"Are you going to face us alone, mortal?" Athena asked disdainfully, stepping forward, her spear glowing with divine light. "This is suicide."
Ethan, for his part, showed no signs of fear. With a swift motion, he summoned his undead minions, the valkyries, and Heimdall's revenant. The bodies of the resurrected valkyries materialized around him, ready for battle, while Heimdall, gigantic and imposing, surrounded by a dark aura, stood by his side, his eyes glowing with a hollow fury.
Ethan smirked slightly, his dark gaze fixed on the goddess.
"I'm not alone," he calmly replied.
The resurrected valkyries, though not yet under Maia's direct control, moved with lethal precision under Ethan's command, their swords and spears ready to defend their new master. Heimdall, now a powerful revenant, needed no instructions; his sole mission was to obey Ethan's orders.
"Athena, I'll make you pay for making my wife suffer," Ethan said.
