Following the gunfire, the bodies of the banshees exploded, and their screams echoed throughout the tunnel.
This group of Gorgons, whose characteristics were consistent with Medusa, were attacked by dark and holy angels before they came into contact with the two Primarchs they were extremely interested in.
The nearby stone statues were also tragically implicated, with rubble mixed with turbid blood, and broken limbs and arms flying around.
Less than ten seconds.
The eight Astartes standing in a row removed their index fingers from the trigger, and the muzzle of the bolter stopped spitting out tongues of fire and made a "buzz~buzz~..." sound.
There was a mess in front of them.
The incomplete body of the banshee began to melt rapidly, eventually turning into a pool of smelly black water.
"Click! Click!"
Seeing that the threat had been removed, the Astartes replaced their ammunition one by one and continued to guard the front.
The two primarchs standing behind the Astartes did not even pick up their respective weapons. They seemed to feel that a battle of this level did not require the two brothers to take action.
As for Artemis, who stood at the very back, she finally witnessed the battle of the Astartes at close range.
Efficient, deadly, and without hesitation.
In every aspect, it is stronger than the army of servants of God in Olympus.
After all, the looks of those Gorgons are extremely tempting to men, and even most male gods.
However, the Astartes have no sympathy for the beauty...
But soon, Artemis stopped thinking about the above and used headphones to talk to Sui Bian:
"Sui...Mr. Sui, these banshees are different from the Medusas I am familiar with, and I also feel a familiar ugliness from them, like demons."
"I understand." Sui Bian's voice came from the headset: "Please continue moving forward."
Hearing this, Artemis said nothing and continued walking towards the end of the tunnel with the two primarchs and the Astartes.
While moving forward, it couldn't help but think, why are there so many "Medusas"?
What happened to Hephaestus?
While thinking, it walked out of the tunnel with everyone and came to an extremely spacious underground square.
Artemis looked around and found that this place was very different from the residence of Hephaestus that she was familiar with.
There are more male stone statues here, including many servants of the gods wearing ancient Greek heavy armor and up to three meters tall.
Of course, there are more Gorgons here.
Looking towards the end of the square ahead, I saw the tunnel that continued to the next space and the "real Medusa".
Artemis has seen Medusa before she became a banshee and after she became a banshee.
And the face of the Gorgon, which is huge and can reach a height of twenty meters, can still see the shadow of Medusa.
But the fair skin on Medusa's upper body also appears lavender, the snake's body has dark purple scales, and its eyes glow with purple light.
In particular, Medusa also exudes a demonic aura that makes Artemis extremely disgusted.
Medusa also noticed the people walking into the square, raised her hand and shouted "Hiss!!!", as if ordering the group of little Gorgons to attack.
"Hiss~his~!"
The Gorgons responded one after another, twisting their bodies and attacking everyone with their fangs and claws.
But...
The result remained the same, they couldn't break through the bolter barrage at all.
In front of the eight Astartes, a "vacuum zone" appeared. The floor tiles were clean, but a little further ahead was covered with the smelly black water produced after the death of the banshees.
While the Ashtars were tilting their bombs wildly, their original body was not idle either.
Leon held the Cassius gun temporarily lent to him by Sui Bian and threw it hard at Medusa's upper body.
Sanguinius took off the hunting bow hanging from his waist, aimed at Medusa's head, and made the motion of drawing the bow and shooting an arrow.
The moment he pulled the bow and bowstring into the shape of a full moon, the hunting bow absorbed Sanguinius's spiritual energy and instantly generated an incorporeal spiritual arrow that emitted golden light.
"Rou~——!"
"Wha~——!"
The double-edged gun and arrows are fired simultaneously.
The speed is so fast that Medusa cannot escape in time.
"mην (no)————!"
Medusa, whose chest and head were penetrated, let out a deafening scream and raised her hands to cover the two wounds, trying to prevent the purple light in her body from leaking out.
But this is all in vain.
With a sound of "Boom——!", Medusa's body exploded, and the purple light bursting out of her body quickly dissipated.
The remains and bones of the body turned into black water, seemingly completely dead and disappearing in a fundamental sense.
As for the "temporary loan" mentioned before, in fact, it was not that Sui Bian did not want to give Leon the Cassius gun, but that Leon himself preferred epee weapons.
So Leon is considered the keeper of Cassius's gun.
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At the same time.
The bridge of the Griffin.
Standing at the front of the bridge, Sui Bian was looking down from behind the giant porthole.
The crew members sat behind the control consoles on both sides of the bridge, assisting the "two captains" in handling various trivial matters and stabilizing the current status of the Griffin.
As for the "two captains", they are the two artificial intelligences standing behind Sui Bian.
The current Griffin, with its optical camouflage turned on, is located thousands of meters above the island of Thera.
And just now, after Sui Bian's two "sons" severely damaged Medusa's body, the system reminded him:
[It has been detected that Medusa has been corrupted by another space and has degenerated into a low-level demon. Her physical body is in a weak state. Should I spend 200 points for spiritual plunder? 】
Faced with this kind of inquiry, Sui Bian naturally chose to plunder without any hesitation.
He just completed the plunder calmly, overlooking the island of Thera below, but he was thinking about the "corruption" and "degeneration" mentioned by the system.
Based on the Red Queen's verbal description, the first thing Sui Bian thought of the appearance of the group of Gorgons and Medusa was that of the four vendors, the evil god who liked to take advantage of the indulgence of living creatures and pursue ultimate perfection to achieve corruption.
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But the time when the evil god was born should be ten thousand years later, which is quite different from what he is familiar with.
But he didn't have too much entanglement. After all, time doesn't mean much in a different space.
He was thinking about the possibility of Hephaestus' depravity and corruption.
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At this moment.
Located in the underground square inside the Santorini volcano, the Dark Angels and Blood Angels have wiped out all the Gorgons.
Immediately afterwards, Artemis and the two teams moved forward together, crossing a messy square, then passing through the tunnel guarded by Medusa, and finally arrived at the space at the other end.
The people standing at the exit of the tunnel looked around and saw moat-like lava surrounding this giant palace with extremely exaggerated architectural style.
Inside the palace.
A large number of purple-skinned humanoid demons whose gender cannot be distinguished are performing extreme behaviors that cannot be described in words to satisfy their desires that can never be satisfied.