Human Light Umbrella

"Please tell me the exact location." Sui Bian said with a smile again.

"I remember he was on Thera Island." Artemis replied immediately.

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Thira is the old name of Santorini.

The island is located in the southwest of the Aegean Sea, with an area of ​​less than [-] square kilometers and a population of only [-]. There are a large number of ancient ruins on the island.

Moreover, there is an active volcano called "Santorini" on the island.

The Santorini volcano erupted in 1650 BC, the most catastrophic eruption Earth has seen in the past 1 years.

People living on the island firmly believe that the catastrophic eruption thousands of years ago led to the sinking and destruction of the Atlantean civilization.

It is early morning on the island at this moment, and the bright sun reflects on the calm sea.

Residents concentrated in the northern part of the island leave their homes to enjoy the pleasant weather and get ready for a new day.

Meanwhile, in the south of the island where there were almost no people inhabited, that is, in the woods east of the Santorini volcano, there were two Astartes teams belonging to Umbrella, gradually approaching the volcano.

They are the Dark Angels led by Leon, and the Blood Angels of Sanguinius.

The Thor's Hammer III of the four Blood Angels is painted in black and red to distinguish them from other Astartes squads. Sanguinius, who leads the Holy Angels, also has a black and red paint job on his Primarch Power Armor. Mainly.

Their mission is to find the Greek god of craftsman, Hephaestus, located inside the Santorini volcano.

In charge of serving as the "guide" for the two Primarchs and the eight Astartes, it was Artemis who was wearing Umbrella's black combat uniform and who was also the sister of the Craftsman God.

Chapter 1: The Banshee

among the woods.

"Sa~sa~"

The sea breeze caresses the leaves and branches, making a comfortable sound, and the morning light passes through the gaps between the leaves, like beams of light into the forest.

Seeing this, Artemis, who was in charge of leading the way, felt complicated.

If it is before falling asleep, after seeing this morning scene of the island that makes it happy, you will be very interested in riding the Cerune doe, holding its hunting bow, and laughing at a group of fairies. Accompanied, enjoy swimming in the woods.

嗏

Artemis with a melancholy face thought of this, and couldn't help but look behind him out of the corner of his eye, and saw the hunting bow that belonged to it, now hanging on Sanguinius' waist.

Even though he was wearing a Primarch Power Armor helmet, which prevented him from seeing Sanguinius's expression clearly, Artemis remembered that Sui Bian personally handed over the hunting bow to Sanguinius in front of it. superior.

It can understand the kind of joy that can't be concealed by being affirmed by his father and receiving awards from his father.

Although its father, Zeus, had a messy relationship history, he took great care of his daughter. Unfortunately, he had no way of knowing where his father and the other gods went.

Artemis has learned from Sui Bian that its elder brother Ares has fallen, and calculated according to the human time unit, it has been asleep for at least ten thousand years.

From waking up in the early morning of July 7 to today's July 22, Artemis made up for the past of the past ten thousand years.

Understand that the real master of the earth is human beings, the age of the gods including Olympus has long been history, and even the existence of their gods has been questioned.

In addition to these, it learned that there are ten Primarchs such as Leon and Sanguinius.

Even though Sui Bian made it clear that he, the Primarch, and the Astartes were human beings, it still gave Artemis the feeling that a "new god" was rising.

As for the hunting bow...

Although Artemis was upset, he knew that it could no longer use it after it had lost its divine power, so it didn't worry about it anymore.

What it needs to consider now is to cooperate with Sui Bian and Umbrella as much as possible, and focus on finding its other brother, Hephaestus, the god of fire and craftsman.

After all, if it actively cooperates, it still has a certain degree of freedom, and the servant fairies and the pet Kerune doe are also free.

soon.

Artemis led the two Primarchs and eight Astartes out of the woods to the foot of the mountain east of the Santorini volcano.

Here are all cooled and solidified volcanic rocks.

On the bare rock walls, there are still tenacious weeds growing between the gaps, and there are also a large number of ancient ruins.

Collapsed houses, damaged statues, and buried squares all represent that this place has experienced a devastating catastrophe.

Walking into the ruins and looking at the surrounding scene, Artemis couldn't help feeling pity in his heart.

It has seen the prosperity here, as well as the devout, simple and enthusiastic residents, but now it has disappeared and become a memory.

Not long after, a group of people passed through the ruins, headed south along the foot of the mountain, and finally came to the cliff at the southern end.

Below the cliff is the rocky shore that has been beaten by the waves, and there is a collapsed temple on the flat ground on the cliff where the group stands, and at the foot of the mountain.

Due to the difficulty of the road and the complete lack of appreciation value, the temple has not been developed into a tourist attraction by the island residents.

But it is not the collapsed temple that can really lead to the interior of the volcano, but the rocky shore below the cliff.

I saw Artemis walking towards the edge of the cliff, jumping forward, and lightly landed on a larger reef.

On the other hand, the Primarch and the Astartes...

"Boom! Boom!"

They were extremely heavy, and they fell down in free fall one after another, directly stepping on the "smooth" landing on the rocks.

"..." Artemis was quite speechless.

But it didn't express any opinions, it just continued to lead the crowd to the bottom of the cliff, entered the crack similar to the underground garden, went deep into the cliff, and headed towards the interior of the Santorini volcano.

