Birth of the eighth Campione

Ding...ding...bang...

After fighting for a long time, Apollo and Edelweiss were both injured and there were many bruises on Edelweiss' skin.

The reason Edelweiss was able to fight evenly with Apollo for a long time was apart from Apollo's lack of proficiency in close combat, the biggest reason was that Apollo still maintained a wary attitude towards Noah who was watching the fight from the side and resulted in Apollo's attention being diverted.

....Swosh... swosh...swosh...

After retreating from Edelweiss, Apollo without hesitation drew the silver bow in his hand, as the silver bow formed a half-moon arc, three golden arrows made of fire appeared on the bow's bow before shooting out to attack Edelweiss from three directions.

Facing the incoming arrows, Edelweiss immediately dodged the first arrow and deflected the other two arrows.

Apollo continued to draw the bow and an arrow shot towards Edelweiss, the moment the arrow left the bow it split into dozens of arrows that attacked Edelweiss like rain.

Ding...Ding...splash...

Edelweiss continued to fend off the arrows while approaching Apollo, not all of the arrows were blocked and some of the arrows managed to injure Edelweiss. Luckily it wasn't a serious injury, just a light cut and burns on the skin that couldn't make Edelweiss stop her movements.

While Edelweiss approached, Apollo continued to shoot arrows while moving away from Edelweiss. The two of them attacked and retreated for a long time, Edelweiss felt her wound getting worse from being hit by Apollo's arrow. So she decided to make the final attack by concentrating all her magic power on the next attack like how Kurogane Ikki used Ittou Rasetsu.

With Edelweiss' extraordinary talent, it is not impossible to perform skills similar to Kurogane Ikki's, even though they are not exactly the same, the basic principles are not much different.

....swossshhhh...

Edelweiss, who was previously tens of meters away from Apollo, suddenly moved across that distance in an instant and arrived one meter in front of Apollo before taking out a long spear with a silver and gold sharp tip on the neck of the spear with a black handle.

This spear is the sacred spear of Longinus that Noah prepared for Edelweiss so that he could kill Apollo for sure.

The current owner of the holy spear Longinus was Erica, so it was easy for Noah to borrow it.

Edelweiss previously put the holy spear Longinus in the storage space prepared by Noah for a surprise attack. If Apollo had seen Longinus' holy spear before, he would definitely have been more careful and it would have been difficult for Edelweiss to kill him even with Noah's presence around to distract Apollo.

....Splash....

Apollo was still shocked by Edelweiss's sudden increase in speed and before he could react, he felt pain in his heart.

Looking down, Apollo saw that Longinus' sacred spear had pierced his heart and immediately recognized the spear.

"So that's how it is, you had hidden the holy spear Longinus beforehand to make a surprise attack"

Apollo said.

"Human, then accept the power of this god and continue to win until we meet again" said Apollo before disappearing into points of light.

Edelweiss immediately knelt on the ground panting while holding the holy spear Longinus to support her body, Edelweiss' body had currently been pierced by many arrows when it rushed towards Apollo before killing Apollo, but fortunately Edelweiss avoided a fatal attack on the heart and head so arrows only pierced Edelweiss' stomach and left shoulder.

Noah comes to Edelweiss who has fainted because currently Edelweiss has started Pandora's dark Christmas ritual. Like how Noah faints every time he kills a god because his consciousness has gone to the realm of life and eternity.

When Edelweiss opened her eyes, she saw Pandora who had the appearance of a young girl with purple hair tied in twin ties and wearing a white dress looking at her.

"Welcome my daughter, I am Pandora, the witch who bestows blessings and disasters, the mother of all Campione. Now you are one of the Campione, congratulations on successfully killing a god" said Pandora cheerfully.

"I know" said Edelweiss calmly.

Edelweiss' personality still remains cold and calm when she meets strangers, only around Noah and others will she show her gentleness.

"Mooo... don't act like a stranger, I'm your mother," said Pandora, dissatisfied with Edelweiss's attitude, even though it was just Pandora's usual childish behavior.

"Can we start the ritual?" Edelweiss said calmly.

"Okay, okay... really, why does every child always have a naughty attitude towards their mother" Pandora complained as she began the dark Christmas ritual.

"O great god, bestow blessings and curses on my daughter, the god-killing Campione," said Pandora to Apollo who was silent and waiting for the ritual to begin.

Every heretic god killed by a Campione, they would retain their consciousness during the ritual before returning to mythology.

The authority that Edelweiss got from Apollo was the power of the sun, this authority allows Edelweiss to carry out attacks using the scorching fire of the sun and can also be used for healing.

Apart from having hot properties, the sun also emits warm light. In mythology the sun is also thought to give life to living creatures. In Egyptian mythology, Ra, the sun god, is considered the creator of the universe, controlling the solar cycle and giving life to all creatures.

So even though Edelweiss's Power of Sun was obtained from Apollo, this does not prevent the general nature of solar power.

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Two days after the battle at Segesta, news of the birth of the eighth Campione quickly spread and soon shocked the entire wizarding world.

On the day of Edelweiss' fight with Apollo many people from the Italian and English magic associations were present. Previously they thought that it was Noah Vermilion, the seventh Campione who intended to kill the summoned heretical god, but no one thought that the purpose of summoning the heretical god was to give birth to the eighth Campione.

Additionally, from information it was known that the eighth Campione was one of the women who followed the seventh Campione and one of his lovers. This immediately increased Noah's reputation in the wizarding world and many people talked about it.

While the Italian and Japanese magic associations felt grateful for the previous decision to give up on Noah, many other organizations felt envious and jealous of the Italian and Japanese magic associations for having two Campiones protecting them. Every magic association that had bad relations with the previous Italian and Japanese magic associations immediately came to them to ease their previous relations and avoid conflict with them.

Of course the Italian and Japanese magic associations did not hesitate to gain this free advantage. Regarding this, Noah just remained silent without paying attention to their actions, after all they were, the stronger and richer they were, the easier it would be for Noah to have things they needed to do.