15. Hope passed on(1/2)
Diana finally set foot on the hometown where she grew up with her childhood under the "escort" of thousands of Amazon samurai warriors.
Paradise Island.
This giant island protected by the magic of the gods.
It is hidden deep in the Mediterranean Sea. Although it is an island, its area reaches two-thirds of that of Japan, and it can be regarded as a small land.
This was once part of Mount Olympus where the gods were located. In the early stage when the gods were expelled from the world, the God King used his divine power to cut off this island from Mount Olympus and placed it here.
Fire that is used to preserve the spirit of the gods.
These gods already have a stronger body than the outside humans.
Although it is not as exaggerated as the Asgardians, every warrior among the Amazons who are good at fighting can be regarded as a superhero if he is outside.
Diana is the strongest among them.
The reason why "they" are used to describe Amazon people is because there are no men on Paradise Island...
There are all women here, and probably because it was created directly by the Greek gods, there will be no ugly monsters on the Paradise Island.
Every Amazonian looks beautiful or handsome. The number they have maintained at a specific number from birth, never increasing, but decreasing.
Those reductions are in unexpected situations.
There is a magical barrier like Mount Olympus on Paradise Island. As long as you stay in it, Amazon people can live and die forever.
But these warlike female wolves had a war with the undersea people in Atlantis thousands of years ago, so most of the losses of the Amazons occurred in that war.
As the queen, Hippolyta mastered the secret methods of the gods. While the high priests retained the souls of the dead, she could copy the process of the gods creating humans and use soil to reshape the bodies of the tribesmen.
Amazons are so magical.
Well, although all Amazons think they are born out of the soil, there has been a long-lasting gossip news in the Amazonian country.
It is said that Queen Hippolyta is actually Zeus's secret lover, and Princess Diana is Zeus's biological daughter.
Diana is the only child born on the island to give birth naturally.
There is real divine blood flowing in her body, so Diana has shown physical fitness and potential far beyond ordinary Amazons since she was a child.
Of course, Her Majesty the Queen has never responded to this gossip news positively.
But Diana herself knew that it was true.
When she was a child, her mother once got drunk, she told her stories about her father who was not very good at private life.
She is not proud of it, but she is not ashamed of it.
After all, Zeus and the gods had already left this world, and it would be difficult to see Diana come back in her lifetime.
In her heart, her father had long been dead.
In the Queen's Palace, which is quite similar to the Parthenon in Paradise Island, Queen Hippolyta, with a sword, sat on the throne, maintaining the majesty that the king should have.
She looked at her daughter who was tied up by ropes, knelt in front of her, and was pressed against her body by several sharp blades.
The beloved king's eyes were filled with indifference.
She waved her hand and said in a deep voice:
"You guys, go out!"
"As for your order, your Majesty!"
The guards guarding the palace bent down to salute the king, and then, led by the two guard captains, left the palace with great strides. Soon, only Hippolyta and Diana were left in the palace.
"Bang"
Diana easily broke away from the ropes on her body, and she moved her wrists and looked at her mother sitting on the throne.
She took a few steps forward and said to her mother who had not seen her for decades:
"Mom, I...I'm back."
"Bang"
The queen waved her hand and slapped her daughter on the cheek without any mercy.
She looked at her daughter sternly and asked:
"For a man, you abandoned your tribe, your country, and your mother... You still have the face to come back!"
"Do you remember what I told you when you took that man to sea?"
The queen stood up and held the hilt of the sword in her hand, and she said sternly:
"Either never come back, or come back with that man's head and use his blood to wash away the shame on you... Have you done that?"
"I don't."
Diana didn't care about her mother's reprimand.
The queen didn't exert force, the slap just sounded painful, and there was no trace on her face.
Queen Hippolyta is also a powerful warrior. If she wants, that slap can completely hurt the female demigod Diana.
She stood straight in front of her mother's eyes, she said:
"But I broke up with Tefrey, and shortly after the war, between me and him... there was not much emotional foundation. Maybe it was just a yearning and curiosity for the outside world, and a fantasy of love. I was still young at that time..."
"I have been staying in London all these years, Mother, I have always missed you very much."
The queen's expression finally changed a little.
She sighed, as if the ice and snow melted, she stretched out her hand and stroked her daughter's face, and she said:
"Does it hurt?"
"No, it doesn't hurt at all."
Diana also held her mother's hand, and she said without caring:
"This pain is nothing compared to the longing I have been thinking over the years."
"Then have you learned it?"
The queen looked at her daughter and asked:
"Have you learned a lesson?"
"Um."
Diana said:
"Mortal love does not belong to us, we are never the same as them, and it is difficult for us to truly integrate into that world."
"I used to object to your conservatism, but now, I know that it is not to imprison our tribe, but to protect them. Paradise Island is our world, and we have our own traditions and civilizations."
"We shouldn't have too much intersection with the outside world."
Speaking of this, Diana glanced at her mother. She hesitated for a moment and expressed her inner thoughts.
She said:
"But it would be useless to know this. The outside world is changing, and I can't describe it accurately, but I can feel that maybe soon, Paradise Island will be exposed to the eyes of the world."
"Mother, you should be prepared for this in advance."
"very good!"
The queen nodded with satisfaction.
She stood up from the throne and signaled her daughter to follow her.
Under the escort of the guards, the two left the palace, rode on pure white horses, and led a team of guards to gallop on the grassland of Paradise Island. In the wind blowing in the hometown, Diana listened to her mother's advice.
"I'm old, Diana."
The young-faced queen, like a young woman in her 20s, said calmly:
"Even if you insist on not coming back, I will send someone to bring you back in a few years... I feel that the end of my destiny is coming, and you should know that I am different from our tribe."
"I was born on Mount Olympus, not in the soil, and I will die one day, just like those falling gods."
She waved her hand to her daughter, and she said:
"In the last period of my life, I will tell you all the things you should know and should not know, as the basis for your next Queen of Nintendo Island."
“You should contribute to your tribe.”
The Queen said:
"Bring peace, avoid war, and protect this paradise."
"But as you said, maybe the thousands of years of closure of Paradise Island will end in your royal power, maybe our civilization will eventually integrate into the outside world, this is a trend, and the Atlantis has not been very restless recently..."
"But that is your mission and duty, my daughter, wherever we should go with our kingdom, is also something you should consider."
"You can talk about these things later."
Queen Hippolyta steered the war horse and leaped up a ridge. She looked at the boulder fortress dealing at the end of the plain, and her expression became more serious.
She said to her daughter around her:
To be continued...