Magic world

"Phew, I have finally brought back the ancient Trinity body. Now, you foolish god-slayer, just have fun with me." After a moment, Athena, who had stabilized her own strength, looked at the user again. Ito Shige said as the power of the Lord of Hades canceled out the aura of death that erupted when she recovered.

"I'm very happy." Ito Cheng said with a very gentlemanly salute. Then, he opened his mouth and chanted the glorious word spirit, "Use my word spirit skills to make justice appear in the world! These spells are powerful and eloquent. They are the sword of wisdom that calls for victory."

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge glorious weapon with Damascus as its prototype and emitting golden light appeared in Ito Cheng's palm.

"Very good! Let's compete here, God Killer!" Athena, whose ears were as long as an elf and had a face unlike any human could have, said happily.

Then with a wave of his arms, dozens of owls flew out from the depths of darkness. At the same time, dozens of snakes came out of nowhere and crawled toward Ito.

"All evil things fear me! Unjust people with power cannot defeat me - I am the strongest person who can break all obstacles!" Looking at the summoned beasts that numbered more than a hundred, I was completely Ito Cheng, who did not dodge, continued to sing his words.

Almost instantly, the golden sword in Ito Cheng's hand flashed, and the approaching summoned beasts of Athena all had their heads removed and turned back into dust.

Because it is not a normal beast, the summoned beast of death did not leave any corpse behind at all.

"Ha... Sure enough, there is a wonderful weapon hidden. It can both split and cut off - it should be a sword. You really have taste in the word spirit of the sword." Athena, who had killed the summoned beast, used her... Said with characteristic wisdom.

"Then, I will play with you again. Let's see what I do!"

As Athena shouted, the originally hard artificial island ground beneath her suddenly produced a huge bulge. Then the front part of the bulge turned into a sickle-like shape, and then transformed into a huge stone solidified by a mixture of sand and stone. The snake supported Athena who slowly landed on top of the stone snake, looking straight at Ito Cheng opposite.

"Go up, my fangs. Crush the Godslayer into a pulp!" Athena ordered loudly.

In an instant, a huge stone snake about 20 to 30 meters long suddenly thrust its head towards Ito and bit him...

Ito Cheng smiled slightly at Athena, who was approaching with the stone snake's head. He quickly jumped back and retreated a distance of ten meters. After dodging the stone snake's bite, he loudly sang the Sword Word Spirit again.

"Snake - it is a symbol of your power, it should be said to be your essence. You have always been a goddess closely related to snakes. And there is the owl - you have a deep connection with birds."

"Oh? Ito Cheng, have you investigated the origin of my concubine?" Athena said with a slightly interested look on her face.

"Of course, in order to leave you with a lifelong failure that will be remembered forever. I have prepared a lot. At least I have about 80 to 90% of what kind of god you are. And the key to explaining your existence. That is [ Snake]." Ito Cheng said with a smile.

"When it comes to snakes, it's Medusa. Athena and Medusa are originally the same goddess. This was before the two goddesses were spread to Greece from the land of North Africa." As these words fell. A large number of energy light balls that exuded golden luster and seemed to be the size of baseballs appeared around Ito Cheng, completely surrounding him in the center of the ocean of light balls.

"If we trace back to the source, you are the goddess of snakes. Not only that, Metis, the goddess of wisdom who is the mother of Athena in Greek mythology, this goddess was originally you."

At this time, the huge stone snake finally crawled over the ten meters distance between it and Ito Cheng, and came to his vicinity again. However, just when it was about to attack Ito Cheng again, it was gathered outside Ito Cheng. The barrier formed by the golden light ball resisted it.

"Is this the spirit of the sword!? Is it the weapon just now!" Athena said with a slight frown.

"You are not a goddess of Greek origin. You are an earth goddess born in North Africa and worshiped throughout the Mediterranean. And you have many other names and images. Metis, Medusa, Net, Yanata, Yata Na, Yanata, Ashera... They were originally clones of your original form, Athena, and they can also be said to be your sisters." At this point, the sword's word spirit finally completed the first stage. preparation. And at the moment it was completed, a golden light shot out from the sword, cutting the stone snake outside the barrier into two halves.

The dead stone snake immediately returned to its original appearance, turned into countless gravels, and fell to the ground with a rumble.

"It's really unpleasant, Ito Cheng! How dare you threaten me with a sword! Don't let me think of that taboo past!" Athena, whose body was still floating in the sky despite losing the support of the snake, looked angry. said.

"You, the ancestors of Isis in Egypt and Ishtar in Babylon are all descendants of the ancient mother goddess. You are not only the goddess of the earth, but also the god of darkness who controls the underworld. The goddess of wisdom who masters the wisdom of the sky." Ito Cheng ignored Athena's anger and continued to weave the spirit of words to polish the sword's edge to make it sharper.

