When Verethragna saw Athena's respectful attitude towards Takumi, he was suddenly surprised.
He had seen Takumi before, but he didn't notice the aura of a Heretic God, so he didn't care much.
Unexpectedly, such an ordinary human being could be so valued by Goddess Athena.
In his words and deeds, did he actually imply that he was the Master?
But there is no God named Takumi in mythology!
Just when he was suspicious, Takumi nodded.
"Bahram's Divinity is the power of an old friend I know; no wonder it feels familiar."
Bahram is a Persian name.
Verethragna is a Greek name.
Both refer to the same God.
It means "The one who smashes resistance."
Hearing Takumi's words, Athena nodded knowingly.
She didn't think that Takumi would know the Gods of her own world; she knew that the Divinities overlapped.
Verethragna was a little puzzled.
"Old friend? Who is Your Excellency referring to?"
He thought that Bahram here was referring to himself, and he couldn't help but be a little confused.
"It has nothing to do with you."
Takumi shook his head.
"Perhaps this will make it easier for you to understand."
Saying so, Takumi snapped his fingers lightly.
Then...
"Boom—!"
Above the sky, a purple lightning bolt struck down at Verethragna.
Seeing this, Verethragna didn't dodge either.
A light wheel flashed behind him, and the pattern of the Goat shone slightly.
Then, a similar blue-purple lightning rose to greet the attack.
After the collision of the two different lightnings, they did not cancel each other out, but instead tended to merge a little.
However, after all, the power gap was too great.
After a stalemate for a moment, the lightning from Takumi directly smashed Verethragna's lightning and struck the ground.
By this time, Verethragna had avoided it.
However, when the two were in a stalemate, he had already obtained enough information.
"Indra's Thunder... Is Your Excellency Taishakuten?"
After realizing the Divinity contained in the other party's lightning, Verethragna was surprised.
It was no wonder he was surprised.
In the world of Campione!, Verethragna and Taishakuten possess the same Divinity from the same source.
It can even be said that the two names are just different aliases.
In fact, going back to the very beginning, they were the same War God worshipped by the Aryans.
However, with the migration of the Aryans, some arrived in Persia and became the War God of Persian mythology, while the other part arrived in India and became the War God of Indian mythology.
At this moment, after recognizing the power displayed by Takumi, he looked rather strange.
It is not uncommon for Heretic Gods to wear different guises, but this was the first time that different aliases appeared at the same time.
And hearing this, Takumi's face darkened.
"You are the one who is Taishakuten! Don't lump me in with that humiliating, good-for-nothing God!"
Hearing this, several people were a little dazed.
The legendary Emperor Indra, the famous God of War and the God of Victory—how could he be embarrassing?
But soon, someone realized.
Takumi was referring to the dark history of Taishakuten.
In mythology, this God's dark history is no less than his glory.
I have to say that Takumi's dislike did have something to do with mythology.
However, what they didn't know was that what Takumi mainly disliked was actually the Taishakuten of the Little Garden world.
As the Head of the Twelve Guardian Deities, the Taishakuten of Little Garden is a Main God of the 3-Digit Almighty Domain, and there is no difference when it comes to majesty.
However, on par with his reputation as a War God was the title of "Waste God."
For this guy who loved gambling and was useless other than fighting, even Canary had always been disgusted by him, calling him a "Good-for-nothing God."
It wasn't surprising that Takumi would be so disgusted.
Seeing that people still had questions, Takumi shook his head.
"I am indeed not a God, but the Owner of a Dimensional Store."
"The reason why I have the power of Taishakuten is that he sold it to me."
As I said before, Taishakuten's shortcomings are innumerable.
One of them is that he loves to gamble.
Such a person, once they encounter the jars of the Dimensional Store, how can they let go?
So, he sold all his belongings.
If Takumi hadn't looked at him with pity, he wouldn't even have had his underwear left.
And that's why today's Takumi actually holds all the Spirituality of Taishakuten.
The mere Indra's Thunder was naturally readily available.
And at this moment, after hearing Takumi's words, Verethragna was even more curious.
"What is the Dimensional Store?"
Takumi explained it right away.
After listening, Erica finally understood Takumi's identity.
Of course, accepting it or not was another matter.
Seeing Verethragna's very interested eyes, Takumi's heart moved and he asked.
"What, do you want to buy a jar to try?"
Since he is the same existence as Taishakuten, maybe he also likes to open jars.
Anyway, asking wouldn't cost him a hair, so Takumi casually tried to sell.
However, after hearing this, although Verethragna did show a moved expression, he did not make a sound immediately, but looked at Athena.
"I want to ask first, Goddess Athena isn't opening a jar, right?"
He asked.
"No."
Takumi shook his head.
"I just came to this world because of her entrustment."
Hearing this, Verethragna smiled excitedly.
"Since that's the case, then I won't open jars either. Can Lord Takumi accept my entrustment?"
Hearing this, Takumi was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.
"No problem, as long as you can afford the pay. What do you want to entrust?"
Hearing this, Verethragna no longer hesitated.
He raised his long sword directly, pointed the tip of the sword at Takumi, and stated his purpose.
"I want to seek defeat! Can Lord Takumi fulfill my mission?"