Athena, with her hands pinned behind her back, tried to struggle, but the numbing sensation from her arms quickly spread throughout her body.
On the surrounding ground, faint traces of electric current also appeared, occasionally crackling and striking the ground, leaving behind patches of scorched black.
"Vile Campione, do you think you can use electric current to paralyze this one and render this one immobile? You are too delusional," Athena said, her voice slightly weak and tinged with a numb, soft feeling.
As a Heretic God, she was also unafraid of lightning, but that was normal lightning. The lightning Yusei wielded now was enhanced by Takemikazuchi's Authority.
To put it simply, it possessed the ability to harm Heretic Gods. Electricity has paralyzing properties. Even their divine bodies could be paralyzed.
Athena's words were tough, but she could clearly feel the numbness in her body, even to the point where she couldn't muster any power to mobilize her strength.
Activating Authorities relies on cursed power and Divine Power. Right now, she couldn't move an inch, so how could she use them?
"Want to hear a deal?" Yusei simply ignored Athena's tough talk and continued asking. Simultaneously, worried Athena might break free, he increased the lightning output.
"Aaahhh!"
Athena's petite body went limp and hung powerlessly.
However, since Yusei was holding her, she didn't collapse onto the ground.
Athena, her consciousness blurred, murmured. The intense divine lightning had put her bodily functions in a paralyzed state. Her consciousness was on the verge of fading, let alone resisting.
Right now, being able to move her lips already required immense effort.
"Then I'll state my deal and conditions directly. I will let you go. However, you must help me find the History Compilation Committee's Headquarters and tell me its location."
"As a condition, after you tell me its location, we can proceed with a second deal. If, at that time, you become my goddess, I can give you the Gorgoneion."
Yusei lifted Athena with one hand, bringing her close to his face, and said with a smile, "So, do you agree?"
Athena, her consciousness blurred, didn't hear what Yusei was saying at all, only faintly hearing something about letting her go. Unconsciously, she agreed to these conditions.
Hearing Athena's murmur, Yusei released his grip. Her body fell directly to the ground. He showed not a hint of showing mercy to the fairer sex.
After stopping the transmission of that strange lightning, Athena's consciousness quickly recovered, and her strength rapidly returned as well.
The moment she regained control of her body, she jumped far away from Yusei, watching him warily.
"Vile Campione, what exactly did you do? That wasn't ordinary lightning. This one could not possibly be controlled by such lightning..."
As she spoke, a trace of hatred and unwillingness flashed deep in her eyes.
She was once the Queen of Gods, later overthrown by the male gods led by Zeus, who ambushed her. The one who fought her back then was Zeus himself.
Zeus possessed the Lightning Authority. But she had never heard of divine lightning having a sealing-like effect.
"That certainly wasn't ordinary divine lightning. But that question isn't within the scope of our deal. However, if you become my goddess, I'll tell you," Yusei said with a laugh.
Here, 'goddess' didn't refer to a god-level female or a perfect female, but rather 'my female deity'… belonging to him.
If he didn't care about Athena's pride, Yusei actually felt he could call her a 'god servant'. But considering she was, after all, female, Yusei decided to spare her dignity.
He suddenly had this idea because there was a side mission in the system.
[Side Mission: 'Pseudo' God King]
[Mission Description: As someone aiming to become a god, how can you not have a god servant? Go and subdue one!]
[Mission Objective: Subdue a Heretic God and make them voluntarily sign a master-servant contract.]
[Mission Reward: Sharingan level increased by one stage.]
Yusei's eyes had been stuck at the Eternal Mangekyo-level for a long time. He indeed felt it was time to upgrade his eyes again.
The various abilities of the Rinnegan, the Six Paths techniques, were all incredibly powerful. Obtaining these eyes would undoubtedly make him stronger.
Simply put, it would bring him one step closer to godhood.
However, merely having power definitely doesn't make one a god. One needs to transcend life levels and energy levels... transcending these things are all necessary steps on the path to becoming a god.
So, for the sake of getting stronger... although the little one before him was indeed a bit small in stature, Yusei still needed her to 'voluntarily' sign the master-servant contract...
Athena's expression changed upon hearing Yusei's words. Her consciousness had been chaotic and blurred before, so she hadn't heard what he said.
But now, hearing it clearly, she immediately became flustered.
Athena subconsciously took two steps back, looking at Yusei in disbelief. Her eyes held vigilance, as well as some panic, confusion, and hesitation.
It was simple because 'become my goddess' among gods was like 'become my wife' among humans… it carried the same meaning.
These were words of confession.
From the time she was Queen of the Gods, no male god had ever dared to confess to her. She pursued order and life. Before being overthrown by Zeus, she had always strived to protect humanity's development.
Therefore, she had never had a member of the opposite sex confess to her, saying words like 'become my goddess'.
This caused her eternally calm heart to fluctuate for the first time.
Athena hesitated, subconsciously glancing at Yusei.
Black, ink-like short hair, eerie yet beautiful eyes, exquisite features, a somewhat youthful face.
One had to admit, even Athena had to acknowledge that Yusei was extremely good-looking. At the very least, upon first seeing him, she didn't feel any dislike towards him.
Noticing Athena looking at him, Yusei met her gaze. Athena immediately averted her eyes, like a child caught stealing.
Just as Yusei thought she wouldn't agree, Athena actually hesitated and agreed in a low voice.
"Alright... But regarding the matter of becoming your goddess... I still need to consider it further... At that time, you would need to give me the Gorgoneion first, I..."
She didn't know what to say after that.
Her heart was somewhat in disarray... very confused. Why would a human confess to her? She even forgot to use 'this one' to refer to herself.
But she felt that regardless of whether she agreed to this young man or not, she needed to obtain the Gorgoneion first.
She presented the choice to Yusei. Give it first, or not?
Did he possess the most basic trust in her? Would he treat it seriously?