Myth: The Spiritual Dominator

A god's oath has its own power, especially when Ares is furious.

As soon as the words were spoken, the laws corresponding to his ministry began to take effect.

If he were facing other mortals, Ares would probably be able to successfully kill them under the influence of the mysterious war order - of course, it is hard to say whether he would pay something else for it.

However, at this moment, the immortal gods and the immortal men were staring at each other from afar.

One was granted an immortal nature by the power of the world, while the other was baptized by the River Styx and gained immortality under the protection of the ritual.

At this moment, no one knew who would win in the end in this dispute over the title of 'God of War', but everyone knew that since no one would die here, the fight would never stop.

Except for the legendary goddess of fate, no one knows their fate, and perhaps not even the goddess of fate knows.

"kill!"

On the battlefield, Achilles responded with a simple word, threw the spear in his hand aside, and then strode forward.

Mortal weapons are limited to this, they cannot collide with God's weapons, even if they are not real divine weapons.

This divine weapon in the eyes of others is not qualified to participate in this battle. Facing the real gods, Achilles can only rely on his own body instead of weapons.

"How brave!"

With a roar, Ares stood opposite the hero, his hair raised in anger and his eyes glaring.

A mere human being actually dared to look down on him like that and even dropped the weapon in his hand.

In this case, if he continued to move forward with the sword, even if he won in the end, Ares would probably become the laughing stock of the gods.

wow-

The shield and sword were thrown onto the bronze chariot, making a crisp sound of metal collision.

Ares gave up his weapon and strode forward, ready to engage the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.

Although not all martial arts in the world originated from him, the God of War is no stranger to them.

With a dull thud and the ground shaking, two bodies as perfect as sculptures collided with each other in the center of the battlefield.

boom--!

The most primitive fight is between fists and palms, and the collision of strength is without any frills.

In the original myth, Hercules once defeated the king of gods, Zeus, who had never revealed his true divine form, in a wrestling match, shocking all the gods in heaven and on earth.

Although the current god of war Ares is not as good as Zeus, Achilles is just an unknown person. His existence has not been known to the world until today.

Regardless of the outcome, this battle between the God of War and the 'God of War' will surely go down in history, allowing later generations to look up to and worship the deeds of their ancestors.

boom--!

"Hahahahahaha...Ares, is this all you are capable of?"

In the blink of an eye, dozens of rounds of fighting took place. Soldiers from all around died when they were touched.

It was not until someone punched Achilles in the face that he flew backwards and made a big dent on the ground that he stopped.

However, although the hero was injured, Ares was not feeling well either. He was kicked in the waist by the young hero. If it weren't for his strong body, his internal organs would have been crushed to pieces.

For a moment, Achilles couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Even though he did not have a clear advantage at the moment, and there was even a gap in strength, he knew that he was sure to win this battle.

The god opposite is none other than the god of war Ares.

As the master of war, his every move was influenced by authority. The more powerful Ares's aura was, the more passionate his will to fight was, the more powerful the power he could display.

On the contrary, if he fails to win for a long time, what he has will be lost bit by bit.

After all, war only favors the winners, and even the courage to fight head-on will eventually fade and eventually dry up.

"...Damn it, mortal, you actually thought you could defeat me!"

"Even if my guards are not here, you can't fight me!"

Also realizing the seriousness of the problem, Ares now hated himself for not being born earlier.

Unlike the Titan gods before the Second Age, perhaps because the world was just created at that time, the gods were also influenced by the world, so that those ancient gods often possessed extremely powerful true bodies and physiques.

So they are born with knowledge, and many of them are even adults when they are born.

But as a later god, even though Ares, as the god of war, was much stronger than his other brothers and sisters, this could not satisfy him after all.

“Heh, I don’t know what method you used to forge such an indestructible body… But I can feel that your state of neither life nor death is definitely not normal.”

"There is no such thing as power that comes out of thin air in this world. Immortality... Do you think you are really invincible?"

With a sneer, after a short battle, Ares thought he had seen through the truth.

He had already felt it in the previous fight. In Achilles' body, Ares could not sense any trace of living things at all, and even felt a bit of natural malice and rejection towards the gods.

This feeling was unlike any other. It was more like the power of the Styx that Ares had personally felt when he went to the underworld, which made all the gods fear it.

The Styx, which carries oaths, maintains order among the gods, and its punishment for those who break their oaths comes from the instinctive hatred of the destroyed order for the gods' recklessness.

So in addition to the River of Oaths, Styx is also called the River of Hatred by the world, because it indeed silently contains this original hatred.

However, even gods are afraid of such power, let alone humans... If gods come into contact with it, their divine power and divinity will be dissipated, but if mortals come into contact with it, they will surely die.

Even the offspring of gods and humans can only hold on for a period of time and will not die instantly if they are touched.

Because of the neither-human nor-divine aura in their bodies, these demigods can keep the power of the Styx in their bodies for a long time, but this still has its limits.

No living person can have every inch of his flesh and blood infected by the power of the Styx, unless he himself has fallen into the Styx forever.

Thinking of this, Ares couldn't help but reveal a cruel smile, and the aura in his body surged again.

As a god of war, as long as the will to fight is still strong in his heart, and as long as he truly believes that he can win, then this mortal will never be able to surpass him in strength!

Let me see where its flaw lies...

boom--!

The war started again, but this time, even if it would take a lot of damage, Ares still tried to find Achilles' weakness at all costs.

Don't let me find... Achilles, right? I'll remember you.

You do have some skills, but soon, this will be your death!

……

wow——

On earth, outside the Mycenae settlement, the sudden outbreak of battle certainly attracted the attention of Ares.

But besides him and Apollo who had been keeping an eye on things, there was actually another god who happened to be nearby.

Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, was upset because she had screwed up things for Demeter, the goddess of agriculture.

In addition, her nominal husband did not return to the sacred mountain, so she stayed here and became aware of the movements here.

Of course, the goddess of beauty cannot detect this as well as the god of war, and her speed cannot surpass Ares.

So when she arrived, she only saw Apollo's receding back and the god of war fighting with Achilles.

Smoke and dust rolled above the earth, but it could not hide from the goddess's gaze.

With just one glance, she saw the current battle situation clearly.

Ares used every possible means, but Achilles became more and more courageous as the battle went on.

As time passed, the God of War gradually realized that even if he used various means to test him, the keen insight brought by the [War] priesthood could not detect any flaws of this mortal.

Faintly, his priesthood even gave him a premonition - the person in front of him had 'no flaws'.

As incredible as it was, the feedback given by the clergy could not have been wrong.

So for a moment, the originally strong fighting spirit was like being poured with a bucket of cold water, and Ares had suffered some injuries in the previous fight.

Although these were the prices he paid voluntarily in order to test his opponent, it was naturally impossible for others to know what he was thinking.

From an outsider's perspective, this is Ares being beaten by a mortal and having no power to fight back.

"This waste!"

Aphrodite gritted her teeth slightly, and at this moment, she seemed to be holding back a fire in her heart.

Yes, I messed up the Demeter thing, but if it weren't for you, Hera, would I have married Ares, a piece of shit?

And you, Ares...the God of War, I think you should be called the God of Defeat.

You can't defeat the gods, and now even a mortal who came from nowhere doesn't take you seriously!

"Huh - don't be angry, I have to take him away first."

"Theseus is dead after all. It's okay for you to make a mistake once, but if you lose again..."

Although she was dissatisfied, Aphrodite decided to help secretly, and after forcing the mortal to retreat, she left with Ares.

Not to mention that Ares has always been very kind to him, the fact that the war is imminent, the foundation of the belief in the God of War cannot be shaken.

When facing Athena in the future, he, the genuine god of war, will need his help.

Thinking of this, Aphrodite secretly hid her figure and moved towards the battlefield.

This kind of invisibility magic is easy to be seen through, but it also depends on who is the user and the enemy.

The divine arts used by the gods themselves are still very powerful at this point, not to mention that the opponent is not another god.

So, silently, the goddess of beauty passed the surrounding soldiers and came to the bronze battlefield of Ares.

There just happens to be a bronze dagger left by Ares here, which can be used to sneak attack this human...

"—!"

Aphrodite raised her head as her fingers touched the hilt of the sword, but what she saw was a gaze full of murderous intent.

Subconsciously taking a step back, the goddess of beauty was obviously a little frightened.

However, before she could react, she heard an arrogant and sarcastic laugh and a figure approaching at lightning speed.

“Hahahahaha…is this the god?”

"You can't win in a one-on-one fight, but you still want to launch a sneak attack? Well, let me see what kind of person you are and what tricks you have!"

The power from the River Styx was so sensitive to the breath of the gods that Achilles sensed Aphrodite's approach from a long distance away.

It's just that he didn't know what the other party was here for, and the aura of the person who came was not sharp, and he didn't seem like a god who was good at fighting, so he simply didn't care.

But what Achilles didn't expect was that the god who sneaked in secretly actually came to the side of Ares' chariot, ready to attack with sword, which annoyed him.

Okay, okay, since you don’t follow the rules, don’t blame me for bullying the weak!

Subconsciously classifying Aphrodite as "weak", Achilles took a step closer to the goddess of beauty.

Perhaps it was because he trusted his intuition as the God of War too much, and Ares trusted the Goddess of Beauty too much, so that he only reacted at this moment and quickly punched out from behind.

However, how could Achilles, who was immortal, care about these things? He paid no attention to the attack behind him, strode forward, and then reached out to grab the bronze sword that the goddess of beauty was stabbing at him.

"Qiang——!"

"Let go!"

The sword pierced his chest, but Achilles seemed unaware.

He grasped the sword blade and snatched it from the hand of the goddess of beauty.

Aphrodite, who had never experienced this before, was terrified, but Achilles would not wait for her.

Grasping the hilt of the sword, the young hero swung it hard.

"Tear-!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah----!"

"Hahahahaha..."

"..."

Laughing loudly, Achilles reached out and caught the goddess's severed arm.

Seeing Ares catching up with him, he did not want to fight but jumped away.

"The God of War is shameless. He cannot win in a duel. He relies on numbers to win."

"The goddess of beauty is powerless. Even with a sharp weapon, she is still no match for me with my bare hands!"

"This sword is my trophy. I'll let you go today after I cut off one of the god's arms. Let's fight again another day and let me see what other tricks you have!"

Although there was not much gain this time, Achilles was satisfied.

The so-called seizing of the position of the God of War was actually more of a saying. After all, the authority of the gods cannot be deprived, which has been the conclusion since ancient times.

Now that he had seized the sword and cut off the god's arm, it was already a great gain for Achilles.

It just so happened that he was feeling a little tired, so he might as well retreat and see how the other party would react.

"How dare you, lowly mortal! How dare you!"

Seeing his wife's arm being chopped off, Ares was furious, but looking at Aphrodite with her arm cut off, he hesitated for a moment and finally chose not to chase.

The enemy was hateful, but he couldn't force Aphrodite to stay here alone. Moreover, if he thought about it carefully, with his current strength, even if he could catch up with the enemy, what could he do to Achilles?

Therefore, the top priority now is to return to the sacred mountain, back to the place without the shackles of the human world.

Without the assistance of divine power, relying only on the self-healing ability of the divine bodies of their generation, it is unknown when the broken arm can grow back.

What's more, this madman is really extraordinary. For a moment, Ares has to think about how to deal with him.