Chapter 496: Kraken
Mount Etna
The mountain is very high, and there is a lot of snow at the top, but there is billowing smoke at the top, and there is a dull sound from time to time, which is the sound of gas spewing out.
But the soil below the mountain is very fertile, full of all kinds of plants, and full of all kinds of monsters.
In a certain mountain forest, a bird-like banshee flapped its wings and landed on a large tree, and below, a wild beast that fled in a hurry was panicking, and the banshee observed the beast's escape route, and a leap soared, killing the panicked beast.
The harbish was culling the beast and whispered in a strange language, "Typhon, our mutual father, what have you summoned me for?"
According to the genealogy, Typhon was the youngest son of Gaia, the goddess of the earth, and Tartarus, the god of the abysses of hell, and was suppressed on Mount Etna for challenging Zeus.
As he spoke, the beast was torn apart by the claws of the banshee, and blood was sprinkled all over the body.
A shadow flickered in the blood, and upon closer examination, it was found to be a giant, with a hundred snake heads, covered in feathers, and a pair of giant wings.
The giant shadow in the blood made a voice: "I felt a treasure of fate ten days ago, its power is not great, but the hidden seed is very important to me. ”
The giant shadow kept changing its form in the blood, and continued to whisper: "The location is near Thenetos in the Aegean Sea, you go and find your brothers and sisters, my many children, you must unite, I will force this treasure out, as long as I obtain this, I can truly fight against the gods." ”
"Yes, our mutual father, I will complete my mission and bring this treasure back to you. The banshee whispered.
"Go, don't stay, or the gods will find you. ”
After saying that, the shadow in the blood suddenly disappeared without a trace, as if everything was just an illusion just now.
The banshee ate on the carcass of the beast, and soon finished eating, and without stopping at all, it flicked its wings, and in a moment it flew up to the treetops, discerning the lower direction, and flew towards the island of Tenedos in the Aegean Sea.
The woods were calm again, and if it weren't for the fact that there were still many blood stains where the banshee was standing, it was as if nothing had ever happened.
Troy City
On the seventh day of Paris's reign as prince, he married Onogne, the daughter of the river god, and the king generously gave the whole city food, of course, not everyone is eligible to take it, it must be a citizen.
The inhabitants of the city-state can be divided into three types - citizens, freemen, and slaves.
Citizens have political power, it is said that Sparta has a population of 250,000, but only 9,000 citizens, and citizens are actually the main backbone of the army.
At this time, the citizens enjoyed the celebratory bread and singing, singing and cheering loudly in the streets, and in the mansion of Paris, the wedding feast was already taking place, and many great people were present, among whom were King Priam and Queen Hecab, and the princes were also present to congratulate them, the relatives of some of the elders of Troy, and even some envoys from the nearby city-states.
The smell of barbecued meat wafted through the hall, servants served fine wine, distributed bread in baskets, and troubadours sang to the guests.
The king and queen were old and soon left, while the siblings stayed.
Although King Priam claimed to have fifty sons, he had fifteen brothers and sisters—Essacus, Hector, Deiphobos, Kassandra, Helenos, Troyros, Polydoros, Clomios, Urkenmon, Lycaon, Parmon, and Polyxena.
The illegitimate children were Temokoon and Gorgitsion.
They were all drunk, it was getting dark, the maid was lighting the oil lamp, and sent the guests away one by one, and Pei Ziyun finished sending the guests and personally gave a special guest, that is, Onone's father, the river god, a full glass of wine: "Thank you for coming." ”
The river god finished drinking: "My son-in-law, as long as you treat my daughter well, I will give you protection, and if you encounter any problems, you can escape to Mount Date through the river when it is critical." ”
"Thank you for your kindness, I will definitely take good care of Onone and make her the happiest woman in the world. Pei Ziyun said, sending it out.
"That's good, you don't have to send it, go back. With that, the river god vanished.
Pei Ziyun returned to the mansion and fell into deep thought: "In the past, I couldn't understand the gods, but I understood the river gods, and it was about the same as my strength in the Daxu world before I became a Dao King." ”
"According to this estimate, achieving the Dao Monarch is equal to the true god of this world?"
"Still, the gap between the gods was huge, and the same river gods, Peneus, Scamander, and Achelous, all surpassed Kebren. ”
"There are also twelve main gods above, and the strength of Zeus is even more unimaginable. Pei Ziyun thought secretly.
It's just that Pei Ziyun has to explore these divine knowledge.
In the courtyard, the bride Onone wears an iron ring, which looks inconspicuous with a black carved pattern, but in fact it has a seal on it, which represents the unswerving affection and the wife's disposition of her husband's property—the bride wears this ring, and she can freely dispose of the family's possessions.
