Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

Section 352

This is the downside of being too indifferent.

For the King of Swords, the number of forces under his command and their names are completely irrelevant to him.

He might not even remember when he accepted their allegiance if you asked him to recall.

Therefore, he is almost never present when other kings invade his territory, cause destruction, or arbitrarily capture people from the forces under him.

He is still absent when disobedient gods ravage his territory.

In short, the King of Swords has a truly mixed reputation within this coalition.

"But the new king might not necessarily be stronger than the King of Swords."

"The new king could very well be like Marquis Voban or Luo Hao."

Old Granichal's mouth twisted, making the atmosphere heavy again.

However, this time the heavy atmosphere didn't last long; Diana shook her head directly.

"Let me remind you of something in advance: the new king is already on his way."

"He is giving you a notice, not a request."

"We don't have the power to refuse a king and still bear the king's wrath."

Diana bluntly exposed the stark reality to Old Granichal.

That's right.

What's the use of thinking about it for so long and whining here?

It's as if you have the power to choose.

Be realistic; to put it bluntly, you are just pigs on a chopping board. Whether you are eaten or resold is up to them, and it has nothing to do with you.

"I know."

Old Granichal didn't show any displeasure on his face.

He knew this kind of thing better than anyone else.

"How long does Lily say it will take?"

"About five minutes, I think."

Diana blinked, uncertain.

Italy is certainly not a large country, but the distance between Rome and Milan is not that short either.

She remembered very clearly that Liliana had told her that she was in Milan just now.

Five minutes to get here...

"Don't overthink it; the power of gods cannot be explained by magic."

Old Granichal stood up and straightened his suit pants, which were a bit wrinkled from sitting for a long time.

"Let's go out and greet him quickly."

"Oh, there's no need for that."

"However, I thought giving you five minutes to discuss would be enough, but now it seems it wasn't."

A male voice suddenly rang out, and at the center of the room, a black vortex began to spin and quickly expanded to the size of two people.

Emerging from the black vortex first was Liliana, wearing a blue waistcoat, looking heroic, and expressionless.

Their gazes lingered on Liliana for a moment. Seeing that she had no obvious external injuries, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, their eyes were fixed on the two people who came out later.

"Thump, thump..."

The crisp sound of knees hitting the ground. The moment Sincerity Haramura and Edelweiss stepped out of the space teleportation gate, Old Granichal and Diana knelt on the ground.

"Welcome your arrival, King."

The familiar movements and synchronized voices were as if they had been rehearsed many times.

That's exactly how it was.

They were already used to kneeling to a king.

Their knees were like mochi, soft and useless.

"Well, that title is not bad."

A noble aura naturally emanated from him. Sincerity Haramura casually walked to the chair Old Granichal had been sitting on and sat down directly.

Edelweiss came to Sincerity Haramura's side and stood still without saying a word.

"Grandpa, please take out the divine artifact first."

Liliana came to her grandfather's side and spoke first.

Liliana has found her position quite accurately now. She has entered work mode and begun to regard herself as Sincerity Haramura's subordinate.

"Ah, good, good."

Old Granichal was stunned for a moment, and while a happy smile appeared on his face, he quickly reached into his pocket, took out the ancient jade tablet, respectfully placed it in his palm, and offered it to Sincerity Haramura.

In fact, what was he most worried about until just now?

He was worried that his granddaughter had suffered some unpleasant treatment.

But now it seems that this is obviously not the case.

Not only was his granddaughter not in danger or being oppressed, but she had even naturally joined the other party's camp, hadn't she?

Moreover, his granddaughter didn't look even the slightest bit unwilling.

This was the best situation. It could be said that most of the worries in his heart had disappeared.

Edelweiss reached out and took the jade tablet and placed it in Sincerity Haramura's hand.

A familiar scent instantly rushed to his face.

"It really is her; this is really interesting this time."

Sincerity Haramura held the jade tablet in his hand, gently stroking it, and the corners of his mouth naturally raised.

Actually, it is called a jade tablet, but the material is obsidian.

The surface is painted with childish and clumsy human faces, and dozens of snake patterns are engraved. Those snakes are just like the hair of the characters in the painting, lifelike.

The stone itself is quite worn, but from the time it was made, it is indeed quite old.

These guys can't figure out what this is, but that can't stop him.

—『Gorgon Stone』

Based on the concept of the monster Medusa defeated by the hero Perseus, it symbolizes the past divine artifact of 『Queen of the Underworld』 Athena.

That's what he thought.

How could so many earth mother godheads emerge, and they are still incomplete?

If this thing doesn't belong to Athena, no one can believe it.

"Cough, cough!"

Sincerity Haramura cleared his throat, and a faint golden magic power lingered on his fingertips, which he directly tapped on the ancient jade pendant.

Then, he put the jade pendant to his ear.

"Hello, hello, can you hear me clearly?"

...

At the same time, in Naples, a very famous city in Italy, the disobedient goddess of darkness appeared.

On a very common square spire, a girl quietly appeared.

Silver hair, black eyes, a cream-colored wool shirt, black knee-high socks, brown round-toe leather shoes, and a cat-ear knitted hat that looks like she's trying to be cute.

You can't understand what this goddess of wisdom is thinking. Compared to her goddess-like appearance just now, she looks like an elementary school student who hasn't grown up yet.

Even middle school students don't wear this kind of hat, okay?

"My family, bring back to me the things that I have buried deep here."

Divine power surged from the goddess's body, and countless rustling sounds rang out in this beautiful land.

In the corners of houses.

In the depths of the grass.

In the manhole covers of sewers...

In every place in this area, accompanied by the rustling sound, the first pitch-black snake came out.

One, two, three...

From all kinds of corners, black snakes that were difficult to count gathered here at Athena.

Honestly, it's a good thing there's no one around here right now.

Otherwise, anyone who saw the current scene would scream in terror.

"Hello, hello, can you hear me?"

A sudden voice rang in Athena's mind.

The gathered snakes instantly scattered, and a look of surprise flashed across Athena's expression.

A voice appearing in her mind?

This matter is indeed rather unusual.

But even more unusual is that the aura of the 『Gorgon Stone』 came from the other side. Not only that, but she had just heard this voice half an hour ago.

"I didn't sense the aura of snakes on you just now."

Quickly adapting to the situation, Athena narrowed her eyes and asked directly.

The other side was that man from outside who had a conversation with her earlier.

She was very sure that the snakes she needed were definitely not on that man's body, or even nearby, at least at that time.

Even if she was weak, she would never miss what she needed, her things, if they had already arrived in front of her.

"Of course, I am a man of my word."

"I didn't have this kind of thing on me just now, but after leaving you, this thing took the initiative to come into my hands, and I couldn't help it."

Athena's fists hardened, and she felt like her fists were really hardened.

If this man was standing in front of her, even if she couldn't defeat him and was destined to lose, she would definitely pick up her sickle and slash at that man.

What she had been seeking for so many years, something that could even be regarded as a long-cherished wish.

In this man's words, it was actually delivered to her hands on its own initiative.

How could she not be angry in this situation?

Even the god is about to be pissed to death, okay?

"Are you trying to use this to threaten me?"

Athena's tone was cold.

Even though they were separated by such a long distance and couldn't face each other, Athena felt like she could see Sincerity Haramura's smug face.

This man was very smug; he thought he had a hold on her lifeline.

In fact, that was indeed the case; this thing could be said to be second only to her life and dignity.

But that was still below them.

"It would be uninteresting to call it a threat."

"I think we can continue the previous model, what do you think?"