"Chapter 42: The Tragic Song of the Dead"

Maifiduciaefortealleanza (An alliance that must never be trusted with the strong)

- Feterus (Roman allegorist)

When Oscar had just crossed, Luquis had an all-night conversation with Oscar; That night, Lucquis told Oscar everything he knew about the Augustusian family. and handed Oscar a token of the head of the family that Oscar's father gave him before he died in battle; On the obverse of the token is an eagle engraved with the word Augustus; On the back is a wolf, engraved with the words "leader first".

On the night he got the head of the family token, a man in black wearing black soft armor came to Oscar's room; He is Hades, the leader of the Dead of Sorrow! Yes, it has the same name as Hades, the god of the underworld in Greek mythology; Moreover, the eleven leaders of the Tragic Dead are all Greek gods, and the names of the people do not change. Hades is the Emperor of the Underworld in Greek mythology, who rules over death; Hades was a well-organized man of the underworld, cold, sensible, disciplined, and fond of darkness, but impartial.

The Greek mythological view of death does not have heaven and hell with the judgment of good and evil, but believes that the underworld is the only place for all the dead, so the mythological image of Hades is cold, but it does not have the color of the evil god in most religious myths. The Hades of Greek mythology, whom Homer called "majestic" in appearance, is also a typical Olympusian man, but Hades has an aura of death that cannot be driven away.

As the god of the underworld, he usually sits in a chariot drawn by four black horses, wielding a two-pronged halberd, and he will remove any obstacle that comes in front of him. If he goes into the Yang Realm, he must lead the soul of the victim to Hades, or check if there is any sunlight shining through the cracks in the earth into the Yellow Spring. This is the meaning of the leader of the Dead in the Tragedy: to come to earth and take away the souls of his enemies for the House of Augustus.

Founded by the first family leader of the House of Augustus, the Tragic Dead was initially a fighting force composed of elites selected from the family's private soldiers; Mainly responsible for assault operations in the family wars. Gradually, with the vigorous development of future generations of family leaders, the tragic dead man gradually evolved into a special family organization integrating combat and espionage.

Later, as the opportunities for battle became less and less, the family's sphere of influence expanded step by step; The most primitive combat function of the tragic dead has been slowly weakened. The main functions of the new Tragic Dead Organization are to protect the family leaders and family heirs, spy on hostile forces, and monitor the middle and senior leaders within the family. Now, the Tragic Dead is no longer just the simple fighting force of the past, but has become the sharpest sword in the hands of the leader of the House of Augustus.

Speaking of which, some people must have questioned why the tragic dead of the House of Augustus never betrayed the House of Augustus? Why do they willingly give up their right to live in the sun and become the dark force of the leader? Are all the tragic dead diehards of the House of Augustus? Are all people desireless?

There is only one answer to all these questions, how do you think Oscar's brainwashing plan came about? Would Oscar have known so much about brainwashing as an ordinary college student before? The real reason is that the whole brainwashing program is actually a training syllabus for tragic dead soldiers! When Oscar learned about this fact, he was also dumbfounded.

Why would a family in the Roman world have such an advanced brainwashing theory? This is not scientific! The only explanation is that the Augustan family once had a leader who was definitely not of this world; He came from another world just like himself, and maybe even from Earth! Otherwise, there is really no way to explain these doubts.

In fact, there are many loopholes in these things themselves; A lot of things always made Oscar feel wrong. However, what comes is safe. Oscar doesn't want to think about it so much anymore, he lives his life in peace and does his own things well; Don't think about the rest. The ship will naturally go straight to the bridgehead, and the unknown will be left to the future; Time will unravel all the mysteries.

After that, Oscar and Hades exchanged for a whole night; Little by little, the entire huge organization of the Tragic Dead began to appear in front of Oscar. The supreme leader of the Dead is Hades, who is divided into ten departments; They are: the Coordination Department, the War Department, the Intelligence Department, the Supervision Department, the Security Department, the Equipment Department, the R&D Department, the Medical Department, the Commercial Department, the Engineering Department, and the Animal Husbandry Department (all modern names make Oscar more sure that there were once people in this world who were traversers).

Coordinating Department, Head of Athena; The function is to command the staff of the headquarters and conscientiously carry out the orders of the leaders of the Augustan family; Actively do a good job in the action planning and formulation of plans for the tragic dead, and put forward opinions on various affairs in a timely manner, so as to provide a basis for the leader's decision-making. Warhead, head of Ares; The function is to lead the fighting units of the Dead in the Tragedy, to help the Augustus family in their wars or to carry out assassination operations.

