"You!"
Danas's dismissive laughter stung Artemis's pride.
She knew he was looking down on her.
He was not looking down on her strength. Rather, he simply felt that someone like Artemis was not worth explaining things to in such detail.
Artemis instinctively realized that, in Danas's eyes, she had essentially lost her value.
After Artemis had been more or less defeated by him, this man had decided she was useless.
This newly born Demon Man had merely used Artemis to test his own power and current strength.
Now that the test was complete, Artemis naturally had no further value to him.
"You rely on heretical tricks!"
Artemis rallied herself, rose to her feet, and with a sharp snap, spread twelve wings behind her.
They were wings identical in appearance to Lilith's.
The only difference was that Lilith's wings were pure black, while Artemis's were pure white.
The Goddess of Justice spread her twelve White Wings, beat them once, stirred up a gale, and shot into the sky with a howl.
"Judgment."
With that declaration, crosses made entirely of silvery-white light abruptly formed around Artemis.
"Oh?"
Only then did Danas seem to take some interest. Holding the black Magic Book in his right hand, he looked with amusement at the crosses continuously forming, arranging themselves, and rotating around Artemis.
"So this is the Judgment Authority unique to the Goddess said to govern justice and order?"
As the guardian of justice and order, Artemis possessed the authority to judge and execute all evil in the world.
Its effects were varied and could manifest differently depending on the situation.
For example, in situations requiring fairness and impartiality, this authority would strengthen the rules, preventing everyone involved in the confrontation from lying, cheating, or resisting with violence.
Likewise, in situations requiring an execution, this