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

"That's right, Nuoyan." Meleager came back to his senses at this time, and said to Nuoyan seriously: "You helped me solve the problem that has troubled my country for a long time. Tell me, no matter what it is, I will do my best to help you complete it!"

"Well... Actually, what I am going to do next should be considered a good thing for you, Meleager, and your country."

Nuoyan thought for a moment, and said to the slightly stunned Meleager, “And I really need you to discuss this with your father and mother…I am actually going to offer a tribute to the goddess Artemis next.

But it would be difficult for me to complete the tribute alone."

"To be exact, I need to borrow the strength of everyone in your kingdom!"

Hearing this, Atalanta's look towards Nuoyan suddenly became strange. The other two were not sure whether she knew what Nuoyan was going to do.

Do you need help from people from a whole country to draw a picture?

“Meleager, I did receive gifts from the goddess Artemis, and I also hunted the wild boar with the help of the goddess of command Athena.

But these are my doings and have nothing to do with you or the people in your kingdom."

Nuoyan continued to say to Meleager: "But if you and the people of your kingdom can offer a tribute to the goddess Artemis that will make her happy, then she will not only completely forgive you, but even bless you."

Hearing this, Meleager finally reacted and nodded, "You are right, Nuoyan. Although the monster is gone, we do need to offer tribute to the great goddess and seek her forgiveness."

"I thought my parents would agree to you... No."

At this point, recalling the scene not long ago when Athena brought Nuoyan to everyone in the Calydonian Kingdom, Meleager couldn't help but smile and said to Nuoyan: "It should be said that no matter what you ask of them next, even if you want to marry my sister, my parents will agree to it!"

"Oh, by the way, are you interested in the promise? Let me tell you, I have two beautiful sisters..." As he spoke, Meleager's voice became lower.

Because he suddenly realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

Especially the Pegasus, which was looking at him as if he was a fool.

"Forget about getting married. You know my dream." Nuoyan shook his head and silenced the three people with one sentence.

After all, he is probably the only one in the world who pursues the grand dream of death!

Oh, that’s not right. Does this mean that if Nuoyan gets married, he won’t think about dying?

Just when Meleager suddenly had this thought.

"Nuoyan, are you healed from your injury?" Atalanta, who had been very quiet and didn't say much, suddenly asked Nuoyan.

Hearing this, Nuoyan looked into her holy blue eyes, and after realizing what was happening, he took two steps forward and said, "Hey, you're completely healed, and now you're even more energetic..."

The wound from the day I tamed the Pegasus was left behind, mainly because it wasn't long ago and it was only three days tonight, so it hasn't healed yet.

Being fine now was obviously a 'reward' from Athena.

As for the full energy, it was because he ate the golden apple during the day.

Seeing this, Atalanta said, "In that case, let's have a hunting contest... Regardless of whether you win or lose, I will help you complete the tribute."

"Hunting competition?" Upon hearing this, the man and the deer standing by were stunned.

"Now?" Nuoyan was also a little surprised, but what surprised him was not the hunting competition, but the time.

"I can sense that you are in very good condition now." Atalanta stared at Nuoyan quietly and said, "Even though you just hunted that monster, you are not tired."

After all, the hunt just now was actually just a formality for Athena to fulfill her promise. The real horror was not the hunt at all, but the appearance of Hera...

"Okay." So after thinking about it, Nuoyan agreed.

In fact, Nuoyan had already known that Atalanta would find time to compete with him.

This is also one of the reasons why Atalanta followed the promise after the hunting sacrifice that day.

In her faith... Although that faith is slightly shaken now, after all, she failed in hunting in front of the goddess Artemis, so Atalanta would naturally think about making up for it. At the same time, she was indeed a little dissatisfied in her heart.

She hadn't shown it along the way because Atalanta knew the seriousness of the matter, but now it was all over, with only the last tribute left.

"You can let Pegasus help you. After all, that is the power you have tamed." After saying this, Atalanta turned around and left without waiting for a response.

They looked at Atalanta's departing back, and saw that her long green hair looked particularly delicate under the moonlight, and her tall and agile figure exuded a strange charm...

"So that's it." Nuoyan patted the Pegasus beside him, and then said to Meleager: "Lend me your bow... Tsk, I still can't pull it open!"

Holding the bow handed to him by Meleager, Nuoyan was depressed to find that he still seemed very weak!

No, it's not a good idea to always eat golden apples. The main reason is that golden apples basically only increase the health limit. I have to find a way to enhance my physical fitness.

