Chapter 114: Rescue or loot?
At night, Loen, covered in wounds, lay on the bed, groaning weakly, his eyes filled with grief and anger.
What's all for your own good?
Bullshit! That woman was clearly looking for a legitimate reason to beat him up!
He turned his head slightly with great effort and looked at the row of blood spots on his butt that looked like stamps. He felt even more depressed and regretted it so much that he gritted his teeth.
Originally, Athena still showed some mercy and wrapped the thorn in her hand with her divine power. The thorns were just for show.
But he subconsciously fought back and accidentally used the skill that Artemis had exploded from the Golden Oracle last time.
——Rapid Silver.
As the goddess of hunting, the bow and arrow are the symbol of Artemis, so she is also the goddess of bows and arrows and the goddess of archery.
Homer's hymns mentioned that Artemis had a golden bow and arrows, and could shoot millions of arrows at the enemy in an instant, forming an overwhelming rain of arrows. Therefore, she also had another nickname - "Iokheira" (overwhelming arrows).
In addition, similar skills were also demonstrated in the hands of the great hero Hercules.
According to ancient Greek mythology, one of the trials of Hercules was to slay the rebellious nine-headed Hydra.
However, as a top-level immortal monster, Hydra's head will grow again even if it is cut off. It can even be done - cut off one head and grow two heads.
The only way to truly kill this monster is to destroy all of its heads at the same time.
In the end, Hercules shot hundreds of arrows with his bow in an instant and completely killed the nine-headed Hydra.
Perhaps I am more intimate with the hunting goddess and we have a very good compatibility.
So, in this random draw, Loen directly shook on Artemis and obtained the group attack archery skill of the hunting goddess.
However, limited by the level of his divine power and divinity, as well as his proficiency, he can currently only differentiate into three to seven arrows of the same kind. Not to mention compared with Artemis who can turn one arrow into ten thousand arrows, even Hercules who can turn one arrow into a hundred arrows is still some distance away.
Of course, since it is a new skill, it takes time to practice and adjust.
As a divine tool containing randomness, the dice has always been just a tool for him to manipulate his fate, but it cannot allow him to directly skip the accumulation process and upgrade the so-called skills to the maximum level.
But this is not all bad. What is easily gained can be easily lost.
And gradual learning can allow him to transform the slight chance given by the dice into power that he can actually control, and into a true ladder to godhood.
But it was precisely for this reason, which was hard to tell whether it was good or bad, that Loen accidentally used this move when practicing defensive counterattack with Athena.
result……
The woman's face turned dark immediately, and she immediately withdrew the divine power wrapped around the brambles and beat him up.
That's really a beating to death!
Moreover, they specifically target places with lots of meat and rich nerves!
Knowing that Athena and Artemis didn't get along, why did he accidentally reveal the Moon Goddess's trick?
Loen looked at his own reckless hands, feeling the stinging pain all over his body, and couldn't help but feel like crying.
When Athena left him and went upstairs alone, she looked unsatisfied, and it was clear that she was ready to make this special training, in which she could beat him openly, a daily routine in the future.
When he thought that only one day had passed and there were still two full weeks to the Dionysus Festival, Loen couldn't help but feel dizzy and the future was bleak.
This petty-minded woman, all her nutrients were eaten up by her brain, right? No wonder she can't grow up!
“Aa ...
The tightly closed door was quietly pushed open. Lorne, who was complaining in his heart on the bed, tensed his muscles reflexively, took a defensive stance, and looked back suddenly.
Hestia was seen sneaking into the house along the wall, smiling awkwardly as she placed an insulated food box on the table and gently opened it, revealing the warm food inside.
"Haven't you eaten yet? I saved some food for you tonight."
However, seeing this attentive and gentle goddess of the hearth, Loen turned his head away and his face turned black.
He hasn't forgotten who sold him out today.
Not only did he desert the battlefield, he also used the excuse of punishing Stheno and Euryale to drag away his backup resurrection armor, Little Medusa, leaving him isolated and helpless, facing Athena's violent output alone one-on-one.
What’s even more infuriating is that during the hours he was being beaten up in the backyard, this woman didn’t come out to rescue him.
What about the promise of never leaving each other? What about the promise of ironclad allies? What about the promise of the external brain and the symbiote being inseparable?
Things have come to this, and you still want to get rid of him with just a meal? How can it be that easy?
"Bang!"
Just as Lorne was counting Hestia's crimes in his mind, a hand slammed on the bedroom table. The sudden muffled sound startled the injured person on the bed.
"Athena is going too far!"
Hestia, who was sitting at the table, had an indignant look on her face and began to criticize her niece.
"Even if you have a good relationship with Artemis, she can't be so cruel, right? It's simply lawless!"
“…”
Loen watched the performance of the stove goddess quietly. Although he did not say anything, the contempt between his brows was evident.
Why didn't you come forward when Athena was here?
Now that everyone has gone back to the house and I've been beaten, you come out to speak up for me?
Are you here to rescue or to plunder?
Besides, we're only talking about Artemis, right?
Leaking secrets, selling out teammates, deserting the battlefield, not helping others in need...shouldn't you explain your own problems first?
Under the gloomy gaze of the victim, Hestia, who was not cut out for the job to begin with and felt guilty, blushed, smiled awkwardly, and quickly changed the subject, using her usual tricks.
"Come on, come on, eat first, the food is getting cold."
Loen looked at himself, who was half paralyzed, then looked at the table more than ten steps away, and became even more speechless.
"Can't move? It's okay! I'll feed you!"
Realizing her oversight, Hestia hastened to make amends. She immediately put on a smile, put a few hot dishes into the bowl, then diligently brought it to the bedside and helped Lorne sit up.
"Hoo~Hoo, ah, open your mouth, be careful of the heat."
Looking at the spoonful of meat porridge brought to his mouth and the caring smiling face in front of him, Loen rolled his eyes, but finally opened his mouth obediently.
Forget it, why bother the symbiote with an external brain? We will need her help to attract firepower in the future.
Seeing that the victim was sending out signals of reconciliation, Hestia, who was originally a little nervous, finally felt relieved and worked even harder to take care of the injured person on the bed to make up for her mistakes, and she did not forget to write a blank check.
"Don't worry, if she dares to do this to you again next time, I will beat her butt to pieces!"
“Aa ...
However, the sudden opening and closing of the door caused the house goddess's fierce aura to burst out like a floodgate. Her face changed, her hands trembled, and a full spoonful of meat porridge almost poked into Loen's nostrils.
(End of this chapter)
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