Type-Moon, a human love simulator.

Chapter 110 Atalanta and the Golden Apple
Because at this time, Suerlun was thinking about how to kill with one blow.

The first arrow was just a test to see the quality of the Calydonian boar. After all, this was his first time coming into contact with a creature created by God, so it was always better to be careful.

As a result, Surlun finally proved his level and was able to break through the defense and even seriously injure the wild boar easily.

At this time, Suerlun's eyes had already penetrated the wild boar's skin, which was like that of an ordinary object, and saw its essence, the truth hidden beneath the surface.

This thing looks like a big wild boar. It is exactly the same as a wild boar except that it is a little bigger. However, under the pig skin, it has steel bones and a blessing from the gods that can make it stronger as it devours matter...

This wild boar is indeed a creature created by God. It is not a carbon-based life form with a mortal body. It contains a magic furnace carved by God in its body, which can strengthen itself by devouring any form of resources.

"Makes sense. The gods do possess technology that is far beyond human imagination."

Surlun secretly complained that this wild boar was made of steel and iron. If it were placed in modern times, even a nuclear bomb might not be able to completely melt it. It would be a monster like Godzilla.

However, in the Greece of the Age of Gods, if the heroes of the Age of Gods wanted to get rid of this wild boar, it was not an unimaginable thing, it just took some effort.

The wild boar with injured eyes suddenly stopped, pointed its head at Surlun, and its eyes turned blood red, flashing with hot red flames, just like before Superman's thermal vision was activated...

Suerlun had an idea. He thought that while the wild boar was attacking, he could find an opportunity to counterattack.

But when the wild boar aimed its sights at Suerlun, it suddenly stalled...

Surlun saw it clearly. The huge magic core in the wild boar's body suddenly disconnected. The whole pig stopped moving, but soon came back online.

But this time after going online, the wild boar no longer locked its attack on Surlun. It turned its head and looked in the direction of the Greek heroic coalition.

The next moment, the attack that had been prepared long ago came, and the scorching red flames shot out from the wild boar's two blind eyes, like a real fire that ignited several people in an instant.

Suerlun was a little puzzled. Why didn't the wild boar attack him? It looked like it was ready to attack...

But now is not the time to think about this, because because the wild boar used thermal vision attack, its fatal weakness, the energy core blessed by God, has been exposed.

The opportunity only lasts for a moment, and the wild boar's iron bones will heal again and hide its core.

"It's now."

Surlun's fingers plucked the arrow string, and instantly thousands of streams of light gathered to form an arrow, which turned into a stream of light with a "whoosh" sound, and in this split second, pierced through the core of the wild boar.

This is an arrow that flies at the speed of light, or like a meteor, it flies across the sky so fast that people don't even have time to react.

Among those present, only Atalanta, who was also a top archer and focused on Surlun, noticed the trajectory of the arrow.

The wild boar was dead, Surlun put away the golden bow, turned around and left.

Atalanta felt a little strange, as she was the only one who had been paying attention to Surlun, who was inconspicuous on the edge.

Seeing Surren leaving, Atalanta couldn't help but say, "Hey, Surren, why are you leaving? Don't you want this honor anymore?"

Yes, honor!
Why did the hunt for a Calydonian boar attract almost all the heroes in Greece?

What made these unruly "heroes" almost provide their own food and willingly obey the orders of Meleager, the prince of Calydon?
Because of honor.

When it comes to gods, there is no small matter...and these monsters that are punished by gods for some reason and come to wreak havoc on the earth are the heroes' favorite adventures and trials.

Once the mortal country was punished, the gods’ anger would subside.

Secondly, these monsters that wreak havoc on the earth symbolize the majesty of God, and are naturally superior to humans. The honor gained by defeating these monsters that carry the majesty of God punishing mortals is far greater than that gained from defeating other ordinary monsters.

The honor here is even worth the heroes fighting and striving for each other with their lives!
This is an honor that is enough for all the heroes who participated in the hunt to proudly say in front of outsiders, "I once participated in hunting the Calydonian boar!"

Even a hunter like Atalanta, who grew up in the forest, was raised by a mother bear, knew only hunting and had no idea about love between men and women, could not help but be attracted by the trial of hunting the Calydonian boar. This is evident from the fact.

