He is a pure-blooded dragon in the miniature garden.

Chapter 216 No? How did Di Shitian withstand such pressure?

In a private room on the third floor of an unremarkable bar in the City of Flames.

The blonde goddess, who had been exuding confidence, collapsed onto the sofa the moment Su Nian closed the door.

Hearing this voice, Su Nian turned her head to look at Athena and clicked her tongue in surprise.

"Hey? Athena, what's wrong? Are you unhappy with your position as the Lord of the Heavenly Army?"

"Oh, stop talking."

Su Nian was fine when she didn't speak, but as soon as she did, Athena covered her face in pain, as if she had just experienced endless torment.

"Get me a bottle of liquor, the strongest kind!!!"

Hearing this, Su Nian smiled helplessly, took a bottle of strong liquor from the cabinet next to her, and tossed it to Athena.

Athena popped the cork off, picked up the bottle, and blew straight into her mouth.

He gulped down most of the bottle in one go, and only after he smelled slightly of alcohol and his face showed signs of drunkenness did he speak.

"I thought you were the greatest test I would face on my path to becoming the Lord of the Heavenly Army!!!"

"But who would have thought!! The greatest test to becoming the Lord of the Heavenly Army isn't you, nor is it facing various difficulties!!"

"But these damned insects in the Heavenly Army, and those god representatives who don't give any face, don't cooperate, and only talk nonsense..."

With that, Athena gulped down the rest of the wine and said in a somewhat desperate tone.

"Wait a minute? How did Indra withstand all this pressure?!"

It would have been better if they hadn't taken over the Heavenly Army. Even Athena had her moments of cursing the Heavenly Army as insects. And there's Indra, that useless god. Which god or Buddha in this little garden hasn't cursed him a few times?
However, it wasn't until she took over the Heavenly Army that Athena realized how incredibly powerful Indra was.

It's amazing that the Heavenly Army, with its many factions, freeloaders, useless bastards, seasoned veterans, opportunists, and privileged second-generation nepotism, can function normally and fulfill its basic functions.

I'm sorry, she was too naive before.

This Indra truly deserves the title of Lord of the Heavenly Armies!
Unlike her, who, even though she openly relied on Su Nian's influence and had the support of Indra, Zeus, and Kurima, barely managed to secure her position as the Lord of the Heavenly Army.

But those who were supposed to slack off, goof off, and embezzle were all included. How many of her orders were actually carried out? It was a miracle if any orders even reached the grassroots level.

The key issue is that when she checked, she found that almost every command perfectly conformed to the procedure, making it impossible for her to hold anyone accountable.

But it just doesn't work, and sometimes it even has the opposite effect...

Her short few days in office had almost driven her to utter despair. Even if she issued the best and most perfect policies with her wisdom, what could she do if those below didn't follow them?

There were even those who deliberately opposed her and engaged in excessive enforcement.

She now felt that Tianjun was like a giant whose body was almost completely rotten. No matter how intelligent or rational her mind was, she couldn't move because her body was rotten.

Upon hearing this, Su Nian patted Athena's shoulder sympathetically.

"Keep it up! You've already done pretty well."

"At least the people below aren't openly opposing you, so they'll still give you face..."

According to Su Nian's understanding, Emperor Shitian had a minor argument about every three days, a major argument about every five days, and at least one group fight a month.

Yes, the twelve guardians will be mobilized for at least three days to fight against people from Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism, the Heavenly Army, or even the Thousand-Eyed Ones or other divine groups who have been assigned to the Heavenly Army.

Even large-scale brawls have occurred within the Council of Gods, resulting in heavy casualties among the council members, more than once or twice.

Although they were all rescued and revived afterward.

Generally speaking, in the Little Garden, unless one's spiritual level reaches its limit or one is killed by the final human trial, it is quite easy for others to be rescued even if they die.

After all, this is the Heavenly Army. Their role in the miniature world is more like the United Nations than the United Government in The Wandering Earth.

Those in the Heavenly Army must first consider the interests of their own divine group, then their own interests, and only lastly the affairs of the Heavenly Army.

