At this moment, as Seiya's gaze fell upon her, Parthenope, now sheltered by the Saint who protects the Earth, also nodded. She could sense t
At this moment, as Seiya's gaze fell upon her, Parthenope, now sheltered by the Saint who protects the Earth, also nodded. She could sense that her own kind was being nurtured within these ley lines, but it was more violent and ferocious, and its strength was likely far greater than her own.
"Seiya, are you trying to summon a Heretic God?" the accompanying Erica couldn't help but ask.
Besides its status as a divine beast of the highest order, the greatest value of a dragon-serpent born directly from the land was as a sacrifice to summon a Heretic God. It wouldn't even be an exaggeration to say it was the most suitable sacrifice. And the god that the dragon-serpent of this place pointed to was naturally Susanoo, who had been slain by the Saint not long ago.
Was killing him once not enough? Does he have to be killed again? Many of the onmyoji held their breath, deeply afraid of angering the king before them.
And what Erica was thinking was, if one slays the same god, will the Authority obtained be the same, or will it be different?
"Summoning Susanoo again... I don't have such a twisted hobby," Seiya said slowly. "And if I were to use the dragon-serpent as a sacrifice, it would turn this land into a lifeless wasteland. What I want to do is the exact opposite. I want to pacify the anger of this land."
Seiya looked at the undulating mountain range before him. Following Athena's guidance, he used the Authority of the Great Sun-Illuminating Avatar to slowly command the divine power she had infused into his body while he slept last night. It was a portion of the power of the earth.
"This is my country, the land of the gods, Nakatsukuni, where the water sources are abundant and the harvest is bountiful. The country pours its waters into the heavens, patrols the High Plain of Heaven, patrols the land of Yomi, and finally converges into the light of the water and sky. I illuminate the Central Land of Reed Plains, adding a ring upon the eight-fathom ring. This is the nine-layered, this is Amaterasu...!"
The Saint loudly recited the incantation.
It was like the avatar that had transformed into the destructive Boar, and this power was the second developmental effect of the Authority that Athena had brought him.
In Japanese mythology, the shadow of the sun and the earth itself are closely linked. In the Honshu region, the local residents regarded the path of light created by the sun on the surface of the sea or in the morning mist as the tracks of dragon-serpents and foxes. From a mystical perspective, its true form was the yin aspect of the ley lines. Although Japanese feng shui only mentions the yang dragon as the energy that exists for the living, in the original feng shui, the yin dragon was considered more important than the yang dragon.
Wielding this Authority for the first time, the Saint felt a little unfamiliar. It was clearly an Authority related to the sun, but when he wielded this power, he felt a yin current running amok inside his body... Actually, it would have been better to have Athena help, but she would rather split off a part of her own authority and transfer it to her Pegasus to help him develop the second effect of his Authority. In a sense, she was being far too good to him.
But an Authority was still an Authority. As the high-speed incantation was rapidly recited, chaotic essence of the earth flowed from the nine mountain peaks hidden in this area. And this chaotic, evil essence gathered and formed the shape of a ferocious giant serpent with eight heads and eight tails.
The ley line is the source that gives life to the dragon race, but it is the cultural pulse carried by the land that gives the dragon race its true form. And the dragon-serpent born in this ancient land of Izumo was, naturally, the Yamata no Orochi.
But this was not the complete Orochi. It was just a Yin Dragon born from the negative emotions like chaos that had spawned from the ley lines. It was pure evil. But it just so happened that something of this level was exactly what the Saint needed.
Tokyo, Chiyoda. Stella, who was in the middle of a game, suddenly felt a chill.
This kind of palpitation that came on a whim was not a groundless reaction for an earth mother goddess. This was the future sending her a warning, signaling her to run away quickly or prepare for battle.
But in this Tokyo, in this country covered by the Great Sun-Illuminating Avatar, who would have the guts to make a move on her?
Soon, Stella thought of a very crucial problem. That was, in the morning, both Pegasus and Athena had gone out. Right now, she was the only one home in this Tokyo.
BOOM!!!
Chiyoda. Whether in the old era ruled by the Old Gentleman, or the current era illuminated in all directions by the Great Sun-Illuminating Avatar, this was the most heavily defended place in all of Japan.
The Grand Shrine of Shinto was here, the Onmyo-ryō was situated in the nearby Akihabara, and there were also the Tendai sect, the Tsuchimikado clan, the Musashino Hime-Miko, and other top-tier mages on standby at all times. But at this moment, they couldn't even hold on for a moment before being suppressed to the ground by lightning and the sun.
Divine might like a prison. Although it was still outside the door, it had already covered Stella with its pressure.
Just as she turned to run, a wind suddenly blew from the front. The wind carried a faint scorching aura. Stella stopped in her tracks.
At the same time as the booming sound, the flashing lightning took the shape of a man.
And it was a handsome man who was second to none even among the gods.
Golden hair reminiscent of the dazzling sun, beautiful eyebrows that did not feel weak in the slightest. A body as strong as a god's—
The white clothes and cloak he wore were clearly not modern attire. The Heretic Perseus. The hero from Greek mythology who cut off Medusa's head and rode Pegasus.
"Star of the beautiful sea, it has been too long," Perseus said, bowing to Stella with his hand on his chest.
In this moment, Stella, as an earth mother goddess, instantly understood. The dragon-seed named Parthenope had not escaped from his hands by a fluke. He had intentionally let her escape to this remote Far Eastern island nation. Because compared to slaying dragon-serpents, what this ancient hero-god was better at was—
—cutting off the heads of earth mother goddesses like herself.
The power gained from killing an earth mother goddess was naturally far greater than that of a so-called dragon-serpent. And at this moment, he had finally found his chance.
Perseus also noticed the faintly turning Wheel of Friendship behind Stella, but he was not flustered. Instead, he smiled and said, "I know that even if you are not in the sea, you can still achieve instantaneous movement through this divine artifact. But I advise you not to do so, because this kind of short-distance teleportation cannot possibly escape my divine speed."
Perseus drew his sword and pointed it at the goddess of love before him. Like a hero from an ancient epic, he declared in a loud, aria-like tone:
"Show your defiant form, goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite! I will show you the greatest respect and cut off your head with all my might, as a sign of that respect!"
The necessary rituals were all complete. At this moment, no matter what Stella did, he would not give up on killing her. But perhaps because she had been forced into a desperate situation, this goddess who was not known for her martial prowess actually gave up on running, and instead stared arrogantly at the hero-god before her.
"If we were in the divine realm, a second-rate god like you would have no right to speak to a noble main god like me, let alone utter such rebellious words. For an ignorant, low-grade god like you, I must give you the appropriate punishment!"
"That would be for the best. I am looking forward to it." Perseus raised his sword, his face full of solemnity.
Killing a fleeing earth mother goddess and an earth mother goddess who was fighting with all her might—there was naturally a world of difference between the two.
The Stella before him, whose divine body had not yet fully recovered, raised her fingers, one pointing to the sky, one to the earth. The Wheel of Friendship behind her bloomed with a strange brilliance.
Stella poured all the divine power she had accumulated during this time into this divine artifact. In the next instant, she shouted at the top of her lungs, "Idiot Pegasus, come save me! This humble one is gonna die!!!"
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