I'm tied to Athena.

"....." The girl was silent, as if she had not expected that her plan would be seen through so quickly.

The angry expression turned bright again. "Because Brave didn't say much about you, I had a little bit of luck, 'I hope you can be defeated easily', but now it seems that you won't quit so easily."

"This also shows that Brave has a good eye for people."

"...I have said everything I wanted to say..."

Smart people don't need too much conversation. Often they can see what the other person is thinking and their bottom line in just a few words. Not to mention Aika Sajo and Athena, who are smarter than smart people in this regard.

With just two sentences, he was able to judge the other party's thoughts and bottom line.

Aika Sajo doesn't like anyone sharing Liyun with her, but Athena and the others will never leave Liyun.

Then, a contradiction arises.

There are many ways to resolve conflicts, but the bottom line requirements of both parties obviously cannot coexist, and even taking a step back is impossible. Therefore, at this time, the most direct method is needed to resolve it.

The silver-haired goddess and the root princess stared at each other quietly, and the originally tense atmosphere turned into the smoke of war....

No matter what era, the winner is king.

The winner has it all

Chapter 403: Stop Fighting

Aokigahara Forest is the largest and most picturesque natural forest in Japan, but the most famous thing about Aokigahara Forest is not its beautiful scenery, but the fact that many people with suicidal thoughts choose to end their lives here.

Therefore, Aokigahara Forest has another nickname - Suicide Forest.

This suicide forest is located at the foot of Japan's most famous sacred peak, Mount Fuji.

Looking down from Mount Fuji, the forest appears crescent-shaped. The endless blue and the long river running through the forest give people a sense of thriving life.

But...the Aokigahara Forest, which used to be peaceful, is not peaceful at this moment.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A vibration like the sound of a giant stepping on the ground came from the forest.

Step by step, the intervals between each sound were exactly the same.

Then....

The vibrations that are transmitted from the surface of the earth are like earthquakes. They are not vibrations caused by compression inside the earth's crust, but vibrations caused by external forces hitting the ground.

Driven by the huge force, the earth raised dust hundreds of meters high, which looked like a sandstorm covering the sky from a distance.

"...it eventually turned out like this."

On the top of Mount Fuji, surrounded by clouds, Li Yun sits cross-legged.

He covered his face with one hand and looked up at the sky in silence. Although he tried his best, things still did not develop as he expected.

The time goes back to three hours ago.

Athena and Sajo Aika tried to find out each other's bottom line, and since they could not give in, both sides chose the most direct approach.

The winner takes all!

But Athena has eight gods, including the god of creation. Even if Aika Sajo is powerful, she will not be arrogant enough to compete with the eight goddesses of Athena alone.

Therefore, Sajo Aika chose the one-on-one that was in her favor, and it was up to her to decide what to do.

However, Athena would not agree to such absurdity.

One on one, and handing the game content and rules to the other party, what is the difference between this and handing victory to the other party?

The more similar the strength is, the more emphasis is placed on wisdom and strategy.

She would never do such a stupid thing.

Therefore, Athena gave the decision-making power on the content and rules of the competition to Li Yun.

They would not agree with Aika Sajo's proposal, and Aika Sajo would not agree with their proposal either. Therefore, it would be best to give the decision-making power to someone both parties trust.

After careful consideration, Li Yun decided on the game of hide-and-seek.

Yes, hide and seek.

Just like the hide-and-seek game that everyone understands.

However, normal hide-and-seek games require everyone to choose one person through rock-paper-scissors and then blindfold and count, but this hide-and-seek game is much more straightforward.

Aika Sajo was the one who was caught, and Athena and the others were the ones who were hidden.

And unlike ordinary hide-and-seek, this game has no time limit and you can play it anytime you want.

At first, Li Yun considered playing small games like chicken and dodgeball, but considering the rules of the game, they would most likely turn it into a Gundam fighting monsters, so they were all eliminated.

For a game like hide-and-seek where there is no contact and the winner can be determined as long as you see or reach the starting point, can you show me a Gundam vs. Monsters game?

In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, Li Yun added three new rules. First, Athena will win only when all seven people reach the starting point. Second, Shatiao Aige cannot always wait at the starting point. Third, Shatiao Aige will win only when he finds everyone.

