The Labyrinth

She even licked her lips. "Besides, someone who can be pursued by several beautiful women, well, maybe there really is something special about him?"

"Special?" Mash Kyrielight thought of strength.

"Special?" Ritsuka Fujimaru thought of other things.

"For example, it's particularly delicious." Drake smiled, but his smile looked somewhat malicious.

Mash Kyrielight didn't understand, but Ritsuka Fujimaru knew that she was probably right.

For a woman who emerged from the Greek Age of Gods, being naked and exposed was nothing. Atalanta was raised by wild beasts and was herself a hunter and a hero, so she naturally wouldn't care about such things.

But today, she blushed as she looked at that man.

Her initial experience filled her with some fear, but once everything was filled, she felt instantly satisfied, as if she had suddenly gained the whole world.

This experience felt magical to her, and she thoroughly enjoyed the subsequent rhythmic movements, as if she were savoring the finest and most exquisite wine in the world.

She felt herself becoming intoxicated.

The feeling of being completely immersed in it was so wonderful, so wonderful that she couldn't forget it and wanted to savor it forever.

Time was passing quickly; good days always fly by. When she came to her senses, they were all lying together, silently watching the deck of the ship.

Naturally, the deck is now like a ceiling to them.

Her wish finally came true; she finally won over the man she had her eye on, even though it took far too long—enough for an ordinary person to live nearly a hundred lives. But she had finally succeeded.

She endured the pain below, looked at Mephistopheles, and smiled, "Can I still do it?"

She acted like a hunter, taunting her prey.

Clearly, she wasn't satisfied with these few times; she wanted to continue, ideally staying like this forever.

Mash Kyrielight and Ritsuka Fujimaru were somewhat surprised. Apart from some strange pirates and monsters that seemed to have been cloned, they hadn't encountered any dangerous creatures along the way.

The ship arrived safely at an island. Seeing the island covered in lush vegetation, everyone immediately went ashore and naturally called Mephistopheles and the others.

Just a moment later, Drake suddenly sensed something, drew his gun, and fired a shot at a nearby bush.

At the sound of gunfire, Fou immediately began to fidget, while Mash Kyrielight asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Miss Drake? Is it an enemy?"

"No, I just felt like I sensed something, so I tried firing a shot."

This explanation left Mash Kyrielight somewhat exasperated. "'Feeling' 'tried firing a shot'...?!"

Some of their behaviors have a logic that is difficult to understand.

Drake said, "If you have a bad feeling, use a gunshot to dispel it. That's a lifesaver!"

Mash Kyrielight was once again shocked by this bizarre way of thinking, "How barbaric... Is this the mindset of outlaws?!"

Ritsuka Fujimaru, however, was thinking about other things, "Was he killed?"

"Hahaha, how will we know if we don't go and see? Let's go see if the other person is dead or not." Drake laughed and took the lead in walking towards the spot where he had fired the shot.

Mash Kyrielight, meanwhile, was caught in a dilemma. "Miss Drake is different from Jeanne d'Arc' Arc and Nero, whom I've met before. She's a type I've never encountered before... Senpai, no matter what, the plan to proceed cautiously has failed. Senpai, what should we do?"

"It's alright, let's go take a look together. Besides, isn't it like a tourist destination over there?" Ritsuka Fujimaru pointed to Mephistopheles and the others who were looking at the scenery not far away, and laughed, "So just relax."

Just then, Drake's voice came again. "Hey, you guys come over here and take a look!"

Upon hearing the voice, the group headed towards the source of Drake's voice. When they arrived, they discovered that Drake had called them over to look at a stone slab.

The inscription on the stone slab was in Runes, which none of the people could understand, so Mephistopheles stepped forward.

"I'll do it."

"This is really something new. It was only engraved a week ago, right?" Leonardo da Vinci's voice came through the communicator, clearly having also seen the Runes.

At that moment, Mephistopheles and Leonardo da Vinci translated the above content almost simultaneously.

"The Bloodaxe King, who once slumbered, will awaken once more here."

After reading it, Leonardo da Vinci was somewhat surprised. "You also know Runes?"

Mephistopheles nodded. "Of course I know. It's my profession. I need to understand these things. In fact, I can read most languages and understand most regional languages."

Leonardo da Vinci laughed at this, and said as he laughed, "By the way, this Bloodaxe King, why do I feel like I've heard of him somewhere else?"

