A crossover anime/manga series, starting with Kaguya's fiancé.

Although Ryu had some reservations about Artemis, she still had to offer some advice.

Artemis raised her head.

“I will not leave. I am prepared and can completely conceal my divine power. I have been to the underground city before, and it did not cause any reaction from the underground city.”

"and……"

Artemis paused, then walked to Lynn's side, extended her slender fingers, and gently touched Lynn's longsword, which was emitting frost and white steam.

"The Orion Arrow is my natal artifact, and its power originates from me. The farther away I am, the weaker its power becomes. My presence here is of great help to you."

Lynn and she stared at each other for a few seconds, then Lynn finally sighed and gave in.

"Ok."

He cleared his throat;

"However, we agree on three rules."

"First, from now on, you are not a god, but my team member, Artemis. Your actions must be completely under my command, and you are not allowed to have any objections."

"Secondly, you are absolutely not allowed to use your divine power without my permission, and you are even less allowed to rush to the front."

"Third, and most importantly."

Lynn's expression turned extremely serious.

"Take care of yourself. If something happens to you, all our efforts will have been in vain."

Artemis listened attentively, and then nodded solemnly.

"Okay, Lynn, I'll do as you say."

At this moment, she was no longer the high and mighty god, but a woman who was willing to entrust everything to the man in front of her.

Lessa, standing to the side, felt her heart sink to the bottom.

It's over, completely hopeless.

"Alright, problem solved." Lynn clapped his hands.

"Everyone, prepare to depart. Destination: the core area of ​​the valley!"

113. We are now the ones in the shadows (Please subscribe)

On the way,

Lynn walked in front, with Ryu walking beside him, and Artemis following half a step behind them.

Lessa and her kin formed a standard battle formation, protecting the three key figures in the center, and vigilantly scanning their surroundings.

"Roar--!"

Another LV4 monster, covered in wounds and resembling a giant wild boar, rushed out from the direction of the core area.

"Garreria, hold the line!"

Lessa decisively issued the order.

The young warrior named Galeria let out a low growl and charged forward.

The wild boar monster slammed into the shield with a loud, muffled thud.

"Lanti, Flora, suppress its movements!"

Arrows and magical beams flew out in a crisscrossing pattern, accurately striking the monster's joints and side.

The girls of Artemis's Familia displayed exceptional tactical skills, coordinating seamlessly and executing offense and defense with remarkable order.

The battle lasted for more than ten minutes.

The LV4 monster finally fell down unwillingly.

Lethea walked to the monster's corpse, used the tip of her sword to pry open its fur, and only after confirming that it was completely dead did she straighten up.

This was the third LV4 monster they had encountered since venturing deeper into the valley.

Although the problems were resolved without serious incident, the team's progress was slowed to an unbearable degree.

She walked up to Lynn, the blood on her sword still wet, dripping onto the decaying leaves.

"We can't go on like this."

Lynn looked up at her, but didn't say anything, waiting for her to continue.

"At this rate, by the time we reach the core area, Andares will have already taken what it wanted and made its escape!"

Lethea spoke quickly, venting her pent-up anger;

"Don't you have a dragon mount? Let it carry us through the air! That way we can avoid these fleeing monsters and quickly pinpoint the situation in the core area!"

Lynn finally spoke, shaking his head.

"No."

"Why?!"

Lessa's voice rose uncontrollably as she took a step forward, almost touching Lynn. "What are you afraid of? Or do you simply not want to face Andares and are just trying to buy time?"

Lynn looked at her; "Do you think that when we're riding dragons in the sky, we're the only ones who can see the ground?"

Lessa was taken aback.

"We can be seen from the ground."

Lynn pointed into the distance, "Andares, and that group from the Slaughter Warning, will all find us. Is it more beneficial or harmful?"

Lessa fell silent; she knew Lynn was right.

She asked hesitantly, "So we're just going to walk like this?"

"We're not in a hurry."

Lynn smiled. "Because there are people who are even more anxious than us."

This statement stunned everyone.

A thoughtful look flashed in Liu's eyes as she muttered, "Lynn, you mean..."

Lynn nodded;

“That group must have also noticed the anomaly in the core area. They couldn’t have been unaware of it, so they were definitely faster than us.”

Lynn held up two fingers.

"Two robbers, each wanting to keep the treasure for themselves, bumped into each other in a small area."

"What do you think will happen?"

But in everyone's mind, a picture clearly appeared.

Two of the most ferocious beasts were tearing each other apart in a frenzy over the same piece of flesh.

Artemis added, "They will definitely fight."

"Since that group dared to clear the area in that way, they must be quite strong and incredibly confident. They won't willingly give up the black dragon scales to a monster."

Lynn spread his hands;

"So, it's not us who are in a hurry."

"We are the ones in the shadows now."

at the same time.

On another mountain wall.

Valetta, known as the Killer Empress, was looking down at the ravaged pit below.

In the center of the deep pit, a huge figure was lying on the corpse of an equally enormous dragon-shaped monster.

That was Andares.

The corpse was a dragon with the strength of LV5.

This deep pit was caused by their fight.

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Andares was still using two large pincers to dig at the soil beneath him.

Vareta patiently waited with his men.

Bottom of the deep pit

Andares's massive pincers snapped shut.

The soil and gravel were pushed aside, and a black object the size of a bathtub was slowly picked up by it.

The object's surface was covered in damp mud, and in the dark depths of the pit, it looked inconspicuous, like an ordinary black rock.

But Valette's breath stopped at that moment.

Her pupils contracted to the size of pinpoints as she stared intently at the "rock."

that's it.

Black dragon scales!

This monster is absolutely not mistaken.

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A hint of human joy even flickered in Andares's ferocious compound eyes.

It held that huge black scale high.

Then, under Valetta's watchful gaze, it opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, attempting to swallow the bathtub-sized scale whole.

"Crack!"

The scales are too big to bite through.

Andares let out a frustrated hiss, his ugly mouth opening and closing, thick liquid dripping from the corners of his mouth.

Enraged, it slammed its scales back onto the ground and raised one of its huge pincers.

"Clang—!"