There is something wrong with my infinite flow teammates!

Beiyuan Kong fell silent, and his angry and puzzled look gradually became somewhat complicated.

When Homelander saw his gaze, he chuckled and said, "Surprising? Why would a bastard born from a test tube, an ignorant and obscene mother-obsessed boar with low morals, show such a mentality?"

The two looked at each other for a long time. Beiyuan Kong seemed to have thought of something. After his eyes changed for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "You... don't deserve it."

"Yes, I don't deserve it, but I got it. How ironic." The Homelander smiled calmly and said, "Izumo Squad Kitahara Sora, thank Kasumigaoka Utaha for me. Thank her for giving me a dream."

Yes, because all his dirty deeds that were not exposed were exposed, causing his twisted personality to almost collapse. But on the verge of going completely crazy, he was given a dream, which eventually led to his regaining humanity.

That dream started from birth, knowing things, determining his character, meeting people, and ending his life... In that dream, he had parents, a proper education, a childhood sweetheart, and children. In that dream, he always had happy company.

Shiyu's ability to make up stories was so strong that he lived again with the help of that dream, which almost gave him a real life of a hundred years. Because from the end of a normal life to waking up in reality, he finally understood how absurd his life as a "homelander" was, and he had a great enlightenment.

This mentality is the prelude to "whitewashing" in a TV drama. He doesn't deserve to be "whitewashed", and he knows he doesn't deserve it, so he chooses to suffer here, waiting to be wiped out after the mission fails, or to commit suicide after returning.

That dream might not have caused such serious consequences for others, but my countrymen happened to be an exception.

His life was a tragedy in itself. He was a tool for the purpose of making money. After experiencing it himself, he finally understood how many ordinary and happy lives he had ruined.

After living happily until the end of his life in his dream, he woke up with his heart old. From a psychological point of view, Shiyu really killed her motherland, and she did it through the script.

"Your thanks will make her feel sick and vomit. Like me, she would rather you be eliminated as a pervert."

"Oh, that's a shame."

Kitahara Sora was in no mood to discuss this with him, so he turned around and prepared to fly towards the chariot. As soon as he turned around, the voice of his fellow countryman came out again.

"Zeus already knows about Athena and Gaia's betrayal. The Fire Thief is the source of fire for the human race in this world. He himself is part of the rules of the world."

"What do you mean?"

Kitahara Sora turned around and stared at Homelander with suspicion, but the other party's eyes at this moment were extremely clear and sincere.

"You have to understand why Athena and Gaia want you to save Prometheus. Humans cannot defeat the gods, but humans will not perish as long as the fire is not extinguished."

Homelander said expressionlessly: "You all guessed wrong, but you have never explored your mistakes in depth. Although the powerful gods have the ability to create life, the humans in this world were not created by Zeus, but by Prometheus, Gaia and Athena."

"Prometheus sculpted the human form out of clay, Gaia gave them vitality, and Athena infused the clay figures with souls, which meant opening up their wisdom and teaching them survival skills."

“When humans were given everything, they still couldn’t live like gods, so Prometheus stole fire for them so that civilization could grow and develop.”

He looked past Kitahara Sora and towards the goddess of wisdom who was resting with her eyes closed in the distance, "Dude, she's been with you for so long, don't tell me you haven't asked her. I guess Athena thought you knew these things, so she didn't say it on her own initiative."

Kitahara Sora felt increasingly depressed, with a feeling that something terrible was going to happen spreading deep in his heart.

Indeed, I didn't ask, and Athena didn't mention it either. She must have thought she knew. Because in reality, there are too many versions of Greek mythology, including the ancient Athenian version, the Spartan version, and the Roman version.

The film adapted some details based on the myth, saying that Zeus created humans, and then the mission world of the observer was changed a little bit. In this case, it would be strange to study the side details that are not related to the mission.

Seeing Kitahara Sora frowning, Homelander continued to tease, "As long as Prometheus exists, humans will not perish even if they fail, so Zeus killed him?"

