"Buzz!!!"
After a buzzing sound, the crystal greatsword, carrying Freyja's final desperate resistance, turned into dust, and Freyja, under the all-annihilating attack of the warrior holding a golden sword, was killed by the young man, taking her divine wrath with her.
However, Giving also left Nakano Yu's life hanging by a thin thread, unable to maintain Gale Fury to keep himself suspended in the air. Without Wind, Nakano Yu fell headfirst into the sea.
"Splash!"
"Was it worth it for you?"
At that moment, Freyja, whose body had already begun to crumble, stepped through the seawater and approached the young man.
Nakano Yu floated on the surface of the sea, looking at Freyja. The dying young man was too weak to speak with this Queen.
"You are strong, Campione, you are the strongest Campione I have ever seen, and also the Campione I hate the most. What a pity, your life ends here… Hm? Interesting, the power of Aries? No wonder you dared to fight me to the death."
"Well then, see you next time, Campione, I hope that next time you will die by my hand!"
Freyja said, noticing Nakano Yu's life force growing wildly. Freyja, who possessed the two life essences of Fertility and Abundance, currently saw through the source of this life force. She smiled, and after saying that, she waved her hand, summoning a powerful Wind that lifted Nakano Yu and carried him to the nearby shore.
After doing that, Freyja's figure scattered into light under the night sky.
After Freyja sent him to the shore, Nakano Yu smiled quietly. Although she was a Heretic God, did Freyja still possess her benevolent nature?
Thinking about that, suddenly, a powerful dizziness attacked the young man's brain.
Feeling the dull dizziness in his brain, Nakano Yu's lips curved into a smile. He would see Pandora again. He just didn't know when he would wake up this time.
Lying on the beach, Nakano Yu closed his eyes.
"Yu!"
Not long after Nakano Yu was brought back, Ichika and Katsura Kotonoha ran over. Seeing the unconscious young man, Katsura Kotonoha quickly stepped forward and took him into her arms.
Looking at the injured body of the young man, Katsura Kotonoha was filled with worry and pain in her heart.
"Yu… it seems he has fainted."
Nakano Maruo also ran over. After observing Nakano Yu for a while, he sighed deeply and said.
"Father, Yu will be fine, right?"
Hearing this, Katsura Kotonoha raised her head and looked at Nakano Maruo as she asked.
"Yu has a strong life, he will definitely be fine."
Nakano Maruo nodded. Without professional equipment, even he could not be sure of Nakano Yu's current condition, but he believed that Nakano Yu would definitely be fine.
Also, the way Katsura Kotonoha just called him "Father" felt so good. She really was the daughter-in-law he had in mind.
"In any case, let's take Yu back to the hotel first."
Hearing Nakano Maruo's words, Ichika breathed a sigh of relief and said lightly.
Katsura Kotonoha nodded. It was not a good idea to leave Nakano Yu here, so they could only take him back to the hotel first.
After the group left, various chaebol officials who came to the engagement banquet in the square looked at the unconscious Nakano Yu, their hearts filled with fear, discussing Nakano Yu's actions that night:
"That person actually killed a god…"
"What should we do? This is in Sweden, and so many people saw it, the news probably cannot be kept secret."
"…Let this matter develop on its own. In any case, such an absurd thing, no one would believe it unless they saw it with their own eyes."
"Yes!"
Looking at Nakano Maruo, Shiinomiya Unyuo rubbed his fingers.
He had always known that there was a young man at the top of Neon who could control everything alone, but he did not expect that this young man possessed the ability to kill gods.
It seemed that Kaguya and that girl from Fujiwara were quite close to Nakano Yu. Maybe he could manipulate the situation through them and perhaps bring down Shinomiya Oko.
Thinking about that, Shiinomiya Unyuo turned his head to look at Shinomiya Oko beside him.
"What's wrong, Unyuo?"
Noticing Shiinomiya Unyuo's gaze, Shinomiya Oko frowned, looking at Shiinomiya Unyuo and asking in a hostile tone.
But Shiinomiya Unyuo only smiled and shook his head, speaking softly:
"No, nothing."
"Hey! Wake up, wake up!"
In the mist, Nakano Yu heard the call of a girl. When he opened his eyes again, he saw Pandora's face already close to his.
"We meet again, Pandora."
Seeing Pandora, Nakano Yu smiled slightly, greeting Pandora.
"It has only been a few days! You are here again. Killing gods so often, are you trying to lose your life?"
Seeing that Nakano Yu had woken up, Pandora immediately flicked his forehead with her finger and said.
"Well, those Heretic Gods came looking for me, so I had no choice."
Nakano Yu's tone was somewhat helpless. It was true, those Heretic Gods appeared out of nowhere and then he killed them. After all, as a decent good person, he could not just watch those Heretic Gods cause chaos in the world, right?
"I really don't know from which world you come, to encounter Heretic Gods so easily. You know, for normal people, those guys are rarely encountered even in hundreds of years!"