Ministry of Intelligence, head of Apollo; The function is to lead all the foreign spies in the Dead of Sorrow, and spy on any potential enemies of the Augustus family, so that the family leader can propose a targeted strategy against the enemy. Ministry of Supervision, head Zeus; The function was to secretly supervise the family members and various major generals within the House of Augustus, in order to prevent rebellion among the family members and within the family; The Ministry of Oversight itself is also monitoring the Dead of Sorrow.

Ministry of Security, head Artemis; The function is to lead the most elite Mournful Dead Guards, protect the safety of the family leaders and heirs, and prevent any accidents that may arise around the leader. the Department of Armament, headed Hephaestus; The function is to create weapons and equipment and other equipment for all the Sorrowful Dead, and the Gladius of the Armor of the Augustan family leader is carefully crafted by the Equipment Department.

Medical Department, Head of Aphrodite; The function is to provide medical assistance to all members of the Dead of Sorrow. Department of Commerce, Head of Hera; The function is to earn all the money needed for the Dead Lady through the business model. In order to keep the existence of the Tragic Dead from everyone's eyes and ears, no one except the leader of the family knows about the existence of the Tragic Dead; Therefore, all the funds of the tragic dead are obtained by themselves.

Engineering Department, Head of Demeter; The function is to build all the large equipment needed for the Dead of Sorrow, as well as to build a camp and so on. Department of Pastoral Affairs, Head Hermes; Its function is to raise war horses for the tragic dead soldiers. The entire Tragic Dead Warrior system itself has all the departments it needs to survive, plus all its members are absolute diehards of the brainwashed leaders of the Augustan family; The Tragic Dead became the most secret and sharpest weapon in the hands of the leader.

Moreover, the members of the Tragic Dead have not only received a brainwashing education that lasts for at least a decade or more; He also underwent the most brutal training while being brainwashed. The preparatory members of the Tragic Song of the Dead get up at 5 o'clock every morning and start carrying 30 pounds of heavy objects for 5,000 meters of cross-country running training; After breakfast at 7 o'clock, in the morning, 300 push-ups, 100 pull-ups, 20 pounds of barbell and 300 lifts were routinely trained, as well as equestrian training on a war horse.

After lunch at 12 o'clock, from 13 o'clock to the sun training, two hours a day without moving under the scorching sun; From 16 o'clock, an hour of training in the use of weapons and equipment and simulated battles will begin. After dinner at 6 p.m., the 5,000-meter run with weights continued; In the evening, all the members gathered together to receive brainwashing education. And so on and so forth, day after day.

In addition, special training sessions are organized every five days. The special training content is to swim up to 5,000 meters in a deep river with clothes and weapons; There is also a fully armed actual combat confrontation with all the members, and the casualties are not counted! In this way, after ten years of extreme training, these reserve members will officially become real tragic dead soldiers.

Every year, the tragic dead of the House of Augustus search for homeless orphans around the world and send them to the training base for reserve members; However, out of every 100 reserve members, at least 10 or so will die in the middle of the training. The reason why the mortality rate is so low under such brutal training is that the above-mentioned training is officially started a year after the reserve members enter the base; This is preceded by a cyclical progressive training.

In short, the whole system of tragic dead men is the most loyal force in the hands of the leaders of the House of Augustus; In order to protect this power from being detected by anyone, the successive leaders of the Augustan family did not even tell their own sons, and only the heirs of the family who received the token of the head of the family were personally informed of the existence of the Tragic Dead by the leader of the Tragic Dead.

Oscar also inquired about the token about Hades, if Luquis was plotting to leave the token privately; What will happen to you? The answer was that anyone except the family leader and the family heir who left the family token without permission would be immediately and secretly executed by the Tragic Dead; Although Luquis will not be executed immediately if he is ordered by the head of the family, he will still be secretly executed if he does not hand over the token after the new head of the family succeeds to the throne.

The Tragic Dead is the exclusive power of every Augustan family leader, and the loyalty of the Tragic Dead to the leader is unquestionable; However, the Tragic Dead will not be swayed by a small token. The token is only a symbol, if someone other than the leader gets the token; Then, this token will only become a talisman for the token holder. This is the real tragedy.

It is precisely because of the existence of the tragic dead that Oscar has obtained enough information; in order to be able to successfully set out in the strange storm of the city of Rome. After that, the family token was thrown by Oscar into the secret compartment of the family master's study; Because the token is not the most important weapon of the head of the family, the tragic dead are.

In fact, what Oscar values most in the entire tragic dead man system is not the sad dead man itself; It's the brainwashing method of the tragic dead man! In Oscar's heart, the brainwashing method of the tragic dead man was extracted and made into a new brainwashing plan; The first step is to brainwash the executors of the New Deal and establish a new Jinyi Guardian organization that is loyal to itself. The second step is to brainwash the entire military system with a simplified version of brainwashing. The third step is to push a simplified version of the brainwashing method to the forefront; Implemented throughout the family of Augustus. This is the real brainwashing plan!