Incarnation: White Stallion!
The noble and pure white horse strode across the sky.
Its figure gradually faded, replaced by an incomparably brilliant light, as if the sun had fallen.
Rias and the others only felt an intense heat throughout the world. The ground in all directions began to visibly melt.
"You even managed to gain the recognition of a Longinus?"
"You truly are an existence beyond specifications."
Athena sighed, looking at the power of Authority descending from the sky without fear.
Her body radiated unprecedented death and darkness, instantly enveloping the sky and earth.
Then, a strong bow appeared in her hand at some point, and she drew the bowstring.
Hum!
In an instant,
The overwhelming darkness and death converged like a tide, forming a pitch-black arrow.
Twang!
The bowstring snapped, and the arrow shot into the sky.
It seemed that both time and space had briefly stalled.
The next moment,
The black arrow struck the sun.
Rumble!
An earth-shattering roar echoed through the sky.
Vast waves of air, deep as the abyss and wide as the sea, effortlessly tore through everything around them.
For a time, black and white flickered continuously across the sky, as if turning it into two separate worlds.
Before long,
After one collision,
Both vanished without a trace.
"As expected, even the White Stallion couldn't defeat you."
Red light flashed on Ayato's body, and his crimson armor disappeared. "But next, I'm going to get serious."
"What are you saying? You haven't used your full power yet?"
"That's right. To make you accept defeat willingly, I naturally had to let you use all your means."
"You really do have a big mouth."
Athena drew her bow again, as unprecedented darkness and death converged once more.
Even her cursed power continuously poured into it, forming another pitch-black arrow.
"Then, try my all-out strike."
"Bring it on."
Ayato slightly raised one hand, an indescribable aura emanating from his body.
"Good!"
A flash of sharpness appeared in Athena's eyes. With a twang, a pitch-black arrow that reached to the heavens shot straight toward Ayato.
This arrow seemed ready to pierce through both time and space.
"Then..."
Facing this arrow, Ayato remained impassive and simply swept his hand down naturally.
"From now on, you belong to me."
As his voice echoed,
The world seemed to fall into an eerie silence.
But soon,
In everyone's line of sight, overwhelming golden lightning materialized in the sky, then, as if drawn by an invisible force, converged above Ayato's head.
Finally,
A vast, majestic golden bolt of lightning, like the legendary world-ending thunder, descended.
Boom!
Under everyone's watch,
The pitch-black arrow was like rotten wood, easily crushed into powder.
That lightning seemed unstoppable, needing to destroy everything, and enveloped Athena.
"Will I... die?"
Athena's pupils dilated, a flash of panic in her eyes.
Before that lightning,
The power she possessed was utterly insignificant.
"Don't worry, you won't die. You'll just belong to me for the rest of your life."
Boom!
Another bolt of lightning appeared.
The two bolts of lightning collided, directly causing an earth-shattering explosion, like an ultimate firework blooming in the sky.
Watching all this, Athena, who had been stunned for a long while, smiled bitterly. "I truly have lost."
"Then, let's talk about our bet."
Ayato's figure flashed and appeared before Athena.
"Don't worry. I accept defeat."
Athena looked up, meeting Ayato's eyes directly.
Ayato: "..."
'This woman... what was going on?'
'But... she seemed somehow familiar.'
Before Ayato could speak, Athena's face was getting closer and closer.
"Hmm?"
'Athena, so decisive?'
A flicker of surprise appeared in Ayato's eyes, then he began to respond.
On the other side,
Rias, Akeno, and Koneko Toujou's eyes were wide open.
'Th-Th-Th-This...'
They were completely dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.
Replenishing and such...
They were no strangers to it.
But if the other party was Athena, that was a different matter entirely.
Whether a native god or a Heretic God,
Athena was a truly pure goddess.
And now... right after a battle like this...
It was truly... too bold.
Before long,
Athena and Ayato separated.
A look of daze flashed in her eyes, her skin flushed pink.
Ayato's mouth curled up as well.
'As expected of Athena. It's a completely different feeling.'
'Very good, very special.'
"How was it? My first kiss... you're lucky."
Athena's gaze was charming as she smiled lightly. "I am now your wife."
"More precisely, one of my wives."
"What? Isn't having me enough?"
"Of course. I am a Devil who wants a harem."
"To be so faithful to your desires... you truly are a sinful man."
Athena sighed and shook her head. "But there's no help for it. I lost."
"This is only the beginning."
Ayato smiled slightly, took out an Evil Piece, and waved it in front of her.
Athena blinked, then realized. "You want to turn me into your servant?"
"How about it? Is it not allowed?"
"It's not that it's not allowed. But with my power, turning into a Devil wouldn't change much."
"I understand that. Consider it my hobby."
Ayato smiled. "You won't refuse such a small request, will you?"
"Of course not. But I don't want the ceremony to take place in the wilderness."
"I completely agree."
Ayato snapped his fingers.
A flash of light appeared,
Then, everyone's figures disappeared.