This is not an MMO game copy

A sonic boom sounded.

The white cloud dragged out a sonic boom circle behind it, and under the infusion of Xia Yan's magic power, it instantly broke through the sound barrier.

The screams of the three girls from Loki's family also disappeared immediately. They were wrapped in a low-profile copycat version of the somersault cloud and had a thrilling experience of supersonic flight in the flesh.

(PS: Yesterday, the update time was too slow, but I didn’t believe it anymore - I adjusted the update time back again and planned to stabilize the update status)

The fourth instance: 121. Fellow villagers meet fellow villagers (4k+)

In Dicuo's worldview, the so-called "secret realm" refers to certain hidden, dangerous areas that contain special rules.

Among them, the Dungeon Labyrinth is one of the most famous large secret realms in the Netherworld. It is believed to be a conscious living entity with a special relationship with the gods of the [Heavenly Realm]...

But in addition to the dungeon maze, there are other large secret realms in other places in the underworld. Although these secret realms are a little bit inferior to the dungeon maze, for example: Dragon Valley, which is also a large secret realm, is famous for the large number of dragon monsters living in it. However, the source of monsters in the entire underworld comes from the dungeon maze. There is a layer in the deep area of ​​the dungeon maze that breeds a large number of dragons. Even the most powerful black dragon in the world was bred in the dungeon maze.

The Great Forest is also a large secret realm that is as famous as Dragon Valley and Dungeon Maze.

As the name suggests, this secret place located in the south of the continent where the netherworld maze city of Orario is located is a primeval forest composed of a seemingly endless sea of ​​trees.

Moreover, like the dungeon maze, there are monsters in the Great Forest, but because the area is remote and uninhabited, the monsters here will not refresh regularly like the dungeon maze.

Therefore, as long as there is no large-scale monster riot and expansion, the Adventurer's Guild generally ignores it. At most, it will occasionally entrust some adventurers from the clan to conduct regular investigations.

The Artemis Familia is a family that frequently accepts commissions from guilds and is active outside the labyrinth city of Orario. Their main business is investigating and hunting monsters, somewhat similar to the New World Investigation Team in Monster Hunter World.

However, the Artemis family is far inferior to the New World Survey Team, which has the powerful weapon of Blue Star.

Although a few years ago, the Artemis family had marched for five consecutive days and nights to Orario to participate in the battle against the dark faction, and was definitely trustworthy in the eyes of the guild, the entire family actually had only about 20 people in total, which was only the level of a small family in Orario. The strongest person in the family was the leader Letesa, a LV3 adventurer, and the other members were only LV2 and LV1 on average.

Even if their main god would personally take up the sword and go into battle, relying on the skills honed during the long eternity, and with the physical fitness of an ordinary person despite proclaiming his divine power, his combat power is almost comparable to that of a LV2 adventurer, it is still impossible to change the size of their clan and the overall predicament of insufficient combat power.

Of course, having a LV3 leader and a dozen LV2 and LV1 people is more than enough in most cases outside the labyrinth city of Orario.

The same is true even when going to the secret realm of the Great Forest to investigate and hunt monsters.

Moreover, this is also the 'daily routine' of Artemis's family - traveling around the world hunting monsters, and accepting commissions from the guild to regularly investigate and monitor the conditions of certain secret realms.

this day.

In the endless sea of ​​trees, a group of young and beautiful women surrounded a blue-haired young woman wearing tight clothes, with a long sword and dagger hanging from her waist, and a longbow and quiver hanging from her back, and moved flexibly through the woods.

Then, after marching for a while in the dense forest, this group of female hunters, who were dressed in light clothes and also carried bows and arrows, stopped and began to rest on the spot.

"Master Artemis, here."

A red-haired woman handed the water bag to the blue-haired young woman who was gathered in the center of her team.

"Thanks, Letsa."

The latter smiled and took the water bag from his friend and the leader of Artemis's family. He looked at a half-elf girl of only twelve or thirteen in the team. With the help of other girls, she sat down with her back against a tree, panting heavily, and said:

"Lanti just recently accepted my favor. So, is it too much of a stretch to ask her to come along and regularly survey the Great Sea of ​​Trees?"

"You are her adoptive mother, Lady Artemis."

Letesa, a close friend of the goddess Artemis and the leader of her clan, chuckled and shook her head.

"Thirteen years ago, you found Lanti, who had been abandoned in the mountains, and personally raised her with a mother bear's milk... So, Lanti was born to be a mountain forest lover. She will be a good hunter, and you should have some confidence in her."

"maybe!"

Artemis sighed and looked up with some worry, deep into the sea of ​​trees ahead.

"But I don't know if it's a good idea to let her come into contact with the Alsos ruins so early and learn about her responsibilities too early."

"But that's also your holy place, isn't it?"

"No, that was a seal built by the immortal spirits who believed in me in the past, my former followers, but now..."

Artemis shook her head somewhat dejectedly.

