Diana was simply too innocent and inexperienced in combat. On top of that, she had far too much faith in the Lasso of Truth, which gave Ares the chance to pull a fast one.
If it were Hao Shuai~~
Heh~~
Since Ares was already tied up, Hao Shuai would have grabbed him and beaten him senseless first!
Once Ares had lost the ability to fight back, Hao Shuai could ask him whatever he wanted...
Although Hao Shuai knew Ares was up to something, he didn't step in to stop him.
This was something Diana needed to experience~~
Without going through this, Diana would always remain that hot-blooded, chūnibyō young woman.
That wasn't what Hao Shuai wanted to see.
A little passion now and then was fine, but she couldn't go around constantly thinking about saving the world and humanity! That went completely against Hao Shuai's code of conduct.
Now that Ares was there to help set her straight, things were working out just as Hao Shuai wanted.
Without Hao Shuai interfering, everything unfolded just as it had in the story. Ares used his silver tongue to cast himself as Earth's savior, twisting the truth and making his misdeeds sound like good deeds. He painted humanity as the true culprit and himself as nothing more than a victim.
And he knew that words alone wouldn't be enough. He needed proof, too.
So, while Diana's heart wavered under the sway of his words, he quietly unleashed his divine power through the Lasso of Truth, sending the images he had fabricated straight into her mind.
In an instant~~
Diana was plunged into the vision Ares had created. It felt as if she were really there, witnessing humanity's many vile deeds: waging wars and slaughtering one another, destroying the environment and razing forests, polluting