Cagliari, Sardinia.
Ares walked through the streets of Cagliari, the capital of the autonomous region of Sardinia, on a beautiful day, leisurely observing the ancient, historically rich streets and buildings around him.
His guess was correct: the Planetary Suppressing Force indeed could not interfere with the core of the supercomputer Tartarus. There, he successfully used the power of the black crystal "Multiverse Intelligent Navigation System" to open a passage to this universe and arrived here.
After confirming the era of this parallel Earth, his attire changed from an ancient Greek robe to a modern T-shirt and jeans. After the transformation, Ares casually put his hands in his pockets, subtly blending into the surrounding crowd.
After authenticating his highest authority, the black crystal became much easier to use. He no longer had to worry about inexplicably traveling to another world just by going for a sauna, nor did he have to investigate what kind of universe he had arrived in, whether it was like the world he had been in before, a universe he had heard of in various entertainment works from his previous life on Earth.
Because the coordinates of this universe were also filtered out by this black crystal after he input his requirements, and the moment he landed, this diligent "navigation system," like a true tour guide, gave him a detailed explanation about this universe.
God Slayers. Just mentioning these three words, Ares instantly realized which parallel Earth this was, and for him, this was indeed the most suitable universe to meet his needs.
The Earth here seemed to have developed into the modern era like a Type-Moon Earth where mystery had never faded. Although he didn't know how the Earth of this world had managed to advance its technology tree so high under the ravages of a bunch of Gods of Disobedience and Demon Kings, none of that mattered to Ares.
What he coveted were the various God Slayers and Gods of Disobedience's divinity here. As for how this Earth came to be, or what would happen to it in the future, it had little to do with him now; he couldn't even attend to his own affairs.
Although Ares successfully escaped to another universe using the black crystal, achieving his initial goal, times had changed. He was no longer the simple person who merely wanted to escape. He had, after all, exchanged blows with powerful Gods like Prometheus, Athena, and Poseidon, and Hecate was still there. His teacher had done so much work for him; at this point, Ares couldn't just sell out his teammates.
If he did, he wouldn't be able to get past his own conscience.
And perhaps also due to practicing Magnetic Field Rotation, what Ares most wanted to do now was to give the Suppressing Force a good beating and let it see that he, a God, was not something Gaia could manipulate at will.
Therefore, as soon as he landed, Ares began to consider how to acquire suitable divinity from these Gods of Disobedience to install into the Mechanical Main God No. 1 that he and Hecate had created.
First, he definitely needed to be stable. The Gods of Disobedience here didn't seem weak; at the very least, they were capable of causing natural disasters. He came here in his true form, and although as a Main God, he hadn't experienced the decline of the Age of Gods and his power was unaffected, he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't suffer a setback here.
What if the God Slayers mistook him for a God of Disobedience, and the Gods of Disobedience mistook him for a God Slayer? If his reputation spread, he would be besieged by both sides, with various Gods of Disobedience descending and Demon Kings pursuing him. Ares couldn't guarantee that he could escape unscathed now.
Moreover, the black crystal's plan for acquiring divinity was for Ares to kill a God of Disobedience, and then the black crystal would forcefully take over the control of this world's God Slayers ritual, operating it for Ares to elevate him to a God Slayer. However, considering that while the God Slayers ritual here could elevate an ordinary person to greatness, it seemed to restrict further enhancement, Ares thought it over and decided it was better not to become a God Slayer in his true form.
He was already a powerful Main God; it was uncertain who was more powerful between him and these God Slayers.
Therefore, after Ares descended here, he began to practice his traditional art again. He found a relatively secluded corner, set up countless barriers, and then used the materials he brought from that world to create a clone.
Due to the different worlds, many of Ares's magical arts couldn't be used because they lacked a foundation. However, this world was not lacking in "Curse Power," a force similar to magic, so Ares's array of Age of Gods magic and sorcery could still be used. Using these methods, he barely managed to create a human body of demigod strength, then filled this clone's body with divine power, covered it with magical runes for enhancement, and finally used his Magnetic Field Rotation ability to activate this body's Magnetic Field Rotation.
After completing all of this, his true form transformed into a glove on the spot, which the clone picked up and put on its hand. Then Ares controlled the clone to walk out of this corner, destroying any traces of curse power left behind.
After hiding his true form, Ares finally felt a bit more secure. He walked down the street, continuing to consider the matter of hunting Gods of Disobedience.
If he wanted to find the divinity of a God of War, the most convenient approach would be to hunt Veleslana, the God of Light and War in ancient Persian mythology, whom the novel's protagonist defeated. This God's divine duties and divinity were very similar to his. And Mekal, the God King from Canaanite mythology, who fought alongside Veleslana, also possessed the nature of a God of War, and his nature was similar to Zeus.
Ares only needed to defeat one of these two Gods of Disobedience to achieve his goal, but Ares was still more inclined to take on both of them.
Since he was already here, he would definitely have to prepare an "Iron Spirit Hall" for his dear Zeus in the future. It would be better to get the divinity plugins now to save trouble later and avoid another trip.
The only question was, what was the current time? Was it before Kusanagi Godou defeated Veleslana, or after he defeated the Persian God of War?
Thinking of this, Ares scratched his face in a bit of a dilemma. He was not a God who presided over language, and because he was born knowing divine language and ancient Greek, Ares had not learned the magic that allowed one to instantly learn other languages from Hecate.
Anyway, the Age of Gods in the Type-Moon world was also divided into small, separate worlds by the Suppressing Force, not interconnected.
So now, standing on the streets of Italy, Ares felt like an uneducated person. The ancient Greek, divine language, and Chinese he knew were useless in this country.
"What should I do?"
Looking at the foreigners coming and going on the street, Ares thought for a moment and finally sighed:
"I can only grit my teeth and go for it."