Suren shook his head and said, "My mission is over. I have completed what the goddess Athena instructed me to do."

"As for honor? I am not interested in something you risk your life to fight for. After all, I am here only to please my goddess."

"Athena, look at me!"

The reason why Suren came to Calydon was because Athena came to his golden heaven and personally gave him trials and guidance, so Suren came to Calydon to fight against the wild boar that was ravaging the earth.

Now that the Calydonian boar had been killed by his arrow, Suren naturally was too lazy to fight for the so-called honor and spoils, so he left them all to the Greek hero who was willing to sacrifice his life for such things!

Since this is what you are willing to sacrifice your lives for, I will give it to you!

Because I don’t care what you pursue.

Atalanta was stunned. Before she could react to what was happening, she saw Meleager rushing over. It must be said that possessing the prophecy of the goddess of fate and possessing a pseudo-immortal body was a sign of courage...

The other Greek heroes were frightened and scattered by the wild boar's hot gaze, but Meleager rushed forward instead.

Anyway, he won't die until the predicted time comes.

This is what his mother told him. As for what the prophecy time is, his mother did not say...

But before Meleager could draw his sword to attack the wild boar, the wild boar, which was fifty meters tall and as big as a hill, fell to the ground with a bang.

Meleager stepped on the wild boar's head in confusion and tentatively pierced the boar's neck with his sword, causing the smelly, bright red blood to flow out.

The wild boar is dead.

Meleager looked confused. He didn't know who killed the wild boar, but he was sure that the wild boar was already dead when he rushed to it.

The dust from the boar's fall rose up in all directions. Almost no one could see what happened except Atalanta, the hunter who had the blessing of Artemis and whose eyes were as sharp as an eagle and who could see through everything.

When the smoke and dust cleared, Meleager's best friend Jason was the first to see Meleager stepping on the boar's head with his sword pierced into the boar's neck. He couldn't help but shout, "Meleager! It was Meleager who defeated Calydon's boar!"

The other Greek heroes could not help but cheer. Although they were not the ones who finally killed the Calydonian boar that ravaged the earth, they were at least among those who participated in the wild boar hunting trial and finally survived successfully. They also enjoyed secondary honors and were eligible to distribute the spoils.

Meleager's two uncles could not help showing joy on their faces. They were Meleager's staunch confidants, and they were even more certain that Meleager, who had defeated the wild boar and was thus qualified to distribute the spoils, would definitely give the most precious pig skin to them.

The heroes gathered around him, shouting Meleager's name loudly. Meleager looked confused. He was sure that he had not killed the wild boar, but looking at the Greek heroes who had gathered around him and their admiring eyes, he hesitated...

"…It was I, Meleager, who slew the Calydonian boar!"

Meleager didn't know how he said this. He just felt that his mouth was completely out of control. He clearly wanted to tell the truth, but he still took all the credit for himself.

Atalanta opened her mouth. She wanted to say that the wild boar was killed by Suren, and Meleager was not the one who killed the wild boar. He was just the first one to discover that the wild boar was dead.

But she only said one word, and her tiny voice was drowned out by the cheers of the heroes. Seeing this, Atalanta could only remain silent.

Meleager had always been keeping an eye on the girl he admired. When he saw Atalanta standing on the periphery, he did not think that Atalanta was unwilling to approach him. He just thought that Atalanta was a woman after all and could not compete with a group of male heroes and squeeze to his side.

After all, he was the one who organized the Greek heroes to fight against the wild boar and finally defeated the Calydonian boar. His name would surely resound throughout Greece.

What girl wouldn't want to be close to me?
Meleager couldn't think of anything, so he confidently pushed through the crowd, looked at Atalanta and said, "Beautiful Atalanta, I noticed that you shot the boar's eye. You have done a great deed. I have decided to give you the skin of the Calydonian boar..."

When Meleager's two uncles heard this, their expressions changed and they couldn't help but stare at Atalanta with some unkindness.

But no one expected that Atalanta, who was praised by Meleager, did not show any emotion on her face. She pursed her lips and said, "... Meleager, you have no right to distribute the spoils, because you did not kill the Calydonian boar that ravaged the land!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Meleager's uncle shouted, "It was Meleager who struck down the Calydonian boar in front of everyone, with his sword still stuck in its neck!"

