15. Hope Delivered

In the end, under the "escort" of thousands of Amazon female warriors, Diana set foot on her hometown where she grew up.

Paradise Island.

This huge island is protected by the magic of the gods.

It is hidden in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea. Although it is an island, its area is two-thirds that of Japan, and it can already be regarded as a small land.

This place used to be part of Mount Olympus where the gods lived. Before the gods were expelled from the world, the king of gods cut off this island from Mount Olympus with divine power and placed it here.

Used to preserve the fire of the gods.

These descendants of the gods already have a stronger physique than the outsiders.

Although not as exaggerated as the Asgardians, every warrior in the Amazons who can conquer war can be regarded as a superhero in the outside world.

And Diana is the strongest of them all.

The reason why "they" are used to describe the Amazons is because there are no men on Paradise Island...

It's full of women, and probably because it was created directly by the Greek gods, so there are no ugly monsters on Paradise Island.

The appearance of each Amazon can be called beautiful or handsome, and their number has been maintained at a specific number since birth, never increasing, but decreasing.

Those reductions were by accident.

There is a magical barrier like Mount Olympus on Paradise Island. As long as they stay in it, the Amazons can live forever.

But these warlike female wolves had a war that lasted hundreds of years with the sea people of Atlantis thousands of years ago, so most of the loss of the Amazons happened in that war .

As the queen, Hippolyta mastered the secrets of the gods. Under the condition that the high priests kept the souls of the dead, she could copy the process of the gods to create humans and use clay to reshape the bodies of the clansmen.

The Amazons are just that amazing.

Well, although all Amazons think they were born from the dirt, in fact, in the country of the Amazons, there has always been enduring gossip.

It is said that Queen Hippolyta is actually Zeus' secret lover, and Princess Diana is Zeus's biological daughter.

Diana was the only child born on the island through natural delivery.

There is real divine blood flowing in her body, so Diana has shown physical fitness and potential far beyond ordinary Amazons since she was a child.

Of course, Her Majesty never responded positively to the gossip.

But Diana herself knew that it was true.

When she was a child, her mother once got drunk and told her a story about her father who was not very good at private life.

She's not proud of it, but she's not ashamed of it either.

After all, Zeus and the gods have long since left this world, and it may be difficult to see them come back in Diana's lifetime.

In her heart, her father had long since died.

In the queen's palace on Paradise Island, which is quite similar to the Parthenon, Queen Hippolyta with a sword sits on the throne, and she maintains the majesty that the king should have.

She looked at her daughter who was tied up with ropes, knelt in front of her, and had several sharp knives against her body.

The beloved king's eyes were full of indifference.

She waved her hand and said in a deep voice:

"All of you, get out!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The guards guarding the palace bowed down to salute the king, and then, led by two captains of the guards, strode away from the palace. Soon, there were only the mother and daughter Hippolyta and Diana left in the palace. .

"Snapped"

Diana easily broke free from the rope on her body. She moved her wrists and looked at her mother sitting on the throne.

She stepped forward and said to her mother who had not seen her for decades:

"Mom, I... I'm back."

"Snapped"

The queen waved her hand and slapped her daughter mercilessly on the cheek.

She looked at her daughter sternly, and she asked:

"You abandoned your people, your country, and your mother for a man...you still have the face to come back!"

"Do you remember what I told you when you took that man out to sea?"

The queen stood up, holding the hilt of the sword in her hand, she said sternly:

"Either never come back, or come back with that man's head and use his blood to wash away the shame on you...Did you do it?"

"I don't."

Diana didn't care about her mother's scolding.

The queen didn't use much force, the slap just sounded painful, and there wasn't even a mark on her face.

Queen Hippolyta was also a mighty warrior, and that slap could have hurt the demigod Diana if she wanted to.

Standing straight in front of her mother, she said:

"But I broke up with Trevor. Not long after the war ended, there was not much emotional foundation between me and him. Maybe it was just yearning and curiosity about the outside world, and fantasies about love. After all, I still young..."

"I've been in London all these years, Mother, and I've missed you so much."

The queen's expression finally changed.

She sighed, just like melting ice and snow, she stretched out her hand, stroked her daughter's face, and said:

"Does it hurt?"

"No, it doesn't hurt at all."

Diana also held her mother's hand, and she said indifferently:

"Compared to the longing for these years, this little pain is nothing."

"Then have you learned it?"

The queen looked at her daughter, and she asked:

"Have you learned your lesson?"

"Um."

Diana says:

"The love of mortals does not belong to us, we have never been the same as them, and it is difficult for us to truly integrate into that world."

"I once objected to your conservatism, but now, I know that it is not to imprison our people, but to protect them. Paradise Island is our world, and we have our own traditions and civilization."

"We shouldn't have too many interactions with the outside world."

Having said that, Diana glanced at her mother, she hesitated for a moment, and still expressed her inner thoughts.

she says:

"But knowing this is useless. The outside world is changing. I can't describe it accurately, but I can feel that Paradise Island may soon be exposed to the eyes of the world."

"Mother, you should prepare for this in advance."

"very good!"

The Queen nodded in satisfaction.

She stood up from the throne and motioned for her daughter to follow her.

Under the escort of the guards, the two left the palace, rode on pure white horses, and led a team of guards to gallop on the grassland of Paradise Island. In the wind blowing in that hometown, Diana listened to her mother's instructions.

"I'm getting old, Diana."

The queen with a young face like a young woman in her 20s said calmly:

"Even if you insist on not coming back, I will send someone to bring you back in a few years... I feel that the end of my destiny is coming. You should know that I am different from our clansmen."

"I was born on Mount Olympus, not in the soil. I will die one day, just like those fallen gods."

