My mother's love song

After saying this, the young man's mouth corners slightly raised.

Ahhh... Semiramis you are so amazing.

I'm coming to conquer you now!

"Well, if you can do it."

The moment Semiramis raised her right hand, Rhodes sensed a disgusting smell that was so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar.

It was like some disgusting creature, stirring in his mind.

“…Shit!”

Rhodes looked up and saw a space magic transfer array appear above him.

Now, the golden Holy Grail is above the heads of Rhodes and Atalanta!

A fatal mistake. Following the inertial thinking of the original work, Rhodes took it for granted that the Holy Grail would be properly kept deeper inside!

"Come and enjoy the dinner I prepared for you."

The empress gracefully turned her palm over, and the black mud poured down towards the two of them.

“Atta!!!”

Rhodes hugged Atalanta, who didn't understand the situation yet, and flew out with her with all his strength.

boom!

The two people flew out and fell heavily to the ground. Rhodes used his arms to protect Atalanta's body.

"Um...what's wrong?"

"Ata! Are you okay!?"

Rhode shouted as he looked at the female hunter who still didn't understand what was going on.

Being drenched in black mud was no big deal for me, I was already used to it, but Atalanta was different.

Rhodes' eyes moved quickly as he carefully examined Atalanta's body.

Very good, not stained

Just as Rhodes was secretly delighted, Atalanta's expression suddenly tensed.

“Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”

The girl held in the young man's arms screamed, and then a large amount of magic power continued to flow out of her petite body.

It wasn't a perfect avoidance, only a little bit of black mud got on Atalanta's calf.

Even this little bit of black mud is fatal enough to the heroic spirit.

The black mud burned through the hunting suit woven with magic, and eroded Atalanta's spirit like a moving shadow.

“Ahh, ahhh…Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Atalanta's nails dug into Rhodes' skin, and the girl showed a painful expression and let out a scream that was enough to shake the space.

Even if Rhodes hugged her body tightly, he couldn't stop the fading and burning phenomenon on her skin.

Atalanta does not have the character of a great hero like Gilgamesh or Hercules. She will not be able to survive the erosion of the black mud and her soul core will be burned directly to death.

"What would you do at a time like this, Caster?"

Semiramis's cold and ruthless voice came from behind.

"Should I let Archer die in agony, or should I free her?"

The empress, high above, looked down with a charming and evil smile on her face.

"Kill her, this is the best solution.

If you can kill that girl decisively, I will admit that you are an excellent man.

Hehe...it's not a bad idea to let me be your woman, right?"

"I reject."

Rhodes denied it without hesitation.

He turned and glared at Semiramis.

"I will save Atalanta, then I will violently violate you, ignoring your will and forcing a contract upon you."

Chapter 404: Atalanta Alter, Explosion

In the deepest part of the Sky Garden, a dark shadow shook violently.

The terrible instinctive cry and the unstable magic power gushing out of her body were about to break the barrier formed by the magic of the Age of Gods.

The girl who was eroded by the magic of the Holy Grail hugged her body as if it were being torn apart, and her beautiful face became distorted.

Atalanta's life force as a heroic spirit was rapidly fading as her magic power leaked out.

"Humph, the release of magic power on this scale is truly extraordinary. Even the great hero Karna is no more than this.

Is that so? I see… The magic power she wasted was not her own, but yours, Caster."

Semiramis, sitting on the throne with a dignified manner, supported her face with one hand and chuckled, "This approach can only maintain the status quo for a short time. If you continue like this, your magic power will be drained away and you and Archer will disappear together.

Caster, kill her now."

"Noisy!"

Rhodes suddenly stopped the empress from speaking with mockery.

"I will let Atalanta live! Just wait there, Assassin! And wait for me to settle the score with you!"

"Humph!"

Semiramis bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth, resentment flowing from her golden snake eyes.

Ignoring the Empress, Rhode raised his left hand, which was glowing red, and said, "Give the order with the Command Seal."

"A useless struggle."

Semiramis judged that Rhodes intended to use the Command Spell to prolong Atalanta's life and shook her head.

