Chapter 9: The King's Golden Apple

As a pair of horses march north, through the Blackwater River Valley, the climate is cool and dry, and the bright skies are wide and deep.

After the rivers were diverted to irrigate the plains, the farmland was revitalized. The peasants, whose calves were covered with mud, silently watched Hera's pass, flags fluttering and trumpets roaring.

Hera, Hera's sister and her only relative, she was five or six years older than Herth, she had joined the army for a long time, and was ordered to fight at sea all year round, so she rarely returned home, and Hera's mother also died after her father's death, and the time of her death was when Hera assassinated Nemia.

After Hera woke up from a serious injury, Shi Min did not immediately tell Hera about his mother, because he was afraid that she would be too sad and affect the injury, so when Hera was unconscious, he released a carrier pigeon to the eldest disciple, that is, Hess, and explained the reason, and Heth returned.

Hera also reported to King Perides about Hera's killing of Nemea, and the king was glad to hear the news, but when he heard that the hero was in a predicament, the king was a little sorry, and for this he took out his family heirloom, the golden apple of Eden.

Legend has it that this golden apple is a gift from the gods to the family of Perides, it has the effect of renewing people's lives and healing, but to use this effect, you must eat it, this treasure is only one, and it is gone after eating, for this reason, the king gave Hera three tasks:

1. Capture alive the leader of the northern tribes, Elemantos.

2. Bring back the giant McKenny Kui Bao.

3. Kill the king of the opposing country, that is, Nemea's superior, Nessos.

Hess hesitated again, you must know that Nessos is not a worry-free thing, how many of his men have died tragically under his men in the perennial battle, and the three generals under him are the general of the northern country with the city of frost giants, the city of the "three-headed dog of hell" Beros, and the marksman Apollo who shot through Hera's knee before.

Erymanthos was the fiercest of the men, and Heth had seen her companion of the same rank as her being doppelged alive by his tomahawk, and the thought of this made her angry.

Seeing that Hess was hesitant, Perrides promised that they would encounter many enemies in their way during this northern battle, and that in the process, all the captured would belong to them.

This condition impressed Heth, because Hippolyta's belt was also in it, and this attracted her, although she did not know what it was for.

Hess agreed, took the golden apple, turned and rode home.

Hess thinks about how to convince her sister Hera along the way, Hera has a stubborn temper and goes alone, and Alice on the side also knows that it is her character that has made her legs what she is today.

But Hess did not expect that Hera would be able to heal her leg as soon as she heard it, so she agreed without saying a word, and she ate the apple, which was golden, but it tasted like an ordinary apple.

After eating, Hera's leg was miraculously healed, she walked normally, but there was a point, the pain continued at night, but it was fine again during the day, and of course it only lasted a few days.

By the time Hera set out on her journey, the pain was gone, though it still had some residual pain.

"Hera!" Promi greeted her, "Glad you joined us,"

"Nothing." Hera no longer has hatred in her heart at this moment, and that energy has been discharged.

"Your father is so proud of you," Promi said, swinging his head forward, "General Hess called you. ”

"Okay," Hera pinched her horse's belly lightly and stepped forward to follow Heth, who did not call the old lady, but bowed her head to her, "General." ”

"We have reached the territory of the North." Hess wore that gorgeous gilded armor, his helmet glistening in the sun, "I want you to stay with me." ”

"Of course, General." Hera replied.

"Of course, you go with Promi to do something first."

"Yes." When Hera had finished speaking, Promes came up.

"Come with me." Promethe's horse trotted forward some distance, and Hera followed him until they were some distance from the large army, with the advance archers and warriors more than twenty meters behind them. "It's been two years, and only yesterday you assassinated Nemia, and his army retreated."

"Retreated?" Hera asked.

Promi nodded, he looked at the fur Hera was wearing and said, "I heard that you are the fur of a Nemian lion. ”

"Yes."

"How's this big cat's fur?" Promi asked with a smile, "It's said that this big cat is invulnerable in front of him. ”

"Well," Hera nodded in confirmation, "this fur is indeed invulnerable, and it helped me block Apollo's arrows. ”

"Apollo's arrows?"

"Yes," said Hera, patting her hand on her knee, "and his arrow was accurate, and it hit mine. ”

"That's great, you can get revenge this time."

"Why?"

Promi explained, "We just got the news that our first mission was to eliminate Apollo's samurai army. ”

"Apollo's Archers?" Hera asked.

