Athena is a traitor now, but her character is well-known.
The most respected god on Mount Olympus, besides Zeus, is probably Athena herself. Her trust in the gods is even higher than that of Hera or Poseidon. In fact, all the gods are suspicious of her motives for sacrificing her life to rob the original library of creation, but due to Zeus's authority, no god dares to speak out.
"Mother, am I right?"
"So, Ares, what exactly are you planning?"
"I want to know the real purpose of Father God wanting to create the original library."
Ares frowned tightly, his worry clearly evident.
Faced with Ares' attitude, Hera could only sigh deeply.
"I see."
"So, you know what?"
"I really don't know, and if I can know, I would like to find out..." Hera raised her head and asked helplessly, "So, what are you going to do?"
"Doesn't he want the Original Book of Creation? It's very simple. We should just not give him the Original Book of Creation. He doesn't even leave his own temple easily, let alone come to the ground to look for Hilde. As long as we don't risk our lives to capture Hilde for him, the Original Book of Creation will always be kept with Hilde. At least, it will be safe with her."
"But Hilde is also using the power of the Original Book of Creation!"
Hera was just about to tell you about Nyx, the goddess of night.
However, she paused for a moment and decided it would be better to keep it secret for the time being.
As for Ares, he actually knew everything.
Artemis had already known about the matter of the goddess of night, Nyx, and her oracle, Sophia. Ares felt that the time was enough for Artemis to take Sophia away. Since there was no sign of any battle outside, it meant that Artemis must have succeeded. So Ares shook his head and said helplessly, "It is safer to leave the original book of creation with Hilde and hand you over to Zeus. That's what I think."
"Ares!"
Hera still wanted to dissuade him.
But Ares just turned his back.
"I will not be involved in this matter anymore."
"...Okay, Ares."
Hera was not surprised by her son's decision.
On the contrary, it's quite normal.
After knowing this, it was indeed difficult to accept for a while.
Hera couldn't help but think that her son's heart must be full of worries and concerns, as well as helplessness and disappointment after being betrayed. Hera also felt very guilty about what happened to Ares. Her greed almost killed her son. She was also very confident that Hilde, who killed Apollo, would not be Ares' opponent at all. But she didn't expect... the power of the Genesis Library was so terrible that it could create such a terrifying power.
"You should have a good rest."
"Mother."
"Anything else to say?"
"I hope that mother can think it over carefully. Although you love Father God deeply, if Father God wants him to be the only God in this world, you will become a pitiful victim."
"……OK."
Hera hesitated, but nodded.
"I understand."
"Okay, if anything happens later, I hope mother won't keep it from me anymore."
"Yes, I can promise you."
Chapter 8: Quarrel between mother and son
Ares no longer cared whether what Hera said was true or not.
Now, Artemis should have successfully left.
That's the most important thing.
Moreover, today's matter was indeed what Ares wanted to ask, not just to delay time. Even if Hera later suspected him, Hera would never dare to think too much about what they talked about today, or tell others. Watching Hera's back as she left his temple, Ares's worries grew. He really couldn't imagine, if what Artemis said about Zeus' conspiracy was really true... then what would it mean to him and the entire Olympian gods.
That would be a very scary thing.
Ares couldn't even imagine it.
And after Hera left the temple of Ares.
She did not dare to stay for long, but went straight to her temple.
Although she was not worried about what Sophia could do during her absence, Hera hurried back to the temple out of worry. However, when she just entered the temple, she felt that something was wrong. There was a familiar atmosphere in the temple, but it did not belong to this temple. At the same time, there was still a faint divine power on the door of the temple, but it did not come from Ares.
"Oops!"
Hera rushed into the temple.
Arrived at the door of the room where Sophia was being held.
Looking closely, the room was empty, and there was indeed no trace of Sophia. Seeing this, Hera suddenly realized that something big had indeed happened.
"Just now……"
Hera's first reaction.
He was thinking of his son, Ares.
But thinking about it carefully, what Ares told me today was indeed very important, and it didn't seem like an excuse to get me out of here. Moreover, who took Sophia away while I was away? At present, I don't know who did it. Hera thought about it and suspected Zeus again. Could it be that Zeus discovered Sophia's existence and took her away while I was away?
"This is impossible."
Zeus didn't need to do such a troublesome thing.
Just go to their house and ask for them.
But now Sophia is definitely gone.
In Hera's mind, it was like a bolt of lightning that struck from the blue sky, and Hera was completely at a loss. So, Hera turned around and rushed out of her temple. She looked around, but did not find any clues. Sophia seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and there was no trace of who took her away. However, Hera could still feel a trace of divine power remaining. She followed the divine power and quickly chased in that direction, but in the end, Hera found herself at the edge of the divine realm and her breath was cut off.
The other party ran away.
Hera couldn't help but take two steps back and fell to the ground.
The oracle of the goddess of night, Nyx, whom I had finally discovered.
Just disappeared?
