Type-Moon, I heard that after death, you can ascend to the Throne of Heroes?

And because of the incident in the underworld, the fairy Eurydice also decided to do her best to repay the promise.

The twins pulled Helen aside and asked her why she was here, and then they learned from her everything that had happened. Later, they pulled Helen aside and sincerely thanked Nuoyan.

"Why are you saying so much? Aren't we friends? If you're still not satisfied, you can beat me up when Theseus arrives."

"Of course I'll beat him!" The older brother of the twins waved his hand and said seriously.

Pollux, the younger sister of the twins, came and sat down next to Nuoyan, looked at Nuoyan and then at Helen, winked and smiled, "What, I have never lied to you, my sister is really cute!"

"Yeah." Nuoyan nodded and said with emotion: "Yes, it's very cute."

This is not cute at all. If you wait for a few more years, it will be a moving ancient Greek disaster.

The banquet began. The heroes drank, sang, and told about their adventures, some things that happened when they were studying under Chiron, and they urged Nuoyan to tell his own story.

Among this group of people, the ones who understood the promise best were Medea and Hercules...Medea had seen those paintings with the help of her teacher.

And Hercules witnessed the promise and hunted Hermes.

Because they all involved gods, many things were inconvenient to say. Just when Nuoyan was about to organize his words, something finally went wrong with him.

There are fewer people here.

So Nuoyan looked around at everyone. Hercules came over and whispered to Nuoyan, "Are you looking for Meleager and Actaeon... Slip of the tongue, the messenger of Artemis, the moon goddess?"

Nuoyan glanced at Hercules who made a mistake, blinked, and then laughed again, and asked, "Yeah, where are they? Didn't they say they should have arrived a long time ago?"

Before Hercules could answer, Jason came over and answered for Hercules: "You mean them? They went to Arcadia two days ago. I heard that it is a natural paradise, a beautiful kingdom built in the forest."

Without waiting for Nuoyan's puzzled questioning, Jason continued, "I asked them what they were going to do, but they didn't say clearly, they just said it had something to do with you."

"I later inquired and learned that there was a speed race being held there, and the winner would marry a princess.

What was the princess' name? Let me think... Oh, I remember."

"Her name is Atalanta!"

Chapter 6: When the Moon Goddess gets jealous, it's really scary! (k)

That day,

The petite goddess of fate in white robe came before Atalanta.

And told Atalanta the prophecy of her fate.

"Run, Atalanta. You are pursuing freedom and purity, and hope to stay with the goddess Artemis forever. But it is not forever, because you will eventually stop and be bound by the thing called 'marriage'."

That was the prophecy given to Atalanta by Clotho, the goddess of fate.

So now, in Arcadia, a natural paradise.

This is a kingdom built in the forest. Even many houses are built on tall ancient trees, just like the legendary hometown of elves.

On the vast grassland not far from the outskirts of the kingdom, the water in the lake was crystal clear, and there were many onlookers surrounding it.

Among them was Atalanta's father, Iasus, king of Arcadia.

In the afternoon, Atalanta, wearing green clothes, was seen standing next to a three-foot wooden stake.

Those cyan eyes looked with some confusion and bewilderment at the handsome red-haired young man in front of him who came to challenge him, the prince of Calydon - Meleager!

He is the hero who has always had a crush on Atalanta!

"Meleager, why are you here?" Atalanta looked at him walking towards her and asked in a cold voice, "Shouldn't you be with the messenger of God in that kingdom, waiting for the adventure to begin?"

As she spoke, Atalanta, who had keen senses, seemed to have sensed something, and turned her head to look into the forest in the distance, where she saw a giant deer in the shape of a human.

And that was Actaeon, who was transformed into a giant deer by Artemis.

"If you have heard about my story, there is no need to persuade me, because everything will be over in three days, and I will catch up with you by then.

Because I promised him... and the goddess Artemis, that I would see to the end of that adventure."

Meleager did not respond to what Atalanta said. He just looked at the exquisite beauty in front of him with a complicated expression.

In his eyes, Atalanta looked like a forest fairy, as beautiful as the moon and the goddess Artemis.

When Meleager saw Atalanta for the first time, he fell in love with her and was devoted to her as if he had been shot by Cupid's arrow of love.

And she feels that the person who can marry her must be the happiest person in the world.

As for Meleager, Atalanta was as cold as ever. She was basically like this towards any man, feeling disgusted and disgusted with him. Even though Meleager could barely be considered a friend, Atalanta was still like this.

During the nearly one month since her return and the competition, Atalanta was cold and indifferent to any challenger.

As a result, rumors gradually spread that she was a savage who could never laugh.

But Meleager knew that Atalanta smiled beautifully, for he had seen her when she was with that man.

"I come to challenge you, Atalanta."

Finally, Meleager took a deep breath and answered.

Hearing this, Atalanta was stunned and looked at Meleager in confusion. She was about to say something, but found that Meleager's expression at this moment was firm and serious.

Atalanta was silent.

This beautiful hunter lady was actually very smart. She had some reaction in her heart, but even so, there was still no fluctuation in her eyes.

"You will die," Atalanta said.

In order to deter more and more challengers and to show her determination, Atalanta will shoot all those who lose to her in the competition, just as in the myth, but...

"But up to now, Miss Atalanta, you haven't actually killed anyone." Meleager replied with a smile.

Although this is the rumor, and Atalanta would say so every time she encountered a challenge, in fact, in the end, Atalanta only gave one arrow to each person who challenged her.

The arrow injured them and they had to lie down for a while, but no one died.

"Let me guess why."

Looking at Atalanta who was still silent, Meleager continued to smile and said, "It's because of the promise. If it were him, he would really hate this kind of behavior. He... is really too kind."

