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, shining into the forest like a beam of light.
Seeing this, Artemis, who was responsible for leading the way, felt complicated.
If before falling asleep, after seeing this kind of pleasant morning view of the island, he would be very interested in riding the Kerunni deer, taking his hunting bow, and enjoying the laughter of a group of fairies. Accompanied by you, enjoy swimming among the woods.
but…
Artemis, who looked melancholy, thought of this and couldn't help but look behind her with her peripheral vision, and saw that the hunting bow that originally belonged to her was hanging on Sanguinius's waist.
Although wearing the helmet of the original power armor, it could not clearly see Sanguinius' current expression, but Artemis remembered that Sui Bian personally handed the hunting bow into Sanguinius's hands in front of it. superior.
It can best understand the kind of joy that can't be concealed by receiving the recognition from the father and receiving the praise from the father.
Although its father, Zeus, had a very troubled relationship history, he took great care of his daughter. Unfortunately, he had no way of knowing where his father and the other gods had gone.
Artemis had already learned from Sui Bian that her brother Ares had died, and according to human time units, it had been sleeping for at least ten thousand years.
From waking up in the early morning of July 22 to today, July 30, Artemis made up for the past ten thousand years.
Understand that the current real masters of the earth are humans. The age of 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 were ten Primarchs like Leon and Sanguinius.
Even though Sui Bian made it clear that he, the Primarch, and the Astartes were humans, he still gave Artemis the feeling that a "new god" was rising.
As for the hunting bow…
Although Artemis was unhappy, she knew that she could no longer use it after losing her divine power, so she stopped worrying about it.
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 craftsmanship.
After all, if it actively cooperates, it still has a certain degree of freedom, and the slave fairies and the pet Kerunir doe are also unimpeded.
soon.
Artemis led the two primarchs and eight Astartes out of the woods to the foot of the eastern side of the Santorini volcano.
These are all cooled and solidified volcanic rocks.
There are still tenacious weeds growing in the gaps between the bare rock walls, 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 scenes, Artemis couldn't help but feel pity.
It has seen the prosperity here, and the residents who are pious to God, simple and enthusiastic, but now they have all disappeared and become a memory.
Not long after, the group passed through the ruins and headed south along the foot of the mountain, finally reaching the cliff at the southern end.
Below the cliff is a rocky shore that is beaten by waves, and there is a collapsed temple on the flat ground on the cliff where the group of people are standing and at the foot of the mountain.
Due to the difficulty of accessing the road and the complete lack of any appreciation value, this temple has not been developed as a tourist attraction by the island residents.
But what really leads to the interior of the volcano is not the collapsed temple, but the rocky shore below the cliff.
Artemis walked towards the edge of the cliff, jumped forward, and landed lightly on a larger rock.
Looking back at the Primarchs and Astartes...
"Boom! Boom!"
They were extremely heavy, and they all fell downwards in free fall, directly stepping on the rocks and landing "smoothly".
"..." Artemis was quite speechless.
But it didn't express any opinion, and just continued to lead everyone to the bottom of the cliff, into a crack similar to the one leading to the underground garden, and went deep into the cliff, heading towards the interior of the Santorini volcano.
The crack was narrow at first and then widened, but there was no glowing moss growing here, only faintly flickering red light spots at the end of the crack.
The darkness offered no hindrance to the Primarchs and Astartes.
The same is true for Artemis. Losing its divine power does not mean 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 area gradually became brighter.
Finally, he walked out of the crack and arrived in a man-made tunnel that was equally spacious but 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 scalding "magma river" at the bottom.
And Artemis kept frowning, as if she hated this place.
Due to the magma, the entire tunnel is filled with a pungent smell of rotten eggs, which is also highly toxic to humans.
Artemis does not need to breathe, but she can smell it. If it were not forced, it would never come to Hephaestus who lived here.
However, the power armor of the two original bodies and the Dark and Holy Angels can automatically filter the air, so they don't have to endure the unbearable smell.
move on.
After not walking far, Artemis's expression was no longer disgusted, but solemn.
Because there are a large number of "human stone statues" scattered in the tunnel.
The facial expressions of the "stone statues" are vivid, and the clothing, hairstyle and posture are extremely lifelike, but they are all male.
Observing carefully, I saw that all the "stone statues" looked frightened and made movements to turn around and run away.
"Everyone, pay attention." At this time, Artemis reminded everyone in some unfamiliar modern language:
"Medusa seems to be nearby. You are all male. If you look directly into its eyes, you will turn into a lifeless stone statue."
In fact, when they saw the stone statue, the Primarch and the Astartes guessed that it was the mythical Medusa.
So the display of the helmet screen is directly switched, and the surrounding environment is pulse-scanned, so that the outline of the object is presented on the screen, thereby avoiding observing things outside the helmet with the naked eye.
"Thank you for reminding me." But the polite Sanguinius said his thanks out of habit.
Be prepared, the deeper you go, the more Artemis feels something is wrong.
Even Leon and Sanguinius felt very familiar. They always felt that they were similar to the blood demons they had dealt with before.
When everyone passed the right corner of the tunnel, they saw a group of...
Yes, 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 woman. Their skin is also lavender, their appearance is charming, and their heads have dense living snakes to serve as their hair.
The banshees were "playing" with each other, or using the stone statues to "entertain".
However, the current banshees are extremely interested in Leon, Sanguinius and the Astartes.
"Hiss~."
They stuck out their purple tongues, twisted their enchanting figures and attacked quickly.
