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High above the clouds, some distance from this battlefield, sits a massive, majestic, and magnificent palace.

A dozen or so imposing golden figures stood in the palace, surrounding a huge transparent sphere.

At this moment, the transparent sphere was playing footage of the battle between the Greek coalition and the Trojan navy, thousands of miles away.

A handsome man clad in golden armor, with hair as blue as the sea, held a trident and looked at the scene inside the sphere with excitement and pride.

Just as the Greek coalition was about to be swallowed by the tsunami, a golden spear suddenly pierced the smug Poseidon.

Poseidon was startled and instinctively used his trident to defend himself.

Clang!

Golden fragments scattered, and Poseidon, caught off guard, was forced back half a step.

However, the power gathered on the trident suddenly dissipated, and in the image displayed on the sphere, the tsunami abruptly collapsed, posing no further threat to the Greek fleet.

"Athena!? You cheated!"

Poseidon was immediately enraged.

"Your Majesty, the power of the gods should not interfere too much with the human realm. This is an order given by the great Zeus."

Athena spoke calmly, without mentioning that she herself had used her divine power to help the Greek coalition and had almost wiped out the Trojan fleet.

This blatant double standard immediately enraged Poseidon.

"you!"

clang!

Just then, the man who had been sitting silently on the throne suddenly raised his head, and a terrifying aura instantly erupted.

Poseidon was about to continue, but was immediately intimidated by this aura and forcibly swallowed back what he wanted to say.

"This war is both a predetermined fate and a means to make the people on earth more reverent towards the gods."

Zeus's words seemed cryptic, but everyone present was astute enough to understand his meaning immediately.

How can we make humans more reverent towards the divine?

Of course, it's about displaying unparalleled power.

It is clear that in the debate between Poseidon and Athena, Zeus sided with Athena.

With Zeus's consent, Athena could now intervene in mortal battles without restraint.

'Hmph! You think you're the only one who can use divine power? We'll see!'

Chapter 748 Undercurrents

Zeus's decree set a different tone for this war.

The gods could interfere in the Trojan War with impunity.

Even so, the stronger the effect of the miracles performed by the gods, the more terrifying the divine power consumed.

This is one of the reasons why Poseidon was annoyed.

The faith harvested is insufficient to sustain the divine power required to perform miracles.

Everyone was peacefully making money together, but this crazy woman insisted on overturning the table, causing everyone to not only fail to make money but also lose money. This naturally made Poseidon extremely unhappy.

Otherwise? No one would be so naive as to think that Poseidon was pitying mortals, would they?

After the council of gods, the gods dispersed, but Athena remained in the golden palace and did not leave.

Then, Zeus's voice rang out again.

"Athena, my dear daughter, do not forget the true nature of this war."

"Let the heroes create the most glorious epic, and then... meet their end."

Zeus's thunderous voice echoed throughout the golden palace.

"Your will, great Zeus."

Athena bowed respectfully with her head lowered.

However, she was secretly sneering.

Unable to control their lower bodies, they created so many children of the gods, and now they're afraid? How laughable.

It's pathetic that they tried to use war as a pretext to eliminate the possible prophesied child, yet they fabricated such a clumsy excuse.

Of course, she wouldn't be foolish enough to sabotage her stupid father's plans.

After all, she is one of the gods, and eliminating mortals with the potential to become gods is in her interest.

After Zeus gave Athena a dressing down, he let his scheming daughter leave with satisfaction.

As Athena left Zeus's golden palace and prepared to leave Olympus along the path, a flippant and arrogant voice suddenly came from the side.

"Oh, my dear sister, why did Zeus leave you behind alone?"

Athena turned her head and saw a valiant, muscular, red-haired man in armor walking towards her.

The red-haired man had a frivolous and wild smile on his face. Coupled with his masculine physique and handsome face, this beast-like beauty could easily arouse women's desire and make their hearts flutter.

Even the renowned beauty goddess was one of his lovers.

Unfortunately, the goddess before him was not an ordinary goddess.

Athena merely glanced at him indifferently.

"Ares, instead of worrying about these things, do the task your mother gave you well."

