Chapter 2206: Chapter 2210

Alex looked at Mask and then towards the woman who was sitting on the throne. Then, he asked, “Who

is she?”

“A deity,” Mask replied.

It surprised Alex even more, and he asked again more tentatively, “Athena?”

There was no mistake. The woman on the throne looked similar to the sculpture that Alex had seen,

especially the shape she took. She looked exactly the same.

The long spear. The golden shield. The precious crown.

The corner of Mask’s lips curled up slightly. “I didn’t expect that you would actually know my name from

ancient times.”

Alex’s jaw dropped open. It was actually really Athena!

But wasn’t Athena a character from Greek mythology?

How could she appear in this place?

And this sanctuary, it was clearly just some stone ruins before this. But, as soon as the sun had set and

the moon rose, it instantly changed into this western styled Sunset Shrine.

Alex also made a point to touch the buildings. They were all very real. None of them were illusions.

“So, you’re really the goddess of wisdom and daughter of Zeus, Pallas Athena? One of the twelve

major gods of Olympus?”

“It seems that you’re quite well versed with the rumors and legends about me. But, some of those are

true, and some are false. Listening is fine and all… But now, I have to ask you for one thing…”

Before she could even finish, the deafening sounds of battle came from outside the doors of the

sanctuary. It sounded like people were trying to break in!

Alex had not closed the doors after he entered the sanctuary, and the doors had automatically closed

behind him.

“Who’s out there?” Alex asked.

“The puppet army that Phaseless has brought!” Mask… Well, Athena said.

At the entrance of the sanctuary, countless puppets were frantically attacking the gates. Loud, earth-

shattering noises thundered out from their assaults.

However, the structure of the sanctuary was strong, the two massive bronze doors alone hundreds of

meters high. The doors had an unimaginable thickness and weren’t made out of any ordinary bronze

material.

Divine power swirled on them, and they were carved with mysterious and complicated patterns. Images

of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, and rivers, as well as the brilliance of gods leading through the

ages, were also on them.

“Who the hell is Phaseless?” Alex felt it a little strange.

“He doesn’t seem that particularly strong in combat, right? Even Donovan could beat him before this.

Miss Athena, with your ability, how can you not beat him?”

Athena shook her head. “There’s not only one ‘Phaseless’, it’s just one of the thousands of forms that

Phaseless has.”

“So, just like how you’re Mask right now,” Neela said.

“They’re all clones? Is there something more powerful behind them?”

“You can put it that way,” Athena replied. “Those are all Puppet Immortals that have been

contaminated.”

At this moment, the sounds of the assault were getting louder.

Neela could stand still no longer and rushed to check it out. On top of Sunset Shrine was a transparent

window made from unknown materials. Tougher than the bronze doors, some puppets were also trying

to break through it from the outside. However, they failed to breach it and turned back to attack the

gates instead.

Neela stood at the window and looked down.

It was pitch black, and it was all people.

Neela could feel the fear and frustration creeping up on her. It felt like the time before she fell into a

deep sleep, the scene of the Benares Dragon falling into despair.

She ran back and said to Athena, “Is this the Internal Realm created by Grand Emperor Rowan before

he used fragments of Six Eternities? Didn’t you say that the puppet army inside it had been divided into

two factions? Why are all the puppet immortals here and attacking this shrine? What do they want?”

Athena waved her hand, and a mechanical sound echoed from behind her. A door appeared from

where the sound came from. However, there was another layer of glass on the inside of it.

Through the doorway, Alex and the others could see rows upon rows of puppet immortals, standing

silently in a densely packed manner, their massive numbers countless to the naked eye.

“This is…”

“This is what they’re after! Uncontaminated puppet immortals!”

Athena glanced at the door, then waved to close the door behind her, shielding the puppet immortals

inside. “Time is running out. The puppet immortals outside are monsters that have been contaminated

by the Undying Clan, and they must die! This shrine is no longer stable, and it will collapse very soon…

The puppet immortals behind me are the future of world peace. I promised the old founder that I would

protect them until the day the Phoenix Empress and the king returns.”

Phoenix Empress?

Alex thought for a while. Could she possibly be talking about that ancient emperor’s partner, Grand

Emperor Rowan?

The puppet that used Athena as her body had a graceful face and a determined expression. She

moved her slender thighs, and stepped slowly towards the deity sitting on the throne. She then lifted

the crown from the top of the deity’s head, which had olive branches wrapped around it.