"You are the second son of Japan's supreme god Izanagi, but you have no mother. After escaping from the Land of the Dead, Izanagi felt that his eyes had been defiled and cleansed them. You were born from his right eye. Your name is Tsukuyomi, the second of the Three Noble Children of Japan, the least esteemed god."
"Your father ordered you to rule the Night Plain of Feeding, and you had no objection, until, as one of the Three Noble Children, you killed the Food Goddess in Takama-ga-hara!"
The young man spoke, and although his mouth did not move, those words of power exploded in Tsukuyomi's mind.
"Foolish mortal! You seek death!"
Hearing the young man's voice, Tsukuyomi's expression changed drastically. Without the slightest hesitation, she jumped down from the lunar rock, waved her hand, and thousands of Messengers of the Moon God, holding weapons in their hands, charged toward the unarmed young man.
However, facing these charging monsters of lunar stone, Nakano Yu's expression remained unchanged. A majestic declaration exploded in Tsukuyomi's mind:
"As one of the Three Noble Children, you believed you ruled the Night Plain of Feeding, believed you were the sister of the supreme goddess Amaterasu, arrogant to the extreme. After killing the Food Goddess, you thought Amaterasu would do nothing against you, but the truth is!"
"Shut up!!!"
Tsukuyomi's face twisted in a grimace, and her body radiated silver light. The lunar rock beneath her feet pulsed, and a lunar stone giant a hundred zhang tall burst out behind her.
"Boom!!!"
The lunar stone giant swung its fist toward the young man surrounded by the Holy Swords of Joyeuse. Meeting the giant's gaze, the young man's final words of power concluded in Tsukuyomi's mind:
"Your proud elder sister Amaterasu turned against you, and from then on the sun and the moon were separated. The sun no longer sees the moon, and the presence of the moon means the downfall of the sun!"
"This is the source of your authority, Tsukuyomi!"
The moment the words fell, golden light erupted. A massive, slender curved blade rose from the lunar stone beneath Nakano Yu's feet. At the instant the curved blade appeared, dozens of Holy Swords of Joyeuse rose from the ground, like a golden torrent crushing the lunar stone giant.
"Foolish mortal! What do you even understand?! I am the King of the Night Plain of Feeding! I am also a supreme god! A mere Food Goddess, killed and that's it, and that fool cut ties with me because of that?! What could you possibly understand?!!!"
The final layer of scab was torn away by the young man. Tsukuyomi hysterically questioned the young man. After saying that, under Tsukuyomi's influence, the meteorites orbiting the moon rushed toward their location.
Under the baptism of Tsukuyomi's silver radiance, the rough meteorites shed their outer layers, transforming into crystal-clear jewels.
"Kill him!"
Tsukuyomi shouted coldly. The jewels shone with multicolored light, and beams of destructive radiance, capable of effortlessly destroying asteroids, were fired, directly targeting the young man's life.
"Clang, clang, clang!"
However, those invincible beams of light were blocked by countless Holy Swords of Joyeuse protecting their master, without causing even the slightest ripple, and even the golden runes circling remained untouched.
"Damn it!"
Cursing in a low voice, Tsukuyomi's figure flickered and just as she moved to confront the young man holding the Holy Sword Joyeuse, several Holy Swords of Joyeuse had already surrounded her.
"Tsukuyomi, arrogance is your sin."
Holding the massive golden curved blade, golden runes glided around the young man like fish swimming, making Nakano Yu at that moment look more like a god than Tsukuyomi herself!
In the next moment, the curved blade, formed from words of power, fell heavily, striking Tsukuyomi's body.
When the surging golden light receded, Tsukuyomi was in a miserable state. She could feel her power weakening, becoming extremely feeble.
That Holy Sword Joyeuse could directly cut through her divinity as the Moon God!
If it were not for the scarce records about her in mythology, that single sword strike would likely have cut not only her authority, but also her divine position!
"Cough, cough! Campione, you truly know how to surprise me, but what if you cut my authority to suppress the sun? My Messengers of the Moon God are inexhaustible! Why don't you try it!"
Coughing up blood, Tsukuyomi leaned on a Messenger of the Moon God and staggered to her feet.
As a Heretic God, she would not die so easily. It should be known that her power was far greater than that of her foolish, arrogant sister and her reckless, stubborn brother!
Even without the divine artifact given to her by her father god, she could still become the ruler of the Night Plain of Feeding and ascend as a supreme god. That was the best proof!
She was not inferior to any god!
"Really? If I blow up your foundation, then you will be at peace."
Nakano Yu's voice echoed in Tsukuyomi's mind. Hearing this, Tsukuyomi's expression changed and she abruptly looked up at the boundless starry sky, only to discover that above the moon, at some unknown moment, a colossal explosion, the size of half the moon, had condensed.
"Foolish mortal! You will die too if you do that!"
Seeing this, Tsukuyomi immediately thought that Nakano Yu was trying to drag her down to death with him, but for Nakano Yu, he had two lives every day!
"There is no need for the Moon God to worry. You should instead think about how to survive."
"For victory, come quickly before me! O immortal sun, I beg you to grant me a radiant steed."
"O spiritual horse of swift hooves, bring the halo that symbolizes your master!"
As the words of power of the White Horse, representing the sun and blazing heat, forcefully struck Tsukuyomi's ears, the White Horse with a golden mane and golden hooves burst out of the explosion, rearing up as it carried the cosmic explosion and plunged downward.
"Foolish mortal! I… never mind. At least, there is still someone who remembers my story."
