I rely on myself

Chapter 445: Secret Helper

"…Strange, really strange?"

Perseus looked at Kusanagi Godou's body lying on the ground without any sound, and a confused expression appeared on his face.

"I should have defeated this young God Slayer, but why can't I be happy? It's like I have a bad feeling... like I'm about to commit something stupid. Why is this happening?"

While whispering, he slowly walked towards the body of Kusanagi Godou who was lying on the ground.

As Perseus walked towards Kusanagi Godou's fallen body, Liliana suddenly had an ominous premonition in her heart.

"Are you planning to humiliate his corpse? Would a hero do such a shameless thing... Maybe he will really do it. The heroic myth that revived the ancient custom of beheading is unexpectedly found in many places. At the very least, the corpse of the King should be protected."

With this thought in mind, Liliana stepped forward and stood directly in front of Kusanagi Godou's body, but Perseus turned a blind eye and walked straight towards Kusanagi Godou.

At this moment Perseus suddenly stopped and raised his eyes to look upwards. Puzzled by his action, Liliana also looked in the same direction, but there was nothing in that direction.

As for the farthest point, it is a high mountain, but it is two kilometers away from here, so it should not be a problem.

Although she was thinking this, Liliana saw that Perseus looked surprised when he looked in that direction, and whispered with interest: "Surprising, from such a far distance? How interesting!"

Although she heard this, Liliana had no idea what it meant.

Suddenly Perseus fell forward!
Only then did Liliana see a petite figure. It was the figure that appeared in front of her with Kusanagi Godou not long ago. Her name was Athena.

Looking at the giant sickle in Athena's hand, Liliana instantly understood what was going on.

It was obvious that just now, at the moment when Perseus was distracted, Athena, with the help of darkness, suddenly appeared behind him silently, then swung her sickle and launched a sneak attack on the hero's back. As for the result——

Perseus lived up to his name as a hero. Even when attacked from behind, he was able to react immediately and avoid fatal injuries by flipping forward.

Of course, he only avoided fatal injuries, but did not completely dodge them, Liliana saw it.

There was undoubtedly a wound on the back of Perseus who jumped up, and a lot of blood was flowing out.

Because of this wound, the hero couldn't help but reveal a painful expression on his handsome face, but even so he still uttered a resolute counterattack.

"How dare you, Athena, do such a despicable thing!"

"Even a hero would relax after killing a godslayer - hehe, I did violate the rules of duel, so I'll spare your life. Didn't I tell you before? I'll just let you go for a while. That guy is my prey... You've gone too far!"

Athena did not show any embarrassment on her face in response to the hero's rebuke, but she still stopped. After all, she did interfere in the duel, which was somewhat unfair.

After hearing what Athena said, Perseus couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Is that the reason... And if you say so, then the boy hasn't been completely defeated, right?" "…………"

Athena did not answer, but the ambiguous smile on her face had already given the answer. Perseus, who saw this scene, realized that he could no longer continue to attack the godslayer. Coupled with the injuries caused by Athena's sneak attack, he had to give up.

"There's nothing we can do. In this case, let's both take a step back. Both me and the boy need time to recover from our injuries. So let's leave the outcome of this battle for later. How do you think?"

"........."

Athena still did not answer, but the sickle she put away was the best answer. Seeing this, Perseus chuckled, then mounted his beloved horse that he had whistled for, and left in a heroic manner.

Seeing this, Liliana finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, Athena suddenly spoke to her: "... Then, girl, it's up to you to take care of Kusanagi Godou. He should wake up soon. Ah, you have to tell him to prepare for Perseus's return visit... Only I can defeat him. If he fails and dies before then, I will never forgive him!"

After saying that, Athena disappeared as silently as she had come, leaving only Liliana and Kusanagi Godou behind.

Seeing this scene, Liliana had no choice but to find a way to move Kusanagi Godou to a better resting place.

Just as the battle was coming to an end, a man suddenly stood up on a mountain two kilometers away from the battlefield and sighed, "Oh my, I already knew that gods are scary, but it's a bit too much to be able to detect them from such a long distance. This deal is a bit unprofitable, Captain."

The person who made this exclamation was a man who looked slender but not short. Although he said it in a scary way, he had a smiling face.

The most eye-catching thing is his eyes, which are a pair of long and narrow eyes like a fox, and the pupils are completely invisible. In addition, he is wearing a pair of sunglasses with orange lenses, which makes him look as cunning and insidious as a fox.

In addition, there was an unusually large sniper rifle placed under his body.

The length of ordinary sniper rifles and even anti-material sniper rifles is about one to one and a half meters, but this sniper rifle is about two and a half meters long, which is much longer than the height of the average person.

Such a huge sniper rifle must have a corresponding power. Combined with Perseus' sudden distraction and looking over here, plus the unexplained words, it can be easily inferred that————

It must have been this squinty-eyed man who had aimed the sniper rifle at Perseus to distract him.

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, we've accepted this commission. We've already received the deposit. There's no way we can refuse now. So just accept your fate. Hahahahahaha..."

A burly man suddenly appeared from somewhere and responded to the words of the man with squinty eyes. Presumably, this man was the so-called leader he mentioned.

Although the words sounded like resignation, they sounded carefree when spoken by this burly man.

The squinty-eyed man did not refute this statement as if he had known it for a long time, which showed that he was just complaining.

The two of them observed the situation on the battlefield for a while longer. Seeing that Kusanagi Godou had been taken away from the battlefield and settled by Liliana, they no longer had the idea of ​​staying there. They packed up their things and the two unidentified people went somewhere unknown under the cover of night.

(End of this chapter)