For an immortal god like her, three thousand years did not seem long at all. Therefore, she could recall very clearly the two thousand years of brutal struggle among the intelligent races and civilizations on this land after the appearance of the dungeon maze and before the gods descended to the underworld.

Not only short-lived races such as humans, orcs, dwarves, and halflings have made countless sacrifices during this period of time, but even long-lived races are almost wiped out. In particular, the immortals who served as the "spokespersons of the gods" in the old times accepted the will of the gods who were still in the [Heaven] at that time, stood on the front line against monsters, and died so badly that they are almost never seen again.

As the goddess of the [Heaven], Artemis naturally has a clan of fairies. However, in order to fight against a powerful monster that invaded the surface from the dungeon maze, the fairies who once believed in her gathered a large number of ancient heroes and warriors in this secret land of the sea of ​​trees to fight a decisive battle with the monster.

Finally, after paying an extremely tragic price, an ancient immortal successfully sealed the monster created by the dungeon maze, bringing a glimmer of hope to those days.

But when she left the Heaven and came to the lower world, even though she had been mentally prepared, she saw that the place where her former family had given everything was now buried by time, and no one knew about all the sacrifices. Only a sealed ruin remained, nestled deep in the forest, isolated from the world.

Artemis was still quite sad.

Therefore, after she reorganized her own family, even without the guild's commission, she would occasionally return to this old place, firstly to confirm the seal imposed by her past family, and secondly to let the current members of Artemis' family remember those noble sacrifices that had been forgotten by the outside world and were no longer known to people.

"Lady Artemis, you must have faith in your 'children', whether it's Lanti, who has just been granted your grace, or those 'predecessors' of the past."

Her friend and clan leader encouraged her:

"What's more, that place is where your former relative, that ancient great immortal, accomplished his great deeds and achievements."

"makes sense."

Artemis smiled and nodded.

Then, after a short rest, the goddess once again led her family members towards the ruins of Elsos, the sealed place left by their predecessors.

When the sun begins to move westward from its highest point at noon.

"The ruins of Alsos, I saw—"

Following the shout of a clan member who climbed up to the treetops, Artemis and her clan members spent several days going deep into the Great Sea of ​​Trees, a secret place isolated from the civilized world, to reach their destination, which finally appeared before their eyes.

But just as Artemis and the clan leader Letesa were about to arrive at the ruins of Elsos, they were trying to cheer up those clan members in the team who were only at level 1 and were now exhausted.

“—Wait, what is that!?”

"what happened?"

"Lady Artemis, Lady Letesa... I saw a white cloud with what looked like several people standing on it, flying towards the ruins of Daelsos."

"Is there someone standing on the white cloud?"

Upon hearing this, the leader of Artemis's family, Letesa, a level 3 adventurer, was immediately bewildered. She didn't quite understand what the member of the family who had climbed up to the treetops and had long-range detection skills was talking about.

How can someone stand on the white clouds?

Not to mention still flying?

After all, this kind of description usually only appears in myths and is exclusive to gods, but they have a goddess by their side!

Artemis was also stunned.

If she were in the [Heaven], she could indeed stand on the white clouds and fly, but after the divine power was sealed in the lower realm, she didn't think that any god, including herself, would be able to stand on the clouds again.

By the time she realized what the clan member had said before.

"A white cloud carrying people flew to the ruins!?"

Artemis' expression suddenly changed.

Afterwards, the main god of Artemis's family immediately picked up his weapon and ran at full speed towards the ruins of Elsos.

"Everyone, follow."

At this time, Letesa, the leader of Artemis's family, also reacted, shouted to all the family members, picked up weapons and chased after them.

Then, about twenty people from Artemis' family, including twenty young and beautiful female hunters, rushed through the woods towards the ruins of Alsos, a magnificent ancient temple, at lightning speed.

Soon, after a long run, an ancient, dilapidated, yet vast building site appeared before the Artemis family who had reached the edge of the woods.

Artemis and Letesa, who had been running in the front, immediately noticed several strange outsiders standing in front of the open entrance of the ruins.

"Stop, who are you?"

Seeing this, Artemis screamed without thinking, took off the longbow hanging on her body, pulled out an arrow from the quiver, bent the bow, aimed, and shot an arrow.

Even though her physical fitness was only at the level of an ordinary person, the god's almost unlimited physical strength and energy, as well as the skills honed over a long period of time, allowed Artemis to shoot an arrow with the same power, accuracy, and speed as a LV2 adventurer with specialized bow and arrow weapon skills.

With the sound of whistling wind, the arrow shot by Artemis flew straight towards the rock beside the entrance of the ruins as a warning.

The strange outsider also noticed the incoming arrow at this moment.

One pair of Amazon sisters and a blonde girl looked unhappy. Not only were their faces pale, but it seemed as if they had just experienced some intense exercise. Their legs were weak and they could hardly stand. Even though they were aware of arrows shooting at them, they were too weak and tired to react immediately.

Letesa beside Artemis and other members of Artemis' family who followed behind also drew their bows, put arrows on, and displayed their exquisite archery skills to fire the first round of warning shots.

