I don't like the gods, I want to be a hero

"What an impatient guy." Seeing Artemis running out in a hurry, Athena shook her head with a smile, and then planned to see if anything interesting happened in the mortal world, but just as she was about to stand When she got up, Artemis' angry voice reached her ears.

"Aphrodite! You bastard!!!"

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King Athos of Arcadia has always wanted a boy.So when the girl Atalanta was born, Athos abandoned Atalanta on the mountain.

But fate destined to make Atalanta the most famous female hunter in Greek history. The female bear of Artemis adopted the abandoned Atalanta and taught Atalanta how to hunt and fight like a bear. fighting.

Atalanta grew up healthy, and she became the most famous heroine of Greece. At the same time, she participated in the expedition of the Argonaut and returned with glory.After Athos found out that his abandoned daughter not only did not die, but acquired a skill and won great glory for himself, he found Atalanta shamelessly and asked her to return to his kingdom.

Athos is too old to have children, but he is very unwilling to have a son so far, but what is the use of being a mortal even if he is unwilling?Just when Athos was about to bow his head to his fate, he heard the news of his daughter who was abandoned by him more than ten years ago.This made Athos's mind suddenly alive. He thought that if he didn't have a son, having a son-in-law would be better than nothing.

But he who abandoned Atalanta more than ten years ago has no confidence in persuading Atalanta to return to Arcadia with him, nor can he make Atalanta who swore to the moon god to remain chaste forever follow His heart is to marry a good husband.Therefore, Athos began to ask the gods for help, but it was about Artemis. Most of the gods were unwilling to heed Athos' request, except Aphrodite who wanted to see the chaste girl indulge in lust.

Beauty put a curse on the huntress. In addition to letting Atalanta return to Arcadia, she also made this cold girl very easy to fall in love with men.But fortunately, the curse of the Goddess of Beauty will be resolved by the blessing from the Moon God at night, which makes Atalanta maintain her final sanity and propose a condition after agreeing to Athos' request for her to marry.

Atalanta buried a three-foot stake on the edge of a meadow.She announced that the stake would be the start of a running competition, and only the one who beat her in the race would be eligible to be her husband, and the loser would be pierced by her arrows.

Atalanta's beauty attracted many contestants, although they knew that they would be killed by Atalanta if they failed, but they always took chances.Aphrodite was also watching the game she played with great interest in the sky, and at the same time, she was ready for someone to pray to her. The goddess of beauty told her confidently that as long as she answered the question of love, someone would come to her Ask for help so she's in no rush.

Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty who likes to watch plays, is not in a hurry, but Artemis, the victim's parent, is in a hurry.Thinking that I just dealt with my own affairs for a while, my favorite believer and child were almost destroyed by the shameless old bitch Aphrodite, and Artemis, who has always been careless, couldn't help but feel scared .But just as she was about to settle accounts with Aphrodite, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, stopped her.

"You don't have to go to this matter yourself, that shameless Bichi clearly wants to have fun, so it doesn't matter whether you find her or not, because you can't always take care of Atalanta." With a serious expression Athena said softly. "Even if she eliminated the curse on Atalanta this time because of you, once you let your guard down, Aphrodite will definitely make a bad move."

"Then I can only watch here, can't I do anything?" Artemis gritted her teeth a bit, as Zeus's favorite daughter, when had she ever been so angry.

"Of course it's not 'only watching'." The corners of Athena's mouth gradually rose. "It's that you 'just have to' look here."

"For a god of fun like Aphrodite, there is nothing more painful than not letting them watch fun. So, leave the rest to Seleus. I believe that if it is him, he will definitely Deal with the problem beautifully..."

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To be honest, Seleus never imagined that one day he would receive the task of killing someone in the hands of the gods.Because he felt that if humans offended the gods, the gods would personally punish the humans who offended them.Moreover, although he did not reject killing, Serius believed that what he killed were villains, and his purpose was purely to eliminate disasters for other living people.

Just like the saying in the previous life-killing is to protect life, killing karma is not killing people.Seleus thinks that although he has not yet reached the state described in the second half of this sentence, he is already very close to the state of the first half in essence.