Zeus is the king of gods, and humans fear his power and choose to believe in him, rather than their creator Prometheus. They dare not believe in a prisoner, even if he is a gift-giver.

At first Zeus was against human attitude, but human faith actually made him stronger, so he chose to accept it after weighing the pros and cons.

In the original myth, Zeus has always been indifferent to humans and even wanted to destroy them several times. This movie modified the setting to show that Zeus is very kind and chooses to warn and tolerate even in the face of rebellion.

In fact, it is not kindness, but because of the existence of Prometheus, he cannot destroy the entire human race. After the fire thief stole the fire for mankind, he also became the fire of mankind. As long as he is not dead, mankind will not perish.

Besides, Athena and Gaia also contributed to the creation of human beings. If we talk about destruction, they will definitely be the first to disagree.

And now Zeus intends to reorganize the order and wants to destroy the entire human race, and then create new humans himself? So Prometheus' death is reasonable.

"Very smart, man."

Homelander laughed again, "But the Fire Thief was not killed by Zeus, but eaten. That crazy woman ate Prometheus... She ate the legendary Fire Thief alive!"

Homelander's face twisted, blood gushing out of the blood hole, his smile became hideous and terrifying, "She was behind me, sharing her thoughts with me while eating... Ha, ha ha... It turns out I'm not the most perverted one, ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha..."

have eaten?

Kitahara Kong felt a chill in his heart. No wonder the skeleton was so clean, without even a trace of blood. That perverted woman!

At this time, Homelander put away his smile again and said with a playful look: "Zeus's chariot can travel through space. Daphne left ten hours ago, so, guess what will happen next?"

Suddenly, Beiyuan Kong's pupils shrank and his hands began to tremble.

No wonder the Thor team didn't attack Night Raven, because some of their members had left the team. Did she eat Prometheus? Will she gain abilities, and what kind of abilities will she gain?

At this moment, Shiyu's voice sounded in my mind. The human coalition had already gathered at the foot of Mount Olympus, and almost all the gods had emerged from the clouds. The final battle had begun.

Beiyuan Kong's body trembled. The war has begun? He is still in the Caucasus Mountains!

Let’s go, go back immediately, they can’t beat us!

Kitahara Sora turned around and flew to the chariot, while Homelander smiled and closed his eyes. The kindness of that dream was repaid.

Athena was still resting with her eyes closed, and Kitahara Sora didn't care about that anymore. He hugged her waist and moved her to the back, while he took the reins of the Pegasus.

After just shaking it twice, the leisurely Pegasus remained unmoved, no matter what tone of command he gave.

"Fuck! Damn it!"

Beiyuan Kong dropped the reins and subconsciously wanted to jump off the car, but he stopped as soon as he stepped over the edge.

Although the Pegasus Chariot was much slower than his fastest speed, it took almost a day and a night to arrive here. But his wings were condensed by energy, so how could he fly across the distance of an inland sea? When the energy ran out, he would have to swim while waiting to recover?

Prometheus died ten hours ago, but it took Athena and I a whole day to fly over here. The death of two team members resulted in loneliness. How funny, isn't it?

Kitahara Sora suddenly turned his head and yelled to Athena in a low voice: "It's time to wake up and pay for our mistakes... Wake up, wake up!!!"

"You didn't know your companions were dead, and you can't communicate remotely. Do you think you deserve to be called gods? Damn it! Prometheus is dead and eaten, you idiot, fuck!"

He shook the goddess' shoulders violently, but she remained unmoved. However, the energy surrounding her was no longer gentle and pushed Kitahara Sora away roughly.

At this moment, the anger that had been suppressed for so long could no longer be tolerated. Kitahara Sora drew out his Rebellion and chopped it off Athena's head!

"Whoosh!"

The sound of the blade cutting through the air was heard, and with her remaining rationality, the sharp sword was suspended one centimeter in front of the goddess's forehead. At this time, her eyes finally opened.

Her azure blue pupils were extremely bright, and her apologetic eyes were twinkling with starlight, as brilliant as the colorful stars in the universe.

