PHASE 77 - FOUR GODDESSES, BLASTING OFF!

The Four Goddesses are the most important people of this operation.

Standing on the farthest left is the Roman Goddess of Beauty. Her voluptuous body combined with her pinkish charming cheeks makes her the deadliest anti-male Gate Guardian around. It’s our one and only gay comedian Eliseo, in the form of Lord Venus.

Next to her is the Norse Goddess of Death. She has white and black wings, making her a hybrid of an angel and a demon. Half of her beautiful face is covered by a skull mask. She has alluring horns like those of a ram, and ferocious wolverine claws on her fists. She is our dear maid Emily, in the form of Lord Hel.

The Greek Goddess of Wisdom is just beside her. She’s a well-grown adult woman with white hair and red eyes. Her body is covered with a skin-tight bodysuit that has glowing computer circuits in it. Her Weapon Gem is now a futuristic bunny-ear headband that is capable of controlling those floating shield-like drones swirling around her. She is our homunculus gamer Key-chan, in the form of Lord Athena.

On the farthest side, however, is the Philippine Warrior Goddess of the Moon. She is wearing a golden fox mask that covers the upper half of her beautiful face. Unlike when we first fought, she’s now equipped with a tight black bodysuit with golden chest plate and spaulder armors. She is wielding a halberd that has a glamorous red orb on its blade. She is our one and only genius Asumi-nee, in the form of Lord Haliya.

The atmosphere around us is overflowing with divinity. This is the first time I’ve ever seen these many goddesses working together to defeat a single opponent.

But before the battle starts, they still have to do their catchy phrase.

Haliya led the goddesses as all four of them made a wacky pose. Then there was a cue background music that is similar to those children’s cartoons. Then the warrior goddess shouted: “Four Goddesses, ready for a rumble!”

“And make that quadruple!” Venus winked as she bent over.

“To protect the world from destruction!” Hel displayed her sharp claws.

“To unite the Gate Guardians to defeat the queen of devastation!” Haliya magically created a blue rose from her hand.

“To destroy the evils for the truth and love!” Venus made a flying kiss.

“To fly and reach the stars above!” Hel pointed at the dark crimson sky.

Then they made a roll call for their own selves as they made a wacky YMCA pose.

“Venus!” , “Haliya!” , “Hel!” , “...Athena…”

“Four Goddesses, ready to defeat Helena with the speed of light!”

“Surrender now, or we’ll fight till you have a good night!”

“...M-Meooooow…. T-That’s right…” Athena said in a bored yet embarrassed monotone.

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Rikkun and I are speechless. Our eyes went wide and our jaws hanged for the duration of that introduction.

We often saw them practicing that parody line for two weeks. That delivery is supposed to be for comedic relief only. We didn’t really think that they’ll actually do it in front of Helena.

“Tiara.” Rikkun grabbed my attention. He’s currently holding his burnt left shoulder that got grazed by the deadly beam earlier.

“R-Right,” I said as I immediately used on his damaged body parts. My tenfold healing prowess will repair his torn flesh faster.

In return, Rikkun dipped the Fake God Core of Cthulhu on my heart with a combination of his . In this way, Cthulhu’s fast regeneration would facilitate the healing of my broken rib, fried nerves and bruised skin.

For now, our job is to heal each other until we’re fully well. We shall join the fight once we’re ready once more.

This battle now belongs to the four goddesses.

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“Hahahaha…” Helena chuckled. “Ahahahaha!!! You worthless goddesses really made me laugh. So to return the favor, I shall make your deaths quick and painless as possible. Now bare your neck so that I can slice it clean!”

In the blink of an eye, Helena used the of Mercury to close the distance, only to leave a white lightning streak on her trail. And now that she’s near, she’s ready to slice Venus’ body in half!

“!!!” Athena shouted. She immediately swapped place with Venus, and she used her shield drone to block the incoming sword attack! The clash of two metals made a strong gust of wind!

“Key… You’ve grown so strong.” Helena commented. Athena’s reply is just a wordless determined glare.

Haliya prayed for a split-second, and twelve dragons appeared from her halberd that rushed to the mad sword princess!

“Not so fast!” Helena said.

Helena backed out, tumbling backward, completely avoiding the multiple that chased her. The dragons only crashed to the ground, leaving craters on the deserted soil.

“!!!” Athena’s shield drones shapeshifted, revealing gatling guns that launched rockets! All of those projectiles predicted Helena’s position, so each of those explosions is a guaranteed hit!

A set of deafening explosions echoed.

But Helena suffered no damage. Not even scratches. An impenetrable bubble covered the mad swordswoman. It was the power of Vishnu’s . With Mercury’s speed and Vishnu’s shield, there is no way they can deliver a single scratch on her.

“!!!” The Goddess of Death Hel flapped her wings, unleashing thousands of needles that contain poison as powerful as the King Cobra!

“”

Helena activated her overwhelming speed as she shifts to phasing mode. All her atoms are vibrating so fast that now she can pass through all needles in the way. Then she rushed forward, ready to chop Hel’s skull into half!

But in the nick of time...

“!!!” Venus flashed her naked body.

Everything in the surroundings became clear white.

When the light faded, Helena realized that she hit nothing but air. They used the flash in order to blind Helena temporarily.

(Of course, Helena’s nose won’t bleed because she’s not attracted to a woman's body, no matter how tomboyish she may be.)

Then there was darkness.

A couple of silver streaks was created. It was the swing of Haliya’s sharp halberd, attempting to cut Helena’s arms and feet. The Moon Warrior Goddess used without shouting the spell name in order to make the swiftest attack possible, but alas, Vishnu’s barrier is still there.

There was darkness again, and fifteen silver streaks followed. The light comes back in a split second, and then everything will be dark, following by seventeen silver strikes. Haliya repeated it again and again without halt.

Since there’s a crimson moon above, Lord Haliya has unlimited prana pool and she doesn’t need to shout the spell out loud to cast.

“B-Bastard!” Helena made blind strikes, but she failed to hit the moon goddess.

Helena is suffering zero damage, but the silent casting of of Haliya made her back out a few meters. There is no way she can deliver a fatal blow to any of her enemies if the lights keep going on and off that interrupts her vision.

“Don’t underestimate me!!!” Helena roared. It’s so loud that the sonic boom repelled Haliya away.

“Kyah!” Haliya cried as she rolled backward.

“If you’re the Warrior Goddess of the Moon, then I shall take away the moon from you!”

Helena raised her blade to the skies, and dark clouds started to cover the moon. She’s certainly channeling the power of Zeus to create a thunderstorm cloud.

“Crap!” Haliya cried as she ran away and hid behind the poker face Athena’s back.

“I’ll delete you all from existence in one powerful attack!” Helena’s enraged growl echoed around the dimension of Yami. “!!!”

Everything whited out.