"He stuck his sword into the dead boar's neck."

"My eyes are blessed by Artemis, goddess of the moon and the hunt."

Atalanta suddenly opened her lion-like ferocious, emerald green eyes, looked at Meleager, and said lightly: "Do you dare to swear to the mistress of the wilderness, the goddess of the hunt? Swear that this wild boar must have been killed by you?"

Meleager couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart when he heard this. He knew of course that he didn't kill the wild boar, but he had already accepted this honor before. If he didn't dare to swear now, wouldn't that be self-defeating?
But if he really swore, wouldn't that be fooling the gods?
His father Oeneus fooled the gods, which led to the Calydonian wild boar falling from the sky and wreaking havoc on the earth.

When Atalanta said this, most people thought it was ridiculous at first, but as Meleager hesitated and remained silent, the heroes all stared at him unconsciously. These people were not fools, and naturally understood what Meleager's silence meant.

Even his good friend Jason did not dare to speak up for him. Greek heroes valued honor, so they naturally hated those who pretended to be honorable and deceived the world.

Riding a tiger is difficult to get off…

Although there is no such word in Greece, it is the only word that can describe Meleager's current mood.

Meleager had been put on the fire. He had been praised too highly before but had not received the corresponding honor. Now it was impossible for him to land safely.

Either you fall to death or you get burned to death.

"Anyway, I have the prophecy of the goddess of fate. Before the prophecy comes, even the goddess of the moon and hunting can't do anything to me!"

Facing the doubts and even contemptuous looks from the Greek heroes, Meleager was finally overwhelmed by honor and face. He gritted his teeth and said, "I, Meleager, swear to Artemis, the goddess of the moon and hunting, that I, Meleager, must have killed the Calydonian boar!"

The air around them couldn't help but choke, and the entire forest suddenly became extremely dark and terrifying at this moment. The quiet and peaceful forest and wilderness seemed to have all come alive.

This was the majesty of God. Atalanta, who had seen the goddess with her own eyes, knew clearly whose majesty this was, but for some reason, Artemis did not come in the end.

But one thing is certain, that is, Artemis must have heard Meleager's oath.

Atalanta came back to her senses and said to Meleager with a sneer, "Meleager, I have to say that you are braver than your father..."

"If you say so, then it's true. You don't have to share the spoils of the wild boar with me."

Atalanta walked towards the path that Surlun had taken. "Cherish your last moment of honor. You can freely distribute the spoils that do not belong to you."

Meleager at this time didn't know what had happened, anyway, his mind was no longer normal. Logically, a normal person should hate Atalanta's sabotage. After all, if it weren't for Atalanta's coercion, Meleager would not have been put on the fire, and finally had to bear the crime of fooling the goddess.

If it were someone else, they would definitely hate Atalanta deeply and be ready to take revenge on her at any time. If I don't have a good life, you won't have an easy life either.

However, Meleager was different. He did not hate Atalanta for sabotaging her. Instead, he admired Atalanta even more for her honesty and seriousness. He could not help but admire her in his heart: "Only a girl like this can be worthy of me!"

Finished, love it even more.

This kind of train of thought highlights a speechless love-brain, and it is not difficult to guess who is behind this.

But Meleager was reduced to a love-brained man, while his two uncles were normal people. They were shaking with anger at this time. They stood in front of Atalanta and shouted angrily: "Atalanta, you insulted the prince of Calydon and the future king. Do you think you can just walk away so easily?"

"You have questioned the honor of Meleager. This insult to Calydon must be paid with your blood!"

To be honest, what Meleager's two uncles said was true. After all, Meleager had sworn an oath to the gods and paid such a price to prove his innocence. If the "falsely accused" Atalanta was let go so easily, would Meleager still have any prestige?
"Whether it is a question or an insult, Meleager knows it clearly in his heart, and the goddess of hunting also knows it clearly."

Atalanta picked up the bow and arrow, looking at the two men with a cold face. In fact, her fighting and wrestling skills were quite good. She could even defeat the grandson of Zeus, a demigod-level hero. However, few people knew this.

Although she was a woman, Atalanta had strong skills in long-distance running and wrestling, two sports that were considered honors by men.

