Foolish Brother Odin

Chapter 443 Who was in the wrong?
Amazonian women are not a closed-off people. With the hunting festival approaching, and according to their customs, it will be another time to choose a man each year, they don't shy away from flirting with the strong men by the roadside.

This caused an uproar even in Asgard.

Interestingly, the Valkyries were clearly instructed not to stop it.

The army marched on and arrived at Valhalla, the Hall of Heroes.

The Amazon warriors finally met Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, whom they had longed for, and they cheered wildly.

"Praise be to the goddess of the hunt!"

Greetings, Goddess!

"This is the prey we offer to our goddess—"

Time was tight, and the Amazons certainly couldn't offer any powerful prey, like sacred beasts, to win the goddess's favor.

This is not the point.

The key point is that Artemis could use this special tribe, with a total population of 50,000, to formally declare her complete integration into the Aesir.

Hunting is an activity that requires intelligent life to carry it out and support it.

Artemis' greatest source of confidence was her large army of staunch believers.

Moreover, Downs' permission for her to recruit followers among the Indian and Mayan peoples was itself a great support for her.

The sight before her eyes alone made her smile like a flower.

Listening to the fervent cheers of the believers and seeing their smiling faces, Artemis found that she seemed to be forgetting everything about Greece.

This was the happiest day she had had since arriving in Asgard.

She stood on a large terrace in Valhalla, smiling as she waved her hunting bow at the worshippers, eliciting cheers.

"Let us shoot arrows of revenge at the treacherous Athenians!"

Her short sentence immediately struck a chord with the Amazon warriors, and cheers erupted into the sky.

The next step is very simple.

First came the change of equipment, with a large number of forged steel equipment arriving at the square in front of Valhalla in horse-drawn carriages.

Amazonians know their stuff.

These days, they had already heard news of the armies of various city-states being crushed by the Jinlunga with superior equipment.

If iron equipment is this powerful, then the even more advanced steel equipment must be even more formidable.

“What kind of junk were we using before?” Penthesilea looked at the brand-new forged steel suit. She excitedly stroked the armor in her hands.

This is a suit of armor with a base of fine animal hides. The inner layer is probably the hide of some powerful beast, the middle layer is a pressure-reducing structure layer containing a large number of hexagonal iron plates, and the outer layer is 5 mm thick steel armor. This thing is obviously much stronger than the heavy and soft bronze armor. Not to mention that it is covered with two Runas runes personally inscribed by two powerful gods.

The bow and arrow were also made of divine branches from the World Tree, with strings made of the tendons of Fenrir's offspring, and finally, shafts made of World Tree branches and forged steel arrowheads.

Penthesilea felt refreshed upon seeing these things.

Next, a group of heroic spirits and skilled warriors from the King Lunga would engage in a duel with the Amazon warriors in the main hall of Valhalla.

This contest also attracted a group of enthusiasts, including Thor, to watch.

It must be acknowledged that, given the same level of equipment, the average combat proficiency of Amazonian female warriors is truly high. Of course, an army of mortals, and only a little over 20,000 in number, is actually not enough to make a significant impact.

The Jinlunjia mortal army numbers in the tens of millions.

Towns was a little pleased and even tacitly allowed Pentessilia to 'sneak' into the back hall after the banquet, but he accidentally slipped in the wrong way.

Leaving aside the minor matter of the Amazon queen who admired strength, for Zeus, the incorporation of the Amazon tribes was an outright and open scheme.

Sure enough, when the news reached Mount Olympus, Hera seized upon it to make a big fuss.

"Zeus, did you see that? She has completely betrayed Olympus!" Hera, maintaining her composure, didn't utter a sharp, venomous remark. But this kind of venomous attack was the most biting insult.

For once, Zeus was truly unable to refute this time.

In the past, when Hera used cruel methods out of jealousy, Zeus would be somewhat displeased. He would not publicly condemn Hera, but would often try to compensate the victims he cared about in other ways afterward.

Long ago, the jealous Queen Hera, unable to tolerate another goddess bearing Zeus's firstborn son, decreed that the earth be forbidden to provide Leto with a place to give birth. The tormented Leto wandered far and wide, until finally, her sister Asteria, in the form of the "Island of No Knowledge," stepped forward and took her in.

Even so, Zeus did not confront Hera or imprison her. He simply caused four diamond pillars to rise from the seabed, fixing the floating island in place. Leto gave birth to Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, here first, and nine days later, with Artemis's help, gave birth to Apollo, the god of prophecy and light.

The mother and her two children initially lived on a floating island. However, their happiness was short-lived; Hera discovered them and sent the giant serpent Python to kill Leto and her children. Zeus, however, did not act directly, but instead had Poseidon create a giant wave to stop Python.

Later, Apollo killed the serpent Piton, and Zeus further elevated the siblings to the position of one of the twelve Olympian gods, thus bringing the matter to a close.

Hatred is something that is very difficult to resolve.

Zeus valued the siblings' strength, yet he was reluctant to remove Hera, the queen of the gods. This tactic of stuffing landmines into his own crotch, where they could explode at any moment, is something only Zeus would dare to do.

After the siblings took office, they rose from chief god to god-king. During this time, they were conscientious in their duties, which is why Hera did not dare to cause trouble.

Now that Hera has found a pretext, how could she not fly into a rage?

Artemis is indeed Zeus's daughter, but look how good you used to be to her, and now she's rebelled! She even led people to the other side!
Look! Look at this!

I told you from the start that she was a scoundrel! But you, Zeus, wouldn't believe me!

Hera's sharp rebuke truly put Zeus in a difficult position.

Zeus probably also foresaw that Artemis was stripped of the foundation of her divine power in that small world by him, which finally led her to despair and completely submit to the Tangs, joining the Aesir.

Was Artemis wrong?

From her perspective, she truly fought to the very last moment, and even after being captured and humiliated, she never betrayed Olympus. Even when she went so far as to recruit her own Amazonian followers, she was essentially protecting herself.

Was Zeus wrong?

With one of his god-kings captured, he can't just leave so much divine power unused, can he? The right way is to transfer that divine power supply to nurture a new combat-oriented god-king.

He did nothing wrong.

Hera's criticism of Artemis's rebellion from the perspective of the Greek gods is not wrong.

The question then becomes: who was wrong?

Yes! The only ones who are wrong are the Aesir!
In a fit of rage, Zeus unleashed his fury once more, and his thunderous wrath erupted once more on the sacred mountain.

"Towns Paulson! You insulted my daughter! I will repay you a hundredfold in the future!"

Hmm, this oath is really avoiding the real issue!
(End of this chapter)