"Ah, it's time to end this, Metis!"
With one arm holding Yuri and the other wielding the huge golden Grim Reaper's scythe, Sora smiled slightly and slashed toward Metis…
Boom!!!
The clash of the Grim Reaper's scythes caused a deafening explosion in the sky. A massive spark burst forth, and the scorching shockwave spread in all directions.
Erica and the other girls looked excited. From the moment the Golden Sword was reforged, they knew the victory of this battle was already theirs.
Sure enough, the next moment, the sword domain vanished, and the endless night that had shrouded the Earth quickly dissipated. The dazzling and warm sunlight once again bathed the land, dispelling the fear and despair in people's hearts.
"King!"
"Master!"
"Your Majesty!"
Seeing Sora holding Yuri not far away, the girls joyfully ran over. This was not only Sora's victory but theirs as well.
Erica, Liliana, and the others were used to fighting alongside Sora, but Ena and the secret sword maidens blushed with excitement. Defeating a god was an incredibly thrilling and unbelievable event for them.
"Yuri, can you still stand on your own?"
Sora nodded to the girls and looked at Yuri, who was still hiding her face shyly in his arms, smiling amusedly.
"Mm…"
Feeling everyone's gaze, the miko blushed deeply and quickly let go of Sora.
Normally, Sora would tease this shy miko a bit, but now he had more important matters to attend to.
Looking at Metis lying in a huge crater not far away, Sora's lips curled into a sly smile as he walked toward her.
Seeing Sora's actions, Erica, who was very familiar with his nature, covered her forehead in exasperation. She knew exactly what their evil Demon King was planning!
The unscrupulous Great Witch Zola crossed her arms over her chest, her eyes sparkling with interest, clearly enjoying the show. The little maid Karen wore her usual sly fox-like smile, her expression filled with strange anticipation and excitement.
The usually upright and innocent Liliana was a bit embarrassed to watch, her cheeks faintly flushed as she turned her head aside.
Ena and the secret sword maidens were puzzled, wondering why their king hadn't just finished off Metis earlier. Was it because he lacked the power before and was now going to deliver the final blow?
Well, these girls hadn't been around long. Once they deeply understood the evil of this hopeless guy, they probably wouldn't have such innocent and cute thoughts anymore!
"Godslayer, you have won this battle. Why don't you just kill me?!"
All her powers broken and extremely weak, Metis struggled to support herself on the ground. Her beautiful eyes, glaring fiercely at Sora, were filled with endless hatred and anger.
"Kill you? Metis, what nonsense are you talking about? Don't you think that would be too easy for you?!"
With a look that said "you're so stupid," Sora sneered mockingly.
He never made a losing deal. If he wanted to kill Metis, why go through all this trouble?
As for his real purpose… hehe, everyone knew it…
"You… what do you want to do to me?"
Hearing Sora's answer, even Metis showed a hint of terror.
What exactly did this evil godslayer want to do to her? Saying killing her would be too kind—what terrifying and evil thing was he planning?
"Hey… what do I want to do to you?"
"After absorbing Athena, you should be able to share her memories, right? Exactly, I just want to do the same to you."
Bending down, Sora lifted Metis's chin and licked his lips, wearing a devilish smile.
Metis was like a manifestation of Athena, who in mythology was the wife of Zeus and mother of Athena herself. Such a peerless goddess—how could Sora let her go?
Hearing Sora's words, Metis was stunned. Memories shared from Athena flooded her mind like a tide.
In those memories, Athena had lost all her former pride and coldness as the Queen of the Sky and Earth Mother. Instead, she was treated like a little pet bear by an extremely evil Demon King, occasionally subjected to some wicked training!
If that were all, Metis would only feel some shame and anger. But what else did she see? She saw this evil godslayer often forcing Athena to restore her trinity form and then doing those… those shameless and evil things to her!!!
Just sharing these memories made Metis feel utterly defiled as a noble goddess. Dumbfounded, she then exploded with rage!
That bastard—he actually wanted to do the same to her?!
"Looks like you've remembered everything. How about that? Much more interesting than killing you, right?"
Seeing Metis's eyes blazing with fury, her chest heaving with anger and shame, almost murderous, Sora smiled wickedly.
"I won't let you succeed. Since I can't beat you, then you'll die with me!"
