
Athena's eyes trembled as the man who was supposed to be dead suddenly appeared out of nowhere, 'How did that man get in here? I have just strengthened the space boundary so that other gods cannot see or enter this place...'
"Who are you?" Athena asked in a threatening tone.
Kisuke faced him and replied, "Only ordinary humans try to recruit maids~."
Athena did not accept her nonsense and raised her hand towards him. A yellow magic circle appeared and shot out a golden spear of light.
Seeing this, Medusa reacted, "No!" And tried to protect Kisuke with his body, but he couldn't move because of the chains holding him, "No!"
"Gosh~. Don'tdon't move. You're just gonna hurt yourself." Kisuke turned to Medusa with no concern for the incoming projectiles. In an instant, the golden spear reached him, but without even looking, Kisuke brushed it away using his left hand. The trajectory of the spear was altered and hit the northern part of the colosseum, completely eliminating it.
Athena's pupils shrank in shock but did not move any further to gather more information.
Kisuke examined the stunned Medusa for a moment before nodding to himself, "Good... It's not as bad as I expected." He then turned his attention to the remaining members of the Perseus Clan, "I'll have you guys retire for the time being~."
Kisuke releases his increasingly shocking pressure on Athena and immediately raises his vigilance against her. The main target of the pressure, the Perseus Clan, all lost their consciousness.
"...Who're you?" For the second time, Athena asked.
"As I said, I'm just an ordinary human being trying to recruit a waiter~."
"Omong empty! What do you want? Just so you know, you invaded the personal space of a goddess."
Kisuke ignored his question and raised his right hand, "It will hurt a little, but trust me.. It will set you free~."
Kisuke stabbed his right arm towards Medusa's wound where the chain came from, "Gahh!"
The snake tattoo he got from Ophis suddenly came alive and using Reiatsu-Ki Kisuke, it drilled the way towards Medusa's inner world, "Ahhhh!!!"
Half of Kisuke's consciousness arrived at the inner world of Medusa, the Island of No Forms. Contrary to the scene when Medusa first arrived here a few days ago, the sky was now deep red while the sea was blood red. Raging waves try to drown the entire island but there is a small protective layer around the island that protects it from the sea. Kisuke only paused for a moment as Benihime reacted to this bloody world. He jumped to reach the center of the island where two little girls with the same face and purple hair were grinding their teeth as they used their aura to prevent the sinister chains from approaching.
The little girls protected the floating ball which was mostly already deep red with only a portion of gold in between them. The chain only surrounded them but every few seconds, it would get closer.
Seeing the situation, Kisuke manifests Behinime in his Shikai form, "Kamisori, Benihime (Shave, Crimson's Daughter)." With a swing of the sword, Benihime shot out a red energy bow that cut through the chains allowing the little girls to stand up.
Kisuke used Flash Step to arrive beside them. However, the moment he entered, the chain recovered and trapped him inside.
"Who are you!?" The little girls asked simultaneously.
"That's not important now. The important thing is I'm here to help."
The little girls gave him a suspicious look.
"You have no choice but to accept my help. And even if I planned something bad, you'd be cursed in whatever way that happened."
The little girls squeezed their cute faces but after a while, they diffused their aura around Kisuke and focused on the chain, "Please help our little sister ..." They both muttered.
Although the burning sensation was great, Kisuke did not release his hand and sent Reiatsu-Ki to control the snake. The black snake then began to eat the dark red part of the sphere while its golden color began to glow brightly. Kisuke controlled the snake so that it would strengthen the remaining Divinity while eating the broken part as fuel, 'How comfortable it is... It was a good thing that Ophis came. If I was just myself, it couldn't go smoothly.'
Kisuke continued to stare at the change the ball was going through. A few seconds later, the size was reduced by half but the golden area of the ball began to expand, 'But this did not go as I expected ... If I can't strengthen the ball any further, it will just collapse afterwards... There's no choice then... I have to use my own energy reserves. I hope I still have enough money to fight that goddess.'
Kisuke then starts to separate some of his Reiatsu-Ki to get some Reiryoku and give it to the orb. The ball stopped decreasing in size while the dark red bits were about to run out.
When only a little damage was left, Kisuke stopped, 'This corruption may have been the curse of Athena, but it did not completely harm Medusa. If he can control this, it will be a huge boost to his ability, so I have to leave a little here.'
The snake returned to his arm and faced the dumbfounded little girls, "You really did it?" Said the little girl on the right.
"Heh~. Its alright. Let's finish that creepy chain first."
"W-you can also take care of this!?" The little girl on the left side asked dumbfoundedly. Their shock was understandable because they knew how bad and how durable this sinister chain was from having to deal with it for countless years. So someone claiming that he could handle the chain sounds like a fantasy story to them.
Ignoring their reaction, Kisuke brandished his right arm again, and the snake shot towards the chain as he commanded. The snake began to eat the chain with great pleasure. The chains were converted into pure energy within the snake's stomach, the energy Ophis used.
Kisuke already predicted that the snake would become saturated and would not be able to eat anymore, but he only needed to sever the connection between Medusa's soul and her chain so that he controlled it to eat only the dots he found.
And as he had expected, the snake became bloated and could not eat anymore, but the link to Medusa was so weak that he could now pull her out of it, "Alright, little girls. I have to go back to pull this bad thing out. Be sure to rest as I am not my future servant who worries about the state of the two of you that he will not be able to work effectively~."
Without waiting for their answer, Kisuke's consciousness became whole again on the surface. He left half of his consciousness to defend against Athena, but surprisingly, he just watched curiously, Hehehe... So you're so confident in your values? Too bad, it's me~.'
With his arms still embedded within Medusa's abdomen that continued to scream and cry out in pain due to the powerful changes to her Divine Core.
Kisuke's expression turned serious and used a bit of his strength to pull his hand, "Ahhh!!!"
In his hand was a chain root, a dark red ball that emitted an ominous light. Attached to him were 9 chains that started to circle Kisuke.
"WHAT!!!?" Athena shouted out loudly in disbelief at the scene in front of her, "How did you do it!!!?" After putting it to Medusa, even Athena could not pull the chain out, so her shock was understandable. He also guessed that Kisuke wanted to let go of the chain and do nothing, but the result instead gave him a shock in his life.
Kisuke looked at the ball in his right hand that was now trying to stick to his soul, 'So it acted as a parasite...' He raised his left hand and pointed his index finger at it. At the fingertips, the ball of destructive energy started attacking and after a few seconds, Kisuke muttered, "Cero."
The destructive energy ball turned into a green ray and annihilated the sphere as a whole. The chains attached to it began to disintegrate to dust disappearing from this world forever, "Impossible!!!? It's a matter of the soul! How do you destroy it instantly!?"
Due to the unexpected burden of nurturing his Divine Core and releasing the chains from his soul, Kisuke's Hollowfication was dispelled and his mask shattered, revealing his true face, 'Luckily I put those people to sleep first. Now I just have to deal with this Athena.'
Kisuke still ignored Athena and looked back at Medusa who had already stopped shouting but had almost lost consciousness, "...Ki..su.ke?"
"Yep~. Its me. You can rest now." Kisuke replied with a gentle smile on his face.
"..." - ".Medusa's eyes had already blurred and her mind was not going properly. He subconsciously reached out to Kisuke with both hands and wrapped it around his neck. Kisuke thinks that he can't see it properly and just lets it go. But he next surprised Kisuke.
Medusa placed her lips on his.