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Chapter 396 is not the worst outcome (please subscribe, read, comment on the monthly ticket)
Diana didn't even need to go find Athena.

When she appeared in front of the Amazon warrior, Athena's incarnation as an owl landed on her shoulder.

But the goddess did not talk to Diana directly. Instead, she stretched out her wings and pointed at the panicked Amazon warrior, telling Diana what was the most important thing.

Diana didn't want to announce Ares' death to everyone directly because she didn't know how her sisters would react to it.

Even though Zeus has gone too far this time, the gods are gods after all, and the reaction of the Amazons may in turn affect the gods' attitude towards this.

Before these gods left the material world, Diana didn't want to do anything too radical and tried to avoid direct conflict between the Amazons and the gods.

But looking at the anxious faces of the Amazon warriors, Diana thought for a few seconds and said, "The bastard Ares is dead. This time he has left this world forever and paid the price for his betrayal and sins. He can no longer bring any pain to the Amazon people!"

"Long live Princess Diana!"

Every Amazon warrior roared excitedly when they heard Diana announce the news.

For many years, the Amazons have been looking forward to this day. They want to use the weapons in their hands to take revenge on the betrayers and tear away the dark clouds covering their heads.

When this moment arrived, the Amazons, who had always held themselves to the cruel discipline of the military, completely lost control and roared to the sky to vent their emotions.

"Spread this news..."

Hippolyta had no intention of suppressing this emotion. Instead, she wanted to quickly spread the news to every corner of the island so that all Amazons could enjoy the feeling of freedom from shackles.

"Mother, please don't announce this result to Paradise Island for the time being!"

Diana quickly stopped Hippolyta and pleaded, "Martin is trying to persuade the other four gods to leave the material world and not pursue the matter of Ares. At this time, we should not agitate everyone's emotions."

Hippolyta thought about it for a moment and immediately understood what her daughter meant: "Okay, but such important news can't be kept secret for long. It won't be long before the entire Paradise Island will know this good news that we have been waiting for thousands of years."

"In any case, Martin will be able to solve these problems before the end of today."

Diana was not worried about this; she had full confidence in Martin.

Hippolyta couldn't help but smile when she saw her daughter talking about a certain man. She tucked her scattered hair behind her ears and reminded her, "Martin is indeed a good candidate, but his ability is a little special. Are you sure it won't hurt you?"

Before Diana and Martin's relationship was confirmed, Hippolyta was extremely supportive of their union.

After their relationship was confirmed, Hippolyta began to worry whether Martin's abilities would bring unknown risks to Diana.

"Mother, you think too much. If there is such a risk, Martin will definitely remind me."

Diana felt her mother's love for the first time in a long time. She felt warm in her heart, but also helpless.

She hurriedly ended her conversation with Hippolyta, then ran to a deserted place and asked Athena to give up her true body to communicate with her.

"Athena, my dear sister, please show up soon!"

"Don't try to get close to me! The noise you made this time was really too big. Even if I wanted to protect you, I couldn't do anything."

Athena said this, but when she heard Diana's call, she still revealed her true form.

In front of Diana, the goddess of wisdom did not maintain her usual military uniform, but changed into a white long dress decorated with gold. She looked very elegant and full of mature charm.

Athena grabbed Diana's face, stared at her and said, "After all these years, you've become more and more courageous. Ares is the main god of Mount Olympus after all. How can Zeus let it go if he died like this?"

"What can that old pervert do if he's unwilling to give up?"

Diana had no respect for her father by blood, and felt disgusted when the name was mentioned: "Killing Ares was originally a task assigned by our great God King himself, and I completed it successfully. Why is he dissatisfied?"

Athena looked at her sister's angry expression and couldn't help laughing: "The mission was indeed assigned by Zeus, but if he wants to regret it, isn't it just a matter of saying a word?"

"So, the most important thing now is to cut off the connection between Paradise Island and Mount Olympus."

Diana hugged Athena and acted like a little sister.

"We will continue to honor protectors like you, but people like Zeus are gradually being removed from our lives."

"That sounds good!"

Athena did not think that the Amazons were being rebellious, but she just said, "If there were no Paradise Island, it would not be so easy for the gods on Mount Olympus to come to the material world."

"Then don't go back. There are many more interesting things in the material world, which are much better than those rubbish on Mount Olympus that are always doing dirty things."

Not only did Diana want to cut off the connection between Paradise Island and Mount Olympus, she even wanted to steal Zeus's favor.

Although Mount Olympus is a holy place in mythology and legends, it is after all an old place that has existed for thousands of years. Even if Zeus is good at enjoying life and living a life of luxury, his creativity cannot compare to the collision of wisdom of billions of human beings.

"You are not only getting bolder, but also getting more greedy!"

Athena pinched Diana's nose lovingly and did not directly refuse.

To be honest, as the goddess of wisdom, she had long been fed up with Zeus's patriarchal ways. Although the lives of the gods were eternal, they hardly created anything new.

For a man like Ares, it might be fun to stay on Mount Olympus, play with women, drink some wine, and watch the gods please themselves.

