You are very strong, but my painting style is better than yours!

Maybe Iori is not a man who will cling to her will, but she, Atalanta, is definitely a persistent woman who will never let go of the prey caught by her eyes!

In the myth, all the men who pursued her but failed died under her arrows without exception!

Those beautiful eyes lit up slightly, and her extraordinary vision allowed her to stare at Iori's back, never moving away.

It was still a distance of one hundred meters... Iori couldn't shorten this gap, and Atalanta wouldn't let him get away!

Volume 103: Death Descends to the Holy Grail War: Chapter : I got the right to propose marriage for no apparent reason

The chase in the forest continued, but this time the positions of both sides were reversed. Unlike Atalanta's flexible body movements, Iori focused more on pure explosive power and often used instant movement to avoid Atalanta's arrows, and the trees became good shields at this time.

What is suspicious is that Iori can obviously move long distances, but he never jumps too far each time, and is basically within the hunter's field of vision. Even if he is slightly beyond the range, she can quickly lock on again.

He seemed to be leading me somewhere - Atalanta, as a hero with rich combat experience who had participated in the Calydonian Hunt and the Golden Fleece Expedition, could naturally see the strangeness in it.

But she did not stop there, because the battlefield was located in the forest, and as she was favored by the goddess Artemis, her perception was far superior to that of ordinary servants, so she was sure that except for the church in the distance, there was no third servant nearby.

As long as she is not besieged by multiple servants, she is confident that she can deal with any trap!

This is the confidence given by the [Magic Resistance] of the three knight classes and her own [Crossing Arcadia]!

But she was also cautious. In the following pursuit battle, she only used ordinary magic arrows, and continued to pressure Iori with intensive attacks, but did not use charged shots that consumed more magic power - even though she was not short of magic power.

Although the Master was a coward who would rather hide behind the scenes and entrust the command to the priest, and never showed up to save his life... this made the female hunter very unhappy, but she had to admit that the other party's quality as a Master was still very good. At least the transmission efficiency of the magic channel was very high, so she did not feel any constraints in the battle so far.

Archer was originally suited to fighting alone, and Atalanta felt that not having the support of a Master was not a big problem.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Two figures passed by quickly and soon crossed most of the forest. The surrounding trees became more and more dense, and Iori finally arrived at the designated location.

Iori jumped down through the lush tree canopy and found a small pyramid that seemed to be made of crystal in the depths of the dense forest!

He seemed to want to take his Master with him to escape, but before he could release the ghost art, Atalanta caught up with him.

"Tsk!"

Iori swung his blade to block the arrow. At the same time, one side of the small pyramid was opened under his control. A silver-haired girl with red eyes hurried out, holding only a box in her hand, and she didn't even care about the many precious cultural relics that were packed up.

"berserker! Come here quickly!"

Sera shouted, and Iori understood what she meant. He moved as swiftly as a rabbit, picked up his master lightly, and flew away into the shadows of the forest.

It turned out that she wanted to protect her Master——Atalanta no longer hesitated.

Although she didn't have the [Clairvoyance], she had excellent eyesight without it. Her eyes were enhanced by magic and she could see very clearly. The beautiful silver-haired woman was indeed just a human.

There is no other possibility that he would appear here at this moment except being the enemy's Master.

Was the reason why he fled in such a hurry and exposed such a big flaw because of the Master's order?

Atalanta believed that Iori was a swordsman with excellent combat skills, and he should not make such an obvious mistake, but if it was a Master with no combat experience who made the choice in panic... then everything would make sense.

Of course, even so, Atalanta could not pursue rashly. She was very patient and still maintained the standard distance of 100 meters.

The opponent was already in a passive position, and now there was another burden. The balance of victory had already tilted towards her. A hunter who was sure of victory had no reason to press the beast that had nowhere to go. The smartest approach was to let the injured prey struggle slowly until it was completely powerless.

The confident female hunter still locked onto the target, and continued to chase him with her muscular legs, a green silhouette flashing through the forest.

However, just as she was about to pass by the place where Sera was hiding, for some reason, she could have jumped over it directly, but she inexplicably chose to pass through the ground.

