Medusa's Gaze! 1/2
"Right side! Stern up twenty paces! Watch out!"
Jason, who was under immense tension in the captain's cabin, instinctively screamed a warning to his crew members as he slid violently, driven by a sharp, stabbing sensation in his mind.
Whoosh!
At the same time, a giant, purplish-red demonic octopus, tens of meters tall and exuding a bloody aura, raised its tentacles covered with horny suckers from the crimson seawater and violently swept across the deck.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The light shield surrounding the Argo shook violently, flickering between light and darkness. To make matters worse, the ship, unable to dissipate the force of the recoil, tilted and spun around on the sea, causing everyone to lose their footing.
"Jason, deactivate the Magecraft protective spells. You just focus on sailing the ship; leave the work upstairs to us!"
Samael realized that the existence of the Magecraft shield would actually hinder the heroes' performance, so he simply signaled the captain to focus all his attention on sailing the ship.
Jason gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and suppressed the sense of crisis that surged after the Magecraft shield was removed. He then pointed his sword forward.
"Hard to port! Full speed ahead!"
Meanwhile, the team members scattered on the deck spontaneously gathered together, forming a tacit understanding cultivated during their Calydonian Hunt, and cooperating in small groups.
"Scum! Get out of here!"
Heracles, who was responsible for guarding the port side of the ship, drew a hard axe sword formed from gray-black mountain rocks from the Sorcery Array, and with a roar, swung his arm and slashed.
The giant demonic octopus's three tentacles, each several meters thick, were brutally cleaved open, spraying out purplish-red blood. The severed tendrils fell onto the deck, throbbing and struggling.
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
The heroes in the same group, including Telamon, Peleus, and Prince of Calydon, stepped forward and, together with Hercules, blasted the tentacles that were trying to attack the living creatures into a bloody pulp.
"The Two Gods - Hymn!"
On the left, the Twin Swordsmen, leaning back against each other and enveloped by the ether, spun rapidly and charged forward, forming a pillar of wind extending from their blades. Amidst the blood and gore, they viciously pierced and dismembered a sea serpent that was about to spit venom.
Several trembling stones and foul-smelling filth were scattered everywhere.
"Listen, it heals all sorrow, soothes all anger, it is my requiem!"
The genius singer Orpheus gazed sadly at the churning blood-red energy on the sea and the frenzied spirits attacking the surrounding creatures. He immediately calmed himself, plucked the strings of his harp, and hoped to cleanse them of their frenzied energy.
The clear, melodious sound was like the gentle murmur of flowing water, spreading outwards in circles of tender ripples.
The blood mist paused, and many of the surrounding sea beasts were momentarily stunned.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
"Clang! Clang!"
The sharp, piercing sound of the Cross Spear cutting through the air was intercepted the moment they approached the Argo.
The crossbow bolts pulled by the winch could not shake the figure standing with the gun in the slightest.
"Orpheus, continue to appease the sea monsters and clear the waterway. As long as we don't get entangled with these monsters, it won't be easy for Colchis's fleet to catch up with the Argo!"
"Okay, leave it to me!"
Samael turned his head and roared, then sensed the dense sound of arrows cutting through the air ahead again. He frowned as he looked at the dozens of crossbow bolts that were firing wildly at him.
Are you coming again?!
Before the ancient serpent could make a move, a golden-red figure wielding an arm shield and brandishing a long spear rushed out from the side, forcefully deflecting the rapidly falling crossbow bolts.
"Ha, a bunch of sore losers, I'll play with you!"
"Caenis? Alright, you're in charge here. Protect Orpheus!"
"Okay, stop ordering me around!"
The short-tempered female warrior snorted impatiently. Although she was sharp-tongued, she decisively activated the divine blood within her body and obeyed the command of a certain goddess. She stood at the stern of the ship, her arms turning like wheels. With her keen reflexes, she broke all the arrows of various sizes that filled the sky, preventing them from advancing an inch.
Samael, who had temporarily withdrawn, didn't mince words and went straight to the deck of the Argo to take charge of the command and control, and incidentally to deal with the fire and rescue.
"Boss, upstairs!"
"Plea Arrow!"
As the warning sounded, Atalanta gazed at the surging blood mist from which a swarm of Wyvern burst forth. Her emerald eyes narrowed, and she immediately murmured a prayer before shooting two arrows into the air.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
In an instant, the large Sorcery Array centered on the gold and silver celestial bodies was activated, and the divine radiance of the sun and moon instantly condensed into thousands of beams of light, which fell like a meteor shower within the area covered by the Sorcery Array.
The thick blood mist along the way was like cold water poured on a red-hot iron plate, hissing and steaming, much of it turning into blue smoke and dissipating.
Even the two- Wyvern for weeks were pierced through their scales, their wing membranes torn apart, and their limbs and skulls shattered by the successive rain of starlight arrows, and they fell into the sea with mournful cries.
Ares, confident in his bravery, liked to keep fierce dragons as pets and symbols.
This is why the traitor in the Arima's Cave was able to easily gain Ares's trust, guard the important sacred grove, and enjoy worship and offerings. And Colchis, who believed in this God of War, also managed to train such a large Wyvern for divine favor.
Ironically, after Cadmus killed his pet dragon, the second Colchian Dragon to take office had already defected.
Now, after these Wyvern carrying the Dragon Tooth Soldiers crashed into the sea, ferocious sea beasts influenced by the power of the God of War, attracted by the smell of blood, roamed to the crash site and brutally tore them apart and devoured them.
At this moment, Atalanta, who had wiped out 80% of the enemy's aerial forces with a single blow, stared blankly at the gleaming Sky Bow in her hand.
The power of this Noble Phantasm seems to be several times stronger.
"Don't stand there, they're coming up!"
However, before the Huntress could continue to ponder the reason, "Diana," standing on one side of the lookout tower, fired an arrow, shattering a Dragon Tooth Soldiers that had surfaced from the sea. She then turned her head slightly and solemnly reminded him.
Atalanta snapped out of her daze, nodded in gratitude, and her gaze fell upon the Dragon Tooth Soldiers had broken free from the remains of the Wyvern and were leaping onto the deck with swords, shields, and spears in hand. She immediately focused her attention on eliminating the approaching Dragon Tooth Soldiers.
Bang! Bang!
Samael swept away two Dragon Tooth Soldiers had climbed onto the ship's side with his spear. Although there were very few of these monsters left, Gu Gu She looked into the distance and his brows furrowed even more.
As the blood energy increased and coalesced, a group of Dragon Tooth Soldiers on the deck of the Colchis fleet began to grow ferocious bone spikes, with white bone wings extending from their backs.
Whoosh!
Amidst the flapping of wings, thousands of advanced Dragon Tooth Soldiers took to the air and swooped down toward the Argo.
The heroes, who were a step too slow to notice the large number of paratroopers approaching, stared at the vast expanse of white light spreading out before them, their expressions frozen, and their hearts tightened.
"When!"
Just as the first round of gauntlet battles was about to begin, a beautifully designed golden shield fell from the Sorcery Array and crashed into the stern of the ship.
At the same time, a vast divine power surged into the shield, and a powerful and heavy aura spread out, with floating Golden Light Patterns resembling countless twinkling stars.
Amidst the dull thuds of metal scraping against metal, the stone head embedded in the center of the shield, its snake-like hair winding and extending into dozens of giant, purplish-red snakes flicking their tongues, and its pair of dreamlike, rectangular purplish-red pupils slowly opened!
Samael narrowed his eyes slightly, his lips moved slightly, and he murmured indifferently.
Medusa's Gaze!