Therefore, Seleus somewhat rejected the task that Lord Artemis entrusted to him this time.Because even if the person Artemis wants him to kill is a complete villain, if he kills that person after accepting Artemis' commission, he will change from a hero who "kills to protect life" to one who accepts A killer who only kills on commission.

Therefore, Seleus decided to let go of Artemis' mission first, and go to Arcadia first to get a good understanding of what caused the Moon Goddess to be so angry, and then decide how to complete the mission thing.

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"Atalanta set up a competition? And said that as long as someone beats her in the competition, she can marry her?" Serius looked at the news he had heard in Arcadia and fell into confusion. He felt himself It was just a trip to Colchis, and it only took two days to go back and forth.How do you feel that the world has changed a lot since you came back?

Atalanta, a female hunter who believed in Artemis, the god of hunting, was abandoned by her parents when she was young, and after she was raised by a female bear, she swore to remain chaste for the goddess of the moon. Atalanta yearned for a free hunting life. She actually went back to her parents, and even agreed to her father's request for her to marry...

Serius could think of something wrong with Atalanta with his toes, and combined with Artemis asking him to kill all the people with Aphrodite's breath on him, he felt that he had almost guessed it What the hell is going on here.

It must be that Aphrodite, who was idle and bored, wanted to have some fun in the world, and happened to meet Athos who prayed to the gods to let Atalanta go back with him.

"Although I have almost figured out the cause and effect of the matter, what should I do?" Serius was a little worried. Atalanta must have been cursed by the goddess of beauty Aphrodite.Because in the previous relationship, Atalanta was a young girl who had a firm belief and vowed to remain chaste. Such a girl would never agree to the request that would make her abandon her belief.

"If you want to solve the problem, you must first solve the curse on Atalanta, but the problem is that I don't know how to remove the curse, not to mention that the level of this curse is very likely to be made by the gods using the priesthood..." Sai Lucy frowned and thought about it, but he couldn't find a way to avoid the curse. "Let's go visit Atalanta at night first."

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"Lord Artemis, please forgive my sins." At night, in the palace of Arcadia, Atalanta, who had just killed a contestant, prayed to Artemis, the moon goddess.

Atalanta didn't know what happened to her body, and the experience during this period was like a nightmare that would never wake up.Yearning for freedom, she was easily persuaded by her father who abandoned her, and followed her back to Arcadia.She is not interested in men and has vowed to remain chaste forever, but she agreed to her father's request to marry her, and she couldn't help persuading those beautiful contestants to leave during the daytime competition...

Only at night, when illuminated by the moon, can Atalanta stay awake.But this short period of sobriety can't solve the problems in her body at all, instead it makes Atalanta who clearly remembers what happened during the day and how she behaved even more painful.This made her feel that she was becoming less like herself, and she didn't know how long she could last...

"It seems that you can indeed stay awake at night, so things finally have a chance."

"Who is it!" Hearing a man's voice suddenly, Atalanta, who was already in a state of panic, picked up the weapon instantly.

"Don't worry, it's me, Serius." A figure familiar to Atalanta climbed into her room through the window.Atalanta subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. On the Argo, this big man gave her a deep impression. To borrow Jason's words, there is nothing in this world that Seleus can't do except God .Therefore, when he saw that the person who came was Seleus, the tormented Atalanta couldn't help flashing a glimmer of hope in his heart.

"Are you here to help me? Serius! Help me out of this nightmare!" The girl's voice was full of unbearable hope, which made Serius dare not solve the fundamental problem that he hadn't solved yet. The way to tell the facts.

"Yes, that's right, I'm here to help you." Seleus comforted the excited girl with his softest voice. In fact, he did have a solution to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, but he kept Aphrodite It's not always a problem to put the curse there.Moreover, Seleus subconsciously hopes to use mortal means to solve this kind of suffering caused by gods to mortals, and he does not want to turn to gods for help unless he has to.

"I came here to ask, Atalanta. Now that you are so conscious, what kind of choice will you make..."

Chapter 54 Will Some People's Abacus Succeed?

"I want to know that although it wasn't your original wish, you did live as a princess for a while. Atalanta, are you sure that you want to put aside your identity as a princess and become the woman who yearned for freedom and faith in the past? Hunter?" When Serius said these words, his expression was very serious.

