Cronus engaged in a ferocious battle against his father, Uranus for days. The battle was no ordinary one, since his father was the strongest deity at the time. But Cronus emerged victorious in the battle, defeating his father and ending his reign.

Since Uranus was overthrown, Cronus finally had the chance to become the new king of the gods. But he refused to do so. Why?

Cronus was haunted by the same dream every night. And he knew that dream was no ordinary one. This was proven when Chronos, brother of Uranus and the primordial deity of time told him, it's actually the vision of his future. And Cronus have promised to Rhea, they will live happily together ever after. He was afraid, if he became the king and succumbed to madness, the promise will broken.

After defeating his father, Cronus finally made a decision. He will not ascend to the throne and he also will distanced himself from his other siblings. His brothers minus Oceanus objected his decision, while Oceanus and his female siblings didn't say anything. Rhea was sad if Cronus were to leave 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.

His other siblings were very sad when Cronus and Rhea left them to travel the world. Only Chronos knows when will they return.

Speaking about the throne, someone managed to take over it. The eldest child of Uranus and Gaia, Ophion was his father's loyalist, but when Cronus challenged him into a fight, he ran away without a trace. And Cronus was uninterested to hunt him down either. Shortly after Cronus and Rhea's departure from Mount Orthrys, The other Titans debated who will ascend to the throne. The crisis were getting more complicated until Ophion returned from nowhere and defeated his competitors and finally became the new king. With no one to oppose him now, Ophion ruled the world with iron fist.

A new race have emerged after the fall of Uranus. The Giants or Gigantes, they sprang to life from bloods of Uranus. The Titans were wary of their existence, but Ophion viewed them as powerful allies. An agreement was successfully reached between Ophion and the giants, the giants retained a high degree of autonomy in his reign as long they recognized him as their king and they will aid him in war. But in secret, Porphyrion, chief of the Giants with unanimous support of his people sought to overthrew Ophion and replaces him as the new ruler. They only wait for the right time to show their true colors.

He maintained a very hostile attitude towards his "neighbors", especially Asgard. He accused Odin for planning to invade Mount Orthrys once, but Odin dismissed his claim as a foolish conspiracy.

Ophion's reign have attracted a infernal race of powerful beings from a very distant galaxy. Only known as The Dark Ones, they are worshipped as gods by countless alien races. They have launched a full scale invasion against the Earth eons ago, only to being pushed back by the primordial deities led by Uranus. And now they're return to seek their revenge against primordial gods. Seeing Ophion as an easy pawn to be manipulated, Gulmagil, the Dark One deity of espionage was sent for this task. He disguised himself as Thiran, a minor deity from Tau Ceti System. Seeing Thiran as a more reliable person than the other Titans, Ophion appointed him as his advisor.

Not everyone was easy with Gulmagil's presence. Oceanus, for example. Oceanus viewed Thiran as a dangerous threat. In fact, he was really aware of his origins and the hidden agenda of the Dark Ones. Oceanus warned Ophion of Thiran's real intentions, but the king dismissed the warning, viewing it as an act of sabotage to ruin Thiran's reputation as his advisor.

But there's something that haunted Ophion.

"The youngest son of the youngest titan will end your reign"

That words kept repeating in his dreams. And he knew, it's not an ordinary dream, it's a prophecy.

That child must be the son of Cronus, he thought. Cronus and Rhea already departed from Mount Othrys months ago. And this couldn't be good either.

Fearing this prophecy come true, Ophion tasked the giants to track down Cronus and Rhea. If they were found, he will banish them to Tartarus personally. He even monitored the activities of other Titans, especially Oceanus to ensure their loyalty to him, not Cronus.

Thiran also feared this prophecy too. If the youngest son of Cronus succeeded in overthrow Ophion, then his plans will end in failure. And he couldn't let it happen at all. He gathered every Dark One demigods he could find to aid the giants in their witch hunt.

But their witch hunt showed no signs of success. Where could Cronus and Rhea have been?

"NONSENSE!"

Ophion's scream echoed through the throne hall. His advisor, Thiran was seen standing next to the throne as usual.

"There are still no signs of Cronus and Rhea? Impossible!" Ophion said in disbelief.

"Perhaps they're hiding in your enemies' territory, i guess?" Thiran replied.

"Should i launch an invasion there?" Ophion asked for a opinion.

"More than should, Your Highness" Thiran replied.

"Don't waste our time on such useless act, my king"

Their eyes quickly gazed upon the person who stood in front of Ophion. He was Oceanus, Titan of the Ocean River.

