Descending into the cave, Shiro watched as the rocks seemed to be lit up with a soft blue glow with no source in sight.
It was as if there was an invisible light right above her that lit up her descent down.
Making sure she didn’t slip, she used the chains as a brace.
Continuing down the cave, Shiro could feel Artemis’ Sigil slowly heating up as it reminded her of what had happened when she discovered the Chains of Hades’ thanks to Hades’ Sigil.
Furrowing her brows, Shiro decided to trust the Sigil to lead her down the cave.
[Honestly, how do you even have so many Sigils? First Hades now Artemis too?] Quella asked as Shiro could hear that she was most likely forcing a smile right now.
“I have quite a few.” Shiro shrugged.
[How many is a few?] Quella asked skeptically since she was used to Shiro’s values being different from the common one.
“Hmm let’s see… 9 Sigils so far and several other anonymous ones I guess.” Shiro replied after a short pause as Quella stayed silent.
[Right…]
Talking to each other while descending down the cave, Shiro’s ears perked up a little as she heard the sound of dripping water.
Understanding that this means that there is probably a large empty room of sorts with dripping water, Shiro increased her speed while making sure that she didn’t slip.
After a short while, she arrived at the room and hopped down.
Landing softly, she looked around her and saw several glowing flowers lighting up the room as there was an island in the centre with a small tree planted in the middle.
Glancing down at her hand, Shiro could see Artemis’ Sigil lighting up.
Summoning the bow, Shiro walked up to the tree.
Slowly, the tree started to shake as the trunk opened up to reveal a crystal arrow.
Raising her eyebrow, Shiro was about to reach out for the arrow when someone threw a dagger towards her.
Catching it with between her fingers, Shiro glanced behind her and saw a masked person climbing down the tunnel silently.
“Leave the arrow.” They demanded as Shiro raised her eyebrows.
“Oh really?” Shiro chuckled, throwing the dagger back casually.
“The arrow has been reserved by someone. You would be wise to back off and forget about the arrow.” He warned as Shiro only laughed.
“And if I say no?” Shiro asked.
“I’d think twice, He’s not someone you should provoke. He’s got ways to find out who you are. Surely your life is more important than the arrow.” The man tried to persuade her as Shiro only shrugged her shoulders.
“I’m not someone that should be provoked either.”
Snapping her finger, the earth around the man shook for a moment before it encased him in a stone prison.
Widening his eyes, the man tried to break out of the prison to no avail.
Reaching out to the arrow, Shiro picked it up as the arrow started to glow alongside the bow.
[You have discovered Orion’s arrow. Artemis’ Bow and Orion’s Arrow will now combine.]
[Ilcrya – Bow of Gods]
[On top of the benefits gained from Artemis’ Bow, it receives the following effects.]
[20% suppression of those that are weaker than you. They cannot fight as well as they should.]
[50% Armour Penetration thanks to Orion’s Arrow.]
[The longer you spend charging an attack, the more powerful it becomes and the more energy it consumes.]
[Once per day you may fire a single arrow that will pierce even the mightiest defences.]
[You can place a mark on a target and their location will be revealed to you for the next 24 hours. This also allows your arrows to home in on them without any problems.]
Reading the benefits of Ilcrya, Shiro smirked and unsummoned the bow.
“Now then, how should I deal with you.” Shiro asked as the man slowly backed off.
Snapping her fingers, Shiro removed the stone prison.
“I’m feeling good today. You can leave before I change my mind.”
Hearing this, the man furrowed his brows skeptically but quickly retreated.
[I didn’t expect you to be someone to let people off like that. Especially since his attack could have severely harmed you if you didn’t catch it.]
“Did I say I was going to let him off?” Shiro raised her eyebrow.
[Eh? But didn’t you just say that he can leave?]
“Pft haha. You misunderstood me. Leaving and surviving are two very different things in my dictionary. Especially since I have just obtained a new skill that allows me to place a mark on him so that I can keep track of him for the next 24 hours. When he reaches his boss, I’ll end his life and his bosses depending on how his boss reacts. When I said I’m feeling good it means I won’t kill him immediately. I’ll give him some time to come to terms with his fate.” Shiro grinned as she made her way out of the underground cave.
Hearing this, Quella couldn’t help but feel sorry for the person who had thought that he managed to survive.
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Running away from the scene, the man quickly made his way to the city.
Dashing past the horde of people in the crowded streets, cold sweat ran down his back. Despite the woman saying that he could leave, he couldn’t help but feel like a set of eyes were constantly looking at him.
Like a tiger who had found its prey, it was slowly stalking it and looking for the perfect chance.
He tried to circle around for a bit before entering a large building in the middle of the city.
Whispering a few words to what seemed to be the waiter, he was allowed to the top floor.
“Boss!” The man bowed as a muscular man was currently sitting in a chair with two beauties next to him while one was massaging his shoulders.
“Mn? Did you get information on the arrow?” He asked.
“I did but someone claimed it. I tried to warn them but they ignored my warning!” The man.
“Ha? You let someone take the arrow while you were there?! Are you retarded!” The muscular man berated as he slammed his hand against the arm rest.
Flinching from the shout, the man could only stay silent.
“Che, I’ll look for the person who dared to take my arrow.”
Snapping his fingers, he had a servant bring him a parchment of sorts.
Writing a few things down on the piece of parchment along with a drop of his blood, the parchment transformed into a golden mote of light which danced around a little before flying straight up.
“Huh? The person is above?” The muscular man furrowed his brows while looking towards the ceiling.
Hearing that Shiro was above them, the man that Shiro had placed the mark on widened his eyes and wanted to run.
But before he could, a flaming red spear crashed down from the ceiling.
*BANG!!!!
Skewering him against the ground, Shiro landed on his body before pulling the spear out.
“So you’re the boss that he was so proud of. Haha, looks like you wanted the arrow that I rightfully claimed.” Shiro smirked as she kicked the man’s corpse aside.
However, the muscular man ignored her words and eyed her body with a l.u.s.tful gaze.
Rolling her eyes, Shiro immediately understood what kind of man she was dealing with and flickered out of sight.
Reappearing in front of him, she gouged both of his eyes out in an instant.
“ARGG!!!!”
Crying out in pain, the muscular man wanted to activate his divinities but Shiro was faster.
Wrapping her chains around his neck and slamming him against the ground, she unsummoned her spear and replaced it with her axe.
“Say hi to Hades’ for me.”
Slashing the axe down without hesitation, Shiro decapitated the man as blood flowed across the floorboards.
“Scream and I’ll kill you too.” Shiro glared at the three women who were standing beside the seat.
Quickly covering their mouth so that their scream didn’t leak out, the three huddled together in a corner while Shiro unsummoned the axe.
Cracking her neck, she jumped out of the room and pulled out Quella’s butterfly.
“Right then. We have a week left. If there aren’t any more blessed weapons, I say we should just rest while waiting for Maria to finish my sword. Once that’s done, let’s get Nyx’s Divinity.”
[Agreed.]
Flying away from the city, Shiro made her way back to Vox for the remaining week.