Listening to Nakano Yu's somewhat boastful answer, Pandora twitched her lips and said irritably.
Even so, Pandora's admiration for Nakano Yu grew even stronger.
Such a powerful God Slayer, what a pity he was not her child, and Nakano Yu was not willing to be her adopted son. What a pity!
"Hey, I'm telling you seriously, won't you consider being my child? Wouldn't you, Yu, feel very honored to have such a beautiful and cute Mother?"
Lowering her head, Pandora looked at the young man lying in her lap and once again made the request to adopt Nakano Yu.
"No, that's not necessary."
Hearing this, Nakano Yu still refused very directly. He could not bear to acknowledge Pandora as his Mother, otherwise this person would claim to be his mother every time she saw him.
"Alright, but speaking of that, this time you killed a powerful god."
Being rejected by Nakano Yu was already within Pandora's expectations, so she did not look too surprised. Changing the topic, Pandora suddenly began talking about the god that Nakano Yu killed this time.
"Stop talking nonsense, give me the Authority. I want to leave."
As soon as he thought that Pandora would start a long speech, Nakano Yu immediately tried to get up, but Pandora pressed him back onto her lap.
"If I let you go now, you are still in a state close to death. Although Aries can revive you, it will not be that fast. You would still be unconscious when you go out, so you might as well talk with me here."
She stroked Nakano Yu's hair while speaking irritably.
She simply could not understand why Nakano Yu did not want to be with her, even though she was so beautiful, charming, and cute.
After hearing Pandora's words, Nakano Yu did not say anything more. Indeed, he would still be unconscious when he went out, so he might as well wait here for a while. After all, the flow of time here with Pandora was different from the outside world. Maybe after staying here for some time, Aries would pull him out of his near-death state.
"I say, how did you provoke that old woman Freyja?"
Seeing that Nakano Yu no longer insisted on leaving, Pandora smiled with satisfaction and then asked about Freyja.
"Because I will kill her."
Nakano Yu answered directly; he was a God Slayer, and the simplest, most direct reason to fight Heretic Gods was his desire to kill them and take their authorities.
"That's not what I asked you! Honestly, you always answer beside the question, but it's incredible that you can now kill that kind of guy."
With a twitch of her lips, Pandora gave the boy another flick on the forehead.
"Freyja has many authorities, right?"
Hearing that, Nakano Yu asked. As the Queen of Asgard in Norse mythology, Freyja possessed numerous ranks and authorities. With the additional factors of being a supreme Nordic deity and a Germanic goddess of beauty, Nakano Yu did not even dare to imagine the scale of Freyja's authorities.
In short, compared to Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi, Freyja was the most troublesome Heretic God Nakano Yu had encountered.
"Yes, she has many authorities. The most representative are Twelve Maids and Peeping Eye."
Pandora nodded, and after a moment of thought revealed two of Freyja's authorities.
"Twelve Maids, huh? Troublesome."
Hearing that, Nakano Yu nodded slightly. Freyja's Twelve Maids had indeed had a significant impact on him, especially "Giving," which forced him to use Aries to exchange lives with Freyja.
"Twelve Maids have a total of twelve incarnations: 'Words,' which turn words into reality; 'Benevolence,' which heals others; 'Giving,' which shares damage; 'Love,' which enslaves others; and 'Counselor,' which twists fate."
"'Praise,' which amplifies; 'Oath,' which restricts; 'Truth,' which creates; 'Meaning,' which amplifies and nullifies; 'Guardian,' which heals itself; 'Wisdom,' which strengthens itself; and 'Messenger,' which peeks into secrets."
Pandora explained that among these twelve incarnations she believed the most powerful was "Counselor," which could twist predetermined fate. For example, this authority could turn a beggar into a hero who slays dragons.
However, "Counselor" could not be used on oneself. Even so, the ability to twist fate was already extremely powerful.
However, the activation conditions for Twelve Maids were extremely strict. If Twelve Maids could be activated at will, just one "Truth" would be enough to cause enormous trouble for all Campiones.
"It really is my luck that I was able to kill Freyja."
After listening to Pandora's explanation, Nakano Yu smiled gratefully. He could feel the power of Twelve Maids, but he could also guess that Twelve Maids, like Eastern God of War, probably had activation conditions, and they were much stricter than those of Eastern God of War!
Fortunately, his Eastern God of War had been drawn by the system, so it did not have those complicated prerequisites for activation.
"Campiones are the favorites of heaven, lucky in battle. No matter the battle, they will achieve victory in various ways."
Pandora said with a smile, and then suddenly leaned forward, getting close to the boy's face, and said:
"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say. It's time to send you back."
"Wait, you didn't tell me about Peeping Eye… Mmph!"
Hearing that, Nakano Yu still wanted to know about Freyja's other authority, but Pandora did not wait for the boy to finish speaking before leaning forward directly.
"Well then, see you next time, Yu."
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