I don't want to be a heroic spirit

"It seems I arrived just in time."

Standing in the center of the broken magic circle, Artoria looked at the surrounding priestesses and found that they had just fainted from weakness and none of them died.

As long as they are rescued in time, the lives of all the witches can be saved.

In addition to Liliana, Artoria found that there was another person who had not fainted.

It was obviously an oriental face, with long chestnut hair reaching down to the waist. Based on this, Artoria roughly guessed the other person's identity.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Altria raised her eyebrows, and a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.

The girl with long chestnut hair was staring at Artoria at this moment, with no light in her eyes.

After thinking for a while, Artoria showed a look of understanding.

"Is this... a clairvoyance?"

Suddenly, the sky was painted a miserable white.

The thick lightning was like a swimming dragon, crawling down along the night sky in a twisted and hideous shape, and struck Artoria's raised palm at a speed far faster than thunder.

Then, Altria casually flicked her hand and sent the lightning flying hundreds of meters away.

As if she hadn't noticed Liliana's expression of shattered worldview, Artoria turned around and looked at the two figures in the sky with a gloomy face.

The thunder that roared down was the power of Marquis Vauban. He had once killed the trinity of gods: Wind God, Thunder God, and Rain God, thus usurping the power called [Raging Winds and Tides], which allowed him to control wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.

At this moment, Marquis Vauban was staring at Artoria, and violent cursed power continued to gush out, changing the surrounding weather, causing strong winds to blow in the sky, heavy rain to fall, and thunder to sound.

"This is really exciting. I can actually meet two disobedient gods at the same time! Looks like today won't be too boring!"

Marquis Vauban arrogantly planned to deal with the unknown God of Steel and Altria, as if the two were just prey in his eyes.

Marquis Vauban's words stirred up a huge wave in Liliana's heart.

Ms. Altria is... the God of Disobedience?!

Thus, Liliana's worldview, which she had rebuilt with great difficulty...collapsed again.

"I was actually... saved by the God of Disobedience?"

No one knew or cared about Liliana's complex and contradictory psychological activities, because in this battlefield that was about to become a mythical war, Liliana was as small as a small stone on the roadside.

At this time, there was another laugh that resounded through the heavens and the earth.

"Hahaha! O unknown God of Disobedience, are you going to become my enemy too?"

The red-haired God of Steel smirked at Altria, "I sense a very strong aura of our nemesis, the Dragon Snake, on you... but our Steel is also very strong? A female God of Steel? I simply cannot fathom it!"

He spoke with a tone of deep disdain, "Women are but servants of us heroic gods! They are used as foils to demonstrate our greatness! Waiting for the hero who defeats the dragon to appear and save them is a woman's mission!"

The voice of the red-haired God of Steel could not be drowned out even by the deafening thunder, and it reached everyone's ears clearly.

Altria turned her gaze towards him, her eyes growing colder.

Even from a great distance, the red-haired God of Steel could clearly catch Altria's gaze.

"What a remarkable look! That chilling, chilling murderous intent that seems to want to chop my head off, shattering my bones bit by bit... It's truly thrilling! It seems you're a truly remarkable warrior, too!"

Both the God of Steel and the Marquis Vauban exuded a strong fighting spirit.

The God Slayer is a monster born for battle. Even if he hasn't fought for a long time, he will not feel unfamiliar with the fighting skills. Whenever facing a battle, his body will naturally adjust to the best condition. Especially when facing gods, he can exert 120% of his combat power. Bleeding will stop immediately and the pain will become dull.

Locked in by the fighting spirit of these two people, Artoria's face was solemn.

The next moment, the cursed power wrapped around her whole body, and Artoria was once again covered with a hideous black armor covered with blood patterns.

Then, she spoke to the two of them in a calm tone.

"This isn't a good place to fight. Let's go somewhere else."

These words stunned the God of Steel and Marquis Vauban.

"You...are you really the God of Disobedience?"

Marquis Vauban glanced at the priestesses around Artoria, then looked at Artoria in surprise, obviously guessing what Artoria was planning.