With a twisted and fierce expression, Metis suddenly leapt up and wrapped herself around Sora.
Metis was a proud goddess. Even in death, she could not tolerate such things happening to her.
Indeed, as Sora said, that was far more terrifying than death itself!
Summoning the last of her divine power, since she couldn't defeat this bastard, she would explode together with him!
In an instant, Sora understood Metis's intention. He was startled as well. Although he knew this woman was crazy, he never expected her to be so insane as to want to self-destruct at the slightest disagreement with the enemy!
Damn it, she's really lost it this time. If Metis really self-destructed, it wouldn't matter what happened to himself, but Erica and the other women nearby definitely wouldn't escape!
The more dangerous the situation, the calmer Sora became. A strange light flashed in his black eyes, and he prepared to activate the power of the [Phoenix] to take Metis away from here first.
However, just as Sora had activated the power and was about to leave, a sudden unexpected change occurred!
The overwhelming aura of self-destruction that had been swelling on Metis instantly stopped. Her face showed a look of struggle, as if resisting something.
"Athena, even you want to stop me?!!"
With a resentful roar, the evil and dark aura around Metis vanished, replaced by a noble and sacred presence.
"You came back too late, Kusanagi Sora."
A faint voice with a hint of complaint came from Metis's mouth, but Sora immediately recognized that it was not Metis speaking, but Athena, who had been absorbed and merged within her!
"Hehehe… not bad, not bad, you came out just in time."
"So this is why you deliberately let Metis absorb you, my dear Athena?"
Understanding the situation, Sora dispelled the power he had started to activate, cradled Metis's body, and with a mischievous smile said to Athena, who was temporarily controlling Metis's body:
"Erase all those false memories of Metis. It's nothing difficult for you."
A strange blush flickered across Athena's expression as she spoke to Sora. Then, Athena took control of Metis's body, assertively and dominantly teasing Sora.
A flash of strange light appeared in his eyes. Although somewhat surprised, this change seemed quite interesting.
Ordinary humans only form memories after experiencing or doing something themselves, but these gods are different. Their memories are given by [Myth] when they descend to the earth.
Their so-called memories are merely stories created by people on earth. For themselves, these can be considered false memories.
Sora naturally understood Athena's meaning. Looking at Metis, who was now stunned and grimacing, still entwined with him, Sora did not hesitate. He directly made a contract with Metis and forcibly deleted those memories given by [Myth] from her mind.
Ahem, of course, since he was doing it, Sora didn't stop there. He also implanted a belief in Metis's mind that Sora was her master.
Well, although it sounds quite evil, Sora had done this kind of thing more than once or twice before and was used to it!
After the contract was completed, Metis's previously twisted and grimacing expression disappeared. A dazzling light radiated from her, and to the surprise of Erica and the other women nearby, Metis split into two.
Yes, from a peerless queen to two identical cute little lolis…
Holding one in each arm, Sora suddenly felt like a winner in life. Heaven had truly been kind to him. Now he had two cuddle bears!
"Hmph, you got lucky!"
Looking at Sora's smug expression, Athena, who was held on the left, snorted coldly, feeling both annoyed and a bit sour.
Metis was part of herself. This time she let it slide, but Athena swore she would never help that evil guy do such things again!
"Hahaha… Athena, you did well this time. I will reward you properly later."
Coming back to his senses, Sora laughed heartily, extremely happy, rubbing Athena's cute little face again and again.
And also rubbing the Metis on the right. Now with two cuddle bears, Sora could rub both sides at the same time.
"Uu… Master…"
Because of the memory deletion, Metis's mind was still a bit confused. After Sora's rubbing, she finally regained consciousness, opened her eyes, looked at Sora, and instinctively felt an overwhelming intimacy, subconsciously calling out.
"Tsk tsk, not bad, Metis is very obedient. Master will take good care of you."
Seeing Metis, who had been full of murderous intent and ready to fight to the death, now looking so attached and calling him master, Sora couldn't help but feel excited.
This battle was finally over. As the ultimate winner, Sora had truly gained a lot!
Watching Sora cuddling two goddess lolis and rubbing them back and forth, except for Erica and the others who had long expected this, Ena and the secret sword maidens were all dumbfounded.
Seeing is believing. Indeed, their king was as "powerful" as the legends said…