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Saori stood alone at the foot of the huge goddess statue, raised her head and remained silent.The statue of the Goddess of Victory, which was supposed to rest on the right hand of the goddess, has long been turned into dust with the end of the Battle of the Sea Territory, and only the shield supporting the left hand remains, which looks a little uncoordinated.

In the past thousands of years of jihad, Athena has always led the victory with the image of holding a shield on the left and a golden staff on the right. Now the golden staff, which symbolizes the incarnation of the goddess of victory, has been destroyed. Fortunately, the divinity belonging to Athena has gradually awakened in the past five years, and the saints naturally no longer have doubts about this powerful goddess as in myths and legends.

A sarcastic smile unconsciously appeared on Saori's face—oh, people pray to God when they are in trouble, but who can God turn to for help when he is in trouble?

Familiar footsteps came from behind, followed by the slight friction and collision of cloth against the slate floor: "Athena? It's still early, you can rest for a while."

Saori immediately recovered her superficial calm, turned around and glanced at the young man kneeling on one knee behind her, and said in a calm tone, "Shi Ang? I just can't sleep and get up to look at the stars, please worry about it—about the recent global Is there any latest feedback on the outbreak of the domestic plague?"

"Yes." Shion bowed his head and reported quickly and concisely: "All the samples from the plague-spreading area have been sent back to the sanctuary for testing by Odysseus and Axo. A large number of golden spike flowers were put in for preliminary purification, and all the cracks in the underworld were blocked."

After hearing this, Saori closed her eyes and pondered for a moment before she opened her mouth and said, "This is Hades' strategy. He uses his office to spread the plague around the world. If I scatter the saints all over the world to protect mankind, the sanctuary will be destroyed." The inner emptiness is easier to break through."

Shi Ang said softly: "The Pope's idea is also the same - please rest assured, Athena, no matter what happens, the golden saint will definitely stay in the sanctuary to protect your safety."

Saori waved her hand slightly: "For the time being, there is no need to be so nervous." She tilted her head and thought for a while, and suddenly asked a question, "Did the Saints who went out to sample mentioned in the observation report that the plague area is intervening in us?" How was the previous situation? Was it very serious?"

Shion immediately filtered all the relevant reports in his mind, and replied: "No, compared with the several plagues that spread on a large scale in history, this time it seems to violate the law of virus transmission. Developed countries and big cities with perfect medical conditions caused mild panic in the social circle of citizens, but so far there has not been a single death case. In addition, Sanctuary responded in a timely manner, so the discussion heat soon dropped. "

"It's the same method as in the past. It's nothing new to throw plagues in densely populated places in an attempt to cause mass death." Saori smiled slightly. , even if the sanctuary does not need to take action on this level of disease, after a while, humans will be able to find a solution by themselves, right?"

After hearing this, Shi On was a little surprised: "Athena, what do you mean...?"

Saori didn't answer him, but just took another look at the statue of the goddess, and then asked an irrelevant question: "Do you know why the goddess of victory is willing to be my God?"

Following Saori's guidance, Shi Ang glanced at the empty right palm, hesitated for a moment before answering: "According to the historical records of the age of mythology that I know, Naiji, the goddess of victory, is a child of the Titan Protoss, but she fell to Zeus in the Titan War. On the one hand, she helped Zeus win the victory and took the position of the third-generation god king, because of this credit, she was able to escape the fate of being thrown into Tartarus along with her own race."

"In later myths and legends, Naiji was depicted as a small goddess with wings on her back. She was often regarded as a part extending from other gods. In 490 BC, the Battle of Marathon ended with the victory of the Greeks , Humans began to shape the images of Neiji and Athena into one, and even deliberately omitted the iconic wings of the goddess of victory, hoping that she would never leave the city of Athens, and then continuously bring good luck and victory.”

Saori nodded: "Most of Naiji's images are beautiful imaginations of human beings, but the facts are often far from the legends." She paused for a moment before continuing, "In fact, despite the role of leading the victory, Naiji herself The power of her is very limited, which means that she will become the target of other gods to compete for at any time, so she chose me. The other gods hindered my strength, so they had to stop here, and Naiji ended the life of being scrambled as an item and being displaced. day."

"Later, Naiji confessed to me that due to the limitations of her godhood and office, she was doomed to accept beliefs and offerings to pray for victory, but there will be no shortage of such people in any field that involves competition, and the kings and generals who wage wars are very concerned about victory. Her desire is particularly crazy, and by following me, she can absorb the fullest and most sincere faith—understand? Naiji does have the ability to lead to victory, but all of this is conditional, if you don’t see conditions and hopes for victory, then she will not hesitate to abandon the people she once sheltered."

Speaking of this, Saori's tone became more and more cold: "Naiji's existence is more like icing on the cake, giving the winner a beautiful halo-in other words, even without the guidance of the so-called goddess of victory, I will not lose this game. war."

