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"It seems that you are very confident in your own strength?"

It stands to reason that with Athena's cleverness, it is impossible for her to fall for such a scheme, but before that, Higashino Yu had already proposed to return the Gorgon Stone to her and have a duel after that.

If she retreats like this, doesn't it mean that she is afraid of the other party?

She could tolerate everything else, but Athena's pride as a god was the only thing that she couldn't tolerate.

And as the goddess of war and wisdom, she would never refuse any challenge.

and so--

"Okay! Since ancient times, the winner of a war will gain everything, and the loser will lose everything. Since you are the one who initiated the bet as the Lord of Rakshasa, I will accept it!"

As she spoke, she puffed out her chest proudly, and her eyes, which were emitting a faint glow, stared at Higashino Yu warily.

"Okay, then it's a deal!"

As he finished speaking, a white light suddenly emanated from his chest, and then, as he watched, a piece of parchment suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.

There were strange words written on the pure white parchment, but when Athena looked at it, she found that she had understood it.

Gift Game: Fighting with force.

The two sides will engage in an unrestricted armed struggle until the winner is unknown.

The winner will get everything from the loser, including but not limited to freedom, life, and everything.

"What is this? A contract?" Athena looked at the parchment in front of her and frowned slightly, because she found that she could not see through this thing. It looked like just an ordinary parchment from the outside, but when she wanted to dig deeper, she could not see anything.

And it is indestructible, as if this piece of parchment is protected by something of a higher status.

"Well, just think of it as a contract between us. Why, you don't dare to sign it?"

As he spoke, Higashino Yuu signed his name on the parchment with a wave of his hand.

Although his expression was calm at this moment, there were also a series of stormy waves in his heart.

The parchment of the Gift Game, of course he knew what it was, but he never thought that he would be able to receive it in this world.

"Isn't this something that only exists in the Little Garden World?"

Touching his chest, Higashino You looked ahead. If he wasn't here now, he might have gone straight to the foggy space to take a look.

"How can it be!"

As she spoke, Athena quickly signed her name on the parchment, and then, under the gaze of everyone, the two pieces of parchment suddenly turned into points of light and shattered.

At the same time, both Higashino Yuu and Athena felt that there was an invisible bond connecting them.

Seeing this, Higashino Yuu said no more and directly threw the Gorgon Stone in his hand to Athena.

"Snapped!"

Athena took the Gorgon Stone in her hand, with a dazed look on her face.

She didn't expect that Higashino Yu would actually hand over the Gorgon Stone to her so easily.

Generally speaking, it is common to regret even after signing a contract.

However, Higashino Yu did not do anything else at this time.

"I didn't expect that there would be a fellow like you among the Rakshasa Lords."

"Haha, you should merge first. I'm in a hurry now."

Looking at her, Dongye You said lightly that now he didn't know what the gift game he had just done was about, so he was eager to return to the foggy space.

"Then as you wish!"

As she spoke, Athena melted the Gorgon Stone into her palm and then directly sank it into her body.

As the Gorgon Stone was swallowed, Athena raised her hands to the sky, and the young goddess began to chant the words of ancient times.

"I sing, I sing the hymn of the Triune Goddess.

Connecting the sky, the earth and darkness is reincarnation and wisdom.

I sing the song of the degraded goddess.

Being a queen but being regarded as a forbidden snake is a sigh for the queen.

I sing the song of the goddess whose body and soul are torn apart.

To be insulted by a noble father is to be humiliated by a loving mother.

My name is Athena, daughter of Zeus, patron saint of Athens, and eternal virgin. In the past, I was the mother of the earth that gave birth to all things!

In the past, he was the lord of the underworld who ruled over darkness!

In the past, she was a wise queen who understood the wisdom of heaven!

I swear, Athena will return to her original form!"

If it was just Athena in Greek mythology, she already possessed an extremely powerful spiritual power.

Wisdom, war, victory, art, law... She is one of the twelve gods of Mount Olympus.

No matter which myth it is, the status of the main god has always been extremely honorable.

However, her true identity is a snake that is always accompanied by three attributes, so she became a trinity goddess.

The characteristics of the god of war were only added with the changes of the times. The god of the underworld who manages death is associated with the greatest disaster, that is, war, and thus becomes the god of struggle.

Although 'cow', 'sheep' and 'pig' are also used to symbolize the fruitful land.

In fact, Athena is also the goddess of the earth who is the incarnation of a cow.

However, Athena's essence is 'snake', which is the most ancient key.

Snakes, which shed their skin several times and cycle through hibernation and awakening, are creatures that symbolize the cycle of death and rebirth and seasonal migration.

Compared to the 'cow' which symbolizes good harvest and kindness, the snake which has both the blessing of life and the disaster of death is the true god.

640. Athena's Power

The three Gorgon sisters, including Medusa, not only have snakes for hair, but also golden wings on their backs.

