Chapter 139: Targeted by Hermes!
Swish—
"A hero saving a beauty. Little brother Ethan, what a beautiful encounter to have happened here!"
Hermes had come down at some point.
The moment he appeared, he immediately began teasing Ethan.
"Hermes-sama?"
When Lulune saw Hermes, she was immediately shocked.
However, more than that, she felt a sense of realization.
She had been wondering where this fierce person had come from.
So he was outside help invited by her unreliable god.
However, in such a dangerous situation, no matter how strong one person was, there had to be a limit, right?
"Yo, Lulune. Long time no see~"
Looking at Lulune, Hermes smiled and greeted her.
"It really has been a 'long time.' Hermes-sama, the one who arranged for us to stay in the Great Tree Sea, then vanished from the world all by himself and made everyone worry about him~~~"
"Don't be like that. You and Asfi-chan have both learned bad habits."
"Hermes-sama!"
Looking at Hermes, Lulune was truly angry.
If she had not been searching for him, why would she have come all the way here?
Rustle, rustle—
At that moment, Ethan had no mood to bother with the two of them.
All around them, even more black scorpions had gathered at some point.
Judging by the situation, they were treating the group as prey and planning to wipe them all out in one go.
"A bunch of little scorpions. Let me see just how capable you are."
Ethan grinned.
Flying for ten straight days had been extremely boring for him.
On top of that, his [Daily Quests] had also been delayed for ten days.
That had been bothering Ethan all this time.
Now that these things had gathered on their own, weren't they just giving him a chance to vent?
Rustle, rustle, rustle—
These black scorpions could not speak.
Even if they could, they would not have opened their mouths.
After all, they were all small monsters spawned and reproduced by Antares.
They would absolutely follow the orders Antares had given them.
As for self-awareness, they had none.
Dense swarms of black scorpions surged out of the forest.
Clearly, this entire area had already been occupied by them.
Buzz—
One golden ring after another appeared behind Ethan.
Within the rippling golden light, Noble Phantasms extended outward one by one.
Then, like arrows released from a bowstring, they shot directly toward the black scorpions.
Pshk, pshk, pshk—
From more than a dozen opened golden portals, weapons fired out as if they cost nothing.
As for the black scorpions, once they were pierced, they died immediately.
Only purple magic stones were left behind on the ground.
"This…"
Once again, Hermes was shocked.
Opening a portal and continuously firing weapons like arrows at the enemy was an attack method he had never seen before.
Not only that, but Hermes could also sense something extraordinary from these weapons.
They were definitely not armaments that mortals could forge.
However, they were not divine-forged armaments either.
They were somewhat similar to the sword Ethan had used earlier, yet also a little different.
For a moment, Hermes's mind was filled with question marks and curiosity.
After so many years, this was the first time he had encountered something that made him so curious.
It seemed this person, whom Ouranos valued so highly and Freya cared about so much, was indeed far from simple.
On Ethan's side, the battle was already nearing its end.
Under the sweeping barrage of Gate of Babylon, all the black scorpions were dealt with.
A disaster had been resolved so easily.
After everything ended, Ethan opened Imaginary Number Space and collected all the spoils.
These were all his things.
Swish—
The Excalibur in Ethan's hand also disappeared, as if it had never appeared in the first place.
This allowed Hermes to confirm that it was definitely an armament at the level of a "holy sword."
Otherwise, how could such a scene be possible?
"Little brother Ethan, that sword just now…"
"What? God Hermes thinks it's pretty good too? That's my favorite sword."
"I wonder what that sword is called?"
"Excalibur."
"Excalibur? A good name. Truly a good name."
This was the strongest holy sword in Fate.
Even in another world, it remained extraordinary.
"If I'm not mistaken, that sword should be a holy sword, right?"
"That's right."
Without hiding or disguising anything, Ethan admitted it directly.
It was a holy sword.
Although in his hands, it had already transformed into a demonic sword, the true nature of Excalibur had never changed from beginning to end.
"A holy sword that, according to legends, only heroes can wield?"
When Lulune heard the conversation between Ethan and Hermes, she immediately cried out in surprise.
After all, that was a holy sword.
Just like heroes, they were things that only existed in heroic epics and legends.
She had never expected one to truly exist in reality.
And now, she had even encountered one herself.
It was just…
"Hermes-sama, shouldn't a holy sword be 'bright' and 'sacred'? But no matter how I looked at that sword just now, it didn't look like a holy sword."
Her words were shocking.
They were also very easy to offend someone with.
Cold sweat immediately appeared on Hermes's back.
If Ethan became dissatisfied because of this, then this matter could become troublesome.
After all, time waited for no one.
After Lulune finished speaking, she also regretted it.
This person had just saved her, yet she had said something like that.
It really was too much.
For a moment, both Hermes and Lulune focused their eyes on Ethan, and they were even a little cautious.
"There's no helping it. A holy sword is sacred, but I, the wielder of the holy sword, don't have such a 'noble' character. So the holy sword became like this."
The moment those words came out, the surroundings fell into silence.
Especially Lulune.
She covered her mouth with her small hands, afraid she would say something careless again.
"That's where you're wrong, little brother Ethan. To possess a holy sword, one must first be recognized by the 'holy sword.' The fact that you can wield it means you have already been acknowledged. All you need is one 'miracle,' and you will undergo your 'ascension.'"
"Ascension" and "transformation" were indispensable steps in becoming a hero.
No matter what Ethan was like now, at the right time in the future, he could shed the "filth" on his body and let his own "radiance" bloom.
And in Hermes's eyes, Ethan had already become the most perfect "potential hero."
Almost all the necessary elements had already gathered.
All that was missing was the final "opportunity."
If Hermes could become the one who guided Ethan through that transformation, it would definitely be the most exciting thing he had done in thousands of years.
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