"Bloodaxe King was the Viking king who ruled Norway in the ninth century!" Romani exclaimed from the side. "And be careful, the reaction on this stone tablet is the same as the pirate replicas you just encountered!"

Following Romani's words, a large number of beings similar to the pirate ghosts emerged, but it was clear that they were powerless to do anything and were wiped out by the group in an instant.

Just then, an even more powerful force appeared: a shirtless man carrying a giant axe, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at the group.

He let out a strange roar, intermittently introducing himself amidst the roar.

"Gaga!! I! My name! Eric Bloodaxe! Great Eric Bloodaxe!"

He shouted it out with intonation and rhythm.

"Gah! Kill! Kill those who stand in my way! Kill them all! Chirp chirp!"

Mephistopheles thought that this person was probably insane, and beyond saving.

Before the poor pirate king could even launch an attack, Mash Kyrielight's attack had already begun. Under Mephistopheles's training, Mash Kyrielight had always kept her shield in a state of near-liberation.

At that moment, the shield, now in an energy-emitting state, slammed into Eric Bloodaxe, knocking the poor Viking king to the ground.

At the same time, Ritsuka Fujimaru drew her sword and with a single slash, cut Eric Bloodaxe's body in two!

He didn't even have a chance to display any of his bravery before he was killed instantly, turning into specks of light and dissipating into the world.

"Did you make that sword?" Artemis, with her sharp eyes, immediately noticed the problem with the sword in Ritsuka Fujimaru's hand and asked.

Mephistopheles nodded. "Yes, I did it. I gave it to him so he could protect the world, and have some insurance in case anything goes wrong."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Drake and asked, "Captain, shall we continue?"

Chapter 159 The Labyrinth

It has to be said that Eric Bloodaxe's appearance was a good thing, because Eric Bloodaxe was a Viking pirate, and Viking pirates have a habit of recording everything they see along the way. Drake, who was very familiar with this, ransacked the Viking pirate's ship and obtained the treasure she wanted.

It was a notebook, the ink still quite fresh, containing nautical charts and other such records, all made by Eric Bloodaxe and his crew.

Clearly, in this uncharted sea, the gift Eric Bloodaxe "sent" was a true treasure.

"Look at this map, can you tell anything? The third island in the northwest direction should be the headquarters of some pirates," Drake said, pointing to the map.

"Hmm, the Spirit Origin reaction over there is very strong. There might be multiple Servants involved. You guys need to be careful," Romani said to the group over the communicator.

Mash Kyrielight asked with some curiosity, "Where is the director?"

"You mean Marie? She's over there... She's starting to glare at me, I'll stop now."

Ritsuka Fujimaru glanced at Mash Kyrielight, who was secretly chuckling, and suddenly realized that Mash Kyrielight was quite cunning too.

The ship continued its journey and soon arrived at its destination, but just as it landed on the island, the test results in Sheba showed fluctuations.

"Strange? What's going on? Is there a problem with Sheba?" Olga Marie's voice came through the communicator, but it quickly became intermittent, making Mash Kyrielight immediately alert.

Mephistopheles looked around and muttered, "Looks like there's a lot of interference."

Just then, a sudden, violent earthquake shook the ground. Feeling the tremor, Drake's expression changed. "Oh no! We have to go back and check the ships!"

"Looking at ships?" Mash Kyrielight and Ritsuka Fujimaru were both taken aback, but they quickly realized what was going on.

This is an island, and the earthquake here indicates that it most likely occurred underwater. Such an earthquake would trigger a tsunami, which could potentially damage ships.

Clearly, Drake is now worried about the safety of his ship.

So the group ran back, only to find the pirates looking on with puzzled expressions.

The pirate immediately shouted, "Boss! This place is so strange! Although there wasn't a tsunami or anything, a wall has appeared—a completely invisible wall! This thing has trapped us all inside!"

"Magecraft barrier?" Mash Kyrielight muttered, trying to smash it with her weapon, but the barrier showed no sign of movement. Clearly, someone was working from the shadows, trying to trap them here.

However, just because Mash Kyrielight's attack was ineffective does not mean that other people's attacks were ineffective.

With a single sword draw, Ritsuka Fujimaru unleashed a flash of cold light, breaking through the seemingly impenetrable barrier and causing it to become unstable.

