"do not move."
“…Tsk, I got caught.”
The voice behind him was all too familiar to Artemis.
She stretched out her hand to push the spear away, turned around and said coldly: "Ares..."
"I didn't expect you to have the guts to come back." Ares wasn't afraid that Artemis would run away. He retracted his spear and asked with a frown, "Why are you sneaking around outside my mother's temple? What are you planning?"
"..."
Artemis took a step back.
"I told you, is it useful?"
"Artemis, I advise you not to go to extremes. Now, the gods don't think you have betrayed the gods. Everyone thinks that you are on this path because you are threatened. However, if you attack me here, it will be a complete betrayal of the gods, and you will end up like Athena... So, I advise you to calm down."
Ares was right.
However, Artemis was a little puzzled.
"You didn't tell me that I fought with you?"
"No."
Ares shook his head.
"After I came back, I thought a lot and felt that there were many strange things about this matter."
"Ares, what do you think?"
"Tell me first, what are your plans?"
Faced with Ares's questioning, Artemis could only bow her head and explain: "Sophia, the princess of Hilde and the oracle of the goddess of night Nyx, was captured by Hera and is now imprisoned in the temple. I came here this time to rescue Sophia."
"……really."
Ares sighed.
“There were a lot of things that happened that I wasn’t aware of.”
"You do not know?"
"Mother didn't tell any gods in the realm of gods about this." After confirming Artemis's purpose, Ares looked around and said, "There are many things I want to know. I can't be kept in the dark any longer. The power from Hilde, the real purpose of Lord Zeus... and all the things that happened in the past, I need to know."
"…Why should I tell you?"
"If you tell me, I will help you save people."
Ares's gaze was firm.
"no sooner said than done."
The Doubtful God of War
Although Artemis did not believe Ares.
But she had no other choice.
Either agree or be captured by Ares. If Ares really just wanted to capture her, he wouldn't have to go to such lengths. So Artemis chose to trust him temporarily and followed Ares to the temple of the god of war. And Ares was indeed very cautious. This usually rough man actually looked around and observed. After confirming that there was no one around, he led Artemis into his own temple.
"It's safe here."
Ares closed the door and put the spear aside.
Laying down weapons is a way for Ares to show his sincerity.
Artemis also put the Moon Silver Bow behind her.
"So, what do you want to know?"
"First of all, what exactly is the Book of Genesis? Why can it make Hilde enter such a violent state? What kind of power is contained in the Book of Genesis? Why does Lord Zeus want this?"
Ares couldn't suppress his curiosity.
Several questions were thrown out one after another.
This made Artemis a little overwhelmed.
She waved her hands quickly and said helplessly: "Don't ask so many questions at once, I can answer you slowly."
"Ah, well... go ahead."
"First of all, I don't know what the Book of Creation is... I only know that it contains the power of the Creator Gods, and it has a very deep connection with those ancient gods. Moreover, the power of the Book of Creation is very strong. It can rewrite the rules of the entire world. No matter how powerful the gods are, they will disappear from this world immediately under the influence of the Book of Creation. Therefore, Zeus used the Book of Creation to eliminate almost all the gods except us, and only we are left..."
"I've only heard that the Titans' losers were imprisoned in Tartarus."
"Those are all lies."
Artemis denied this.
But doubts ensued.
"How are you sure?"
"I met Lord Hades."
"Hades? No, it's impossible. He is in the underworld. How could he meet you?"
"This involves the oracle brought back by Hera, a girl named Sophia. She possesses the power of the goddess of night, Nyx, who is one of the few powerful goddesses who can freely travel between the three realms. When Nyx uses her power, she can open the passage between the underworld and the human world, allowing Lord Hades of the underworld to appear in the mortal world to meet me. Lord Hades and Lord Poseidon are the gods who witnessed Zeus's destruction of other gods. These things happened before we were born..."
"but I……"
"Remember Prometheus?"
"of course I remember!"
Ares and his companions had seen Prometheus.
That was almost the only Titan Ares had ever seen.
"But then Lord Prometheus disappeared..."
"Yes, because he was destroyed by Lord Zeus using the Original Book of Creation."
Ares was very surprised by what Artemis said. He had never heard of such a thing... Ares was curious about Prometheus' disappearance for a while, but Zeus explained that Prometheus had left the realm of the gods to look for something. However, Prometheus never appeared again in the thousands of years since then. The humans "created" by Prometheus continued to multiply and eventually became what they are today.
If what Artemis said was true.
It seems that Prometheus is really dead.
“It’s unbelievable…”
"It's hard for me to imagine. If Lord Hades hadn't said it himself, I would..."
Artemis shook her head.
