That protagonist is trash; I could do better!

"Me after I grew up..."

Medusa Lily was somewhat frustrated and subtly resistant to the idea that she was the grown-up version of herself.

Hall then pulled out another trump card, adding, "And your sisters asked me to take good care of you."

"Big sisters!?"

Medusa Lily's eyes widened. Neither Medusa nor Gorgon dared to disobey her two older sisters.

The little girl became even more wary: "You're human, aren't you? And you've been trying to trick me since just now."

Do you remember the Island of No Return?

Medusa Lily nodded hesitantly.

"There are no plants, only stones and collapsed temples, near the eastern coast, where there is a marble column and the remains of walls, on which are carved stories of the gods."

Medusa Lily opened her mouth slightly; the scenery Hall described was exactly as she remembered it.

"Your two older sisters, the goddesses, are both wearing white dresses and exquisite silver jewelry. They are exactly the same height and weight as you are now."

"This kind of thing..."

Hall gently persuaded, "Your sister, the goddess Euryale, was quite lively and adorable during our brief time together, while the other goddess, Stheno, is more composed and mature."

The existence of the Invisible Island and the two goddesses is something that cannot be described in such detail unless one has personally encountered it.

The Undead Blade that was close to Hall's skin disappeared.

Hall gently patted her head and said softly, "I know why you came into this world. I will help you complete your mission, so why don't you try trusting me?"

Medusa Lily lowered her head, twirling her fingers and whispering, "We can't trust humans."

"If we can't trust humans, then how about this?" Hall changed the nature of his physical existence, transforming himself from a human into something akin to a divine beast.

Medusa Lily stared at Hall in surprise, her eyes wide.

Hall shrugged and smiled frankly: "Just kidding. No matter what changes occur in my body, I am still a pure human being with human desires. I don't expect you to believe me immediately. What are your plans?"

"Stay in the forest and continue killing monsters."

"This behavior is meaningless and will not accomplish your task."

“I don’t know.” Medusa Lily shook her head in confusion.

"Stay by my side for now, and whether you trust me or not is up to you to decide later."

Medusa Lily met Hall's sincere gaze and nodded hesitantly, "Yes."

Seemingly to demonstrate his distrust of Hall, he emphasized in a forced serious tone: "But if I find out you've lied to me, I'll kill you."

"no problem."

The abduction was successful.

Hall felt he had some potential to emulate Merlin's online scamming skills.

Chapter 405 Gorgon's Dream

Inside the cedar forest, Princess Hall carried Medusa Lily forward.

"that···"

"what's up."

“Mr. Hall, you can put me down now. Thank you so much for your help. My body has regained a lot of magic power.”

“It seems so.” Hall nodded, but showed no intention of putting her down.

Medusa Lily whispered a reminder: "So it's okay for me to go alone."

"It has nothing to do with whether you can move or not; the reason I'm holding you is simply because I want to do this."

"what?"

"Small, soft, and very cute."

"Mr. Hall... are you the same type of human who came to the Island of No Return to steal the sisters?"

"Yes, Medusa, when you're with those two goddesses, do you ever think about living with them forever?"

"These are two completely different things!"

“I also have a younger sister named Sakura. Her personality is very similar to yours, and she feels almost the same when you hug her. It was she who formed a contract with you when you grew up.”

"Mr. Hall's sister... and I, the grown-up version of myself, made a contract."

"That's right, would you like to see it?"

"······Um."

Hall held Medusa Lily in one arm, while his right hand stretched out a magic circle, projecting an image as exquisite as a photograph.

Most of them are projections of Matou Sakura's photos from childhood to adulthood, and there are also some photos of Medusa's current situation.

Medusa Lily recognized her grown-up self at a glance and exclaimed incredulously, "Is this me?"

Even after growing up, Medusa still had long hair and a tall, slender figure. She was still wearing the old clothes left behind by the two goddesses, which further accentuated her beautiful curves, making her a rare beauty.

Hall smiled, glancing at Medusa Lily out of the corner of his eye. Lily was intently watching Medusa's projection, her small face concealing her disappointment and sadness.

The alluring Medusa was ugly and enormous in the eyes of Medusa Lily; only when her body was frozen in this moment, identical to her two sisters, was she a symbol of beauty.

Tall, ugly, and gloomy.

“This is what I will look like after I grow up... just like a human.” Medusa Lily pulled down the brim of her cat-ear hood to hide the grievance and sadness on her face.

