A certain crossover anime's nuclear-powered sword immortal

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Athena stared at him with slightly wide eyes. Although she didn't say anything, her astonished expression said it all.

“You are the earth goddess who was born in North Africa and is worshipped throughout the Mediterranean region. You also have many other names and images, such as Metis, Medusa, and Ness. They were originally incarnations of Athena, or you could say they were sisters.”

"You share the same ancestor as Isis of Egypt and Ishtar, the goddess of Babylon. You are a descendant of the ancient Mother Goddess. You are not only the goddess of the earth, but also the dark goddess who rules the underworld, and the goddess of wisdom who possesses the wisdom of heaven."

Every word he uttered transformed into golden incantations, and above Shirou, countless golden swords appeared, clashing sharply with Athena, who stood atop the giant stone serpent!

Although these golden swords are not particularly strong in quality, when imbued with the power of words, they are comparable to EX-rank Noble Phantasms, capable of sealing the power of gods and defeating them.

Chapter Seventy-Five: The Powerless Goddess

"The key to the birth of your trinity is the 'serpent.' Although cows, sheep, and pigs are also used to symbolize the bountiful earth, you are not actually the earth goddess incarnate as a cow. Your essence is the 'serpent,' which is why the ancient Athena was degraded."

The golden light shone on the earth, and the entire area was enveloped in a golden rain of swords.

Athena, being in the midst of it, felt as if she were in a realm composed of golden swords.

"If you ask why, it's because you are not the goddess who holds the earth's bounty. Life is born, grows, matures, ages, and then dies... The seasons are the same; they grow in spring, flourish in summer, bear fruit in autumn, and wither in winter."

"Shut up! You bastard, how can you defile my past!"

Athena's face turned ashen with rage. Light shone from her hand, and a black longbow appeared instantly. Pointing it towards Shirou, the goddess drew the bowstring.

As the bowstring was drawn, the purple light transformed into an arrow, reflecting a silver gleam.

Whoosh!

The arrow shot by Athena pierced the air with a deafening sound and hurtled towards Shirou.

"Do you think this kind of technique will work on me in the realm of the Golden Sword?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden sword flashed past Shirou, meeting the incoming arrow head-on.

Bang!

The moment the golden sword collided with Athena's arrow, it caused an explosion. Although it did not have the terrifying power of "Fantasy Collapse", the quality of the golden sword itself was by no means inferior to an A-rank Noble Phantasm.

"What……!?"

Athena bit her lip tightly.

Shirou, however, ignored everything and chanted the incantation, and the golden sword flew one after another towards the giant stone serpent she was standing on!

“In the past, you were a woman who reigned over the ancient world, a queen who served the gods and ruled over mankind, and therefore a goddess who was the head of the gods, a goddess of winged serpents. But the time came when they were driven down from the highest throne, and the men who wielded power began to rebel, and the matriarchal society came to an end.”

Whoosh whoosh! ! !

The giant concrete serpent thrashed its body, trying to deflect the golden swords, but there were simply too many of them.

Even Athena, who conjured a jet-black scythe to simultaneously cleave through the golden swords, gradually found herself at a disadvantage.

Although she narrowly avoided the golden sword's fatal blow each time, her white dress began to show many tears, revealing glimpses of her fair skin, which seemed to glow with an eye-catching light.

"The era of queens has ended, and the era of kings has begun. At the same time, the supreme god has changed from the matriarchal earth mother goddess to a strict father god. Starting with Zeus, the god-king was born. Then, Athena became the daughter of the king, Metis was stripped of her wisdom, and Medusa even fell into demonic possession. Not only that, Hera or Artemis in Greek mythology were all defeated earth mother goddesses, all of whom had the same origin as you, goddesses who controlled life and death."

"The defeated Earth Mother Goddess, also mentioned in mythology as a winged serpent, is a dragon, an evil dragon that appears in countless heroic myths. The dragon defeated by heroes and gods is the form of the defeated Earth Mother Goddess after being degraded."

The goddess, wielding a scythe, leaped away from the giant stone serpent and charged towards Shirou.

"Prepare to die, Orihara Shirou!"

As Athena shouted so fiercely, darkness enveloped her, and from the dark mist, venomous snakes rushed out and crashed into Shirou on the ground.

The venomous snakes were like cannonballs, each impact causing a violent explosion. Shirou dodged and weaved through them, and before long, the beach was full of holes.

At the same time, Athena, wielding a scythe, approached Shirou.

"Language is light, the power of words is light! Therefore, light and the power of words, become my sword and my blade!"

Shirou shouted loudly, and the golden sword gathered in his hand, transforming into a three-meter-long golden greatsword.

Meanwhile, upon hearing Shirou's last words...

After the spirit, Athena suddenly felt her body slow down slightly, and her pupils immediately contracted.

"You actually... sealed away... one of my powers...!!"

In that instant, the world, which had been shrouded in absolute darkness, began to return to normal. The city lights came on one by one, and the light and fire that had been nullified under the 'Ancient Night' effect were restarted, and the city began to function again.

Under the effect of this power, Athena, whose power was enhanced, had the black aura surrounding her disappear instantly.

