Chapter 144 - Arrow of Orion

"At the beginning, I still wanted to join the Artemis family." After listening to Hestia's proud words, Miyuki looked at Moon Goddess and said.,"It's a pity that you only recruit women."

"No, I'm sorry at the time..." Artemis opened his mouth with a helpless expression.

"Artemis..." Hestia looked at her friend, her expression changed slightly.

She can feel that her friend is different from before.

The previous her would never treat men so gently.

The feeling Artemis gave her seemed to be different from the past.

After speaking, Miyuki carefully looked at Artemis's body and use Psychic eyes.

{ Name: Artemis

Title: Moon Goddess

Status: Clone ( Formed by pure divine power )

Race/ Species: God (Innate Creature)

Level: A+

Combat: A+

Skill: ??? Unobservable }

Looking with psychic eyes, Miyuki immediately knew that Artemis was a clone.

But, even this clone has A+ strength, this shows how strong real Artemis is.

At this moment, Miyuki had confirmed that Artemis's real body has either been absorbed by Antares or she is currently on the verge of being swallowed.

But with the crystal he left, swallowing Artemis shouldn't be easy.

After all, he left a lot of continuous damage-type attacks inside.

At this moment, the sharp-eyed Miyuki also saw a spear-like weapon standing in the corner of the room.

The shape is similar to a trident, and a blue gemstone is inlaid in the center of the spear tip.

Looking at the spear, the information about the theoretical version appeared in his mind.

At the same time, Miyuki recognized what it was.

Orion, the god-killing arrow that finally killed Antares in the original work.

Now, the reason why Artemis appeared in Orario, but the Familia did not come back is clear.

Even though he had guessed ahead of time, Miyuki still wanted to know their whereabouts when he couldn't see the acquaintances.

Looking at Artemis, Miyuki asked after suppressing his thoughts, "Goddess Artemis, may I ask where Miss Rethusa, Lante, Randy, and the others are?"

"Oh? Yes, you are back, Artemis, why haven't you seen the children of the family yet?" Hestia also reacted after hearing Miyuki's words and she looked around and then asked suspiciously.

In the past two days, she hasn't seen anyone nor has she heard Artemis talk about her children..

"They..." Artemis hesitated for a while, then answered with a sigh, "They are still in the forest, waiting for my return."

Hearing this, Miyuki frowned.

The answer was too ambiguous.

He needs to know their real situation.

Miyuki asked again after thinking, "They should be all right?"

"... Yes" The question that seemed to be aware of something made Artemis's heart tighten but she still answered about the status of her children.

After all, Miyuki and they have a good relationship.

It's just, she can't expose anything else than safety.

After all, the stakes are high.

Antares, who has captured most of the power of the moon goddess, will eventually possess the power no less than that of a main god.

If the residents of Orario know that in the forest outside, there is a monster that is about to take shape to destroy the world then it would definitely cause Chaos and panic.

Therefore, she kept it as secret as possible, and just reported the matter to Ouranos.

And she only told the condition of her familia and nothing else.

Hearing the news that Rethusa and others were safe, Miyuki felt a little more at ease and breathed a sigh of relief.

They are fine.

Now, he can focus on fighting Antares.

"It seems that the gift I gave you should have worked well." Miyuki looked at the arrow of Orion and spoke while walking toward it.

"...You, how do you know?" Artemis still wanted to knock on the secret of Miyuki, but when he heard this, a look of astonishment appeared on her expressionless face and she couldn't help asking.

A pendant that contains power beyond the magic sword.

It was specially given to her as an amulet.

Combined with this sentence, it seems that Miyuki has expected this matter a long time ago.

However...how is this possible?

After all, when they went to the ruins, even they didn't know the horror of Antares.

At that time, Artemis herself thought it was just a simple investigation task.

Unexpectedly, they, who were not well prepared, were caught off guard by the awakened ancient monster.

When she wanted to suppress Antares with divine power and save her children, she was captured by Antares who could ignore the divine power.

In the end, it was the pendant that played a role.

Otherwise, not only would she be completely swallowed by Antares, but even her family members would be ruthlessly obliterated by Antares..

It won't be like it is now.

Everything was safe and sound except for herself.

"Guess." Miyuki smiled mysteriously and said

Knowing about the theoretical version, combined with the mission and the status quo, what he did was also a kind of guessing.

Although it was half-guess and most of it relied on a mission to know the time point.

"Guess..." Artemis muttered with disbelief.

This answer was beyond her expectation and she couldn't accept it.

Artemis suddenly felt that the Miyuki in front of him was a lot different from the one he was a month ago.

It's just, she can find what exactly is different.

"What's going on? What's going on? Is there any secret between you two?!" Seeing Miyuki and Artemis who seemed to be playing a charade, Hestia couldn't figure it out, and she asked anxiously.

Unfortunately, Hestia wasn't their focus at the moment.

Seeing Miyuki's appearance, Artemis also knew that it would be useless to hide it.

Sighing about Miyuki's ability, Artemis said, "A month ago, the children of the family and I went to investigate the seal of the Elsus ruins, but...it failed."

"Elsus? Isn't that the place where Antares is sealed?" Hestia subconsciously spoke but then she immediately covered her mouth.

This is a secret that only a few people know.

She can't talk about it easily.

And she also remembered Meteria telling her that Miyuki will eventually fight Antares.

Now, it seems the time to fight Antares has come.

Then Miyuki will face that unkown monster...

Hestia couldn't help worrying.