These are people who still have some conscience and some ability; as for the other insects... it's even harder to say.

Upon hearing this, Athena's lips twitched slightly, and she looked at Su Nian, unsure of what to say.

"Indra is indeed having a tough time..."

But doesn't this make her seem even more useless? She has so much support, yet it still doesn't work.

"However, Indra still has the support of the Twelve Guardian Deities."

At this point, Athena sighed again.

On the other hand, she now feels that her status as the fourth-generation God-King is just a fake.

However, this is normal, since those were Zeus's twelve gods, not hers, and she also needed to build her own fourth generation of Greek gods.

This is another massive undertaking comparable to the reorganization of the Heavenly Army.

She originally planned to fill in the gaps gradually, since becoming the fourth generation of Greek god-kings would certainly not be easy, but who could have imagined it would happen so quickly? It's almost here, and she hasn't even built her own pantheon yet.

They were fighting a completely lone battle.

There are many resources available, but very few people who can actually use them.

This is the dilemma Athena is currently facing.

To support a celestial army, one would need at least a large group of gods, like Indra, who would fully support them.

"Forget it, never mind, let's drink first!!"

Athena put down the bottle of wine in her hand, and then took out another bottle and started drinking.

As the goddess of wisdom, Athena actually disliked alcohol, a beverage that dulled the mind, made the body addicted, and corrupted wisdom.

She prefers tea to alcohol, something that helps clear her mind.

Right now, all she wanted was to give up all thinking, relax, let the alcohol go to her head, and get completely drunk to relieve the pressure on Tianjun.

Seeing Athena's face flushed with drunkenness, Su Nian shrugged helplessly, picked up a bottle, and drank with Athena.

However, he wasn't as bold as Athena, and he drank monkey wine that he had gotten for free from Sun Wukong, which had a stronger fruity flavor.

“What kind of man drinks this kind of wine? If you want to drink, drink the divine wine brewed by Dionysus himself.”

As she spoke, Athena shoved her half-empty wine bottle into Su Nian's mouth.

Su Nian smacked her lips, savoring the taste—whether it was wine or Athena—before shaking her head helplessly.

"It seems Athena is indeed truly drunk."

Before Su Nian could finish speaking, Athena collapsed into Su Nian's arms with a thud, reeking of alcohol. "It seems Nana has been under a lot of pressure lately. It's a good thing I didn't become the Lord of the Heavenly Army, and Leticia is handling the matter of the Class Ruler."

"Moreover, there aren't as many demons and monsters in the lower levels as in the upper levels."

What surprised Su Nian the most was that Athena actually asked her to go out for drinks to relieve her stress.

As expected, my premonition was correct. Athena seems to be relying on him as her only support. The old man's excessive favoritism towards women is a bit frightening.

Strictly speaking, this is only their third meeting.

This emotion seems a bit too heavy.

But what can he do now that things are like this? He'll just have to accept it. Anyway, apart from the fact that Athena gave Su Nian a slightly stronger feeling, he was quite satisfied with everything else about her.

And so, Athena slept on Su Nian's body for half an hour before opening her eyes again, the drunkenness gone.

Athena, who had just been a drunkard on the verge of collapse from the pressure, returned to her original goddess-like demeanor.

She got up from Su Nian, stretched languidly, and displayed her alluring curves to Su Nian.

"Indeed, indulging a little in moderation can be a way to relax and relieve stress."

"So, Nana, how do you usually deal with stress?"

At this moment, Su Nian handed Athena a glass of warm water.

"Just find a guy who holds a grudge three times, then beat him up to vent your anger."

Athena drank the water Su Nian handed her in one gulp and revealed a confident smile.

That's true. Among the higher-ranking gods and Buddhas, Athena's most widespread title is not Goddess of Wisdom or Goddess of Victory, but Goddess of War.

You never know when Athena will launch a war of revenge against those who have offended her, or those who have received three warnings from her.

