Chapter 233

"Is that all the important parts?"

"The rest is not important to me." Lansemelo ignored everyone's suspicious gazes and added, "Because I don't know what you want to hear, I will skip the common sense part for Athena and me and let you ask it yourself."

"After all, even though we won the holy war, Hades was the one who succeeded in the end. This is the most serious problem for you, right?"

"First, you should start with Athena's question." Sage sighed and mentioned what Athena said when she introduced herself, "What do starships and combat-type rearguard mechas mean?"

"We have to start from the emergence of the Olympian pantheon... No, maybe I should explain it to you from a more basic point?" Lansemero frowned slightly and glanced at Athena. "Forget it, I will start from the most basic explanation of why the gods no longer walk directly on the earth."

The Age of Gods ended because humans had seized power from the gods. Humans were able to replicate the skills of the gods, so they no longer needed the gods.

Just as humans have learned to light fire, the power of gods to create fire out of thin air is no longer worshipped.

"In the distant past, the twelve gods of the Olympian pantheon were a fleet that came to Earth across the starry sea. People at that time regarded these mechanical creations as gods, so the fleet stayed here and gave up their iron bodies for their believers." Lancer Melodon paused and supplemented everyone, "Although the Greek gods are the most human gods, they are actually just following the results of program calculations."

"It is precisely because the technology of the Star Fleet is something that humans in the past could not replicate - or even understand - that people regard them as gods."

First it was fire, then language, and then writing - little by little, people turned the "miracles" that originally belonged only to the gods into "technology" that ordinary people could reach; as time went on, they gradually analyzed the content that humans originally did not understand, and then the gods withdrew from the earth and went to a mysterious eternal paradise that humans could never reach.

"...But the gods have never taken their eyes off the earth." Lansemello finished patching up the different backgrounds of the two worlds to pretend that they were the same. He glanced at Athena who was sitting next to him, "Just like Hades is still insisting on fighting rounds of holy wars with Athena."

"If you need some actual evidence..." Athena blinked and glanced at the meeting participants. "I know that after Hephaestus left, there was someone in the Sanctuary who could repair the God-made Armor. He could identify the authenticity and type of the God-made Armor, right? Alice, show them the bow."

"bow……?"

"You went to find Sisiphos earlier, wasn't it because of this bow?" Sage quickly remembered that Lancermello had said goodbye to him earlier and went to find Sisiphos. "Is there anything special about this bow?"

"They may not be able to use this bow..." Lansemello brought the Aegis-Kuai-kun, which was made by Hephaestus in the Atlantic Nomad Belt, to the crowd and introduced it to them, "This bow is the work of the forging god Hephaestus. It is made of the soul of the Paradise Fairy, the 'Holy Sword Primordial', which is unique to the 'Paradise' in the Inner Sea of ​​Stars."

"For us, words are powerful. The last person to pull open the Aegis-Ku was Orion, who used this bow to shoot down the out-of-control moon goddess Artemis." Lansemello's eyes fell gently on the golden longbow. "At the same time, he also imposed a contract of words on this bow."

"No one else can pull this bow except him. This is a unique restraint when Aegis Ku is aimed at Artemis." Lansemello added, "However, even if the target is not the Moon Goddess, it is difficult for ordinary people to pull Aegis Ku open. Because the original design is to shoot down the gods in the sea of ​​stars from the earth... The pulling force itself is beyond the scope of ordinary humans."

When Lancermello finished introducing Aegis Kui, the Bronze Saint who had gone to inform Shion to come up for inspection finally rushed back to the Papal Chamber with his men. The moment the Aries Gold Saint, who also served as a Saint Armor Repairer, was pulled into the Papal Chamber, a dazzling golden bow was placed in front of him.

"Is Sisiphos's armor broken?" Shion, who was handed a golden longbow upon entering the Vatican, thought his companion's armor needed repairing. He took a closer look and realized something was wrong. "Wait a minute, this is not a part of the Sagittarius Gold Armor - the material is different, but the forging details seem to be the same as the armor."

——Guessed it right.

When Athena mentioned Aegis Kui, Lansemello had a guess - although they were different worlds, there would be similarities between them.

Just as there are no two leaves in this world that are exactly the same, nor are there two leaves that are completely different - gods with the same name, even if they come from different worlds, will have certain similarities in the details.

