The Sea Emperor had the Undersea Shrine of the Sea Realm, Hades had the Underworld, the Eight Prisons of the Underworld, and Elysium. Even Odin had Asgard. How could Ares, the God of War, possibly not have territory of his own in the human world?
First, Ares's two strongholds near the Sanctuary—Thebes and Thrace—suffered devastating retaliatory strikes from the Sanctuary.
The Berserkers stationed at those two strongholds, along with the God of War Temples, were completely destroyed.
Was the God of War brain-dead or something? He clearly knew Athena's Sanctuary was near the Greek City-States, yet he insisted on building his own palaces nearby and loved stirring up trouble for no reason.
Ares had appeared very few times in the previous Holy Wars. Every time, he had launched a fair and open frontal assault against the Sanctuary, never attacking the Sanctuary's branches across the land as he had this time. Thus, after Ares was defeated by Athena, she had not purged his God of War Temples.
Since Ares's actions this time had been so vile, Athena's fierce retaliation was only natural. Ares was cutting off Athena's foundations in this world. It was hard to imagine that Ares, who had always been mindlessly charging ahead, could come up with such an idea.
Ares had three strongholds in the human world. Two of them were near the Sanctuary, and they had now been uprooted by the Sanctuary.
The remaining headquarters was in legendary Sparta. Although it was not particularly far from the Sanctuary, it was indeed the headquarters of the God of War Temple where God of War Ares resided.
The Sanctuary had not rashly attacked Sparta because it was the Berserkers' main base. Without certainty of victory, the Sanctuary would not easily launch a full-scale assault.
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