"Just as I thought, a mere Assassin couldn't possibly be a match for that man?"
On the rooftop of a building more than a kilometer away from where Fang Li and Jack were fighting.
The female hunter clad in emerald green watched the battle ahead with perfect calm.
"Though I never expected Assassin to be such a small child, once she stepped onto the battlefield, there was nothing to be done. That is the fate of a Servant."
As she spoke, Red Archer raised the bow in her hand and aimed it ahead.
Her gaze gradually sharpened.
To Red Archer, all life was equal.
In the forest, where cruel laws of survival prevailed, there was only the distinction between strong and weak, predator and prey, edible and inedible.
That beast-like way of thinking was Red Archer's fundamental creed.
After all, though Red Archer had been born into royalty, she had been unwanted for being female and abandoned by her father in the mountains. She grew up there from childhood, and even though her innate talent rapidly strengthened her, she still possessed the survival-of-the-fittest mentality of a mountain beast.
Her true name was Atalanta, the female hunter of Greek mythology famed for her swift feet and extraordinary speed.
Artemis, the Goddess of the Hunt, could not bear to see her abandoned in the mountains, so she had a she-bear raise her and allowed her to survive.
She had also been chosen as a member of the expedition aboard the Argo, traveling with heroes such as Jason and Heracles to the far side of the boundless sea in search of the Golden Fleece.
She had once taken part in the hunt for the Demon Boar that ravaged the crops and livestock of the country called Calydonian, joining numerous heroes in shooting it