"...I understand." After Shi An bowed and saluted, he got up and stood still without speaking.

Saori gave him a meaningful look, then turned her head again to look at the empty right palm of the goddess statue, her eyes were ethereal.

The Goddess of Victory who gains strength by absorbing the desire of those who seek victory... Maybe it was true at first, but in the long years of symbiosis, Naijiming knew that Athena didn't like to initiate wars, and it didn't matter to participate in injustice. In the war, she still chose to follow her, and even rejected Ares, who was really keen to fight on the battlefield. Over the long years, her strength would inevitably weaken. In order to preserve her divine power as much as possible, she even gave up His own body continued to guide the direction of victory for his main god in the form of a golden rod.

Five years ago, when the irrational Poseidon tried to kill himself, Nai Ji gave up all her strength to block the fatal blow, and she was completely wiped out from then on.

The great sadness at that moment tightly choked Saori's heart, she almost forgot how long it was the last time she had such a heart-wrenching feeling, but everything in front of her eyes unceremoniously awakened the girl who had been sleeping for many years Unbearable memories - Pallas, the daughter of the river god Triton, the closest one among Athena's few friends, died in extreme pain in the arms of her best friend, the wound caused by the artifact could not be healed, Athena could only watch as Pallas' soul and body/body were wiped out in front of her.

Saori was in a daze for a moment, she actually couldn't remember Pallas's appearance, but the extremely powerless grief penetrated deeply into her soul.

It turns out that I will also have such weak moments, and it turns out that there will be things that I cannot do.

"Hades, do you think I will be helpless this time?" Saori looked up at the moon that had gradually sunk into the depths of the mountains on the west side, and the black shadows were silently eating away at the bright silver light.

She murmured: "You are wrong, this war that lasted for thousands of years should end..."

Following these words, the moon completely disappeared behind the peaks. At the same moment, a streak of fish-belly white appeared on the eastern horizon, and the warm orange glow shot out and soaked the entire sky until a round of morning sun slowly rose. The huge statue of the goddess is illuminated from east to west, coating its surface with a glow full of vitality.

Saori began to release her own small universe, and the golden divine power surrounding her body was burning vigorously. The goddess statue responded to her small universe with a subtle humming, emitting dazzling light from the inside out, followed by a crisp metal sound With the sound of a collision, the statue of the goddess shed its disguise and returned to the original form of the sacred garment, and then put it on its master.

Saori clenched her left hand and grabbed the handle on the inside of the Aegis shield, and grabbed the handle of the golden dagger with her right hand and swung it with divine power, instantly restoring the killing intent of the golden spear.She then slowly turned the direction of the weapon in her hand, raised the tip of the spear high, released a more powerful small universe, and soon enveloped the entire sanctuary.

Axo walked out of the shadows, knelt down on the ground, clasped his hands in front of his chest in a praying posture, and then his figure rapidly expanded, and soon the huge snake body firmly clung to the empty giant of the goddess statue. The base raised the upper body, and the six golden wings on the back were fully unfolded. The light silver universe silently permeated the air, and even passed through the barrier of the sanctuary and began to spread to a wider range.

Everyone who woke up from the slumber of the night focused their attention on the highest point of the entire sanctuary without exception. Seeing the thirteen golden figures pass through the range of the Zodiac under the guidance of Athena Cosmos, It landed directly on the square in front of the Goddess Temple.

Saori put down the golden spear, turned around, glanced at the faces of all the golden saints arranged in the order of constellations, and finally fell on Odysseus, and then nodded with satisfaction.

The other golden saints had all kinds of thoughts, and couldn't help but look at this golden holy cloth of Ophiuchus, which only existed in legends. In terms of complicated shapes and high coverage, this golden holy cloth obviously ranked first, and It seems a little too complicated, the front and back skirts are so long that they almost cover the leg armor, plus a long snake tail attached behind and six folded metal wings, plus Odysseus tightly held The Feathered Serpent Staff in Si's right hand is equipped with so many fragments, which obviously violates the principle of the Saint Cloth being as simple as possible under the premise of protection. How to fight?

But since Athena nodded and agreed to join the ranks of gold saints, she naturally had her reasons, so no one raised any objections.

Saori took a last look at Shi Ang who was standing behind her with his hands down, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The next moment, everyone clearly heard the calm and firm voice of Goddess Athena reverberating over the sanctuary:

"Compatriots, after 240 years, the jihad of this era has finally begun inevitably. Hades, the king of the underworld, forced mankind to fall into infinite fear again with a plague that spread all over the world. He thought that this would cause enough damage to the sanctuary. Great pressure forces us to succumb to the majesty of death, surrender the earth on which human beings live, and tremble at his feet—but! I, Athena, in the name of the Goddess of War and Wisdom, protect/God/ The /name/righteousness hereby makes an oath to never submit to any evil force that dares to threaten the survival of mankind!"