"Because she has always been accompanied by three attributes, she has become a trinity of goddesses - this is the characteristic of Athena. The characteristics of being a god of war are only added with the changes of the times. The god of Hades who manages death and the greatest disaster, In other words, he became the god of struggle when he was associated with war, which is very reasonable."

"You are really good at telling lies!" The angry Athena flashed a light in her hand, and a bow and arrow appeared. Then Athena opened her bow and nocked an arrow, and shot the arrow in her hand at Ito Cheng.

At this time, I saw a flash of sword light in Ito Cheng's hand, and the flying arrow was bounced away.

"Then, the key to the birth of your trinity is the snake!" Ito Cheng continued to state the spirit.

"Stop talking! My past can't be easily tainted by a junior like you!" Athena ordered loudly. At the same time, he conjured four arrows in his hand and shot them at Ito Cheng, but they were still deflected by the light emitted by the Word Spirit Sword in his hand.

"Although cows, sheep, and pigs are also used to symbolize the harvest of the earth. In fact, you are also the Earth Mother Goddess in the form of a cow-but your essence is a snake. This is the key to your being the oldest Athena. . After all, you are not the goddess who controls the blessings of the earth. The life that is born, grows, matures, ages, and then dies, and the same is true for the four seasons. It grows in spring, flourishes in summer, bears fruit in autumn, and withers in winter."

At this time, the angry Athena put away her bow and arrows, waved her sword, and rushed towards Ito Cheng even though her body would be cut by the [sword]. But he was quickly dodged by Ito Cheng.

"There are also people in the ancient world. They may not all receive the blessings bestowed by the earth. Because of natural disasters or abnormal phenomena, most of the harvest will be lost because of these - so the Mother Goddess of the Earth not only bestows blessings, but also takes away blessings in winter. If you take life, a bad mood will bring disaster. Otherwise, it is not logical." Ito Cheng weaved the words while weaving the spirit. While slashing at Athena with his sword.

Athena as the God of Disobedience. Just by showing up, he gained the most powerful force in the world, so even though Ito Cheng's slashes were much sharper than those of ordinary people. Athena could still dodge the fatal sword slash in an instant.

"So it is the snake. The snake, which has shed its skin several times and continuously cycles through hibernation and awakening, is the creature that symbolizes the cycle of death and rebirth and the migration of seasons. Compared with the cow, which symbolizes harvest and love, it represents the blessings and disasters of life. The snake that possesses both is truly a god."

For ancient people, creatures as strange and mysterious as snakes were very rare. It continuously sheds its shell through molting, undergoes a long hibernation in the winter, and then wakes up in the spring as if resurrected from the dead. He is an immortal god who easily crosses the gap between winter and spring.

Winter - the god who brings death, is also the god of nature and the underworld. This is Athena and the snake, and why she is the goddess of the earth but also the god of the underworld. Moreover, the underworld imagined by ancient people basically existed in the dark underground. A winter world shrouded in darkness. Similarly, the time dominated by darkness - night is probably also part of the underworld, so Athena is also the goddess of darkness.

"Ito Cheng, I'm looking down on you!" Athena said in a deep voice as she distanced herself from Ito Cheng again.

"Urusragna! The god you killed was Urusragna! The conquering god who is also closely related to Indra in the far east and my friend Hercules. Serves The new God King, the disobedient god who defeated the ancient gods with his spear!" Then, Athena used her wisdom to analyze the origin of the Sword of Words and Spirits.

"That God of War is the crusader of the ancient gods. If you can kill Urusragna, then it is not unreasonable to be able to use the God-killing Sword... But is it more than that?"

“Urusragna is not only the god of victory, but also the guardian of the royal power and the people, and the personal guard of Mithras, the main god of Persia. Mithras is the incarnation of the sun, so Urusragna is also related to the sun. related."

"Although I don't know how much power of Urus Ragna you can master, you should have the divine power related to the sun. If you want to get rid of the darkness in my body, the most effective way is sunlight." Athena squinted her eyes and stared. Ito said with the sword in his hand.

"It's a filthy and terrifying sword, but you used it too blatantly. Maybe you wanted to anger me and find a flaw? Ito Cheng, I have already seen through your trick." Athena looked confident. declared. Then Athena opened her eyes again. Similar to the dragon eyes owned by Ya Ye, golden beast pupils exuding a wild aura appeared. Wherever these eyes looked at, whether they were living things or dead things, A state of petrification appeared.

Upon seeing this, Ito Cheng immediately flew back again, avoiding the influence of the petrified moo.

"Medusa, the goddess of snakes with evil eyes, is the best evidence to prove that you have a close relationship with birds." Ito Cheng, who had temporarily avoided it, weaved the spirit of words again.

"The three Gorgon sisters, including Medusa, not only have snake hair. They also have golden wings on their backs. The name of the second sister Euryale (euryale) means He is the one who flies far away, and the youngest sister Medusa is the mother of the winged horse Pegasus.”

