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chapter-599

Before Athena and the others stepped into the column of light, Agares said with glinting eyes, 『You want some help?』 The Grand Demon Duke of the East licked his lips with his bright-red tongue in amusement. 『Even though Mother Earth has been defeated and the leaders are dead, reclaiming Olympus won’t be that easy. Make a wish for me to help you. Who knows if luck might be on your side?』

Athena didn’t even respond as she frowned and walked past him. The devil’s words were sweet, but you had to see the hidden poison, especially when the words came from a divine being who slowly made their contractee go mad and led them on the path to destruction. Athena knew that Agares tempted people into contracts like this and took their souls in the end. Moreover, Agares likely didn’t want her but desired her Channel as chief Apostle.

“We’ll be back.” Athena bowed to Yeon-woo and led the gods of Olympus and soldiers of the Underworld up to the heavenly world using the column of light.

Fwoosh!

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[You are attempting to possess the ‘Chief Apostle’!]

Yeon-woo closed his eyes and focused on the Channel that connected him to Athena. Possession was simply sharing the view of an Apostle. It wasn’t like a manifestation, which took over the Apostle’s will. He planned on watching Athena reclaim Olympus and assist when needed.

Athena’s only thought was to win and offer the victory to Yeon-woo with her own hands, although Yeon-woo couldn’t tell whether it was because she knew he was watching or because she was elated to be back in her motherland.

[This is the 98th floor, the gate of the Heavenly world.]

The light faded away, and Yeon-woo could see countless marble temples below Athena’s feet. It was Olympus. Armed Gigantes watched them from temples and fortresses, as if they had been anticipating this moment. However, anxiety and fear were apparent on their faces. To them, it probably seemed like hundreds of attackers had suddenly appeared through holes in the sky.

[You are currently trespassing on the holy territory of the godly society !]

[The gods of have sensed the presence of unidentifiable trespassers.]

[The gods of have activated a defense system to defeat the trespassers.]

[ has requested the help of their allies.]

[ has refused the request for help.]

…

[A new battle has broken out between the two forces.]

[The battle to recapture Olympus is beginning!]

Athena instinctively chuckled when she saw the Gigantes. She had been defeated by that? It was hard to believe. At the same time, she could feel how powerful the strength Yeon-woo shared with her was.

A mighty magic power spun inside of her body and created holy power. With this, she had not only regained the divinity she’d lost in Erebus, but even grown stronger than before. She moved without any hesitation, and with Aegis in her left hand, she blocked the powers and attacks falling onto her. She focused magic power into the sword in her right hand, and the weapon Yeon-woo had given to her made a loud ring. Clang!

Athena swung it up and down with the power she’d gained from becoming Yeon-woo’s Apostle: Sword Thunder. Although she hadn’t trained in it yet, the large amount of magic power and holy power that she focused into it made the sword radiate with heat and light as if it would explode any moment.

Rumble! A black-red column of light landed in the middle of Olympus, brighter than the column of light they’d used to return. Barriers and protective systems in the air shattered, and other defenses fell apart even before they reached the light. Athena didn’t stop there and swung the sword again and again. She activated Sword Thunder indiscriminately in the land of Olympus and scorched the earth.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

『Athena, that crazy bitch! Is she planning on destroying the entire holy territory like this?!』

『Wh-what are the soldiers doing!? Stop them!』

『Those suspicious-looking…take care of those suspicious-looking bolts first…ahh!』

『Stop it! Stop it now!』

Athena dropped an onslaught of Sword Thunder bolts to the ground until her magic power and holy power ran out. She behaved as if she didn’t care about Olympus being destroyed because if she tried to preserve the city, it would stretch out the time it would take to take it back. That would only result in more destruction, and the best option was to discourage her enemies with an overwhelming display of power.

Fortunately, Athena’s strategy worked, and the Gigantes were instantly in chaos. Even though their commanders ordered them to raise their spears and cast magic, the soldiers lost their morale. Fear began to spread among them, and some even abandoned their weapons and attempted to run away.

Dis Pluto entered the battle at that moment. No matter how many attacks dropped from the sky, the infantry would decide victory. Furthermore, Dis Pluto was the best of the best. They had fought countless battles and won just as many. None had crossed death’s door as many times as they had in the last hundred years. To them, the Gigantes were only children trying to dress up as adults.

“Mm. At this rate, Athena will take all the credit. I won’t lose to her.”

“Hahaha! I, Ares, will show how I obtained the title of ‘Butcher’!”

Hercules and Ares quickly followed Dis Pluto onto the battlefield. They hunted down the commander-level Gigantes to destroy morale even further. Explosions rang throughout the battlefield.

Hermes shook his head as he looked at his excited brothers, and he lightly waved his hands in the air. The ground began to shake, and boa constrictors popped out, snatching up Gigantes one by one. He couldn’t let the others take all the credit either.

As the Apostles performed impressively, Apollo and the other gods who were reluctantly working with Yeon-woo jumped onto the battlefield with their spirits running high.

“We can’t lose to them.”

“Let’s take Olympus from these creatures!”

Only Poseidon looked down from above with an expression that was hard to read.

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“Y-you can’t come in here…aack!”

The very first place Athena and the others attempted to take was the center of Olympus, Omphalos. It had originally been Zeus’ holy territory, but the Gigantes were now using it as their base camp. They had to reclaim this place first before Yeon-woo could designate Olympus as his holy territory.

[ desperately requests help from their allies!]

[ desperately requests help from their allies!]

[ ignores the request for help.]

…

[ has declared a dissolution of their alliance with .]

[The alliance between and has ended!]

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[ requests the assistance of other godly societies!]

[The neutral force stays silent.]

[The neutral force stays silent.]

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[The godly society gives their statement: We support all activities of player