In fact, Sophia was still a little overwhelmed.
After all, this is Xerxes, the queen who dominated all of Persia.
Although they have known each other for such a long time, Sophia still finds it a little unbelievable that he stays by Xerxes' side and becomes her close minister. However...Xerxes will continue to visit the Byzantine Kingdom this time, and it is estimated that he will be able to help Hilde in her next plan.
At this moment, Sophia suddenly stopped.
Xerxes was also stunned.
"what happened?"
"There's a strange smell."
"Aura? Is it the Oracle?"
Xerxes was surprised at his own perception ability, which was not as strong as Sophia's.
"It doesn't seem like..."
Sophia closed her eyes.
That faint feeling made her feel a little uneasy.
"The other party has already left Ephesus, but his divine power is still left here. It is impossible for an ordinary oracle to have so much divine power left. Therefore, the other party is most likely a demigod, or... a god who has descended to earth."
"Tsk."
Xerxes scratched his head in annoyance.
"How annoying."
"What do we do now?"
"Since it is a god descending to earth, it means that it is probably not in our favor?"
Xerxes thought about it for a moment.
"Sophia, how does your strength now compare to before?"
"It's hard for me to say, but... I've competed with Sissi before, and she said that my level is no less than hers, but she has two artifacts, so she is slightly better than me. Moreover, I can use the power given to me by Lord Nyx freely."
"understood."
Sophia has never been one to brag.
And Hilde is not the kind of person who would lie about this matter just to please his wife.
So, Xerxes thought, that should be the case.
"Since you can sense the other party's divine power, then do you want to give chase?"
"Chase? Of course!"
Sophia nodded heavily.
"At this time, the gods who have infiltrated our country must have ulterior motives."
"That's okay..."
Xerxes also laughed out loud.
"It seems that things are going to be much more interesting next!"
"Let's go."
So, Xerxes and Sophia ordered the guards to evacuate immediately, while the two of them quickly left the city and began to follow the scent.
The second tune, the third section, there is true love between us
Sophia and Xerxes are like hounds.
Bite closely behind.
This scent was sometimes strong, and sometimes almost invisible. Sophia was afraid of being discovered by the other party, so she kept this subtle distance, just enough to be discovered, all the way from Ephesus to the border area of Persia. When she got here, Sophia found that the other party had indeed stopped.
"Tsk, these guys."
Xerxes chased for more than a day.
I have no patience anymore.
“Who on earth is that?”
"I don't know, but..." Sophia felt the divine power left in the air, "It's very similar to Tomyris's power. I think it's Artemis."
"What... It's Artemis, isn't that an old friend?"
Xerxes exhaled.
"Isn't it normal for Artemis to go to Ephesus? After all, there is such a large temple of Artemis in Ephesus."
"Yes, but... there is another god, I don't know who it is."
Sophia could also feel that this divine power was very familiar, and she always felt that she had felt it on someone before. However, Sophia's brain was not turning for a while, and she couldn't figure out who it was. After thinking carefully, Sophia gave up and said to Xerxes helplessly: "This is the current situation... It's up to you to decide what to do."
"Go and have a look."
Xerxes smiled at Sophia.
"Since the other party has Artemis, it means that the other party should not have malicious intentions."
"Too……"
"But we must also be prepared to fight. Even if the two opponents are gods, we can still escape unscathed. We must believe in ourselves."
There is Xerxes.
Of course Sophia is relieved.
Sophia then smiled and nodded to Xerxes.
"Okay, let's go."
"action!"
Now that they had locked on to the opponent's position, Xerxes and Sophia rushed directly towards the target.
Now, Ares and Artemis are still searching in the border area. Ares originally thought that he could not find the oracle in the prosperous Ephesus, but he should be able to find it in this remote place. But when he arrived here, he found that not only could he not find it, but there were many outposts and military stations of the Byzantine Kingdom. In order to lay out the offensive posture against Persia, Hilde built many roads here, and there were always patrols to protect the border area from invasion.
And these soldiers don't even need to be considered.
The Byzantine Empire was the most supportive of Hilde.
These are the troops.
Ares sighed helplessly.
"Do I really have to go back to Sparta to find another one?"
"I guess so."
Artemis looked around at the wilderness.
The rich Ionia does not seem so rich when you go deeper into here.
It turns out that there was such a depressed place in the Byzantine Empire.
At this moment, Ares raised his head.
"There is a situation."
"what happened?"
"I sense a strange divine power... Who is it?"
"This is……"
Ares didn't know.
But Artemis knew it very well.
This sudden feeling obviously came from those two familiar people.
Xerxes and Sophia!
The power of Xerxes was in stark contrast to that of the Greek gods. After all, Xerxes' god was the main god of Persia. Sophia's god was Nyx, the goddess of the night, a creator who was much older than the Olympians. Therefore, Sophia's power would cause them to have an instinctive resistance. This feeling was particularly obvious until now.
"There are enemies!?"
Ares immediately summoned his spear.
He took a fighting stance.
"I-I lost my bow. I can't fight now."
Artemis immediately took two steps back.
At this time, Xerxes and Sophia came quickly from a distance. Ares raised his spear and stared at the two strange women who suddenly appeared. Xerxes and Sophia stopped when the two women were only a dozen meters away.
"It really is."
Xerxes pinched his waist, frowned and said:
"It seems that something happened."
"right……"
"Who are you!"
Ares snapped.
"Oh, haha. When asking people to introduce themselves, shouldn't they introduce themselves first?" Xerxes looked at Ares, glanced up and down, and said with a disappointed look, "Another muscular guy? Really, can't you Greeks have something new and novel?"
"I am Ares, the god of war!"
When Ares said this.
The momentum was so overwhelming that people couldn't help but take several steps back.
However, Sophia and Xerxes were not frightened.
"Ah, it's Lord Ares."
"who are you?"
"My name is... Xerxes. I am the king of the Byzantine Empire and Hilde's favorite concubine and slave girl."
"..."
Sophia glanced at Xerxes.
Why did you introduce yourself directly? And in this identity!
“A concubine? A slave girl? Hahaha… I didn’t expect Hilde to be such a lustful person! However, Hilde stole Athena’s body and used it to enjoy herself wantonly. This is really disrespectful to Athena!” Ares raised his spear and pointed it at Xerxes and Sophia. “I, Ares, am the invincible god of war. I will definitely save you from Hilde’s clutches!”
"Save?"
Sophia and Xerxes looked at each other.
Immediately, Xerxes couldn't help but laugh so hard that he shook.
"Hahahahahaha…you underestimate us too much."
"what!"
"We are the ones who truly love Hilde, unlike you, Ares? Ah, you are the one who only knows how to steal other people's girls and sleep with other people's wives." Xerxes also began to mock mercilessly, "You are called the God of War, but you have been suppressed by Athena. You are deeply loved by Zeus and Hera, but humans regard you as a disaster. Ares, Ares, you are so pitiful, so pitiful that you actually think that our love with Hilde is such a filthy thing. It's really sad."
"You guy!!!"
Ares was so angry that veins on his forehead bulged out.
"You are looking for death!"
"Tsk, the last Apollo who said that was already dead."
"……Row."
Hearing what the other party said, Ares also lost his mind.
He simply raised his spear and rushed towards Xerxes.
"Sophia!"
"it is good--!"
Sophia opened her arms and the divine power in her body gushed out.
