To Shane's surprise, Eris actually withdrew her hand.
But he quickly realized why.
Teacher Prince had brought him here. If Diana knew Zeus merely wanted him to hand over the Golden Apple and the Divine Essence of the Goddess of Discord, she could not possibly have personally delivered him into the tiger's jaws.
Once he understood the key point, Shane's gaze at Eris and Zeus became somewhat helpless.
"Could you at least explain my current condition?"
Shane raised a hand and pressed it against his chest. Only now did he clearly realize that he no longer had the heartbeat or blood flow of a normal person.
The mighty strength of his physical body was gone, and his entire body felt weightless, as if a gust of wind could blow him away at any moment.
Seeing that Shane had not been frightened by her earlier move, Eris clicked her tongue in disappointment and retreated behind Zeus again.
Naturally, Zeus could not be bothered to waste so many words on Shane, so the task of explaining fell to Diana in the end.
Diana was brief and to the point.
"You're already dead."
"Does it have to be that simple, Teacher?"
"Under a series of coincidences, you have effectively become a Demigod of the Olympian Pantheon. And for any Olympian God, whether they are truly dead requires Zeus's approval."
"Oh."
Shane pinched his chin with his right hand.
"But how could I have died? That makes no sense. How could the Amazo Virus produce something capable of killing me instantly?"
There was something else Shane held back.
Even if the Amazo Virus had somehow discovered the formula for the Scourge Virus—the only thing that could possibly kill him—it should not have taken effect this quickly.
Even an ordinary Viltrumite would go through a