"What connects you and the bird are the earth and the underworld - you are the god who dominates the two worlds. Birds have the magic power to fly between the other world and the present world. In ancient times, our ancestors believed this. The soul of the deceased will turn into a bird and fly to the sky, or be guided by the bird into the underworld." As the words were completed, the petrification effect that extended to Ito Cheng suddenly stopped and was blocked by the golden sword light. .

"So in order to travel back and forth between the earth and the underworld, it is only natural that Athena and the bird become one. Your essence is a snake - and a winged snake."

"You want to cut and humiliate me. You also want me to lose my cool. I won't be fooled!" Athena said loudly, using the power of the spell to re-intensify the petrification effect and push towards Ito Cheng.

"The original you was a snake with wings. Before you were given the name of gods, you were the goddess of life and death worshiped by ancient people. After the baptism of time, the winged snake evolved into Athena, the God of disobedience." Ito Cheng, who also encouraged the power of the curse and weaved the sword of words and spirits to resist, read out.

"The goddess of snakes who rules the earth and the underworld. She is in charge of the wisdom of the sky. Undoubtedly the highest-ranking existence among the gods. No one can match her. The god among gods has the highest authority and is the queen of the gods."

"Once upon a time. You were a woman who ruled the ancient world. It was the queen's responsibility to serve the gods and rule mankind, so the leaders of the gods were also goddesses - the goddesses of winged snakes. But when they were kicked off the highest throne Come, armed men begin to rebel, and feminist society is over.”

"The era of the queen ended and the era of the king began. At the same time, the supreme gods changed from the matrilineal mother goddess of the earth to the strict father god. Starting from Zeus, the god king was born."

"The oldest Athena and her clones all degenerated into wives, sisters or daughters of the god-kings. They lost their past glory, and the myth was tampered with in this way."

"Shut up!" Athena yelled angrily after being told about the pain point.

"Athena became the daughter of the king. Metis was insulted by him and had his wisdom taken away, and Medusa even degenerated into a monster. Not only that, Hera or Aphrodite in Greek mythology aphrodite), all defeated Earth Mothers, goddesses of the same origin as you, goddesses of life and death.”

"Didn't you tell me to shut up! Those words are really filthy!" Athena shouted angrily.

"The defeated Earth Mother Goddess is mentioned in myths as a winged snake, which is a dragon. The evil dragon that appears in countless heroic myths is used by heroes and gods. The defeated dragon is exactly what the defeated Mother Goddess of Earth looked like after being degraded!" As he spoke, Ito Cheng held a golden sword that had been polished enough to kill gods and pressed towards Athena.

In order to resist, Athena summoned a dark sickle symbolizing death and held it in her hand, which collided with Ito Cheng's golden sword. In an instant, a cold breath came from Athena's scythe.

"I won't be hit by you. Even if I am immortal, I can't withstand your attack that can directly cut off the godhead, so I will knock you down with the forbidden power of darkness!" Athena said, looking at Ito Cheng.

"I am the one who summons winter and is in charge of life and death, the cold ruler of the underworld, and the queen of plunder. I command. Kusanagi Godou, become the dead king and turn into a corpse." As she spoke, Athena chanted the powerful words. , inciting the magic power to turn into ripples of death, attacking Ito Cheng through the weapon in his hand.

"Have you forgotten? I also possess the power of Hades!" Ito Cheng said, mobilizing the power of Hades in his body to resist the attack sent by Athena. Then he used his arm to forcefully cut off the sickle in Athena's hand with the sword of words and spirits.

"Boom!" The collision between the spells instantly formed a powerful shock wave, sending the bodies of Ito Cheng and Athena flying outward. But both of them were not ordinary people, and they quickly stood up again from the ground cleared by the shock wave.

"In this case, your sword can no longer be used. I know it very well." Athena said with a smile on her face. "In other words, you want to use the power of the sun now...Urusragna's Among the incarnations, the horse has the strongest connection with the sun.”

After saying that, he took out the dark sickle again and slashed at Ito Cheng.

"As expected of the goddess of wisdom, you are right." Ito Cheng, who calmly dodged Athena's sickle attack, smiled, then pointed to the east and shouted loudly, "For victory, come to me! Immortal sun. , please give me a shining horse. A spiritual horse with swift feet, bring me the halo of light that symbolizes your Lord!”

As soon as he finished speaking, in the east of the dark sky, a new sun suddenly appeared, turning into a spear of flames and rushing straight towards Athena. In an instant, everything within tens of meters around Athena was swallowed up by white flames...

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!" Athena cried out in pain as she was burned by the flames.

"Now, remember your failure in your immortal life." At this time, Ito Cheng, who was standing outside the flames, turned over his hand and summoned the Longinus spear in a throwing posture, and said to Athena in the flames. (To be continued...)