piratefiction Chapter 390 Arrows from Heaven, Scythe of Earth
Chapter 390 Arrows from Heaven, Scythe of Earth
Chapter 390 Arrows from Heaven, Scythe of Earth
Roy, disguised as Freya, used the power of beauty to wipe out the dark faction in one fell swoop, leaving only Thanatos...
Valetta and Bacca escaped successfully.
The three hid in a base outside Orario.
There are at least eight or ten thousand such temporary strongholds among the dark factions, scattered all over the world.
"That wretched Freya, that vile goddess, instead of taking care of those disgusting men in bed, she comes here to cause trouble!" Valeta angrily smashed everything in the stronghold, hysterically hurling insults at the goddess of beauty, who was revered by countless men, with the most extreme and insane language in the world.
Since her debut, she had never suffered such a great loss. Everything she had accumulated over the years vanished into thin air, all because of Freya's words, "Commit suicide!"
Even during the great struggle, they held an absolute advantage in the early stages!
This time, they were powerless to resist!
Baka was utterly despondent. Freya had discovered and occupied the man-made labyrinth, so how was he supposed to build it in the future? Influenced by the curse of his ancestors, the meaning of his life was simply to build that labyrinth.
Sanatos had a good attitude. He thought, "If you fall to the bottom, you can get back up." He smiled and comforted the two of them, "Take a rest first. There are still many people all over the world who want to join us. If we organize them and train them for more than ten years, it won't be difficult for them to make a comeback."
However, Valetta and Bacca felt differently.
"Thanatos, we are not gods! We do not have eternal life!" Valeta said coldly.
Baka's eyes were also fierce. Humans only live for a hundred years at most, unlike the immortal gods. Gods can treat the mortal world as a game and develop slowly, but they can't wait that long!
Thanatos was speechless; this was a topic that gods and mortal children could not discuss together.
Bang!
Valetta and Baka's gazes collided in the void. Having been partners for many years, they could understand each other's meaning with just a glance. Suddenly, the two exerted their strength at the same time, pounced on each other, and pinned Sanatos to the ground.
Both were high-level adventurers, and Thanatos was unsurprisingly subdued. "What do you want to do?"
"Revenge, of course!"
Valetta's face contorted in rage. "How can we let that bitch and those adventurers have the last laugh!"
Sanatos asked, "How do I do it?"
"I got some interesting information from a certain secretive fellow. I was planning to take my time with it, but now I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you, Lord Thanatos!" Valeta's face broke into a maniacal grin.
"Baka, what about you?" Sanatos looked at the man who always looked like a wild man.
"Everything was for the purpose of building a maze!"
"All right."
They brought Sanatos, Valeta, and Baka to the Great Forest to search for relics in this eerie forest, a search that lasted for more than half a year.
Breaking the seal using the method provided by a certain evil god is another time-consuming and laborious task.
Sanatoz offered no resistance throughout the entire process.
Valetta and Baka are both his servants, and in an instant, Thanatos can seal their favors, turning them into ordinary people.
In the Great Tree Sea, one of the world's three great secret realms, if the two lose the favor, they will surely die.
But Sanatoz did not do that.
On one hand, there was emotion; in Thanatos's view, it was just a children's prank, and there was no need to get angry. On the other hand, there was guilt; Freya had destroyed the dark faction, and he, as the chief god, had done nothing.
One day, one month, half a year—while Roy was busy dealing with Freya, fighting against the school district, and breaking through the underworld, the three of them persevered in researching the seal.
Click!
Finally, Valetta and Baka broke the seal on the ruins, revealing a giant black scorpion shrouded in an aura that terrified the gods, and countless scorpion larvae.
"I see." The moment he saw the black monster, Sanatos understood their plan: to sacrifice him to the God Assassin.
Valetta sneered, "Don't blame us, just do your job as a god, Thanatos!"
Sanatos showed no fear or anger, and smiled, "Fine, if this is your wish, I'm willing to accept this outcome."
Thank you for your understanding!
Valetta's eyes were bloodshot; she was completely blinded by the fire of revenge.
