Kratos let go of the skeletal paws that were on my chest and took a few steps back, and as soon as Kratos's soles left my chest, the mountain of pressure on my chest receded like a tidal wave, and the pain was still there, but at least I could breathe air easily.

Kratos muttered from his empty mouth, as if he was reciting some incantation, my English level was very average, naturally I couldn't understand what incantation this guy was reciting, anyway, it sounded similar to the chirping bird language in my ears, in fact, if he really spoke bird language, I could really understand it, because in the last supernatural event of incarnating as a dog, I learned the language of animals, and I can understand almost all animal languages.

Since Kratos is now just a skeleton, I can't tell whether he has a happy or sad look on his face, but I can roughly tell if he seems to be casting some kind of spell.

After more than ten seconds, Kratos stopped chanting, and as he finished chanting, I could feel the snow under me vibrating gently, and at the same time there was a "rattle" sound, which sounded extremely harsh, as if someone was holding some bone and rubbing it hard.

I suddenly felt my limbs tighten at the same time, as if my hands and feet were trapped by something, I looked at my hands and feet, and was startled, it turned out that all my limbs had a skeletal spider the size of a face disc and hugged it tightly with my feet, and I was now in the shape of four spider-shaped handcuffs.

These four skeleton spiders are all made of black bones, and these guys are all highly poisonous.

To be honest, I wouldn't have been able to escape without these four handcuffing me to the ground, and I'm still in pain all over my body, but Kratos looked pretty rough, but he was very careful, and he summoned four skeleton spiders to imprison me to the ground while I was injured.

In this situation, I obviously can't fight Kratos and can only obey him, so I'll tell him about the famous battle Battle of Hot Springs, and then I'll improvise and look for an opportunity to deal with him.

The Battle of Thermopylae was another clash between Persia and Greece 10 years after the Battle of Marathon.

After the death of Darius, king of Persia, his son Xerxes ascended to the throne. Xerxes vowed to set foot on Athens, conquer Greece, and wash away the humiliation of the defeat of the Marathon.

Xerxes prepared for the expedition for 4 years. He mobilized the forces of the entire Persian Empire, which is said to be 5 million men. According to the poet Simonitis, there were 3 million people. In the spring of 480 B.C., Xerxes personally led a land and sea army to Greece, which was fierce and invincible.

When the Persian army reached the Strait of Hellesbang (now known as the Dardanelles), Xerxes ordered his slaves and craftsmen to build a bridge at once. As soon as the bridge was repaired, a sudden strong wind blew the bridge off. The king of Persia was furious, and not only killed the builders of the bridge, but also ordered the iron ropes to be thrown into the sea, saying that the sea was to be locked. He also took up a whip and struck the sea to punish him for his sin of stopping his progress. This is, of course, a very naïve and ridiculous move. But some pretentious and arrogant emperors are often such ridiculous figures.

The bridge was eventually built. Craftsmen lined up 360 boats, connected to the shore with thick ropes, and laid wooden planks on the decks. The bridge is divided into two paths, one for people and one for mules and horses. Railings were installed on both sides of the bridge to prevent men and horses from falling into the sea. The king of Persia rode in a chariot drawn by eight white horses, protected by a garland of 10,000 "immortals" on their heads, and crossed the bridge. It took the entire Persian army seven days and seven nights to finish.

Most of the soldiers of the Persian army were forcibly recruited, including many different nationalities. The Persian army was described as follows: Persians and Medes and Medes wearing colorful gowns and scaly armor and carrying short swords and spears, Assyrians wearing steel helmets and carrying flax shields and sticks, Parthians and flower thorns using bows and axes as their main weapons, Indians wearing robes, Arabs wearing tight cloaks and a long bow on their right shoulders, Ethiopians wearing leopard or lion skins and lacquered bodies in red and white, using bows made of palm trees, Arrowheads made of flint and spears with antelope horns, Thracians with fox skins on their heads, long brightly colored cloaks, javelins and small shields in their hands, and people of the Caucasus with hats and helmets decorated with bull ears and leather shields and short spears. The Persian army was so large in personnel and so varied in weaponry that it was a great exhibition of armies and armaments.

By this time, the Greek city-states had strengthened their unity in order to repel the Persian attack. More than 30 city-states formed an anti-Persian alliance, and the Greek coalition was led by the Spartans.

In June 480 BCE, the Persian army advanced to the Demobilee Pass in northern Greece. Here near the mountains and the sea, there are two sulfur hot springs in front of the pass, so it is also called "hot spring pass". The pass was narrow enough to pass by a chariot and was the only way to get from northern Greece to the central part of Greece. As the poet Simonitis wrote in his inscription, the Greeks had only a few thousand men at their disposal here. When the Persian army approached, the king of Sparta went to Oneida and brought 300 men to the battle. Why didn't he bring more people, because the Olympic Games were going on, and according to Greek custom, there was no fighting.

The king of Persia relied on a large number of soldiers and was very arrogant. He sent a message threatening the Greek defenders, saying that the Persians were too numerous to say, and that the arrows fired by the soldiers alone would dim the sun. The Spartans replied, "That's great, we can kill in the shade!"

Two days later, soldiers sent by the king of Persia to spy on the movements of the Greeks returned and reported that the Spartans had piled their weapons aside, some were doing soft exercises, and others were combing their hair.

When the king of Persia heard this, he was really a little baffled. A Greek who surrendered explained: "That was the custom of the Spartans. Before each battle, they had to comb their hair and prepare to die in battle. The king of Persia snorted from his nostrils, he did not expect that these hundreds of Spartans would dare to confront his army of millions. He gave the order to capture alive the Spartans who were guarding the pass.

The Persians rushed up to the pass in great form, thinking that the Spartans would flee in despair. Unexpectedly, they were greeted by sharp Greek spears. Although there are many Persian generals, they are too small to be used on the long and narrow passes.

The Spartans guarding the gates showed their well-trained fighting skills, and one by one they pounced on the enemy like tigers and lions. They were condescending and used spears that were much more powerful than Persian knives. The Persians fell one by one. The king of Persia rose three times from his throne of war, frowning, shaking his beard, and roaring in rage. In the end, he ordered 10,000 Royal Guards into battle, but they still couldn't attack.