【Before Battles】
Glauox dashed downward; when his claws almost reached the ring, he sensed a threatening shockwave coming at him——It was from an Earth elemental sphere Athena launched at him. Glauox, too late to dodge, was blasted away.
Glauox: Argh——!
Summoner: Glauox!
Athena: That’s your punishment for sneaking behind my back! It’s your turn now, Summoner.
Glauox: No... I ain’t done yet...Summoner...The ring…
Looking at Glauox, Summoner glimpsed a tiny silver sparkle in the air. Turned out Glauox had retrieved the ring and thrown it to Summoner before he had taken the hit. Summoner raised his hand to catch the ring.
Feeling the coolness of metal, Summoner heard a voice talking in his head——
???: “The ring conceals the love of the goddess…”
The ring transformed into a silver arrow in Summoner’s palm miraculously, radiating a soothing aurora.
???: “Let the lost love return to the goddess’s heart and cleanse the corrupting hatred.”
Summoner: “I get it. Although I don’t know who you are, thank you anyway.”
Reveal yourself, heroic spirit. Shoot the bullseye for me!
【After Battles】
Called out by Summoner, a heroic spirit appeared in a blinding light. Loading the silver arrow on her giant golden bow, she aimed at Athena’s chest with a confident smile.
Whoosh! The silver arrow hit the target precisely, but it didn’t hurt Athena. Instead, it was being absorbed and fused into her body. At this moment, she flashed back to the good old days.
Athena: “This was the moment when I met Atlantis...We used to be so good together...And something else is coming in...That’s father...He was blessing the spear——”
Zeus: I now order in the name of god, the evergreen straw. Please bless my daughter. She is a part of me. She is my mind. I will be in eternal torment if I lose her.
Athena: “This is the memory of the memory of my spear. It’s telling me that my father truly loves me…”
The vines wrapping Athena up wither in a blink of an eye, vanishing in the form of dust.
Athena, freed from the mad hatred, collapsed on the floor powerlessly. The moment she was weeping in agony, she was no longer the untouchable goddess but merely a girl suffering for love.
Athena: ...Why did everything go wrong?
Summoner: Athena, you——
Glauox: Summoner! Something’s strange about Atlantis!
Summoner: What? He’s glowing in green!
Athena: “Green...I might be able to save him!”
Athena lifted Atlantis up; an emerald light glowed from his chest. The light source was actually an amulet made by olive tree branch from Athena.
Athena: “Once I fuse my godly power into the amulet, he’ll come back to life!”
Athena started illuminating in green as she circulated her power. When the light reached a certain brightness, she put her finger onto the amulet. The green light was transfused into Atlantis through the amulet——