"Hiss~ Ha, my head really hurts to an almost supernatural level.
I didn't expect it to still hurt this much here."
Waking up in a completely white space, Yu groggily sat up. Feeling the throbbing in his brain, he couldn't help clicking his tongue and muttering.
But after standing up, Yu looked around the completely white space and discovered that besides himself, there was no one else there.
"Where is Pandora?"
After waiting for a long time without any sign of Pandora coming to greet him, Yu's brows furrowed slightly, and his words and heart were filled with doubt and confusion.
Normally, Yu would see Pandora's petite figure the moment he woke up; in fact, several times he had awakened with his head resting on Pandora's lap.
Although Yu sometimes felt that Pandora's endless chatter after every Heretic God he killed was somewhat troublesome, this time, when he didn't see Pandora after waking up, he felt somewhat uncomfortable.
"How strange, she's not here?"
Stretching his body, Yu walked a few steps through the space, still seeing no trace of Pandora, and muttered to himself.
At that moment, the space behind the young man suddenly distorted, spreading ripples like water, and then Pandora's figure appeared among those ripples.
"Yu? Why are you here?"
When she saw Yu, surprise appeared on Pandora's small face, as if she couldn't understand why Yu had appeared here without her knowledge.
"Pandora, you're here."
"By the way, can you freely leave this place?"
Hearing the voice, Yu turned his head.
When he saw Pandora's familiar petite figure, he raised his hand in greeting and then asked somewhat puzzled.
"That isn't something Yu needs to know right now."
"By the way, which Heretic God did you kill this time?"
Seeing Yu's question, Pandora seemed to be in a bad mood and chose not to answer. Instead, she turned her head and asked which Heretic God Yu had killed this time.
"Heretic God Melqart."
Sensing that Pandora seemed to be hiding something, Yu wanted to ask, but he knew Pandora probably wouldn't tell him, so he simply tried to divert her attention.
"Melqart? That guy from Phoenician mythology?"
"Another King of Gods, huh."
"But since it's you, it's not surprising."
Hearing that, Pandora raised an eyebrow.
Her first reaction was surprise, and then she calmed down.
After all, Melqart was the King of Gods of Phoenician mythology, a Dragon-Slaying Hero.
Pandora had a certain understanding of the god Melqart; he was a god extremely similar to the two Kings of Gods, Zeus and Odin, likewise ruling the sky and thunder, possessing a powerful body and magnificent might.
From this, it could be seen that Melqart was an extremely powerful god, yet such a Heretic God had been killed by Yu.
Honestly speaking, Pandora was truly surprised, but then she calmed down.
The surprises Yu brought her had not happened just once or twice; no matter how unbelievable the things that happened to the young man were, they seemed completely ordinary.
"Yu, you don't look very well."
Regaining her composure, Pandora looked at Yu and, seeing that his face was somewhat pale, asked in confusion.
"It's the burden from Cut Through."
"I should recover soon."
Yu didn't hide anything.
He felt that Pandora wouldn't do anything to harm him, and now he had already almost completely recovered. His head was only slightly dizzy; other than that, there were practically no side effects.
"Cut Through, huh... truly a very wondrous Authority."
"That's the Authority of Asclepius, isn't it?"
Nodding thoughtfully, Pandora spoke, and then her voice suddenly became very soft, almost like a whisper:
"Indeed, is everything arranged by fate?"
"What did you say?"
When Pandora spoke, a buzzing sound rang in Yu's ears, causing him not to clearly hear what she had just said, so he had to ask.
"Nothing. Since Yu has almost completely recovered, return earlier."
Pandora shook her head. After saying that, without waiting for Yu to react, she directly cupped his face with her hands, then rose onto her toes and leaned toward him.
A warm touch enveloped him, Yu's mind became hazy once again, and Pandora before him blurred.
Yu knew that he would return to the real world when he opened his eyes again, but for some reason he always felt that something was wrong with Pandora, very wrong!
Vaguely, he heard Pandora's voice murmuring:
"To the one who shatters fate and myths, may good fortune follow you. May the curses and blessings of the gods be with you..."
"Shuush~"
The waves washed against the beach, and the light of dawn fell across Yu's face, causing the young man to frown uncomfortably.
At that moment, a crab with a red shell walked across the soft sand to the young man's side and stretched out its pincers to pinch him.
But just as the pincers were about to fall onto the young man's body, a strong wind swept over him, lifted the little crab, and threw it back into the sea.
"Tsk, I'm back? My head is still buzzing and hurting."
Clicking his tongue, Yu held his head and opened his eyes. Looking at the ocean before him, he muttered.
"Speaking of which, where am I?"
Rubbing his temples, Yu looked around and discovered that he was on an unfamiliar beach.
He remembered that after killing the Heretic God Melqart, he had used the last fragment of his will to activate the Authority of the Moon and teleport himself far away from the sea where he had fought Melqart.
Actually, Yu had originally wanted to use the Authority of the Moon to send himself home, but his consciousness had been too muddled. In the end, there was no other way, so he could only find some beach and collapse onto the ground.
Yu was confident that with his powerful God Slayer body, nothing in the real world could harm him, unless he was unlucky enough to pass out exactly where a Heretic God happened to appear.
"Let's see what Authority I obtained this time."
No longer thinking about where he was, Yu opened the system panel, entered the "Authorities" section, and quickly saw the Authority he had gained after killing the Heretic God Melqart.
As expected, he had obtained the Authority of the Sin of Gluttony.
Looking at his newly acquired Authority, Yu felt a surge of joy.
Now that he had obtained the Sin of Gluttony, all he needed to do was return to Japan, find Yu, and completely solve the problem of her magical power!
However, while feeling happy, Yu also noticed that something was wrong.
During this period, obtaining Authorities had gone too smoothly for him; he could practically obtain whichever Authority he desired.
Yu would not believe someone who said there was no problem with that.
Recalling the prophecy Prometheus had once given him, Yu's mood sank.
Would he really, in the end, die at the hands of some Heretic God?