Although there is still no way to fundamentally solve the curse of the goddess of beauty, Seleus has a very simple way to break the deadlock.But when implementing this method, he had to carefully ask Atalanta's heart, and under the light of the cold moonlight, she had regained her rationality and the truest thoughts in her heart.

"Selius! Can you really...really have a way to help me out of this predicament?" The hope in the eyes of the huntress shone even brighter.

"Yes! I do have a way to help you get rid of the current situation, but this method may roughly connect our two fates together, and there is no way to fundamentally lift the curse of Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty. Therefore, I need to know the truest thoughts in your heart, are you going to be the huntress who swore an oath to the Moon Goddess?"

"I am willing! Of course I am willing! Everything is not what I want in my heart! But Serius, what should I do?" Atalanta was a little emotional, but she thought about what she had encountered What, it is not difficult to understand why she is so excited.

"You don't need to do anything special, as long as you kill the contestants who lost to you as usual. But be careful, don't do what you always do in tomorrow's game, 'last come first come'." Having received an affirmative answer, Seleus was about to leave to make preparations.

"Wait!" Atalanta still hadn't figured out why Seleus wanted her to kill the failed contestants as usual, and what was the meaning of the advice not to 'last come first come'.I saw Serius flip out of her window with a lightness that didn't match his tall figure.

"Anyway, Serius. Thank you for fighting the gods to help me..."

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"The question now is, where should I go to find the gold coins for tomorrow's registration?" Under the moonlight, Seleus, who had just emerged from the palace, counted the gold coins he had finally collected in his purse.

"This is definitely not enough." Serius scratched the back of his head. "Although if I really want to make money, I just need to kill a few monsters and sell their heads to rich people who want to show their bravery, but where should I go to find monsters and sell them at night? ?”

"You can't go to Atalanta's father's treasury to borrow some." Just when Seleus was distressed, he suddenly felt the ground under his feet tremble, and a big snake as wide as two people came out of the ground.

"Did Lord Hades send you here?" Seleus, without any panic, reached out and patted the serpent's head.

The big snake nodded, then suddenly opened its mouth wide, and a large amount of gold, silver and jewels fell from its mouth, and the accumulated gemstones quickly overflowed Seleus' calf.

"Enough is enough! I only need the number of entries, and I won't be able to win any more." Seleus hurriedly stopped the big snake from spitting out jewels.The big snake glanced at Seleus with some embarrassment. Obviously, his request made it very difficult for the big snake that obeyed Hades' orders.

"Don't worry, Master Hades understands me, he won't punish you for these trivial things." Serius comforted and stroked the big snake's head.The big snake spit out the snake letter, and then put its head against Serius' palm and rubbed it.

"Okay, go back and report to Lord Hades." Serius wrapped the treasure under his feet with fur. "By the way, thank Lord Hades for me, it's really helpful."

The big snake nodded again, got into the soil and left.

"Then, the registration fee is paid, and the rest is up to tomorrow..."

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"He defeated the poisonous dragon of Ares and the demon pig of Artemis by himself. It is said that only Hercules in the whole of Greece can match him. Serius. He also signed up for my daughter's competition?" There was a kind of surprise in King Athos' words, and he repeatedly confirmed to the clerk who reported to him.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I can fully guarantee that it is indeed Serius. Because no one else can have that kind of giant body except him." I remembered the one who brought a whole piece of skin with him early in the morning. Jewelry came to sign up for the tower-like figure, and the clerk gave King Athos an affirmative answer.

"Great! Great!" After confirming the accuracy of the news, Athos stood up excitedly from the throne.He had always wanted a son, but when he had no choice, he thought of replacing him with a son-in-law.But who would have thought that this helpless move would surprise him so much.

Leaving aside the legend of defeating the poisonous dragon, the record of hunting the devil pig is obvious to all.Such a big demon pig can easily destroy a kingdom with just one charge, but even such a monster was easily killed by Serius.As long as there is such a hero as his son-in-law, Arcadia can become the most powerful kingdom in the whole of Greece, and he can also become the king of kings with the force of Seleus.

