Chapter 139 Artemis

Zhang Yuanqing and the Silver Maid walked to the stone platform and read the information on the sign:

Name: Artemis
Era: Greek Mythology [Level: S]
Introduction: Goddess of the hunt, one of the most beloved daughters of the God King, in charge of hunting and forests.

The artifact information was brief, but it contained all the necessary details.

"Artemis?" Zhang Yuanqing turned his gaze to the high-level executive of Heavenly Punishment. He didn't know much about foreign mythological systems. He only knew the most famous gods in Greek mythology.

But Artemis was quite obscure, and he couldn't recall anything about her for a moment. Alicia explained:

"In Greek mythology, Artemis is the daughter of Zeus, the God King, and the twin sister of Apollo, the God of Light. Her mother is the great goddess Leto, who is also Zeus's cousin."

Here it comes, the chaotic relationships unique to Greek mythology... Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself.

"Artemis is not famous among the Greek gods, but in reality, she is in charge of hunting, wilderness, beasts, forests, archery, childbirth, and so on. Her twin brother Apollo, like her, is also in charge of many fields. The siblings have the most authority among the gods," Alicia explained.

"Artemis likes wild animals, especially deer. In mythology, her mount is a golden-horned doe. She is skilled with the bow, so she is called the Goddess of the Hunt."

It matches the boss's information... Zhang Yuanqing nodded secretly, then a doubt flashed in his mind, and he said:

"How can figures from mythology be in a museum?" The exhibits in the museum are artifacts. What are artifacts?

—Objects left behind by history.

Artemis is a figure from mythology and shouldn't be in a museum.

Alicia and the others were stunned and fell into thought. After a few seconds, she sighed:

"I didn't even realize this problem... You reminded me. Artemis may very well have existed in history as a powerful ancient esper.

"If Artemis really existed, then the gods in Greek mythology may all be real figures in history, at least a large part of them.

"Then the Greek mythology stories themselves have high research value. Later generations might even be able to extract some ancient secrets from the myths."

"However, this discovery is meaningless to the current situation," Alicia regained her thoughts and asked:

"What are your thoughts?"

She had already shared a lot of information and now wanted to hear the advice of Daoist Heavenly Venerate. Zhang Yuanqing looked at the artifact information and said:

"Artemis is an S-rank. Since entering the museum, I've only seen level 1, 2, and 3 artifacts. She might be unique in Hall 3.

"We need to collect a lot of artifacts, especially level 1 artifacts, or it will be difficult to defeat the boss."

Once they collected enough level 1 artifacts, plus this Heavenly Venerate's stockpile of items, solving the Goddess of the Hunt shouldn't be a problem.

Alicia strongly agreed with his statement: "Yes, we explored most of the hall and only found one S-rank artifact. To be safe, I suggest we explore the entire hall to make a final confirmation."

Zhang Yuanqing nodded and was about to suggest splitting up to save time when he saw Alicia grab an eyeball connected to blood vessels and nerves from her inventory.

It looked as if it had just been taken from a normal person's eye socket.

The eyeball's pupil was azure, deep and bright, without the slightest emptiness.

Alicia closed her eyes, gently tapped her cane-staff, and manipulated the air currents to send the eyeball into the air.

The blue-eyed eyeball looked down from mid-air, its pupil rotating, carefully scanning near and far, scanning east, west, north, and south.

*Will the item not be attacked when it flies into the air?* Zhang Yuanqing suddenly understood why Alicia could quickly gather people, form a team, and accurately lock onto the three evil faction saints.

You know, before this, he only had time to explore the stairwell and subdue one artifact.

Seeing this eyeball, he understood everything.

A full half-hour passed before Alicia retrieved the eyeball. She staggered and was steadied by Qing Zhu before she could stand. Blood tears streamed from her eye sockets, her head throbbed, and her face was full of pain.

