"Only half? When I fought him, I didn't think he was all that strong. Heracles's Noble Phantasm was much more troublesome."
Higashino Kanade recalled the Divine Beast's Hide. Even Truth-Seeking Orbs couldn't pierce that lion skin, forcing him to contend with Zeus using taijutsu alone. After all, what he excelled at most was ninjutsu and senjutsu.
"Wait, I have a question."
Roman's voice came through the projection, which then shifted to show him.
"Doctor Roman, you're still not resting this late?" Mash asked in surprise.
"Hahaha, I couldn't sleep tonight, so I decided to take a walk around the corridors. When I passed the control room, I heard your conversation."
Roman scratched his cherry-pink hair, then noticed Higashino Kanade staring at him with a rather terrifying look, as if saying, Why aren't you slacking off properly? What are you doing here?
"Wait, I really was just passing by! I'll leave after asking one question. Just one question."
Roman hurriedly pleaded for mercy before turning to Artemis.
"Moon Goddess, I know gods can descend into the present world by possessing mortals, but even then, the power they can wield is limited. Yet during Higashino Kanade's battle against God Zeus that day, the Magic Power Zeus unleashed was already fifty times that of a first-rate Servant, far beyond what an ordinary Spirit Core could endure. Even Karna, Chaldea's strongest Servant, could only unleash half the Magic Power Zeus displayed that day when fully releasing his Noble Phantasm."
"Could God Zeus really have only been using fifty percent of his power? There was something wrong with his Spirit Core too, wasn't there?"
"...That's true. That era was already the end of the Age of Gods, and the power we gods could wield was restricted by Mystery. It really is suspicious that Father could