But Athena needs human creation so that her divine power and divinity can continue.

If the goddess of wisdom had not had this idea in mind long ago, she would not have stood idly by and watched Ares's fate today.

"Let me guess, this is what the new man you met asked you to do?"

Although Athena was tempted, she would not make a hasty decision.

She always had to make sure that Diana and her friends were truly capable before they could really make a decision.

Diana really didn't use any tricks on Athena, and said truthfully: "Martin looked down on the old gods, so he was determined to kill Ares and expel you from the material world."

The problem is that Martin is really capable of doing such a thing.

Even without mentioning the endless secrets surrounding him, just having two friends, Death and Morpheus, the god of dreams, is enough to protect him from being harmed by any of the old gods.

Diana explained Martin's origins to Athena, and worried that her sister could not understand the magic of Martin, she also emphasized his friendship with death.

Athena showed a surprised expression: "A mortal can actually have such a deep relationship with a member of the Endless Family. It's not easy, it's really not easy!"

Diana was surprised by Athena's reaction, "I know the Endless family members are special, but Martin said there are many humans who are friends with them, and Death is a pretty nice guy, right?"

Athena looked at Diana with an innocent face and wanted to tell her some glorious stories of the Endless family so that this silly sister would learn some lessons.

But on second thought, bringing up these past events now would serve no purpose other than to keep Diana away from death.

So she gave up and said to Diana seriously: "There is really nothing on Mount Olympus that needs me, the goddess of wisdom, to do. If you can find a suitable place for me, I really want to see what human society looks like."

"Great!"

Diana jumped up immediately. She didn't even dare to think about this result. She thought Athena would at most consider it.

"I will find a way to allow you to return to the material world freely."

The solution Diana mentioned was to go find Martin.

There is no one on Paradise Island who understands God. Now there is no other way except to find Martin.

While Diana was persuading Athena, Martin was also trying to get the other four gods to leave the material world on their own initiative.

Logically speaking, with Persephone around, he would be more likely to get the approval of Demeter and Hestia. Apollo and Artemis, the brother and sister gods, might not be willing to see Ares die like this.

But the fact is just the opposite. The relationship between Apollo, Artemis and Ares was not good to begin with. In addition, the brother and sister gods were not keen on achievements. Their divine duties were not very expansive, and they might not hold on to this matter.

As a mother, Demeter saw her daughter again after thousands of years, so how could she easily let Persephone stay in the material world?

After thinking for a while, Martin decided to help Arthur first. As for Persephone, he had to rely on himself.

If Martin showed up rashly, Demeter would only regard him as a little yellow-haired boy who led her daughter astray.

"Persephone, can you hear me?"

Martin picked up a newly grown flower from the ground and called out to Persephone.

"Hush, keep your voice down. I'm busy hiding from my mother! If she catches me, I'll have to go back to Mount Olympus!"

Even without seeing Persephone, Martin could guess how depressed the goddess was just by hearing her voice. "Martin, how are you and Diana?"

Although Persephone was distressed, she did not forget to care about Martin.

"Ares is dead. The Lord God and I want to persuade other masters to leave the material world on their own initiative."

Martin saw Diana running over hurriedly and gestured to her to stop.

"I should have helped you, but if I showed up now, your mother would only misunderstand me. So you'd better persuade her to give up the idea of taking you back."

"She didn't listen to me at all. She wanted to lock me up as soon as I showed up. She wanted me to stay by her side for even a minute."

Persephone was helpless. The joy she felt when she first saw her mother was now gone.

"I know this is difficult, but now you have to fight for it yourself. If other people get involved, it will only cause your mother to misunderstand. At the very least, you have to let her know what you want. By doing this, even if we part ways unhappily today, there will be a chance for reconciliation in the future."

"Okay, I'll try!"

Persephone felt embarrassed, but she also knew that she had to solve these problems by herself.

Martin had helped her enough, even Ares had been taken down, what more could she ask for!

"Family relationships are always hard to deal with, aren't they?"

Diana heard everything and felt deeply moved.

Martin smiled and said, "Don't let Hippolyta hear this, or she will be sad for a long time."

After the joke, he did not forget to ask Diana why she hurried back.

When Martin heard that Athena wanted to stay in the material world, his reaction was calm and he just said "oh".

"It's not a difficult task to find a way for Athena to stay in the material world alone."

Martin turned mud into stone slabs, and swept the tip of his right index finger across the stone slab, and lines of text appeared.

He quickly wrote down three methods suitable for Paradise Island on the slate and handed it to Diana.

"These three methods are not difficult to do. Let Athena choose. I'm going to help Arthur. Lend me your sword and shield."

The hatred in Martin was dispelled by death. Now it was not an easy task for him to rush into the battlefield where Arthur, Apollo and Artemis were fighting.

"Be careful!"

Diana didn't question it at all. She handed the sword and shield to Martin and told him not to do anything risky again.

Martin nodded repeatedly, and when Diana left, he jumped into the sky. The runes on the sword lit up one by one and took him directly to the storm summoned by Arthur.