She waved to her daughter and said:

"In the last part of my life, I'm going to tell you what you should know and what you shouldn't know, so as to serve as the foundation for you to become the next Queen of Nintendo Island."

"You should contribute to your people."

Queen said:

"Bring peace, avoid war, and protect this paradise."

"But as you said, maybe the thousands of years of closure of Paradise Island will end in your kingship, and maybe our civilization will eventually integrate into the outside world. This is a trend, and there is not much in Atlantis recently Safe..."

"But that's your mission and responsibility, my daughter. Where should we lead our kingdom, that's something you should consider."

"These things can be discussed later."

Queen Hippolyta rode her war horse and jumped up a ridge. She looked at the giant stone fortress at the end of the plain, and her expression became a little more serious.

She said to her daughter beside her:

"Tell me about the Raven Lord first. I heard what happened in the hell dimension. He and his followers are not peaceful."

"But why would he know about the relics we guard...what would he want to do?"

"about this."

Diana says:

"I told him the news about the holy objects. As for why he is looking for these dangerous objects, maybe he should tell you."

After finishing speaking, Diana handed the raven coat of arms to her mother, and she said:

"With your permission, Mom, I can summon Lord Raven's projection to come here."

"The presence of a Father..."

Queen Hippolyta stretched out her hand and pushed her crown, and she returned to her indifferent posture as a queen. She nodded to her daughter and said:

"This will make Paradise Island flourish."

At the queen's behest, Diana activated the coat of arms in her hand.

The orange light spot was like jumping flames, and it quickly condensed into Merlin's astral projection under the blowing of the wind.

It was that solemn black robe, and it was still Merlin's gentle face.

At the moment of appearance, the Maharaja bowed slightly to Queen Hippolyta in front of him, while Her Majesty jumped off the horse and performed an ancient Greek courtesy to the Maharaja.

This is respect for power.

Her old lover, His Majesty Zeus, is also a heavenly father.

"Sorry to disturb the tranquility of Paradise Island, Your Majesty."

Merlin looked around and said politely:

"I troubled my friend Lady Diana to bring my request, and now it seems that you have made up your mind."

"Yes, Lord Raven."

Queen Hippolyta was not entangled either, she said generously:

"The cursed sacred object has been kept on Paradise Island for more than 3,000 years. For 3,000 years, it has been the biggest hidden danger on our soil."

"To be honest, I wanted to throw it out of Paradise Island more than once, but I was afraid that it would bring disaster to the outside world."

"Now there is a noble person with enough strength who is willing to accept it, and I couldn't be happier."

"But before I hand it over to you, I'd like to ask why."

The queen said neither humble nor overbearing:

"Although it is a disaster, it is still entrusted to us by the Greek gods for protection. Without a legitimate reason, it is difficult for us to end this ancient oath."

"I can understand."

Merlin looked at the stone fortress not far away, and he made a gesture of "please" to the Queen and Diana, and he said:

"We can talk while walking, but only with you and your daughter. I don't want too many people to know this news."

"this is necessary."

The queen waved her hand, signaling her guards to stay where they were.

She mounted the horse again, and Diana walked towards the distant fortress. Merlin was suspended in the air, at the same speed as the horse.

After more than ten seconds, away from the guards, Merlin looked at Queen Hippolyta, who looked not old and looked more like sisters than mother and daughter with Diana. He said softly:

"I know some intimate personal relationships between you and His Majesty Zeus from some ancient books."

"What I want to ask is, when you were alone with the king of Mount Olympus, did he tell you something about the stars and the universe?"

Merlin's undisguised question made the queen give him a hard look.

After all, Diana is still there, so it's a little too shameful to just say that she has a relationship with Zeus.

But Diana didn't care.

The princess of Paradise Island has lived in the outside world for decades, what weird things haven't she seen?

As far as the matter of her mother and Zeus is concerned, in the outside world, she doesn't even have the qualifications to be published in tabloids.

These old men and women...

Well, it's just too conservative.

"He... said something."

Queen Hippolyta was also relieved when she saw her daughter's indifferent expression. She recalled the ancient past, and then said to Merlin:

"I couldn't understand it at the time. He was very depressed after drinking more than once. He once said to me that these stars are just a figment, and we are all figments living in monster dreams."

"It only takes a gust of wind to completely blow us out."

Queen said:

"He also said that out of the ashes of our dying precious 'truths' are born, but those realities have nothing to do with us."

"The world is a game, Mom."

After the queen finished speaking, Diana glanced at Merlin, and she said to her mother:

"I have seen it with my own eyes, and I have also participated in it. Merlin is the protagonist of the game. He sacrificed himself to free us and the world from the illusion, but that was just the beginning."

"When the cosmic furnace is lit, everything we care about, everything we want to protect, including ourselves, will be incinerated."

Lord Raven stood in front of the stone fortress, with his hands behind his back, and said to the queen who dismounted behind him:

"Do you want your daughter, your story, your lover, your precious memories, and even yourself, to be just a meaningless dream?"

"No."

Queen Hippolyta looked at the raven and said:

"No one would want that!"

"very good."

Raven nodded, pointing to the fortress where the holy relics were sealed in front of him, he said:

"Then give it to me."

"I can't promise to turn everything into the 'true' that Zeus said, but I can at least promise that I will do my best to do this...not just for you, but also for myself."

"Why didn't Zeus leave this world with it, but leave such a dangerous thing to his lover?"

Merlin looked at Queen Hippolyta.

He said seriously:

"Zeus may have tried hard, but he failed. His failure was not because he was weak, but because the time left for these stars to save themselves has not yet come!"

"He may have never predicted that I would arrive here, but he left this thing just to leave a glimmer of hope..."

"Now, it's up to me to take up the sliver of hope that has been passed on to this age."