Chapter 138: Ten Days Later, Using a Beam Cannon on Scorpions!
An endless blue sky stretched overhead, while a lush green forest spread out below.
Blue sky.
White clouds.
Forest, rivers, mountains.
Everything entered Ethan's view at once.
And the reason for that was very simple.
At this moment, he was soaring through the sky, looking down upon the world from above.
As for why this was happening, it was because ten days ago, after accepting Hermes's commission, Ethan had set off at full speed.
The Great Tree Sea was one of the three great mysterious regions of the world, so naturally, it was very far from Orario.
If they traveled normally, it would take over a month to arrive.
With that much time passing, by the time they got there, the situation would already be long past saving.
Because of that, Hermes had already arranged everything in advance.
The wyverns rented from the Ganesha Familia only needed ten days to reach their destination.
At first, Ethan had been very interested in this kind of "wyvern."
Especially since it was his first time personally riding one.
However, that interest only lasted for the first two or three days.
After ten days passed, it had gradually been worn away, leaving only boredom and dullness behind.
"God Hermes, today is already the tenth day. How much longer until we arrive?"
Unable to endure it any longer, Ethan asked Hermes, who was riding another wyvern beside him.
"Soon. If everything goes smoothly, we should reach the destination this afternoon."
"All right."
The Great Tree Sea was an enormous and chaotic special region.
A large number of ancient ruins were buried within it.
The final destination of this trip was actually one of those ancient ruins.
The builders of that ruin were the great spirits of ancient times, and its purpose was to seal an ancient monster from that era.
In the original story, it was this monster that devoured the Moon Goddess Artemis and ultimately triggered a whole series of events.
There were far too many bugs in that plot.
When Ethan had watched it back then, he had felt truly speechless.
First of all, the dignified Moon Goddess had actually been devoured by a monster.
Not only that, but this monster could also wield the Moon Goddess's divine power.
It had even almost used a divine power that only Artemis herself should have been able to activate.
It released an arrow powerful enough to destroy the entire world in one strike.
And it had been only one step away from fully firing it.
Leaving everything else aside, the fact that a mere monster could wield a god's divine power was already very thought-provoking.
Was divine power really that cheap?
Moreover, even after it had gained control of the Moon Goddess's divine power and could destroy the world, Antares, the final boss, was still held back by the protagonist's group.
That was far too shocking.
One had to know that even the entire Artemis Familia had been wiped out here.
Every single one of them had died.
Then came the ending.
Antares was struck by the "Orion Arrow" empowered by a "hero's wish," leaving it half-dead and severely weakened.
Artemis was also rescued.
At that moment, Bell took out the Hestia Knife and stabbed the goddess to death.
What was that supposed to be?
Did he really have to "kill the goddess to prove his resolve"?
Even if the movie needed drama, could they not have made the goddess and monster die together?
Why insist on doing it like that?
It was a little hard to understand.
At least Ethan could not understand it.
"Help!"
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Ethan heard a cry for help and subconsciously looked over.
In the forest below, a woman was desperately running.
Behind her was a group of black scorpions.
They were about the size of cows and sheep, and their pitch-black bodies were covered in blood-red patterns.
The person being chased was a dark-skinned girl with a pair of beast ears.
"Is that Lulune?"
Hermes was also shocked when he saw the person below.
After all, she was officially one of the children of his Familia.
And right now, she had already been surrounded by dense groups of scorpions.
If nothing unexpected happened, she would soon meet with disaster.
"Little brother Ethan, I'm counting on you!"
"I can do it, but you'll owe me a favor, God Hermes."
"You really don't like losing out, do you? Fine. Count it as me owing you a favor."
Although Ethan was taking advantage of the situation, Hermes did not take it to heart.
To him, the life of his own child was naturally more important than a favor.
Swish—
After hearing Hermes's answer, Ethan finally smiled in satisfaction.
Then he flipped over and leapt directly from the back of the wyvern.
For the current Ethan, a height like this posed no danger at all.
"Lie flat on the ground and don't raise your head!"
"Huh?"
In despair, Lulune Louie heard a voice.
Subconsciously, she chose to obey that voice and dropped flat onto the ground.
She even ignored the scorpions that were already swarming toward her.
In any case, she would die either way.
She might as well take a gamble.
What if she won?
"Excalibur Morgan!"
Boom—
A violent roar descended from the sky.
The black aurora directly tore the earth apart.
Even a small patch of forest was instantly erased.
Dozens of black scorpion monsters were swept away in an instant.
The power was just a little too excessive.
Even Ethan felt that he had gone a bit overboard.
This was like using a beam cannon to swat mosquitoes.
"This is…"
High above, Hermes stared at the scene below.
Especially at the beam cannon Ethan had released.
He was deeply shocked.
In just two short months, Ethan had grown from a rookie Lv.1 into a Lv.3.
On top of that, he possessed an armament comparable to a divine artifact.
It was simply unbelievable.
Moreover, neither Ouranos nor Freya knew where Ethan had obtained that weapon.
And as a god, Hermes could vaguely sense something.
Although that sword looked extremely sinister, almost like a demonic sword, its true nature was an incredibly radiant holy sword.
In fact, most holy swords in this world could not even compare to it.
It was a sword that could stand at the very peak of all holy swords.
And a sword like that was absolutely not something an ordinary person could come into contact with.
Let alone wield as freely as his own arm.
After all, no "holy sword" was easy to master.
Otherwise, it would not be called a holy sword.
Tap—
Stepping onto the ground, Ethan let out a long breath.
He did not know whether it was because of [Perfect Form], but whenever his feet were not touching the earth, his connection to the magical energy of the land was completely cut off.
That gave Ethan a false sense of insecurity.
For the past ten days, he had spent nearly all his time flying.
Only when they rested at night would they land.
"Um, thank you."
At that moment, Lulune walked over and thanked Ethan.
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