If she found part of it and missed part of it, then it would be a draw.

The reason why there are seven people is because little Anna does not participate in this kind of fairy game.

He originally thought so....but he had a plan, the goddesses had a ladder to climb over the wall...

In order to be unrestrained for once, the goddesses directly set the venue of the competition in the Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees in Japan, and made an agreement with Aika Sajo that there is no limit to the means, as long as no one is killed, they can play however they want.

So, at the beginning of the game, Aika Sajo used the ancient magic "Fall of the Holy City" to burn down a large area of ​​forest, and then set up a barrier of the Womb of Beasts that embodied the power of Tima at the starting point, in order to prevent anyone from sneaking back when she left the starting point.

"When you made the decision, you should have guessed that there would be such a result." Little Anna said that she was used to such devastating situations. With her godly thinking, she had guessed long ago that no matter what game she played, it would end up like this.

"I just hope they can play a normal game to decide the winner, instead of fighting to the death. But... this is no longer hide-and-seek."

"Conservatively speaking, they will tear down the entire forest."

"I think so..."

.....

While Li Yun was sighing sadly, Shajo Aika was sitting on the shoulders of a huge rock giant condensed by magic. The giant, like a monster, was destroying the green forest wantonly.

"Huh~huh~huh~"

The light and cheerful singing voices interweave with the trembling sound of the earth, which is weird and strange, yet makes people feel inexplicably joyful.

"Her magic... can rival that of a professional caster." Ishtar hid in a big tree and witnessed with her own eyes the scene where Aika Sajyo emitted flames, cast a barrier, and summoned a giant.

"Li Yun reminded us that this child is born with a connection to the root, and has mastered many ancient magics that we don't know about. He can also directly create miracles when necessary. If we are a little careless, we might be the ones who lose."

Elly followed Ishtar to hold her back. If she accidentally lost her temper and exposed herself to Aika Sajou, they would go from being active to being passive.

"Even if you have the power of the root, you can't fully display it in a different world. It's different from us who have merged with the power of the goddess of this world."

Holding her sister's hand, Ishtar suggested, "Can you use your Noble Phantasm to destroy the stone? If we let it act, we will be in a passive position."

"Of course we can, but actively using divine power is equivalent to exposing our position, and we will be very passive."

"It doesn't matter, I have a solution."

The Mistress of Heaven, who always gave people the impression that she didn't use her brain, whispered softly in Elle's ear.

Blinking, the goddess of the underworld looked at her with eyes that recognized Ishtar again, as if to say: 'Are you really Ishtar? '

"What? Even I would use my brain to some extent. It was not necessary before." He pretended to be fierce and put the matter behind him. "Hurry up and act. We need to create opportunities."

"It's rare that you're so motivated, so I'll get serious too!"

Elle jumped down from the tree, grabbed the artifact Fever Temple, and set up a barrier to hide her body...

Chapter 404: Athena with Ease

A red pillar of divine light shot up into the sky from afar. The girl who was humming a little tune by herself was attracted by the light and her eyes wandered.

"So that's how it is. It's not a failure as long as no one sees it." The girl placed her fingertips lightly together. At the end of her sight, there was only a red column of lightning, and no human figure was seen.

The rules of hide-and-seek are simple, but there are many ways to find loopholes, and this is the simplest one.

Although using a magic barrier to shield one's own figure is a small trick, in battle, any method is a good method as long as it works.

A dull sound came from deep within the earth, and the ground that was shaken by the rock giant began to vibrate at a higher frequency.

In an instant, the ground sank.

"Wow~~~"

Aika Shajo let out a slight cry of surprise and fell into the huge pit with the rock giant.

"The sky is a distant ocean, the earth is a prison..."

The Spirit of God's Word mobilized the laws of heaven and earth, the divine power flowing in the world surged violently, and a red spear emerged from the bottom of the cave.

One, two, from far to near, in a breath, the red spears blocked the rock giant like a gun array.

"Lingfeng steps on the bellows of Hades!"

The true name of the treasure was recited, and the originally sunken ground cracked. Red divine thunder rose up from the interior of the earth, engulfing the rock giant and Sha Tiao Aige who was standing on the rock giant's shoulder.

