The Warrior of Love

"But it's not that easy to win my favor. If you devote everything you have to me, and pursue me with Sisyphus' perseverance, and keep getting rejected by me, and repeat this cycle over and over again... for a few hundred years or so, I should be moved by you."

"Is this some kind of punishment game?"

Jiang Liu showed his disgust without disguising his expression: "Why would I do such a troublesome thing... Let me make it clear first, I have no intentions towards your body, Ishtar."

"Ok?"

Ishtar got angry instead: "Are you saying that my charm is not enough to capture you? You, do you really know who I am? I am the goddess of beauty——"

"Please don't waste your time, goddess."

At this time, Ritsuka interrupted: "My brother already has someone he likes."

"Oh, really? That's not surprising."

"And you're totally out of his league."

"Oh, why?"

"Well, I want to know that too...why, even though I've been guiding him towards black long straight hair and girly styles, he still falls in love with someone else!"

As if he had heard something important that could not be ignored—Jiang Liu's mouth twitched slightly.

"That's enough, stop talking nonsense!"

Before the topic slid into an unfathomable abyss, Jiang Liu promptly ended this troublesome conversation.

"Goddess Ishtar, do you want your jewel back?"

"Of course...of course!"

Ishtar immediately leaned forward, getting close to Jiang Liu with a sense of oppression, and her sparkling eyes perfectly reflected her restless and expectant mood.

“This should be about the right level.”

Seeing the goddess's anxious look, Jiang Liu remembered what Gilgamesh had said.

[That goddess has a huge weakness - greed! It's like something engraved on her godhood, and it won't change no matter how much time passes.

This time, she was possessed by a human being with the same wavelength as her from another world. Her greedy character had undergone some subtle changes, causing her to become quite fond of gems.

No, to be more precise, I like it so much that it has become as instinctive as breathing!

For a girl like her, gems can move her heart more than any words...but giving gems directly to her is not the way to go.

No matter how useless this girl is, she is still a goddess. She will not be easily manipulated by humans. If she sees her flaws, she will just drain all your wealth and then watch you go to destruction with a smile...

Therefore, before using gems to bribe her, you must gain her approval in some way and change her attitude!

It won't work if you don't do that... Let's take out the bait after she becomes a little docile and her willfulness is defeated! 】

"Um……"

Jiang Liu gave Ishtar, who looked expectant, a hearty smile.

Then, he took out a roll of parchment from the dark space, and when he unfolded it, he saw incomprehensible words inside.

"Now, could you please sign something? Don't worry, this is not some kind of indenture. I am a good citizen who abides by the law. It just restricts us from attacking each other... There is really nothing else."

Chapter 608: Athena's determination!

Bang!

With a deafening roar, the steel gate was blown away like a feather, and the heavy wind ravaged everyone's eardrums, leaving a deep trench on the ground before it stopped.

As a result, the solid metal door had been twisted beyond recognition, and at the most severely damaged part, there was a clearly visible fist mark!

"Ahhhh, is this the place Jingu mentioned?"

In the dust, a strange figure slowly walked over, and the strange tone of voice made people particularly confused.

call!

A huge shadow fell towards her on each side. They were the stone puppets guarding the gate. Their giant-like bodies gave them unimaginable mass and strength. The giant axes chopped down with a force that could break steel. The power was so fierce that even servants who specialized in defense had to avoid its edge.

However, the figure remained indifferent, quietly waiting for the giant axe to fall——

bass! bass!

A strong gust of wind blew away the dust, revealing a shocking sight.

The man stretched out his hands and caught the axes of the two giant golems with his fingers as easily as pinching a butterfly!

The axe blade alone was taller than her entire body...but her face was calm, without any sign of nervousness or reluctance, proving that these posed no threat to her at all.

"Hey hey hey!"

With a strange breathing sound, the man swung his arms lightly, and the giant axe was turned around, causing the puppet to lose balance as well.

Then, pulled by a tremendous strange force, the two puppets collided with each other, metal and earth and rocks splashed everywhere, and turned into a pile of waste in the blink of an eye.

Without encountering any hindrance, she walked up the small earth and rock hill as if no one was around. Then she looked around at the scenery in the city, but she seemed not to have found her goal. Her originally excited look immediately turned unhappy.

"There's none?"

She said to the frightened soldiers: "Someone who can fight with me?"

"—"

In response to her question, everyone just remained silent.

Although these soldiers have received blessings, training, and equipment from Jiang Liu and Athena, and even dare to engage in head-on combat with large monsters, there are still many monsters in this world that they cannot even reach.

Fighting with such a guy is just a waste of life...

Even so, thirty of the most elite and brave men came out and formed a formation that would only be used to deal with super-ferocious demon beasts.

"Nice look! I like it!"

The moment the voice reached his ears, the soldier leader realized something was wrong, because compared with the first half, the second half was too clear, as if it was behind him.

"Ole!"

With an unclear cry, the tall woman picked up the soldier leader from behind and threw him half into the ground with a painful-looking German-style throw, and his body immediately fell limp.

"team leader!"

The soldiers around her thrust their weapons at her, but none of them could touch her.

"It's not enough, it's not enough... This is totally not enough!"

It was like a raging fire, like a strong wind, like a rainstorm - the swift movement was beyond the limits of human beings, and the skilled and ruthless joint techniques could easily break human bones. In just ten seconds, this team of the most elite soldiers was completely wiped out!

The goddess' blessing? A weapon of low-level Noble Phantasm strength?

It's like a joke in front of this super-sized existence!