The so-called Command Seals are nothing more than the condensation of magic power.

Even if all three Command Spells were used to command Atalanta to stay alive, that would only maintain her body, and the fact that her spiritual base would be burned through would not change.

However, at this moment, a strange feeling arose in Semiramis's cold chest.

How she hoped that Rhode was what he claimed to be, a man who could do what he said, a man who could conquer her.

The empress, who had expectations for her enemies in her heart, heard the following spiritual words.

"By the Command Seal... Atalanta, recall your glory."

"...Woo."

As the girl screamed, Rhodes' Command Seal flashed.

His words, along with dense magic, entered deep into Atalanta's brain, whose consciousness had been isolated from the outside world.

My glory.

What is my glory?

The most shining moment in Atalanta's life.

Ah… By the way, Artemis-sama’s divine punishment: the hunting of the Calydonian boar.

Atalanta stood out from a dozen heroes and, as a woman, was no worse than any man, and took the lead in hunting the mythical beast.

That was her most shining moment and the proof of her heroism.

"Yes, you are the greatest hero. Atalanta."

Rhodes gently stroked Atalanta, and she, who had been very manic just now, became a little calmer.

So he gently placed the girl on the ground and raised his left hand again.

“Once again, command with the Command Seal… Atalanta, use your Noble Phantasm for me.”

The gentle command spell uttered in the boy's ear once again passed through the sea of ​​​​consciousness of Atalanta who was immersed in herself.

At that moment, the girl's breathing became rapid and intense.

A piece of black animal hide surging with huge magical power gradually appeared on Atalanta's trembling body.

Rhode's idea was that if he, as a hero, could not resist the erosion of the Holy Grail's magic, then he could just turn into a demon or a monster!

No matter what Atalanta becomes, I will always love her.

The magical weapon called [Calydonian Boar's Skin] once caused heroes to fight ugly battles after the end of the hunt due to the ownership of the spoils.

The fur of a mythical beast soaked with countless hatred and obsession.

In a sense, this was like a revelation given to her by the goddess Artemis.

It was not out of admiration or love, but the product of pure mutual hatred.

use?

Atalanta had never thought of this before.

However, the skin of the beast does exist here.

As her Noble Phantasm, it exists here.

It was a useless treasure that she had been carrying since she came into the world, but she had no idea how to use it until now.

But now she understands.

If it means staying by Rhode's side, it doesn't matter even if he falls into the dark hatred!

The girl growled.

“Noble Phantasm: Wild Boar of Divine Punishment [Agrius Metamorphosis]!”

The messenger of the moon goddess Artemis and a symbol of divine punishment.

It is also a collection of hatred.

If a wild boar puts it on, it will turn into a huge demon beast that will desolate everything. If a human puts it on, he will become an inhuman monster that surpasses humans.

If a hero puts it on

A hero will become a demon.

The emerald green clothes were stained with pitch-black darkness.

The girl's green hair, which symbolizes natural beauty, was also stripped of its color and turned into the pale silver color of moon frost.

The cute cat ears on the top of the head turned black, the slender chest became arrogant, and even a second tail grew from the coccyx.

And the flesh that had just been corroded and burned gradually merged with the beautiful dark animal hide.

The scarlet hue of Atalanta's serpentine iridescence left Semiramis speechless.

Apparently, Archer had survived the erosion of his spiritual foundation.

She has become one with the goddess' curse and possesses the highest level of resistance.

Semiramis's final conspiracy ended in failure.

However, the empress was shocked to find that Rhodes had no intention of stopping.

The Command Seal on the back of his left hand continued to glow, what else was he going to do!?

Rhodes' actions made the empress on the throne tremble.

Is it really necessary to consume the three command spells without hesitation?

Who is this man?

Atalanta… no, the girl who was already Atalanta Alter struggled to get up from the ground.

An anxious and beautiful face, overflowing anger and hatred, and sanity hanging by a thread.

Even as her mind was consumed by frenzy, she was the first to reach out her hand to Rhodes.

Rhodes responded by holding the hand the girl extended.