Her archery skills are even more sophisticated, and she is a wilderness hunter who grew up in the forest. If a conflict really broke out in the forest, except for Meleager who had the prophecy, she would not be able to kill everyone else.

Atalanta is considered to be the strongest female hero in Greece.

"shut up!"

Meleager's two uncles drew out their spears and were about to attack Atalanta. She couldn't help but draw her bow and arrow, but before Atalanta could make a move, a stream of light shot out and accurately hit Meleager's sword.

Only then was Meleager heard shouting, "What do you two unreasonable robbers want to do to Ata?"

As Meleager spoke, he pulled up the sword from the ground and was about to stab his uncle. Judging from the strength and speed, he was determined to kill him.

If Meleager had not been hit by this stream of light, his two uncles would have been killed by him by now.

"..."

Atalanta was stunned, even her mind went blank due to the shock of this scene. With her poor vocabulary, she couldn't think of a suitable word to describe this madman.

Jason couldn't help but said, "Meleager, are you crazy? That's your uncle!"

"Who is it?" Meleager's eyes were red, and he ignored Jason. He was obviously in a state of madness at this time. The sin of fooling the goddess was not so easy to get away with.

Meleager had a prophecy from the goddess of fate. As a god who abides by the rules, Artemis could not kill him directly, but Artemis had plenty of ways to kill him.

Suer Lun calmly put down the longbow in his hand and said, "Are you crazy? Are you going to kill your uncle just because of an outsider?"

Meleager said in an irreconcilable tone, "They have offended Ata, and they shall die!"

At this time, his two uncles finally came to their senses, looked at Meleager in disbelief and said, "Meleager, you actually want to kill us? Just because of a woman?"

"I couldn't kill you two!"

Meleager said contemptuously: "What if I kill you? Are you worthy to be compared with my Ata?"

"Shut up, lunatic!"

Atalanta just felt uncomfortable all over. Being liked by such a hypocritical and crazy lunatic was really a disgusting experience, just like a toad crawling on her feet...

No, toads are not that disgusting.

Atalanta walked up to Surren and asked, "Didn't you leave?"

"I was going to leave, but now that the goddess Artemis has arrived, it would be inappropriate for me to leave like this."

Suren said: "After all, I was also raised by the followers of Lady Artemis." And after Goddess Athena asked him to come to Calydon, she never gave him any guidance again. Now Suren can make his own decisions.

After all, he is the one looking for true love. If he lets the goddess guide everything, the quality of this true love will be discounted.

Hearing Suren's words, Atalanta couldn't help but feel the same way. Her eyes lit up and she said, "Since you haven't left, why don't you come with me? I know where we can go to worship the goddess Artemis."

Meleager stared at Suron and shouted, "Who are you? I am Meleager, prince of Calydon. Do you want to fight me for Ata? Aren't you afraid that I will order these heroes to kill you?"

The Greek heroes were disgusted by what they heard. Meleager's act of killing his own uncle was something that would be despised by people no matter what era it was in, especially when he killed his own uncle for an outsider, for a woman.

Hearing him speak so arrogantly again, even Jason, who had the best relationship with him, couldn't help but stay away from him.

At the same time, Jason could not help but have some realization in his heart. Meleager might not really be the hunter of the Calydonian boar. His oath to the goddess just now was equivalent to blatantly deceiving the goddess. Now he looked insane, which must be a punishment from the goddess.

Surren didn't even look at Meleager, whose eyes were red, but just spoke to Atalanta: "Are you sure you want me to take you? My golden sky is made of light, and I don't know if others will miss if they step on it."

The ultimate form of violence is not to swear at people, beat them, or make them bleed.

Instead, there was indifference and disregard, as if there was no contempt for this person in his eyes at all.

"...It's better than staying here, right?" Atalanta looked as if she had lost all hope in life. Not to mention her drooping cat ears and tail, she was quite cute.

Suren looked around and couldn't help but agree with Atalanta's statement.

Indeed, it would be better to leave than to stay here.

Meleager's two uncles could no longer tolerate this stupid nephew, but they were no match for Meleager. They looked at each other and decided to turn back to the palace to complain to their sister.

"Atalanta, where are you going?" Suren asked, "Do you want me to take you back to Arcadia?"

