When I entered Pandemonium and found Athena.
Athena was in a worse state than Baal.
Athena didn't respond to my call, staring blankly into space.
The strange thing was, this was proof that I had won. In other words, Athena was because of my soul's power.
I wasn't sure how I should feel as the owner, seeing the opponent who entered my inner world end up after just a few minutes.
'But it doesn't seem completely broken yet.'
Athena was still standing upright, and although her eyes were unfocused, she seemed to be looking somewhere.
If it got any worse than this, she wouldn't even be able to stand properly inside. Because she wouldn't even know if she was standing or not.
I called out in a slightly louder voice, but there was no response.
Athena continued to stare at one spot for a long time as if she wasn't even aware of my presence.
And then, very slowly, her mouth opened, and she spoke.
What kind of goddess calls for their mother? [T/N: We need to step for God Rights! Human Rights aren’t the concern anymore….]
And if you're looking for your mother, the mythology will get very strange.
"Hey, that's enough. Let's go."
I shook Athena and lightly flicked her cheek, but there was still no response.
This might be a bigger deal than I thought.
Here I was, troubled by the possibility of damaging a god's mind. It was the epitome of human hypocrisy.
"You can't see anything, can you?"
I realized that Athena couldn't see or hear anything right now.
So, there was no helping it.
I hadn't planned on experimenting with something . Not unless it came to this.
But since it had come to this, it wasn't my fault.
"Well, technically, it's your fault, isn't it?"
With that perfectly reasonable justification prepared,
I took out the "Static" inscription, which had been lying dormant in my workshop.
"Light, like the sun that cannot be faced directly, like the exploding starlight."
Light Magic 1st Formula
Incantation 1 sentence
'Light, like the sun that cannot be faced directly, like the exploding starlight.'
The wisp, embedded with both the incantation and the activation word.
Of course, its purpose was the complete opposite of what I had used in the gymnasium.
A single flame ignited between Athena and me.
Controlling it had been a pain last time, but this time, there was no such burden.
Because I had no intention of controlling it.
And soon, the wisp began to activate.
Starting with the first flame that was born, countless flames bloomed in that same spot, repeating endlessly.
The flames, igniting in that exact spot without a millimeter of error, exploded, disappeared, and burned again, supporting each other.
And I held it right in front of Athena's eyes.
In fact, an ordinary person would be in danger of going blind, let alone getting burned.
But Athena was a god, and she had no intention of waking up.
The flames shifted from red to blue, then to white.
And then, to a bluish-white.
An absurd intensity of light was thrust upon Athena.
"Come on, wake up, Athena."
Of course, since Athena was in the process of being consumed by the fake, this might not work either.
But if even a shred of the "real" Athena remained…
She couldn't possibly ignore this much light.
I tilted my head, thinking I had heard Athena make a sound.
Immediately after, Athena cried out.
“My eyyyyyyyyyyyyyyesssssss!!!!!”