Great Paladin in the World of American Comics

Chapter 221 Changes in Paradise Island
Today's weather is fine, sunny and cloudless.

However, for some reason, on the second day after returning to Paradise Island after the war, the princess of this magical country, Wonder Woman Diana Prince, couldn't be happy at all.

"..."

Standing on the balcony of the garden of her own palace, looking at the dreamlike beautiful scenery of Paradise Island in the distance, and the statues of the gods hidden among the mountains in the distance, Diana couldn't help sighing, Then put his hands on the guardrail, and began to look down at the Paradise Island and the Amazon city, which should have been very familiar to him when he was born and raised her, but felt a little strange at this moment.

For this place, she should have been more familiar with the outside world, but after coming back this time, she found that she should be very familiar with it, but she faintly felt that there was a strangeness here that she could hardly detect. Here, their paradise island doesn't seem to be like this.

"Hey!"

"What's the matter with you, Diana?"

"I called you several times just now, but you didn't respond. Are you too tired?"

At this time, Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazon family on Paradise Island, walked over gently, and then walked to Diana's side and stood side by side with her, before looking at her precious daughter who had been away from home for many years in a strange way. .

Involuntarily, Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, blamed that nasty mortal who abducted her daughter for decades. Fortunately, the other party is dead now, and the grass on the grave is several feet high, and her But her daughter returned to her side again, which made her feel lucky in her heart.

"No."

"I……"

"I was just thinking about something."

She forced herself to smile, even in front of her own mother, Diana did not easily reveal some of her worries.

"??"

"I noticed, Diana, you seem a little unhappy in the past two days since you came back?"

"what's going on?"

"Now that the war is over, you should relax and stay at home for a while."

Thinking that the other party was too tired, Hippolyta smiled and stretched out her hand to caress the other party's cheek.

Her daughter is still as beautiful as before, but she also discovered that her daughter looks much more mature than before. Maybe there are too many villains in the human world outside, so she has to change?
"what!"

"Yeah, the war is over, it's time to relax..."

Sighing, Diana gradually relaxed under her mother's caress.

"But, mother!"

"I don't understand... since when did we go to worship other gods on Paradise Island?"

"look!"

"Why does that guy's statue appear on the cliff of the gods?"

After hesitating for a while, Diana finally gritted her teeth, turned around and stretched out her hand, pointing to the statue that made her look very obtrusive among the mountains of the island in the distance.

"what?"

"Diana, you are..."

First she was startled, and then, Queen Hippolyta quickly came back to her senses, then smiled wryly and shook her head, as if she didn't want to say more to the angry Diana.

"..."

However, Diana did not give up, and still stubbornly looked at her mother, Queen Hippolyta, as if she had made up her mind not to give up without an explanation.

"All right!"

"Actually, it's nothing. It's very simple to say."

"Is such that……"

"He saved a lot of our sisters, more than you can imagine, we owe him a lot of kindness, and then he saved the world, and his power is what we need, so, it has become like this !"

After organizing the language a little bit and pondering for a while, Queen Hippolyta explained roughly like this.

"!!"

"Even if Paradise Island becomes his backyard, will he not hesitate?"

"Mother."

"Could it be that we have abandoned the gods?"

After listening to her mother, Queen Hippolyta's answer, Diana's originally relaxed and unhappy face gradually became a little overwhelmed, and then asked directly in a hurry.

"No!"

"Diana, you got it wrong, we didn't abandon the gods, it was the gods who abandoned us!"

Queen Hippolyta replied solemnly, and refuted Diana's doubts.

"!!"

Diana was startled, her eyes widened involuntarily.

"You should know."

"The Greek gods have already fallen..."

"Of course, the Norse gods are the same!"

"I heard that Odin is dead, but their new queen has taken the throne, and is leading Asgard to become stronger?"

Having said that, Queen Hippolyta smiled wryly.

In fact, many years ago, Odin, the god king of Asgard, led his troops to defeat some "evil gods" forces entrenched on the earth, and took over the power of the Greek gods, but the Amazons on their paradise island People have been unwilling to face and admit it.

"So, we Paradise Island must make a choice!"

"do you know?"

"The magic barrier outside us is gradually fading. In a few decades, the magic power of Paradise Island will disappear, and at the same time, the barrier will completely collapse!"

"So we have to make choices in order to adapt to changing times?"

Although Queen Hippolyta didn't know the truth of "poorness leads to change, change leads to success, and generality leads to long-term", she knew that Paradise Island could no longer be detached from the world. They had to make changes and fight for their own interests. and power.

"so……"

"Mother, that Renault, is he your choice?"

Frowning, Diana still felt a little unacceptable.

"you are wrong!"

"It's not mine, it's ours!"

"Diana..."

"You also know that he defeated Darkseid and Thanos. He has a powerful holy light, and he can also give us that kind of magical power. He is currently the most powerful person on Earth, regardless of his personal strength. Or power, there is really no one more suitable than him."

After speaking, Queen Hippolyta turned around slowly, imitating Diana just now, leaning on the guardrail, looking at Paradise Island, the people in the city and the statues of the gods in the mountains in the distance.

"Humph!"

"That's why you built him a statue, sent him warriors, and built that permanent portal?"

"Mother, I remember you were not like this before."

However, Diana did not buy it, and did not agree with her mother's statement.

"The people of Atlantis have surrendered, do we have a choice?"

"Besides..."

