While Arthur was having his 'introspection' in Tartarus, the rest of the Olympus Universe was in complete turmoil.
Hermes, the messenger god and one of the Twelve Olympians, was dead.
Unlike when Hades had attacked Dodekapolis a hundred years ago and extracted the souls of the Olympians he'd killed, this time Hermes' soul hadn't merely been extracted.
It had been completely destroyed, leaving no possibility of revival.
Hestia had been holing up in her territory when she sensed Hermes' death, and she immediately rushed to Dodekapolis to understand exactly what had happened in the war that had claimed his life, arriving to find her siblings wearing extremely dark expressions.
The moment she arrived in the Throne Room of the Twelve Olympians, Zeus immediately looked up at her.
"Hestia, you—"
"Don't even start, Zeus," Poseidon said, cutting Zeus off before he could finish.
However, Zeus wasn't about to calm down because of that.
