Chapter 217

Under Heracles's violent attack, Arturia suddenly disappeared from the spot.

Before Hercules, who was dominated by the rage, could understand the current situation, a huge force came from bottom to top, hitting his chin hard and knocking his upper body backwards.

Withdrawing her punching left hand, Artoria held the sword with both hands and poured the huge magic power in her body into the holy sword.

The blood-red and ominous divine pattern on the sword seemed to be ignited, and began to flicker violently, releasing an even more dazzling light. Just when the light was about to reach its peak, the rich dark light swallowed up the blood-red, The entire sword was wrapped in a vortex of pure darkness.

This dark light is so deep that it seems to be able to swallow up all hope and light, plunging this land into eternal despair and destruction.

"Disappear."

The dark sword of light cut into Hercules' shoulder, and the roaring flames continued to burn his body until his figure was completely engulfed.

The dark light faded, revealing the starry night spread across the sky.

Without realizing it, Arturia and Hercules were fighting from day to night.

Arturia let out a long breath, and the hand holding the sword dropped weakly.

"Ah...my left hand hurts...it feels like the bone crack is getting worse..."

Because she was playing so happily and so focused, Artoria even forgot that her left arm was still injured. Now that she relaxed, the heartbreaking pain immediately started.

After all, Heracles's body was really hard. It was already unusually hard when he was still a heroic god. After using the twelfth power to become a monster, it became even harder. She almost couldn't cut it.

Even among all the heroic gods of [Steel], Hercules is probably the more powerful one.

At least the Nuada, St. George, and Siegfried whom Artoria had met before were obviously different from Hercules.

The battle with Hercules consumed Arturia a lot, and she had a very obvious look of exhaustion on her face.

But fortunately, after killing such a powerful God of Steel, I should also be able to get a substantial strengthening...

"Huh? Why..."

Arturia suddenly showed a confused expression, as if something unusual had happened.

At this moment, a spiritual voice sounded from nowhere, echoing throughout the heaven and earth.

"Wander! Be confused! Cry! Then die! This is the Tomb of Heroes where you will be lost as soon as you set foot on it, and where monsters are entrenched!"

Whether it is the sky or the ocean, whether it is clouds or strong winds.

Whether it is something tangible or something intangible.

At this moment, everything became materials, building a maze that was confusing.

And Artoria was imprisoned in this maze.

390

Chapter 390: The way to kill King Arthur.

At this moment, Artoria was in a huge maze.

The sky, ocean, air currents and clouds are all part of this maze.

Artoria stood there without moving, just looking at the huge maze.

At this moment, a voice sounded from behind her.

"This aura...is it Minos?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Artoria's expression showed no surprise at all. She turned her head very calmly and looked at the tall figure.

"Sure enough, you're not dead yet."

"To be precise, I did die once."

Hercules reached out and scratched the back of his head and smiled.

"I see, the power of resurrection... Although it is very rare, if it is you, it is reasonable."

Arturia looked at Hercules and asked curiously: "Is this also the ability brought about by your twelfth trial?"

However, Hercules shook his head.

"No, this is my fourth power, representing the fourth trial of the Erymanthus boar."

Having said this, he paused for a moment, his eyes turning golden again as he regained his senses, showing some complicated emotions.

"In the myth, I drank some wine at the house of my friend Phros on the way to Erymantus. The smell of the wine attracted many greedy centaurs. In order to protect my friend, I used nine tempered The centaurs were killed by the poisonous arrows of Hydra, the head snake, and they chased them to the vicinity of the Onyx River...where my mentor Chiron lived. "

"The group of centaurs took refuge with Teacher Chiron in order to avoid my pursuit. In the myth, I accidentally shot Teacher Chiron with an arrow. The poison of Hydra continued to erode the teacher's body, causing extreme pain and... The pain made the teacher voluntarily give up his immortality and give it to Prometheus."

"This is my fourth power, the immortality from my mentor Chiron, which can resurrect me once."

After realizing that she had not become stronger, Artoria guessed that Hercules was not completely dead yet.

The Marquis de Vauban has the power of resurrection, and so does the protagonist of the original work.

Arturia pointed to her feet, looking at Hercules with a hint of playfulness in her smile.

"How's it going? Does this maze feel familiar?"

The power [Great Labyrinth] was the power Alexander usurped from Minos, the god of earth and labyrinths.

The seventh trial of Heracles is to help Minos subdue the mad bull, which will certainly feel familiar.

In Greek mythology, Poseidon not only cursed the bull to go crazy, but also made Minos' wife Pasiphae fall hopelessly in love with the bull. Later, Pasiphae gave birth to a half-human, half-bull child named Asterios, who was the famous bull-headed monster Minotaur in mythology, which means "Minos's bull".

In order to prevent the existence of the Minotaur from being known to everyone, Minos asked Daedalus and Daedalus' son Ikaros to build a large and complex maze to lock the Minotaur in, and also locked Daedalus and his son in.

It is said that the image of the Minotaur comes from the god king Mekal believed in by the Phoenicians. Mekal's other name is Baal, which is also the image of a bull's head and a human body.

After all, the bull is one of the earliest totems of mankind, representing strength and abundance. In Homer's two epics that have been passed down to this day, the gods and demigods on the battlefield are often described as "bull-eyed".

What's more interesting is that Mekal is also one of the prototypes of Hercules. The image of "a strong man holding a stick" comes from Mekal, so Hercules is also related to the Minotaur.

Therefore, this maze has a deep relationship with Hercules. Whether it is Minos who ordered its construction or the Minotaur who was imprisoned in the maze, they are all related to Hercules.

Relying on this power, Alexander can use everything around him as materials to create a huge maze to lock the enemy in it, and he is the controller of this maze and can freely control everything in the maze.

