Chapter 456: The Differences Between Gods of Two Worlds!
Due to the events at Mount Nikko, Erica had been drained of magical power and fell into a deep, drowsy sleep.
When she woke up the next day, she was utterly bewildered to see an additional little girl who appeared even younger than the loli-form Athena by about a year or two.
And this little girl was actually also Athena? An Athena from a parallel world?
As for why she was also in a loli form, it was because her powers had been sealed, causing her body to shrink.
"So, you're saying there's no concept of Heretic Gods in your world, Miss Bright-Eyes?"
To make it clear who was being addressed, this Athena from another parallel world was referred to as Bright-Eyes.
After all, Athena herself was sometimes called the Bright-Eyed Princess.
The duel between this Bright-Eyed Princess and Athena ended with Athena defeating and capturing her in her complete trinity form as an Earth Mother Goddess.
Then, with the help of someone's ability, she was turned into a loli.
When asked about the other parallel world, she didn't stubbornly refuse to talk and spoke without much reservation.
This led to several possibilities: one, that the Bright-Eyed Princess was purely lying.
Another was that what she said wasn't any secret in her world, so revealing it didn't matter.
"No, in our world, when gods descend to the human world, they don't gradually lose themselves and go mad. And if they're killed, they simply return to nothingness, unlike here where they can return to myth and resurrect."Although gods in this world who leave myth and come to the earthly realm gradually become lost and out of control, it still takes a certain amount of time."
Moreover, even if killed, they can return to myth and revive.
This aspect alone is enough to attract gods from her world to come and usurp.
After all, in her world, when gods die, they truly return to nothingness.
And once usurpation is successful, it doesn't mean they're bound to this world and can't return; they can go back and forth between both worlds.
As for why Bright-Eyes didn't hide much about her world, she isn't foolish—she clearly sensed some kind of conspiracy.
Additionally, goddesses in this world, especially Athena as an Earth Mother Goddess, are targeted by Gods of Steel who try to conquer them and turn them into supporters of the God of Steel.
What supporters? In reality, they're essentially slaves, and in a state where they've forgotten their past memories, completely susceptible to manipulation.
In that case, it's a fate worse than death!
So, she doesn't want to become like this world's Athena.
Therefore, it's better to cooperate straightforwardly so that they might let her return.
Well, the likelihood of them easily letting her return is very low.
Bright-Eyes intends to show her goodwill through this disclosure to gain a better understanding of this world.
Currently, all she knows is that the so-called Heretic Gods are immortal, the Earth Mother Goddesses and Gods of Steel are hostile, and she understands the origins of this Athena.
She needs to learn more and, if given the chance, convey this world's intelligence back to her own world so that the Greek gods can take precautions.
Since she could come to this side, it's not impossible for this world to cross over to that side. So with more detailed information, we can better handle sudden invasions from here.
"Then your world also has Campiones, right?"
Erica continued her questioning.
"Campiones? This world has them too, right? Those great sinners who devour the flesh and blood of gods, consume their souls, seize divine power, and obtain Divine Authorities?"
"Devour the flesh and blood of gods?"
Erica raised an eyebrow. This didn't seem like a metaphor but rather a factual statement?
"Yes, humans in our world, due to certain circumstances, consumed the bodies and souls of gods, subsequently usurping part of their Authorities."
"Ate the gods?"
"You could say that."
This surprised Erica.
"Then was it Pandora who caused the emergence of Campiones?"
"Pandora? Never heard of her."
"Eh?"
It wasn't?
So Erica explained the relationship between Campiones and Pandora in this world. The other party then indicated that the Campiones in their world gained the bodies, souls, and even Authorities of gods through some kind of fateful coincidence.
These fateful coincidences mainly involved battles among gods. Some gods, severely injured and near death, would transfer their flesh, blood, and souls to living humans to help them exact revenge on their enemies.
At the very least, they would intentionally leave behind such humans with divine power to cause trouble.
Furthermore, there were currently no Campiones in that world. It had been over a century since the last one appeared.
"Then how has your human world not been destroyed yet?"
"No, some beings don't agree with eliminating humans who pollute the world, so they send many to reincarnate into the human world to interfere with us. We gods cannot directly intervene in the human world at will."
Oh, this was interesting. This bright-eyed princess was clearly on the side of eliminating humanity.
Also, Erica had almost forgotten one point: when gods from the other world came to the human world, they wouldn't wander out of control and run amok, causing chaos in the world.
"So, does your world have Campiones?"
"Yes, there are six."
So Erica deliberately tried to scare the other party.
067 said that in recent centuries, no Campione had ever been killed by a god here. Instead, gods had been continuously slain by Campiones.
Moreover, one of the current Campiones had lived for about three hundred years and was a Satan who took hunting gods as a hobby.
At the same time, she also explained the relationship between Campiones and Pandora in this world.
After all, this was all publicly available information in the magic community. If more gods came from the other world later, they could easily find out.
However, to obtain deeper information, this bright-eyed princess would need to disclose more profound intelligence from their side as well.
In simple terms, the current conversation was actually an exchange of intelligence, seeing who could gain more and come out ahead.
So this was also a diplomatic contest between Erica, a human, and the otherworldly Athena, a god.
As for the master she served, he was currently tinkering with something with Athena, planning some experiment on Asherah, with Lucretia assisting nearby.
Thus, the interrogation work fell to Erica.
Netherworld.
Pandora urgently summoned Annie and Alice again because that woman had gone mad.
At that moment, Pandora faintly sensed a child she had been unable to detect and who had been missing—Asia!