Should it be said, as expected of the elder brother in Greek mythology, whom even Zeus feared?
Rin and Diablo watched the battle unfold.
Perhaps Testarossa also realized Hades's power. She no longer held back, unleashing her full strength, even at the cost of injury for injury, to take down Hades.
As the progenitor of Vampires, this avatar of Testarossa possessed incredibly terrifying recovery and self-healing abilities.
It was precisely by relying on such power that Testarossa could attack without restraint, disregarding defense.
However, Hades was no pushover.
His abilities were highly effective against Testarossa.
So-called death is a concept.
Whether human or god, once bound by the aura of the Underworld, there is only one path to take: death.
This ability, when applied to Testarossa, reduced her flesh regeneration ability to its lowest point.
The battle between the two lasted for a full half an hour before concluding.
Ultimately, Hades was sent back to myth by Testarossa.
And she also suffered very serious injuries.
This battle was quite tragic.
It was no exaggeration to call it a pyrrhic victory.
"Hoo... hoo..."
The white-haired girl, covered in blood, returned to Rin's side. "I have fulfilled my mission, Rin-sama."
"You worked hard."
Rin didn't say anything like, "You actually didn't need to push yourself so hard."
The girl didn't want to fall behind others, so she desperately wanted to prove herself in front of Rin.
This wouldn't change just because she became Rin's woman.
Testarossa was a strong-willed woman.
She was unwilling to just stay by Rin's side, being a worthless vase.
"Did you get a good Authority?"
Speaking of Authorities, Testarossa smiled. She looked at Diablo and asked, "What's your Authority? Want to compare and see who's stronger?"
In this world, Heretic Gods cannot usurp Authorities from other Heretic Gods.
But Diablo and Testarossa had Violet backing them.
Therefore, after killing Poseidon and Hades, the two did not obtain any extra Ultimate Skill.
No way around it. Violet squeezed them too hard.
Previously, she had acquired more than half of the Gods' Ultimate Skills from Greek mythology in one go.
Now, even after slaying Poseidon and Hades, no new rules could be obtained.
Fortunately, their original goal was not Ultimate Skills, but the brand new Authorities they could obtain after killing Poseidon and Hades respectively.
"Interesting."
Diablo ignored Testarossa's injuries.
They, monsters, would not sympathize with the weak.
On the contrary, only by fighting with all their might, like Testarossa, could they earn the respect of their brethren.
"Then let Rin be the witness to this wager."
Diablo accepted Testarossa's challenge. He said, "The Authority I usurped from Poseidon is called Lost Atlantis."
"Hmm?"
Rin was a little surprised. "Can this also become an Authority?"
If he remembered correctly, Atlantis should be that continent or kingdom that sank into the sea, right?
However, in Greek mythology, there was indeed a saying that the Sea King's kingdom was called Atlantis.
"Yes, Rin-sama."
"This Authority allows me to chant incantations in the name of the lost kingdom, Lost Atlantis."
Diablo continued, "With this, I can summon Poseidon's trident, stir up towering waves, trigger storms and tsunamis, causing continents to sink and heaven and earth to crack."
"Not only that, when I hold the trident, each swing will carry the weight of billions of tons of seawater."
The terrifying power unleashed at once is comparable to a great earthquake, and its immense power makes it difficult for even a Heretic God to resist head-on.
"Finally, I can also summon tens of thousands of merman armies and various ancient sea beasts from Lost Atlantis."
These merfolk and ancient sea beasts.
The former possess the strength of a Great Knight, while the latter are divine beasts and sacred beasts, whose power is not much inferior to that of top-tier human powerhouses.
"How about it?"
After Diablo finished speaking, he looked at Testarossa, anticipating the Authority she had obtained.
"Hmph."
Testarossa smiled. Her injuries were recovering very quickly.
Without the suppression of the Underworld's power, the Vampires' recovery ability allowed Testarossa to regenerate even if she was beaten down to just a drop of blood.
"The Authority I usurped from Hades is called Path to Hell."
Unlike Lost Atlantis, this Authority leaned towards Lucifer's Summon Hell and Summon Heaven.
However, it also differed from orthodox summoning-type Authorities.
"The Path to Hell is divided into several stages."
"These stages each possess different abilities. I can use them individually, or I can directly summon the Path to Hell."
These stages are hell's gate, Distant Cries, River of Oaths, Boundless Underworld, and Fields of Truth.
Among them, the effect of hell's gate is to summon a giant hell's gate.
Hell's gate possesses extremely terrifying defensive power, sufficient to withstand the ultimate blow of an orthodox Authority.
And, complementing hell's gate, there is also a three-headed hellhound named Cerberus.
The hellhound's strength is equivalent to that of a top-tier divine beast.
When fully unleashed, it can even fight a Campione without an activated Authority to a draw.
"Beyond hell's gate are the Distant Cries."
"I can summon the ferryman's River Styx," Testarossa said. "This River Styx is not a physical river, but a special weakening effect."
"Those who are my enemies must pay a certain price to cross the River Styx and fight me."
In other words, the effect of the skill Distant Cries is to seal a part of the opponent's ability.
This ability could be a certain Authority, a portion of Magic Power, or physical fitness, and so on.
Its intensity is directly proportional to the Magic Power consumed by Testarossa.
The more Magic Power consumed, the stronger the power.
"This effect is a bit unfair."
Rin inquired about the limits of Distant Cries, and the answer he received was that it could completely seal one Authority of a Heretic God or a Campione at most.
That is to say, using Distant Cries to exchange for one of the opponent's Authorities...
(To be continued.)
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