Chapter 1345

Chapter 1345

Ares was born to Zeus and Hera, like Hephaestus. When Ares was very young, he beat up Hephaestus and many of the young gods just to get his father's attention, who was busy showing off and trying to charm women.

Back then, Ares thought that his father would scold him just like ordinary human fathers did whenever their child did something wrong. But Zeus told him...

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You are my child, Ares. There’s no reason for me to scold you just for something like that.

Ares found it odd. Any ordinary father would scold himself. Of course, Zeus’ thinking would be correct if the children whom Ares hit were the ones who provoked him and started the quarrel. But Ares was the one who started it all. This meant that his father thought it was only natural that Ares used violence.

Then, Ares went to find his mother, Hera. He was sure that Hephaestus was among those whom he had hit earlier.

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I hit Hephaestus. I hit my brother...

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Brother? That monster is a different breed from you. Don’t call that thing your brother.

Even his mother was different from ordinary mothers. In Ares’ ears, it was as if his father and mother were saying these things:

‘Your father is Zeus, and your mother is Hera. It doesn’t matter what you do. Everything is fine.’

‘You don’t have to bow down to anyone. You don’t even have to be polite to anyone.’

‘It doesn’t even matter if you’re cruel or not. It’s also okay if you went crazy.’

‘Because you are the child of the greatest gods of Olympus.’

‘And you’re not stupid or lacking like that bastard Hephaestus!’

From that point on, Ares viewed humans as nothing but mere tools. He also treated the gods much weaker than he was, like dogs. His father was Zeus, and his mother was Hera. Also, he was the God of War.

No one scolded him when he hit Hephaestus. They even responded loudly, saying that what he did was only natural. And they reacted similarly when Ares boasted about taking away the woman Hephaestus loved.

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Does love even suit someone like Hephaestus?

–That woman must be happy. That’s only natural. After all, God of War Ares embraced her.

Ares lived his life just like that.

One day, Ares suddenly felt the need to build an army that obeyed him. An army that no one in the world could defeat! So, he took millions of children and began training and growing them.

But unlike others, Ares did not care whether the children died during his training. Why? Because they died under his wing and died with honor and glory. And in the first place, he did not have to care whether they lived or died.

As a result, a lot of people died. Out of the millions of children that he took, only 1% survived. The entire world heaped praises upon that 1%.

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As expected of the army raised by my son.

Ares’ father did not care about the 99% of the people sacrificed during the process.

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As expected of my son, God of War Ares.

His mother smiled gracefully, telling him how proud she was of him.

‘I did a great job. It seems like I’m truly an amazing person. F*ck this! I can do whatever I want!’

That was how the Ares of today was created.

But then, Ares was suddenly locked in prison. As he sat inside the dark and humid prison for over a hundred days, he realized something.

‘Isn’t this similar to the training I conducted for those brats back then?’

It was a fascinating memory. To be exact, it was a very interesting memory for him alone. Back then, he locked up millions of people in small spaces. They, who have been left in solitary confinement, screamed and begged him to spare them. However, he just giggled at them.

‘I was the only one who enjoyed it.’

This thought flashed in Ares’ mind now that he was experiencing it himself. Regardless, he tried his hardest to ignore this thought. Why?

‘Because I can do it! Because I am the God of War!’

Then, the guard told him that the people whom he had raised painstakingly had chosen to follow the f*cking bastard named Minhyuk. So, he hurriedly descended to the ground and went after them while hiding his presence.

As he followed them, he saw how Minhyuk’s leadership style was utterly different from his. Minhyuk just spoke a few words to lead them, yet they put their faith in him. He did not even need to bring out a whip and hit them. So, why?

‘Why do you look happier than when you’re with me? Why have you become stronger than before? Why aren’t you more afraid than when you’re with me?’

Then, while tailing them, Ares heard a conversation between Minhyuk and the soldiers as they continued to walk the tightrope between life and death in the Land of the Titans.

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Ares is literally the devil.

–He just yawned while watching the other trainees die.