"No need..." Atalanta shook her head and replied: "Arcadia is not my home."

"You go to this forest. I have always lived a free hunting life there. If it weren't for the Calydonian boar, which is really a worthy target to hunt, I would never leave the forest."

It was Atalanta's first time riding on this golden boat. She couldn't help but feel a little curious. She couldn't help stamping her little feet. The light under her feet seemed invisible, but it could carry the weight of two people.

After the novelty wore off, Atalanta looked at Surren's profile and couldn't help asking, "Surren, why didn't you say you were a hunter of the Calydonian boar?"

"Because I don't care what the wild boar represents. In my eyes, it is just a beast that ravages the land and ravages the people."

Suerlun said calmly: "I came to hunt wild boars, not only because of the guidance of the goddess Athena, but also to help the victims get rid of harm. All of this is out of my own heart and my kindness."

"I may not care about this so-called honor, but the rest of the people who have come to Calydon from all over Greece will not care about it. Why should I compete with them for it?"

"Even if it's for this honor, the heroes' intention to come and hunt the wild boar is still good. They are willing to sacrifice their lives to get rid of the wild boar. This behavior can be called 'heroic'."

This is just like the story of Zigong redeeming a person. Helping others and getting benefits is a natural thing. Even if it is for honor, those heroes are actually doing good things.

Therefore, Suerlun did not make it public after killing the wild boar. Otherwise, after everyone knew that he had killed the wild boar, if he continued to act as if he did not care about honor, fame or fortune, this would be a bit of moral kidnapping, which might cause the devaluation of honor and lead to no one being willing to do good deeds for free.

But Suren did not expect that Atalanta was so honest. She actually exposed Meleager's lies directly, which made Artemis furious. Suren had to come back to meet the goddess.

As a result, Artemis did not come, but only gave Meleager a slight punishment.

If Suren had not intervened, Meleager, his two uncles, and his mother would have died.

This is the wrath of the gods. Even a slight punishment can cause a mortal to lose his country and his family.

"not to mention……"

Surren smiled and said, "If I say that I killed the wild boar, how could the Calydonians accept it? They will probably cause trouble for me, and it will be a waste of my time to deal with them."

Although I don't care about them at all, my time is valuable.

Suerlun undoubtedly has such confidence.

Atalanta suddenly felt bored, so she stepped out of the forest where she had always lived and took part in hunting the Calydonian boar, just to compete with those men for the honor of being the strongest hunter in Greece.

In fact, although Atalanta never said it explicitly, she still cared a lot about her background, where she was abandoned in the forest simply because she was not a boy.

But now, Atalanta suddenly felt that it was meaningless. She didn't know why, but she was too lazy to compete with those so-called "heroes" for an honor that was completely despised by others.

Suren and Atalanta returned to the forest where she had always lived. This forest was similar to the place where Suren lived before she was fifteen years old. Anyway, the Age of Gods was like this, the resources were extremely abundant, and the heroes of the Age of Gods were like ferocious beasts. Each of them enclosed a forest or mountain range as their territory.

Atalanta offered a beautiful sacrifice to the statue of Artemis and chanted: "Artemis, goddess of the moon and hunting, lord of the wilderness, mistress of wild beasts..."

"I, your believer Atalanta, pay you the highest respect and offer you my treasured prey as a sacrifice. I hope you will accept my sacrifice."

Surren listened to Atalanta's long prayer. He scratched his cheek suspiciously and said, "Isn't your preparation too detailed?"

"And why do you offer all your favorite food to Artemis?"

Suren remembered that Cynthia said that Lord Artemis could not actually enjoy so many sacrifices, and that half of the things he liked to eat could be kept and only the other half could be sacrificed.

At first, Suren was a little uneasy, but Artemis accepted the sacrifice and approved of it, so Suren felt relieved. From then on, when offering sacrifices to Artemis, he would follow the convention and give her half of his beloved offerings.

"Ah? What are you talking about? Suerlun..."

Atalanta looked at him in confusion: "If I don't sacrifice everything to the goddess, it will be disrespectful to the goddess. I will be turned into a lion..."

"is it so serious?"

Suerlun thought to himself, if this is the case, I will turn into a lion. I don’t know how many times I have done that.