"So, the seal has expired for a long time, and those of you who have penetrated there will encounter the resurrected Antares." Miyuki stood still in front of the arrow and said.

"Yes, Rethusa and I could do nothing with our strength, so we came to Orario to seek rescue before the situation expanded." Artemis nodded and explained.

"This is the Arrow of Orion, the legendary weapon that can kill gods." Miyuki stretched out his hand towards Orion's arrow and spoke its origin and this interrupting Artemis.

In the entire dungeon plot, the arrow in front of him is considered a real divine weapon.

As for his Hestia's Blade, it has also become a divine weapon after his promotion to demon king seed but it's definitely not as good as the arrow of Orion.

Although he can create divine weapons by relying on [ Lord of Creation ] skill.

The genuine one is still slightly different from his newly created version, even if they have the same strength.

"Well..." Artemis was halfway through speaking, looked at Miyuki in astonishment, and said, "How do you know everything?"

"I overheard it from an old man in my hometown." Miyuki made up a reasonable reason and told a half-truth.

He does know from his hometown but that's in his previous life.

And there is no old man in it.

Hearing Miyuki's words, Artemis fell silent for a moment.

Although she has some doubts, she can't refute Miyuki.

"Artemis, what's going on now?" At this moment, the normally cute Hestia also realized the seriousness of the problem and asked while looking at Artemis with a serious expression.

Whether it is for Miyuki or for the danger caused by an unknown monster, she has to be serious.

"The Arrow of Orion is the last insurance, so...in order not to let the situation go to the last step, it is necessary to select a child who can use it in Orion." Artemis could no longer hide anything and she revealed the truth of the matter.

God-made weapons cannot be used by gods.

As funny as it sounds, that's the rule.

If it cannot exert its original strength, it is at best a solid weapon.

However, at this moment, the room was suddenly illuminated by a silvery light.

The heat gushing out of his heart made Artemis look in the direction of Miyuki.

The expression immediately became unbelievable.

The sacred text hidden on the body of the arrow lit up one after another.

The halo lingering around Miyuki's body added a bit of mystery to him.

"It seems that there is no need to find others to suffer." Miyuki held the God-killing Arrow and looked at Artemis with a chuckle and said.

He could clearly see the intense emotion overflowing in the eyes of the two goddesses.

....

Speaking up.

The setting of this world is quite complicated.

The gods of the lower world seal their divine power, but they who are keen on entertainment are forbidden to enter the dungeon to explore.

The dungeon will spawn special monsters on feeling the divine power of gods.

And these monsters can ultimately ignore the divine power of gods.

Judging from Antares's performance, the black monster does possess the power to ignore divine power.

And this also reflects from the side that the dungeon is alive.

Dungeons, gods, and adventurers are like a magical triangle.

Monsters that are ineffective against divine power are killed by adventurers.

Weak adventurers receive the favor of the gods and gain upgraded powers.

The gods, on the other hand, affect the dungeons and give birth to new monsters.

Holding the Arrow of Orion, Miyuki felt that his strength didn't increase much but by relying on the arrow of Orion, he can easily destroy a continent, now.

And it's easier than using his own strength.

Such power is really a divine artifact.

Holding the Arrow of Orion, Miyuki thought about the relationship between the dungeon, adventurers, and gods.

I am afraid that the purpose of the gods in cultivating adventurers is also to fight against the dungeon.

And the god-made weapons that cannot be used by gods may also be based on this point.

He, who has been deep in the dungeon, knows that there are countless god-level monsters inside.

Although these monsters are only able to rival lower-level gods, their sheer number is enough to destroy the lower realm.

Maybe, the hell in this world is buried deep below the dungeon.

After all, in most mythologies, hell is deep underground.

While Miyuki was thinking, on the other side,

Hestia and Artemis looked at him in shock.

The target who can use Orion's arrow must have a pure and innocent soul.

After all, the power of a god is pure and powerful.

If it is held by someone with an evil heart, it will cause a natural disaster no less than Ragnarok.

"What are you doing looking at me like that?" Miyuki swung the spear in his hand and danced, and with the clear trembling of the metal, he put Orion's arrow back in its original place then he asked after seeing the shocked looks of Hestia and Artemis.

"No, no..." Hestia suppressed his chaotic thoughts and shook her head.

She stared at Miyuki and felt the emotion in her heart grow hotter.

When engraving favor for him back then, she knew that Miyuki was different from others.

Later, he proved to her that he was different.

In less than half a year, he upgraded to Lv5.

Then he killed Apollo.

Although she has no evidence, Miyuki has the skill of God-killer, which is solid evidence of killing god.

Later, he also killed Ishtar.

This is something she could easily figure out after knowing about the disappearance of Ishtar.

She has known that Miyuki has long since obtained power comparable to gods.

She was worried that he might go astray.

But with the affirmation of the Arrow of Orion, it can be confirmed that his soul is still pure and he hasn't changed in the slightest.

Hestia is happy knowing this.

And at the same time, her worry about facing the unkown monster has lessened.

And she believes that Miyuki will definitely reach the top of the gods,...no, maybe he will surpass the gods.

While Hestia was happy, she saw something unbelievable.

In front of her eyes, Artemis, her good friend in the heavenly realm, suddenly stood up from the sofa and walked quickly to Miyuki.

In front of Hestia, she hugged the boy tightly.

"It turns out that my encounter with Orion was already achieved on the first day?" Artemis spoke in a soft tone that contained an attachment that has never been there before.

"What...what? What...what's going on here?"

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