Bayonetta's memories were closely connected to Salomon's time travel. Dreams over several nights revealed part of the truth to her. Truth was knowledge, and knowledge was power.
Before this, Bayonetta had known nothing about her relationship with Madame Butterfly, nor had she known that Madame Butterfly safeguarded a powerful treasure passed down by the Shadow Witch. The legendary treasure was the weapon of the first Shadow Witch and could summon a planet into the world. The earliest Shadow Witch texts described it as capable of destroying a nation and turning forests into scorched desert wastelands, with nothing else remaining.
There was no description of the treasure's appearance, no incantation for its use, only scattered words displaying the greatness and violence of the gods. Yet after those dreams, Bayonetta knew everything about it. She understood the treasure as well as she understood the guns in her hands.
"Venus, answer my call."
She stroked the cold metal and set the starlight-forged spear upon the bow, aiming at the approaching Goddess of Death as though she had performed the motion hundreds or thousands of times. The witch released her fingers, and the light around the bow vanished.
No one in this world could outrun light, not even Asgardians, but Hela's vast battlefield experience allowed her to judge the line of fire. The Goddess of Death did not know whether she could block this arrow, so before Bayonetta released the string, she decided to use all her magic against the Shadow Witch's treasure.
The clash on the battlefield was too dazzling, forcing Thor to raise an arm against the light.
A mountain made of countless black swords burst upward from beneath the ice. The deafening crash of the ice breaking apart was even harsher than the summoned thunder. Hela's magic had not ended. A