The crack was narrow at first and then wide, but there was no luminescent moss growing here, only a red light spot at the end of the crack.

Darkness, no obstacle to Primarchs and Astartes.

The same is true for Artemis. Losing divine power does not mean that it becomes a mortal. It does not need any night vision equipment and can see its surroundings clearly.

After walking forward for about ten minutes, the "red dot" became more and more clear, and the surrounding gradually became brighter.

Finally out of the crack, arrived in the equally spacious, but man-made tunnel filled with red light.

After a little observation, I found that the light source here comes from the gap on the right hand side of the tunnel.

A dark angel stepped to the edge of the gap and looked down, and saw a hot "magma river" at the bottom.

And Artemis kept frowning, as if he hated it.

Due to the magma, the entire tunnel is filled with a pungent smell of rotten eggs, which is also highly poisonous to humans.

Artemis does not need to breathe, but it can smell. If it is not forced to, it will never come to Hephaestus who lives here.

On the contrary, the power armor of the two Primarchs and the dark and holy angels can automatically filter the air without having to bear the unbearable smell.

move on.

Not far away, Artemis' expression was no longer disgusted, but dignified.

Because a large number of "human stone statues" are scattered throughout the tunnel.

The facial expressions of the "stone statues" are lifelike, and the clothes, hairstyles and postures are extremely realistic, except that they are all male.

After careful observation, I saw that the "stone statues" were all frightened, and they wanted to turn around and run away.

"Attention everyone." At this time, Artemis reminded everyone in a somewhat unfamiliar modern language:

"Medusa seems to be around here. You are all men. If you look directly at it, you will become a lifeless stone statue."

In fact, when they saw the stone statue, the Primarch and the Astartes guessed that it was Medusa from the myth.

Therefore, the display of the helmet screen is directly switched, and the surrounding environment is scanned by pulses, so that the outline of the object is presented on the screen, so as to avoid observing things other than the helmet with the naked eye.

"Thank you for the reminder." But the polite Sanguinius still thanked him habitually.

Get ready and go deeper, the more Artemis feels wrong.

Even Leon and Sanguinius are very familiar, and they always feel that they are similar to the blood demons they dealt with back then.

When everyone passed the right corner of the tunnel, they saw a group of...

That's right, a group of gorgons.

Their lower body is a snake body with purple scales, and their upper body is similar to that of a human female. Their skin is also lavender, and their appearance is coquettish. There are dense living thin snakes growing on their heads to act as their hair.

The banshees were originally "playing" with each other, or using the stone statues for "pastime".

However, the current banshees are very interested in Leon, Sanguinius and Astartes.

"Hi~."

With their purple tongues sticking out, they wriggled and attacked quickly with their enchanting figures.

Chapter 191 Corruption and Fall

"嘡! 嘡! 嘡!"

Boltgun-specific gunshots blare.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

"Aw...! Ah...!"

Immediately following the gunshots, the bodies of the banshees exploded, and their screams echoed throughout the tunnel.

This group of Gorgons, whose characteristics all fit Medusa, were attacked by the dark and holy angels before they even got in touch with the two Primarchs they were very interested in.

The nearby stone statues were also implicated tragically, with broken stones mixed with muddy blood, and stumps and broken arms flew across.

Less than ten seconds.

The eight Astartes stood in a row, taking their forefingers off the triggers, and the muzzles of the bolters stopped spitting out flames, and the sound of "嗞~嗞~…" sounded.

There was a mess in front of them.

The banshee's incomplete body began to melt rapidly, eventually turning into a pool of stinking black water.

"Click! Click!"

Seeing that the threat had been removed, the Astartes replaced the ammunition one by one, and continued to guard the front.

The two Primarchs standing behind the Astartes didn't even pick up their weapons, as if they felt that a fight of this level didn't require the two brothers to fight at all.

As for Artemis standing at the back, he finally witnessed the battle of the Astartes up close.

Efficient, deadly, without hesitation.

In all aspects, it is stronger than Olympus' army of servants of God.

After all, the looks of the group of snake-haired banshees are extremely tempting to men, and even most of the male gods.

However, the Astartes did not have the slightest "sympathy"...

But soon, Artemis no longer considered the above, and used the headset to talk to Sui Bian:

"Sui...Mr. Sui, these banshees are different from the Medusas I know, and I also feel familiar ugliness from them, like demons."

"I see." Sui Bian's voice came from the headset: "Please keep going."

Hearing this, Artemis said no more, and continued to walk towards the end of the tunnel with the two Primarchs and the Astartes.

While moving forward, it couldn't help thinking, why are there so many "Medusas"?

What happened to Hephaestus?

While thinking, it walked out of the tunnel with everyone and came to an extremely spacious underground square.

Artemis looked around and found that this place was very different from the residence of Hephaestus it knew.

There are more male stone statues here, including many god servants wearing ancient Greek heavy armor and up to three meters tall.

Of course, there are more gorgons here too.

Looking towards the end of the square ahead, I saw a tunnel that can continue to the next space, as well as the "real Medusa".

Artemis has seen Medusa before becoming a banshee, and after becoming a banshee.

And the Medusa's shadow can still be seen on the face of the gigantic Gorgon with a height of up to 20 meters.