At this moment, Alexander was not far away, quietly observing Altria and Hercules.

The reason why the two did not find it was him was because he used the ability to control the large maze to hide himself perfectly.

[Great Maze] This power can only be used once a month, and the long CD also represents its extraordinary effect.

Everything in the maze is under Alexander's control. He can create traps, change the terrain, and create monsters here.

Moreover, most of Alexander's powers require very harsh conditions for use and take time to prepare. It is his usual method to trap the enemy in a maze first and then prepare other powers.

"Hercules the Disobedient was not killed? The power of resurrection... He is worthy of being the greatest hero in Greek mythology."

"However, after all, he was killed head-on once and was completely destroyed into ashes. Even if he was resurrected, he should be very weak."

Although defeating the opponent when the God of Disobedience is weak cannot usurp the power, if it is to defeat the goddess, Alexander swears to use all means, no matter how dishonorable the means are.

Alexander came here this time with a mission.

It was a pleasant surprise that the goddess who looked like King Arthur and Hercules the Disobedient were so weak. If they could be defeated today, everyone would be happy. Even if they failed, it didn't matter. Alexander would not be arrogant and think that he could defeat that kind of guy alone.

Alexander is a very cautious person. He is good at collecting clues during the battle. He likes to make full preparations before the battle and act after careful planning. This is why he actively learns myths and legends from all over the world.

He has been preparing since the day when he initially determined that the identity of the powerful and abnormal goddess was King Arthur.

He plans to start with myths and legends and use the legend that King Arthur was killed.

As long as they can use the secret method to reproduce the weapon of the rebellious knight Mordred, even if it is just a one-time fake, they can use this sword to kill King Arthur!

All the materials have been prepared, except for the most critical material.

The rebellious knight Mordred is the son of King Arthur and his sister Morgause. He is a chess piece created by Morgause to destroy King Arthur's Britain. (King Arthur has three sisters, one is Morgause, who gave birth to Gawain, Agguwen, Mordred, etc., another is Morgan le Fay, who stole King Arthur's scabbard, and another is Elaine, who is not very famous. Perhaps because of the high similarity between the name and the character setting, the Type-Moon world regards Morgause and Morgan as the same person)

So, if Alexander wants to make a counterfeit of Mordred's sword, he must get King Arthur's blood.

Because this sword is the sword that killed King Arthur and is stained with King Arthur's blood, and because the owner of this sword is King Arthur's son and has King Arthur's blood.

391

Chapter 391 You dare to hold back? !

The Great Labyrinth that once imprisoned the Minotaur, a bull-headed monster, has buried countless heroes who have courage but no ability.

Even the hero Theseus relied on the help of others to walk out alive.

However, neither Altria nor Hercules cared much about being trapped.

Even though they were both weak now.

"How about I help you out?"

Hercules suddenly spoke, facing Altria, "If I use that power, I should be able to break this maze and let you out."

Upon hearing this, Altria opened her eyes slightly and fell into a daze.

Then, she shouted angrily at Hercules.

"The power that can break through this maze? You mean that you still have powerful powers that are of no use! Are you holding back in the battle with me again?!"

"No! No! I really fought you with all my strength! I didn't hold back!"

Seeing that the sword wrapped in black flame was about to split Hercules in half again, Hercules hurriedly began to explain.

"My power can only be used to its full power when used on huge objects. That's why I didn't use it in the battle with you. If the opponent were you, my twelfth power would already be the strongest. ...Although I was still defeated by you.”

After being killed by Artoria once, Hercules became much kinder, and the arrogance that belonged to the God of Disobedience was reduced a lot.

"Furthermore, once I use this power, my entire body will completely collapse, and I will completely lose the ability to move... If I use this move in the battle with you but miss it, then I will definitely lose. , after all, your speed is really terrifying."

Arturia put down her sword, accepting Hercules' explanation, but her expression was still a little unhappy.

"Hmph! I don't need you to worry about it. It's just a broken maze. I can do it too."

"However, the God Killer who created this maze must still be nearby. If you really destroy this maze with your own power, will you really have the strength left to deal with the God Killer who has been waiting? "

In Hercules' opinion, Artoria's condition at this time should be a little better than that of him who died once, but not much better. There is still about 20% of the curse power in the body.

He didn't want the warrior he respected to die after being picked up by other despicable people after defeating him.

Just then, Arturia turned around and glanced at Hercules with a strange look.

"...Is that what you think?"

"Um?"

The corners of Arturia's mouth raised slightly, revealing a rather evil smile.

"If those God-killers had the same idea as you... it would be very interesting."

Arturia can replenish magic power at any time.

As long as she absorbs the essence from the earth, she can not only replenish her own spell power, but also recover her injuries and strengthen her strength.

If those God-killers really regarded her as a disabled person and attacked her... then she could stop holding back and kill them all.

Therefore, Artoria can be said to be confident now.

After walking around in a circle, Arturia touched her chin and suddenly had an idea.

"Hey, Hercules, let me see that power you just talked about."

A call caused Hercules to turn and look, confusing Hercules.

You obviously said you didn't need his help before, why did you suddenly want him to use it again?

"but……"

Arturia stood not far in front of Hercules, put one hand on her hips and said, "You have to hit me in this direction."

"ah?"

Hercules was stunned for a moment.

"No, didn't I explain it to you? If it is your goal..."

"I'm neither deaf nor have memory or comprehension problems, so I don't need you to repeat me."

Arturia frowned slightly, and then added: "Your power can only be fully exerted when it targets a huge object like this maze, so you only need to hit the wall behind me."

Arturia shrugged under Hercules' gaze.

"And I'm just standing in front of your real goal, so it shouldn't have any impact, right?"