"Who are you to defy his orders, you blasted Titan?" Thiran threatened.

"And your brain is far more worse than cow butt, Dark One" Oceanus mocked.

"Why you!?" Thiran almost unsheated his sword.

"Everyone stop!" Ophion shouted. "Oceanus, leave this place now, immediately!"

"If you say so, my king" Oceanus nodded as he walked away from the throne hall.

"Your Highness, you should sack him from the Supreme Council! If he kept defying what you says, then he's a terrible nuisance in your reign!" Thiran demanded.

"No need to lecture me, Thiran. I know what i do" Ophion said in sternly manner, much to Thiran's chagrin.

Oceanus is the biggest threat to his plans yet Ophion chose to kept him instead, what's the meaning of this, he thought. He must do something to eliminate Oceanus from the Supreme Council.

After Oceanus left the throne hall, he spotted all of his siblings gathered together at the royal garden.

"Oceanus!" Tethys greeted him.

"Hi Tethys" Oceanus smiled at her.

"Looking at your face, i'm suspecting something was wrong" Hyperion commented.

"Did Ophion did something stupid again?" Iapetus asked.

"I know! It must be Porphyrion ate all of his tarts!" Crius said.

"Can you shut up, please?" Themis glared at her.

"I'm just saying!" Crius shouted.

"Actually...it's about Cronus" Oceanus said.

"Oceanus? Why?" Theia asked.

"It's must be about that prophecy, right?" Iapetus guessed.

"Yes" Oceanus nodded "He's started a global scale witch-hunt just to find Cronus and Rhea and banish them into Tartarus"

"Damn it" Hyperion cursed.

"But the problem is we don't know the current situation of their whereabouts now" Iapetus said half-worried.

"You got the point" Coeus nodded.

"I just hope they're safe" Themis said with a weak smile.

"Don't worry, he defeated our father before. I'm bet they're fine!" Crius assured.

Just as the Titans were discussing together, they noticed Thiran was walking alone at the pathway near the garden, carrying his strange sword. Oceanus and Thiran exchanged glares at each other before the wicked guy walked away.

"Guys, i have a bad feeling about King Ophion's advisor" Themis said.

"He's scary" Worried expression was seen on Mnemosyne's face.

"Do you think he's actually have some hidden motives, Oceanus?" Iapetus asked.

"Yes he is" Oceanus narrowed his eyes.

As few seconds passed, Thiran...or should i say Gulmagil returned to his spaceship. The good thing for Gulmagil was Ophion forbade everyone, nymphs, Titans and Giants alike from entering his spaceship.

As he entered his spaceship, he walked in front of a huge screen. Suddenly, three figures appeared in the screen.

The figure on the middle was Ughmegorn, Dark One primordial deity of suffering. He has large black wings with longs black horns on his head. The figure on the left was Mo'an, Dark One primordial deity of war. He has strange red tattoos on his face. And the figure on left was Belemorth, the Dark One primordial deity of "anything that burns".

"Gulmagil, report" Ughmegorn said.

"Well my lords, i must say that while Ophion is easy for us to make him our pawn, but there are still some...obstacles in our plans" Gulmagil explained.

"What do you mean?" Mo'an asked in half-anger.

"His younger siblings" Gulmagil answered.

"Why didn't you persuaded him to banish them?" Belemorth asked.

"He's hard-headed sometimes, my lords" Gulmagil said.

"I have told ya, why don't we just invade the Earth?" Mo'an pointed his index finger towards Ughmegorn.

"Calm down, Mo'an. We must be careful with what we had planned, or it will end in very terrible failure" Ughmegorn said.

"Whatever" Mo'an shooked his head.

"And not just that, we got another problem" Gulmagil said.

"Oh no, not again" Mo'an continued to shook his head.

"Ophion was destined to be overthrown by his nephew" Gulmagil said again.

"And you believed in that false words, Gulmagil? How foolish!" Mo'an mocked.

"Don't take this too easy, Mo'an. If Cronus was victorious against his father who is the strongest deity at the time, then it's not impossible for his son to do the same. The destructible power of Uranus will always there in their bodies. While Ophion on other hand, he's the ultimate coward. He ran away saving his own ass, leaving his pitiful father behind to rot in defeat" Ughmegorn replied. "Now i want you to keep your eyes on them at all cost. And don't fail!"

"As you wish, my lords" Gulmagil nodded.

The three primordials then disappeared from the screen.

To be continued...