The second sister Euryale's name means 'one who flies far away', and the youngest sister Medusa is the mother of the winged Pegasus.

What connects Athena and the bird is the earth and the underworld - Athena is the god who rules over both worlds, and the bird has the magical power to fly between the other world and this world. This is what our ancestors believed long ago.

The soul of the deceased will transform into a bird and fly to the sky, or be guided into the underworld by a bird.

So in order to travel back and forth between the earth and the underworld, Athena and the bird were combined into one.

So Athena's essence is 'snake' - and it is a 'winged serpent'.

The original Athena was a winged snake. Before she was given the title of gods, she was the goddess of life and death worshipped by ancient people.

The winged serpent has evolved over time into the form of Athena, the goddess of disobedience.

Legend has it that she had many names.

Whether it is Gorgon or Medusa, it is just one of the names held in the past~.

But the meaning they represent is the same, that is, the honorific title praising the Holy Trinity Mary who once dominated the Mediterranean.

Poseidon, the god of the sea, is her nemesis.

But she did not hate the sea because of this, because both the sea and the earth were deeply related to the essence that she was deprived of, that is, the source of life.

What she really hated was the sun.

The shining light and the dazzling sky throne are what really make the Queen of the Night unhappy.

The sister/daughter/wife of the King of Gods and the Lord God. The goddess of war/the goddess of snakes/the goddess of life.

The owl is the messenger of Athena.

It is an unlucky bird that only appears at night and symbolizes bad omen, but it is also regarded as a sacred bird that symbolizes wisdom and is highly worshipped.

Since ancient times, it has been a symbol of both holiness and bad omen. Combining the two: snake and owl

The last descendant of Mother Earth, the dark ruler who leads death and darkness, the fallen queen who rules over the sky, earth and darkness.

Athena is also known as the goddess of light.

It means "one with shining eyes". The original meaning of this name is probably "one with owl eyes".

In ancient times, nocturnal owls were believed to be the incarnation of the god of death who could travel between the closed dark underworld and the human world, so it was natural for them to become servants of Athena, who was once the god of the dark underworld.

For ancient people, creatures as strange and mysterious as snakes were very rare.

They shed their outer shells constantly, hibernate for a long time in the winter, and then wake up in the spring as if resurrected from the dead.

He easily crosses the gap between winter and spring and is an immortal god. Winter is the god who brings death, and is also the god of nature and the underworld.

It is Athena and the "Snake", which is why she is the goddess of the earth and the god of the underworld.

Moreover, the underworld imagined by ancient people basically existed in the darkness underground.

A winter world shrouded in darkness.

Likewise, the time dominated by darkness - night is probably also part of the underworld, so Athena is also the goddess of darkness.

However, this power has not been effectively exerted in the past due to its incomplete authority.

Now, with the Gorgon Stone in her hands, she has returned to her prime.

The whole person directly recovered from a little loli to a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old.

"Lord Rakshasa, I am fully prepared. Now let us begin the long-awaited battle!"

The silver-haired goddess held a longbow and looked at Dongye You with burning eyes, challenging him to a fight.

The power that filled her body at this moment awakened her fighting spirit that had been dormant for a thousand years. She was looking forward to the next battle from the bottom of her heart.

"Then let's get started. But first, don't cry if you fail!"

Then he stretched out his hand, and the black and white blades quickly appeared in his hand.

It was Gan Jiang and Mo Ye.

"..."

Athena raised her eyebrows when she saw Higashino Yu's performance, because she didn't feel any threat from those two weapons.

In other words, it might just be an ordinary sword.

Or maybe to her, it can't be called a sword, it should be called a toy.

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However, after seeing the power of Higashino Yuu, she did not underestimate the man in front of her, and she activated her true name without saying a word.

"I command in the true name of Athena, the dark night appears again!"

"Dispel the grace of the sun, and extinguish the fire of Prometheus!"

"The sky is filled with stars and the dark winds, recreating the ancient night once again!"

As the goddess of the underworld and night, she has the power to devour light and fire.

As she finished reciting the words, the several blocks around them all fell into darkness.

Not to mention man-made objects like electric lights, even the sun in the sky is gradually disappearing.

The scene before them, if viewed from the outside, looked like a huge black bowl with everyone upside down inside without leaving any gaps.

. ....... ...

And on the battlefield, it is pitch dark.

Liliana and Erica on the side tried to use magic to illuminate the surroundings, but as soon as the magic was released, the light began to be absorbed, and in the end nothing was left.

"Okay, Erica, you don't have to try. This is the authority of the gods. Your mortal light can't illuminate it at all."

Higashino Yuu said calmly while looking around.

The power activated by Athena not only affected the surroundings, but even the power related to the sun in his body was slightly suppressed.

"But... Goddess Athena, you don't think that darkness can stop me, right? You have to know that there are animals in this world that can see even in the dark!"

Higashino Yu looked ahead with a teasing tone.

At this moment, his originally dark pupils emitted a faint green light.