Trapped and Defeated

Kisuke caught the sword but it didn't remove the force behind it. Half of the colosseum was totally destroyed after that swing and the boundary of the space rippled intensely like it is on the verge of being destroyed. Some of the Perseus Clan members are also killed after that attack, 'Ah... Crap. They'll all end up dying if they stay here further.'

Kisuke then hurriedly tossed out a token to where they are and it activated a barrier around them. Instantly after, Kisuke remotely activated Descorrer and opened a pathway to the Dimensional Gap beside them. The opening sucked all of them, removing them from this battle. He noticed that Athena still wasn't able to react so Kisuke strengthened the space temporarily while at it so that it can take the beating of their battle.

Athena is only blankly staring at him as he does all these things. Her mind became chaotic after he caught her sword with ease. That attack is far from the strongest attack she could do, but she also hasn't met anyone that could catch her sword and never thought that there would be one. She thought that even if it's the Great Red, there would be a nick on its scales after that kind of attack, "...What are... you?"

After voicing her question out, Athena recovered a little bit and felt very stupid to just stop in front of such an enemy that could take her life, "Guh!!" She tried to retrieve her sword but his grip is too strong that she can't even move the sword. She promptly discarded the sword to retreat but she saw that his other hand is coming for her. Putting up her shield, Athena planned to bash away his clawed hand, but it spectacularly failed as Kisuke's hand went through the shield breaking it into pieces. Athena is finally scared and tried to retreat further but his hand reached out and grabbed her pretty face.

Kisuke then threw her to the other side of the colosseum with great strength that Athena instantly broke through the sound barrier. But just half-way through the colosseum, Kisuke reappeared on top of her and did a roundhouse kick. Athena crossed her arms and focused on everything she had for defense. The kick hit her and it instantly broke the bones in her arms into pieces. Her armor was dented inwardly and she broke most of her rib bone, some of them puncturing her internal organs. Athena hit the ground and created a large explosion and crater. No one would ever think that a colosseum existed in here as it was reduced to fine rubbles.

Athena cough out blood and felt her head ringing. She wasn't able to think straight and only saw her monster enemy preparing for another attack. Kisuke charged a small Cero and blasted her with it. That Cero just left her on the verge of death.

Kisuke slowly descended and picked up Athena by the neck while she's still coughing out blood and her bloody body just hanging. Raising her up, Kisuke figured that she won't be able to fight any longer and dispelled his Hollowfication. The bone helmet disintegrated into dust and his body returned to normal after a few seconds including the large hole in his chest.

Kisuke heaved a large sigh. He's feeling a little bit weakened because Medusa's ordeal and his Hollowfication took a large chunk off his reserves, 'Currently, my reserves are only as much as Ichigo's so I shouldn't push myself too much before I can improve my capacity.'

"...What are you doing? Why did you stop?" Athena noticed that his aura subsided and looked down from above. He could have killed her instantly but now she has a chance to escape. She secretly propelled her remaining power to activate a Magic that she could use in times like this.

"I'll have more advantages with you alive than dead," Kisuke answered her with a smile.

"Hoh? What do you want?" Athena sneered at him, 'I only need to buy a few seconds and I'm out of here.'

"A just a couple of questions, including what I ask earlier."

"No way I'm answering any of your questions. Just kill me. Though if you do that, the stigma will be branded onto you and other Olympian Gods would easily find you. It's technically declaring war to the whole Greek Pantheon. I know you're strong, but you can't fight an army of gods by just yourself."

"And you think I'll have it better if I just release you?"

"Of course not."

"Then what do you propose we should do?"

"Let me go and return Medusa to me. And if you decided to work for me, I'll forget this ever happened. Naturally, I would have to bind you since I can't have you betraying me." Athena's magic is already ready and she could escape anytime now, but she saw an opportunity to negotiate with him and delayed her escape, 'It'll be a lot easier for me if he can just hand over Medusa and having him beside me will boost my forces. Now that the gods are getting restless due to some unknown feeling, I need to gather as much manpower as I need.'

"The second sound like a really good idea~!" Kisuke replied with a big grin. If those who know him were to see him right now, they would stay clear from him.

Athena was surprised that he readily agreed. The issue with Medusa can be solved later, so she decided to focus on acquiring his cooperation first, "Then..."

However, Kisuke cut her off and took out a black pill, "But it's going to be the other way around~."

Athena shuddered after seeing the pill. Although she doesn't know what it does, being so close to it, she yelps in surprise, "Ophis' power!? Why do you have something like that!?"

Athena then immediately retracted the thoughts of taking him as subordinate and activated her magic to escape. A golden light then enveloped her. The light pushed out which made Kisuke let go of Athena. After he was pushed out, a golden pillar then enclosed Athena while she slowly floated upwards, "I don't know what you just took out, but it looks dangerous. Too bad for you, I have a way to escape."

Kisuke took back the pill and punched the transparent pillar, but it only absorbed the force behind his attack, "It's useless. Even if you transform into your earlier form, you won't be able to destroy this barrier for a short period of time. In just a few seconds, I'll be teleported out of here." Confident of her trump card, she sneered at Kisuke once again, "You should have killed me earlier when you got a chance. The stigma that I'm talking about is just a deception to buy me some time to activate this magic. You could have got away with killing a god if you didn't get too greedy."

"Hmm... Is this powered by your Divinity? Amazing... It really works differently than Mana. Any normal means out there really won't be able to destroy this barrier." Kisuke admired it from afar, 'It's similar to Negación...'

"Hmmph! Praising me won't reduce the amount of headache you'll suffer later. Be prepared to take on the whole Greek Pantheon." Kisuke's air of casualness doesn't give Athena any good feeling. She could only leave such words and speed up the process of her teleportation, albeit, it was already too late.

Kisuke, with a grin, snapped his fingers and some of the dust lit up in red light. A few seconds later, the pillar of golden light disappeared and Athena dropped down back to the large crater, "What!?"

"Hehehe~"

"W-what did you do!?" Athena's confidence came crashing down along with her and the feeling of fear came back with greater effect. The tattered golden dame took a step back, but her body is still a mess with multiple bones broken so she fell down on her butt. Still, she tried to get away from Kisuke.

"Hehehe~. Nothing much~. I took consideration of the possibility that you would escape and prepared a cage for you~." Kisuke slowly walked towards her which induced more fear into Athena.

"P-prepare!? When did you..." Athen then remembered the red lights before her magic was dispelled. She then suddenly recalled one useless thing he did before entering the isolated space, he sent a number of non-lethal bombs inside, "I-it can't be... Those stink bombs!?"

"Bingo~! As expected of the Goddess of Wisdom! You guessed it correctly with just a single try!" Athena is right. Kisuke included some particles that could inhibit Divinity for a short time in the bombs.