The goddess of wisdom said softly with an apologetic tone: "I am very sorry for this fruitless return. Please give me a few more minutes. You...we will not fail."

Kitahara Sora was suddenly startled, not because of her apology, but because of her eyes.

At that time, Hui drank the bottle of eternal water, and her pupils became like that... Moreover, her eyes became less sacred and ethereal, and more human?

And...us?

Just when Beiyuan Kong was confused, the observer's cold reminders rang in his mind, and this series of reminders made him dumbfounded.

"Member of the Izumo team: Kitahara Sora, successfully broke the shackles of the plot character 'Goddess of Wisdom, War, and Art o Athena'."

"Izumo team member Kitahara Sora has successfully unlocked the hidden branch quest 'The Fate of the Gods'. Completion conditions: ??? Completion reward: ???"

"Public notice: 'Pallas Athena' voluntarily gave up her godhood and lost the three powers of wisdom, war, and art."

"Public notice: 'Pallas Athena' has left the mission world and successfully joined the Izumo team. The game space information has been injected into the team member's mind."

"..."

Beiyuan Kong stared blankly at the goddess in front of him with her eyes closed. There was a buzzing in his head and he also heard Shiyu's exclamation.

The headset suddenly became noisy. First came Hayato Hayama's surprised question. Since he was next to the members of the Night Crow Squad, they also heard the confirmation of "Athena joined our team?"

Then the voices of Bai Xin, Zhang Wenbo, Xiao Sisi, Zhuangzhong, and even Bai Ling were heard.

Beiyuankong was confused and didn't know how to answer, so he simply blocked the communication channel temporarily. He stared blankly at the member list and looked at the additional blonde girl's avatar.

"Team Izumo member: Pallas Athena"

「Position: Team Member」

"Combat power rating: S"

"Related information: The original twelve gods of Olympus"

Chapter 60: The War of the Gods: The Beginning

The battle at the foot of Mount Olympus has already begun. The human coalition only has troops from Sparta, Argos, and some small city-states. Because they were ambushed first, the total number of these armies is only about 80,000. Among them, the armies of Athens, Mycenae, etc. have not arrived...

After Beiyuan Kong waited for an hour, Athena opened her eyes again. Her pupils returned to the beautiful blue color, and her beautiful face was still dignified, sacred and inviolable.

She is just less distant and more gentle, friendly and down-to-earth. The high and mighty goddess is closer to an ordinary girl.

The Pegasus chariots sped towards Mount Olympus, much faster than when they came. At this speed they would reach the battlefield by evening, but they only had 80,000 people.

Kitahara Sora looked at the endless skyline, feeling extremely anxious.

Athena, who was driving the chariot, turned her head and glanced at him, revealing a faint smile and said: "If I had known your secret earlier, you would not be so embarrassed."

"Early?"

Beiyuan Kong understood the other party's desire to comfort him, and sighed softly, "To be honest, I still feel scared about letting Gaia hear our secret. I did have a purpose for saying those things to you. At most, I hoped that you would become stronger after understanding something and help us fight, but I never thought that you would join our camp."

He glanced at Athena's perfect profile and said, "I can't understand why you would so decisively give up your godhood and everything you have."

Hearing this, Athena's eyes were filled with melancholy. She shook her head helplessly and explained, "I am called benevolent and kind, but that is a characteristic imposed on me. Apart from this, my thoughts are different from those of all other gods."

Different from all other gods? Kitahara Sora recalled and figured out the reason.

According to legend, the first thing Athena did after her birth was to create humans with Prometheus. Then she transformed into an ordinary woman and lived in the mortal world, teaching humans all kinds of survival knowledge and creating the initial survival tools for humans.

Generally speaking, although she is one of the twelve main gods, she is not familiar with the gods in heaven and has different ideas. Athena even has a bad relationship with Ares, who is also the god of war, and has a big grudge with Poseidon.

She gave all her love to mankind, and rarely returned to the Temple of Olympus unless necessary. Therefore, she was the god closest to mortals and the one who understood mortals the most.

