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"...The Hera pillar spoke!" Karen stumbled backward, covering her mouth as she stared at the Hera pillar in terror, her voice laced with uncontainable shock.
The Hera pillar, a divine artifact of the Primordial Earth Mother Goddess, had been steadily accumulating earth essence since the moment Athena's Gorgon Stone was unearthed and brought back into the world.
By now, it had amassed a high concentration of essence, equivalent to that of a dozen Heretic Gods.
The summoning of a Heretic God was inevitable. That's why the Bronze Black Cross had quickly invited the Sword King, Doni, to deal with the Hera pillar.
If it weren't absolutely necessary, the Bronze Black Cross wouldn't want to abandon this ancestral, sacred-treasure-level artifact. Elder Kranjcar had been lamenting the potential loss of the organization's most powerful secret weapon!
"Your divine presence has descended. Please forgive our negligence. We are descendants of the witches who served Hecate, and we humbly welcome your arrival."
The moment Diana heard the voice, her pupils constricted. She quickly knelt on one knee, lowering her head as she spoke words of reverence in the ancient language of the 15th-generation witches.
Hecate: An ancient God from Asia Minor, older than Zeus. she is widely worshipped in Europe as the Goddess of Witchcraft, Mistress of Magic, and Goddess of Witches.
"Stand down, my descendants," a cold, moon-like voice, yet laced with an uncanny, demonic quality, emanated from the Hera pillar.
Diana's pupils shrank, and she trembled violently, nearly crushing the communication device in her hand. A different voice from before. Two Primordial Goddesses descending?
"I only wish to see my child." Another female voice echoed, filled with deep compassion.
"Child, come here, come to me, come to your mother. Let me see you." A supremely noble and sublime voice resonated throughout the underground space. As the voice echoed, the Hera pillar erupted in an intense green light.
Seeing this, Diana despaired, collapsing onto the ground. Ignoring the inquiries coming from the communication device, her eyes were vacant as she muttered.
"The pomegranate, the peacock, and the crow are her sacred symbols. She is the protector of women, the savior of expectant mothers. She is the Queen of the Gods. She is known as Hera."
The young, silver-haired goddess, seeing the commotion around the Hera pillar, took a single step forward, traversing the distance of several dozen meters in an instant.
Arriving before the pillar, she gently placed her hand on its surface and said in a firm voice, "Stop, Do you wish to be consumed by madness?"
Hum!
The Hera pillar vibrated intensely, then stilled, its light gradually receding and clinging to its surface.
Diana's spiritual vision abruptly ended. She collapsed, drenched in sweat, as if she had just been pulled from the water.
"Teacher Diana, are you alright?" Karen rushed to her side, helping her up. Both of them stared at the small figure by the pillar with fear.
"Athena...has she descended as well?" Diana's blood ran cold. Including the Primordial Earth Mothers hidden within the Hera pillar, there were now more than ten Earth Mother Goddesses gathered here.
Realizing this, she knew that she and Karen had no chance of survival.
Athena's eyes flickered slightly. She pointed her index finger towards Diana and Karen. A dense, black mist, the very breath of death from the underworld, spread outwards, coalescing into the form of a python and lunging towards them.
Just as the black python was about to coil around them, it abruptly stopped.
Haru stood behind Diana and Karen, his hands resting on their heads.
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"You are...the Strongest Campione." As soon as the words left their mouths, they collapsed, unconscious.
"I've altered their memories slightly. Let's leave it at that and spare their lives," Haru said, dusting off his hands as he walked towards the Hera pillar. Stopping before it, he turned to Athena and spoke softly.
"Yes." Athena nodded calmly, her expression unchanged.
Haru and Athena placed their hands on the Hera pillar simultaneously. The scene froze, their spirits pulled into the pillar.
When color returned to Haru's vision, he found himself in a gray, hazy space. The grayness extended to the horizon. He stood on the surface of a pale, almost white lake.
"The Netherworld? No, this is probably similar to the pocket dimension where Sun Wukong was sealed. A fragment forcibly severed from the true Netherworld."
Haru took a step forward. Instantly, more than a dozen figures appeared before him. Some were alluring, some innocent, some gentle, some proud. Their only commonality was their otherworldly beauty and the faint divine aura they exuded.
But at this moment, they sat with proper posture, being scolded by a small figure before them.
She looked to be around ten or eleven years old, with delicate features, a slender frame, a cute childlike face, and small stature.
Her hair parted to the sides, and she wore a thin white dress. Pandora, the administrator of the Usurpations Ritual, was here.
"I'm telling you, this is reckless! There are already Many Devil Kings on Earth.
At a time when Devil Kings roam freely and Rama, the Last King, is about to awaken, you're forcibly altering mythology? Do you have rocks for brains? Especially you, Athena. Where is your wisdom? Did Zeus take it all?"
"Haru has only been alive for twenty years by human reckoning. How can he have the experience to face the Steel's counterattack? He lacks both knowledge and battle experience. Are you trying to doom our only child?"
Despite her youthful appearance, she scolded the dozen goddesses with a torrent of words and an unmatched aura of authority.
Haru darted behind Pandora, wrapping his arms around her small body, his hands wandering playfully. "Long time no see, Pandora. Did you miss me?"
"Yes, I missed you every second," Pandora replied sweetly, turning around gracefully and wrapping her slender arms around Haru's neck.
"Wait, this isn't the time for this! Haru, quickly have these fools infuse you with their power!" Pandora lightly swatted away his hands and said urgently.
"What's wrong? What's so important?" Haru asked, tightening his grip around Pandora's waist and resting his chin on her head.
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