Chapter 884 – 884. God’S Atlantis
And Artemis released the bowstring.
The moonlight arrow moved forward smoothly without any sound.
Then, an anomaly occurred.
The constellations in the night sky moved very quickly, and the power of starlight permeated the moonlight arrow.
‘Flash.’
As soon as I sensed the anomaly, I used Flash. In the slowed-down world, I watched the moonlight arrow slowly advancing and then looked at Artemis’s face.
Her face was distorted with anger, as if she had been severely insulted.
‘Other than that… the constellations….’
Among the countless stars, there were some that shone brightly, as if asserting themselves. I don’t know much about constellations, but this time, I knew it instinctively. That intensely shining constellation was Orion.
‘…Aha. Orion intervened.’
Why did Orion intervene? It’s obvious. In Greek mythology, Orion was Artemis’s lover. If Artemis lost this duel, I would take her virginity. It was a situation that would make Orion shed tears of blood. He was very anxious and intervened arbitrarily to help Artemis.
‘How foolish. Thank you, Orion, you troll.’
I released Flash.
The arrow, mixed with moonlight and starlight, flew through the air and then split. Dozens of split arrows flew in different directions. Those arrows pierced other beasts in the forest. More than a dozen beasts died instantly.
And the main moonlight arrow cleanly pierced the head of the Calydonian Boar.
It was a great and beautiful hunt by the goddess of the hunt and a great hunter.
But this was an insult to the goddess of the hunt.
“Orion…!! What is this?!”
Artemis shouted towards the sky.
「The shining hunter is watching carefully.」
「Artemis…, I was just trying to help you….」
“Help me? That means you don’t trust me! I am the goddess of the hunt! Did you think I would lose in a hunt?! What you did was not helping me, but insulting me!”
「The Lord of the Sky is furious!」
「The Lord of the Sky is furious!」
「The Lord of the Sky is furious!」
‘Just how furious is he?’
Rumble!
Thunder roared. My head naturally turned upwards. A streak of yellow lightning was tearing through the constellations. It was obvious who did it.
「The system calms the Lord of the Sky.」
「The system sanctions the shining hunter.」
「The shining hunter’s intervention is sufficient grounds for invalidating the duel.」
「The authority to invalidate the duel is yours.」
Artemis’s face was not good. She had pulled up all her stats to shoot one arrow, to kill the Calydonian Boar. The Calydonian Boar was one of the monsters from Greek mythology. A divine beast that even famous heroes had not easily seen.
‘If I acknowledge the invalidation here, there’s a chance that a tired Artemis won’t be able to kill the Calydonian Boar.’
I could make all sorts of excuses and postpone the duel.
‘But… I can do it?’
Artemis’s stats are the same as mine. If Artemis did it, I could do it too. Above all, I have the card called Elena. Since Orion intervened first, Elena’s intervention also has legitimacy.
“Artemis. This is a clear foul.”
“…I acknowledge it.”
“I’m not giving you the right to invalidate. Whether you want to restart the duel or proceed as is, it’s your choice.”
“…What are you plotting…!”
Artemis looked at me with distrust.
Of course, I had an ulterior motive. By giving her a chance, I was trying to break Artemis’s spirit. It doesn’t matter if this duel is invalidated. Even if we duel again, she’s tired, so it’s still to my advantage.
If she doesn’t use the invalidation right? That’s when her pride will fall to the ground. If I win in that state, her spirit will be broken, and she won’t be able to resist me.
“…I won’t… use the invalidation right.”
Artemis chose victory instead of abandoning her pride. I curled up the corners of my mouth and sneered at her. Artemis lowered her head.
“Really? I’ll understand since I gave you the right. But answer this question.”
“…What question?”
“The one inside your body right now, is it your main body?”
Looking at the system notification window, there were no messages related to 「Moon Hunter」 from a certain point. Based on that, there’s only one thing I can guess. The real Artemis had descended into the clone’s body.