"Before that, let me modify your favors." Sanatos changed the favor status of Valetta and Baka to "awaiting conversion," so that they could retain their own power, but their ability values could not be updated unless they joined other gods under their command.
Having done all this, Sanatos closed his eyes and waited.
The gods' gentleness could not sway the two servants who had gone mad. Valetta shoved Thanatos forward, sending him into the gaping maw of the scorpion.
Glug!
After swallowing Thanatos whole, Scorpio Andaris's aura underwent a dramatic transformation.
"Not enough, swallow me! Engrave my existence deep in your soul!" Baka suddenly rushed in front of Scorpio Andaris, his eyes, marked with the letter "D", widened as he frantically provoked the other.
Scorpion Andaris swallowed him whole.
"Hahaha, the great cause of the Daedalus family will not end!" Baka's voice rang out.
Roar! !
The scorpion Andaris, who swallowed Baka, had a faint, crimson "D" appearing deep in his eyes, indicating that he had been influenced by the mad craftsman.
Bacca, who was willing to cooperate with Valeta to control Sanatos, had been waiting for this moment.
Freya's Familia obtained the man-made labyrinth, but he has lost the opportunity to build it.
Scorpio Andaris is his last hope!
Influenced by Daedalus's curse, Baka's cooperation with the dark factions stems from a need for funds and materials; his marriage and children are to ensure his descendants continue building the labyrinth; and his skill training is to gain more working hours.
Everything Baka did was for that labyrinth!
This will even affected his own blessings. Because of necessity, he became a high-ranking adventurer!
Because of need, he acquired the abilities to develop in forging, mystery, alchemy, and other fields!
The cursed weapons possessed by members of the Dark Faction, which cause incurable wounds, were all crafted by him!
At this moment, he bestowed his curse upon the divine assassin before him—Scorpio Andaris.
This black monster, under the influence of a curse, went to the man-made labyrinth and turned it into a demonic lair!
A thousand years ago, Daedalus witnessed the grandeur of the dungeons and resolved to create something even more magnificent. In his envisioned artificial labyrinth, monsters were already present, so the Dark Faction had been hunting them down to enrich the labyrinth.
Kill two birds with one stone!
Scorpion Andaris assimilated the man-made labyrinth, giving birth to countless monsters that continue to expand. Perhaps in a thousand or ten thousand years, it will become the second dungeon!
The Daedalus clan's millennia-old dream!
By sacrificing to the gods, Scorpion Andaris gained power and divine strength. Baka's curse completed the final piece, allowing him to control this monster and travel to Orario!
"Hahahaha!"
Valetta laughed maniacally, as if she could already see the end of the world. "Oarori, you beastly gods and adventurers, just you wait!!"
The Artemis Familia, who had accepted the guild's mission to investigate the Great Tree Sea, were completely unaware of all this. Little did they know that their journey from Orario to the Great Tree Sea would lead them to encounter Andaris, the Scorpion, whose target was Orario, and they would be heading in opposite directions.
The group continued on their way in high spirits.
With Algana and Baje, both at LV.7, as her companions, she is the highest-level adventurer in the world!
The girls of the Artemis Familia were very optimistic about this mission.
Lessa said, "Thank you so much."
"Don't misunderstand, it was my husband's request that we agreed to this!" Bajie said, otherwise, even though there were two hundred million Fali, it wouldn't have been enough to persuade them.
"Let's get this done quickly, I want to go back and have a baby with my husband!" Algana said with a smile.
Faced with two unrestrained Amazons, the girls of Artemis's Familia twitched at the corners of their mouths; even shaking hands with a man was taboo for them.
Rumble!
Suddenly, Artemis, Argana, Baje, and the others stopped and looked up, their brows furrowed.
The sky was shrouded in an unusual gloom, gray and heavy as lead, with violent thunderclouds rolling, creating a chilling and oppressive atmosphere.
"Something's not right. It seems my husband's words have come true." Algana's expression was grave.
"Um!"
Bajie nodded; otherwise, why would she need them to accompany her?
An ominous premonition spread through everyone's hearts; they hadn't even reached the Great Tree Sea yet!