"Then, as to why Zeus created the Original Library, I don't have an accurate answer, but what I can confirm is that Zeus's purpose in creating the Original Library was definitely not a glorious reason. Otherwise, Athena would not have snatched the Original Library from Zeus at the cost of her own life."
"Well, I know this."
Ares nodded thoughtfully.
He has always known that Athena has always been the most righteous god on Mount Olympus.
Although she had always been at odds with Ares, Ares knew that Athena did many things without any selfish motives. Later, in order to seize the original book of creation, Athena did not hesitate to tear her face with Zeus and finally died. Although Zeus said that Athena betrayed Zeus and the Olympian gods for strength and power, Ares did not believe it.
Athena could have been for many different reasons.
But betraying the gods is not Athena's style.
And now, Artemis has come to a conclusion.
"That is to say, Lord Zeus wants to create the original library. He is probably carrying out a plan, but this plan is not allowed by Athena?"
"Hmm... This plan is most likely to directly wipe out all humans in this world. In fact, humans already existed in this world before we were born. They built many civilizations and were far more powerful than humans today. However, in order to establish his absolute rule, Zeus used the original book of creation to completely rewrite the world after becoming the king of gods. He caused a great flood to engulf all humans and wiped out all non-Olympian gods, because he wanted to build a world that would be ruled by him forever."
"He did it."
Ares was certain of this.
After all, there are no non-Olympian gods anymore.
"Then why does he need it?"
"Because he found that even the Olympians were not willing to obey him." Artemis said helplessly, "Zeus' ambition is greater than we imagined. He hopes that we gods will also submit to him. Indeed, we submitted because Zeus is our father. However, Zeus's absurd behavior will inevitably backfire. Lord Hades and Lord Poseidon will not watch Zeus do whatever he wants, and the same goes for Athena. Perhaps Zeus realized that his rule is not so stable, so he plans to..."
"Lord Zeus, are you planning to destroy us?"
Ares asked in horror.
"This is impossible."
"It's just my guess, but..."
"That's right... If that's the reason, Athena would have gone to such lengths to steal the Genesis Original Library."
The second tune, the fifth section, successfully rescued Sophia
"You believe in Athena a lot."
Artemis couldn't help but ask.
After all, she was still quite surprised by such things.
Ares and Athena were sworn enemies. Athena's oracle had even stabbed Ares before, which almost became the most shameful thing in the God of War's career. In response to Artemis's doubts, Ares said frankly: "Although I have always disliked Athena, I have to admit that she is indeed the most upright god in the Olympian gods. So, I have always doubted her motives for doing this, and whether Lord Zeus is lying."
"In that case, do you have an answer now?"
"Without enough evidence, I still can't give an answer."
Ares shook his head.
"I need to investigate."
"Well, I see."
"You saved me then, I owe you that. Besides, before we figure out the situation, it's obviously safer to keep the original book of creation with Hilde." Ares shrugged helplessly. "Now the God Realm is getting more and more chaotic, everyone is disunited, and my mother is also considering some unrealistic things. What's the use of me getting the original book of creation?"
"I originally thought that gods were also selfless, but in fact, the greed of gods is probably more terrible than we imagined."
Artemis' words.
Ares couldn't deny it.
Whether it is Zeus, Apollo, or Hera.
They all proved it.
"I promised you. Now I will help you lead your mother out."
"Really?"
"Didn't I agree with that?"
Ares carried his spear, turned and walked outside.
Although Ares did agree, Artemis didn't really believe it. She didn't expect that such a difficult task would now have Ares' help. The former enemy has now become an ally, which was a bit unexpected for Artemis. So, she hurriedly followed him, walked behind Ares, and asked, "What are you going to do in the future? Now that Hilde has become His Majesty Basilius of Greece and plans to rule all of Greece, Zeus can't just sit back and watch."
"That has nothing to do with me."
Ares responded calmly, as if he didn't care about the matter at all.
"I don't want to be used as a pawn."
"……Too."
"But I won't be idle either. I will naturally try my best to figure out the situation."
Although Ares was not a good god, he knew what he had to do. If Zeus's ambition was really that terrifying, Ares would never sit idly by. Therefore, he was taking action by helping Artemis now. So, when Ares walked to the door, he could not help but turn around and said to Artemis: "Artemis, you must be careful about your safety. Apollo is dead, and Lord Zeus also killed Athena. You are in great danger. I don't want any more of my brothers and sisters to die."
"Okay, I know."
Facing Ares' concern.
Artemis nodded firmly.
"Let's go."
"Ok!"
Ares pushed open the door of the temple.
The absence of anyone around allowed Ares and Artemis to quickly approach Hera's temple.
