Campione - Ep03

Things start out with Amakasu asking Mariya to look into something for him, it appears that he believe that Godou brought something back with him when Erica took him back to Italy. That he just wants her to look into things for him, and it just to be on the safe side. Although at school it is clear that Godou is not very trusting of Erika, and that he is still questioning her intentions. However later when he runs into Mariya, she stops him and ask to speak with him later when he has time.

Later on when they meet up he apologizes for taking so long but Erika was being difficult. Then Mariya goes into what she wants to talk with him about, that she believe that he might have brought back with him the gorgoneion. Then explains that it is a divine instrument, this cause him to crack a joke about it being a violin. Once she realize that he is joking she isn't in the least bit amused, and once he explains that he has a degree of understanding of what these object are. He promise that he wouldn't bring something like that back to japan, however he get extremely distressed when she goes on giving detail on what it looks like and is horrified that Erika gave him something so dangerous. Once Mariya realize he does have it, she is displeased with his lack of care in understanding that his actions can influence everyone around him.

This leads to Mariya bring Godou back to her temple to more clear explain the situation that he has manage to get himself involved in. Here she explains that the gorgoneion is link to a prophecy that states that when a god obtains gorgoneion it will return to it's true power and draw the world into darkness. Once realize how great of a problem this is Godou asks why can't they just destroy it, however it appears according to Mariya the most they would able to do is seal it. This is when Erika shows and says is grateful to Mariya for her explanation. It clear that Erika is of a different mind set, she wants to cause to prophecy to unfold because they can't stop it from happen they can only control the when. That it can't be stopped because it is already beginning to unfold, that she needs Mariya to use her powers to find the source.

When Mariya does help it is revealed that Athena is the source of the prophecy, that when she obtains the metal she will return to her true power. Then to stop this, it is decided that Mariya will go off to try a seal the metal while Godou and Erika try to stop her. Although it seems like normally Athena would be willing to talk things out, but it seems like she has no interest in delaying things any longer. That she is determine to get the metal no-matter what, that in the end it doesn't matter who she has to go through to get it. Godou doesn't seem to realize how serious things are so this results in his defeat. This cause Erika to put everything she has into fighting Athena just so that she can escape with Godou.

Once they are away from Athena and he begins to wake up, Erika tells him that he has been asleep for two and half hours. Then tells him that with the ways things are now there are only two things that he can do. The first is allow Athena to do as she wishes and cause the world to fall into the underworld. The other choice he can make is that he can face Athena again and kill her. This cause Godou to comment on the fact that everything is going according to her plan. Erika contradicts him by say that there is a path a king must walk and nothing he can do will void this truth. Then things end with him receive the knowledge about Athena from Erika, and this is what will allow him to use the golden sword. However it turns out that they might not have as much time as they think.