Originally, the girls of the Artemis Familia had some objections to spending 200 million Fali to entrust Algana and Baje. After all, they had been hunting on the surface for many years, and had been to places like the Great Tree Sea and Dragon Valley. Why would they need to ask for help? They suspected that their goddess had been fooled by that cunning boy.
But seeing the scene before them, their doubts vanished, and they even felt fortunate.
Artemis said in a deep voice, "Forward!"
The group continued onward. They were adventurers, after all. They couldn't be so humiliated as to be scared away before even seeing the enemy.
As they ventured deeper, the situation became even more bizarre.
Animals that used to run through the forest lay frozen on the ground, birds in the treetops were like frozen specimens, and even ants on the ground had turned into cold, stiff shells with empty eyes, showing no trace of life.
The Realm of Death!
In that area, it was as if an invisible giant hand swept across in an instant, extracting the souls of all the monsters, birds, and beasts in the forest.
Their gaze was fixed on the distance.
The distant forest, as far as the eye could see, was shrouded in an abyss of deathly silence; even the most basic sounds, such as the wind and the chirping of insects, had vanished without a trace.
"Could it be?" Artemis sensed the fluctuations in divine power, and her beautiful, aloof face turned ugly.
"Damn it! This godforsaken place—" Aljana cursed. This silent terror was more unbearable than facing a thousand troops.
Before she could finish speaking, a sudden roar erupted.
Rumble!
At the horizon, a writhing shadow surged forth like a boiling black tide!
That was a terrifying army composed of countless scorpion larvae. Their rushing footsteps converged into thunder, causing the earth to tremble violently, as if the earth's veins were cracking and mountains were collapsing! The dust they raised blotted out the sun, making the already gloomy sky even darker.
"Stop them!" Artemis said in a deep voice. They couldn't escape, otherwise the villages and towns along the way would be overwhelmed by monsters, resulting in countless deaths and injuries!
"Don't be so arrogant!"
Alganna and Baje transformed into lightning-fast figures as they charged towards the surging black waves!
With the power of LV.7 adventurers, they were practically the embodiment of destruction. Like tigers among sheep, wherever their fists and kicks reached, the ferocious scorpion larvae were smashed, torn apart, and kicked away without any resistance!
The offensive was wild and efficient, tearing two blood-soaked passages through the swarm of insects.
"They are really strong. Without them, it's uncertain whether I, Lethesa, and Lanti could have escaped here," Artemis said sadly.
Roy, holding the Spear of the Moon, saw only Artemis's memories, experiencing firsthand their battle against the Scorpion Lava.
call out!
When the terrifying "domain of death" swept through, there was no warning, no room for resistance.
Aljana and Baje's fists, halfway through their swings, froze in mid-air. The boiling flames of battle in their eyes were extinguished, replaced by a chilling emptiness.
Their souls have been extracted.
The next moment, two lifeless and willless bodies crashed onto the cold earth.
Artemis finally realized the existence of "Death Powers," and that their true enemy was not the monster before them, but the scythe of Death that reaped souls.
They ceased fighting and tried to escape the area, returning to Orario to inform the adventurers.
Chased by the larvae of the scorpion, Artemis had to hide and evade along the way, and her retinue dwindled until only Lethesa and Lanti remained.
She herself was also devoured by Scorpion Andaris, and at the last moment summoned her own Luna Spear.
With this, Scorpio gained the power of two gods!
Like an illusory image of Artemis, she appeared in the void, where countless stars converged to form her bow and arrows. She drew her bow, aimed at the mortal realm below!
The eerie black mist formed Thanatos's scythe of death, sweeping across the earth and reaping the souls of countless living beings!
A heavenly arrow powerful enough to destroy the world!
The Earthly Death Scythe that harvests all souls!
Roy finally understood.
He destroyed the Dark Faction, causing Thanatos, Valetta, and Baka to take risks and triggering the outbreak of the crisis ahead of schedule, leading Artemis's Familia to head to the Great Tree Sea.
He had almost forgotten about the Sanatos trio, but the butterfly effect is truly terrifying; a seemingly insignificant matter can escalate into a major disaster.
Splash!