Moreover, she was born completely by force. In order to prevent the birth of Athena and the overthrow of the divine power he controlled, Zeus ate her mother.

It is hard to say what kind of feelings the goddess of wisdom has for Zeus, her theoretical father, but they are definitely not too close. Athena's character is also set to desire independence.

As for her insistence on not getting married, it is not because she is cold-hearted as people say online. Rather, she has always stayed in the mortal world and is very familiar with the ways of the world. She is disgusted and disgusted by the various chaotic private lives of the gods, so she is called the purest virgin goddess.

If she really disliked sexual behavior, she would not be called the "guardian of girls" and the "patron saint of women's labor and childbirth."

Athena read Kitahara Sora's thoughtful look, shook her head and smiled, "Not missing the gods is not the reason why I chose to leave, but when I thought deeply about the definition of 'god' and 'creature', a voice suddenly sounded in my mind."

"At first, I could not understand who made the voice, but the voice frightened me so much that I immediately assumed it was the Observer speaking to me."

Athena paused and continued, "Because what I understand and think about has broken through the limitations of the world, the observer gave me two choices, and I must make a choice."

"Two choices?" Beiyuan Kong asked doubtfully, "Either join or be eliminated?"

"Before I made my choice, I was still the god of this world, so He had no right to erase me."

Athena shook her head and continued to explain: "The first choice is to erase all my memories of the past few days, and I will still be the goddess of wisdom, war and art. The second choice requires me to give up everything in this world and join the trial camp."

Athena's eyes became deep, and she said calmly: "He can easily erase my memory, so I have determined my own definition."

Kitahara Sora nodded, "I see."

Athena already had the same doubts as Yukino at the beginning, so it's not surprising that she made this choice.

She doubted whether she really existed or was a fabricated virtual personality. The reason why her first godhood was "wisdom" meant that she was extremely smart.

So when the option of erasing memories was among the choices proposed by the observer, she had almost determined her position.

She definitely couldn't give up the knowledge and secrets she already knew and continue to be an 'ignorant'. But although choosing to join would deprive her of the power of this world, it must be an opportunity.

No matter whether it is true or false, it will become 'real' after joining, she wants to 'come alive'!

"To me, the gods are just simple 'fellow creatures'. I seldom communicate with them. Many gods have different ideas from mine. Years of mortal life have made me more eager to break free from the shackles. I no longer have any skills to teach them."

"Is that so..." Beiyuan Kong thought for a moment and continued, "If possible, after you learn more advanced knowledge, you can return to this world and pass it on to humans? Let them enter industrial civilization?"

She paused, then answered irrelevantly: "I was born by myself breaking free from the shackles. Zeus's original intention was to prevent it."

Bei Yuankong was stunned, and a small admiration rose in his heart.

In Zeus' eyes, power always comes first. For the sake of his divine power, he can instantly transform from a kind and merciful king of gods into a cold-blooded tyrant, and even eat his closest wife alive.

When human technology in this world develops to its peak and Zeus is threatened by intercontinental missiles and nuclear bombs like in modern times, he will definitely not sit idly by.

Athena saw it clearly, and revealed Zeus's true nature in one sentence. As long as humans are still "slaves", the limit of humans in this world can only stay at this level.

As for the humans in this world, it doesn't really make much difference whether she exists or not. It is the gods who restrict the development of humans. The gods in the 'real' world only exist in fantasy, and everything they bestow is created by humans' own wisdom and hands.

For humans, it might be a good thing to be free from the control of the gods. To put it another way, even she, as a god, might be fabricated, but what about the humans she created? If the rule of the gods could really be overthrown, she wouldn't need to come back to continue imparting knowledge, and humans without shackles could slowly develop on their own.

Perhaps Athena now understands a lot and may think that she is actually a "human".

"This decision still requires a lot of courage." Beiyuan Kong sighed, "If you stay here and be a god honestly, you may not die in the end, but if you choose to join, you may die."

Athena suddenly burst out laughing, and after breaking the vision, she became more approachable. But this smile was as brilliant as a hundred flowers blooming, beautiful beyond description.