However, this instability was only momentary. Soon, it began to recover and transformed back into a stable air wall.

Mephistopheles said to Ritsuka Fujimaru, "Go check the source of the tremors. There's no need to keep hacking away here. Or, you could try hacking a few more times; maybe you can break this place down."

"If I demolish this place now, will there be any problems?" Ritsuka Fujimaru asked curiously.

"The vibration occurred, and then this invisible wall appeared. It's possible that the vibration source and the invisible wall are one and the same. So if you damage this, the other side might also be affected. Let's find the vibration source first, confirm what's going on, and then we can deal with it."

Hearing Mephistopheles's words, everyone agreed, and so the group set off in a grand procession toward the source of the vibration!

Soon, the group arrived at a strange entrance. Looking at it, Mephistopheles frowned. "A maze?"

"Yes, this is a labyrinth." Artemis nodded.

Medea nodded and said, "It is indeed a labyrinth."

Atalanta sniffed inside and whispered, "It smells like a cow..."

"A cow?!" Mephistopheles exclaimed in surprise, looking up at the maze again.

"Let's go in and see what's going on inside," Drake said, and was about to push open the maze door, but Mephistopheles stopped him.

"Wait a moment!"

"What's wrong?" Drake asked, somewhat curious.

Mash Kyrielight and Ritsuka Fujimaru also looked at Mephistopheles curiously, wondering what Mephistopheles was up to.

"Almost all the Servants here are Greece, and now there's a labyrinth that Atalanta says smells like cows. Can't you think of any mythological stories?" Mephistopheles asked.

This was already a lot of reminders, Ritsuka Fujimaru immediately thought of something, "The Minotaur?!"

"That's right, it's that legend..."

According to legend, after Minos overthrew Rhadamanthus and became the new king of Crete, he prayed to Poseidon for a miracle to prove the legitimacy of his usurpation. Poseidon then gave Minos a giant white bull and demanded that he sacrifice it to him.

But the bull was so beautiful that Minos eventually sacrificed another bull, and the enraged Poseidon cursed Minos's wife, Pasiphae, causing her to develop a fetish for animals.

To conceal her ugliness, Minos commissioned Daedalus to create a wooden cow for Pasiphae, which he then hid inside.

Because it was so realistic, the white bull took a liking to the cow and mated with her, causing Pasiphae to become pregnant. She then gave birth to a Minotaur, a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man, which literally means "the bull of Minos".

However, this monster was later killed by Theseus, and now that this labyrinth has appeared here, Mephistopheles asked uncertainly, "That minotaur also became Heroic Spirit?"

Artemis nodded.

Mephistopheles said "Oh" and pushed open the door.

"Since that's the case, let's go inside and take a look."

Anyway, being skilled and daring, if we can't get out of the maze, then we'll have to rely on the power of the angels to escape.

Upon seeing Mephistopheles rush in, the others immediately followed. The maze's paths were complex, but torches provided illumination, making it appear rather luxurious.

After walking for a while, and not knowing how far, a minotaur who called himself Asterius blocked their way. Without Mephistopheles needing to lift a finger, Mash Kyrielight and Drake immediately took action and instantly pinned the poor servant to the ground.

Just as he was about to deliver the final blow, a voice rang out.

"Don't kill him!"

A pretty young girl appeared before everyone, and Mephistopheles couldn't help but whistle upon seeing her. "Good heavens, another god?"

At this moment, the girl seemed still confused about what was going on. She shouted at the group, "Okay, okay! I'll go with you, alright?! Kill me or do whatever you want! Alright, hurry up and do it."

However, when she said this, she paused, because she saw a figure that was somewhat familiar.

That woman, holding a bow and arrow, had an extremely voluptuous figure!

Artemis!

Her eyes widened slightly, and her voice even rose a little. "How did you get here?!"

Then she exclaimed, "How did you become a Servant too?!"

Artemis smiled. "I came down on my own. As for you, you also came down as a Servant? No, it seems you don't even know why you became a Servant and came down?"

Artemis spoke with amusement in her eyes, as if she had seen something that she found very funny.

"What are you laughing at? You overdeveloped goddess! Don't think I don't know your costumes are fake!" the girl immediately shouted, but this only made Artemis laugh even harder, "Are you jealous?"

"No way!"