Hall patted her little head and comforted her, "Don't worry, your sister likes you a lot now that you're all grown up."

"I don't believe it. Humans are all liars, and they're so tall, the older sisters will definitely laugh at us."

Hall chuckled, admitting that it was true Medusa was bullied by her older sister because of her height.

Medusa Lily looked at Matou Sakura's photos again. In most of the photos, the girl had a gentle and happy smile on her face. Although she was also human, she felt a strange sense of security.

She understood why Matou Sakura would become her Master; if it were this human, she was willing to give her complete trust.

"How is it?" Hall noticed Medusa Lily's gentle gaze and asked with a smile.

Medusa Lily said meaningfully, "He seems like a trustworthy human, completely different from a certain human magician."

"I just saved you."

"Please correct me, you saved me with some ulterior motive."

As she spoke, Medusa's small face turned serious, and she nimbly jumped down from Hall's arms. A faint purple light condensed in her hand into a scythe the size of herself.

Long before she made any discoveries, Hall's magic eye had already seen the magical beasts moving in the forest.

Medusa Lily said softly, "I won't cause you any trouble, so please don't come near me."

Hall shrugged: "Then you can handle it."

"Hooho~"

A low growl sounded behind Hall, and a red figure leaped out of the dense forest, its fangs aimed straight for Hall's neck.

Almost simultaneously, the petite black figure in front of Hall moved suddenly, so fast that only a blur remained.

Wow~

With the clanking of chains, Medusa Lily stood atop the monster that was lunging at Hall. With a gentle pull of her scythe against the monster's neck, she severed its head from its body.

Medusa Lily murmured to herself, "The first one."

Hall had anticipated this and moved to the side to prevent his clothes from getting stained with the monster's blood.

Splash splash splash~

Within the forest, the sound of chains echoed incessantly; chains of immeasurable length coiled around the surrounding trees, like spiders weaving webs, waiting for their prey to come to them.

Medusa Lily stood on high ground, calmly observing the movements in the forest.

More and more monsters surrounded them.

Behind the trees, on the rocks, and among the weeds, shadowy figures loomed, and a preliminary estimate suggested they were beyond her ability to handle.

Medusa Lily leaped down and landed in front of Hall, gripping her scythe warily. She whispered, "Mr. Hall, please be careful. The monsters are surrounding us. It would be better if we broke through as soon as possible before causing more chaos."

"Didn't I just say I was going to give it to you?"

"I'm sorry, I was too confident," Anna replied honestly.

“Leave it to me.” Hall stepped forward, his cross-shaped eyes appearing. He surveyed the surrounding dense forest, and all movement instantly ceased; even the breathing of the magical beasts could not be heard.

Huh?

Medusa Lily stared in astonishment at a monster trembling and crawling on the ground in the distance.

"Get out," Hall said calmly.

All the monsters curled their tails and fled in panic.

Medusa Lily stared wide-eyed and whispered, "What did you do?"

“A kind of magic,” Hall said mysteriously. In reality, it was just imitating the power of Tiamat, the creator goddess. The magical beasts were all created by Gorgon and Tiamat sharing power.

Medusa Lily hesitated, then stopped herself from asking further questions.

Without the harassment of the monsters, Hall and Medusa Lily quickly crossed the cedar forest, forded the Euphrates River, and arrived at the plains battlefield.

The number of monsters has decreased sharply. Under the orders of the monster commander, the Scorpion Man, the monsters in the vicinity have gathered at the front line of the battlefield, and only occasionally can one encounter a small group of wandering monsters.

Medusa Lily dealt with most of the monsters they encountered along the way.

Hall's magic eye observed Medusa Lily using her scythe to extract magic from the monster's body and store it.

She is a Servant, but she has no Master, and unlike Leonidas I and others, she is not fleshed out and has a physical body. She only continues her existence through this way.

"Although he possesses divinity, his strength is slightly inferior to Medusa's. As Kingu said, he is a genuine third-rate servant."

Hall took the opportunity to observe Medusa Lily's strength. As a Servant, it was very fitting for her current weak and young image. Even in a regular Holy Grail War, she wouldn't be considered top-tier, let alone in the Age of Gods where gods roamed everywhere.

Back in Nippur, the soldiers relayed Ishtar's words to Hall: "It's too boring to stay here any longer. I'm going back to Uruk."

Hall knew that Nippur had been completely plundered by her, and that almost all of the poor people's wealth had ended up in the pockets of this goddess.