A Mistaken Encounter: The Hero of the World

"and many more."

Everyone looked over in confusion.

"There are a lot of monsters ahead—"

Although they still had doubts about Serven's judgment, all members of the Artemis Familia took a vigilant posture and moved forward cautiously.

"Lord God, there are indeed many monsters ahead." After walking a short distance, a member of the elf tribe spoke up.

The elves are the darlings of the forest. Once they are in the forest environment, they are like fish in water, and their combat power and perception will be enhanced to a certain extent.

In simple terms, you can add buffs in the forest. Therefore, the elves hate those who destroy the forest, and they have a feud with the sword-making family.

Artemis nodded, drew his bow and arrow with a serious expression, and came to the front of the team.

After moving for a distance, they finally saw the monster's true form.

In the swamp not far ahead, there were a dozen half-human-high frog monsters squatting in the mud. The moment they saw the adventurer, they stood up with their heads tilted back.

“Puff, puff, puff, puff—!!!”

They spat at the adventurers, and the purple-black liquid shot out like sharp arrows.

Serven drew his sword and built a wall of air in front of everyone. The liquid was blocked in mid-air. Several beams of liquid sprayed onto the tree next to it, directly corroding a big hole in the tree.

Artemis frowned, but her movements were not affected at all, and an arrow went straight through the head of a frog monster.

At the same time, other clan members also shot arrows and attacked.

Some frogs kicked up their legs and flipped backwards into the swamp, and only three or four unlucky ones died from the accurate archery.

"Serwen-kun, that move you just made was amazing!"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm so relaxed when facing the poison dart frog for the first time."

It turns out that the brightly colored frog monster is a poison dart frog, which is a very apt name.

Serven thought to himself while talking to the person next to him, "No, it's just ordinary wind magic."

Unexpectedly, the girls around them screamed in surprise.

"magic?!"

"Is there no magic that can be chanted?"

"Well, there is really no need to chant."

"Your perception is so strong, is it because of wind magic?"

"Let's put it that way."

A group of girls were talking at once, chattering away. Serven began to miss the days of quietly killing monsters with Lefiya.

In addition to poison dart frogs, there are also flying snakes, iron-armed monkeys, anacondas, saber-toothed tigers and other monsters in the Big Tree Sea.

Serven also showed off in front of Artemis's family. Compared to them who had always been out of the city, this adventurer from the maze city was undoubtedly strong in all aspects. Whether it was early perception, or dealing with long-range attacks and close combat, he was particularly good at it, and there was no sign of any shortcomings.

"The adventurers of Orario are so strong!"

"Mr. Serven, was that red attack just now magic?" Letesha came over and asked.

"It's just a slash."

“Slash??!!”

The flying slash was beyond the girls' understanding, and even Artemis looked over in shock.

"Yes, it's just a normal slash."

"This, how can this be ordinary?" Lant couldn't help but complain.

Serven smiled and put away his sword with the blade facing upwards. "You are only allowed to master both archery and close combat. Why can't a swordsman like me master some long-range attacks?"

Lant felt that what Serven said made sense and nodded blankly.

Only Artemis on the side knew clearly that even she had never seen any flying slashes in her billions of years of life, so was it some kind of magic?

At the same time, she also began to doubt herself for always leading her family to venture out. Was the gap between her family's children and the adventurers of Orario so big? She even had the idea of ​​going to Orario for training.

Two days later, everyone finally arrived near the ruins of Ersos.

Artemis looked at the forest in the distance. The forest in that forest had lost its color. It was as if something had taken away their vitality. The ground was almost dry and full of cracks.

All the trees withered, and the entire forest appeared to be withered and twisted - like a pile of withered hands pointing to the sky in a cemetery of the living dead, unwilling to die.

The goddess' pupils contracted violently. She could feel that the monster in the ruins had completely awakened. Because it was sealed by the great elves that once belonged to her, even though there was a long distance between them, she could still feel it.

"That guy, 'Andaris' has broken the seal!"