——For example, the consistency of the details of the armor that Shion has confirmed is the same as that of Aegis Ghoul.

"Weapons forged by Hephaestus - is this enough to prove our identity?" Athena smiled confidently and confirmed with everyone, "That's all I have to say about the basics - do you have any other details to confirm? Let's confirm all the questions we want to ask now, and then we should prepare how to stop Hades."

After a period of silence, Sisiphos took the initiative to ask Athena - "You are Athena, then... what is the Athena who has been reincarnated in the past sanctuary? Where is the Athena we served in the past, Sasha?"

"You should still remember what Alice said, that we were originally mechanical creations, right?" Athena sighed, evaluating the current technological level of this world, and chose a way that was easier for them to understand to patch up the background, "Just like a published book will have the author's original manuscript and the official printed version - we who stay in Paradise are the original manuscript, and what walks outside is only a part of us, which is the official printed version."

"As for Sasha, she's always been here, right? But now I'm the one in charge. Didn't you see Alice's appearance change? That's a sign that Asclepius, Ereshkigal, and herself are exchanging control of the body. Do you have any other questions you want to confirm?"

"Then... let's get back to the preparations for the holy war." Sage made the decision and confirmed the subsequent action plan with Athena. "Since the problem lies in the holy war after 243 years, we, as seniors, should also be prepared to deal with them - and as for the Pluto Army, although Hades is suppressed by Aaron's consciousness, the Gemini Gods and Pandora are both troublesome opponents."

"The twin gods... ah, Hypnos and Thanatos." Lansemero blinked and took over the topic. "However, I think the first thing we need to do is to gather all our combat power. Preserving combat power is necessary, but in order to defeat the gods and collect information, we also need means to increase combat power and save lives."

"I and Ereshkigal will take care of the combat power, and saving lives will be left to the real professionals—" Athena smiled and looked at Lancermero, but her eyes fell on Asclepius who was deep in his consciousness through his shell, "As long as he has enough materials, he can take the dead back from the underworld, reverse life and death, and invalidate Hades' power."

"As long as you don't hesitate to use your strength." Asclepius answered Athena through Lansemelo. "Those materials are rare, but the resurrection potion is not made of only these rare materials."

"Of course I can guarantee that." Athena maintained the same smile as the statue and arranged the next move of the Sanctuary. "Then, the first step is to concentrate all the combat power in the Sanctuary. After completing the preliminary preparations, we will directly break into the underworld and launch an attack."

"What if Hades moves faster than us?" Lansemello asked Athena.

"Isn't that even easier?" Athena revealed a coldness that was unique to a machine at this time. "Just kill him. For you, this is the easiest job, right?"

"I no longer have those eyes, but - if it's just a limited number of reappearances..." Lansemello sighed and replied to Athena, "I can do it. Even gods can be killed. If it's just a seal, I can also use the Abyss 'Tartarus'."

"That's enough." Athena paused slightly when her eyes swept over the object held in the hand of a certain Saint, and confirmed to Lansemello, "After appearing here, you have been looking at the future most of the time - have you looked at the present and the past?"

"No, because the coverage of the magic eye is very strong--" Lansemello shook his head, and his golden eyes turned into ashes. "What's wrong?"

"We probably have to go to Hades' underworld." Athena sighed and explained the situation to Lancesmero, "A Gold Saint died in a place you didn't see - his soul has been detained in Hades' underworld. No matter from which angle you consider it, at least you must take Ereshkigal to Hades to snatch him away."

"After all, no matter what kind of battle it is, humans themselves are part of the resources - aren't they?"

"I understand. I can just bring back some souls to decorate Ereshkigal's prison." Lansemero nodded and accepted Athena's arrangement. "But if you want to go to the underworld, you must take the ferry of Charon and pay the toll... This part of the work is very troublesome."

"Why don't you just charge into the underworld alone?" Athena hesitated for a moment and gave a seemingly outrageous suggestion. "You have all the protections they give you anyway, so maybe you can pass as a member of the Hades' army and go in directly - of course, Ereshkigal and Asclepius won't be able to do that, and they've probably raised the highest level of alert."

"so……"

"I understand. I will go there in my original appearance as the 'Paradise Fairy'."