At this time, she was directing the servants to clean up the banquet, not shy, this is the custom is different, these servants are all sent by the king to Pei Ziyun, and they can be used quite well, but they can only handle daily life, if there are some slightly bigger things that need to be busy, these servants are useless.
Last time, Pei Ziyun asked the troubadour Gesne to collect slaves, Gesne had sent a batch, this batch of slaves looked pretty good on the whole, they were practicing martial arts in a special area of the garden, at a glance, their skin was covered with sweat, this was Pei Ziyun's special order, these slaves need to practice well, not only to make the fighting to a higher level, the most important thing is to let them know how to cooperate, obey, if the conditions are right, Pei Ziyun even plans to practice the battle formation.
The army of this world is actually not bad, in the future, the Roman battle array is famous all over the world, and now it also has a prototype, but because the individual combat effectiveness is too high, the role of the battle array is not very large, and the hero can fight on the battlefield with personal bravery.
Pei Ziyun planned to have preliminary cooperation and obedience in this group of slaves, so he carried out a simple battle formation technique, without asking them to understand, as long as they could use it.
Pei Ziyun was very satisfied with the hard training of these slaves in the garden, and the staff of the mansion gradually became fuller, and it was not as deserted as when he first arrived.
As soon as he sat down to rest, he saw Gesnie hurrying in and whispered: "Prince Paris, just now there is news that the fleet passing nearby has encountered a sea monster at sea and suffered heavy losses. ”
"There is a kraken on the sea?" Pei Ziyun was surprised, but after thinking about it in a blink of an eye, it was not surprising, the gods of this world had bred a large number of monsters, and it was not surprising that there were sea monsters.
"Yes, in the vicinity of the island of Tenedos, several ships were sunk by the Kraken, which had a great impact on the navigation and on our business. Gesne said.
Originally, Prince Paris had planned to sail to sea, and it would be a bit exaggerated to make money in the business at sea, but it was really a lot of money.
Prince Paris has no time to take care of these trivial matters, so it is likely that he will arrange for Gesne to take care of it, and this future business will have his own interest.
"Is it Sairen or some other monster?" Pei Ziyun asked in thought, the Kraken is a big category, in fact, as long as the monsters are active in the ocean, they can be called like this.
"What kind of monster is it, has any prince answered the call to cut it off?"
"Yes, Prince Paris, there is already a prince who has gone to destroy the Kraken. Gessne replied.
"Did Hector go?" Pei Ziyun asked.
"Not yet, Prince Paris, are we going to answer the call to go out to sea to destroy the Kraken?" asked Gessne.
Pei Ziyun didn't speak first, looking at the charcoal fire and pondering.
Among the princes, Essacus is the son of his ex-wife, a prophet and a master of dream interpretation.
Hector, the son of Priam and Hecab, was the bravest, most powerful, and arguably one of the original protagonists of the Battle of Troy.
Deipbos is the one who held a contest and tried to stab Paris to death.
Kassandra is a princess with prophetic powers.
Helenos, proficient in divination, was a prophet.
Troy Ross: A young man of good blood
Polyidolos: The youngest son of the king, who is said to have led a ship in a water battle, the king sent him to the king of Thrace, but was betrayed.
Neither the illegitimate sons Temokoon nor Gorgitson did much.
Clomius, Ekemmon, Lycaon, and Parmon were all commonplace, and the youngest daughter, Polyxena, became a sacrifice.
"So, in fact, among the princes, apart from Hector, only Deiphobos and Troy Ross are still able to fight, and as for Polydoros, although he is said to be able to fight in the future, he is still a child.
Thinking of this, Pei Ziyun smiled faintly: "No, let's not care about it for now, when my brother Hector is about to go out, I will go to my father again, I believe that when the time comes, my father will definitely agree to me to go to sea." ”
"What do you mean?"
"I don't mean anything, it's just that Ifubos and Troy Ross definitely want to fight, and if I go with them, it will be too ugly. ”
"If Ifubos and Troylos can solve it, everyone will be relieved, and if they can't, my brother Hector will have to do it. ”
"But my brother Hector is the core heir of the entire city-state, how can he be easily dispatched, then it will be time for me to share my father's worries and brother's worries. Pei Ziyun said, in fact, if you are the first to strike, not only Ifubos and Troy Ross will hate it, but others will also have ideas.
But if Ifubos and Troy Rose fail, they will not only be justified, but they will also be doubled in prestige - against the backdrop of the defeat of the two princes!
Seeing Gesne thoughtfully, and seeing that the hall was about to be cleaned up, Pei Ziyun waved his hand: "You go back, I still have to accompany my bride Onone!"