Artemis Had Given Up

Artemis had accepted her fate.

She had always considered herself a quick learner, ever since she was a child.

She had always considered herself the strongest hunter in the world.

For the sake of the hunt, she could rein in her divine power and turn herself into a mortal hunter, patiently lying in wait for three days and nights in a miserable wilderness teeming with mosquitoes. She could stomach her disgust and judge her prey's movements and distance from how dry and hard its droppings were. She could even endure gale-force winds, scorching heat, freezing cold, and all manner of harsh conditions while hunting from an unfavorable downwind position...

But she had never imagined that one day the best hunter would appear as prey—and that, damn it, she would be doing it "voluntarily."

Frustration, anguish, anxiety, resentment, and all sorts of negative emotions swirled through her heart. Yet her reason compelled her to follow Sharess's guidance and, gazing up at the man who controlled the fate of two great pantheons and even the entire Order faction, humbly offer him everything she had.

Lein looked down at Artemis. Of course he could sense her little emotional upheaval.

Lein realized that he was actually starting to enjoy the process of conquest.

When it came to looks and other assets, the Goddesses of Love and Beauty from different worlds were the true cream of the crop. Any goddess from this world paled in comparison.

Just as Hera and Athena had lost to Aphrodite in the [Golden Apple Contest].

If Aphrodite weren't the God Realm's train, and if she didn't have the Big-Dick Cute Girl identity, perhaps Lein would have considered giving her a try.

But compared with the achievement of "collecting the Goddesses of Love and Beauty from every god system," Lein now