After a while, she took a deep breath, wiped away the blood tears, and explained:

"The Wind's Eye will feed the information it sees back to my mind. Receiving too much information at once will overwhelm the soul. This is the price you must pay to use it.

"The benefit is that I have memorized all the artifact information in the exhibition hall."

*This item has the characteristics of an "Overseer," but since the dungeon hasn't disabled it, its level hasn't reached the Dominator level...* Zhang Yuanqing said with concern:

"Do you need to rest a little longer?"

Alicia shook her head: "No, a peak Saint is not that fragile. I have sorted the information and selected three level 1 artifacts of extremely high value, and two level 2 artifacts that can play a good role."

The number of artifacts was not large, but Qing Zhu and "Federal No History" still frowned. The danger corresponding to a level 1 artifact was close to that of a level 6 peak.

In other words, a level 1 artifact was equivalent to a level 6 peak Saint. For them, subduing a level 1 artifact involved considerable risk.

"It's not a big problem, lead the way," Zhang Yuanqing said.

Alicia held her staff and floated into the air, leading the way.

Soon, the group followed her to the first level 1 artifact, which was a gold and black water pot. The pot was decorated with three male reliefs wearing long skirts and bare upper bodies.

Name: Gilded Silver Pot
Era: Unknown
Level: 1
Introduction: A silver pot specially used to hold the Spring of the Forest. The three divine servants who guard the Spring of the Forest, symbolizing Spirit, Strength, and Judgment, often use it to collect the Spring of the Forest and serve the gods.

Three divine servants... Zhang Yuanqing once again turned his gaze to the three burly reliefs on the pot and immediately understood. He looked back at his companions:

"Are you ready?"

The Silver Maid subconsciously raised her little horn, then remembered that she was playing a brainless Yin corpse and quietly lowered it.

Alicia and the others did not notice her abnormality; their attention was on the silver pot. The former took a few steps back and said:

"Unseal it."

Zhang Yuanqing raised his crossbow and pulled the trigger.

Three arrows shot out, shattering the glass. In the sound of the tempered glass "crashing," the gilded silver pot was unsealed.

The three reliefs on the pot came to life, leaping out of the pot one by one. They wore simple skirts and trousers, with bare burly upper bodies, and their long hair was braided and coiled around their heads in circles. Their facial features were extremely rough and fierce.

One divine servant had snow-white skin, one had bronze skin, and one had brass-colored skin.

"Humble and weak mortals, the Spring of the Forest is not something you can covet," the snow-white skinned divine servant said in a grand and loud voice.

Alicia was okay, but Qing Zhu and Federal No History's heads buzzed, their spirits were shaken, and they fell into a daze.

Seizing the opportunity, the bronze-skinned divine servant rushed towards the three like a wild bull, his bulging muscles making him look like a large iron lump.

Alicia pressed her throbbing temples with one hand and waved her staff with the other, erecting a wall of wind in front of her.

Seeing this, the brass-skinned divine servant shouted, "Bold! You dare use magic in front of the gods!"

The wall of wind in front of Alicia crumbled. Her expression changed slightly, and she hurriedly condensed a wind blade, only to find that her manipulation of the air currents had become slow and sluggish.

The brass-skinned divine servant possessed the power of a Knight. His precepts restricted her wind-based spells, but because there was a certain gap in their levels, he could only restrict, not prohibit.

Alicia, with two burdens by her side, was about to use air currents to sweep the two away, avoiding the bronze-skinned divine servant's charge.

Just then, the Greedy God General, carrying a long saber, stepped out, lunged forward, and slashed out with his saber.

The divine servant's body was cut with a deep saber mark, while the Greedy God General was forced back by the force of the impact.

On the other side, the Silver Maid drew her whip and lashed it at the snow-white skinned divine servant, causing the other's body to sway like water, almost dissipating.

Zhang Yuanqing raised his head and let out a sharp whistle.

