Chapter 512 It’s Broken, I’ve Become a Substitute!
The Calydonian boar, a huge monster released by Artemis to punish the country, was a disaster that summoned warriors from all over Greece to fight, and was finally shot by Atalanta. The fur that was embodied by its legend is a cursed treasure that wraps its body to gain the power of the monster.
After equipping it, you can obtain the equivalent of A-level frenzy and A-level transformation skills with additional characteristics corresponding to the environment. The price is the disappearance of rationality, just like the Calydonian boar, thinking about fighting and killing.
In any case, the new moon will not allow Atalanta to use this treasure.
"Yes, I am crazy." Atalanta clutched the fur of the beast tightly, and said word by word, "I finally know that this treasure can only be used with hatred. I can summon it, and I must have the desire to cut something into pieces."
When saying this, Atalanta's eyes passed the new moon, and what was reflected in her eyes was a corner of the world organization.
There, gods, heroes, monsters, and evil kings all do not exist.
If it is a demonic being that has committed evil deeds, then it can be repelled; if it is a god that has gone berserk, then it can be appeased.
However, it is not any of the above situations. It is precisely because errors are meshed together like gears that the system that allows the weak to be eaten away can be perfectly executed.
"This is something that I cannot save with my power... But you obviously could have done it, but you still abandoned them!"
You sacrificed them, the girl's obsession roared, and her soul cried. She once trusted this young man so much, but the chant that purified everything not only killed all the children, but also destroyed all of Atalanta's expectations of him.
This loss, this despair, became the best sacrifice to activate the monster fur.
At this point, Atalanta has also understood the nature of those children. Neither Shuoyue nor Jeanne did anything wrong. Even if revenge is needed, it should be against the city itself.
But she had to vent it, the hatred suppressed in her body had to be released, whether it was to kill the person she was angry with or to burn herself to ashes.
With a "click", Shuoyue reached out again, ignoring the dangerous breath, and grabbed the wild boar skin and her arm together.
"You...!"
"Then come on, Atalanta." The young man's voice rang in her ears, obviously with a hoarse voice from the serious injury, but the upright body blocked in front of her, like a towering mountain.
"Are you blaming me for my attitude? I purified the evil spirits without even explaining it to you. You must have felt sad."
"That was indeed my mistake. Please forgive me. If I had hesitated at that time, it would have put the mother and daughter in crisis. I don't want to underestimate your ideals, because I also came with the ideal of saving the world. It is definitely not my intention to make you sad... I hope you can believe me."
"No matter what you want to do, I will not refuse - this is my promise to you."
Shuoyue knew in his heart that it was because of his behavior that stimulated Atalanta, which made her feel "destroy it if you are tired", and even summoned the second forbidden treasure. In this case, he is responsible for all the suffering caused by his mistakes.
Atalanta, who thought she would hear a scolding or even a scolding, was stunned. She looked at Shuoyue with a sincere face. The picture of him not dodging and taking seven arrows appeared in her mind. Looking at his arm with black lines spreading, she suddenly panicked and pushed subconsciously.
"Wait a minute, I..."
But Atalanta ignored that this was a cliff, and the seriously injured Shuoyue didn't seem to have much strength. Although she pushed the wild boar skin of the divine punishment off, his body was blown up by the wind like a piece of paper. In front of Atalanta, whose pupils suddenly shrank, the assassin just smiled and fell to the bottom of the cliff.
"Shuoyue!!!"
Forgetting even thinking, Atalanta's mind was blank. She jumped up without hesitation, turned herself into an arrow, flew out under the pull of gravity, and stretched out her arms to the falling young man.
What wild boar skin, what revenge, were all thrown behind her mind, and the only thing reflected in her eyes was the young man in front of her.
"Grab my hand...quickly!"
The wind was howling, Atalanta forgot everything, just stubbornly stretched out her fingertips, trying to grab the shaky figure, the resentment in her heart was thrown behind her along with the girl's tears, until her left hand felt a reassuring touch, Atalanta smiled, with tears in her eyes, she saw the young man open his mouth, seemed to say something, and then she was hugged tightly, lost in the warm embrace.
With a "plop", the stream in the forest splashed a big wave, the splashing water droplets were crystal clear under the morning light, reflecting the brilliant colors of diamonds.
As the bubbles rolled, two figures broke out of the water, took a deep breath at the same time, looked at each other, even though their bodies were soaked, they still couldn't help but laugh foolishly, and the emerald green figure couldn't help but lightly hit the other person's chest.
"Really? How could you be so stupid?"
