Chapter 12: Trickery
Monster Chronicles: The three Gryer sisters live in the Dark Realm: Pefredo (meaning "poison", Eñio (meaning "Violence", and Denok, meaning "Terror".
The three Gryère sisters are the sisters of Gorgong, and although they possess mysterious and powerful powers, they cannot reverse the curse imposed on them by the gods.
The gods deprived the three Gree sisters of their light and appetite, leaving them with one eye and one tooth in turn.
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For Kohler's ridicule, Wang Kui's face remained unchanged, and when the other party walked in front of him, he suddenly made a move, a pair of iron hands capable of tearing the beast from top to bottom, one hand reached for the opponent's neck, and the other hand grabbed the cloth bag.
Seeing that this Spartan actually dared to meddle in his way, Kohler couldn't help but raise a contemptuous sneer at the corner of his mouth, and the hand hidden in his sleeve tightly grasped a strange dagger in the shape of teeth, and his body passed through countless spatial gaps in an instant, and appeared ten miles away in the blink of an eye.
When the target within reach suddenly disappeared in front of him, Wang Kui was also shocked, he turned around suddenly, and then saw the other party's figure strangely appear out of thin air from behind him.
After seeing the figure of the other party, Wang Kui immediately reacted, and the toe of his right foot slammed down towards the gravel ground, only to hear a crisp sound, and countless sand and dust and smoke flew out in the direction of the thief.
Khloe was like having eyes behind his back, and he didn't see any superfluous movements at all, and the whole person threw himself straight forward, his body twisted into a strange shape in mid-air, piercing through the gaps in the stone particles that flew from the sky, and when the dust pounced, it was unscathed.
After dodging the sudden blow, Kohler did not hesitate, grabbed the cloth bag with one hand, and then quickly activated the dagger in his sleeve, and the whole person disappeared in place again, and then appeared ten minutes away.
This time, Wang Kui finally saw the other party's weirdness clearly, it was a power that could not be described in words, and his body instantly turned into a translucent illusion, and then disappeared as if he had merged into the space.
Although it is not clear how the other party did it, Wang Kui has already guessed that this should be a means similar to teleportation, entering the gap in space for a short time, and then appearing from the other end of space.
After peeking through the other party's tricks, Wang Kui no longer hesitated, clenched the stones in his hands that he didn't know when they appeared, and threw them towards a certain position in front of him, and the stones thrown out after his huge blessing made a whistling sound of breaking the air in the air.
There was only a muffled pop, and then there was a sonorous crash like fried beans, and countless precious objects with a shimmering green and golden luster appeared out of thin air.
"Damn the Spartans!"
A curse sounded in the void, and then Kohler's embarrassed figure appeared, the cloth bag in his hand was torn and a large hole was broken, and all the stolen goods in it had been scattered on the ground.
Wang Kui's face remained unchanged as he drew his weapon, and the tip of his sword pointed firmly at the thief's heart.
Seeing the bronze longsword in the opponent's hand, Kohler's face turned an ugly iron blue, and the hand holding the dagger kept repeating the action of pinching and relaxing.
At this moment, Wang Kui suddenly spoke: "You opened the stone lock on the priest's door." ”
Although he didn't understand the meaning of the other party's words, Khloe still replied proudly: "That's right, there is no lock in front of the escaped Kohler, even the royal palace master of Corinth is free to enter." ”
Although Wang Kui had never heard of the name of Kohler the Escapee, from the other party's lock-picking technology that could open the stone lock without damage, as well as the strange teleportation ability, I am afraid that even the palace would really be difficult to cause any obstacles to him.
Just as Wang Kui was about to say something, a strange commotion suddenly sounded in the village behind him, and he could vaguely hear that there seemed to be a lot of people running around.
After hearing the movement, Kohler immediately understood that the East Window incident had occurred and that the fact that he had stolen had been discovered.
Without time to hesitate, Kohler stared at Wang Kui fiercely, as if he wanted to imprint the appearance of this Spartan who had ruined his good deeds firmly in his mind, and then his body suddenly disappeared again, and after three flashes in a row, he completely disappeared on the horizon.
Wang Kui did not stop Kohler's departure, and did not start to act until the other party completely disappeared.
He quickly loaded the gold and bronze scattered on the ground into the fur bag, and by the time the movement in the village came here, he had already disappeared from the scene, leaving only a few bits and pieces that had not had time to be cleaned up.