"You're so desperate to protect these miko? Aren't you affected by the madness?"

But the problem is... Artoria looks even more like a demon king than the godslayers who are called demon kings.

Behind Altria, Liliana showed abnormality.

After Artoria materialized her armor, Liliana, who had been staring at Artoria, inexplicably began to lose consciousness.

In a trance, a bizarre scene flashed before Liliana's eyes.

On the plains, a young figure drew out a shining holy sword.

In the City of Cretaceous, a resolute figure was crowned king, surrounded by many powerful knights.

Under the bloody setting sun, a blood-covered figure knelt on a hill made of warriors' corpses and broken swords.

Beside the clear lake, a frail figure leaned against a tree, watched the last companion leave, and fell asleep peacefully.

No one noticed Liliana's unusual behavior.

Marquis Vauban was more surprised, while the red-haired god was more disdainful.

"What you said should be spoken by a strong person to a weak person."

"Only when your power is far greater than theirs can you use your will to influence or even control their actions, and only then can you command them. Or are you so naive that you don't even know this?"

These words were nothing but derogatory and mocking, but they did not change Altria's expression in the slightest.

"Because it wasn't an order."

"This...is just to inform you."

The next moment, Altria moved.

When Artoria suddenly appeared in front of him, Marquis Vauban's face showed obvious hesitation.

"You guy...!"

Marquis Vauban prepared to accumulate magical power and activate his authority.

However, Artoria was much faster than him.

The slender long legs were whipped out like a whip and slammed hard on the chest of Marquis Vauban.

With a loud bang, Marquis Vauban turned into a black shadow, instantly broke through the layers of sound barriers, and flew into the distance like a cannonball.

After that, Altria rushed towards the position of the Red-haired God of Steel without stopping at all.

Although the opponent did not expect Altria to suddenly attack, his fighting instinct from years of fighting on the battlefield still made him counterattack as quickly as possible.

"Don't underestimate me!"

The huge steel sword, after being grasped by the God of Steel, burst out with amazing power. With a strong sword energy, it came to Artoria's neck in an instant.

No matter how you look at it, that slender neck cannot withstand the broad double-edged sword, and it seems that Altria is about to be beheaded by this sword.

However, the God of Steel only felt a flash before his eyes, and then he felt that his sword had missed.

A horizontal slash with a strong wind passed by Artoria's neck. The next moment, Artoria's eyes fixed, and at the moment when the God of Steel had exhausted his old strength and had not yet regained his new strength, he spread out his five fingers and grabbed the opponent's face tightly.

Then, Altria stepped heavily on the void, and her figure broke through the sound barriers, taking the God of Steel away from here, and in the blink of an eye reached a place far away that was beyond sight.

Chapter 371 Siegfried

It was faster than the howling wind and the spreading sound, just like a meteor streaking through the dark night.

The red-haired God of Steel, Artoria caught up with Marquis Vauban who had just been kicked away by him, and without hesitation stretched out her free hand to take Marquis Vauban with her.

Soon, Artoria arrived above a deserted Gobi Desert.

"Is this about the right place?"

Altria muttered to herself and then turned around.

The incessant wind blows up the yellow sand, and huge rocks are everywhere here.

The three "meteors" rubbed against the air and then fell to the ground. The hard ground could not withstand this huge force, and three huge craters were instantly smashed out.

Suddenly, gravel flew and dust rolled.

In the rising dust, the figure of Artoria, covered in hideous black armor and holding the Sword of Promised Victory, slowly emerged, looking up at the two craters.

"I've already chosen the battlefield. Do you need me to give you some time to rest?"

At this time, a sudden change occurred.

The sky, which was blazing with sunlight, was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and pale flashes of lightning appeared in the clouds from time to time.

This is the gathering wrath of heaven!

In the dry Gobi Desert, heavy rain suddenly poured down and strong winds howled.

Controlling the weather, causing the desert to be overturned by torrential rain, and causing the ocean to evaporate by divine fire... This is the power of the God Slayer.

