"Before the results are out, who wins and who loses is still impossible to say." At the top of the Tower of Endymion.
The tower's rooftop was completely unobstructed.
Hermes, the god who presided over numerous domains such as [commerce, travel, theft, deception, eloquence, livestock, sports, competition, and psychopomps], still sat calmly before a stone table.
On the stone table were pastries, black tea, and a chessboard.
Sitting opposite him was the source of Saint Marian Academy's venture into Mount of Gods—Principal Cynthia Saint Arte!
What the two were playing was neither chess, military chess, nor shogi, but merely the entertainment-oriented Magic Chess.
Principal Arte had already accompanied this god, bored out of his mind, in playing Magic Chess for quite some time.
Yet the true battlefield of their contest was not on this chessboard, invisible to the naked eye.
"Then let's wait and see."
Principal Arte was acting in place of 0'-
The battle atop the Tower of Endymion had already begun.
Wearing the Aries Palace Holy Armor, Oli pounced toward the statue like the wind, intending to confront it head-on.
Her warhammer gathered intense holy light, while beneath her feet shone the victory aura bestowed upon her by the Twin Holy Knights.
The statue stood roughly four meters tall. It held a stone-carved Caduceus in one hand and wore winged boots on its feet.
Though it looked cumbersome, this made it incredibly fast.
When the wings at its ankles spread open, it made no sound at all even when using Agility.
But when Oli charged forward with her warhammer, it swung its scepter as well.
The two long-handled weapons collided violently, erupting with a terrifying boom.
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The statue did not budge.
Oli, however, was sent flying backward by that strike!
But her retreat suddenly slowed. She immediately