Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1798 1770. Go with Shark

To put it simply, the climax of the Minotaur's story is actually a very clichéd plot of a hero slaying a monster.

Theseus used a magic ball of thread to keep himself from getting lost in the Minotaur's labyrinth, and then went deep into the labyrinth and killed the Minotaur with his sword.

The information that the swordfish roared out while venting is very consistent with the elements in this plot: Minotaur and labyrinth.

So is the myth of the ancient Greek world true? The Minotaur is trapped in a labyrinth?
"Your report on the Cult seems vague." Lan En remained calm and asked curiously, "I need you to repeat it again. Where did you find the maze and how did you get in? Tell me everything clearly."

"What else could it be?" Swordfish smiled bitterly. "Nikios got the news from somewhere, and he found the key to the maze - a stone plate."

"Then I joined the expedition as you requested and headed for Messara, and then I died! What else can I say?"

"If you want that artifact, go get it yourself! Don't come to me!"

"No... no no no! That's not right!" Swordfish was halfway through saying the same angry words as at the beginning, but he suddenly opposed himself.

His eyes turned dangerous as he looked up at Lan.

"You can't go in! No one can go in again! The Minotaur will kill you and then come out! Kill us all!"

"Ah, about that." Lan En shrugged. "I think you underestimate me a little."

"Nikios said the same thing! But he died in the end too! Aaaaah!"

Anyone who tries to enter the labyrinth is considered an enemy, as they may be killed by the Minotaur and then escaped.

Swordfish's mind has become so extreme and fearful that there is nothing more to say.

"You can't let the Minotaur out!"

With a "swish", Swordfish drew out the Greek dagger hanging on the leather belt around his waist.

The person who was able to communicate one second suddenly attacked and killed people the next!
Basically, only people who are mentally unstable can do such a thing.

In the underwater culvert illuminated only by the dim light of a fire, a pair of wrist guards on the swordfish's wrists suddenly emitted a golden light.

This light was very similar to the light on Kassandra's Spear of Leonidas or Alexios' Sword of Damocles, but much fainter.

The swinging speed of the Greek dagger in Swordfish's hand suddenly increased!

This acceleration was sudden and without any additional warning.

The already extraordinary speed, coupled with the suddenness of the change in speed, is a technique that can be used to gain a huge advantage in a first encounter.

With the golden light on Swordfish's wrist at this moment, the tip of the Greek dagger was moving so fast that it left a white mark in the air.

Even if there was a polar bear standing in front of him, the kinetic energy of the sword in his hand was enough to cut it in half!

But the enemy he is facing now is not just a polar bear.

"Stuck!"

There was a crisp explosion!
The dagger that was about to draw a white air flow line due to its speed in mid-air suddenly stopped!

If it weren't for the fact that this was also a divine weapon that had integrated divine weapon fragments, such a huge kinetic energy would have been stopped instantly, and the structural strength of the dagger would have been unable to withstand it and would have been torn apart directly!
On Swordfish's bearded face, the eyes that were originally mad with fear suddenly shrank and looked at the tip of the Greek dagger in his hand!
The reason why the sword suddenly stopped was because the tip of the sword... had been grasped in someone's hand!

Lann's big hand, covered with Smaug's gauntlet, was like a clamp that blocked the Greek dagger's possibility of moving forward the moment it was chopped down.

The huge kinetic energy and sharp blade did not shake Lan's arm at all, as if this still picture had been like this from the beginning.

But kinetic energy interacts.

Now, Lan's arm did not move at all, and the Greek dagger that had been integrated with the artifact fragments also held up, without releasing the kinetic energy in the form of shattering and deformation.

In the end, the only one who has to endure the test of the kinetic impact is the initiator of the kinetic energy.

The moment the tip of the sword was stopped by Lan En, the reaction force went upstream towards the swordfish's swinging arm.

The seemingly strong muscles in his hands began to flow like ripples under the impact of the reaction force.

When the reaction force hit his wrist, the golden artifact easily took it away, and even did not cause any accident to Swordfish's wrist.

However, just as the impact force passed the artifact wristband safely, an unnatural and pathological bulge suddenly appeared on Swordfish's elbow, accompanied by a dull sound of bones breaking in the flesh!
"Crack!"

"what!!!"

His arm bone broke because it could not withstand the reaction force.

The cause was simply that Lan En raised his hand to stop the sword he was about to swing.