'That's right, this great hero once helped the goblin king of Desarai get back the Golden Fleece, and that's when I met my daughter Atalanta. The king was thinking in his heart, because the surprise came so suddenly, he felt a little unreal, and now he desperately wanted to find a reason to calm his heart.

'I have no doubts about the charm of my daughter Atalanta. After I first heard that she was going to kill the loser, I was desperate to think that no one would come to the competition.But in fact, so many people signed up that I had to divide the reception work among several clerks. 'Athos strode back and forth.

'Although I have never heard of where Seleus has anything to do with women.But heroes always love beautiful women, and the great hero Seleus is no exception.Besides, ordinary rouge fans can't compare with my daughter Atalanta. Seleus must have been fascinated by Atalanta's beauty while getting along with my daughter on the Argo.Otherwise, how to explain that the great hero Seleus, who has always disliked money, was able to pay so much for the registration fee? '

'That's right!It must be so! 'King Athos convinced himself so in his heart.But in order to avoid having long nights and dreams, he still gave the order to the clerk.

"Cancel all the matches of those who are ahead of Serius. Anyway, even if they play, they will die under Atalanta's bow and arrow. It is better to save their lives and appreciate the bravery of my future son-in-law..."

Chapter 55 The race begins

"Is there really something wrong?" Seleus looked at Atalanta standing beside the stake in the dark. When he was on the Argonaut, Atalanta would frown whenever a man approached. The chilling cold eyes stared at the unlucky guy who wanted to strike up a conversation.

But now, that high-cold huntress secretly glanced at the handsome contestant from time to time.Seeing Atalanta like this, Seleus was very grateful for the gift from Lord Hades last night. Without those treasures, he would have spent a lot of time accumulating registration fees, and with Atalanta's current state Look, she will never last until then.

At this time, King Athos came to the place of the competition. He came straight to the field and raised his hands to the audience, announcing loudly:

"Dear guests! Because all the contestants have confidence in themselves, we are also looking forward to which contestant will be able to successfully marry my daughter, Atalanta, the most beautiful princess of Arcadia."

"But it turns out that none of the previous contestants was as brave as Atalanta who participated in the Argonaut expedition and returned with the Golden Fleece. And! I believe that all of Greece can beat my daughter in running There are not many heroes. Therefore, for the safety of so many young people, I wanted to cancel my daughter's competition. But seeing that the contestants still came to sign up as always, as a father, I also hoped to be able to contribute to the My daughter has found a happy home and the idea of ​​canceling the game is gone."

"But today is different! Just this morning, the great hero Seleus, who defeated the poisonous dragon and hunted the devil pig, signed up for my daughter Atalanta's competition. When I heard the news, my heart was very I am delighted. Because, as a father, my daughter will finally find an unparalleled husband today; as a king, I will finally not have to see so many young and handsome guys die in the pursuit of love..."

"So! I declare: In order to stop meaningless death, all contestants before Seleus will cancel the competition, and their registration fees will be refunded in full later. Let us enjoy it now..."

"Wait a minute! I don't agree with the king's order!" Before King Athos could finish speaking, an opponent suddenly stood up among the contestants.

"I am Hippomenes, son of Megaloeus, great-grandson of Poseidon. I have the confidence and ability to win the wife of Atalanta, so you cannot disqualify me! A coward who knows where he is hiding now and ignores me, the god-son." Hippomenes protested loudly to the king, but as he spoke, he suddenly found a huge shadow in the shape of a human slowly covering him.Hippomenes thought of something, and his face suddenly turned pale.

A big hand suddenly grabbed his head from behind the grandson of the sea king, and gently lifted him up.Hippomenes gulped down his saliva and began to struggle desperately, but it was of no use except to make his head hurt even more.Hippomenes felt the big hand holding his head slowly turning his body towards its master, and it was indeed the case. Hippomenes soon knew that the famous Greek hero Seleu What does Si look like.

"I heard that you are preaching that I am a coward who only dares to hide, isn't it?" The owner of the voice moved his face full of determination and courage close to Hippomenes whose legs were off the ground.Even though he was trembling in panic, the great-grandson of Neptune managed to squeeze out an ugly smile. "How come? Man. You misheard."