Strength reduced.

"Tsk... What an annoying power. This is the power you usurped from 'God of War' Vereslana, isn't it?"

Clang!

A clear clanging sound rang out as Shirou's golden greatsword clashed fiercely with Athena's scythe!

Sparks flew wildly, and a thrilling, trembling sound immediately rang out.

Having regained all her power, Athena originally believed that even in a head-on confrontation, she would not be at a disadvantage.

However, at the moment the scythe in her hand collided with the golden greatsword, she suddenly felt her hands go numb from the feedback from the weapon, and she almost lost her grip on it.

"Your power is actually above mine... This... How is this possible!?"

Athena, who had regained all the power of the Trinity, never imagined that she would be suppressed by her opponent in terms of power.

"How could a god-slayer possess such power...!"

The fact that she, a goddess, was being suppressed by a 'godslayer' made Athena feel extremely humiliated. She gritted her teeth and poured out her divine power to try to suppress him.

However, even so, she still couldn't make any progress.

"How could this be... Could it be that you are also... a 'god'!"

The goddess stared wide-eyed at Shirou, and saw tiny flashes of lightning in his pale golden eyes.

"Who knows."

As Shirou gave ambiguous answers, he increased the force of his sword. Although the goddess did not want to retreat, she was powerless to resist. Her light body was pushed backward, leaving a long trail on the beach.

"hateful……"

Athena frowned and quickly withdrew.

Knowing she couldn't gain the upper hand in close combat, she immediately decided to use other offensive methods.

"Velluslana is not only the god of victory, but also the protector of the monarchy and the people, and the guardian of Mithra, the chief god of Persia. Mithra is the incarnation of the sun, so Veleslana also has a connection with the sun."

As Athena pondered this, her dark purple eyes narrowed slightly.

"What a filthy and terrifying 'sword,' but you used it too soon. Perhaps you wanted to provoke me and then find a weakness? I understand now, so that's how it is, Orihara Shirou. This is the plan you devised against me. I understand it completely now. In this way, your powers are no longer effective against me!"

Chapter Seventy-Six Medusa's Evil Eye

Although the power of "Ancient Night" is sealed by the Word of Power, Athena still has other powerful powers that she has not yet used, so she is not showing any panic at the moment.

The only thing left was the anger lingering from the humiliation he had suffered at Shirou's hands.

"I will never let you go today! I will definitely defeat you! You sinful person who has defiled the goddess!"

“Defile...I did such a thing...?” Shirou raised an eyebrow, recalling the past.

"Don't think about it!"

Seeing his expression, Athena subconsciously pictured the scene in her mind, and her face immediately turned red with anger.

The next moment, in her haste, the goddess activated her powers, and her dark purple eyes released an eerie light.

Her beauty was striking; her eyes radiated an eerie light that drew people's attention.

"The Evil Eye of Medusa!"

The moment Shirou saw those eyes radiating an eerie purple light, he understood what power Athena was activating.

"You are so aware of even the powers I possess... However, you have just sealed another of my powers with the golden sword, so naturally you cannot resist my 'Petrification Word'!"

Athena saw Shirou's body gradually covered in stone from his lower body, and a confident smile immediately appeared on her face.

Immediately afterwards, the left arm that Athena had swept over began to petrify, and the petrification continued to spread, threatening to extend to the shoulder.

At this moment, everything that entered Athena's sight gradually turned into stone.

The ground beneath my feet turned to stone.

The grass swaying in the wind and the flowers with their delicate petals turned into cold stones.

The lush trees turned to stone.

The pool, once filled with seawater, has turned into stone.

Athena is using Medusa's evil eye, which turns everything it sees into stone.

"Temporary death, a stone coffin, this is also the power of the ancient mother."

As she said this, Athena glanced at Shirou, whose body was gradually turning to stone, intending to simply admire the sight that had brought her this...

The beautiful scene of a humiliated man dying in front of you.

However, the next moment, she saw the golden roulette wheel appear behind Shirou.

"That is……?"

To Athena's astonishment, the golden wheel spun rapidly and pointed to—'Aries'!

Veleslana is both the god of victory and the protector of royal power.

In the total number of animals, the 'Aries' has a particularly deep relationship with royal power. In ancient times, when livestock farming ability was directly equivalent to wealth, sheep that could grow quickly and had a strong reproductive capacity were a symbol of vitality and wealth.

Abundance, fertility, wealth... this vitality is perfectly suited to the sheep that represents these characteristics.

"I am the strongest, and I hold all victory in my hands. I will annihilate all enemies who dare to stand before me! I will crush all obstacles!"

A white light emerged, not dazzling, and Athena could clearly see that the petrification on Shirou, whom she had cursed with death, was fading.

"How...how could this happen...I absolutely refuse to lose to someone like you!"

Athena glared angrily at Shirou, whose body was radiating pure white light, and raised her black scythe high, absorbing all the light.

Before anyone knew it, the spreading darkness had even obscured the night sky, and the light of the moon and stars was shrouded in deep darkness.

Apart from the thousands upon thousands of golden swords summoned by Shirou, there was no other object capable of emitting light.