Chapter 25: Praising Wisdom Is Better than Boasting About Force

"You want to be my favorite - what an interesting proposal."

Seeing that Pallas Athena did not take his words seriously, Luo Yin said with a serious expression.

"I am serious! During the Trojan War, you were both the goddess of wisdom who favored Odysseus and the goddess of war who favored Diomedes. Now you give all your favor to Odysseus, making Odysseus the great hero of this new era. But there is a saying that mud cannot be supported on the wall. Odysseus is like his knees growing on the ground. He is either considering kneeling down to beg humans or kneeling down on the ground and hugging humans to beg. You let Odysseus become the great hero of this era, which is simply tarnishing the word "great hero". Great heroes such as Cadmus, Perseus, and Hercules, let alone kneeling down to beg humans, they would not even kneel down to the gods easily."

"It is precisely because Odysseus is so weak that I let him become the great hero of this era to better prove the authority I have!"

Pallas Athena said with a proud smile.

"In the past, humans who became great heroes were all Zeus' favorites! Odysseus is my favorite. Although he is so weak, I can still make him a great hero of this era. Humans and gods will understand that Athena now has authority to rival Zeus."

"If you just want to prove your authority, you can let me be your favorite!"

"No!"

Palas Athena shook her head and said.

"If you get my favor and become a great hero of this era, humans and gods will only sing praises to the greatness of the goddess of war, because you are a symbol of force. Odysseus is a symbol of wisdom. Only by making him a great hero can humans and gods understand the greatness of the goddess of wisdom."

"Palas Athena, you are really unfair! The goddess of war and the goddess of wisdom are both you, but you only want to sing praises to your wisdom. Do you only regard yourself as the goddess of wisdom Athena, and want to deny the other you as the goddess of war Pallas?"

"Wisdom is greater than force!"

As if recalling an unpleasant memory, Pallas Athena lowered her head and whispered.

"That's why it was Athena who killed Pallas in the duel, not Pallas who killed Athena."

Then, Pallas Athena looked at Luo Yin with a self-deprecating smile.

"I'm really curious, why do I say these words to a human like you? In view of your bravery, as long as you give up killing Odysseus now, I can allow you to live."

"I won't give up killing Odysseus!"

Luo Yin raised the divine spear with his right hand, looking at Pallas Athena with confidence.

"Pallas Athena! Although Shelia Island is close to Greece, it is not the Greek mainland after all, so you can't exert all your power and might on Shelia Island."

"Although it is true that I can't exert all my power and might on Shelia Island, you actually think you can kill Odysseus who is protected by me - you really overestimate yourself."

After speaking, Pallas Athena threw the golden shield on the ground, and then waved the golden divine spear to attack Luo Yin.

Clang!

Luo Yin hurriedly used his divine spear to block the goddess's attack, and was immediately forced to take two steps back by the shocking divine power.

"As expected of Pallas Athena, the strongest among the gods, she still has such powerful divine power even on the island of Shelia, far away from the Greek mainland."

"I didn't use all my divine power, because if I fought seriously, the cities and residents of the Huai Achaeans would be destroyed by me."

"Then I really underestimated your strength!"

Although he knew that Pallas Athena was more powerful than he expected, Luo Yin still fought tenaciously to block the goddess's attack.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Pallas Athena didn't seem to have the idea of ​​killing Luo Yin. Although she used powerful attacks to force Luo Yin to retreat continuously, she did not use fatal attacks on Luo Yin.

Odysseus and the Huai Achaeans watched the battle. Although it was inevitable that Luo Yin would lose to the goddess, they were still shocked by Luo Yin's strength.

After all, Pallas Athena is the strongest goddess among the gods. Even if the goddess cannot use all her power, it is still a miracle that Luo Yin can fight the goddess head-on.

In a blink of an eye, Luo Yin retreated hundreds of meters under the attack of the goddess.

When Luo Yin's back hit the wall and he could not retreat, the spear blade stabbed by the goddess also touched Luo Yin's neck.

"This battle is over! Swear quickly that you will give up killing Odysseus."

Although his life and death are now controlled by Pallas Athena, Luo Yin did not succumb to the goddess and said with a smile that was not afraid of death.

"Unless Odysseus says that the death of Ajax the Great has nothing to do with him, I will definitely kill him."

"Are you really not afraid that I will kill you?"

Pallas Athena retracted the spear blade and said with a wry smile.

"Athena has killed you once, she will not show mercy to you."

"You——"

Looking at the goddess in front of him, Luo Yin said with wide eyes in surprise.

"Are you the goddess of war now?"

"After the battle with you began, my will temporarily suppressed Athena - you are so lucky!"

Hearing Pallas Athena's answer, Luo Yin immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Athena, the goddess of wisdom, favors wise men like Odysseus, and Pallas, the goddess of war, favors warriors with powerful military power.

Diomedes' father, Tydeus, was even promoted to an immortal god by Pallas Athena, who favored him, because of his fearless fighting in the war of the seven heroes attacking Thebes.

"Since you are now Pallas, the goddess of war, you should not stop me from killing Odysseus!"

After saying that, Luo Yin was about to bypass the goddess and walk towards Odysseus.

The goddess immediately stopped Luo Yin with her golden spear and said.

"I am neither Athena, the goddess of wisdom, nor Pallas, the goddess of war. I am Pallas Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom. Odysseus is my favorite, and I will not let you kill Odysseus unless you have a fair duel with Odysseus."

"Fair duel?"

Pallas Athena came to Odysseus with the puzzled Luo Yin and said to the uneasy Odysseus.

"Odysseus! I won't blindly favor you, so I plan to let you and Neoptolemus solve the problem through a duel."

Duel--

Neoptolemus has an invulnerable body, and his failure and death are doomed before the duel even begins.

Seeing Odysseus's reaction, Pallas Athena continued.

"You are my favorite, so I will let you and Neoptolemus fight fairly. Neoptolemus has divine power that surpasses demigods, and I will give you the same divine power as him."

Let me have the same divine power as him, so that I can fight him fairly?

I am a wise man with wisdom, not a warrior who boasts of military strength!