Chapter 40 The Goddess Also Ignores Zeus' Authority

Faced with Luo Yin's verbal humiliation, Diomedes said calmly.

"Young Neoptolemus, you can laugh at me like you laugh at an ordinary old man. But when our spears collide, you will understand whether I have the courage and strength of the past."

Luo Yin jumped off the back of the warhorse and said as he walked towards Diomedes.

"Although we are enemies now, we are still comrades who once fought side by side on the battlefield of Troy. Diomedes, dying in battle like your father Tydeus is your best destination. Since you did not die in the murder of Aegialea and Comtes, let me grant you a glorious death in battle!"

Seeing Luo Yin's actions, Diomedes also jumped off the chariot, holding a spear and shield and walked towards Luo Yin and said.

"Neoptolemus! Although I have become your enemy, after I die in battle, my soldiers and the city of Argos will belong to you - after all, my unfaithful wife did not give birth to a child who could inherit the throne. If I get the favor of Pallas Athena and defeat you by luck -"

"That will never happen!"

Before Diomedes finished speaking, Luo Yin came to Diomedes at a gust of wind speed and swung his divine spear at his heart.

Diomedes used a shield wrapped in seven layers of cowhide to resist Luo Yin's attack.

With a sound of puff!

Although the blade of the divine spear penetrated the shield, it did not pierce Diomedes' body.

Diomedes seized the opportunity when the blade of the divine spear was stuck by the shield and stabbed Luo Yin's shoulder with his spear blade.

Luo Yin hurriedly dodged Diomedes's spear blade and then retracted his divine spear from the shield.

After both of them finished the first round of confrontation without any injuries, Luo Yin stared at Diomedes' spear blade with a serious face and said.

"Diomedes! Although I have an invulnerable body, among all humans, I dare not let you and Odysseus' weapons attack my body, because you are both the favorites of Pallas Athena. You are a respectable human warrior. Before I kill you with my divine power, you can pray to Pallas Athena to let her lend you more divine power."

"Since you know that I am a human, you should understand that the goddess has given me divine power that humans cannot control, which will reduce my strength."

"You want to challenge my divine power with human power - then I will show all my divine power as a respect to you!"

After Luo Yin finished speaking, his body suddenly burst out with the speed of gods, waving the divine spear and stabbing Diomedes with a lightning-fast blow.

Diomedes seemed to be able to predict Luo Yin's attack. Although his speed was far inferior to Luo Yin's, he held his spear in front of him to block Luo Yin's attack.

With a crisp sound!

The blade of the divine spear split Diomedes' spear in half, and then pierced Diomedes' body.

Boom--

Boom--

With the death of Diomedes, thunder appeared in the cloudless sky, as if showing the anger of the gods.

Luo Yin raised his head and saw Pallas Athena descending from the sky with the posture of a giant god standing tall.

Looking into the eyes of the expressionless goddess, Luo Yin teased with a smile.

"I thought you had already abandoned Diomedes! If Diomedes is still your favorite, then you are too late."

"Diomedes is no longer worthy of my attention now."

Palas Athena looked at Luo Yin with cold eyes.

"I came here because Diomedes and Odysseus - my two favorites in this era were killed by you. Even if you do something to humiliate Pallas Athena, it is unforgivable."

"As long as I don't kill Diomedes, you won't be my enemy? If you want to kill Orestes, you must defeat Pallas Athena first - I always remember this sentence."

"You stupid guy! If I were your enemy, your soul would have fallen into Hades' underworld long ago."

Palas Athena leaned over and grabbed Luo Yin with her left hand, then turned and looked in the direction of the Black Sea and said.

"Now I'm going to give you a task to maintain my authority and let the world know that you will obey Pallas Athena's orders."

"Wait--"

Luo Yin said hurriedly.

"I will soon seize Mycenae and overthrow the hegemony established by the Mycenaeans. Zeus became the king of the gods in Greece with the hegemony of Mycenae. After I overthrow the hegemony of Mycenae and destroy Zeus, you, as the patron saint of the powerful Kingdom of Athens, will have the opportunity to become the new queen of the gods."

Palas Athena lowered her head and looked at Luo Yin, smiling and saying.

"Do you want to fool me like a fool? Your purpose in destroying Zeus is not to make me the queen of the gods."

Then, Pallas Athena turned her head and looked at the Black Sea.

"My task for you is to seize the statue of Artemis from the barbarians on the Tauris Peninsula of the Black Sea and bring it back to Greece."

After hearing the content of the task, Luo Yin said in surprise.

"It was Zeus's decision to drive Artemis out of the mainland of Greece. How dare you overturn Zeus's decision and ask me to welcome Artemis back to the mainland of Greece - now is the time when Zeus's authority is at its weakest. Even someone like me Humans dare to destroy Zeus, of course you can overturn Zeus's decision, but I am a little curious. Do you ask me to welcome Artemis back because you sympathize with Artemis, who is also a Greek native god like you, or do you want to prove you. His authority rivals that of Zeus? Or do you just want Artemis to be your subordinate god?”

"I have no obligation to answer you."

After Pallas Athena finished speaking, she waved her left hand, and Luo Yin's body was immediately wrapped in a divine power and flew across the land and ocean, towards the distant Black Sea coast.

After sending Luoyin away, Pallas Athena spoke to the Spartans and Argives in the voice of the goddess.

"Spartans! Argives! Return to your respective city-states, now is not the time for the destruction of Mycenae."

Although ordinary humans cannot see the form of the gods, they hear the goddess's voice and decide to follow the goddess's will.

The Spartans returned to Sparta, and the Argives returned to Argos.

Tauris Peninsula on the Black Sea.

This was a wild place as seen by the gods - a place that had not been conquered and colonized by the Greeks.

The king who now rules here is Thoas.

The god that the Taurians believe in is Artemis, the goddess of hunting.

Artemis became a god believed by the Tauris people, similar to how Pallas Athena replaced Cassandra's previous life and became a goddess believed by the Trojans.

The Tauris people originally had their own goddess of belief. After the Greeks failed to conquer and colonize the Tauris people, they renamed the goddess they believed in as Artemis.

Artemis, the Greek goddess of hunting, conquered the Tauris people through faith——

Of course, this is a real-world situation.

In mythology, a statue of Artemis fell from the sky to the Tauris Peninsula, and Artemis became the god worshiped by the Tauris people since ancient times.