This was a sudden and unexplained whim, and Atalanta didn't even have time to realize that something was wrong. As she flew past, the "pyramid" with its doors wide open came into her sight.

I didn’t want to be distracted!

I didn't want to look away!

This can't be stopped!

But the female hunter couldn't help but take a look, couldn't help but slow down, couldn't help but divert her attention to this side.

In that small treasure room in the pyramid, all kinds of rare antiquities were placed in a mess, seemingly without any value to be missed.

However, just by chance... or perhaps inevitably, a flash of bright gold that flashed through the garbage dump entered Atalanta's field of vision and slowly enlarged in her beautiful but absent-minded eyes.

That is [gold]!

There is no need for any extra explanation. It is the most symbolic, widely circulated and most recognized "wealth" in human civilization.

Even before the rise of mankind, in the era when gods dominated the world, this was a treasure that impressed all intelligent life.

Without excessive processing, pure gold is like a beautiful incarnation flowing out of a dream... Its existence itself is a temptation!

No one can look away, no one can abandon it, no one can escape its curse—

Oops! ! !

Atalanta suddenly came to her senses and her eyes became clear again. Her body was still running, but her movements were a little stiff. The long gaze just now seemed to have passed in a moment in reality.

But it was this moment of negligence that caused the female hunter to light up a fatal warning light!

——Bang!

The muffled sound came from the abdomen. The sudden impact made the female hunter feel as if her internal organs were about to be squeezed out. A fishy and sweet taste surged up her throat and came out with a dry cough.

"I'm catching up with you!"

This punch instantly destroyed Atalanta's balance, offsetting her charging momentum and sending her flying in the opposite direction!

But obviously this was not the end. She didn't even have a chance to regroup. A strong wrist grabbed the hunter's ankle, and then a surge of strange power was transmitted to her, causing her well-trained thighs to tremble.

Bang!

"cough!"

Atalanta was thrown to the ground, and she felt severe pain all over her body, especially in her ankles. She suspected that her mobility, which she was so proud of, had been destroyed by the other party.

Whoosh!

Even though she fell into such an embarrassing situation, the female hunter still chose to fight back. She suddenly exerted force from her waist, and her whole body burst out with amazing resilience like a fish that had come ashore. She actually broke free from the restraints before Iori could regain his strength.

Atalanta bent and stretched her leg, leaped high, turned around, drew her bow and aimed at Iori.

A flash of gold appeared in the peripheral vision.

call out!

The arrow shot out, and Iori just stood there without moving. The arrow passed by the side of his head and failed to hurt him at all.

Archer actually missed!

"Varied--!"

Atalanta was shocked and angry, but she was in an unprecedented state of weakness both mentally and physically, and it seemed that she was beyond recovery.

No, there is still one chance, and that is the Servant's ultimate trump card - the liberation of the Noble Phantasm!

"【Nine Lights Binding】!"

Iori didn't want to give her a chance, so in mid-air, Atalanta's body was trapped by nine balls of dark magic that appeared out of thin air. Four of them wrapped around her hands and feet, and the other five formed spirit stakes from different directions.

"hateful!"

As one of the three knights, Atalanta possesses [Anti-Magic], but unfortunately she is only at D rank, which is just slightly stronger than the E rank of a certain red-clad worker - making her immune to most modern magic.

But Iori had already prepared in secret, and even silently completed the entire chant of the 79th high-level binding technique, which was obviously beyond the resistance range of [Anti-Magic Power D].

What's more, due to the effect of a certain relic, Atalanta's "mental resistance" was weakened. Even if she was not injured, she would feel inexplicably weak.

"Let me go, you despicable fellow!"

"Don't praise me like that. It makes me feel embarrassed."

Iori took the Rhine gold in his hand and examined it carefully in the mottled sunlight in the forest.

“Regardless of age and race, women really like gold…

It's not a golden apple, but it's still a distraction, Atalanta."

"Why... do you know my real name?"

"There aren't many female archers with such fast feet in the entire history of mankind, right?"