"My Lady Goddess, can you give me a detailed introduction to this monster?" Serven asked.

Artemis turned around and saw the bewildered looks of Serven and her followers, so she began to explain: "Andaris is a powerful monster from ancient times, nicknamed the Scorpion of Disaster. If it were to regain its former strength, it would become a disaster like the One-eyed Dragon."

"【One-eyed Dragon】?!" the girls exclaimed.

Serven also frowned. Only now did he realize that he must have been tricked by Hermes.

"Ancient monsters... I heard that the power of God has no effect on them?"

The three major commissions, including "Overlord of the Sea (Leviathan)", "King of Land (Behemoth)" and "One-eyed Dragon (Black Dragon)", are all immune to the power of God, so the gods cannot rely on their power to eliminate the disaster. Even at the last moment, even if they are willing to pay the price of violating the contract of the gods and being imprisoned back to heaven, they cannot completely unleash the power of God to kill these ancient monsters and complete the commission - because the monsters restrain them.

These black monsters are natural "God's Assassins".

Miraculously, the adventurers were able to defeat these ancient monsters—

The Overlord of the Sea and the King of the Land were both conquered by the [Family of Zeus] and [Family of Hera], two of the three major commissions had been fulfilled, and even the most vicious Black Dragon had one of its eyes knocked out by the former heroic mercenary king Albert Wallentstein.

"Yeah, but I will still join the battle." Artemis nodded.

After all, her own strength surpassed that of all the members of her clan. This was also the reason why she felt that Lv3 adventurers were of little use.

"Then please follow closely behind me." Serven said calmly and confidently.

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Chapter 43: The Ruins of Ersos

"Then please follow closely behind me."

"Hmph, arrogant adventurer." Artemis showed a trace of disgust on her face and labeled Serven as arrogant in her heart.

Artemis nodded and pursed her lips, "Adventurer, your name is Serven, right?"

"Yes, my name is Serven Adonis, an adventurer from the Loki clan." Serven introduced himself again.

The goddess of hunting thought of Loki peeking at her, and being shot in the butt by her, and running away in embarrassment while covering his butt.

It turns out to be a member of the annoying Loki!

But she had to admit that the adventurer in front of her was better than any of her children. Her determination to lead her family members to train outside the city began to waver.

Just then, Serven suddenly stood up.

He looked ahead seriously, "There are monsters coming."

The girls had no suspicion and picked up their weapons and became alert.

"Lady Artemis, a large number of monsters are coming towards us!" Lant and several other elf girls said seriously.

Artemis nodded, drew her bow and arrow, and prepared for battle.

Serven quickly drew his sword and swung it, the huge red slash cutting down many trees along the way, causing Artemis, who was close to nature, to frown.

Soon, the monsters appeared in the sight of Artemis's family.

"Scorpion!" the girls exclaimed.

"This is a weakened form of Andaris," Artemis said, aiming his bow at the group of scorpions with pitch-black bodies emitting red light.

Whoosh whoosh—

All members of Artemis’ family are good at archery, and more than a dozen monsters were killed just by looking at them.

At the same time, a scarlet slash swept towards the group of monsters. Dozens of monsters were chopped off in an instant, and the group of monsters was cleared out.

With the joint efforts of Serven and Artemis's family, most of the scorpion monsters were killed before they could even get close to their temporary base.

They hesitated for a while in the distance, and then another red slash flew over, reaping a lot of lives.

The group of scorpions quickly retreated.

"The monsters retreated." reported an elf girl.

The other girls also lowered their weapons.

The member in charge of alert came over and said, "Lady Artemis, I'm very sorry that I didn't report it to the family immediately."

"It's not your fault." Artemis said a few words of comfort in a soft voice, her expression becoming a little complicated.

Her perception is even stronger than that of the forest elves - she has the ability to navigate the sea of ​​trees with ease. At least even she herself is not sure that she can defeat Serven.