Qing Zhu and Federal No History, who had just recovered from the mental shock, spurted blood from their noses and felt as if their souls were being torn apart, almost fainting.

Alicia also clutched her head in pain.

The snow-white skinned divine servant instantly collapsed, turning into green smoke and returning to the pot. The Illusionist's skills were especially effective against spiritual bodies.

The brass-skinned divine servant was furious and shouted, "Bold, humble and weak mortals..."

Zhang Yuanqing took out the Charm Perfume and sprayed it on him twice.

The divine servant changed his tone: "You humble and weak mortal, you are quite tempting..."

Zhang Yuanqing spat out the power of Taiyin and summoned the female ghost Bai Lan to possess him. The Silver Maid cooperated by drawing her whip, severely injuring the spiritual body.

Finally, Zhang Yuanqing summoned the Hundred-Man Slayer and beheaded him.

The beheaded divine servant did not die but turned into a wisp of green smoke and returned to the pot.

On the other side, the Greedy God General, relying on his fearless fighting ability, exchanged injuries for injuries, killing the divine servant representing strength in the shortest time possible.

Qing Zhu and Federal No History stared blankly at the scene. Their headaches had not yet subsided, and they almost suspected that what they were seeing was an illusion.

Was it solved just like that?

Were level 1 artifacts so easy to subdue?

Alicia, as a peak Saint, was even more shocked. If she didn't consider the venue and didn't worry about damaging other display cases, she would also have the confidence to defeat the three divine servants.

But it would inevitably involve a bitter battle because the wind mage's skills were limited, and high level and multiple methods were two different things.

If she couldn't restrain her opponent, a high level wouldn't help.

Therefore, she was so surprised. In the brief battle just now, Daoist Heavenly Venerate had shown too many methods.

"Done!" Zhang Yuanqing took away the gilded silver pot.

After this battle, Qing Zhu and Federal No History's attitudes immediately became much more respectful and wary, and they didn't even dare to get too close to Daoist Heavenly Venerate.

Next, the team preemptively subdued the remaining two level 1 artifacts and two level 2 artifacts.

They were the level 1 artifacts: the nude sculpture "Laocoön"; and a medieval knight's shield.

Level 2 artifacts: the Egyptian Pharaoh's Sun Disc; and a gold and silver decorated zither.

In addition, Zhang Yuanqing subdued a level 1 artifact, the Han Dynasty Octagonal Bronze Sword. He had been lacking melee weapons, especially after the "Soul-Destroying Saber" and the "Purple Thunder Hammer" were sealed.

The team rested for a quarter of an hour and discussed tactics before heading to the stairwell under Zhang Yuanqing's leadership.

Zhang Yuanqing cast an illusion to conceal Little Red Riding Hood, put away the Silver Maid, the Hundred-Man Slayer, and the Greedy God General, and summoned two level 4 Yin corpses to serve as cannon fodder.

Against a Dominator-level enemy, level 6 Yin corpses were not very useful. If they were killed by an arrow, he would be heartbroken.

The three teammates just glanced at them curiously and didn't ask where the Yin corpses had gone.

Sensing someone approaching, the Goddess of the Hunt in the air immediately turned her head. Her face and eyes, without any color, were pale and hollow, appearing cold and stiff.

Alicia urged the two-meter-high nude sculpture "Laocoön" to run towards the stairs.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The granite sculpture ran in large strides, each step causing a slight earthquake effect.

The Goddess of the Hunt, Artemis, turned her neck stiffly, looked at the sculpture, drew a blood-colored arrow, and nocked it on her bow.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow turned into a bloody light and shot towards the sculpture's head.

Alicia waved her staff, manipulating the air currents to condense a wall of wind above the sculpture's head.

The arrow instantly shattered the wall of wind.

The nude statue hurriedly raised its hands to protect its head, and with a "boom," the statue's entire arm exploded, shattering into pieces.

Blocked it!

Zhang Yuanqing shouted, "Run past!"