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"Buzzzzz—!"
Extremely dense darkness continued to surge through the temple, like a pitch-black ocean churning as it continuously gathered toward a black arrow.
However, Athena's eyes gradually grew solemn as she drew her bow and nocked the arrow.
"Whoosh—!"
Amid a violent howl, scarlet wind pressure, almost tangible in substance, swelled from the cylindrical sword and whirled ceaselessly like a cyclone.
Gripping the cylindrical sword tightly, Noah held it upside down before him as though he intended to drive the rapidly spinning blade into the ground, its tip pointed at the floor. He met Athena's gaze, the corners of his lips slowly curving into a rather cold smile.
"Do you want to defeat me, Goddess?"
Noah's voice rang out with perfect clarity from within the violent scarlet wind pressure.
"Then come and try! Let me see whether Athena, the Trinity Goddess Queen, can truly break through the power of this sword!"
As he spoke, Noah converted every last bit of energy in his inner energy source into magical power, causing his vast magical power to boil as it surged madly into the Treasure Tool known as Ea.
With the infusion of that enormous magical power, the three cylindrical rotating blades on Ea spun faster and faster until, in the end, they emitted an incredibly shrill, ear-piercing sound.
Amid that piercing shriek, the violent scarlet wind pressure around the wildly spinning Ea intensified, transforming into a tornado that