[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-849":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bear School Astartes",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1620626,2087,"Chapter 849 - 832: Armor in the Divine Hall","bear-school-astartes-chapter-849",849,"\u003Cp>Holder of the Divine Artifact...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though among such roles, formidable ones are like Cassandra. But under ordinary circumstances, such adversaries aren’t much of a threat in the eyes of Lann and Cassandra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re just troublesome individuals who need a few more slashes due to the protection of the Divine Artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for those who don’t possess a Divine Artifact or cannot be recognized by one for use... how is this different from encountering a Plate Armor Knight in the Bronze Age?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the battlefield, there’s still a possibility of exchanging lives, but in ordinary battles that are open and allow for free movement, how can this be fought?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary Plate Armor Knights may be cumbersome, but the functions of these Divine Artifacts are extremely varied, and protection is just a basic ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra’s current pair of [Amazon Shin Guards] can even burst out with power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the pursuit of a Divine Artifact holder, Phoebe’s sense of crisis is now unprecedentedly swelling, causing her heart to pound intensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her vision seems to blur with the disarray of her heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This isn’t right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoebe thought to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if she’s panicking, it shouldn’t be to the extent that her vision blurs, right? The year and a half of life in Athens wasn’t for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have I caught a plague, fallen ill? Or was I poisoned just now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thoughts swirling in her mind, Phoebe could only take things step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried to find a denser crowd, drilling in, and then out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the feeling of being watched, being tailed, lingered inseparably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the person tracking her was getting closer, almost giving up concealment, starting to rudely shove aside pedestrians in their path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sounds of pedestrians’ curses, the sound of falling, have already reached Phoebe’s ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such a situation, Phoebe hurried forward without caring which path she took, only knowing she was heading in the general direction of Pericles’ Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There she would find Lann, Cassandra, and even Rong Buqiu. With them there, dealing with a few Divine Artifact holders from who knows where would surely be no problem!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, Phoebe found trouble due to her blurred vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She discovered she had inadvertently walked into a building with only two entrances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pericles Theater, another contribution Pericles left for the Athenians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thick columns made of stacked marble, the artistic wall paintings, the neatly arranged audience benches, and the theater stage upfront.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These things ordinarily appear quite artistic, reflecting Athens’ emphasis on art and cultivation of character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exit in front of Phoebe was blocked by two warriors holding sickle-blades and Shields, wearing masks of old men and helmets with black and purple alternating tassels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just as she walked in, two other similarly dressed warriors entered behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door Phoebe had entered through was right next to a pile of burning plague victims’ corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the Divine Guards even reached into the fire, pulled out two burning corpses, dragging them to block the theater’s exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of sandals clacking on the marble floor echoed, slow and heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of dragging corpses and the crackling of burning bodies reverberated more deeply through the theater’s resonating structure, with an eerie and haunting echo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Guard, barehandedly dragging the burning corpses to block the door, spoke under the mask of an old man while drawing his sickle-blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twin snake entwining pattern on his Shield reflected golden light in the fire’s glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t appear sacred, but rather eerily cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have orders: eliminate Maurice Dit, leave no one alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You really shouldn’t have gone to his house today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoebe’s throat moved up and down as she swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body subtly crouched, like a cat ready to pounce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slightly moved her left wrist, feeling the mechanism and binding firmness of her sleeve sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, perhaps because her sense of crisis had swelled to its peak, Phoebe’s once blurry vision suddenly cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, some differences appeared compared to normal vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed to have suddenly ’marked’ these Divine Guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After marking them, even if they moved behind structures, she could ’see’ their outlines and positions clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could even see their hand movements behind their raised Shields!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoebe, temporarily unsure of what was happening, wasn’t planning to sit and wait for her fate now that her vision was clear again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-----------------\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, on the other side, Lann, also guided by Rong Buqiu, brought Pericles to his cherished Parthenon Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The ship Aspasia contacted is the Adrestia, also Cassandra’s.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann, guiding the frail elder, arrived at the highest point of the Acropolis of Athens. From this cliff, one could overlook the entirety of Athens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Parthenon Temple was built here, both to allow everyone in the city to see this miraculous structure and to emphasize Athena’s exalted status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grand and magnificent temple wasn’t entirely pure marble; during its construction, famous artists from Athens gathered here to contribute their skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the temple walls, artists painted murals depicting Athena’s mythological stories and tales of Athens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the temple, there stood Phidias’s sculpture of the bronze Athena Statue, which he carved himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The design was identical to the immense statue in the city, yet even scaled down, it was over ten meters tall and exhibited even more intricate craftsmanship in its details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in this plague-ridden period, Athenians continued to scatter petals inside the temple, placing offerings in bronze jars and bottles at the feet of the Athena Statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The incense smoke curled into lines, swirling around the statue. It appeared even more ethereal, almost imbued with divinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann led Pericles inside, his ears twitching slightly, hearing several breaths near the side door of the main hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t think much of it, considering that even during a plague, there would always be priests in the temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, during difficult times, priests were certainly present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann supported Pericles to the Athena Statue, then stepped aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While he didn’t believe in gods, he wouldn’t interrupt others’ worship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as soon as Pericles knelt devoutly before the Athena Statue, interlocking his fingers, Lann’s brow furrowed sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes shifted to the temple’s side door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The breathing sounds there were approaching, sandaled footsteps tapping crisply on the marble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem was... those sounds were accompanied by the clinking of armor pieces!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Priests wouldn’t wear armor in a temple!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pericles, stand up for a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann’s left hand rested on the hilt of his blade at his waist, eyes fixed on the side door, and his footsteps moved toward the Athenian Governor kneeling on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>",1104,"2026-06-06T10:40:27.274Z",1,"novelbin.me","321d1cefdd81e8265d59605941561607c94fec623fd46575ec1d0c8ad6845186","bear-school-astartes-chapter-898","bear-school-astartes-chapter-897",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]