Chapter 410: What Conspiracies Exist in the Mythical World
Verethragna's tenth avatar, [Warrior], is the Golden Sword.
This sword grows more powerful the more detailed one's knowledge of the opponent is, and it can sever divine power.
It has the effect of cutting through divine energy, meaning that as long as it severs the divine power supporting an ability, it can neutralize any attack.
In this way, it effectively nullifies any technique the opponent uses.
If possible, it could even sever the opponent's deeper divine power, sealing their divinity and rendering them unable to use any abilities, just like an ordinary person.
However, Verethragna's Authority could only seal a single divinity.
If the opponent was a god possessing multiple divinities, it was best to seal the most troublesome one and leave the weaker divinities intact.
So, which divinity would Renji, who had also made this Authority his own, choose to seal?
Of course, he would seal all three.
Once this became his Authority, such limitations no longer existed, though there were still some constraints.
Namely, using it once would deplete all his power, requiring him to replenish it several times.
Squelch~!
Such a subtle sound echoed, and as it faded, a golden-haired young lady with moistened lips lay collapsed to the side as if paralyzed.
A blushing maid quietly approached, moving her young mistress away and dealing with the aftermath of her loss of composure after having her energy replenished.
After replenishing his energy, the man suddenly struck out at a young girl, earning a glare filled with murderous intent from her.
Because the girl's power was nearly exhausted, she was all the easier to seal.
This way, unless someone helped undo the seal, it would likely take centuries for the seal to dissipate on its own.
"How does it feel?"
Renji asked in a seemingly concerned tone, reaching out to pat the head of the young goddess Athena, who sat sulking on the ground.
"You'd better not give me a chance to recover, or I'll pay you back a hundredfold!"
Athena snarled with a voice dripping with killing intent.
But upon closer inspection, this killing intent was more pure irritation than genuine malice.
And Athena's anger wasn't due to her sealed state—it stemmed from being teased by this man after being turned into a child.
Being treated like a child—patted on the head, cheeks pinched, lifted high and hugged—felt like blasphemy and humiliation to her as a goddess.
So, she decided that if she ever got free, she would find a way to turn him into a toddler.
Not just a twelve- or thirteen-year-old, but even younger—a child so small they'd lose control of their bladder—so he could taste the same humiliation.
That such a childish thought of revenge even crossed her mind showed how much Athena's current mindset resembled that of a child.
"By the way, what's going on in the mythological world? Do you know?"
Renji had always wanted to know what was happening in the mythological world; something about it felt off to him.
When he first arrived, he was besieged—not because he was recognized as an outsider, but because his words and actions seemed to violate some rule.
Of course, he didn't think it was just because he descended to the mortal realm; there had to be a deeper reason.
Moreover, among the angels who attacked him, some—even Seraphim-level ones—seemed reluctant to fight him but were forced to act anyway.
As if they were under some kind of coercion they couldn't speak of.
"Hmm? You're asking me? I descended to the mortal world over a thousand years before you—how could I know more than you do?"
"That may be so, but Athena thought it was probably normal for the person before her to be unclear about the mythological world."
After all, being quite special, he must have been strictly confined by that woman, unable to leave his divine realm as if imprisoned.
"You came down to the earthly world quite early? No wonder."
Renji found it strange why Athena didn't consider him abnormal.
This meant that the God of the Bible in this world had contacted the God of the Bible from his side after Athena had descended to the earthly world, so she wasn't aware of the specific circumstances in the mythological world.
"No wonder what?"
"Nothing~"
With a slight smile, he continued with his head patting, making the little girl glare at him with wide, dissatisfied eyes...
Her two small hands also tried to push his hand away in displeasure, but unfortunately, they couldn't move it.
"Then, I'd like to ask one more thing. Aside from being summoned by some circumstance in the earthly world, why would some gods from mythology voluntarily leave their myths and wander in the earthly world?"
Is this to escape from mythology, not wanting to be bound by it, and wanting to return to their original form?
Renji believed this was one reason, but there must be other reasons.
So when Renji asked this question, the young goddess before him stared in astonishment, her gaze carrying a peculiar intensity.
Renji understood this reaction well.
From Athena's perspective, he was also part of the mythology and should know the inside story—why did he suddenly seem to have lost his memory?
"Could it be that you've already begun to wander? Have you forgotten some memories? And such crucially important ones at that?"
Athena suddenly made this speculation.
"Have you forgotten that woman?"
"Who?"
"It's—"
Her voice cut off abruptly. Though it appeared Athena was deliberately building suspense, Renji could tell she was genuinely unable to speak about that woman's origins.
"That woman... con—controlling the entire..."
She couldn't say it. Athena couldn't reveal too much—this was that woman's restriction, preventing any disclosed information from allowing others to discern her identity and origins.
Because if every detail of a god's mythology were exposed, it would be equivalent to exposing their weaknesses.
As for why she still wanted to reveal the truth to the person before her—it was because he might be the one most capable of resisting that woman.
Perhaps he could overturn the entire stage of the script, freeing the countless puppet-like gods—including herself.
Moreover, Athena had discovered something long ago, during their confrontation.
This guy was completely free from that woman's control because there was no Thread of Fate on him.
This guy was free!