Chapter 149: Noble Phantasm Deployment: Akhilleus Kosmos!
[Noble Phantasm: Aestus Domus Aurea]
[Rank: B]
[Type: Anti-Formation Noble Phantasm]
[Range: 30, 60, 90]
[Maximum Targets: 100 people, 500 people, 1,000 people]
This was the Noble Phantasm belonging to the tyrant, "Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus."
It used magical energy to form and recreate the theater she had built in Rome during her lifetime.
It was great magecraft similar to, yet different from, a Reality Marble.
It temporarily overlaid a different world, materialized from her inner landscape, onto the current world.
The theater and buildings she had designed in life were reproduced through magical energy, creating a battlefield advantageous to her.
Unlike a Reality Marble, which rewrote the world, this was built upon the world from the very beginning.
Because of that, it could be deployed and maintained for a long time.
When deployed, it weakened enemies trapped inside.
If the buildings were customized, both its shape and abilities could be changed.
Simply put, it ignored the construction process and directly projected buildings.
If one was inside it, they could activate the rules they had personally set.
Rumble—
In an instant, the surrounding ruin cave disappeared.
Replacing it was a golden theater with an extremely gorgeous and luxurious appearance, decorated with gold.
Rose petals drifted through the arena for a long time.
It invited people into Rome's Golden Theater.
Within that grand atmosphere, they felt the intimidation of a king.
Although its damage ability was somewhat lacking, as a projection of the mental world of the Roman emperor, it could truly deal a heavy blow to the enemy's mind.
Its effects were also incomparably magnificent.
It perfectly matched the identity of that extravagant Roman emperor.
Pshk—
In an instant, before Antares could even react, Ethan's attack had already arrived.
The reason he had pulled Antares into the "Golden Theater" was to further weaken it.
At the same time, it was also to prevent it from escaping.
If he let it run away and the attack outside finished charging and truly fell, then things would become troublesome.
Orion's Arrow in Ethan's hand directly pierced through Antares's body.
No.
To be more accurate, it pierced through the goddess it had devoured.
Of course, Ethan did not kill Artemis.
He merely separated her from Antares's control.
Crack—
The crystal that represented the goddess's self-seal was directly shattered by the power of Orion's Arrow.
However, in Artemis's script, Orion's Arrow should have pierced through her.
As long as she died, the attack formed from her divine power would naturally disappear.
After all, Antares was only an ancient monster.
It was not a god.
It could only control divine power, not possess divine power itself.
Simply put, it was like a battery.
A battery could be installed into a toy to power it.
However, humans had never truly controlled the electricity inside the battery.
Antares was the toy.
Artemis was the battery.
Without power supplied to it, the attack Antares released would naturally collapse on its own.
As for killing Antares, Ethan had considered that too.
However, he had later rejected the idea.
There were many points in the original story that were worth criticizing.
But Ethan did not dare to gamble.
If killing Antares ended up being useless, then everything would be over.
So Ethan chose to use his own method.
"Mm…"
Along with a muffled groan, the sleeping goddess was pulled out.
"You are…"
After opening her eyes, Artemis looked at Ethan before her in confusion.
And in Ethan's hand, he was holding her "Orion's Arrow."
In an instant, she understood Ethan's identity.
Ethan was not surprised by Artemis's unfamiliarity toward him.
After all, the "Artemis" he knew was only a thought-form that existed within "Orion's Arrow."
She was Artemis, yet also not truly Goddess Artemis herself.
"Don't talk for now. Next, I'm going to cut off the connection between you and that attack outside."
Holding Artemis's slender waist with one hand, Ethan caused a golden ripple to appear beside him.
A shield then appeared with it.
"This is a divine-forged armament made by Hephaestus?"
Seeing this shield, Artemis was slightly startled.
That was because she sensed the power of the God of Smithing from it.
Ethan only smiled without saying anything.
This had indeed been forged by "Hephaestus, the God of Smithing."
But not by the "Hephaestus" of this world.
Swish—
Holding Artemis in his arms, Ethan used his second Noble Phantasm.
"Noble Phantasm Deployment: Akhilleus Kosmos."
Boom—
In an instant, a brand-new "world" began to form little by little.
Ethan, Artemis, and Antares were all pulled into this world.
Artemis looked at Ethan in extreme shock.
The "Orion" she had chosen was actually this strong?
He could actually create a brand-new world?
Although from the looks of it, this was only a temporarily constructed "world," he was still only human.
In contrast, Antares went completely berserk.
That was because it could no longer sense the attack it had built to destroy the world.
And that was Ethan's plan.
Akhilleus Kosmos.
This was a special Noble Phantasm.
Anti-Unit, Anti-Army, and even Anti-Fortress and Anti-Country Noble Phantasms.
It could completely defend against almost all attacks.
This Noble Phantasm could reconstruct time and space within a certain range, deploying a small world for defense.
And what Ethan valued was exactly that point.
By pulling both Artemis and Antares into this place, he had taken away both the "battery" and the "toy."
With that, everything was resolved.
In the outside world, the bow and arrow in the sky that had been "ready to fire" began to dissipate little by little under everyone's gaze.
At this moment, everyone let out a breath of relief.
"Well now, as expected of a 'potential hero' who can wield a holy sword. This 'great deed' that belongs to you can be considered accomplished."
Hermes lowered the brim of his hat.
His mood was extremely good.
The hero that the gods had been waiting for had been born through his hands.
This joy was enough to keep him happy for a hundred years.
"Hm? Wait a moment. Artemis still exists?"
Just as Hermes was happy, he saw Artemis under Sarah's protection.
She was staring at the sky with a face full of surprise.
To stop this disaster, they urgently needed to defeat the "ancient monster Antares" and kill Artemis.
Otherwise, Artemis's divine power would still destroy this continent.
But why had the danger now been resolved while Artemis still existed?
As a thought-form of Artemis within "Orion's Arrow," if Artemis had died, she naturally would have disappeared as well.
The fact that she still existed meant that Artemis was still alive.
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