Athena has a famous three-warning principle: once you receive Athena's third warning, you should be prepared to go to war with her.

If you can't understand the theory, you should at least be able to understand the physics, right?

Unfortunately, as the newly appointed ruler of the Heavenly Army, she can only reason with people; she is not yet qualified to discuss physics with the gods.

"However, many of the higher gods are unwilling to provide funds and manpower to fight Azdahah. Is that alright with you?"

Now that the pressure has been released, it's time to talk about something serious.

“Of course, no problem. If we couldn’t handle Azdahah, why would we release Him?”

Su Nian said with an expression that showed she had everything under control.

Although the spirit that Azdakar has broken free of this time may be much stronger than in the original work, the main characters are still quite strong.

Not to mention, he also has his support here. Although his limited cosmos prevents him from directly participating in the war to defeat Azdaha, providing logistical support is enough to tip the scales in his favor.

"Besides, Nana, aren't you the goddess of victory? I believe you will bring us victory."

Upon hearing this, Athena blushed slightly, but still tried her best to remain calm and rational.

"But a victory without sufficient wisdom is nothing."

"Of course, anyone who can kill Az Dakkaha must meet two conditions: first, they must be a contemporary human hero with a pure human worldview; second, they must be a spirit with a connection to the Third Permanent Organization."

"And after the Canary was exiled, it nurtured such a hero for us, who is the blade of victory that can help us defeat Az Dakkaha."

Su Nian paused for a moment and explained, "Since we've already established this kind of relationship, there's no point in hiding this information anymore."

Sometimes, releasing some information appropriately can give Athena more confidence.

"Canary..."

Athena said with a complicated expression. She had also been one of Canary's teachers, and Canary was one of the few people who made her feel ashamed, somewhat frustrated, and unsure of how to defeat her.

If she and Canary possessed the same level of intelligence, she might not be a match for Canary.

The canary's downfall lay in the fact that she was the hope chosen by the gods, and her information was made public to the vast majority of people from the very beginning.

Without sufficient intelligence and information asymmetry, it is tantamount to pulling out the claws and wings of a wise man, so a canary is just a canary.

Even so, did the canary manage to raise an hero capable of defeating absolute evil?

Athena felt a little frustrated.

"This is an opportunity for us, an opportunity to take all the credit for defeating Azdaqah for ourselves."

"Hmm? Are you sure we can eat this?"

Athena looked at Su Nian with some confusion.

Normally, the achievement of overcoming humanity's final trial is enough to feed a group of gods, let alone the achievement of blocking the progress of human history from the realm of absolute evil.

Overcoming absolute evil and propelling human history forward—the achievements of this are enough to fill several double-digit lists, right?
If she remembers correctly, the Holy Son of Saints and the Cross ascended to the highest position after the dystopia.

"Of course, absolute evil is not so easy to overcome; killing Az Dakhaha is only the first step."

Su Nian said calmly.

"But the achievements of this first step are enough to feed us."

The majority of the achievements brought about by absolute evil were in the Second Solar Sovereignty War, which propelled human history forward, but this does not mean that the smaller part was insufficient.

If it's just a small group, that's enough for a meal.

"Isn't it trending among the upper echelons now to abandon existing sandboxes and human history in order to create new sandboxes?"

"Besides, aren't many people unwilling to contribute? If that's the case, then we can just leave them out."

As she listened to Su Nian's words, Athena's eyes gradually revealed a different light.

She seemed to understand Su Nian's thoughts as well.

He could win over a group of people willing to invest in fighting against Azdaqah, establish his prestige by defeating Azdaqah, and then let them take a bite out of him, thus gaining a base of support.

Moreover, those who are willing to invest funds and manpower and not give up their existing sandbox to fight against Az Dakhaha, even though they know that Az Dakhaha is unbeatable, are somewhat inclined to the side of order.

These are allies worth courting.

The other group, having not received any meat, will instead try to curry favor with her in order to gain a chance to get more meat in the next round.

In this way, her title as the Lord of the Heavenly Army would be somewhat more fitting.

(End of this chapter)