Type-Moon, I heard that after death, you can ascend to the Throne of Heroes?

After seeing Meleager next to Nuoyan, he didn't say anything. He took a few steps to the tree, shuttled through the tree, and disappeared lightly into the ancient forest.

Promise to follow Meleager.

Not only Atalanta thought so, but almost everyone present felt so.

After all, looking at him, no one thought that he could win in this hunting sacrifice under the gaze of the gods. They all felt that he was here to select powerful hunters and invite the winner of this sacrifice to go on the Golden Fleece adventure.

but......

"You said you want to act alone?"

The red-haired young man Meleager looked at the promise in surprise.

"Well...I said others don't know, but what's your expression?" Nuo Yan said helplessly: "You forgot, you taught me some of the hunting skills. I don't really know anything. Don’t even understand!”

In terms of skills, there really isn’t much of a problem with the promise, it’s just...

"But you can't even draw an ordinary bow!"

Nuoyan narrowed his eyes when he heard this, turned around and took out the small book of vengeance from the luggage he was carrying.

"Hey, wait, don't, don't!" Seeing the promise that was pretending to hold grudges, Meleager hurriedly stopped.

"I didn't say I couldn't promise you...but why do you suddenly want to act alone?"

Nuoyan glanced at Meleager, thought for a while, and said: "This is a hunting sacrifice under the watchful eye of the goddess Artemis. Only a winner can reach her, and...Meleage Gros, don’t you still want to save your country?”

Meleager was stunned when he heard this. He looked at the promise in front of him for a while and then said hesitantly: "But you..."

"Don't worry, you won't die." Nuoyan put away his notebook and said, "I promised Jason that I would accompany him on his journey to find the Golden Fleece.

And I also promised the great Queen Hera to gather all the warriors in the world to go with me.

So until then, I will no longer beg for death... After all, although I have been begging for death, you also know that even if I want to die, I must die on the road of a hero! "

After hearing the promised answer, Meleager remained silent for a long time.

After a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at Nuoyan seriously and said, "Thank you!"

"What are you talking about? Come on, you're so disgusting!"

Hearing this, Meleager couldn't help but smile, and then he didn't continue to be pretentious. He turned around and ran with all his strength, and soon disappeared from Nuoyan's sight.

When he disappeared, Nuoyan stood quietly.

After a few more minutes passed like this, the promise was finally confirmed, and I was the only one left here.

He raised his head and stared at the bright full moon in the sky with his emerald green eyes.

Then he turned around and entered the forest.

The hunting sacrifice witnessed by the gods, now... officially begins!

Chapter 33 The Sound of the Piano in the Hunting Sacrifice

"Is he the kid you like?"

Under the star-studded night, when the hunting ceremony officially began, what Nuoyan didn't know was that it was actually the moment he arrived here.

He had already been seen by the moon god Artemis.

To be more precise, three goddesses.

The three beautiful goddesses gathered together in the deepest part of the ancient forest, at the sacred place of the moon god Artemis, at the pavilion beside the lake lit by the moonlight.

And it was the moon goddess Artemis who spoke out at this time.

The clear lake water reflected her beautiful figure, and Artemis, wearing a long dress, was lying lazily on her beloved golden-horned deer.

Her waist-length silver hair was scattered, and her sky-blue eyes looked at Nuoyan from a distance through the full moon in the sky.

And with just one glance, Artemis discovered and recognized him. After all, the marks left by Hera, Athena and the Goddess of Justice on Nuoyan were really too bright in the eyes of the gods.

"That's right." Athena, who was sitting in the pavilion by the lake with her beautiful golden eyes, said with a proud smile on her face: "How about it, he is a pretty cute child!"

When Artemis heard this, she couldn't help but turn her head and glance at Athena in confusion.

I don’t know why this wise goddess is somewhat similar to the Queen Hera who caught her and showed off to her...

Hey, isn't that kid a follower of Hera?

Artemis tilted her head slightly and thought for a moment. The next second she felt very tired. She stopped thinking and continued to lie on the lying golden-horned deer and said, "But, he looks so weak. He looks like this." How could you come to me?"

"No, he will come." It was the last goddess among the three goddesses who answered Artemis.

She sat in front of Athena, wearing a white robe, with her eyes covered with white cloth... It was Themis, the goddess of justice. She said coldly: "Because I have heard that he is in the face of fate. The choices made.”

"...Is that so?" Artemis looked at Themis in confusion, and then looked at Promise in the distance. After looking at it for a while, she couldn't help but said: "But, he looks like There is clearly no intention of hunting!”

...

...

Dressed in black with the promise of hunting,

At this time, he was quickly traveling through the ancient forest under the full moon.

And just like Artemis said, Promise had no intention of hunting.

Because Nuoyan knew better than anyone that under normal circumstances, he would never be able to defeat Meleager and Atalanta.

Even though he had the sword of judgment left by the goddess of justice Themis.

So tonight, Nuoyan was going to hunt Actaeon, who had turned into a giant deer, in a very special way!

He quickly shuttled through the ancient forest. Since he had no intention of hiding his tracks, many hunters found him, including Atalanta.

And when Atalanta found that there was no shadow of the red-haired young man beside Nuoyan, she actually frowned and hesitated whether to catch up with him.

Since coming here, Atalanta's uneasiness has become more and more intense!

But what Atalanta didn't expect was that after just a short hesitation, Nuoyan had completely disappeared in front of her.

So after hesitating for a while, Atalanta ignored it.

After all, the most important thing at this moment is undoubtedly to win the hunt and see the goddess she admires.

Nuoyan walked for a long time, but he didn't know where his goal was. So when he went deep into the forest, Nuoyan's speed slowed down quickly.