Facing the White Horse, Tsukuyomi could no longer muster even a trace of will to resist. She sighed deeply, and in the end decided to calmly accept her final defeat.
"Foolish mortal, your fate is changing. I will wait for you in the divine realm."
Looking at Nakano Yu, Tsukuyomi finally spoke this indifferent sentence. In the next moment, the White Horse violently crashed toward the ground. With a deafening roar, the explosion engulfed the galaxy, the lunar stone shattered, and the divine body disappeared. At the same time, Nakano Yu's ears received the system notification:
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the daily task. Reward received: roulette spin chances * 10, independent authority selection chance * 1!]
As the system's voice faded, the young man was also swallowed by the explosion. After a blinding flash before his eyes, when he opened them again, he found himself in a completely white space.
"Whew, that was truly exciting. First time playing with such a big White Horse."
Letting out a long breath, Nakano Yu jumped up from the ground and sighed with emotion.
On Earth he had been cautious, afraid of accidentally wiping Japan off the map. But being sent to the moon by Tsukuyomi, on the other hand, freed him from those concerns.
However, if he had to leave later, would he still be in space?
How would he return then? Crash into Earth headfirst? Or wait for Ichika and the others to call for help?
"Huh?! W-why is it you again, brat?!"
Just as he was thinking about whether he would wake up in Shuchiin Academy or in the ruins of the moon, a voice full of shock and disbelief reached him.
Nakano Yu turned his head and saw Pandora staring at him with wide eyes, completely astonished.
Before the young man could greet her, Pandora ran over to him, stood on tiptoe, cupped Nakano Yu's cheeks with both hands, and carefully examined him from left to right, as if she had encountered some rare creature.
"What are you doing?! A married man should keep his distance, and I'm not interested in lolis."
Annoyed by Pandora's actions, Nakano Yu pushed her hands away and said irritably.
"No, no, no, that's not it! Didn't you just arrive here a moment ago? How is that possible? Don't tell me you killed another god again in such a short time?"
Looking at Nakano Yu, Pandora circled around the young man, exclaiming in amazement.
Campione rarely appears even over hundreds of years, and among the new Campione from previous god-slaying battles, none were without severe injuries, requiring long periods of recovery and the gathering of divine artifacts before they could once again summon and slay gods…
But… what was going on with this young man? This was only his second god-slaying, yet he looked this excited, and… that strange feeling about him had grown even stronger, as if he had… gained even more authorities of unknown origin.
"It was just luck."
Nakano Yu, on the other hand, was very calm in the face of Pandora's shock, waved his hand and said.
"What a monster. Too bad you're not my child."
Looking at Nakano Yu with a strange expression, Pandora sighed with a hint of regret.
If such a terrifying man were her child, Pandora could guarantee that Nakano Yu would definitely be her most outstanding child, in the past and in the future!
Without a doubt!
"Last time when I gained an Authority, your Reincarnation Ritual was useful to me, but my body is still mine; it was just strengthened."
Nakano Yu said, not wanting to waste more time with Pandora. He was probably still floating in space and needed to return quickly.
"Really? The Reincarnation Ritual only gives you enhancement?"
Hearing this, Pandora nodded thoughtfully. Logically, the Reincarnation Ritual should help a Campione who wins the God-Slaying War to reshape his body and obtain a Body of Steel, making him more resistant to injuries in later battles with Heretic Gods.
But for Nakano Yu, it was merely an improvement and blessing to his body?
After a brief moment of thought, Pandora directly pushed the young man.
"Forget it, I can't figure out what kind of strange type you are anyway, but… I unilaterally adopt you as my son. Go back to your world and slaughter those ignorant Heretic Gods, sending them back into the myths!"
Spreading her legs, Pandora directly sat down, said this with a charming smile, and leaned forward.
"Hiss~ I really am in space."
Leaving Pandora, Nakano Yu opened his eyes and discovered that he was sitting on a floating piece of lunar stone.
At that moment, the Moon had already been destroyed by the White Horse, and only aimlessly drifting fragments of lunar stone remained in the starry sky.
"Let's see which Authority I obtained this time?"
Shaking his head, Nakano Yu currently could not fly, and if he jumped back, he did not know where he would land.
Thinking about it, Nakano Yu opened his System Panel 4.0.
Each time he killed a god, his system panel would update, displaying the new Authority plundered this time and its description.
It could be said that with the system, Nakano Yu could more directly understand the specific effects of the Authority, which was one of the few advantages of the Gou system.
Speaking of which, what was the current roulette Authority? He needed an Authority that could fly, or if not fly, then at least an Authority of teleportation.
While thinking, Nakano Yu opened the system panel:
Host: Nakano Yu
Authorities: Eastern God of War, Twilight of the Gods, Ama-no-Iwato, Sodom's Eye, Authority of the Moon…
Items: Holy Sword Joyeuse, Miura Yumiko's pink cup of milk tea, Kirisu Mafuyu's high stockings…
Authority Description:
Authority of the Moon: From the Disobedient Tsukuyomi, as the Moon God, King of the Night Source of Feeding, wherever the moonlight reaches, divine authority shines!
Ability: Afterglow of the Moon God: Can materialize a physical moon. Wherever its moonlight shines, one can instantly arrive there with a single thought.
Ability: I Am the King of the Moon: Can control moonlight, lunar gravity, and nearby meteorites. Moreover, relying on lunar stone, can simulate Messengers of the Moon God. The upper limit of the strength of the Messengers of the Moon God is Great Knight. The Messengers of the Moon God can use Afterglow of the Moon God for teleportation. There is no upper limit to summoning Messengers of the Moon God; it depends on stamina.