Protecting Athena

A month later, Troy City.

The deafening music of drums and horns rang out across the central plaza.

As the Angels sang in voices both holy and pure, one Extraordinary Person after another, hailing from all across ancient Greece, stepped into this transformed expanse, their hearts pounding with excitement and nerves.

"You will inherit the will of the Olympians and join the army seeking revenge on Chaos. Take up your weapons, young men! Show the Goddess your valor, and prove you are worthy of becoming her guardians—True God's Warriors!" At the plaza entrance, a priest dressed in luxurious robes adorned with gold loudly urged the young men filing inside.

The Olympian God System had nearly collapsed in the sudden catastrophe.

Nearly half of the Olympian gods had fallen. Even Zeus, the God King, and half of the major gods had not escaped unscathed.

They had indeed fallen, but many of their followers had survived. After lengthy negotiations, Athena—now responsible for the Olympian God System's external affairs—had somehow managed to bring back a considerable number of captives from the Greek City-States.

The Chaos Continent could not support too many refugees at present, and the supplies given to the Olympians barely kept them from starving. They would have to wait for the Troy Plane to fully mature before they could hope for a better life.

Though Tesla, the "God King," had promised to restore the fertility of the land, and Demeter, the Goddess appointed as this plane's god of agriculture, had made a similar pledge, seeds still needed time to sprout, grow, and finally yield a harvest.

Having lost the gods they worshipped, these lost souls could enjoy the best treatment available by joining the new generation of major gods—especially by entering Athena's service as her God's Warriors.

The Olympian War had