"As expected, this is a weapon Hephaestus made specifically for Diana. It's quite useful."

The moment he flew high into the sky, Martin was startled. He hadn't even used any strength before he was carried away by the sword.

However, now is not the time to worry about these things.

Above the sky, the sun and the moon appeared at the same time, and the golden and silver lights spread all over the sky, penetrating the storms that replaced the clouds, forming an extremely beautiful but also dangerous scene.

As soon as Martin approached the storm, he felt different forces coming from all directions, trying to tear him to pieces.

Boom!
He raised his shield and smashed it forward hard. A string of runes on the edge of the shield lit up, and like a sledgehammer, it directly smashed the pressure from the storm.

He was carried into the storm by the magic sword, and saw the light from the sun and the moon turned into flames that burned the sea water brought by the storm.

The clothes on Arthur's upper body had disappeared, revealing large tattoos. The skin in several places was whiter than other places, obviously new skin that had grown after being torn and healed.

His long brown-gold hair fluttered in the sea. He held a trident that Martin had forged using a special method and waved it continuously. The storm in the sky changed accordingly, resisting the light from the sun and the moon.

Apollo and Artemis disappeared, but their chariots remained in the sky.

The light it encountered was like a sharp arrow falling down, piercing Arthur who was wielding the trident, trying to pierce his body, but inexplicably passed through him.

Martin watched for a while and realized that Apollo and Artemis were fighting using the light of the sun and the moon, so he joined the battlefield.

After killing Ares, the sword made by Hephaestus seemed to have turned on some hidden switch. Without any effort, the runes on the sword lit up, and raging flames emerged out of nowhere, burning towards the light cast by the sun and the moon.

Apollo is the god of light, and hunting has a greater weight in Artemis's duties. They only used light, which was already a sign of holding back.

For Hephaestus, forging is the core of his divine duties and the embodiment of the value of his divine career.

Martin understood this when the flames burst out.

In order to help Diana kill Ares, Hephaestus even separated a part of his divinity and injected it into the sword to enhance its power.

Considering that Diana has no interest in forging, this sword has a stronger control over fire.

However, when it fell into Martin's hands, he still dug out the power hidden behind the flames.

So he held the hilt of the sword with both hands and used it as a hammer, smashing it around.

Those lights wrapped in flames became materials waiting to be cast, and with Martin's will, the deadly weapons turned into harmless lights.

Although the countless rays of light still had strong penetrating power, when they fell into the storm, they no longer turned into sun fire and moon fire, but began to soothe the storm's rage.

With Martin's intervention, the originally tense situation began to ease.

Apollo and Artemis appeared on the chariot as a hesitant handsome man and a lively beautiful girl respectively, looking at Martin who was smashing around in the flames with confusion.

Although Hephaestus, the god of fire, was not well-received on Mount Olympus, the brother and sister were not so far away from being able to distinguish his power.

"Are you okay? Can you hold on?"

Martin stood beside Arthur, asking about his condition with concern.

Arthur blushed and replied, "I am indeed in trouble. In order to fight these two gods, I have absorbed too much life force, and now I feel like I am about to burst. You calmed the storm, and now I..."

"Small thing!"

Martin understood what he meant, and swung the sword, smashing it on him with a clang, splashing countless sparks on Arthur.

Arthur, who had been struggling, suddenly relaxed. He thought his body had been transformed, but when he moved his fingers, he didn't find anything different.

"I don't know how the life force is connected to you, so I just destroyed the excess power in your body."

Martin briefly explained, then looked at the siblings standing on the chariot and said directly: "You two, Ares is dead, and today's farce should end!"

Apollo and Artemis both showed displeasure on their faces: "A main god died here, died at the hands of a mortal like you. Do you think this matter can be easily turned over?"

This brother and sister are indeed more concerned about who killed Ares.

Martin was not surprised at all, and he directly brought out the explanation he had prepared long ago: "Strictly speaking, it was Diana who killed Ares, and I just helped a little bit."

"Do you think this is reasonable?"

Apollo and Artemis are certainly not easy to fool.

Martin smiled and said, "Whether it's true or not, do you have any other explanation? The God of War died at the hands of a mortal. How will the people of other gods look at you?"

"Besides, what does this have to do with you two? The Amazons just want to take revenge on Ares. If things get out of hand, the Amazons will no longer believe in the gods. Is this a result you want to see?"

The brother and sister only heard threats from Martin's words. Although they were angry, they could do nothing.

After all, this was not thousands of years ago. If the Amazons were really pushed into a corner, they would just abandon Mount Olympus, and Paradise Island would be left alone. The old gods like Zeus would never have the chance to intervene in the material world again.

"let's go!"

Artemis is still the protector of the Amazons, and although she is unhappy with Martin, this outcome is not the worst for them.

"This matter is not over, mortal! You have brought disaster upon the Amazons."

Apollo lamented. He was not threatening or cursing, but he truly felt that without the gods, the Amazons could not survive in this world.

(End of this chapter)