So he turned around and walked out of the cave, and according to the traces, he randomly found an antelope and shot it to death, then he built a fire on the spot and roasted two lamb legs, and placed one of them in front of the statue of Artemis...

"Lord Artemis, Suren offers you a roasted leg of lamb. If you like, you can send another lamb and I will offer you a new roasted leg of lamb."

Suerlun took a few bites of the lamb leg and said sincerely.

The next moment, the sound of sheep was heard outside the cave. Suren couldn't help but look. Wow, three antelopes were delivered. When Suren turned around again, the sheep legs in front of the statue had disappeared.

As expected of Lady Artemis, she eats at such a familiar speed and has such a reassuring appetite.

Suren looked pleased, then he shot all three antelopes, each with a different leg, grilled them all and presented them to Artemis again.

As expected, it was gone in seconds, and Atalanta's offering to the goddess was still lying there alone without moving...

Suren made a mud stove with mud and roasted the remaining sheep in it. While roasting the sheep, he sat on a tree stump and said to Atalanta, who was dumbfounded, "Did you see that? This is the correct way to offer sacrifice to Lady Artemis."

"What you love most may not necessarily be what the goddess likes, so every time I make a sacrifice I always ask for the goddess's opinion."

Atalanta was too tired to complain. She had a lot to say, but she didn't know what to say...

Should I tell him that I have only met the goddess less than twice, and that gods are mysterious and cold, and you can't contact them just because you want to?
Even if it is a sacrifice you offer to the gods, it is still unclear whether the gods accept it or not. And even if the gods don't want it, you can't take it back and can only leave it where it is.

Is this a sacrifice?

When did the gods become so easy to talk to?
But Suerlun showed her a wave of sacrifices in front of her. The sacrifices were gone in seconds, and miracles were performed in seconds. The conversation did not sound like that between believers and gods at all, but rather like that between a family...

Surlun didn't like wasting food, and four roasted lambs were not too much for the heroes of the Age of Gods. While roasting the lambs, Surlun chatted with Atalanta: "Taimiao, you said you participated in the hunt for the Calydonian boar to compete for the honor of the strongest hunter in Greece?"

"Then why are you back? Can we judge who is the best hunter just by hunting Calydonian boar?"

According to Suerlun's idea, to get the title of the strongest hunter, one must go through dozens of rounds of competition and have a large number of prey, right?

Atalanta shook her head and said, "I did care about the honor of being the strongest hunter before, but King Iasus of Arcadia abandoned me because I was a girl."

"I just want to prove that women are not necessarily inferior to men..."

Atalanta sighed and said, "Now I think it's meaningless to fight for this honor. My free life in the forest is pretty good."

Atalanta's mentality, which had been twisted for more than ten years, suddenly gained the long-lost peace and relaxation at this moment for some reason.

After learning about her own life experience, she hasn't felt this peaceful for a long time.

Resentment is inevitable, and unwillingness is also natural. These complex emotions have driven her step by step to become what she is today, no worse than any male hero.

But now, she felt that there was no need to argue so much.

After all, she didn't interact with people much. Atalanta preferred to live freely in the forest. Otherwise, why would she swear to Artemis to be a virgin?
Atalanta looked at Surlun's profile. For some reason, she felt regret for the first time. She regretted that she had sworn to Artemis...

Surlun did not notice Atalanta's complex emotional changes. He felt that it was quite comfortable to interact with such a cool and quiet little cat. It was much better than those bandit heroes.

What do the Greek heroes say?

Except for those few people, the rest were not in Suerlun's eyes.

Each of them had two roasted lambs. After eating, it was time to go their separate ways. Suerlun stood up and said with a smile, "Ta Meow, thank you for your hospitality. Next time you have a chance, come to my home, the forest where I have lived for fifteen years, and I will take you to eat roasted fish."

I don't know what happened to Cynthia...

A slight feeling of longing arose in Suerlun's heart, but it soon disappeared. After all, Cynthia was a god with immortal life. When he was about to die of old age, Cynthia would still be full of life.

It has only been three years since they last saw each other. It won't be too late to go back and visit Cynthia after his adventure is over.

Surlun left without any regrets. Atalanta looked at Surlun's departing back. For some reason, she felt that this would not be the last time they met. They would definitely meet again in the future, and the time would not be too long!
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Although Atalanta only made a brief appearance at the Calydonian hunt, she had already become famous.