"I've truly been underestimated... Ever since I became a God Slayer, I've never been looked down upon like this!"

"Very good...very well done! You've completely pissed me off! Unknown goddess!"

The rolled-up yellow sand was carried by the strong wind and turned into a sandstorm more powerful than a simple tornado.

The power contained in it is so terrifying that every grain of sand mixed in it is enough to penetrate steel.

There was a vast expanse between heaven and earth, and sandstorms like pillars supporting the sky appeared one after another and attacked Artoria.

Faced with these sandstorms that could easily crush a mortal body into pieces, Artoria held the sword in one hand and slashed it horizontally with ease.

The next moment, the surging black flames were like a roaring dragon, instantly tearing a hole in the sky formed by the yellow sand.

Although the power of Marquis Vauban to control the climate is huge, in fact its power is too dispersed. It is okay to clear out miscellaneous soldiers, but it is not very threatening when facing enemies of the same level.

In fact, although Marquis Vauban is said to have the most powers, except for those that are of little help in combat, most of the remaining powers are of the type used to clear out miscellaneous soldiers. Compared to him, his old rival Luo Hao is much better at single-handed combat.

While Artoria was thinking, suddenly a vast divinity bloomed in the distance, like a big sun, continuously spreading its divine light to the earth.

In a trance, Artoria seemed to see a pitch-black dragon with ferocious horns on its head, scarlet eyes, and wings on its back, opening its mouth and biting towards her.

"when!"

The sound of the golden bell was clear and deafening. The huge force that had killed the dragon knocked Artoria away, and the airflow that flew backwards tore the hard earth apart.

Until Altria steady herself, a long pit appeared under her feet, and at the end of the pit was the red-haired God of Steel, whose divine light shone as hot as the sun.

"Hahaha! This is a return gift for what you did just now!"

"I take it back! Although you're a woman, you're also an excellent warrior! Even among the countless legends told by people, you're one of the best!"

He was generous in praising Artoria, but this appreciation was like the appreciation from a superior to an inferior.

A huge amount of cursed power was burning like flames, and the tall body of the God of Steel released a terrifying sense of oppression.

"But! Even the best warriors! They can never be my match! Because I am the King of Warriors! Slayer of dragons and snakes! Ruler of the battlefield!"

At this moment, the armor on the God of Steel seemed to come alive and turned into a ferocious dragon with bared fangs and claws, and the violent cursed power was like a volcano about to erupt.

"My name is Siegfried! I am the unyielding hero of Steel!"

"Evil demon king! Brave warriors! All those who are my enemies! Surrender and behead them!"

Siegfried, also known as Siegfried.

He is the dragon-slaying hero in the German myth "The Song of the Nibelungs".

Siegfried in the Type-Moon world is a very powerful Heroic Spirit, whose strength is probably above that of a first-class Servant and below that of an exceptional Servant.

Siegfried's most talked-about deed was that he single-handedly killed the evil dragon named Fafner and bathed in dragon blood to become immortal. His only weakness was a spot on his back that was covered by a bodhi leaf.

The heroes of Steel generally have two characteristics: the feat of "slaying dragons and snakes that are the incarnations of the Earth Mother" and "possessing a steel body that is equivalent to immortality."

But in fact, the essence of the Hero of Steel is "plunder".

In a matriarchal society, powerful gods are basically goddesses, that is, the earth mother goddess.

With the change of times, the matriarchal society gradually transformed into a patriarchal society, and male gods gradually replaced female gods, seizing the power that originally belonged to the Earth Mother Goddess by belittling her.

The most common method was to degrade dragons and snakes, the incarnations of the Earth Mother, into monsters and then slaughter them. St. George, Siegfried, and Perseus were examples of this.

In addition to dragons and snakes, there are also "heroes obtaining weapons of steel from goddesses (fairies)," which also represent the process of male gods gradually seizing power from female gods. This type of hero includes Perseus, King Arthur, etc. Considering that dragons and snakes are the incarnations of the Earth Mother, Sun Wukong who snatched the Ruyi Jingu Bang from the Dragon Palace also belongs to this category.