"Hilde!"
"Why, are you dissatisfied?"
“Since you clearly know that our plan is to fight you in single combat, why did you lead me to this place?” Ares frowned, and exerted great strength on the arm holding the spear. Veins quickly appeared on the surface of his skin, making him look extremely ferocious. “Hilde, if you are here to mock me, then I will let you know how terrible it is to mock me!”
"Oh, I'm so scared."
Hilde smiled and blinked.
"My Lord God of War actually threatened me, an ordinary oracle..."
"Bah! You still have the nerve to say you are just ordinary!!!"
"What's the point? Anyway, whether I'm an oracle or something else, it doesn't matter, right? For your father, Zeus, what he values is actually just the treasure hidden in my body, the Book of Creation. And for you, Ares, part of what you value is the Book of Creation, and the other part is just because I am the reincarnation of Athena. You want to defeat me to wash away the shame of your previous defeat to Athena, right?"
"you you……"
Hilde pointed out Ares's idea directly.
This is for Ares.
It's a naked insult!
"Oh, it seems I was right. You're angry."
"Hilde, you are looking for death!"
"So, you were planning to kill me, and so was Lord Zeus. Why would I want to die? If I say something nice to you, will you let me go? This is impossible, right?" Hilde sneered. "In that case, why don't you use all your strength to see if you have the ability to defeat me? How about it? If you defeat me, it means you have defeated Athena, and you can also get the original book of creation and gain the power to change the world."
"Hilde!!!"
Ares couldn't help it.
She roared and rushed over with a spear in hand.
At this moment, there was a surge of pressure.
Everything around was swept up in the strong wind, and a big tree nearby couldn't even bear the weight and was broken in half.
And Hilde stood there, motionless.
Ares burst out with extremely terrifying speed. He was covered with muscles, like a rock, and rushed towards Hilde at lightning speed. Hilde saw this scene, she couldn't take it head-on, so she immediately turned sideways, wielded the spear from the side, and stabbed fiercely towards Ares' left side.
Purple electric sparks flashed from Hilde's spear, and then abundant divine power was poured into the spear. The dazzling purple lightning seemed to burn everything around it.
boom--!
The sudden collision of two divine powers.
The explosion caused Hilde and Ares to fly away.
"Tsk..."
Hilde regained her balance.
Take a deep breath.
She realized that she might have underestimated Ares.
Hild's hands were still numb and trembling from the explosion just now. This was the result of Hild's rapid improvement in strength. If it were in the past, this one blow would probably have broken Hild's entire arm.
And Ares wasn't much better.
He also covered his right hand.
Looking at Hilde in surprise.
"sharp……"
Ares rarely praises people.
But today, he stood up straight and said seriously:
"Sure enough, it makes sense that father mobilized us and regarded you as our greatest enemy!"
"Thank you for the compliment?"
"No need!" Ares raised his spear again, "In this case, I must kill you!"
"Then hurry up and do it."
Chapter 3, Section 4: The Beginning of Operation Hera
Hilde looked at the sparks dancing in her hands.
She never did.
I feel that fighting against such a powerful enemy is a very confident thing.
Seeing the panic on Ares' face, Hilde thought of what Xerxes had said to her. All the worries and fears were unnecessary. Anyway, there was only one way to go, so why not go all the way to the end? In the end, I'm afraid I'll know if my worries were unnecessary... As of now, Ares is not that scary. At this moment, my guesses and plans also paid off.
Hilde's goal is to repel Ares!
As long as Ares is defeated.
The army of the Peloponnesian League will be completely stuck here.
Victory in the war belongs to Hilde!
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"It seems that Hilde has already taken action."
Hera, sitting in her seat, opened her eyes slightly.
She gently placed the wine glass in her hand on the table beside her, and then slowly sat up. In front of her, Nicias was kneeling on the ground, as if waiting for something. At least, when Hera didn't speak, Nicias didn't dare to stand up. Because he could feel that his god was not in a good mood.
