Eos, sensing the unfavorable turn of events, transformed into a streak of divine light and returned to the radiant temple, her haste causing her to knock over a water bottle from a handmaiden. Seeing his anxious sister arrive, Helios, thinking he had overslept the sunrise, immediately set down his ambrosia and went to greet her.
The Dawn Goddess briefly explained to her brother that Kannas and Pallas had clashed, with Selene assisting from the side.
Helios frowned and hastily emerged from the mountains in his chariot. The swift divine steeds galloped across the sky at their master's command. The simultaneous appearance of the sun and moon in the heavens drew the curious gazes of the gods.
The Sun God shot scorching flames towards the earth, separating Kannas and Pallas, who were locked in combat. Selene, reuniting with her brother, approached the enraged Kannas. The Wind God was furious at Pallas's disrespect towards his mother. For the sake of his mother's reputation, he could not reveal Pallas's insolence to the Sun and Moon Gods, and could only glare with greater anger at the culprit.
The urge to hunt, mingled with rage, nearly drove Kannas to madness. Only the resurgence of his frost divine power managed to calm the youth.
Pallas, his eyes slightly red, bared his white teeth. Under the painful onslaught of Kannas's frost divine power, his surging killing intent also subsided.
The Sun God shielded the Wind God, who gripped his silver bow tightly. His golden eyes caught sight of the bloodstains on Kannas, and his face immediately turned cold.
The God of Slaughter, fighting two opponents, declared it exhilarating. He twisted off the head of a white bear, drank its blood, and tossed the intact carcass to the indignant Wind God, praising, "Young Kannas, you are worthy of the title God of the Hunt."
The blood splashed on his bare chest steamed. Soothed by the fresh blood, Pallas temporarily escaped the influence of his divine duty and reverted to the friendly demeanor he had when he first met Kannas.
Kannas, already deeply repulsed by Pallas, interpreted the God of Slaughter's actions as contempt. In a fit of rage, he hurled his sharp blade. Pallas dodged the Wind God's furious strike by tilting his head and admonished him in an elder's tone, "Young God of the Hunt, I told you, anger and impulsiveness in battle will only lead you to death."
Helios placed a hand to stop Kannas from charging forward again and asked in a deep voice, "Pallas the Slaughterer, why did a battle erupt between you and the Wind God?"
Pallas sat on the bear's head and, upon hearing the question, pointed at the furious Kannas. "I'm not sure myself, perhaps it's due to the influence of my slaughter divine nature. This fellow suddenly attacked me after absorbing the slaughter divine nature. I had to fight back, and then your two sisters intervened, and I lost some control."
Helios then looked at Kannas, signaling for the Wind God to state his defense. Kannas widened his grayish-white eyes and gritted his teeth, remaining silent. Under the concerned gaze of the Sun and Moon Gods, he lowered his head.
Exchanging a glance with Selene, the Moon Goddess shook her head, indicating she was unaware of the cause of the conflict. Helios then said to Pallas with resignation, "I will investigate the truth. If Kannas is at fault, I will not shield him."
Pallas shrugged indifferently, appearing quite amused by the battle. Before the Sun God departed, he called out to Kannas, "God of the Hunt, then it's settled, we'll go see your mother."
Kannas, grinding his teeth, threw his silver bow. The whistling wind blades drew shallow bloody marks on Pallas's face. Pallas caught the silver bow and threw it back. Helios also caught the silver bow and returned it to the Wind God.
"How dare you insult my mother again!" The enraged Wind God conjured a hurricane that leveled the entire forest. Facing the sweeping gale, Pallas finally became serious, retreating a distance with a leap and a step.
With their divine wisdom, the Sun and Moon Gods naturally guessed that the conflict stemmed from Pallas's offense towards Tyche. Selene turned unnaturally to her brother. The Sun God's affection for the Sky Goddess was no secret. The earth-shattering battle between Tyche and Theia had been known to all the gods, and Kannas's birth further confirmed the ambiguity between them.
The Sun God's warm golden eyes were filled with chilling coldness, his deep voice echoing through the devastated forest.
"Pallas! How dare you desecrate Tyche's glory!"
Pallas, not believing he had spoken offensively, looked at the two angry male gods in confusion. He felt no impropriety in his actions. Instead, the hostility from the Sun God and the Wind God ignited his own anger, and the craving for slaughter and blood surged from his heart once more.
Astraeus, the eldest son of the God of Growth and the God of the Starry Sky, arrived beside his brother, accompanied by the Starry Night Goddess and her husband.
Asteria approached the Moon Goddess and the Wind God, mediating the dispute that should not have occurred. The God of Destruction, Perses, along with his brother, restrained their frenzied younger sibling.
After listening to the Wind God's account, the Starry Night Goddess felt a severe headache. She frowned and looked at the God of Slaughter, who was being restrained by her husband. Her close friend had been teased by her husband's brother, and her friend's admirer had found out? Seeing that the Sun God and the Wind God were not about to let the matter rest, Asteria had no choice but to summon Hecate. After whispering a few words into her daughter's ear, Hecate's figure vanished into the forest.
On the Invisible Island, Tyche was fully engrossed in perfecting her divine office of wealth. The enraged Rainbow Goddesses dared not disturb her and could only linger outside the temple. When Tyche finally opened the temple doors, the two Rainbow Goddesses immediately reported the news brought by Hecate to their principal deity.
Tyche, not yet recovered from her fatigue, was perplexed. "Pallas? I vaguely recall someone by that name. But I'm not Helen, how could I be involved with him?"
The Rainbow Goddesses exchanged glances, not understanding the meaning of their principal deity's words. They invited Hecate into the temple. The Goddess of Witchcraft was being entertained by the Furies, and their similar divine power attributes made them get along splendidly.
When the goddesses arrived at Tyche's temple, Hecate recounted the events in detail to Tyche. "So Pallas is the son of Sister Eurynome?" Tyche, having made a blunder, was about to laugh but upon hearing that Kannas and Pallas had fought, she quickly asked, "Is Kannas injured?"
Hecate replied truthfully, "Prince Kannas has some wounds, but they are not serious."
Tyche was relieved. First, she was touched by her son's defense of her, and then she worried about her son's injuries. She hurried to have Iris bring out the white falcon chariot. Accompanied by her subordinate gods, she opened a portal and arrived beside the Wind God.
Seeing her daughter had brought reinforcements, the Starry Night Goddess breathed a sigh of relief. During the time Hecate was fetching reinforcements, the two sides had nearly erupted into another brawl. The intervention of six demigods would have escalated the matter significantly, leaving Asteria in a state of utter distress caught between the two factions.