"Warning. Artemis is preparing to activate. Evasion is strongly recommended. Repeating: evasion is strongly recommended."
Just as Shen Fei was testing the bow and arrows, an alarm suddenly sounded throughout the hall. This was no fake like before—it was real.
"Evasion is strongly recommended. Evasion is strongly recommended." Hephaestus knew full well how terrifying the Moon Goddess's bombardment was, which was why he kept repeating those words.
"Wait. If you can forge divine armaments here, that means most of your main-axis units are located here, doesn't it?" Apollo suddenly said.
"Affirmative," Hephaestus replied.
"This..." Mash, Ritsuka, and the others immediately realized what that meant.
"Repeating: evasion is strongly recommended."
"My apologies, Lord Hephaestus." Shen Fei opened a Portal as he spoke, and the group immediately returned to the Nautilus. There was no time to waste. Even if Avalon could block the bombardment, its range was so vast that he could not possibly protect the entire island.
"What a shame."
A forging god capable of creating divine armaments would have been an enormous asset if they could take him along. If there had been time, Shen Fei would definitely have discussed such matters with him properly. Unfortunately, there was no time now.
As for forcibly taking him away, Shen Fei had never considered it. After all, Hephaestus was still a god who stood on the side of Pan-Human History and had made sacrifices for it.
"Lord Apollo, what do you mean?" Paris asked. Although the group had already returned to the Nautilus, their communication with Hephaestus had not been cut off.
"It means Hephaestus is about to make his final exit here," Apollo said.
"Your wording is inaccurate and inappropriate. The correct description should be elimination. To elaborate further, the other individuals are in Olympus together with Prometheus," Hephaestus corrected Apollo.