Didn't she ask you to assist me in helping the Greek coalition achieve victory? What were you doing before?

"Can't you even do a good job as an assistant?"

After Athena finished speaking, she ignored Ares's face, which had turned ashen, and with a gentle sway of her skirt, turned and left, leaving behind only a faint fragrance lingering in the air.

Bah!

Ares punched a nearby stone pillar, instantly smashing the thick pillar into fragments that flew everywhere. Several Funing (elves who served the gods) passing by nearby were immediately terrified and trembled.

"Humph!"

Ares snorted coldly and turned to leave.

Damn Athena, why should I, the God of War, assist you?

joke!

This time, I'm going to make you lose face in front of the gods!

Having made up his mind, Ares immediately left Olympus and disappeared without a trace.

Soon after, Penthesilea, the young queen of the Amazons, received a divine message from her father and led her powerful Amazon warriors to the battlefield of Troy...

The mortals on the battlefield would naturally be unaware of the disputes between the gods.

However, the war could not continue.

The two commanders gathered their warships, faced off for a while, and then withdrew.

Upon their return, the Trojan navy was immediately greeted with a grand welcome by the entire city.

Although the war ended abruptly, it is an undeniable fact that the Trojans gained an absolute advantage.

The Greek coalition suffered losses of up to a quarter of its forces, with nearly 20,000 soldiers sinking into the depths of the Aegean Sea along with as many as 40 warships of various sizes.

In contrast, the Trojans only lost three or four warships and suffered only two or three hundred casualties.

This is undoubtedly a great victory.

It was even more perfect that the army was led to victory by the old king's eldest son, whom he admired most.

Hector's reputation was unparalleled for a time. The bards of Troy were singing his praises, and his deeds quickly spread throughout the city-states along the Mediterranean coast, truly making him a figure of great renown.

The old king held a grand celebration banquet for this.

With his growing influence, Xu Ming was able to learn some inside information about the Trojan leadership.

The old king has largely retired from active involvement, and Hector has essentially taken control of Troy's military and political power.

Such a large-scale propaganda campaign was clearly not Hector's idea; it was the old king paving the way for his son to ascend to the throne.

It must be said that this old king had put a lot of thought into it.

Of course, with Hector's talent and wisdom, he was fully capable of bearing the weight of this crown.

The prerequisite is that he will not die on the battlefield.

As a great hero who turned the tide, Xu Ming naturally received a lot of praise and rewards.

However, gold and silver jewelry were all meaningless to him; only the skyrocketing points were real.

In just this one battle, his points skyrocketed to over 3. If the fragments of the 'Sevenfold Blazing Sky Ring' hadn't been still unavailable for exchange, he would have already exchanged for one to try it out.

Hector was not a pleasure-seeking man. On the second day of the banquet, he summoned a group of generals and heroes early in the morning to discuss the next steps.

After discussion, Hector personally made the decision to first ambush the Greek coalition forces on the beach, and then slowly retreat into the city of Troy.

This strategy is very simple, but very effective.

The reason is that, on the coast near Troy, only this stretch of beach, several kilometers long, directly opposite the gate, is suitable for landing. Other places are either cliffs or covered with reefs, and other suitable coastlines are more than 100 kilometers away.

At Hector's command, the Trojan soldiers began to build temporary defenses.

They erected sharpened wooden stakes pointing forward, creating something similar to chevaux-de-frise, to guard against the Greek coalition's chariots.

They also erected wooden planks slightly behind to serve as temporary cover against arrows.

Then, at Xu Ming's suggestion, a simple moat was dug in front of the barricades, and seawater was introduced into it.

Unfortunately, the enemy was about to arrive, and time was running out; otherwise, Xu Ming could have guided the Trojan artisans to create even more insidious defensive measures.

It's important to understand that the history of human development is also a dark history of humans killing their own kind.

The bizarre and varied weapons have left terrible scars on human history.

Chapter 749 Beach Sniper Battle

Two days later, a small boat sped onto the beach, and several Trojan soldiers stumbled and jumped off.

One of the soldiers, dressed in armor and seemingly a decimal, hadn't even stood up properly when, with the help of his comrades, he started shouting at the top of his lungs.