[Ikki's now heading to where he senses his Phoenix Cloth is. And more than being capable of taking care of himself it's that he's used to have to do so alone.]

Do whatever you want.

[Which means that despite the Saints being a secret he's not going to go to try to stop her from researching, neither he thinks anyone would. There's not a law to keep them being a secret, it's just that some people wouldn't accept their existence and others would try to become ones for the wrong reasons. Aside from that no one has ever had problems talking about them to others so long as they believe them.]

I will advice you to be careful thought, the areas where the Saints reside are dangerous places even for us. Many people have tried to reach them being careless and ended dying by falling from a cliff.

[Again Ikki takes a moment to answer her question before he shrugs.]

I don't know the exact number, neither I care. But since so far you're familiar with what I've talked about... The Gods and Goddesses aren't limited to the ones from the Greek myths, I know that Egyptian and Nordic deities are or were around at some point.

And yes, the war is still going on. Thought after the complete defeat of Hades the situation is at a peaceful balance of sorts, some deities have started to move already in preparation for another war.