"Diana, my sister—surely you see it now! Fate has already declared your defeat.
Why not join me instead? With our combined strength, we could reshape this corrupt world.
Isn't that what you've always dreamed of?"
Ares's confidence was soaring.
Originally, he'd felt sixty percent sure of winning today—
but after "understanding" Thea's reason for appearing here, his confidence shot up to ninety.
"I'm not your sister! …Maybe humans are flawed in many ways, and the greed of their rulers hardly deserves my help…"
Diana's words brought a faint gleam of joy to Ares's eyes—
but her next sentence instantly darkened his expression.
"But I am Diana. I accept the blessings of the gods.
My mission is to protect mankind!
I may not have fully grasped my true purpose yet, but this is the hope my mother and everyone else placed in me…"
As she spoke, she glanced at Thea.
Their eyes met in midair, silently confirming each other's intentions.
"I won't let them down!
For the innocent who died in this war—
you evil god—
today is the day you fall!"
Diana stomped the ground and charged at Ares like a flash of lightning.
At the same moment, Thea activated her chosen ability—
"Eternal Night."
The dark night grew even darker, shadows thickening into pure ink.
A mass of concentrated shadow-energy wrapped around Ares, gnawing into his divine power.
His divine aura flickered wildly—
though he managed to stabilize it, the glow around him visibly dimmed.
"Hm? What a strange ability…"
Ares looked irritated.
He, too, was a god and once had his own chosen.
Human chosen abilities came in thousands of varieties.
He'd assumed Artemis's chosen would have bow or hunting-related blessings—
but instead, it was this debuff-type ability.
And then he noticed something else—
Diana's divine power surged.
Thea's magic amplified.
Meanwhile, his strength diminished.
He finally put the pieces together.
Ares's face twitched.
This was a female-boosting, male-nerfing domain—
a discriminatory goddess's spell field!
Thea was feeling smug, ready to brag—
when she suddenly realized something horrifying and nearly bit her tongue.
Because Diana, boosted by Thea's domain, suddenly became three tiers faster—
and like a mountain cat pouncing downhill, she appeared in front of Ares and slashed down with her sword!
Oh no.
Big sis—THAT SWORD IS FAKE.
Is it too late to say something now!?
Thea watched the blade close in on Ares's skull and wanted to curse Hippolyta to death for setting them up like this.
Fortunately, reality didn't follow her worst-case scenario.
Ares, weakened by Thea's strange domain—
despite resisting part of the debuff through divine power—
still lost about fifteen percent of his strength.
Meanwhile, Diana gained a solid thirty percent.
One drop, one rise—
their power instantly balanced out.
Ares's earlier ninety percent confidence was now back down to sixty.
Facing Diana's enraged overhead strike, he didn't dare take it head-on.
His upper body didn't bend, his legs didn't shift—
but as if pulled backward by unseen force, he slid three meters back, narrowly avoiding the blow.
Thea had wanted to warn Diana about the fake Godslayer Sword.
But since Ares dodged, she swallowed the words back down.
Ares was the genuine God of War—his eyesight far surpassed hers.
Her suspicion about the sword was only based on meta-story knowledge.
If, in reality, the sword was real and she told Diana to toss it—
she'd make a massive fool of herself.
No time to think further—
Diana and Ares were already clashing at close range.
Thea could only fire magic arrows nonstop in support.
Barely three minutes into the battle, Ares was fuming.
Not because he was weak.
But because these two women worked too well together.
Their synergy was terrifying.
When he tried to take to the skies, Thea immediately hit him with a gravity spell, dragging him back to the ground—
followed by Diana smashing him with her shield.
He tried controlling the surrounding structures to crush them—
but Thea's magic arrows interrupted every spell before he could cast it.
After dodging several of Diana's massive blade strikes, he finally found a tiny opening and attempted to summon a warrior from his divine realm.
He wanted a female warrior—
but as the God of War, his followers were notoriously male-dominated.
Female warriors under him were as rare as pandas.
So he grabbed a male one—not to win the fight, just to distract Thea.
Unfortunately for him, Thea had recently been studying the Constantine family's grimoires—
half the book was about summoning and anti-summoning spells.
The moment she sensed Ares summoning, she cast Banishment without hesitation.
The poor warrior stuck one leg through the portal—
then got slapped back into his realm instantly.
Ares was livid.
He was the God of War, not some arcane master.
He knew a few high-level spells through divine comprehension—
but Diana's relentless assault gave him no time to cast them.
His few low-tier spells were repeatedly interrupted by Thea.
He was being thoroughly suppressed.
Thea's interrupts were flawless, but her offense was equally vicious.
With the Silver Moon Bow, she continuously fired arrows filled with shadow and light energy.
Her hoverboard allowed her to zip around him from every angle.
Many arrows came from impossible trajectories—
Ares had no choice but to take them head-on.
Magic arrows were not like physical arrows—
they turned into pure energy upon impact and exploded inside the target.
Shadow, light, fire, wind—
multiple energies clashed chaotically inside Ares's body, causing internal disruptions, small detonations—
—which left him open for several more shield-bashes from Diana.
As the God of War, Ares's combat instincts were unparalleled.
He quickly calculated his consumption rate.
These two were draining him faster than he could replenish.
If this kept up, he would be beaten to death.
He pointed at Thea from afar—
a streak of green light shot out.
What the hell is that!?
Thea sensed wild, destructive energy in the green beam—absolutely not any nature-type spell.
She didn't dare block it.
Using her hoverboard's mobility, she dodged far to the side.
Ares seized the golden opportunity—
and punched Diana back with a full-force blow.
"It's time you witnessed the true difference…
between gods—
and mortals!"