"Hilde, have you left here?"
"Well, that's true."
"That……"
"It's time for you to take action, Hercules."
When Nicias heard the name, he was stunned for a moment and looked up in surprise.
"Hercules...sir?"
"Oh, you don't know yet." Hera stood up and walked in front of Nicias. "I used a special method to hide the power of Hercules. Not only you, but also the enemies, don't know that there is a Hercules hidden in the city of Athens."
"This……"
Before Nicias could say anything.
Suddenly, heavy footsteps were heard from behind him.
Nicias turned around.
Behind him stood a man who looked like a god descending from heaven. Hercules was different from Ares. If Ares' body was a beautiful product of meticulous carving, with every muscle and body structure perfectly in accordance with the golden ratio, then Hercules was a god of rough aesthetics. His muscles were not only obvious, but also very large, which made Hercules look like a brown bear, full of wild explosive power.
But, even at such a close distance.
Nicias didn't feel it either.
The divine power from Hercules.
How is this going?
"Sure enough, things turned out as you wished?"
"Yes."
In response to Hercules' question, Hera just smiled and nodded.
"Hilde is gone."
"Not just Hilde, but Artemis as well."
"She will definitely go to see her oracle when he is in danger, but don't worry. Artemis is the will of the Olympian gods after all, and she is unlikely to betray the Lord God." Hera didn't think too much. She waved her hand and said to Nicias, "Nicias, you should have a general understanding of the current situation. In this case, I will give you a task, which is to prepare to fight the Byzantines outside the city. There are Hercules, me, and you, and there is only one Persian outside the city who is capable of fighting, so..."
"You still have to be careful."
Hercules interrupted Hera mercilessly.
"The oracle outside the city is a little strange."
"Oh? What did you find?"
"Have you forgotten Apollo's death?"
"...Then you, don't you have confidence? We are two gods."
"It's not that I don't have confidence. It's just that Hilde has always been very cautious. This time she went to provide support and left the main force here alone, which means she must have kept a backup plan."
"But she doesn't know you exist."
"really."
Hercules wanted to say something else.
But at this time Hera could no longer hold back.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We must seize it and completely destroy the Byzantines!"
"it is good."
Hercules looked down at Nicias who was kneeling beside him.
"In that case, let's do it now."
"Come!"
Nicias turned his head.
Now that you've said that.
Nicias also stood up on his own.
However, Nicias was still quite nervous. He felt something was not right from Heracles's air, as if... there seemed to be some problems in Hera's plan. But Nicias did not dare to ask directly, for fear of angering Hera. Then, Hera said to Nicias: "Now, prepare your troops. When your troops are ready, you can start."
"Yes Yes……"
"You seem worried?"
"No, I'll do it right away."
Nicias left here immediately.
After he left, Hercules asked, "Is this really okay?"
"what do you mean?"
"Our actions this time may not be very appropriate."
"What? By now, Hilde is probably already fighting Ares. With Ares here, it would be easy to get rid of Hilde. Even if Artemis really rebelled, she would not be Ares' opponent."
Hera's confident words.
This made Hercules even more uneasy.
However, he himself is a person who does not like to think too much.
Since Hera knew what was going on, Hercules thought that it would be enough to let Hera handle it. And now, Hercules had to do his job, which was to use his Hercules ability to defeat all the enemies in one go!
"That Persian, do you have any information?"
"Ares has fought with her before. She is a master at using fire and has a lot of divine power. She is probably a demigod-level character, so you can just treat her like Hephaestus."
"Hephaestus...is not a man who is good at fighting."
"Watch the flames."
"clear."
Hera's patience was clearly running out.
Perhaps she had been waiting for this day for too long.
In Hera's plan.
As long as everything can be achieved in the end, then she can get everything she wants. For example... let her son, Ares, get the original book of creation and explore the secrets of the original book of creation first. If there is really a power that can change or even rule the realm of God and the world, doesn't it mean that Ares has the possibility of rising?
The Birth of the Bow of Apollo