The people who heard the announcement were first astonished, and then extremely surprised, but no one spoke, and everyone was listening quietly.

"For thousands of years, countless young warriors have sacrificed their lives and souls to fight against the gods who coveted this land, but what happened in this switch? It's just a reincarnation of war every two hundred years! For gods who pride themselves on immortality, the history of blood and tears of human beings betting on their dignity and rebellion is nothing more than a pastime!"

"This kind of tug-of-war has lasted for thousands of years, and human beings have paid uncountable huge sacrifices. In this era, human beings have used their own abilities to prove that they can still develop vigorously without the interference of the protoss. The protoss The reason for interfering with the fate of mankind has long been lost! The so-called 'purification' is nothing but an excuse to deceive oneself and others! This jihad started by selfish desires has reached the point where it must be completely ended!"

"I will go to the underworld with all the golden saints of this era, and fight side by side in the kingdom of death. I can't predict what will happen on that strange battlefield, but at least one thing, I can tell everyone with certainty-this It is the final jihad! God's evil play must come to an end here!"

There was a slight commotion in the crowd, and then it exploded like a spark in a prairie fire, and everyone in the entire sanctuary burst into earth-shattering cheers!

"It's such a terrifying inspiring ability, even my blood is boiling with it." Desmask smiled in a low voice, and the blue-white ghost dragged a long tail around his fingertips, leading to Huangquan Biliang Saka's space cracks slowly opened, and the rotten breath belonging to the kingdom of the dead spread over the surface, "The time has come, let's go on the road."

Saori spread out the metal wings behind her, and the majestic golden divine power enveloped all the people in the square. She finally raised her head and glanced at Shi Ang who was guarding Axo, suddenly smiled softly, and said slowly and word by word Out of the last blessing -

"May the glory of mankind last forever (人人に栄光あれ)."

Shi Ang was taken aback, and everyone in front of him disappeared in the dazzling light.

Axo retracted his wings slightly, lowered his head and comforted him softly: "With father accompanying them, they will be safe and sound."

Shi Ang didn't respond to her, but just silently stared at the completely empty Zodiac at the foot of the mountain. The scene in front of him seemed to overlap with the time when the holy war had just ended more than two hundred years ago.At that time, Tong Hu had already left the sanctuary and went to Lushan Mountain. On the huge ruins, there was only a lonely wandering soul wrapped in a large Pope's robe, at a loss.

Will jihad really end in this era?Or is it just the opening of the next cycle?

At this moment, a bright warm orange color broke into Shi On's sight, and he immediately tensed up, but he was a little surprised at the moment when he saw the person coming: "... Guigui, why did you come here?"

"Huh...huh...sorry, master...I know you can't come here casually..." The noble ghost couldn't continue, leaning on the pillar at the exit of the Pope's Palace, panting heavily, and continued short distances in the Zodiac. Thousands of times of teleportation almost exhausted all his physical strength, and now he can only support himself without falling down. After resting for a few seconds, he finally recovered, and rushed to Shi On's side in a few steps, reaching out to support his arm, "I I feel that your small universe is not stable, so come up and have a look... are you okay?"

Shi On lowered his eyes, but he couldn't help but relax a lot: "...I'm fine."

A town near Wulaofeng Peak on Lushan Mountain.

Xuanwu ran all over the streets and found nothing, so he could only come back dejectedly and report to Chunli: "I'm sorry sister-in-law, I really can't find it, and no one saw where the charterer went."

"Ah? Then what should we do? Do you want to post a cat hunting notice?" Xianglong hugged the old towel in the cat's litter with a worried expression on his face, "The male cat is so old that he lost something to eat Is it?"

Chunli thought for a while, sighed, and rubbed the heads of the two children: "When I was a child, I heard from the teacher that if the old cat foresees that his time is coming, he will find a quiet place to hide and will never die. In front of the master, if you really can’t find it, just let it go.”

At the same time, in the former residence of the Wulaofeng primeval forest, an orange cat with almost gray hair slowly passed the door of each small house, but it had exhausted its energy on the long journey back home, so there was no He opened the door and went in for a stroll as before, but rubbed his nose and cheek against the door frame, and then staggered up to the protruding rock where Tong Hu had been meditating all the year round. A shallow pit had been left on the surface of the rock. , the orange cat lay on the edge to look at the surrounding scenery, got into the pit, lay down on its side and curled up into a ball, shaking its ears, breathing more and more lightly, until it was completely still.

The water flow of Lushan Great Waterfall is still roaring and falling from the sky forever.

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May the glory of mankind last forever (Humanityに栄光あれ)—from "Nieil: Automata"