"Puff!" This funny scene amused Atalanta who was affected by the curse of the Goddess of Beauty.Athos, who was originally uneasy because of his status as the great-grandson of Hippomenes, also smiled when he saw Serleus.

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Seleus, who had been drowsy by King Athos's long film, was suddenly awakened by the divine power of Aphrodite on Hippomenes.You must know that Aphrodite's divine power is more or less attached to the body of those who can participate in the competition. After all, ordinary people will never risk their lives to pursue the so-called "love" that has nothing to do with it in advance.

Hippomenes was not conspicuous among the contestants at all, but when he jumped out, the aura of God of Beauty and divine power, which was obviously much stronger than those around him, announced his existence to Seleus all the time.

"It's just like the villain whose name suddenly turns red in the plot of the game." Seleus complained, planning to just go on stage and drive away the troublesome bastard, although Lord Artemis' request was to kill these guys.But at this time, Seleus happened to hear this guy say that he was a coward, which made Seleus unhappy.

The name Lord Hades gave me is Courage. Why are you calling me a coward? What does that mean?Enraged, Seleus decided to teach him a lesson before driving him away.

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"What gave you the confidence to outrun Atalanta?" Serius stared blankly at Hippomenes, who was being held in his hands and trembling all over. "Are these treasures bestowed by the God of Beauty?"

Seleus tore off the fellow's pocket with his other hand, and Hippomenes struggled desperately again, feeling that the pocket had been taken from him.

"That was given to me by Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty! It's mine. You are not qualified to use it! Return it to me!"

"That's a pity." Seleus held the pocket in front of him to observe, and a strong aura of Goddess of Beauty radiated from the pocket.I didn't bother to open it to confirm what it was, and spit out the magic power in my hand, and the purple-black divine power annihilated the pocket in an instant. "I never intended to use it, though."

"No!" Hippomenes wailed in despair when he saw that his pocket was destroyed, but he was thrown by Seleus like a shot put and smashed into the wall heavily.

"Now, do you want to announce the start of the game?" In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Seleus reminded Athos who was stunned.The latter also reacted, also avoiding long nights and dreams, and quickly moved out of the field, waiting for Atalanta and Serius to take their positions.

Seleus stared at Atalanta, who looked at his solid muscles from time to time, and asked tentatively, "Do you remember what I said last night?"

Atalanta's expression instantly became a little confused, but soon she began to frown tightly, as if fighting something in her mind.It took a long time before I gritted my teeth and popped out a few words from the cracks in my mouth; "Do you go all out?"

"That's right, just go all out." Seeing that Atalanta still had some sanity left, Seleus couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"The game begins!" Assos, who ran to the top of the auditorium, ordered in a timely manner.The moment Serius and Atalanta heard the order, they rushed out like sharp arrows at the same time...

Chapter 56 Congratulations...? ? ?

Atalanta has a habit of starting last and coming first in running competitions. In every game, Atalanta will let her opponents run first and then catch up immediately. When those competitors try their best to reach the finish line, Ah Tarrant would always be one step ahead of them, and shoot through the hearts of the contestants with a bow and arrow.

Seleus didn't know whether this habit was caused by Goddess of Beauty's curse to release water on beautiful men, or whether it was due to the lion-like wild nature of the huntress who liked to play with the prey before hunting.But no matter which one it is, Seleus needs Atalanta to go all out directly in the game against him, because Seleus doesn't know if Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, has a backup to deal with Artemis who accepted Artemis. He was entrusted by Si, and his method must be completed before Aphrodite reacts.

Although he is tall and muscular, Seleus's figure does not look bloated. Seleus, who grew up in Chiron's tailor-made training program, has a perfect warrior posture that surpasses the demigod's natural body, and his agility has never been Seleus' weakness, and even his size, gave him the advantage in this running race.

The advantage of long legs allows him to take three steps of ordinary people in one step, and the elastic muscles acquired through hard training make his explosive power and endurance far beyond ordinary demigods.Therefore, at the beginning of the game, Serius steadily left Atalanta behind, and even had enough power to control the speed so that Atalanta would not be too far away from him.

Atalanta, who was behind Seleus, tried her best to catch up with Seleus in front of her, but the constant attempt to maintain her sanity undoubtedly greatly affected her performance. Just halfway through the journey, she was a little out of breath.

