"It was you who told them, wasn't it?" Jason immediately understood upon regaining consciousness. Drake must have told Chaldea; Corday's group knew nothing about this island. Only Drake knew about the northern temple.
"Damn it, we have to leave immediately. Odysseus must already be on his way here." Just as Jason's group prepared to flee, a huge commotion erupted outside, and they immediately rushed out of the tavern.
"It's Orion." Outside the tavern, they immediately saw who had caused the uproar. It was Orion, who had left earlier, and he was roaring at the top of his lungs.
The villagers, meanwhile, began to kneel in worship. The object of their prayers was a beautiful woman standing beside Orion, with long white hair and an unusual aura about her.
"Didn't you hear what I said? Artemis's bombardment is about to arrive! There's still time to escape this island by ship!" Orion roared at the kneeling villagers.
"What are you talking about? The gods have finally turned their gaze upon us. Why should we fear death now?" one villager said with a smile, facing Orion's furious shouting.
"That's right. You're telling us to run away? Are you asking us to abandon the honor of receiving the Moon Goddess's radiance?"
"Orion, was what you said true?" Ritsuka immediately stepped forward and asked.
"That's right. The bombardment will arrive any moment now. Hurry and leave." After urging Ritsuka and the others to go, Orion turned to the kneeling villagers and shouted, "You'll die like this!"
"So what?" Their utterly unconcerned expressions left Orion speechless.
"Just as I thought. The humans of this world would do something like this." The white-haired woman had clearly expected this all along.
"Thank you deeply, Lady Artemis. We, who were exiled from Olympus as defective products, can actually receive