If nothing unexpected happens, when the arrow shot first by Artemis penetrates the rock beside the entrance of the ruins, the arrows shot by the members of Artemis' family, led by the LV3 adventurer Letesa, will accurately fall in a fan shape behind these strange outsiders.

The premise is that nothing unexpected happens.

Right at this moment.

Among the strange outsiders, there was a girl with long dark blue hair, wearing a long dress that was absolutely not suitable for appearing in the forest or mountains. She was holding a black rapier with a hilt decorated with golden feathers. She suddenly swung a chopping blow, accurately cutting down the arrow shot by Artemis with skill comparable to that of a LV2 adventurer in mid-air.

At the same time, a white-haired woman dressed as a witch pulled out a short staff and swung it casually.

A blade of air emitting pink light flew out from the front end of the witch's short staff and instantly turned into a sadistic gale, crushing all the arrows shot by all members of Artemis' family, including the leader Letesa, in mid-air.

Artemis and Letesa's expressions froze.

Although it was just a warning and no harm was meant for their entire clan, the arrows shot by more than 20 people were shattered so easily, which made the clan's most experienced main god and leader immediately realize that these strange outsiders were definitely not weak guys.

"Oh, Artemis, it's you—tsk, I don't want to waste my time with you, but you're the one showing your hostility!"

Then, the dark blue-haired girl who had cut off Artemis's arrow with a single sword suddenly said with a half-smile, as if greeting an acquaintance:

"Sister Irena, I'm out of control now. Please help me deal with the others... I can't catch up with an old friend while also having to deal with her children."

After saying that, the girl with dark blue hair swung her sword and, wearing a long dress and high heels that were totally unsuitable for fighting, she pounced towards Artemis like a nimble swallow.

"Hey, hey—I understand. In my 'memories,' there have also been times when I was 'out of control.'"

The white-haired witch raised the wand in her hand.

"Lady Artemis..."

Before the members of Artemis' family could respond, with a light tap of the witch's wand, more than 20 girls, including the leader Letesa, were instantly frozen in place, unable to move.

"Letsa, everyone..."

Artemis was startled for a moment, but then she felt the sharp attack from the front, and quickly pulled out the dagger hanging on her waist, trying to block the long sword swinging towards her.

Then, a force beyond her imagination came over her. Artemis was caught off guard and failed to hold the dagger tightly, so she was stabbed away by the sword.

"What a mess! Artemis."

The dark blue-haired girl knocked Artemis' dagger away with a sword, then casually raised her foot and kicked the toe of her black high-heeled shoe accurately at the longbow that Artemis had hastily extended, breaking the bow with one kick.

"……Who are you?"

Artemis released the broken longbow, and with the help of the remaining strength from the girl's kick, he rolled over without caring about his manners, and put some distance between him and the girl. He drew the longsword hanging on his left belt, and looked at the stranger in front of him with some doubt. He clearly felt like a "kindred spirit" but he had no impression of him.

"You don't recognize me? Ah, that's right... I forgot. I should be considered the Super Terran Liberi now."

The girl with dark blue hair smiled slightly, and a hint of blue light appeared in her eyes as she looked at Artemis.

"This...how could you..."

Artemis then felt a familiar divine power flash by, her pupils constricted instantly, and she looked at the strange yet familiar figure in front of her in disbelief.

"Alright, I'm in a situation I can't help myself. You showed your hostility earlier, so just let me beat you up!"

But in response to Artemis's shock, Astesia just smiled slightly and raised the Originium sword in her hand.

Immediately afterwards, he mercilessly met his fellow villagers and slashed them in front of them with his sword.

(PS: A more serious hell orz)

The fourth copy: 122. Of all the martial arts, this is - stepping on toes

In Dicuo's worldview, if the gods in the lower world could freely release their divine power, how high would their level be?

This is a very difficult question to answer.

After all, no matter how many things are said about the setting, no god can truly and completely liberate the divine power in the underworld of the Earthly worldview. Even in the main storyline, Hestia distributed firewood dripping with her own divine blood to every household in Orario, and temporarily built her own temple based on the stove burning the divine blood firewood, taking advantage of the loophole to use divine power and authority to clear Freya's enchanting influence in one fell swoop.

But strictly speaking, this cannot be considered as the complete liberation of divine power.

If I must say, in the movie Arrow of Orion, the Scorpio 'Andaris', who usurped the divine power by devouring and fusing with Artemis' body, used Artemis' divine power and authority, using the crescent moon in the night sky as a medium to summon countless magic circles to condense the Arrow of Artemis, which Freya called 'the strongest arrow in the heavens'.

In the plot setting of Arrow of Orion, if Artemis's arrow is successfully shot down, it will be able to destroy the entire underworld.

But Artemis is not yet at the level of the strongest "great god". Among the gods in the [Heaven], she can only be considered a "fighter", and may not even be the strongest among the gods who are good at fighting. However, as long as she can freely exert her divine power and authority, she is at least at the level of a humanoid "extinction order".