The memories, surging like a tide, slowly faded away, leaving only Roy and Artemis. The entire scene was empty and directionless, with no boundaries. Beneath their feet lay an endless expanse of water, like a calm and deep mirror, reflecting countless glittering stars.
It is their solitary, empty, and ugly existence.
On this shimmering, starlit water mirror, Artemis stood quietly, lacking her usual majesty and solemnity, appearing more like a dreamy young girl.
She wasn't wearing her usual hunting attire; instead, she was wrapped in a white bath towel, the fabric clinging to her slender yet incredibly resilient waist, extending smoothly down to her thighs. Only her delicate collarbones and rounded, snow-white shoulders were visible. This extreme simplicity, however, released her natural divine radiance and breathtaking feminine charm without any concealment, making her look purer and more radiant than ever before.
"I'm sorry, you've done so much for me—" Artemis said, her eyes dimming.
"Nobody expected it to turn out like this." Roy shook his head; in a sense, he also bore some responsibility.
Unlike the great struggle of that year.
In a time of constant struggle between good and evil, with each side having its victories and defeats, the dark faction would not do something as drastic as overturning the table. What they want is victory, not mutual destruction.
Roy nearly wiped out the Dark Faction.
This drove Valetta and Baka completely mad, disregarding the taboo of harming the gods, and sent Thanatos to the jaws of the divine assassins. If the two survived, they would be wanted and hunted by the entire world, with no power or influence whatsoever.
The state and their families dared to protect them.
But the two of them no longer cared about such things; all they wanted was to die together!
Artemis's eyes were dim and sorrowful, her cold face filled with indescribable poignancy. Her trembling little hand gently covered Roy's large hand, which was tightly gripping the divine spear. "Kill me!"
Roy, wielding the Moon God Spear, heads to the man-made labyrinth, reaches Scorpion Andaris, and throws him to kill the Foot-Supreme Monster!
Even if they succeed in saving the world, both gods will die!
Beneath the vast starry sky lay a suffocating silence, with countless stars emitting a cold light, creating an unusually heavy atmosphere.
Killing gods—a taboo no one dares to touch!
Perhaps it was too much for the children of the lower realm. Artemis gently bit her lower lip. She was ready to persuade Roy in various ways.
Roy's reaction was surprisingly calm.
Roy looked at Artemis strangely. "And then you expect me to pay off your debts?"
"what?"
The topic took a complete 180-degree turn, and even Artemis, a goddess, couldn't keep up with Roy's train of thought. Her sad face froze, and her small mouth opened slightly.
Having finally understood Roy's words, Artemis glared at him with her beautiful, embarrassed eyes. "I'm talking to you about the great cause of saving the world, and you're talking to me about debts?! What kind of nonsense is this?!"
Roy glared back fiercely, determined to pay back his Ant Credit Pay bill today, even if the world ends tomorrow!
The Artemis Familia's 3.2 million Families were obtained by taking advantage of the Astrea Familia's reputation. If they can't repay it, it will definitely have an impact on their own family.
The poignant atmosphere of a proper farewell was completely shattered. Artemis, her chest heaving with rage, gritted her teeth and shouted, "I'll pay for it!"
Roy looked at Artemis in disbelief. How could you say something like that?
"Sorry, even the landlord's family has run out of surplus grain!"
Roy snorted coldly. These days, Chou spends money like water. Who has money left to pay off your debts?
"!!!"
Artemis's delicate face puffed up like a pufferfish, making her incredibly cute. If the girls of Artemis's clan were to see their beloved goddess display such affection, they would probably drop their pearls.
"so!"
Roy flipped his hand, and together with Artemis's soft, boneless little hand, grasped the Moon Goddess's Spear. "I will save the world and you!"
A warm, broad hand covered the back of her hand, the scorching rain seeming to spread along her veins, reaching straight to her heart. Artemis looked up, her gaze involuntarily falling on Roy's handsome profile. The corners of the boy's slightly pursed lips curved into a resolute and confident arc, making her heart flutter.
A feeling she had never experienced before began to stir like wildfire in her heart, which had been calm for hundreds of millions of years.
Asrilia, Hestia, Hera—what is this feeling? Artemis called out the names of her dearest friends, hoping they could answer her questions.
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