Chapter 728: I'm not after her authorities, I'm after the goddess herself...
Rei Ao appeared high above the edge of the battlefield.
Arms crossed, his rainbow-colored eyes watched the clash below with calm detachment.
" Tsk, things are getting pretty lively down there."
Muttering to himself, he typed a message into the chatroom:
Rei Ao: "Going live—come watch Voban and Athena fight."
At the same time, he hit the stream-start button.
[Ding! Rei Ao has started a livestream!]
The chat instantly exploded.
Yotsuya Miko: "Whoa, this is a fight between a god and a Campione? So cool!!!" Followed by a string of shocked emojis.
Sakurajima Mai: "The visuals are intense. That woman's Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, right? She looks different from last time."
Rei Ao: "That's her at full power."
Frieren: "This power level is higher than the Demon King's. Makes the Demon King look weak now."
Marcille: "What crushing pressure… Just watching the stream is making me go limp…"
Tohru: "Pfft, their fighting style is wild—I love it."
(The dragon's battle-maniac side was laid bare.)
Erica: "Marquis Voban—he's one of the oldest and most dangerous god-slayers."
Couronne: "Slaying gods… Can humans really do that?"
Bibi Dong: "Maybe not in your world, but it's doable in mine—and in Erica's."
Yomogawa Ayame: "Uh, with fighting on this scale, won't they level the city?"
Erica: "That's why Athena shifted the battlefield over the sea."
Kasuga Hijiri: "So who's winning?"
Saeko Busujima: "Voban's attacks are more brute-force; Athena's authorities are rule-based but she seems to lack stamina."
Saeko coolly dissected the battle.
Miyuki Shiba: "I guess that's the natural check between a Campione and a Heretic God."
Rei Ao watched the chat scroll by, a faint smile on his lips. He said nothing, simply observing the spectacle below like a theatergoer savoring a show.
…
The fight dragged on for nearly half an hour.
Steam had boiled the sea away, exposing black reef rock on the seabed.
Cracks ran across Athena's white armor; her breathing had grown ragged, and the glow in her three pairs of eyes was fading.
But Marquis Voban wasn't in much better shape. His overcoat was in tatters, his face lined with fatigue—though the madness in his eyes only burned brighter.
"Athena, your power is fading. Give up!"
He roared, gathering strength for the next strike.
In that instant, he felt a terrifying presence lock onto him—vast, regal, irresistible, like the source of the cosmos itself. Even the oldest Campione felt his soul tremble.
He jerked his head upward.
At last he saw Rei Ao floating overhead.
"Who are you?"
Voban frowned, wary of this sudden young intruder. The danger rolling off Rei Ao was unmistakable—and unmistakably that of a Campione. Worse, the aura was stronger than any he had ever faced.
"Interesting kid. You're a Campione too?"
Voban licked his lips, excitement and hostility flashing in his eyes.
"Why are you here? Planning to steal Athena's authority too?"
Rei Ao didn't answer. He drifted down beside Athena, not sparing Voban a glance. Casually, he slipped an arm around Athena's slender waist.
"Wrong. I'm not after her authorities—"
He smirked. "—I'm after the goddess herself."
Athena stiffened. Her golden eyes widened in disbelief.
Voban froze as well—then burst into boisterous laughter.
"Haha! A Campione protecting a Heretic God? Falling in love with her? That's the funniest thing I've ever heard!"
At last Rei Ao looked at him. In those rainbow irises there was no emotion at all—Voban felt like a corpse being appraised.
"Love her?"
Rei Ao's voice was soft, yet it carried perfectly.
"Call it what you like, but from this moment on, she's mine."
The statement left Voban stunned—and the distant spectators equally speechless.
Sakurajima Mai: "That's Rei Ao for you—moves fast."
Enju Aihara: "W-waah, Rei Ao-nii, I love you too! Make me your girl!"
Akame: "…Enju, wipe your nose."
Julis: "The group owner's behavioral patterns exceed my comprehension."
Kaguya Shinomiya: "Utterly… utterly shameless!"
Beside her, Ai Hayasaka silently offered a glass of water. "Please calm down, milady."
Athena finally found her voice. "You—"
Voban's laughter died; his eyes twisted with malice.
"I don't care who you are or what you want—stand in my way and die! Athena is my prey. Her power is mine!"
A black mist erupted around him, ballooning into a colossal wolf shadow that blotted out the sky. Voban fused with it, becoming the Ragnarok Wolf—Fenrir—whose skull alone spanned sixty meters, devouring all in its path.
"Behold the power of a Campione!"
The Fenrir lunged, fanged maw ready to swallow Rei Ao and Athena whole.
Athena's face went pale—she knew she couldn't stop this strike.
Rei Ao, however, remained perfectly calm. He did not even blink.
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