…
What happened next shocked every Amazon present.
When Diana's silver bracers crossed—
BOOM—
A surge of blazing golden divine power erupted outward.
Antiope, mid-air in her downward strike, was blasted away along with her sword before her blade could even land.
A hemispherical shockwave rippled across the arena, knocking warriors off balance.
All eyes turned to Diana.
Including her own.
She stared at her hands in disbelief.
The silver bracers she had worn since birth—once thought ordinary—now shimmered with divine patterns, heralding the awakening of Zeus's blood within her.
"Antiope! Don't move—you're bleeding!"
The elite Amazon warriors rushed to their general's side.
"I'm sorry… I didn't mean to…"
Diana stepped forward anxiously—
But the reverent awe in her sisters' eyes halted her.
"I'm so sorry…"
After apologizing once more, she left the field, shaken and uncertain.
Watching her retreating figure, Queen Hippolyta murmured softly:
"So it has come at last…"
…
Diana ran to the cliffside overlooking the sea.
The endless horizon calmed her racing thoughts.
She traced her fingers over her bracers.
What am I?
Why am I different?
Where does this power come from?
Then—
A frigid wind swept across Paradise Island.
For five thousand years, she had never felt such cold.
The next moment—
A rainbow-colored meteor streaked from the sky.
It crashed onto the beach not far below.
After only a brief hesitation, Diana leapt from the cliff in a fearless dive toward the impact site.
…
But when she arrived—
There was no meteor.
Only—
An unconscious man.
Wearing modern clothes.
Devastatingly handsome.
On an island inhabited solely by women, Diana's knowledge of men came only from books and warnings.
Her mother had always said:
Men are untrustworthy. Dangerous. Corrupting.
Once, Diana had dismissed that.
Now?
Seeing this man—
She believed it halfway.
Still, curiosity overpowered caution.
She reached out.
Firm skin.
Solid muscle.
Dense bone structure.
Nearly perfect.
Is this… what men are like?
Her gaze drifted downward instinctively.
Should I…?
She shook her head immediately, embarrassed by her own thought.
After confirming his breathing was steady and body unharmed, she attempted to lift him.
She couldn't budge him.
Not even slightly.
It was like trying to move a mountain.
"So heavy!"
"Who are you?"
Curiosity surged to overwhelming levels.
After several failed attempts, she reluctantly went to fetch help.
…
The unconscious man lay peacefully.
Of course—
It was Leon.
The System's disciplinary strike had been particularly vicious this time.
He would be out for quite a while.
Fortunately, Aionsega's base weight—54 tons—ensured the tide couldn't drag him away.
Which also explained why Diana couldn't lift him.
Her divine power had only just begun to awaken.
She wasn't bench-pressing fifty tons anytime soon.
…
Later
Leon awoke.
Bound.
Golden rope coiled around him.
He lay in a bronze-toned open-air hall surrounded by stone pillars.
All around—
Tall, sculpted Amazon warriors in minimal armor.
Antiope stood beside him, holding the Lasso of Truth.
Queen Hippolyta and Diana approached.
"Who are you?"
"I… I am…"
"…Oh? This isn't mental control?"
Leon attempted resistance.
His Mental Control Immunity did nothing.
"Favor of the Goddess of Death" did nothing.
Interesting.
The Lasso of Truth wasn't mind control.
Nor soul manipulation.
"Damn it. I hate conceptual abilities."
He could break free.
He could fly off.
But that would defeat the point.
From the moment he confirmed this was the DC Universe—
Themyscira had already been designated as future in-law territory.
"Who are you?" Hippolyta repeated.
Leon straightened proudly.
"If you are sincerely asking—then I shall answer sincerely."
"I am Leon Stark Odinson—son of Odin, God of War!"
Identity is self-declared when traveling abroad.
And Odin's name carried mythological weight even here.
As expected—
The Amazons reacted strongly.
"You are Ares?!"
Some overenthusiastic Amazon misheard.
Instantly—
Spears and swords aimed at Leon.
Full battle formation.
Leon blinked.
"…Excuse me?"
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