Not to mention the extremely obvious physical features—Iori glanced at the cat ears and tail.

Even if you haven't watched the original animation, as long as you have some knowledge of Greek history, you should be able to guess who this runner who is good at archery is.

“I didn’t expect to lose again in such a humiliating way… Gu! Kill me!”

"You seem to think I'm a bad person." Iori smiled, "But maybe this is just a misunderstanding?"

【Ding! 】

At this moment, a familiar prompt sound rang in his mind, and some information flowed into his mind, making the smile on Iori's face become strange.

【CG included】

[The fastest flower wedding·Atalanta]

Category: Mythology

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quality:--

Rewards at a glance:

【Aesthetics of pursuit D】

(Inherent Skills and Passive)

Go ahead first, I will turn into a gust of wind behind you and come out on top!

Even if the enemy takes the initiative, you can still take the initiative after confirming the enemy's intention and gain the upper hand.

A skill that can be used to strike back after an attack. A rank of D means that it is guaranteed to work in most cases, but it cannot overturn an event without any chance of success.

Note: Additional Effects

The right to propose to Atalanta, but because it was not an official contest and no oath was taken before the gods, it had no binding force.

Failure would incur Atalanta's disgust - or rather, it was already inevitable when you proposed.

Volume 104: Death Comes to the Holy Grail War: Chapter 4: I've Already Booked a Room (K)

Mythology CG is another new category. Iori has produced some strange CGs before, and he also knows that this illustration system still has some potential waiting to be explored, so he is not too surprised.

Judging from the relevant information, this type is different in terms of bonds, plot, and style, and it is more difficult to brush out.

[After completing the adventure or trial story in the myth, you will get the corresponding protection, skills or weapons, and the painting style value will be randomly dropped. ]

——This prerequisite is very restrictive. It must have a very deep connection with the original myth, and even contact with the character himself to achieve it.

For example, if you want to achieve the achievement of "Siegfried slays the evil dragon", you must really kill the evil dragon Fafnir in the myth, instead of just picking a wyvern and killing it to pretend to be the great hero in the myth.

Although both of them are "dragon slaying", there are still differences in the level of style!

Fortunately, there is no requirement that it must be an "original" mythological story. It seems that as long as it meets all the characteristics, even some discrepancies are acceptable.

For example, the Heroic Spirit in the Type-Moon worldview highlights a "magic change", but it can also trigger the corresponding CG.

The story of "Atalanta and the Golden Apple" naturally does not require much popular science. It is nothing more than that the notorious troublemaker Aphrodite once again harmed others...

Iori first used the Rhinegold instead of the Golden Apple to play the role of "attracting attention" in the story, and then captured Atalanta and defeated her in one fell swoop. In all aspects, he has achieved or even surpassed the achievements of the original, so it is natural that he can obtain the myth CG.

If it were in ancient Greece, Iori could have called himself Atalanta's legal husband at this time!

But unfortunately, this is a Holy Grail War, and the summoned Servants are just reflections of the Heroic Spirits. They will inherit their weaknesses in life, but they do not need to pay the price for the oaths they have fulfilled.

As for Iori himself, he is not a person like Hippomenes in the original text. If it were him, if he liked a woman, he would launch an offensive in an upright manner instead of seeking help from the bad-tempered goddess of beauty.

What's more, Atalanta used the race to reject suitors in order to avoid marriage - she was a believer of the moon god and had vowed to remain pure and never marry.

The trap of Rheingold was just a tactic. Iori would not use it to threaten Archer, as that would be too despicable.

"Hey! Did you hear that? End the fight quickly and kill me!"

Seeing Iori remained silent for a long time, Atalanta had a bad feeling in her heart and struggled again: "It's better to die than to be in this humiliating position... What are you waiting for, do it!"

"Don't be impatient, Atalanta of Arcadia."

Iori came back to his senses, a harmless smile on his face: "Forgive my rudeness, but I wouldn't have been able to catch the world's fastest female hunter if it weren't for this."

He highlighted the identity of the "huntress", making Atalanta as angry as "explosive".

"Are you looking down on me? Just because I'm a woman!"