In the previous battle, Serven was also the main force in destroying the monsters. The goal that the girls in the family failed to achieve [to make Lord Artemis not participate in the battle, but to watch and rest] was actually achieved by a male adventurer from another family.

At this moment, Serven looked towards Artemis and said, "Master Artemis, should we continue to rest now?"

"Well, my children need to rest," the goddess of hunting replied, and she walked in front of Serven, "Also, I'm sorry, you are very powerful, and I underestimated you before."

Artemis bowed deeply and solemnly in apology.

"It's okay." Serven's attitude was very casual, and he had no intention of retaliating with words.

"Mr. Serven is so awesome!" A young girl ran over and complimented Serven, but Serven just smiled calmly and responded modestly.

Artemis did not interfere with the intimacy between her family members and Serven. She just watched silently without saying a word, as if she was independent of the world.

"Very polite." The goddess sighed softly. Putting aside her prejudice against men, Serven's performance was indeed very impressive. Moreover, because she had been targeting Serven before, after putting aside her prejudice this time, the goddess's impression of Serven improved a lot.

The girls of the clan lit a bonfire. They planned to rest here tonight and go to the ruins of Ersos during the day.

After Serven was pestered to tell some stories about Orario's adventures, the girls finally got busy with their own things. He found a secluded place a little further away, jumped onto the top of a tree, leaned against the trunk, and began to read a book in the moonlight.

Artemis inspected the camp before returning to her tent. She looked around, unconsciously searching for the male adventurer who had joined the group.

I saw the adventurer sitting leisurely on a tree branch, between the starlight and the moonlight, reading a book with a focused look.

There was no wind, but for a moment, Artemis felt the breeze blowing across her heart.

She froze in place, and it took her several seconds to react and crawl into the tent.

After resting for a whole night, the clan members set out again.

But this time, as soon as they reached the forest, Serven drew his sword again.

Tens of thousands of scorpion monsters attacked everyone again. Even though he kept clearing the area with slashing blows, these monsters kept coming.

This group of scorpions are basically Lv1 individuals, but a few have reached Lv2. For the Artemis family, whose members have all reached Lv2 except the newcomer Lant, it is not difficult to deal with them under normal circumstances.

But there were too many monsters and they were really overwhelmed.

"We're surrounded." Lant cut off the scorpion monster in front of him with a knife and looked at his main god anxiously.

The ruins of Ersos were just in the distance. But the long bridge leading to the ruins was already crawling with weakened bodies of the Calamity Scorpions, and more monsters were still pouring out.

Serven looked calm, his attacks were still concise and deadly, and he killed all the monsters around him with just a few slashes.

He looked at Artemis, "We must break out."

Artemis nodded.

Under her command, the deputy leader of the clan continued to stay and command, while she herself led the clan leader Letesha and five Lv2 members, and formed a ruins exploration team with Serven, and then the two teams broke out in two directions.

After clearing out the monsters around his body again, Serven put Qiu Shui back into the scabbard, held the scabbard with one hand and placed the other hand on the hilt, bent his knees slightly, stared into the distance, and slowed down his breathing.

The purple-black long sword burst out with the arc of the blade——

Draw the sword and cut——

The more concentrated red slash flew all the way, clearing a path behind everyone. The well-prepared remaining team rushed towards the passage. At the same time, Serven kept moving, swinging his sword towards the long bridge. The red slash also cleared a passage, and Serven took the lead and rushed forward.

Artemis and the others quickly followed, some of them guarding both sides while others continued to draw bows and shoot arrows.

Serven, who was rushing in the front, did not retreat in the face of the surging monsters. Arrows flew past him and pierced the monsters' bodies. He moved forward while swinging his sword to clear the way.

The monsters waved their pincers and took advantage of the chaos to make several cuts on Serven's body, but Serven became more and more courageous, fighting as he advanced, getting closer and closer to the ruins.

After quickly passing through the passage on the lake and arriving in front of the ruins, finally no new monsters appeared.

It seems that Andaris inside also realized that the situation was hopeless.