Thus, she was desperately squeezing out her Divine Power to sustain the wall of darkness, refusing to let the opponent's Golden Sword pierce through it.
This sword definitely possessed a trait like Veleslan's: the more it understood her myth, the more powerful it became.
If she were struck, all the Divine Power in her body would likely be severed, and she would be sent back to the myth. She did not want to return to that cage.
Crack—crackcrack!
Cracks appeared across the hemispherical wall of darkness, but at the same time, the opponent's barrage weakened.
Correction: more precisely, the number of shots had plummeted, but their power had not diminished. Instead, it had increased somewhat.
But that did not mean the opponent's attack had grown stronger. It more likely indicated that he was also close to exhausting his strength, concentrating what remained into a few shots.
Then it suddenly stopped. Had his power nearly run dry?
Athena could also sense that her two identities, which had been restrained by his mythological stage, were no longer being bound.
So victory was—
Hm? Why had this Barrier Space suddenly become so unbelievably bright? A radiant sphere of light appeared in the sky?
At the same time, the wall of darkness was rapidly evaporating like dry ice.
Athena's expression, which had just begun to brighten with joy, instantly turned grim.
"You have that Authority too? I will not lose!!!"
As she immediately withdrew her two identities, she also released all her power, refilling and solidifying the rapidly vanishing wall of darkness.
She had to withstand his solar attack!
Boom—!
It was as though the sun itself had fallen upon her. For a moment, Athena felt as if her body were about to be crushed.
At the same time, terrifying light was driving back