Ares, God of War

"O Iasos."

Ares said to him softly:

"The king of Arcadia, as the lord of a country, can't even keep his own promise. You really disappoint me."

Feeling the terrifying sense of oppression emanating from this handsome young man, Iasos swallowed hard, and then asked:

"You, who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is that I have seen your unbelief, injustice, and inhumane behavior."

While talking, Ares took another step, and when this step landed, bright cracks appeared on the ground, and then pillars of fire gushed out from these cracks, turning into a wall of fire, surrounding him up.

"Iasos, as a father, you abandoned your child and threw your own daughter Atalanta into the mountains, leaving her to fend for herself. This is unrighteous."

"As a king, you make a promise, but when it comes to the end, you go back on it. You refuse to keep your promise, and you want to kill people to silence it. This is unbelief."

"It is inhumane for you to hold a competition, but cruelly punish the losers, and order your fighters to take their lives at will."

After finishing the three sentences, Ares took another step forward, and then his disguise as a mortal body turned into a little bit of sparks, and armor appeared on his body, and the flames clung to his long hair, tearing his long hair into pieces. Pieces stained red.

At this point, the audience and Iasos finally knew who this handsome young man was.

The twelve main gods of Olympus, the master in charge of war and riots, Ares, the god of war.

After learning the true identity of Ares, Iasos became even more desperate. Even the warriors of Arcadia put down their bows and arrows and gave up protecting their king.

If they want to protect their king, they must fight Ares, but the god of war is the embodiment of fighting and conquest, so how do they fight against it?

However, Ares didn't care about the emotions of these people. He came to Atalanta's side, glanced at the princess of Arcadia, and then said to Iasos:

"Iasos, I will punish you."

A flash of fire flashed, and the king of Arcadia, Iasos, let out a scream. Ares did not kill him directly, nor did he take any limbs or parts of his body, but only killed him on Iasos' body. It left a mark that looked like it was branded with a soldering iron.

This mark at most makes him hurt now, but it will remain on his soul forever. This is the label of the unbeliever, the unrighteous and the unkind. In the underworld, he who bears this mark will be sent directly to Tartarus by the three judges to accept cruel punishment.

And the life of Iasos, the king, is now running out.

Chapter 225. Do you want to renege on your debt?

After casting his "God's Punishment" on Iasos, Ares took Atalanta into a whirlwind of flames and disappeared from the arena.

Everyone in Arcadia thought that the god of war had taken a fancy to their vigorous and heroic beautiful princess, so they did the same thing as his father - snatching the princess.

However, Ares did not go far. He took Atalanta back to the city-state of Arcadia. The two found a corner. Ares turned into an ordinary man again, while Atalanta Teze took the robe handed over by Ares, and put it on his body, covering his face.

After completing the initial disguise, Ares also began to explain the next arrangement to Atalanta:

"Well, there are two options before you, Atalanta. The first one is that you stay in Arcadia. I can scare your father so that he doesn't dare to force you to marry me again. , you can live in this place with peace of mind."

"Yes." Atalanta nodded, and then said: "But if I continue to stay in Arcadia, if I don't keep it, there will be other men with ulterior motives and the power of other gods who covet me and attack me, right? "

"Your guess is indeed very possible." Ares said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of how many gods I have. They are very annoying, and they always want to disgust me. Moreover, as a woman, you You are already very attractive to men, because you are not only good-looking, but also the heir to the throne of the Arcadia Kingdom. If you marry you, you will most likely be able to gain control of the Arcadia Kingdom. Beauty And power, this is the most attractive thing for men, it can make many men risk their lives to try.”

"It's like this in this world." Atalanta sighed, and asked humbly, "Then what about the second choice?"

"The second option is to follow me back to Sparta." Ares said: "When I get there, I will let the Spartans protect your safety. It is my territory, and other gods want to make trouble. You have to restrain yourself a bit, you can hide your name there and live with peace of mind. I built an orphanage there, and all the orphanages of the Spartan soldiers who died on the battlefield are adopted in it. If you go, I can arrange for you to run that place."

After listening to Atalanta, she thought about it carefully, and then asked: "But, if I go to your territory, will I not be able to worship my god, the goddess Artemis?"

Ah, what a faithful believer.

Seeing Atalanta frowning slightly and sincerely worried, Ares couldn't help feeling the injustice of the world. Why did he do so much for these human beings conscientiously, and there is no one as beautiful and powerful as Atalanta? Believers, and Artemis, who is so stupid and sweet, advertises that she is a virgin, and is still secretly in love with Orion, but there is an Atalanta who believes in her wholeheartedly.

Hmm, but that's it.

Putting away his sour thoughts, Ares nodded and said: "Sparta's population flow is not too small. You can believe in all gods except Athena, and the Spartans will not care about you." of."

"That's really thankful, Lord Ares!" Atalanta thanked Ares movedly.

"Tsk, if you don't pass, you have to prepare for your reputation to be damaged." Ares reminded: "I beat you in the race, and even snatched you away. I thought I would snatch you to be my own concubine."

"It's not a big deal. After all, I'm just a mortal. If I really want to say it, you should be the one who suffers. You are protecting me with your own wings."

Atalanta is very sensible:

"And, with such a condition in exchange, to be honest, I think that if I really become your concubine, I won't be at a disadvantage in this deal."

What does this girl mean?

Ares looked at Atalanta, but he could only see his sincere gratitude to him from the girl's reddish face.

Considering her "infatuation" for Artemis, Ares also felt that she should be thinking too much.

Besides, "Could it be that you like me?" It's okay to say it to a girl who is close to Hecate. At worst, it's just a joke, but there is still some distance between him and Atalanta. If this kind of words were said, it would really feel a bit sandy.

So he didn't ask any further, and just said to Atalanta: "Then let's find a place to rest for the night, and I'll take you back to Sparta tomorrow morning."

……

On the other side, under the interference of Ares, Hippomenes, whose plan completely failed, also quietly escaped from the arena while the arena was in chaos.

After seeing the true identity of the servant boy, Hippomenes also completely gave up his heart for Atalanta. It is not uncommon for human beings to compete with the gods in the sky for lovers, but they are either dead or in the middle of their lives. In a state where life is worse than death, Hippomenes is not that stupid. He doesn't want to be cooked into human meat skewers by the violent God of War, or thrown into the Spartan brothers' camp by him.

Just when he escaped from the arena of Arcadia in despair and fled into the forest outside the city-state, he suddenly felt himself bumped into a warm embrace.

Smelling the aroma of roses filling his nostrils, Hippomenes raised his head in astonishment, and then saw Aphrodite's unparalleled glamorous face that turned all living beings upside down.