Orion's Arrow (continued)

Both opponents sensed the danger at the same time and simultaneously stopped their attack, retreating from their positions.

As the smoke gradually dissipated, a breathtaking scene appeared before everyone.

The sealing altar, which was originally located in the center of the giant pit, has now completely collapsed.

The pit, which was originally only about fifty meters deep, is now more than one hundred meters deep.

And the culprit behind all of this is!

The silver-gray spear was deeply embedded in the very center of the pit!

It was about 1.5 meters long, and the spearhead was not like William's current spear.

The sides also feature sharp edges, resembling those of a scalpel.

William's spearhead design is the simplest type, but this type of spear is only suitable for thrusting, parrying, and pointing attacks.

The design of this spear greatly broadens its offensive capabilities.

The design of the two-sided blade allows him to use slashing, chopping, and sweeping techniques in addition to thrusting, pointing, and parrying.

If you think about it that way, this gun is actually more like a trident-like weapon than a gun.

A purple gemstone was also embedded in the gun barrel, emitting a faint glow.

The silver-gray gun barrel was also engraved with obscure and difficult-to-understand divine incantations.

"William, hurry up and pull out that gun!"

"If you can lift it, then you can defeat 'Antares'."

The god standing atop the boulder shouted loudly at William, while the goddess who was supposed to protect him had already collapsed to the ground.

He looked as if all his strength had been completely exhausted.

However, William's body had already begun to move even as Hermes shouted.

"Antares" was also moving in the same direction, its massive body now appearing as if it had been fitted with a 12-cylinder engine.

The ten scorpion legs moved so fast that Asfi could only see the afterimages of the scorpion's legs.

What drove Antares to act in this way was its biological instinct, because it saw in that gun a force it could not resist.

This is also why William acted before Hermes spoke.

Having studied Divine Script, he immediately recognized that the inscription on the gun was divine script.

He also carefully studied Orario's forging techniques!

Only weapons forged by the gods of forging using their divine power can have divine runes inscribed on them.

There are only divinely created weapons—divine artifacts.

Of course, no matter how much faster the "Antares" increases its speed, it is impossible for it to compete with William, who is already adept at speed.

When "Antares" had only traveled halfway, William reached his destination in just a few quick movements.

At the same time, one of his large hands gripped the silver-gray gun barrel.

"Although I don't know where you came from, I'm not sure if you're even conscious."

Another large hand was also gripping the handle.

"But from today onwards, you'll be with me!"

William, who was always pursuing better and stronger weapons, certainly wouldn't let go of the divine artifact that was already in front of him.

[Thunderstorm, Thunderstorm!]

The black lightning, imbued with the Power of Annihilation, erupted once more, causing the muscles on his arms to bulge out, their neatly arranged shapes visible even through his tightly clad shirt.

Large beads of sweat dripped from his forehead. He had used all his strength to pull out the spear that seemed to be firmly embedded in the earth.

However, Antares clearly wouldn't give him the leisurely time to draw his gun.

Just as William drew his gun, it, like a heavy tank, had already sped up in front of William's god, and at the same time, one of its giant pincers was raised high.

"Mr. William!"

"Mr. Spengler!"

"Run!"

The sounds of men and women screaming rose from above the pit, but William seemed not to hear them, still struggling with the silver-gray spear.

The giant pincers slammed down, and William, who should have been turned into mincemeat by the force of gravity, miraculously vanished into thin air as a blur.

Then, a flash of silver light!

The scorpion arm connecting the giant pincers to the middle of the body was actually sliced into a flat cross-section under this silver light.

Large amounts of green liquid sprayed onto the ground, and Antares's agonizing howls echoed across the battlefield once more.

"Hermes, how did you know that William could lift Orion?"

The goddess, who had recovered somewhat, asked the god-like man, who seemed to have everything under control.

"Regarding this, Artemis, didn't you also have a premonition?"

Hermes' words caused Artemis to pause abruptly.

That's right, she didn't feel anything special before her divine power was unsealed.

However, when she unleashed her divine power and opened the stone door, even if it was only for a brief moment, she felt a strange attraction to William.

This led her to frequently focus her attention on William afterward.

"But are you really going to make that judgment based on just this? What if he isn't Orion? Then all our efforts will have been in vain!"

The goddess continued to press, though she now preferred to focus all her attention on her Orion.

However, due to her distrust of this cunning and scheming man, she still wanted to ask him more questions first.

"Well, it's worth trying after all!"

"It's much better than you directly unsealing your divine power and gambling everything on this!"