into a maniacal laughter.
To be continued...