“…That’s right.”
Artemis affirmed.
“Interesting.”
I picked up my bow and walked forward. Stormbreaker was combined with the Hwaryeon Bido.
「The Lord of the Sky sponsors 1,000 AP.
“Are you confident you can win?”」
“Yes, I am.”
My eyes turned to the fluttering blue butterfly. The butterfly was still around me.
「The Lord of the Sky sponsors 1,000 AP.
“I believe in you.”」
I created an arrow clone with Stormbreaker and placed it on the bowstring. I pulled the bowstring to its limit.
Crack, crackle.
Red lightning permeated the arrow.
‘Thank you, Orion. Thanks to you, I get to have Artemis. I’ll take her very well, even for your share. Watch well from the constellations.’
Orion crossed the line.
Of course, Orion must have had his own thoughts.
That was probably a decision he made after seeing Apollo intervene in the fourth duel. Apollo got off lightly for intervening. The duel wasn’t invalidated either.
‘In Apollo’s case, it was ambiguous. It was intended to help Artemis, but as a result, I also received Apollo’s help. So the system didn’t declare it invalid.’
But Orion directly helped Artemis without any room for doubt. It was a foolish thing to do.
‘Just because they’re gods doesn’t mean they’re smart.’
Similarly, just because they’ve lived a long time doesn’t mean they’re wise. I was reminded of that fact again.
‘Genius time. Flash.’
[Genius time is activated for 10 seconds.]
[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 4]
I infuse the arrow with lightning. I felt my mana draining rapidly. I felt dizzy. It was because my body was exhausted. At this rate, I had no chance. But I still had more hidden cards left.
‘Complete recovery. Flash.’
My fatigue disappeared, and my mana was completely restored. I infused the arrow with lightning again. I compressed and rotated it.
‘Flash.’
After repeating that process several times.
A storm was contained in the arrow.
I released the bowstring.
Boom! Unlike the quiet moonlight arrow that Artemis shot, it flew with a huge shockwave. Then, suddenly, the arrow bent and flew downwards. It wasn’t me who did it. It was Elena’s help.
The arrow pierced a gorilla monster on the ground and flew off again in another direction.
「Hunted a Chain-Tail Gorilla.」
「Received 17 points.」
The arrow, resembling red lightning, left a red trail in the dark sky, flying all over the forest. Nothing could stop the arrow.
「Hunted a Black Oak.」
「Received 13 points.」
「Hunted a Stone Worm.」
「Received 21 points.」
…….
Countless messages popped up. Messages related to the hunting competition, not the duel.
‘I didn’t think they’d count this as prey.’
The arrow finally pierced the head of the Calydonian Boar. At the same time, a red storm erupted, devastating the surrounding area.
「Hunted the Calydonian Boar.」
「Received 107 points.」
「Determining the winner of the hunting duel.」
「Judging is complete.」
「Congratulations. You have won the duel between a god and a human.」
「A step towards the heavens, a great achievement.」
「Acquiring the title, One Who Defeated a God.」
「All stats increase by 2.」
The system announced my victory. I clenched my fist tightly.
Thud.
Artemis collapsed to the ground. She stared blankly at the sky, then looked at me.
I grinned and approached Artemis.
“H-How did you do that? The movement of that arrow… it’s impossible! You didn’t use magic! You shouldn’t have any skills related to archery either!”
Artemis barely stood up. She backed away as I approached.
“It’s the same as you.”
“…The same as me? D-Did someone intervene?! Was it Zeus? Did Zeus…!”
To think that even the goddess Artemis couldn’t recognize it. I sent a mental praise to Elena.
The reason the arrow moved erratically and roamed the forest was Elena’s illusion. An illusion that affects reality. It was an illusion that Elena was using with all her power.
‘I should thank Elena later.’
