Another figure darted across the sky and appeared before the holy maiden.
Startled by the shock of seeing the emergence of the new figure, she stepped back. Her body shone with a bright white light and she split again.
The four ladies slumped on the ground feeling their vision dimming. Their body lost their strength. The short spur of power they gained disappeared.
Athena trying to hold her consciousness stared at the man back. He had an unkempt beard and shabby haggard hair.
Beside him stood a beastman with a humped back holding a staff. He had a gentle expression on his face and his eyes shone with various colours filled with mysticism.
"Hoooooooo!I never imagined things would develop this far. It seems, we still failed to stop them."
Although his words were grave there seems to be no worry.