Moreover, Sophia was taken away and left the realm of the gods. Hera couldn't figure out which god would do this. After all, she didn't expect Artemis to dare to return to the realm of the gods. If she, a traitor, came back, it would be a complete death. After thinking about it, Hera felt that she had to ask Ares now. After all, it was Ares who came to Hera on his own initiative. Sophia would disappear directly when Hera left the temple.
"Ares!"
Hera went straight to the temple of Ares.
And Ares was already prepared.
After knowing that Sophia disappeared, Hera would definitely come to find her.
When Hera appeared in front of him, Ares asked coldly: "What's wrong, mother?"
"You, you just wanted to get me out of the way, didn't you?"
"Intentionally? I don't understand what you said, mother." Ares looked outside, as if he knew nothing. "Also, mother, I'm curious why you look like you've lost something. If you really have lost something, please tell me, I will definitely help you find it."
"..."
Hera roughly guessed it.
Ares knew it.
Moreover, Ares' attitude was different from usual.
After being together for so long, Hera could certainly feel whether Ares was lying or not.
"Ares, tell me, who is it?"
"Mother, what are you talking about?"
"Tell me who it is!"
Hera grabbed Ares's shoulders and asked hysterically: "I finally found it, I finally found it..."
"Mother, if you say this, it might attract some unnecessary attention."
At this time, Hera realized that her hysterical voice seemed to be heard by other gods. Hera immediately calmed herself down, then grabbed Ares' hand, took Ares into the temple, and closed the door. At this time, Hera stood at the door, as if to block Ares' way. Seeing his mother's attitude, Ares also looked helpless.
"Mother, you..."
"Ares, you are my most precious child."
"I know."
"So, I believe that there may be many gods who will betray me, but I don't think you will betray me."
"..."
Who can say for sure?
Betrayal or not.
Ares was also doing things according to his own ideas. He was one of the twelve main gods of Olympus. If he was always bound by family ties and did things he didn't want to do, then he, the main god of Olympus, would be quite a coward. So, Ares responded in an unfriendly tone: "Mother, you have to understand one thing. I am me. Although I am your son, before I was your son, my identity as Ares, the god of war, was more important. I have the qualifications and the right to take the action I think is right after understanding the truth of the matter."
"That means... you admit it, right?"
"Mother can interpret it however she wants."
Ares's words were also very merciless.
However, knowing Ares' attitude, Hera felt relieved.
Hera felt guilty for letting Ares fight Hilde and almost killing him. Although Sophia was important, she was not as important as her son. So Hera continued, "I thought this matter was too simple. I shouldn't have excluded you. I'm really sorry."
Ares is determined
However, Hera really couldn't let go of Sophia's matter.
After all, this is an important clue that was discovered with great difficulty.
After thinking it over, Hera asked, "But Sophia is very important to me. If we can't find her, the future of our Olympian gods will be threatened. Son, Ares, you are the light of Olympus. No matter what Lord Zeus plans to do, the person who was taken away before us has clues about the disappeared god, the goddess of night, Nyx. If this clue is lost, our future will be in great danger."
"..."
Ares sighed.
"I think there will be no problem."
"Ares!"
"I already roughly know the truth of the matter. I know that Lord Nyx was killed by you, so you must be particularly afraid that Lord Nyx will come back to seek revenge on you. But so what? That was just a mistake you made at the time. Even if you find Nyx, what can you do? Will Lord Hades forgive you?"
Hearing Ares mention Hades' name.
Hera was also surprised.
Hades...Hades!
"Hades, this guy..."
"Well, mother, our future is not something you should focus on right now."
"Then what are we going to do?"
"Zeus' situation may be more worthy of our attention than Hades and Nyx. Indeed, I am Zeus' son and you are his wife, but it was Zeus who killed his own children and those innocent gods. Now, his plan is full of evil things that might happen to us. I, when I think about it, if Athena really sacrificed her life to protect us, then if I am still helping Zeus do wrong things, I will be completely defeated."
Ares clenched his fists.
“But we have no evidence.”
"Yes! So, so I have to find out the truth!"
Ares' attitude was extremely firm.
What he saw with his own eyes and heard with his own ears.
They all tell a terrible and infuriating fact.
Ares is not a god with a strong sense of justice, but he is the god of war, the famous god of war Ares. While he is the god of war, he is also a passionate warrior. Warriors have their own moral principles and codes. He is keen to fight the enemy on the battlefield, defeat the enemy, and kill the opponent. However, Ares cannot accept the act of using the original library of creation to erase all the existences he doesn't like. Because of this, Ares is so indignant about what Zeus did.
At the same time, Ares, who had always regarded Athena as his rival, felt that he was far behind Athena after learning that Athena sacrificed her life to stop Zeus's conspiracy. It was like he lost at the starting line. The bravery and courage that he should have as a warrior were beaten by the goddess Athena without any chance to raise his head. Originally, Ares thought Athena was a traitor and sneered at Athena, but now he looked like a clown.
So, Ares stretched out his right hand and hit his chest.
