Toki Hami no Shiro

"Didn't expect a god like you to bully an ordinary dragon like this, let me be your opponent" said Athena sarcastically.

"Oh?, I can't call your servant an ordinary dragon, Athena" said Perseus arrogantly.

Athena holds a death scythe before attacking Perseus.

Seeing Athena's attack, Perseus blocked Athena's scythe with the sword in his hand and counterattacked with a piercing attack.

Athena blocked Perseus' stab with her scythe and summoned snakes made of stone to attack Perseus from both sides.

Seeing the snake's attack, Perseus immediately turned his sword into an arc before shooting the snake's head, but in an instant the snake rose again.

Snakes are a symbol of the mother goddess Earth who represents death and rebirth and also a symbol of immortality, so they will be resurrected immediately after being killed.

While Perseus killed the snake several times, Athena immediately summoned a flock of owls while attacking Perseus at close range using her scythe.

Even though Athena's attributes as the mother goddess of Earth and Medusa were restrained by the steel authority and dragon slayer Perseus, Athena was still able to fight Perseus to a draw.

Unlike in the original work where Athena had lost her authority over Metis and Medusa, today's Athena has had her power restored and is in the form of the Athena trinity.

Seeing the oncoming attack of the owl and Athena, Perseus immediately summoned Pegasus before flying across the sky while drawing his bow and making a rain of arrows hit the upar and owl.

While the two were fighting, Salvatore Tony, who had split the Hera Pillar, appeared not far away.

Sensing the Campione's appearance, they both had to stop and look at each other warily.

"Oh I didn't expect there to be another heretic god, what luck" said Tony while holding his sword in both hands and intending to fight Athena and Perseus together without fear.

When Tony was about to attack, Noah suddenly appeared beside Athena and made Tony stop his attack.

"My friend, long time no see," Tony said to Noah when he saw him appear.

"Who is your friend, by the way, Salvatore why are you making noise in my territory?" Noah asked displeased.

"Hahaha...I accidentally came here and saw a god's relic, so I slashed it" said Tony while scratching his head embarrassed.

"Can you hand over the heretical god to me?" Noah said while pointing at Perseus.

"Sure, but I'll handle this one" Tony said pointing at Athena.

"No, you can't attack her, she's my ally now" said Noah rejecting Tony.

"Allied with a heretic god? You are indeed interesting my friend" said Tony after being surprised.

"It doesn't matter if he's a heretical god" Noah said without caring.

"I didn't expect you to join the Campione, Athena," said Perseus from the side when he heard Noah's words.

"It doesn't matter, he is the knight I chose to take down you steel gods" Athena said calmly.

"So Tony, can you give it?, I will accompany you to fight after I deal with this heretical god" Noah said to Tony, he knew that for Tony it didn't matter who his opponent was as long as he was willing to accompany him to fight.

"Okay, I'll wait for you, don't forget to contact me if you want to fight," said Tony as he walked away.

"Athena, can you hand over Perseus to me?" Noah asked Athena after seeing Tony leave.

"Sure" said Athena.

"So let's get started Perseus, or should I call you Mithra?" Noah said while facing Perseus.

"Oh? Do you know who I am?" Perseus said in surprise when Noah found out his identity as Mithra.

"I am the lord of the underworld and the lord of the dead! Come and make this world an underworld!"

Noah did not answer Perseus and activated the authority of the underworld ruler to drag Athena and Perseus into the underworld.

When Perseus entered the underworld he immediately felt his strength weaken because the underworld contained the air of death and would cause anyone who did not have similar authority to die or decay continuously until finally dying in the underworld.

"Dominus temporis"

"Zayin"

Noah immediately froze Perseus' time which had weakened, this time he was able to freeze the heretical god's time for a longer time because Noah used the underworld to absorb the life force or magic in Perseus when he entered the underworld, apart from that Perseus was also weakened by the power of death that is in the underworld.

So it could be said that the underworld is Noah's Toki hami no shiro (City of Devouring Times) which can be used to reduce the consumption of the power of time.

Noah didn't spend his seven days in the underworld in vain fighting Marquis Voban.

He thought that the power of time that used to be very helpful was now starting to not be able to keep up with the growth of his power because the enemy Noah was facing right now basically had very high magic immunity and would consume a lot of magic power if he used time manipulation to fight him, so when he saw the scene underworld, he remembered that kurumi used other people's time or age to reduce consumption through the City of Devouring Times (Toki Hami no Shiro).

So during those seven days Noah tried to imitate that by absorbing the opponent's magic power or life force to reduce the consumption of time power.

This can also make the opponent weaker while he becomes stronger.

Unless there was an authority related to death, then anyone who entered the underworld would immediately become fuel for the consumption of Noah's magic power.

"Come to me, for victory! Eternal Sun, lend me a swift and shining steed. The fire of the Sun that dispels darkness, may it swallow you!"

Noah summoned the White Stallion which hurtled through the sky like a meteor to hit Perseus who was currently still in a state of frozen time.

Because Perseus was in frozen time, he couldn't use his authority as Mithra to remove the authority that Noah took from Verethragna.

Seeing that Noah in the distance had killed Perseus so easily, Athena was a little surprised that he had become so strong after not seeing each other for a while.

"You have become stronger again," said Athena as she approached Noah.

"Of course, I worked hard to fulfill a promise with a goddess" Noah said with a smile.

"Oho... Campione, this is just the beginning, you still have a long way to go if you want to get this goddess. But since you have tried so hard, there's no harm in this goddess giving you a gift," said Athena before wrapping her arms around Noah's neck before kissing his lips.

Surprised by Athena's actions, Noah was about to hug Athena but Athena separated her lips and stepped back to avoid Noah's embrace.

"Don't overdo it Campione, if you want to get this goddess, then work hard" said Athena with a sneer when she saw Noah feeling pressured.

"Can you open this domain?" Athena said to Noah.

"Of course"

After they returned to Naples, they separated again.

Noah immediately teleported to his lodgings before meeting Pandora to begin the authority transfer ritual.