Chapter 177 The gods are dead, but mortals remain forever!
There is no doubt that compared with the Ascended and the Protoss, Atreus, who was born as a mortal, is more likely to gain empathy from the audience.

Aatrox's strength is indeed beyond everyone's expectations, but Atreus' resilience is more worthy of everyone's admiration!
Maybe he should also be thankful that Aatrox didn't last hit him.

But this is understandable. The Darkin Sword Demon Aatrox still maintains the nobility of a god-warrior and disdains to swing his sword at a seriously injured person.

In some ways, it was Pantheon who committed the most despicable act of the three, taking over the body of Atreus and betraying the expectations of this mortal.

While recovering from his injuries, Atreus began to think about things he had never considered before.

"What they saw from the sky was war, but what they saw on the earth was only killing!"

"I want to carve my own scars in heaven!"

"The powers of these gods are just reflections of us!"

“Whenever I look up at the top of a mountain, I feel like I’m falling into an abyss, so I start climbing.”

"We grew up between the Darkin and the Protoss, but we will rise above everything."

“Climb a mountain and you’ll be higher than a mountain!”

Indeed, barbarian invaders now threaten the Rakkor settlements to the north, including Iura's farm.

Although it would take several months of recuperation before Atreus could lift his spear, he decided to put an end to the disaster himself.

Finally, he set off with the dim weapons left by the Protoss.

However, when he arrived, he found that his sworn enemy had been attacked. From their screams and the strong smell of blood... Atreus knew that they were facing Aatrox.

Atreus realized that it was Aatrox who had driven these barbarians to Mount Targon, and that though he had considered them enemies, they were no different than the Rakkor—mortals torn by conflict, caught between two greater powers.

Atreus harbors an equal resentment towards the Darkin and the Protoss.

They are all the same. They are all the same problem.

Atreus stood between the barbarian and Aatrox.

The Darkin recognized the battered shield and spear as belonging to the fallen Protoss and taunted him - now that Atreus no longer had Pantheon's power, what hope was there?

He fell to his knees under the blows of Aatrox, but as Atreus heard the shouts of those around him, his will ignited the Protoss' spears.

With a powerful leap, he cut off the Darkin's sword-wielding arm.

The sword and the Darkin fell to the ground, but Atreus remained standing. He saw his namesake star come to life again in the sky.

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To be honest, the battle between Atreus and the Darkin Blade is definitely not as exciting as the battle between the War Aspect Pantheon and the Darkin.

This was not an evenly matched battle at the beginning. Atreus did not inherit all the power of the Protoss, and his injuries had not healed.

Therefore, when he was pressed to his knees by Aatrox's heavy sword, the audience all covered their mouths nervously.

Atreus was able to fight Aatrox for a few moves before he had exhausted all his strength. The power on their side came from the remnants of the fallen Protoss, while the other side had the most powerful Darkin.

But that's what Atreus is like, he is the Unyielding Spear!
"I sought strength atop Mount Targon, only to discover it had been within me all along."

"So I held my spear tightly and aimed at the sky." "I will fight to the death, until my spear falls to the ground and I can't get up! Even so, I will still be undefeated!"

"As long as you firmly believe in the value of fighting, there is no failure!"

"I buried my regrets in the grave along with my name!"

"I am an unknown soldier, and I will start the true meaning of war with the spear in my hand!"

"The spear is unyielding, and neither am I. My will lights up this spear."

"I am the brother of the heroic souls sleeping under the wheat fields. I am the son of war that has been defeated thousands of times. I know who I am! I want to let God see who I am!"

"The gods are dead, but mortals live forever!"

"The heavens fear me, not because I am a god, but because I am a mortal."

When you see Atreus, with his unyielding will, slowly standing up with his shield held high under the blade of the Darkin Sword Demon Aatrox!
All the audience were moved by his unyielding will and cheered for him!
One hundred years after the Darkin War, when the Protoss intervened in the Darkin War, a mortal stood up among them!

After the Ascended Age of ancient Shurima,
Atreus ushered in the Age of Mortals!
Even Aatrox was shocked by the sudden burst of power from Atreus. The injured mortal before him exerted the power of a Protoss with his mortal body, and was even more powerful than the Protoss he killed!

The constellations in the sky also acknowledged Atreus's will. The dim Protoss weapon in his hand lit up again, and then he cut off the Darkin's sword-wielding arm!
From now on, he is the Star Spirit of War!

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——"I'm so excited!"

——"It made me so angry that I have to watch Boruto ten times!"

——"Atreus's battle made me cry! He is the representative of mortals!"

——"The will of a mortal can kill a god!"

——"The former war spirits thought Atreus was not qualified, but he sent it first!"

——"Now Atreus is the war spirit!"

Everyone thought that the story of Atreus was to introduce the War Aspect, tell the secrets behind Shurima, and prove the power of the Darkin Sword Demon Aatrox!
However, in this plot, the real protagonist is this mortal who always loses in battle but never admits defeat!
He was never the strongest or most skilled warrior, but he somehow managed to persevere, emerging bloodied and bruised after every bout.

And this time too!
Atreus had experienced death and betrayal, but he kept fighting! Even the blow that split the sky and plucked the stars could not make him surrender.

Atreus, the Unyielding Spear, conquers all with his will!

Even the constellations in the sky light up for him!
From now on, the Protoss and the Darkin can no longer enslave mortals!

Although Atreus often thought about returning to the farm in Iura, he made a vow that day to fight against the Protoss, Ascended, demons, and any beings that were too powerful, as they only destroyed.

He abandoned his original name and became the new Pantheon - the Protoss's weapons are now infused with a new fighting will that can only burn fiercely when facing death.

"In the flames of war, we are reborn!"

Pantheon's divinity has departed, and the God of War must be reborn among mortals.

"Wherever the spear points, we will move forward!"

(End of this chapter)