"It's very good now. We have nothing to lose, but we have gained a lot of benefits. I don't think there is anything wrong with it."

With drooping shoulders, Queen Hippolyta looked back at her daughter, then turned her head again, and looked up at the sea in the distance.

"Of course there is!"

"We can choose our original way of life. I don't understand why we must follow him?"

Walking to her mother Hippolyta, Diana still felt a little upset, and couldn't quite understand her mother's actions.

"Hey……"

"Diana, you are still too young, perhaps, this is why I am the queen and you are still the princess?"

"You'll understand later."

Hippolyta did not answer the other party's question, but shook her head and sighed.

Indeed, they Amazons can indeed choose their original lifestyle and do not have to follow anyone, but then what?
What good would it do for her, the queen, or for the Amazons?
However, she didn't intend to say words that might embarrass her daughter.

"Mother!"

"if……"

"I said that if, if I were the queen, I would definitely not choose him, and I would continue to follow our ancient traditions and beliefs!"

"I will not abandon the gods, nor will I choose him!"

Standing on her mother's side, looking at the tallest statue among the mountains in the distance, Diana only felt that the sun was always a bit dazzling, and the statue was the same.

"But you're not queen yet!"

"Diana, your thinking is too extreme. I'm afraid you can't be the queen of Paradise Island right now."

"Do you want to be more forgiving?"

Sighing, Hippolyta wanted to try to persuade the other party as much as possible.

"what!"

"Mother, have you started to be obsessed with that stupid politics like the humans in the outside world?"

"Is this what you call a compromise?"

However, not only did Diana not accept it, but she even boldly ironed it.

"..."

Hippolyta didn't respond in a hurry, but just stared at her daughter until Diana's face gradually became disturbed.

"No!"

"I didn't compromise with anyone, and I didn't play any politics..."

"Diana, everything in Paradise Island today is a step-by-step choice by the soldiers. It is what most people want. I just obeyed their decision."

"As a queen, I never meant to force them. The queen is just a role to coordinate with everyone, not to give orders."

"Mother.….."

"Are you sure, most people?"

"Yes!"

"As you thought just now, here in Paradise Island, I'm afraid there are only a handful of them!"

"..."

"I don't understand, mother, you just let him turn Paradise Island into this step by step?"

"Surely it didn't become like this in a day?"

"Do not……"

"My daughter, Paradise Island it hasn't changed!"

"It is the hearts of the people that have changed..."

"He brought us light, hope, and a new way of life, and the fighters and our people are very willing to accept that, which has led to the current result."

"You have to think clearly, most people accept it now, but you don't accept it, that's your problem, Diana, you should find the reason from yourself."

"You can be a little more mature."

Hippolyta began to persuade her daughter earnestly, hoping that the other party could grow in the direction she wanted, or at least see the problem more comprehensively.

"Do not……"

"I still think he is corrupting us, and you are all being corrupted, even the gods you originally believed in will be abandoned by you."

Her eyes were a little red, and Diana pursed her lips stubbornly insisting on her belief and will, not intending to give in.

"My Diana, the age of the gods is over."

"You, and we should let go of all that, face and embrace a new life, that's what we should do."

"Now, it's his time, do you understand?"

Queen Hippolyta looked at the statue again, which was proposed by the warriors resurrected by Raynor, and then she personally agreed to build it.

At that time, the enthusiasm of the soldiers was very high. For the Amazons who have thousands of years of life, they are not only highly skilled fighters, but also all of them are artists. A full-body statue of Raynor holding the Ashbringer was carved, and he stood by the waterfall like that, holding the Excalibur, even much taller than those Greek gods.

"Mother."

"In short, I just can't accept..."

Also looking at the statue, Diana, who found it more and more annoying the more she looked at it, turned her head and looked stubbornly at her mother, Queen Hippolyta.

"Of course!"

"I will not force you, my dear daughter, just as he never forced soldiers to believe in him."

"but…."

"You may not believe it, but the fighters are more willing to ravage him than worship him. That is a wonderful sense of satisfaction."

At this time, Queen Hippolyta seemed to have remembered something special, so that she couldn't help showing a little bit of charm and color on her face, and even her cheeks turned red which was rare.

"!!"

"Mother, you..."

Seeing this, Diana, who thought of something, couldn't help being a little surprised, and stared at her mother with incredulous eyes.

"what!"

"nothing!"

"Come on, let's go back to lunch!"

"You haven't come back for a long time, we should have a good chat, I really want to know what happened to you in the outside world in the past few decades."

"To be honest, what I saw on TV is that the world of humans outside is changing really fast."

"??"

"Mother, there...is there a TV here?!"

Hearing this, Diana was taken aback again.

"Of course there is!"

"We even have computers and phones!"

Queen Hippolyta said proudly.

"..."

Diana was speechless and didn't know how to answer.

"Honey, yes, we Amazons do like to follow the ancient way of life, but that doesn't mean we are willing to be a group of primitive barbarians!"

"After a while, someone will come to install hidden solar power stations and wireless transmission relays for us. By then, everyone's life will become better."

"The people on the island will become happier!"

Got it!
Diana understood, and subconsciously believed that it must be that guy, that Renault Mograine who wanted to corrupt and win over most of the people and soldiers on Paradise Island through kindness, charity, and material bribes, even It also includes her mother!

Otherwise, her mother, Queen Hippolyta, would never be what she is now!
(End of this chapter)