Seleus, who maintained a speed that made Atalanta one body behind, was keenly aware of the fact that Atalanta's breathing was out of rhythm.

"What? Is Artemis' huntress so easily succumbed to the divine power of other gods?" Serius understood that at this time, these slightly mocking words would more easily inspire the proud huntress than ordinary encouragement.And for Atalanta who has a special experience, the power of faith often has unexpected effects.

"Don't underestimate me!" Sure enough, the lioness of Arcadia couldn't stand others' doubts about her beliefs, and her remaining rationality...or the wildness from the female bear instantly suppressed the goddess of beauty in her mind. Divine power.Atalanta's pace became steady, even vaguely showing a tendency to overtake Seleus.

"What you need is this fighting spirit. Don't let that god who plays with your fate be proud for too long." Seeing that Atalanta's rationality regained the upper hand, Seleus also continued to control his speed with confidence, staying one step ahead of Atalanta. body distance.

Seleus deeply understands the nature of those fun gods. Their starting point for doing things is often not based on a certain need like humans, but purely because this matter makes them feel interesting.And wayward gods often don't care whether their fun will bring serious harm to mortals. In their eyes, except for their gods and some special humans, all other mortals are just their toys.

And this time the Goddess of Beauty is eyeing Atalanta, and Seleus guesses that Aphrodite wants to see what kind of posture a determined female huntress will slowly degenerate, in order to satisfy her own evil taste and curiosity.This old Bichi who likes to play with people's hearts will dare to punish even the gods if he is interested, what is a mere follower of the goddess of the moon in her eyes?

Seleus hates Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, not to mention the divine punishment she gave to Seleus that even Chiron found difficult. Thanks to the protection of the three gods, Seleus was able to recover from his crazy obsession with stones. wake up.Just talking about her way of playing with people's hearts, as long as it is a rational creature with a sound mind, it will be disgusted with this kind of behavior.

And the way to deal with this kind of fun person is also very simple, just don't let her get fun from it.Since Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, wanted the huntress to slowly fall under the curse she imposed to bring endless desire, Seleus had only to interrupt the process.

"Thanks to Atalanta's faith, she saved her last sanity and asked for this competition, otherwise I really couldn't help Atalanta get rid of the Goddess of Beauty.When things really get to that point, I can only kill all the Aphrodite breath bearers according to Lord Artemis' request. 'Selius secretly rejoiced in his heart. He also had a special experience, and he admired Atalanta who could maintain a certain degree of sanity under the focus of the God of Beauty. 'Although I can't solve the curse directly with this method. '

The two were about to rush to the finish line, and Athos in the audience was so excited that his heart was in his throat. He wanted to announce the victory of Seleus immediately, so that he could get a son-in-law who could kill the dragon and expand his power. 'Anyway, looking at the situation, Serius is about to win, isn't he? ' the old king thought so in his heart. 'Atalanta can't outrun that hero, can she? '

But the old king would never have thought that Seleus, whom he had identified as his future son-in-law, came to the competition with a completely different purpose from the other contestants.Seeing that the end was in sight, Serius turned to Atalanta behind him and asked, "Do you remember what I said last night?"

Atalanta was stunned for a moment when she was asked about it. Now that wildness dominated her body, she didn't understand the situation. Seleus asked her what she was doing.But her subconscious trust in Seleus made her reply: "Go all out."

"That's right! You just need to go all out to reach the finish line. By the way, your performance is worthy of your status as the Moon Goddess's hunter." Serius gave Atalanta a thumbs up with his left hand, Then, with Atalanta's unclear expression, he suddenly exerted force with his feet to stop his body, and the ground plowed two gaps under the action of inertia, and stopped precisely two meters near the finish line.And Atalanta behind her passed the finish line in an instant.

"Cheers! The winner has been born! Let's congratulate... what!!!!" Seeing that Serius was about to pass the finish line, Athos had already begun to declare victory in advance, but he did not expect that at this last moment, Athos Lucy actually stopped in his tracks.The audience was also in an uproar. They never expected that things would turn out like this. Why did Seleus, who was about to win, stop at the last moment? They all looked at King Athos suspiciously.