No Match!

Inside the Temple of Hera, everything fell deathly still.

The golden orb that had burned for thousands of years had vanished completely, as though it had never existed. The stars across the temple's vaulted ceiling lost their source of energy and dimmed, plunging the entire space into gloom.

Link stood quietly at the center of the temple, eyes closed, feeling the new power within him.

Platinum-gold energy flowed through every corner of his body. The strength of his Kryptonian genes and the laws of Olympian Divinity had fused perfectly, without the slightest conflict. He could feel his connection to this world growing closer than ever before.

The magic elements drifting through the air were no longer mysterious symbols to him. They were fundamental particles, as easy to sense and manipulate as air and water.

He could even "see" the energy circuits of every rune carved into the temple walls. He understood how they drew power from the earth and kept the structure standing for ten thousand years.

This was what the union of [Wisdom of Athena] and [Olympian Divinity] had given him: absolute insight into the laws of magic.

Boom!

A thunderous noise behind him interrupted his contemplation.

A gold-and-red figure burst through the doors she had kicked open, her fury boundless.

It was Diana.

She had broken free of the time-stopping effect of the freeze grenade and rushed after him at once, heedless of her injuries.

But when she entered the temple and saw the empty altar and the ceiling stripped of its radiance, she froze as if struck by lightning.

Hera's Blessing... was gone?

The source of the Amazons' power for thousands of years, the foundation of their faith... this man had taken it?

Boundless rage and humiliation swallowed her reason in an instant.

"What... did you do