Just as Nuoyan was thinking this.

"Let's use this." Actaeon, who had transformed into a giant deer, took out a light bow that even ancient Greek women despised and said to Nuoyan, "This is the bow you left on the mountain that day. I have been carrying it for you."

Nuoyan took the bow, nodded to the two of them, then turned around and sat on Tianma.

"Come on, Pegasus. Although I think we'll probably lose, you have to keep a positive attitude. Otherwise, Atalanta will think we're looking down on her and she'll really chase us with arrows and shoot at us!"

When Tianma heard this, he couldn't help but bark twice, indicating that what your affairs had nothing to do with him. Only after being hit on the head twice did he sigh helplessly and work overtime.

Actaeon and Meleager looked at the two men's departing backs and stood by the river for a while without saying a word.

After a while,

"Hey, Chopper, do you think the relationship between the two of them seems to be very good?"

Actaeon said nothing when he heard this. He looked at Meleager, who was staring at them as they left, and reached out and patted him gently on the shoulder.

Soon, the final result was not surprising at all. Atalanta won, and won quite easily.

Moreover, the hunting competition lasted less than two hours.

Yes, Nuoyan had the help of Pegasus, but when the battle really started, Nuoyan found that the Pegasus was actually a burden. As soon as it approached, all the prey were immediately scared away.

Without Pegasus' help, Atalanta suddenly felt that this hunt was not a competition at all, but that she was bullying others...

Therefore, the depressed Atalanta quickly stopped the race, but because she was not having fun, she asked Nuoyan to ride on Pegasus to race.

But this time Nuoyan did not agree. After all, what was the point of racing with Atalanta... Nuoyan thought it would be better to wait for a while until he had more golden apples in his backpack!

Chapter 8.5: That is a painting in the night sky that outshines the stars and the moon! (k)

"So what on earth are you going to do? You're actually going to ask a country of people to help you... Are you really going to ask them to help you paint a picture dedicated to the goddess Artemis?"

The next morning, when the sun god Helios brought the sun to the world and illuminated the night, Atalanta, who was walking with Nuoyan on the road to the Calydonian Kingdom, asked Nuoyan with a little tiredness.

After all, I had a lot of fun keeping my promise last night, and not only was my desire not satisfied, but I also didn’t get enough rest.

Nuoyan was in high spirits. He was like this every time he ate the golden apple. He had gotten used to it.

"Yes, it is indeed a painting." Nuoyan nodded, and said without hiding anything, "And it is a painting that requires the help of many people to draw.

Because the picture is not painted on the canvas, but drawn on the whole world!"

Atalanta was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then she subconsciously looked at Nuoyan. Her holy blue eyes reflected Nuoyan at this moment, and then she was surprised to find that at this moment, he looked very similar to when he made up his mind to catch the silver meteor.

"It seems that you really don't want to be hunted by the great goddess Artemis." Seeing that Nuoyan was so serious, Atalanta, who knew the whole story, couldn't help but feel a little amused.

Upon hearing this, Nuoyan rolled his eyes at her in annoyance.

Nonsense, you don’t know the nature of that goddess!

Not only will she chase me to the underworld, if I don't stop the goddess' hunting, she will be able to follow the timeline and run to the future to strangle me!

"So what exactly do you plan to do?" Atalanta couldn't help but ask Nuoyan out of curiosity.

If someone else said that he wanted to use the world as a canvas, paint on it, and offer it to the goddess, Atalanta would definitely sneer and think that person was bragging.

But the promise...

Atalanta understood the situation in her heart ever since she personally entered the world in the Promise painting that day and would have been trapped inside if the goddess Artemis had not been there.

This guy Nuoyan might be the illegitimate son of the goddess of art... No, when it comes to painting, even if the goddess of art herself comes, it's hard to say!

The key is that Nuoyan is not very aware of this...or maybe because he is wholeheartedly focused on becoming a hero, so even if he is aware of it, he doesn't care.

After all, in Nuoyan's opinion, no matter how good a painting is, it cannot be used as the king's treasure.

Could it be that if I draw a lot, I can throw them out and they will become treasures to hit people?

"The first thing to do is to get everyone in the Calydonian Kingdom to help me..."

What Nuoyan didn't expect was that this condition was extremely easy to meet.

......

soon,

In the palace of the Kingdom of Calydon,

When Nuoyan and Atalanta arrived here, King Oeneus of Calydon and Queen Althea and others had already learned the news from Meleager who had returned earlier, so they had been waiting for a long time.

When the two sides met, there was naturally a lot of greetings.