–Ares told us, ‘I raised you. So, whatever you do is fine. Whether you want to commit murder, robbery, or anything else. It’s fine.’

At that moment, he realized something.

‘Ah. I’m no different from my father. I’m no different from my mother. That’s all there is to it. Wasn’t that what usually happened to the child born from that kind of mother and father?’

This was what Ares thought. Yet, the Twisted Titan God suddenly appeared and tried to kill his tools, the f*cking bastards that he raised.

For a moment, a strange feeling washed over Ares. He felt horrible. When he saw the Titan God trying to kill his army, he felt something—the same feeling when he saw his army being terrified of him, after he told them that he would kill them.

‘I’m a lunatic. It wouldn’t be strange to do anything and everything I want. So, today, I will do something crazy again.’

Thud!

“How dare you touch my things without my permission?”

Even though he tried to ignore their words, Ares thought,

‘Do I have to kill them with my hands? They must have felt a thousand times more pain than the pain that I have felt during my time in prison. It’s not a bad idea to let them go, no?’

The feelings that he tried so hard to bury deep inside him slowly wriggled their way out as a crisis loomed over them.

Fwoosh!

Ares pulled out the spear that pierced through the flesh of the Twisted Titan God. Then, he began to stab it like crazy.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

“Who! Are! You! To try and kill my army without my permission?!”

It was literal madness.

“They are my army! My! Army! I raised them! I am the only one who can kill them! I am the only one who can save them!”

Thud! Thud! Thud!

“Keuhaaaaaaaaack!”

The HP of the Twisted Titan God, who was extremely tough, began to drop by significant amounts.

‘I’m a crazy lunatic. I’m a bastard whose thoughts you cannot fathom! That’s why I’m doing something completely unpredictable today too!’

“What the hell are you doing, you bastard?! Attack!” Ares shouted, his eyes turning to look at Minhyuk.

Even if Ares was the God of War, it was still too much for him to deal with the Titan God alone. He saw the strange look on Minhyuk’s face as he joined in the attack. When Ares glanced at the soldiers, he saw the shock in their faces. Then, at that moment...

[What are you doing?! Why did you get out of prison? Do you think that you can do as you please and come here and kill the Titan God? Ares, if you don’t stop immediately, you will face an even heavier punishment.]

The voice of his father rang in his ears. Ares noticed something. In ordinary circumstances, if he broke out of prison, his father, Zeus, would ignore it and move on with his life, just like when he beat the other children for no reason. This time, it was different. Now, he was acting against his father’s will. And this would most likely result in him being imprisoned forever. But so what?

[I don’t want to. Didn’t you know? I’m a f*cking crazy bastard?]

Even with Minhyuk’s support, Ares still did not find it easy. He had to move as fast as he could to force its HP to drop before it could open its eyes. To make things simpler, they had to stop the bastard from opening its eyes.

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!” Ares shouted, his glare turning to the soldiers.

The soldiers all flinched when they saw his gaze. Nonetheless, they had been working longer with Ares than with Minhyuk.

[Look. This is the army that I raised.]

“Use the first chapter!”

Along with Ares, the tens of thousands of soldiers unleashed the same power, the same power that they created and honed through relentless training.

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, sir!”

[The God of War is the ruler of the battlefield.]

[His army demonstrates more power than usual.]

Under his rule, they stabbed their weapons on the ground and stretched their hands to the sky. At the same time, Ares’ power created spears of light that appeared in their hands.

Then, they pulled their arms back. The power that Ares’ army had created to defeat an enemy several times stronger than them slowly unfolded as they threw the spear with all their might.

The spears shot to the sky and gathered together, merging to create a large spear. The spear grew large enough to pierce a mountain.

[Ares’ Spear has appeared.]

Tens of thousands of forces merged under the rule of Ares’ power to create the world's most powerful single attack skill.

[An additional 53,316% attack power has been added to the power that will pierce through the enemy.]

Boom!

The spear shot through the sky and pierced the Twisted Titan God, who only had 25% HP left, before it could even open another of its eyes.