"If I don't do this, how can I make you sober up?" The last bit of resentment disappeared, and Shuoyue quietly put away the wild boar skin, watching the girl's white and tender arms recover, and smiled slightly, but when his eyes floated up, he couldn't help but stand there in a daze.
Just like a handsome young man who strayed into the woods and met a young goddess bathing by a stream, that was the beginning of many tragedies and comedies in Greek mythology. In front of the wet Atalanta, Shuo Yue also felt the same throbbing.
The clear spring water flows gurglingly in the mountain stream, sliding over the girl's body like a piece of crystal silk. She has an elegant posture and a graceful figure. There is a slight smile on the corner of her mouth that has not faded away. There is some kind of fatal temptation shining in the green animal eyes. The sun was falling, and the snow-like skin exuded a holy radiance. This unparalleled appearance embodies all the wildness and nature.
But when the young man was motionless, he should also think about his own ending. In front of the believers of the virgin goddess Artemis, his behavior could be called transgression.
"Where are you looking?" Atalanta's faint whisper sounded in Shuo Yue's ears, "Do you also want to be like Actaeon?"
Hearing this, Shuo Yue's expression suddenly stiffened.
Actaeon, the hero and hunter in Ovid's Metamorphoses, happened to see the goddess Artemis bathing on Mount Kytheron, and the goddess turned him into a deer. He was chased by his hunting dogs and was eventually shot and killed by his friend.
Obviously, this story has been spread as a negative teaching material, and Ta Miao is a loyal believer of Artemis...
Look, isn’t this a coincidence?
Just when Shuo Yue thought she was about to be hunted again, there was a sudden feeling of moisture on her neck. The girl's wet arms wrapped around him, and she leaned against his ear, exhaling like blue.
"But...I don't mind."
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"Wait, there's something wrong with you!" Shuo Yue was startled and tried to struggle but it was already too late. Atalanta just hugged his neck, waded through the stream and walked backwards towards the shore, and was hit by seven arrows, and... Someone who was photographed on the stream was unable to resist at all, "What are you going to do? Hello? Hey! Stop it, you Ta-miao!"
"It's too late, Shuoyue~" Looking down at the panicked young man, the huntress's eyes shone with an indescribable luster - the look of someone who had discovered a perfect prey and would never let it go.
Although she was blinded by anger, she was not directly hit like Joan of Arc. Now that she calmed down, of course she understood that Shuo Yue must have some agenda in communicating with Liu Dao Lingxia and King Arthur in private.
But even so, Shuo Yue still came for her, and even if she was angered, she didn't feel any grievance at all. In order to prevent her from using the wild boar skin, she even risked her life even if she was seriously injured.
Not to mention the many heroic rescues since the encounter, as well as the significant golden apple pie (Note 1), which was an experience Atalanta had never had in the past. Being aroused by the current encounter, some of her emotions changed. Can't control it anymore.
Unlike the simple country girl or the holy king who suppressed his emotions, although she had never experienced such feelings in her lifetime, she was exposed to them in the chaotic Greece, and she understood her thoughts almost instantly.
The huntress who was raised by nature has no ordinary ethical concepts. Once the oath she made to Artemis is broken by herself, her courtship will be as ruthless as hunting.
"You seem to have said that no matter what I want to do, you will never refuse?"
"Gu, I can't refute...but I remember you didn't swear to Artemis..."
With the drops of water dripping, Atalanta sat astride Shuo Yue, lowered her head, and blocked his lips. Her black hair fell down, but it could not block her face from blushing due to shyness.
It takes a lot of courage to break an oath, but this guy really doesn't care about anything... Humph!
She swore to the moon goddess because she didn't believe in love. If she turned a blind eye to true love because of her oath, wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?
I have already died once... Lady Artemis will forgive me, right?
The morning light is silent, the stream is rushing, the fierce breathing of men and women by the stream is rippling, accompanied by the rustling sound, the soaked clothes are thrown aside casually, using the sky as a quilt and the earth as a bed, transcending the barriers of time, The most beautiful girl hunter in Greek mythology finally met the one she loved and shot the desired love with one arrow.
Deep in the assassin's young soul, the white-gold light group trembled violently, knocking back the dark red color that emerged, and then completely extinguished it. And at the far end of time and space, the handsome young man stood up, ignoring the murderous gaze of the little red dragon, and was shocked:
"It's broken, I'm a substitute!"
Congratulations to Shuo Yue for getting first blood, even though it was in the form of a substitute (snickering).
The story about 'Golden Apple Pie' was originally intended to be a side story, but it was exam week at that time...so I was so busy that I stopped thinking about QAQ.
Well, although the other foreshadowing is enough and will not affect the main reading experience, I will make up for it as soon as possible...well, as soon as possible.