Even though the rock giant was huge in size, it was just a casual creation of Aika Sajo. Such a doll naturally could not block Elly's treasure. In just a moment, the rock giant turned into dust under the red thunder and disappeared.

"Oh oh... no mercy, full force." Ishtar looked at the red lightning column, "It's rare that you would go all out on a girl like this."

"Girl? That's not some girl. Have you ever seen a girl who comes to your house to snatch your man? Besides, if we don't take it seriously, we will be the ones who lose." Ai Lei was also a little angry about this matter. No matter how good her temper was, it was impossible for her to pretend nothing happened in this situation.

And, as she said, if they are not serious, they will be the losers.

In the red lightning column, the girl walked in the air, as if she was walking lightly on the ground. The treasure that was enough to destroy a city just now couldn't even stop her from moving forward.

"Although using a magic barrier is clever, magic doesn't work on me."

Although they were thousands of meters apart, the girl's voice fell accurately into the ears of the Mesopotamian sisters, and her clear eyes seemed to reflect their figures.

"Not good!" Before Ellie could react, Ishtar stepped on the tree trunk, rushed out like lightning, grabbed Ellie's wrist and left the place.

The moment the two left, the magic barrier shattered like a mirror!

"It was a close call. If it was a little bit worse, we would be in danger." Ishtar breathed a sigh of relief after hiding again. If she had been a step slower, Ailei would most likely have been discovered by Shajo Aigo.

"What's wrong with this kid? He can break my magic barrier from thousands of meters away." Ailei thought she took Sajo Aika very seriously, but unexpectedly... she still underestimated her.

This kind of light words can break the magic barrier from thousands of meters away, it's so scary...

"It seems that the magic barrier can't be used casually. But it's not a big problem. As long as you pay attention to the opponent's actions, you can launch a sneak attack. Compared to this..." Ishtar looked outside cautiously, "She suddenly stopped moving...won't she come over?"

"It seems that the other party is not so easy to take the bait." Ishtar's plan was to expose her position actively, let Aika Sajo come to find them, and then take the opportunity to move her away from the starting point, but now it seems that the other party is not stupid.

"The distance was well controlled, both offense and defense were just right."

"We have no other options. Let's ask other people if they have any solution."

Before the game started, the goddesses decided to disperse their actions to contain Aika Sajo to the maximum extent. Although it was very likely that they would be unable to contact each other if they separated their actions, after all, they had been together for a while, and they had a limit in their minds about what the other party was thinking and how they might act.

As long as they can grasp the boundaries, they can understand each other's thoughts even without communicating.

Of course, this is a last resort that was only adopted. If we can make contact, that would be great.

So, Athena summoned her familiar to see if she could communicate through it.

"Snake, is there any situation with Athena?" Ai Lei asked the little snake that was wrapped around her wrist and was as crystal clear as a jade bracelet.

The quiet little snake raised its head and spit out its tongue, a hissing sound reaching my ears.

"No, the connection between the familiars is broken. It seems that Sajo Aika had already guessed that we would do this and made precautions in advance." The goddess of the underworld frowned after getting the accurate answer, "It seems that we have to rely on ourselves."

"Well, let's wait and see what happens. One of the rules is that she can't stay in the same place all the time. She will leave when the time is up. Otherwise, she can be judged as the loser on the grounds that she broke the rules." Ishtar was unusually calm.

"That's what I planned too." Ai Lei nodded in agreement, and the two of them began to wait and see what would happen.

While the two were watching the situation, Athena seemed to be taking some action.

"Ishtar and Elle have found out a lot of useful information." After taking in the battle, Metis looked at her nominal 'daughter', but in reality 'mother', "What are you going to do?"

"You and I are of one mind. My thoughts are your thoughts. This kind of question is too unnecessary."

Glancing at Metis, Athena continued, "For this battle, as far as I am concerned, I intend to go all out to defeat her. But from Li Yun's perspective, it would not be a good idea to do so..."

"If she loses, Li Yun will definitely go to comfort her, or even be forced to agree to her conditions. This will be very disadvantageous for us."

"But if we lose, she may not let us go all at once. Everyone will try to change someone subtly. But in this case, the rhythm falls into her hands."

"In other words, whether we win or lose, we are in great trouble."