「1st place. Sung Yu-jin
2nd place. Gidin Yustia
3rd place. Ojam Stinger
4th place. Kang Myung-jin
5th place. Stefan Angsho」
The hunting competition rankings changed as I gained a large number of points this time. I stopped caring about the hunting competition. That’s not what’s important now.
「The Lord of the Sky is anticipating!」
「The Lord of the Sky is anticipating!!」
「The Lord of the Sky is anticipating!!!」
“Artemis. According to the reward of the duel, you are my slave for one day from now. You have to obey any order.”
“N-No way…! L-Let’s do something else. I can give you something else! I’ll give you a huge amount of AP! That’s right. Don’t you want to sleep with the goddess of beauty? I’ll arrange it for you! I, I can even give you the bow I used!”
“Don’t act pathetic, Artemis. If you lost, accept it. You’re not even the main body anyway? Well, your mind is the main body’s mind, though.”
“Kuhhh….”
Artemis tried to draw her bow at me. But the bowstring wouldn’t draw. The system was using its power.
Since the system was the judge of this duel, she, as the loser, couldn’t run away or harm me until the reward was fully paid.
“Artemis. First order. Call me master.”
“H-How dare you, a mere human…!”
“You’re a goddess, but you’re my slave now. Have you forgotten that already? System. Artemis isn’t listening.”
「Sanctions are being imposed on her.」
“Kyaaaaak! O-Okay, I’ll do it! …M-Master!”
“Hehehe.”
「The Song of the Sun is glaring at you as if to kill you.」
「The shining hunter is emitting killing intent towards you. The shining hunter’s arrow is aimed at you.」
「The Lord of the Sky warns you.」
「The Song of the Sun is silenced.」
「The shining hunter protests.」
「The Lord of the Sky throws lightning at the shining hunter.」
「The shining hunter has been electrocuted! The shining hunter is silenced.」
I grabbed Artemis’s cheeks. Artemis pursed her lips. I carefully examined her face. Was it because she was the goddess of purity? She had a youthful face. Her skin was as beautiful as moonlight, and her eyes were mysterious, containing the night sky.
As I was about to kiss her, Artemis tightly closed her eyes.
「The Mistress of Olympus sponsors 50,000 AP.
“One who has achieved victory over a god, show mercy. Then I and the gods of Olympus will bless you.”」
The Mistress of Olympus. There’s only one goddess who can be called the Mistress of Olympus.
「The Lord of the Sky frowns.」
「The Mistress of Olympus glares at the Lord of the Sky.」
「The Lord of the Sky whistles.」
“Blessings from the gods of Olympus? I don’t need them! There’s only one thing I want! Artemis’s virginity!”
“Huuuup?!”
I kissed Artemis. I pressed her cheek with my finger to open her mouth and inserted my tongue into her mouth. Since she was the goddess of purity, it was certain that this was her first kiss.
「The Mistress of Olympus sighs.」
「Foolish human, you will regret this someday.」
I pulled away. A thin thread of saliva connected my mouth and hers.
“Regret? I’ll think about that later, I should enjoy it now.”
I made a decision in my heart. Hera. I’ll take you someday too.
「The Lord of the Sky is moved.」
I chuckled.
I wonder if the Lord of the Sky knows what I’m thinking in my heart right now.
“Artemis. Order. Take off your clothes.”
“Why should I… Kyaaaaak!”
Artemis, who was resisting, suddenly screamed and trembled. It was the system’s sanction.
“Okay…. I’ll take them off. I’ll take them off….”
Artemis took off her clothes, revealing her pure white naked body. Her full breasts, slightly larger than my hand, and the beautifully curved waistline. And the shape of her buttocks was also large and beautiful. Her thighs were pressed together, so her vagina wasn’t visible, but the dark pubic hair, grown sparsely like grass, was visible.
「The Lord of the Sky sponsors 100,000 AP.
“Her weakness is her anus! Target her anus! Her anus is definitely a weak point!!”」