"Let's begin." Atalanta stopped talking nonsense.

After saying this lightly, he turned around and walked to the three-foot wooden stake.

This is the starting point of the race. The whole race is very simple. There is a huge ancient tree at the front of the plain. You just need to run there and pick a leaf of the ancient tree yourself, then run back and put it on the wooden stake, and it's over.

The only condition is that you must be faster than Atalanta.

"This time, all the glory will be dedicated to the noble goddess Artemis!"

As she spoke, Atalanta took off the Sky Bow that she was carrying on her back.

Aim the bow at the sun in the sky.

The magic power gathered into an arrow, and the moment the arrow was shot out, Meleager and Atalanta ran out at the same time.

When the game started, the onlookers cheered together.

Many people were cheering for Meleager, and without exception they were all injured, the wounded who had failed in their challenge to Atalanta.

It was precisely because of the challenge that they understood most deeply how fast Atalanta was, so they believed from the bottom of their hearts that no one in the world could outrun Atalanta.

There are quite a few people like this, because this kind of competition has lasted for almost a month.

And there are only three days left until the end of the month.

So among all the onlookers, the most nervous person was Atalanta's so-called biological father, King Iasus, who had ruthlessly abandoned Atalanta in the snow and ice, but now, because of her growing fame, he finally asked the gods to find her back.

Because his agreement with Atalanta was for one month, and she would marry whoever ran away from her during that month.

And if at the end of a month no one had outrun her, he would not be able to stop Atalanta from taking part in the adventure of the Golden Fleece.

"Ah, it feels like there's no hope. We're falling further and further behind."

"Let's give the warmest applause to this brave warrior... To be honest, I was a little worried at first, because the beautiful lady seemed to know him and even spoke to him!"

"That's right, and I heard that guy is a prince of a country. But as expected, no one can outrun her."

The onlookers were communicating with each other. In fact, many challengers just came to join in the fun at the beginning, and many of them had no intention of participating in the competition.

After all, even if Atalanta didn't kill anyone in the end, her life and death would be in the hands of others at the end of the game.

But after coming here and seeing Atalanta, they were all conquered by her beauty.

But halfway through the run, Meleager stopped.

He knew he had lost, and he stood there, staring at Atalanta's receding back with a somewhat dazed look.

Watching her reach the distant destination and then return to me.

"I lost." Meleager looked at the beautiful woman who stopped in front of him, her black hair blowing in the breeze. He did not feel the slightest bit of resentment at this moment, but smiled with relief.

At this moment, he let go of everything.

Seeing this, Actaeon, the giant deer hiding in the woods, could not help but shake his head, because he had guessed this would happen when Meleager asked him to come here together.

Actaeon actually knew what he was really planning.

Meleager participated in this competition just to fight for himself in the end, but when he saw Atalanta in front of him, who did not stop for even a second for him, he knew that he had already lost, and lost completely.

So Atalanta's beautiful blue eyes quietly looked at the smiling Meleager, and then walked past him.

"Hey, Miss Atalanta!"

Meleager turned and called out to Atalanta, saying, "If it is a promise, will you stop for him?"

Hearing this, Atalanta stopped and remained silent for a while.

"No matter who comes to challenge me, I will do my best to defeat him, even if it is him... " After saying this, Atalanta was about to leave again.

"That's not what I'm asking, Miss Atalanta. And I also know that with your pride, you will definitely compete with Nuoyan with all your strength."

Meleager laughed and said loudly: "I want to ask, if you are faced with a promise, are you willing to stop for him in your heart?"

"...He won't come." After a moment's silence, Atalanta replied.

Atalanta really believed that the promise would not come, because she was the person closest to the promise. She had personally participated in the legend about the promise and had seen paintings of the promise.

The pursuit of a clear promise, his goal of painting the sky full of gods, his everything.

Because such a game, in Atalanta's opinion, was not worth promising to stop.

"No, he will definitely come!"

But Meleager told Atalanta, "Because he is a promise, isn't he... Miss Atalanta, are you expecting the promise to come, or are you expecting him not to come?"

"Because you also know that if he really comes, then you... will definitely lose!"

Even if, try your best.

Meleager could not imagine losing his promise, and the same could be said of Atalanta.

At this moment, Atalanta could not help but recall the day when Clotho, the goddess of fate, told her the prophecy.

Atalanta was silent again.

Then she slowly turned around and looked at Meleager, who was laughing.

Meleager was laughing happily, but soon he could no longer laugh.

Because he found that Atalanta was looking at him with colder and colder eyes, and raised her bow...

After a while,

"I've been talking too much, and now you're paying me back, aren't you?" In the forest, Actaeon, the giant deer, applied medicine to the wounded Meleager with a helpless look on his face.

With the bonus of anger, Atalanta's arrow directly pierced his body. If it were someone else, he would have died, but who could blame Meleager for being a hero?

But even so, Meleager was smiling.

He smiled with some happiness, some helplessness and relief, and said: "Ah, is that really the case... Speaking of which, our Miss Hunter really can't lie."

After all, Atalanta never refuted a single word from beginning to end.

Since there were only three days left, Atalanta stood beside the three-foot wooden stake from that day on, waiting for the next challenger.

At the beginning, all the challengers were eager to try, and even many people who had challenged once and been injured wanted to try again. After all, if they missed this opportunity, there would be no next time.

But that night, someone died.

At the moment when the blood burst out, all those who wanted to challenge and take Atalanta away felt as if their whole body was poured with cold water.

So these last three days turned out to be the most leisurely three days for Atalanta, and no one came to challenge her anymore.