The forest in the ancient Greek gods' age was full of swamps and wild beasts that harmed humans, not to mention that night was their hunting time.

Therefore, soon, Nuoyan was injured for various reasons.

In the end, when a giant snake as thick as a leg was hidden in the dark and suddenly appeared and pounced on Nuoyan, the painting of the sword of judgment on Nuoyan's body flew out automatically and beheaded it.

When Artemis saw the sword of judgment floating in the air and protecting Nuoyan, she finally "suddenly realized" and looked at Themis in great surprise.

Themis is the goddess of justice and the god of judgment respected by even the gods.

Therefore, Artemis really didn't expect that she, who was meticulous, would care so much about the weak boy and even gave him her sword!

"Hey, wait... since he has your sword, why did he keep going deep into the forest instead of hunting that bastard?"

As he said this, Artemis, who had come to his senses, could not help but look at the other side of the hunting ground.

At this time, Atalanta had actually found the giant deer in the oracle of the moon goddess Artemis... to be precise, many people had already found him.

At this moment, it had actually been nearly an hour since the start of the hunting sacrifice.

At the same time, Atalanta finally understood the reason for the vague uneasiness in her heart.

Because it was not a giant deer, but a... monster!

The angry, painful, and sad roar of the beast continued to echo in the ancient forest.

Under the light of the full moon, standing on two feet in front of the hunters was a huge deer man, with huge horns on his head, a slender neck, long and pointed ears, and spotted fur on his body.

His eyes were scarlet, his whole body exuded an ominous aura, and his body was stained with bright red blood.

Beside him, there was a hunter who tried to stop him but fell down and groaned in pain... Yes, he was Actaeon, the one that Nuo Yan was looking for, Actaeon who was cursed by Artemis and turned into a giant deer monster!

When the hunting sacrifice began about half an hour ago, the hunters actually discovered his huge figure.

And they chased him until now.

The giant deer waved its hands that had turned into hooves, and the terrifying brute force made many hunters who gathered here unstable just by waving the wind.

Among the crowd, only the red-haired young man Meleager could stand in front of him!

Meleager, who was blocking the giant deer, was holding a sword at this time, standing bravely in front of the monster, without any fear in his eyes.

But for some reason, Meleager found that he felt uncomfortable inexplicably when he heard the desolate cry of the monster...

Actaeon will be killed by his friend and die in his friend's arms.

This is the prophecy given by Clotho, the goddess of fate.

And the one who killed Actaeon in the prophecy was undoubtedly Meleager.

"Beautiful hunter lady, please help me and stop it!"

Meleager, who was standing in front of the monster, anxiously said to Atalanta, who was shooting arrows in the dark: "We can't let it leave, otherwise the promise will be in danger!"

Atalanta frowned when she heard this,

But at the same time, what surprised the two and the surrounding hunters was that the monster that had been running away suddenly stopped strangely at this moment.

The giant deer turned its head and looked at Meleager with scarlet eyes.

Meleager was startled. At this moment, he actually saw human surprise and confusion in the eyes of this monster.

...What's wrong with me?

Meleager shook his head fiercely, then rushed forward with his sword in hand, shouting loudly: "Stop it, under the witness of the great goddess Artemis, we will surely win!"

Facing Meleager rushing towards him with a sword, the giant deer came to his senses and saw that Meleager was getting closer and closer to him. He was anxious and finally got angry. He jumped down fiercely and smashed his hands that had turned into hooves to the ground.

The terrifying force instantly caused the ground to tremble, like a small earthquake, and no one could stand firmly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the giant deer leaped over Meleager and quickly disappeared in front of him.

Even though Atalanta, who had the fastest reaction, immediately got up and chased after him, she was surprised to find that she was left behind in just two or three minutes.

It was not that Actaeon, who had turned into a giant deer, was faster than Atalanta, but because Actaeon had lived here for a while and had an advantage in the terrain.

In the end, there was no choice but for Atalanta to return to the crowd and tell them that she had lost him. Meleager was silent for a while after hearing this, and shook his head and said, "It's not your fault, beautiful hunter lady. The monster is very strange. He seems to have the same wisdom as a human, and he knows the hunter's tracking skills very well...

But no matter what, under the witness of the great moon goddess Artemis, we must drive it away for the glory and mission of protecting the people!"

Meleager raised his sword high in his hand, and at this moment he had become the leader of the crowd.

Although everyone present wanted to get the credit for killing the giant deer and meet Artemis, the moon goddess, they naturally wouldn't say much after seeing its power.

"If there is a next time, I will never lose it again!" At the same time, Atalanta also said seriously.

Until then, Athena, who had also been watching the situation here, retracted her gaze and asked Artemis, who was sitting on the golden-horned deer: "Artemis, did you say anything just now?"

Athena's voice brought Artemis back to his senses. After looking at Athena, he naturally put his attention on the goddess of justice Themis...

"I said that since the child has Themis's sword, why doesn't he just kill that bastard and complete the hunt..." Artemis repeated his doubts just now.

"It's very simple, because he will never use that sword to cut the prey in the hunting sacrifice." Athena replied with a smile.

Hearing this, Artemis did not ask Athena why, but tilted her head and asked in confusion: "In that case, doesn't he have even less chance?

The one who can come to me tonight... should be that child."

As she said this, Artemis pointed to Meleager, who had become the leader of the group and was directing everyone to chase the monster.

Athena did not refute this.

She just smiled and cast her golden eyes towards Nuoyan.

Then, as if she had discovered something, her smile became even brighter.

At this moment, the moonlight of the full moon was shining on Nuoyan.

Nuoyan's black hair was slightly wet, and the water in the small pool fell and slid into his collarbone...He spent a little time to wash the debris on his body from walking through the forest.

"This should be enough."