Everyone knew that Iasus of the Kingdom of Arcadia had a beautiful and powerful daughter, a charming young girl.

Her beauty could cause the Calydonian prince to turn against his blood relatives. The Calydonian prince offered the best trophies from the wild boar just to get a smile from the beauty, but in the end he got nothing.

It can be said that Atalanta's fame was entirely due to stepping on Calydon and Meleager...

But maybe she herself doesn't really want this so-called fame?
Iasus, the king of Arcadia, also learned that his daughter, whom he had abandoned in the forest, had not only grown up to be a beautiful girl, but also a powerful hunter and hero with the blessing of the goddess.

Iasus was overjoyed and immediately sent someone to bring Atalanta to Arcadia.

Although Iasus was just a biological father who provided genes and was an old man who deserved to be blasted with gold coins, Atalanta still could not defy patriarchy, because the god representing patriarchy was the great father god Zeus.

Atalanta had no choice but to return to Arcadia, but the father and daughter had no feelings for each other at all. Iasus didn't even pretend, he just acted as if he was taking advantage of Atalanta to make money.

She wanted to marry Atalanta to the prince of a powerful city-state or a demigod hero in order to gain sufficient benefits.

Therefore, Iasus not only did not stop the rumors about Atalanta, but instead deliberately fanned the flames. In a very short time, the name of Atalanta's beauty and bravery spread throughout Greece.

But Atalanta, who had the fierce character of a lioness, was not a good girl who would obediently accept her fate just because she was forced by her father. Moreover, her heart was not calm at the moment, and she was unwilling to marry a man she didn't even know.

then--

Let’s have a long-distance race!
Only the man who can beat her in a long-distance race is qualified to marry her.

But if she loses in the long race, the pursuer will be killed by her!
Atalanta erected such a demanding wooden stake under a big tree, and used the stake as the starting point to compete in a long-distance race with almost all the men in Greece.

Even so, there are endless contestants every day, and countless people are killed by her after failing the race.

Atalanta's original intention was to use such harsh and terrifying conditions to force no Greek man to dare to marry her, so that she could freely pursue her true love.

But Atalanta did not expect that although the conditions were harsh, the charm of the young and beautiful girl was more attractive. There was an endless stream of people coming to propose marriage, almost overwhelming the door.

At first, perhaps it was just for Atalanta's beauty, but when the news spread to this point, being able to defeat and marry Atalanta has become a strange "honor".

And once it comes to honor, no matter how strange the honor is, there will always be someone who comes to compete for it.

Among these people was a man named Hippomenes, the great-grandson of Poseidon, the god of the sea. He had originally sneered at the man who came to compete with Atalanta in a long-distance race but eventually lost his life, but he saw Atalanta's face in the audience.

He could no longer utter sarcastic words; he was conquered by the beautiful girl.

Hippomenes originally wanted to approach and strike up a conversation, whether by mocking her or flattering her, at least he could leave a deep impression on Atalanta.

But Atalanta didn't even look at him. Hippomenes was standing in front of her, but Atalanta ignored him completely as if she didn't see him and continued walking around him.

How could Atalanta not see what these men were thinking?
She didn't like these men who risked their lives for beauty, or rather, they all thought they were special and the one who could conquer Atalanta, and they didn't look down on her as a woman at all.

Atalanta didn't know what those people were thinking, nor was she interested in knowing, because they had all been killed for failing to run.

Hippomenes encountered a cold and violent rejection, but he was not willing to give up. He turned around and found Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, and sincerely asked Aphrodite to find true love for him.

Yes, this is true love in the eyes of Greek men.

True love that attracts attention, true love that confuses the mind, true love that obtains the body...

Hippomenes didn't care whether Atalanta loved him or not, because he was just attracted by Atalanta's beauty and wanted to have her body.

So Aphrodite gave Hippomenes three golden apples that sparkled with golden light and no woman could refuse.

"Hippomenes, go find your true love. If you get what you want, don't forget to thank me for my blessing~"

Aphrodite's voice was still in his ears, but Hippomenes could no longer hear it because he was completely immersed in the three golden apples that represented his future happy life.

(End of this chapter)