The arm bone broke at the elbow, and the broken bone stumps penetrated the flesh from the inside out, causing the swordfish to scream in pain.

But at this moment, the scream of pain in his mouth didn't even have time to come out completely. "Bang!"

A clean, concise and extremely sharp straight punch came from Lan's other hand like a heavy hammer! It hit the belly of Swordfish in armor!
The swordfish's eyes suddenly widened as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.

His body flew backwards immediately, but the grip strengthened by the divine wrist guard allowed his sword-holding hand to still hold the hilt.

In the end, his arm was torn off from the wound caused by the broken elbow bone. The huge kinetic energy still made him fly backwards and hit the rock wall of the culvert.

The thick one-piece plate armor had a terrifying dent in the lower abdomen!
The tension and deformation of the steel have been stretched to the limit, but it still cannot dissipate the impact of the punch.

What was left was an iron plate with a hole torn inwards, just like a piece of paper.

The crack in the iron plate tore the swordfish's abdominal skin and muscles inward, and even the blunt impact caused him to bleed uncontrollably.

Lan En calmly withdrew his fist.

The battle just now took less than half a second in total.

But Swordfish himself had suffered a heavy blunt force blow that shattered his internal organs, his right arm was torn apart, and fragments of internal organs in his lower abdomen were flowing out through the wound.

Unless someone with the same Isu gene concentration as Cassandra appears here, holding the Ankh Cross in his hand, this person is already dead.

This broken man committed a cruel act that would make one's hair stand on end. He was probably still being tortured by the Minotaur even now as he lay dying.

Lan En raised his left hand and took off the dagger that was still held in his palm. The wristband on the broken hand looked of good quality.

After taking off the wrist guard on his severed hand, Lan En walked right in front of Swordfish.

The wrist guards came as a pair, so the witcher was grabbing his other arm, preparing to remove the artifact from his wrist.

The swordfish's head was lying on its back, blood gushing out of its mouth. Rather than dying from wounds or excessive bleeding, it was more likely that he was drowned by the blood in his throat.

Lan, who had seen the scene below the cliff of the lighthouse, thought that this was a suitable way for him to die.

In order to "escape the pursuit of filthy things and put himself among filthy things"... To be honest, this "Swordfish" is so crazy. If he was in Yharnam, he would probably be able to do something.

But just as Lan mercilessly stripped the wristband from his still-dead body.

"Pei..." Swordfish muttered with bloody lips, his eyes lifeless but still speaking with difficulty, "Peithos... open the maze... the stone disk is right there..."

Lan En glanced at him, but did not stop his movements for a moment.

He had seen too many people like this in his travels, so he didn't think it was some kind of 'a dying man speaks kindly' on the part of Swordfish.

"When you were alive, you hid from place to place, trying to get the key to the Minotaur's Labyrinth and make sure no one could free the Minotaur."

"Now that you're dead, you want someone to go find that minotaur, right? After all, it's none of your business anymore."

Swordfish could no longer speak. He just stared at Lan with his eyes and roared, which should have been a laugh.

Because he was also sure that the 'Demos' in front of him would never stop taking the artifact in the Minotaur's Labyrinth just because he saw through his thoughts.

He will definitely go.

In the eyes of Swordfish, the Minotaur has become the biggest and deepest shadow of fear in his heart, so Swordfish also believes that the 'Deimos' in front of him will definitely die under the hoof of the Minotaur.

In addition, as he was on the verge of death, the fear he had in life was finally gone, so of course he was happy about it. Extremely happy.

"Although you're a terrible person, thank you for the additional information."

While thanking him, Lan En took off another artifact wristband and a golden triangle from Swordfish's hand.

Then they dragged his body along the path of human remains to get deeper into the culvert.

Just as Lan En guessed, there was a pool here connected to the sea water outside.

Swordfish throw the dismembered bodies here, and then they are swept out by the waves, attracting a bunch of sharks.

With a 'plop', he could now enjoy the company of the sharks himself.

The witcher returned to the hole where he had fallen and flew out using the slingshot of his catapult.

After comforting the lighthouse keeper who didn't even know that there was a secret space under the floor where he slept, Lan En felt that his goal was within reach.

Go to Pestus and get the tablet, which is the key to open the Minotaur's Labyrinth.

As for the location of the maze... Swordfish said that he once explored in there with a man named Nikios.

This incident must have caused quite a stir at the time. If we ask someone, we might be able to find out their destination.

(End of this chapter)