Foolish Brother Odin

Chapter 424 Anubis vs. Athena

Not to mention Gilgamesh, even all the Aesir gods who saw this scene through mental projection were stunned.

ha?
The mighty God of War actually escaped?

What is this ghost?

Shouldn't the God of War be the deity with the strongest fighting spirit in a pantheon?
If the God of War leads the escape, are there any warriors left in this pantheon?

Perhaps to spread the damage, or perhaps because the giant form has higher defense, Ares grew to gigantic size again and then ran back the way he came without looking back.

Ares's actions were so refined and clean that as soon as Gilgamesh drew his divine sword, the Star of Divergence, Ares covered a hundred meters in a single step. While it wasn't that Ares reached the optimal killing range in just a few steps, the key point was that Gilgamesh wasn't confident he could kill Ares with his ultimate move.

In battles of the same level, defeating the opponent is not difficult, killing them is a step up in difficulty, and capturing them is even more difficult.

The main reason was that the Greek god of war led the way in making a hasty retreat, which was far beyond Gil's expectations and caused him to fail. Otherwise, he might have been able to save Ares' life, or at least spare one of his hands.

And now? Ares is being shot like a porcupine, yet he's still alive.

Gilgamesh was very upset.

In any case, victory is undeniable.

He won so quickly that Siegfried and Bedivere had little room to maneuver before being forced to abandon the fight due to their opponent's forced withdrawal.

There's no way around it; when the strengths are roughly equal, if one side wants to leave, the other side simply can't keep them.

Siegfried flew over and bowed: "Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Gilgamesh's lips twitched, barely managing to suppress his laughter: "What's there to congratulate me about?"

"No, Your Majesty, even if Ares is truly that incompetent, he is still the God of War of the Olympian pantheon! Your Majesty's defeat of the enemy's God of War will greatly boost the morale of the Aesir."

Gilgamesh was speechless.

Siegfried is right.

Even if Ares is really weak, he's still a god-king and the Greek god of war, a force to be reckoned with in battle!
How can Ares explain that a mere god of wealth beat up someone else's god of war?

Does this mean I've been showered with money and am left with nothing but bumps on my head?
How can Greece continue to win if this is the case?
In the Silver Palace, Ishtar was already shouting and excitedly dancing, wiggling her hips.

Downs smiled and calmly gave the order: "Transmit the mental projection of Ares' defeat to all the god-kings and core deities."

Brunhilde: "Yes!"

Clearly, there was no such thing as a coordination mechanism in Greece, or rather, the Olympian gods didn't even have this concept.

Under the laws of the stellar domain, supporting other routes is impractical in such a multi-pronged approach. The complex spatial environment also makes spatial teleportation and direct access via the Rainbow Bridge impossible.

However, it's perfectly fine to project a harmless mental image.

Ares charged too fast, so much so that news of his defeat arrived before he even engaged the enemy on some routes.

As soon as Athena saw Anubis, the jackal-headed god-king opposite her, she saw the image of Ares' defeat projected in the sky behind him.

Almost without hesitation, Athena immediately confirmed that Ares had indeed lost.

Although the famous Trojan War did not occur in this era, nor did Ares suffer a defeat at the hands of Athena, the Olympian gods did have a rough estimate of each other's strength.

Athena glanced at it a few times. She knew that even she, with her divine shield [Aegis], would find it difficult to withstand the relentless barrage, let alone Ares.

Especially after Anubis declared himself "King of the Gods, the One of Justice and Judgment," Athena quickly adjusted her strategy...

Fairness and trial?
In the Greek world, there were no such convenient divine positions. Zeus led the way in evil deeds, his good brother Poseidon followed suit, and a whole host of monsters and such, often claiming to be descendants of gods or sons of god-kings—who could possibly judge them?

Athena, sensing the exaggerated and overwhelming divine power emanating from Anubis, no longer harbored any hope of killing him.

"Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war!"

The radiant, beautiful Athena, with her golden light, astonished the gods who gazed upon her.

"Is she Athena, one of the three virgin goddesses?"

"Indeed, we must trust His Majesty's judgment!"

Anubis and the others praised him from the gods.

Athena noticed with keen sensitivity that the killing intent directed at her from the other side had actually diminished significantly.

This subtle change secretly angered Athena.

Clearly, she had become a prize in their eyes.

This attitude significantly reduced her initial desire to hold back.

He stepped forward from the massive tower of Anubis opposite him, holding a divine talisman, and shone it forward as if trying to see Athena's face more clearly. Then, he finally confirmed it.

“Athena, you guessed right! You are the goddess that our God-Emperor, Downs Paulson, specifically requested. However, it won't be me dealing with you; it will most likely be His Majesty himself. So, now you can choose to fight me, or retreat,” Anubis said matter-of-factly.

His attitude caused Athena to feel conflicted.

She knew very well that Anubis was the kind of person who was very rigid and dull. The biggest characteristic of such a person is that they are very stable and predictable. They don't have any ingenious schemes, nor do they have a very high intellectual ceiling. They are the type with a very high lower limit but a low upper limit.

It's impossible to expect him to achieve a resounding victory, but conversely, a crushing defeat is also unlikely.

Athena was even more conflicted when she felt that the other party's divine power was even superior to her own.

but……

"Since we're already here, wouldn't it make Olympus seem weak if we didn't fight?"

"Then come on!"

Athena swung her spear, and a bunch of olive branches, several stories high, inexplicably grew wildly in the ground in front of Anubis.

"Peace?" Anubis was taken aback, but in an instant, the olive branches transformed into thousands of illusory giant serpents, covering his divine body like octopuses.

The next second, a golden scale appeared out of thin air, and the serpent that had just tried to grab Anubis was instantly teleported onto the scale.

"Guilty!" Anubis shouted.

The moment the voice fell, Athena felt a tremendous amount of her divine power being stripped away from her, breaking free from her control.

Is this what a trial is?
Athena was genuinely surprised.

How could the laws of the outer world bind her, a Greek goddess-king?

Her first impression of this cross-border law enforcement was that it was absurd.

What right do you have to tell me what to do?
Only then did Athena realize that a large number of law steel plates had appeared around Anubis at some unknown time.

Things that seem unrelated are taking over the laws governing this spatial passage!

(End of this chapter)