"It wasn't just an archer," Promi said, "they were a pair of mercenaries whose purpose and ambition transcended military achievement, for them. War is just a very effective tool. ”

"What is the purpose of this organization?" Hera asked.

Promi nodded towards the valley in front of him, and a city appeared in front of him, "That's it, Evergreen City." ”

Hera looked at the city, and as they got closer, the remnants of its ruins were still visible. Even after thirty years, large sections of the city wall have not been rebuilt, and the charred desert lighthouse still stands there, as if as a silent warning to the opposing army.

Hera was still a girl at the time, but she had heard the story of Apollo from Shimin, who was Shimin's earliest apprentice, and among the several apprentices Shimin undertook, Apollo was also the most talented, but also the most ambitious.

He shot off Shimin's leg, and he also razed Shimin's village to the ground, slaughtering all the inhabitants there with one man and one bow, and almost exterminating the entire village, including Shimin's wife and children, and in that disaster Shimin picked up a child, that is, Hera's father: Arke.

Hera understood why Hess had let her go first, for this was her father's hometown, a city that had been destroyed but had now been restored to life and the fields were beginning to grow rice again.

For the time being, calm becomes its theme.

"We have to bring peace," said Promi, "and by defeating the northern tribes, we will be liberated here, and we will lead here through our governance, our currency, our ways, and of course first of all our power will bring iron justice to those who invade." With that, he took out a small box from the bag on horseback, "Here." ”

Hera took the small box, and when she saw the symbol of the wasteland fox on it, she understood what was inside, Hera nodded, and then she hurried to the broken outer wall of the Evergreen City wall, she pulled out the dagger at her waist, dug a hole in the ground, and then put the box inside, and after leveling the earth, she said softly, "You can go home." Then he turned and departed, took out the seed from his loin, and buried it in the top of the earth, and turned away.

"Why are you talking to me about this?" Hera asked.

"I want you to join us," Promi said, "and we've seen your talents, and I'm sure you can take up your father's glory and fight with us." ”

Hera hesitated, and in this moment, Alice discovered the moral code in her heart.

After Hera's revenge, she thought it was all over, but it didn't, and the war just continued to evolve where she couldn't see it.

On today's journey, when she began to believe that the heavens were the masters of this war, he felt that killing, dying and rebuilding were normal, she turned her head to look behind her, and the city was proof, everything was destroyed, and it took decades to return to normal, so she decided that this operation was only to repay the king, and when the mission was completed, Hera left.

"I join you," said Hera, "but only for the end of this war"

"Of course," said Promi, "it's all to your liking." With that, he took a medal from his pocket and handed it to Hera.

"What is this?"

"This is our family badge," Promi said, "and we will be companions from now on, as a sign of trust." ”

Hand the family crest on his chest to Promi, "Thank you, Your Highness." And Hera got on his horse.

Hera slowed down and rode her horse, and at the moment her heart was quite happy.

"What did you just bury?" Promi stepped forward and asked.

"Nothing," said Hera, "I buried the leftover golden apple seeds there. ”

Next, she and Promi had a good chat along the way. The queue passes through Evergreen City, a place that is less like a city and more like a city ghost.

Now Hera and Promi discuss life, Promy never believed that war was the punishment of the Father, he believed that everyone has a good side, including Apollo, who killed a lot, at least he let go of his master.

In their conversation, Hera discovers that Prometry may be a thinker, or a leader, and in his heart he doesn't want to start a war, he just wants to bring peace.

Until a few days later, through Hera's eyes, she stood on the top of the snow-covered peak, with a bow beside her, Hera put it aside, she looked up at the sky, and from time to time she would touch the wolf totem on the bow arm with her hand, her eyes full of loneliness and sadness.

A moment later, a soldier walked up behind Hera, who called out to Hera, "Sir, General Promi's funeral has begun." ”

"Okay, I see." Hera replied, and when the soldiers had left, Hera stood up, picked up the bow on the ground, took out her arrow, and aimed it at the snowy air, and released an arrow.

Seeing the arrow make a perfect arc in the snow like a meteor, Hera smiled, she turned around, slung the bow over her shoulder, turned and went down the mountain,

Under the walls of Evergreen City, beside Alker's tomb, a tree emerged from the earth, and a drop of dew on its golden leaves slowly dripped on the scorched earth beside it.