Especially for neglecting Nuoyan two days ago, King Oeneus of Calydon seemed very remorseful. He even asked someone to bring Meleager's uncle, Tocus, here and apologized to Nuoyan in front of everyone!

Seeing this, Atalanta and even Meleager beside her felt instantly better, but Nuoyan himself didn't feel anything at all.

After all, he didn't care about these things. What's more, he was now concentrating on how to present the painting to Artemis, make Artemis satisfied, and then give up hunting for himself.

That painting was the best tribute Nuoyan could think of at that moment.

But even so, Nuoyan was still worried that Artemis would be dissatisfied, and that was why he was prepared to drag everyone in the Calydonian Kingdom into the water.

It was undoubtedly true that they could ask them to help, by offering tribute to the gods, make Artemis completely forget about the Calydonian boar, and even get Artemis' blessing if they were lucky.

But it was also Nuoyan's intention to get more people involved, thereby reducing the probability that Artemis would only focus on him.

What's more, the ancient Greek gods were extremely proud. As long as there were enough people involved and the ceremony was grand enough, there was a high probability that you would satisfy them even if you only offered something very ordinary.

"Respected King Oeneus, thank you for listening to my impolite request. Please rest assured that I will not embarrass your people. What I want to do is to hope that we can offer tribute to the great goddess Artemis together.

So I think it would be a nice party.”

In terms of etiquette, the promise taught by Chiron was naturally impeccable. Coupled with her beautiful appearance and the artistic aura she exuded, she attracted countless noble ladies, princesses and young ladies in the palace.

They couldn't help but keep their eyes on him.

Not only that, but he also received gifts from the moon goddess Artemis, was favored by the goddess of wisdom Athena, and was even a designated believer by the queen of heaven Hera.

Therefore, not only women, but also many handsome men looked at Nuoyan with extremely passionate eyes!

“Of course, no problem. I will immediately have the guards convey your request to everyone in the kingdom… In fact, there is no need for me to show up. After all, we all witnessed your bravery last night and saw the great goddess carrying you to the starry sky.

Therefore, I think that everyone in the kingdom now worships you immensely, and it is our supreme honor to offer tribute to the great goddess Artemis together with you!"

King Oeneus himself stepped down from the throne and solemnly pledged his promise.

And this is the power of a god in this era... Not to mention that goddess is the most dazzling goddess in Olympus, Athena, the goddess of wisdom!

So the conversation went very smoothly.

Nuoyan achieved his goal, and seeing that Nuoyan did not pursue their rudeness some time ago, King Oeneus and Queen Althea both breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of their hearts.

Later, they had planned to entertain Nuoyan with the most grand banquet, but Nuoyan refused. He now only wanted to present the painting to Artemis as soon as possible.

So he left the palace with Atalanta and Meleager.

As soon as they left the palace, the red-haired young man Meleager couldn't help but say to Nuoyan: "Thank you Nuoyan... But you don't need to worry about me. You could have made some more excessive requests to my parents!"

"Who cares about you? But what you said reminds me... How about this, if you really want to repay me, then ask your parents to let your people publicize my deeds!"

Having said this, Nuoyan paused for a moment and then looked at Atalanta again and said, "By the way, Atalanta, do you want to also..."

"No need!" Atalanta immediately interrupted the promise.

In fact, Atalanta was not completely unmoved by the idea of ​​increasing her reputation. After all, this was the Age of the Gods in ancient Greece.

But unfortunately, the incident of the thief that day really left too deep an impression on her mind, so that when she thought that she might be like that one day, Atalanta felt inexplicably uncomfortable all over her body...

At this moment, the pure Atalanta did not know it yet.

This situation is called social death!

"Then, then I'll play two pieces of music for you later?" Nuoyan thought for a moment and said to Atalanta.

Hearing this, Atalanta paused. She raised her eyebrows slightly, then tilted her head to look at Nuoyan. She looked him up and down with her holy blue eyes and said, "I actually felt vaguely that there was something strange about you last night. These past few days... you seem to have been trying to please me?"

"No way, you're overthinking it." Nuoyan tilted his head and looked up at the sky and replied.

"...You are not thinking that if the tribute does not satisfy Goddess Artemis, you will ask me to plead for you, right?"

"No, you specifically agreed to go hunting with me last night so that I could offer the tribute with you... You were actually thinking that with me around, Goddess Artemis would be more lenient with you, right?"

Nuoyan looked at Atalanta in shock.

When did this arrogant wild cat become so smart!