I saw Apollo and Artemis in the crowd. I asked them what happened and who won and Apollo replied " The dungeon was a bit hard but the most annoying part is that the dungeon had an even number of enemies so me and my sister both killed 30 monsters. "
" The bow we got had the penetration and bleed ability which could penetrate shields and cause a bleeding effect. It also had another attribute where the speed of the user increases by 1 per cent depending on the number of kills the user gets. This speed stacking ability only lasts for 10 minutes. This bow was not suitable for my fighting style so I gave it to my sister. "
" Then when we got out of the dungeon we were ambushed by Ares. He has ascended Berserk magic which allows him to get stronger the more blood he sees. He defeated us both alone and now we lost our participation rights. But at least we got a good bow out of it".
After I did some investigation about Ares I learned that he is a high-ranking god of war and he got that title by killing 1000 advanced-rank mages all by himself.
I got a good night's rest and got ready for my duel the next day. My opponent was chosen to be Athena the high-ranking goddess of wisdom and war. We were given 1 hour of grace time before the match started. Since Athena is the goddess of wisdom I am sure she will try to investigate me and my magic.
I asked Apollo how can you become a god/goddess of 2 different elements like wisdom and war. Apollo replied " After you get to Ascended rank you will be able to choose a sub-element which would be compatible with your magic. It is exactly choosing but you will gain sub-magic based on your behaviour. "
"For example, if Athena only focused on studying she would have gained Ascended rank scholar magic when she reaches the Ascended rank. But she used her wisdom magic and learnt about war strategies and used her strategies to defeat countless enemies so she was given the title of goddess of wisdom and war".
After one hour the battle finally started. Athena walked in with a spear and a shield at her back. I walked in empty-handed and Athena said " You underestimate me too much, I guess I overestimated you ". I ignored her and Alfred gave the signal and the duel started.
Athena opened her grimoire and built a huge castle and was standing on top. She said " Watch and learn human " and summoned 8 shieldsmen, 4 knights with spears on a horse, 2 bishops who can use healing magic and a Guardian king who protects the castle.
Athena started throwing a spear at me which if I didn't dodge would probably have killed me if I didn't copy the physique of all the Cyclopses. I said " Let me show you the difference between our power " and used the Gloves of hell and fired a laser filled with negative status effects and hell flame elements.
The laser burnt through the shields of the shieldmen and also destroyed 4 of them in an instant. The beam then killed one of the bishops and 1 of the knights who were in the way and blew away the right side of the castle.
Athena knew that if she didn't change her strategy soon she will perish. So Athena ordered her 3 remaining knights to surround me hoping that if I were to fire it again one of the knights that survived can kill me while I am firing the laser. She didn't tell any of her armies to attack first she just spread them around the arena and kept firing her spears.
It seems she has a backpack which produces an unlimited amount of spears when injected with mana. She also adds her mana to the spears and keeps on throwing it at me thinking I will not have any time to think of a counterplan. I got bored of dodging so I took out the staff of Merlin.