[The Twisted Titan God’s HP has fallen below 5%.]

Still, the Titan God did not die. Exiting his body, the spear soared to the sky again.

Blink!

At that moment, all of the Titan God’s eyes flashed open.

[The Titan God’s attack...!]

Ares’ order was faster.

“Reverse!”

The moment the order landed, all of the soldiers of Ares’ army pulled their arms down, which were still in the same position as before, at the same time. There was not even a tenth of a second of delay.

Flash!

The soaring spear of light reversed its trajectory and fell again, this time straight through the head of the Twisted Titan God.

Boom!

The Twisted Titan God was a being that Minhyuk could not dare to fight one-on-one. However, in exchange for its overwhelming power, it could not regenerate. This was its disadvantage.

Cracks appeared on the body of the Twisted Titan God. Then, just like a broken window nudged by something, it shattered into pieces that slowly turned into dust that scattered with the wind.

[You have killed the Twisted Titan God.]

Minhyuk stared at the notification in a daze. He thought,

‘What just happened?’

Ares looked at Minhyuk and said, “I don’t need anything from that bastard. You take it.”

Ares, who was in a complete state of ecstasy, opened his arms gracefully and looked up at the sky. Then, with his loud and booming voice, he told Zeus...

[Did you see that? That’s the army that I raised. Aren’t they amazing?]

[Ares.]

Despite the ferocity in Zeus’ voice, Ares remained unperturbed. In fact, he even cackled wildly as he slowly landed on the ground.

“Kyahahahahahahahahaha!”

‘I’m a crazy lunatic! You won’t know what crazy thing I will do next!’

All of the soldiers flinched when his gaze landed on them.

“KYAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Ares laughed madly as he stared at them. Despite the laughter, he already knew what awaited him and had already planned what to do next.

[God of War Ares has given you the authority to use his Treasure House.]

[You can only take out as many weapons, armor, and artifacts as the number of soldiers present here.]

Minhyuk looked at him in confusion. He could not understand why Ares was doing this.

“Hey.

Hihi.

There are plenty of armors and weapons in that place, you know? Give it to them.”

As if on cue...

[After a short meeting, the Gods of Olympus have decided to remove all of Ares’ qualifications to become one of them.]

“Hihi?”

[Zeus has decided to transfer Ares.]

[Ares will be transferred to the Wailing Prison, known for Olympus's most terrible and horrific punishments.]

A golden shackle fell from the sky and bound Ares’ hands.

[Ares’ sentence has been doubled.]

[The gates of the Wailing Prison have been opened.]

A massive gate appeared and opened in front of Ares. As a black energy that looked like the energy from a blackhole appeared, the screams and wails of the prisoners trapped within the prison’s walls echoed in the area.

“Kyaaaaaaack!”

“A-aaaaaack!”

“NO MOOOOOOORE!!!”

Ares, who was still cackling, made eye contact with his army. There were still some whose gazes were filled with disgust, and some whose gazes were filled with confusion. And Ares? He just laughed as he turned away from them.

[God of War’s Blessings.]

[The God of War’s power is with all of the army's soldiers.]

[All of your stats have increased by 6%.]

[All of your attack and defensive power have increased by 2%.]

Thud, thud!

“GAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Ares continued to laugh wildly as he walked toward the prison.

However, the notifications that rang in the soldiers’ ears were completely different from his wild and maniacal laughter.

[God of War’s Affection.]

[The God of War’s love is with all of the army's soldiers.]

[The bad memories that plagued the army will blur.]

[The terrible memories that plagued the army will disappear.]

“Keuhuhuhuhuhuhuhu!”

Thud, thud!

Finally, God of War Ares stood before the gates of the Wailing Prison. Just when he was about to step inside, he stopped momentarily and looked back at the soldiers he had raised. He stared at the soldiers who were looking at him with complicated expressions on their faces and grinned.

“I’m sorry.”

With that, Ares crossed through the gates and entered the depths of the Wailing Prison.