"They disappeared..."
Many gazes from the Netherworld were also focused here, just like Doni.
Due to Testarossa's covert barrier, these observers had lost the footage from when Rin and the others confronted Zeus.
Like a TV screen with a broken signal, no one knew what had happened after that.
Zeus, Lucifer, Lilith.
Two Divine Kings and one main god-level powerhouse—who won, and who lost?
It wasn't until Doni's arrival that everyone quietly withdrew their gazes, avoiding trouble from this reckless man through spiritual vision.
"You came pretty fast, sword-wielding boy!"
With a movement like a gust of wind, an old man in a black trench coat appeared before Doni.
"Oh!"
Seeing the newcomer, Doni smiled and greeted him, "Long time no see, old man!"
"Hmph."
Marquis Voban stared coldly at Doni, extremely displeased with his overly familiar tone.
He hadn't forgotten the Heretic God Doni had snatched from him.
"Haha, even though I didn't find the Heretic God, it's not bad to meet you, old man!"
A surge of fighting spirit rose from Doni. To him, it didn't matter whether the opponent was a Heretic God or a Campione.
As for Voban...
He wouldn't ignore provocation from the younger generation.
To these ignorant youths, Marquis Voban had a duty to teach them the gap between their levels.
"Boom!!!"
Without any unnecessary words, the two Campiones erupted into battle high above Athens.
Afterward, the two crossed the entire Mediterranean, and wherever they passed, their destructive power once again made the world remember the terror of the earthly demon king.
"Hm?"
On the other side, Rin faintly sensed a fluctuation of Magic Power from behind. "What's going on?"
"It's Doni and Voban. They arrived in Athens and then fought."
"Heh..."
Given those two's temperaments, Rin wasn't surprised at all that they'd start a fight.
"Well, it has nothing to do with us."
Rin let his projection continue on its path, while his main body brought Testarossa back to the Demon Lord's council room.
Inside, Hinata remained in a state of closed-eye meditation.
She was currently surrounded by people.
Even Rimuru, Artoria, and Justeaze came to watch Hinata's live broadcast after finishing their work.
"How is it?"
"No progress at all."
Seeing Rin enter, Ogerpon immediately ran up to him.
"No progress?"
Rin was a bit surprised. As far as he knew, Hinata was usually quite proactive. "Did something happen?"
"Hinata is targeting that world's Son of Destiny, the young man named Kusanagi Godou."
Rimuru exited the live broadcast room and explained Hinata's recent actions to Rin.
Half a day had passed since Hinata arrived in Japan.
Relying on her strength as a top-tier knight and Sorcerer, Hinata had easily located Godou.
At the time, Godou's grandfather had just passed away, and the Prometheus Stone Tablet had just fallen into his hands.
"And then?"
"What did Hinata do?"
"She originally just intended to observe Godou, but Luminous thought that was too much trouble and suggested hypnotizing him directly."
"Oh?"
Based on what Rin knew of Hinata, she wasn't the type to hesitate.
To complete her mission, Hinata didn't mind using necessary means.
Sure enough, Hinata agreed.
She cast a spell, hypnotized Godou, and then interrogated him.
"Did she find anything?"
"No."
Rimuru shook her head. "She didn't find anything. That young man is just an ordinary person. He doesn't know anything related to the mysterious side."
"Is that so?"
Rin thought for a moment and said, "About that... I'm not entirely convinced."
"Huh?"
Rimuru was a bit confused.
After all, she had been watching when Hinata controlled Godou.
She hadn't noticed anything wrong with him.
"Could there be some hidden secret involved?"
Rimuru frowned. "Are we being deceived?"
"Impossible."
But soon, Rimuru dismissed the idea. "Even though Hinata's projection can only exert the power of the highest rank, hypnotizing an ordinary person shouldn't be an issue."
What's more, during that entire process, at least six True Demon Lords were present around Hinata.
This lineup, in the Campione World, is equivalent to six Heretic Gods simultaneously monitoring a single person.
One person might make a mistake.
But six people? Could they all be wrong?
"That, I don't know."
Rin had no evidence, just a gut feeling. "Violet hasn't fully taken control of the Campione Universe yet, so she can't directly extract information from there."
"However, based on the clues I've seen, I don't believe Godou is completely normal."
"How so?"
Rimuru knew Rin wasn't the type to make baseless assumptions.
He usually didn't bother to target anyone without reason.
And now that he said there was something off about Godou...
It probably meant it was true.
"After you found that kid, did you look into the information about the Prometheus Stele?"
"We found it."
It turned out that after failing to gain more intel on the mysterious side from Godou, Hinata turned her attention to locating the divine artifact.
Rin had previously told Hinata that Godou's grandfather had left him a stone tablet.
So, Hinata easily got her hands on the divine artifact.
[Prometheus Compendium]
Description: Fire and wisdom grant the power of the human hero Prometheus, allowing the user to steal Authority by releasing blue flames from this book and wield the Authority of a God.
"A divine artifact that steals the Authority of a Heretic God."
It's hard to imagine such a thing falling into the hands of an ordinary person.
Although the Prometheus Compendium requires contact with a deity for a certain duration to form a link before it can take effect.
Only then can it steal and acquire the target's power.
In addition, not just anyone can use this thing.
The same divine artifact may react differently depending on who wields it.
Take the Prometheus Compendium, for example.
Someone unable to utilize its abilities wouldn't even understand its function, let alone awaken it...
(To be continued.)