"Is that the end? Big sister hasn't had enough fun yet."

She cast her gaze towards the other soldiers around her, and there was an explosion when she stepped on the ground, and she disappeared from the spot.

Clang——

Before the storm hit a soldier, a crisp sound of metal collision was heard in the void, revealing the woman's body to everyone.

A golden arrow that had lost its power was thrown high into the air and then fell down helplessly, but the monster used the metal part of the wrist guard to block its face, as if to deflect the inevitable attack.

"Hoo...Interesting!"

With a sudden exertion of force from his muscular thighs, the unreasonable invader leaped high into the air, somersaulted and landed on the city wall, making a magnificent appearance like a wrestler.

"It looks like it won't end so boringly, young lady."

At this moment, she was facing away from the sun, and her tall body seemed as dazzling as if covered with a layer of golden coat.

After a while, people gradually adjusted to this angle and could really see her appearance.

The height of 1.8 meters coupled with the towering headdress gives people a strange sense of oppression. The tropical clothing full of ethnic style is very simple, and feather decorations can be seen everywhere, but it does not give people the impression of overshadowing the others. Instead, it makes people feel that "it should be like this."

Although he doesn't seem to have well-defined, bulging muscles, his well-proportioned body doesn't require them. And if you look closely, the ideal abdominal muscles are telling others how terrifying he is with their lines.

Her appearance is somewhat different from that of the goddess Ishtar, and cannot be said to be "absolutely beautiful", but is just of a more outstanding level. However, the majesty and spirit she exudes are far superior to the Mistress of Heaven!

Strange dress, fit body...in a nutshell it can be described as exotic!

She is one of the "Three Goddesses Alliance". Like the Demon Goddess, she threatens this era and is the Sun Goddess who aims to annihilate all mankind. She is the fanatical wind from South America - Quetzalcoatl.

Or call her by another name:

"Quetzalcoatl"!

"Oh my, a big shot has really come. It's a pity that he's not here at this time..."

The figure who shot the golden arrow made everyone feel at ease, and they all stepped back a few steps, as if to leave enough space for the upcoming battle between the two.

Her silver hair was particularly bright in the sunlight, not only attracting the attention of many humans, but even Koyatel was attracted by her beautiful and holy posture.

Today, Athena has taken off her Sumerian-style priest costume and put on a Greek-style white robe, with her two slender but powerful arms completely exposed.

"You are……"

Koyatel narrowed her eyes slightly. Athena gave her a familiar feeling, but when she really compared her with a certain goddess in her impression, she found that the two were completely different.

It’s probably like finding Sun Wukong in Journey to the West, but discovering that he can’t become a Super Saiyan - although there are similarities, there are more differences and they are absolute differences.

Therefore, it is impossible that they are the same existence; at most they have some mysterious connection.

"Um... who are you?"

"My name is Pallas. You, the god of a foreign country, will stop here."

Athena looked around, taking in the expressions of the soldiers, civilians, and children, then closed her eyes, and slowly opened them after a few seconds.

"No one can invade my city. No matter if you are the God of the Sea or the God of the Sun, I will not allow this to happen!"

Chapter 609: The Goddess's Ambition

As a goddess, I do not hate humans.

Having said that, I definitely can’t say I like it.

——Athena thought so.

Thousands of years have passed since she turned away from mythology and appeared in the human world as "Athena".

Although he was asleep most of the time, he woke up several times and witnessed how humans have come to where they are today.

Because of this, no other disobedient god understands the nature of human beings better than himself.

There used to be schools of thought that simply classified it as "theory of human nature being evil/theory of human nature being good", and there were also theories that broke it down into two opposing opposites, but in her eyes, humans are not static creatures, and using those theories to summarize the essence of humans is too one-sided.

Most people are mediocre mortals, but true heroes often come from among them.

They undoubtedly have various shortcomings and are not perfect, but at certain moments they can shine like stars.

Known as the "Mother of Heroes", she witnessed and guided countless heroes to achieve great deeds, some of which have even been passed down as myths. It can be said that Athena is one of the gods who is most closely associated with humans.

But even so, she couldn't be said to like humans very much.

They had long since abandoned their original beliefs and instead worshipped the Steel Hero who ruled the world through violence and plunder, rather than the Mother Goddess of harvest and mercy.

Although this is inevitable in a sense and is the necessary price for the evolution from a matriarchal society to a patriarchal society, for an ancient earth goddess like Athena, although it is understandable, it is unforgivable.

She did not choose to retaliate against humans, nor did she want to subvert everything like Echidna did. She was not even infected by madness, but always remained rational and occasionally helped those humans with heroic qualities.

Because she knew that even if she fell into madness, nothing would change, and the wheel of fate could not be changed by force.

So why is she even looking for the Gorgon Stone?

There is only one answer: to prove myself!

Falling from the throne was not due to lack of ability or unworthiness, but simply the inability to resist the invisible fate.

She has never lost to any male god, nor has she ever succumbed to any "steel". She has always been a chaste girl, the original earth goddess, and the queen of the trinity!

——To prove this, she has been searching for what she lost.

But whether it was luck or misfortune, her encounter with someone gave her the opportunity to find her lost property, but it also ultimately led to her downfall...

It was so embarrassing and ridiculous that even she couldn't help laughing at her own sadness!

What on earth is this?

The queen, who had persisted for a thousand years without giving in and had always wanted to avenge herself against Steel, had now become a slave to humans, being bullied and unable to resist... This tragic fact was enough to cause her mental breakdown.