Chapter 1402: Atalanta (1/2)

”As expected, even Assassin isn't his opponent?”

On top of the building at a distance of more than one kilometer from the place where Jack fought against Haru.

The huntress dressed in beautiful green clothing was looking at the battle calmly.

”Although I didn't expect Assassin to be a child, since she stepped into the battlefield, then there was no choice, after all, this is the fate of servant.”

However, Atalanta's expression turned weird, when she saw how Haru emitted a pink hazy light which somehow made Jack the Ripper who was very hostile became very docile.

”...”

Atalanta wasn't sure what kind of technique that was, but it didn't really matter to her since she was about to shoot her arrows!

Her eyes became sharper, looking at her prey.

In Atalanta's eyes, everything was treated equally on the battlefield, whether it was women, men, beasts, monsters, or even children.

Atalanta had been living in a jungle during her childhood time.

In the jungle, it was law, survival, the weak being eaten, and the strong ruling over everything.

It was because of that, Atalanta had the same egotism and viewed life and death as a wild animal.

After all, even Atalanta was born as the daughter of King Iasus of Arcadia and she was born in and as the princess of the natural paradise, Atalanta ended up being abandoned in the forests and on the mountains immediately she was born as she was shunned by her father - who desired a son.

But she survived thanks to the divine protection from Artemis, a virgin goddess who felt pity for her. Artemis sent and made a female bear, a sacred beast of the goddess, nurture the girl by giving her milk and raising her up. In gratitude, Atalanta is a fervent follower of Artemis.

Thereafter, after being brought up by the female bear sent by Artemis, and later was discovered and adopted by hunters who treaded into the mountains, Atalanta has developed her skills conspicuously, perhaps due to her latent talent, and also became a huntress. Upon reaching adulthood, Atalanta grows into and becomes an excellent and peerless huntress, and she accomplishes many adventures.

There are three tales that Atalanta is famous for. The first tale is about how she was chosen, accompanied, and participated as a member of the Argonauts led by Jason. The second tale is about the extermination of the Calydonian Boar where Atalanta is most known for her participation in this hunt, but this resulted in giving rise to a tragedy right after this event. The third tale is about the dispute over Atalanta's marriage.

After the hunt of the Calydonian Boar, Atalanta then returned to her birthland, but her father, who never had a son, commanded her to get married.

When suitors began to rush for her hand, the troubled Atalanta decided to turn it into a footrace contest. As she had pledged a vow of virginity to the goddess, she proclaimed ”I will only marry one who can beat me in a footrace. Those who lose will be killed.” She tore through a great number of challenges.

Although Atalanta would not lose to any man in a footrace, she fell on the cowardly schemes of a man who borrowed the help of a goddess and ended up getting married half-forcibly. She lost when she was tricked into picking up irresistible golden apples thrown in front of her, and she had to break her vow. Afterward, it has been said that she was turned into a lion as a punishment, but that is unclear.

In the end, none of these tales had a particularly happy ending for her, and her distrust of men became extremely strong due to the third tale in particular as well.

Atalanta's legend was full of tragedy and she might not be as good as Achilles, however, as far as speed cornered, she who had never been beaten in a footrace definitely not inferior to Achiless's speed.

Therefore, Atalante was one of the servants with the highest speed within Holy Grail, her archery was amazing, overall, she had a very strong heroic spirit.

The bow which was held by Atalanta was a weapon that was bestowed by Artemis, the goddess of hunting, wild nature, and chastity.

Not only could the arrow which was shot from the bow be controlled, by drawing her bow to its limit she was able to perform an attack that was faster than the speed of sound that clearly exceeded an A rank strike.

In fact, drawing her bow with every ounce of strength in her body allowed her to strike the force of God.

Even Siegfried, who was known for his strong body, was pierced by Atalanta's arrow, and even it even sent him flying, head over heels and crashing into several trees

Now, Atalanta was about to pull her bow that was bestowed by the goddess to its fullness.

There were two arrows on her bow and her target wasn't Haru, but she aimed her bow toward the sky.

In the sky, there was a moon that emitted a bright moonlight.

Atalante, who had fought him in the past, knew to deal with Haru, it wasn't enough to just pull her bow to the limit.

Shirou Kotomine was also aware of this matter and he only gave Atalante one instruction.

”If you have a chance to shoot, then shoot him.”

After one shot, regardless of success or failure, Shirou Kotomine would use a Command Spell to summon her back.