Chapter 46 - Never Had a Chance
In the battle of divine powers, Enyo had the clear advantage. Njord could only keep defending by blasting away Enyo's hundreds energy ribbons, which had him surrounded...
Enyo "Njord, just give up. The more you struggle, the more it is going to get worse for you"
Revis was fighting Ais/Bell, Wiene and Gros. Even though it was 1-on-4, she was pushing all of them back. Bell and Ais realized that she must be at least level 11.
Bell's biggest concern was that Revis' wounds appear to be slowly getting better. The regeneration was much slower than the Black Goliath, but she was definitely regenerating. He realized that a game-changer was needed and started charging argonaut without limit. Hearing the loud bell chimes, Revis "I don't know what trick you have up your sleeve now. You sure have a lot of tricks"
Wiene was doing as well as she could. Revis was almost as strong as she was, but much faster and more skillful. Being the largest and the biggest target, she took the brunt of Revis' attacks. A couple landed but were neutralized by the reactive armor.
Ais was helping but she knew that she was not strong enough to land a hit. Revis was just too strong and too powerful. She felt like a level 1 fighting a level 5... If Bell was not actively helping her, she would already have been defeated.
Gros realized that his strikes were not getting anywhere either. If not for their combined attacks, he knew that Revis would have killed him in 20 seconds...
Meanwhile, Lyd (invisible) and Mikoto (invisible) kept waiting for their opportunity. Lyd was ready with his lightning sword, and Mikoto kept restarting the futsunomitama chant over and over again.
From heaven, Hestia was watching the battle. She can tell Njord was going to lose, and then the team would have no chance against Enyo. She kept hoping for a miracle, but the children simply would have no chance against an elder god. She updated the group at the mountain hideout, but there was nothing anyone could do.
After several intense minutes of fighting, Revis landed a big strike on Gros, who fell on the ground.
Realizing that he had to take action, Lyd (invisible) came in from Revis' backside and cut Revis with the lightning blade. With a lot of damage, Revis was furious "Another pest, you are next"
With Revis focused on Lyd for the moment, Bell, Ais and Wiene tried to take advantage. However, Revis quickly recovered and they missed.
At that point, argonaut was fully charged. Bell knew he must hit her with it or it would all be wasted. Thus, he went for a 'suicide strike' with a hero's strike using the Hestia Knife. Trusting his armor, he launched himself completely exposed to land the argonaut attack on Revis. They both connected with their strikes. Bell stabbed Revis deeply while she hit him straight in the chest with her blade. Thankfully, the breastplate's reactive charge ignited and stopped her attack from causing damage. After the deep stab, Revis realized something was very strange with his armor. If she cannot cut Bell, she knew she could not defeat him. Thus, she decided to buy time, as she knew Enyo is going to win.
Revis headed with a super-fast maneuver to head away from the town square. Seeing Revis' retreat, Bell and Ais gave chase in Ariel. Realizing it is now or never, Bell started charging argonaut again with no limit. Wiene also took off after Revis. Without their speed, Lyd did not join the chase so he turned to face Enyo...
Enyo was enjoying her advantage over Njord, but noticed Lyd and started firing a bubble at him. Seeing the bubble, he fired lightning at it causing the bubble to veer off-course. This bought Njord some time as Enyo was defocused.
Annoyed at Lyd's defiance, Enyo sent a few energy ribbons to attack Lyd. Unfortunately, there were too many for him to deflect with the lightning. His arms and legs were tied up and his energy seemed drained by the wiggly ribbons. Unable to fight back, he was helpless. Enyo then launched its bubble towards him. Fortunately at the last second, Gros was able to use his flaming sword to send a column of fire that deflected the bubble, resulting in another large hole in the ground. Enyo was now really annoyed "Inferior beings are pests that need to be exterminated". Enyo released the defeated Lyd and sent those ribbons against the injured Gros. Gros was also unable to deflect away the ribbons and was tied up by the ribbons that drained his remaining energy. Mikoto watched with tears in her eyes, but there was nothing she could do. The first priority was to keep the element of surprise, so she could only watch as Enyo sent more bubbles that made Lyd and Gros disappear...