After burying the bag full of stolen goods outside the village and marking it, Wang Kui re-entered the village, and by this time the village was already in chaos, the priests had been stolen, and all the villagers were mobilized to look for the thieves, but no matter how much they searched, they could not find any clues.
Although Wang Kui appeared in the village as a stranger, no one put the target of their suspicion on him.
Wang Kui knew through the vague conversations among the villagers that the identity of the thief was not a secret at all, and the name of the escaped Kohler had completely appeared in the mouths of the villagers.
By this time, the temporary camp of the Spartans outside the village had been basically completed, and they simply collected wood to build a fence for warning, and planted traps around it to deal with wild beasts.
While directing the construction of the camp, Accra spoke to the surrounding Spartans, "Higher ground will give us a wider view, and even if a wild beast is attacking, it will be easier to spot. ”
It can be seen that the hands-on work is mostly young Spartans, who, under the guidance of other experienced elders, quickly learned how to set up camps, and it is foreseeable that when the patrol is over, these Spartans will be able to become the real pillars of the tribe.
Ever since the Battle of the Griffons of Ashenvale, Lyktans has been unusually silent, not saying a word along the way, and listening intently as Accra explains the human species he has encountered.
At this time, Wang Kui, who had exchanged enough food for farming, also happened to return, and as soon as he entered the temporary camp, he happened to hear Lyktans's questioning.
Lyktans: "We have come here with weapons on our hunt, and even hares have become our prey, are there beasts nearby that can threaten the mighty Sparta?"
Accra gave Lyktans a meaningful look, then turned his head to look at the nearby village, and said in a deep tone, "Sometimes, wild beasts often lurk around us. ”
Although everyone knew that it was impossible to catch Kohler the escapee, the unrest in the village continued until dark.
The priest, who was the victim of the theft, did not know that the money he had scavenged had been evenly distributed among the homes of various villagers by a "righteous and courageous" Spartan.
After crossing the border of Argos and Tirins, the Spartans were in the middle of the Peloponnese, and they had to change direction and head northeast to hunt, from which point they would begin to penetrate deep into the interior of the continent.
In a world of less developed maritime trade, the inland world was far more prosperous than the coastal regions, and even the barren deserts saw an endless stream of traveling merchants, who transported dry goods and spices from Tirins or Argos inland and exchanged them for ornate cloth and refined clay pottery.
Sparta was built on high mountains, with Argos hugging the Ionian Sea, while landlocked countries were built on plains, and the fertile soil gave birth to more abundant food.
On the plains of Mesodas, Wang Kui witnessed the true faces of the gods for the first time.
It was a flaming chariot with a 466-caliper-tall giant tugging on it, dragging the reins in one hand and an equally gigantic bow and arrow in the other, and a soul-shattering cry from his mouth.
Under the wrapping of the flames, he couldn't see the face of the giant god clearly, and he couldn't even see the clothes on his body.
Most of the people couldn't help but prostrate themselves on the ground when they saw this god of boundless power parade past, shouting the name of the sun god Apollo. In the midst of the praise and prayers of the crowd, the flaming figure let out an even more majestic roar, hovering the sky several times before disappearing above the billowing white clouds.
Later, Wang Kui learned that the gods could hear the prayers of mortals anytime and anywhere, and descend to the mortal world in an instant according to their wishes. And the greater the willingness of mortals to pray, the more they can attract the attention of the gods.
The most common means used by those in power was sacrifice, and for the gentle gods, they often used rich food or virgins and handsome men. In this world, even the gods covet the human body. The most famous hero, the half-length Persius, was born to Zeus during a tryst with Danae, the daughter of King Akrisios of Argos, in the form of a golden rain at night.
Even the king of the gods used this method to covet the beauty of mankind, let alone other gods. However, this method is extremely inefficient, and it is difficult to attract the attention of powerful gods unless a large amount of wealth is contributed.
Another way to easily resonate with the gods and summon powerful gods is to offer living sacrifices, using the blood and souls of humans or special monsters.
Legend has it that Agamemnon, the great king of Mycenae, slaughtered 10,000 slaves and a cyclops to offer sacrifices to Hades, the lord of hell who controlled death, in order to prolong his decaying life.
It is said that the tower, which was made entirely of heads, is still piled on top of the land of Mycenae.
Looking in the direction where the sun god Apollo appeared, it was the location of Mount Olympus, the territory of the gods, but no matter how Wang Kui looked, he couldn't find the slightest clue of the great deep mountain Olympus.