The King of Swords, for his part, showed none of the so-called Demon King's dignity.
He tried to convince Rei Ao to help him defeat Athena. If not for Rei Ao deliberately keeping his distance, Doni might already be slinging an arm around his shoulders. Clearly, he was a very friendly sort.
"…"
Athena's gaze was fixed on Rei Ao.
Purely by instinct and aura, she knew that the man before her was now a Godslayer, her natural enemy as a Heretic God. A bow materialized in her hands, and she spoke in a cold tone:
"O Godslayers of this world, do you intend to challenge ?"
"Hah, Heretic God—maybe I can't beat you alone, but there are two of us here. Bro, what do you say?"
Doni already had his sword aid at Athena, seemingly eager to fight. The mont Rei Ao nodded, he would rush in without hesitation.
However—
Rei Ao suddenly crossed his arms and turned away, acting as though none of this concerned him.
He said flatly, "Go ahead if you want; I'll wait until you finish your battle."
"Huh?"
Salvatore Doni froze in surprise. He looked at Rei Ao, puzzled.
"Brother, are you saying I should fight her one-on-one? Stop kidding around—she's unbelievably strong, and neither of us is sure we can handle her alone."
"Sorry, but I intend to conquer this woman all by myself," Rei Ao replied with a smile that didn't sound like he was joking.
"…"
Doni stared at Rei Ao in silence for a while, then put his sword away.
"Tch."
Scratching the back of his head with a click of his tongue, Doni gave in. Indeed, all Godslayers are oddballs, and Rei Ao was no exception.
Doni's sociable nature wasn't just for show—he had been testing Rei Ao in various ways. Now he had enough to conclude Rei Ao was quite proud as well. Shaking his head helplessly, he raised his hand in a shrug.
"Fine, I can't beat her by myself, so I surrender—done. If you plan on going solo, I'll be a spectator."
He produced a chair and a cool drink from who-knows-where, then lay back to watch. Giving up so quickly, it seed he didn't care in the slightest about preserving the "style" of a Godslayer.
Athena frowned.
"So… it seems I have only you as my enemy, Godslayer."
She drew back her arrow, aiming straight at Rei Ao.
"No. I'm not your enemy."
Rei Ao shook his head gently.
At that mont, ti itself seed to slow.
Athena and all the others failed to notice anything, for their actions and thoughts had been frozen in place—frozen in concept.
Rei Ao took a step forward. Step by step, he walked across the air itself until he stood before Athena.
He studied her carefully: the heroic face, those pure, lucid eyes, and the long silver hair shimring with divine radiance. She truly looked every inch a goddess.
He smiled.
"Instead of being your enemy, I'd rather be the man who conquers a goddess."
He lightly lifted her smooth chin. Leaning down, he kissed the goddess's lips.
In that instant, ti resud its normal flow.
"Huh? That's…"
Utaha looked up in shock. Everyone could see the two of them kissing.
"What the—? They're…"
Eriri bit her lip with her little canine tooth, feeling sour and jealous. When did those two suddenly start kissing?
"!!!"
Erica's eyes went round with disbelief, her mind echoing with Rei Ao's previous words.
"Lord Rei Ao… is he really going to conquer a Heretic God like that?"
For so reason, she felt that however absurd such an idea might be, he could probably make it happen.
"???"
Doni's sunglasses almost fell off as his jaw dropped to the ground.
What the heck?
He had been hoping to see so display of Rei Ao's power, but this?
"So that's what he ant by 'conquer'…?"
Frowning, Doni couldn't believe he hadn't sensed Rei Ao's movent at all. How had he reached Athena so quickly?
A deep confusion swirled in Doni's mind—much the sa emotion Athena herself felt, her beautiful eyes trembling.
She was certain she had locked onto Rei Ao's presence since earlier. So… how?
For a split second, Athena prepared to push Rei Ao away, but suddenly his voice resounded in her mind:
"Don't move—I'm helping you."
"Huh?"
Startled, Athena paused.
Right then, she noticed sothing odd happening to her body… Sothing from Rei Ao's lips seed to be spreading across her entire being—a power shielding her from the Earth?!
As a manifestation of myth, a Heretic God's contact with the Earth slowly erodes their rational mind until they beco fully "Heretical."
Right now, she sensed that Rei Ao's power was cutting her off from the Earth altogether, letting her remain on the Earth with her Triune divinity intact!
Shaken to her core, she thought,
"Who in the world are you?"
Rei Ao's brow twitched in a smile.
…
[Ding! You have chosen to activate a trade request from your chat group "subgroup" to bestow mbership upon: Athena!]
In this world's sub-chat group:
Rei Ao: "@Athena, let's reintroduce ourselves. I am Rei Ao, master of the trading chat group, from another world."
Athena: "…"
As a goddess, Athena quickly processed the sudden flood of new information in her mind. Her eyes showed a mix of surprise and doubt.
Athena: "Another-world human… I suppose I will tentatively believe your origins. But when do you plan on releasing ?"
Rei Ao: "Letting you go is no problem. The magical isolation barrier I've cast is complete; you needn't worry about losing your reason by walking on the Earth. But a word of warning first—you've already lost to ."
Athena: "? Why would I have lost?"
Rei Ao: "Because I just froze ti and all of your thoughts. If I had wanted to kill you, you'd be dead. So once I let go, don't start attacking ."
With that, Rei Ao ended the sweet kiss. His expression lingering with satisfaction, he couldn't deny the goddess's lips tasted quite sweet and tempting.
"…"
Athena's expression was complicated. She clutched her bow tightly, then slowly eased her grip.
Buzz!
The bow and arrow vanished.
Athena believed what Rei Ao said about stopping ti. She wasn't being naïve—rather, she had replayed that last mont in her mind countless tis and couldn't find any flaw in his claim. She had no choice but to accept it.
"…I've lost."
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