Chapter 123: The Admiring Traveler
βPerfectοΌ Well done! β
At the moment when the king kicked the flying messenger, Su Chen couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
Too bloody! It's too manly!
As the king of Sparta, facing an army of one million people who outnumbered the entire Spartan race, Leonidas was able to face the Persians with an attitude of "free or death", which is like the difference between a praying mantis and an ant.
In just one sentence, the king has already clarified his attitude and set an example for him as a king.
Su Chen watched the blood boiling from the sidelines, and he just hated that he couldn't participate in it in person.
But he just thought about it, the Spartans were an extremely closed people, and outsiders would definitely get into trouble if they wanted to meddle in the affairs of their own nation.
After dealing with the Persian messenger, the bearded king turned around, looked at Su Chen and asked, "Why is he still here?" Gorgo, have you asked where this child came from? β
The queen glanced at the king, "He's a guest from afar, let's go back first." β
Councilor Theron on the side turned blue, as ugly as a dead father, and the king and queen didn't intend to pay attention to him at all, and just hugged each other and left.
Su Chen glanced at Theron before leaving, and said in his heart, wait and see, your good days are coming to an end.
When the group came to the palace, the king waved his hand to let the entourage retreat, and only him, the queen, and Su Chen were left in the hall.
"Now we can talk, it seems that you have a lot of secrets to tell?" The bearded king's expression was not as stern as it had just been, and in fact he had an optimistic side to his own personality, just as he didn't want to turn his face with the Persians at first. is also very witty to talk about him.
On the way back to the royal palace. The queen had already whispered a few words in the king's ear. So Leonidas was in a hurry to get some news from Su Chen.
"I'm sure you already know, Your Majesty."
Su Chen spread out his hands and said very calmly: "The Persian army of one million is coming-of course, saying one million is definitely nonsense, but there are still 300,000 people. Since you refused to submit to the Persians, then Persia and Sparta...... Even between the entire Greek city-states, there will be a life-and-death war. Now the question is...... How do you do that? β
"Young man, you want to teach me how this king should behave?" Leonidas looked at Su Chen with some amusement.
Su Chen waved his hand. "No, of course not! You are the greatest king of Sparta - at least in my mind. I mean, when you're about to lead your army into battle and you find a bunch of people behind you, what do you do? β
"The Spartans will not give in to power!" Leonidas suddenly roared, his palm slamming on the armrest of the throne, "We will definitely unite and declare war on the Persians!" β
Su Chen covered his head and sighed helplessly: "Your Majesty, your idea is very good. But your words only speak for yourself, not for all Spartans! Be. I know that you have a high prestige, and if you decide to fight, 10,000 of Sparta's most elite warriors will surely follow you, but what if the Elder Sacrifice does not agree? With Theron, a traitor, the Persians have already bribed the five elders with gold coins, if they don't allow you to go to war with illness in the name of the prophet, what are you going to do? β
Spartans are all good, and it is really not easy to find a few Spartans who are afraid of death, but the elder sacrifice is different, these old monsters represent the will of the gods, and they are not the same thing as ordinary Spartans at all.
Leonida's face was solemn, and he said word by word: "If this is the case, I will take the King's Guard into battle!" β
"What's the use of only 300 people? Do you want to wake up the upper echelons of Sparta with your own death? Su Chen sneered: "Don't be naΓ―ve! The Council and the Elders are a bunch of rotten old fellows, and they won't wake up to your death unless they're cornered. β
Leonidas's expression became more and more stern, "Anyway, this is the internal affairs of the Spartans, it is the law of the Spartans, and I will not violate the rules of the Spartans!" If it's as bad as you say, I'll have no choice but to lead the King's Guard!" β
Su Chen pursed his lips, in fact, he already knew in his heart that this would be the result, Leonidas was a good king, but sometimes he also seemed a little pedantic, especially for his own sense of national identity, it was precisely because he wanted to maintain the dignity of this nation too much, but he put himself in a disadvantageous situation.
"Your Majesty, King Leonidas, please forgive me for being rude."
Under the gaze of the king and queen, Su Chen said bluntly: "If only you and the guards fight, the outcome will definitely be certain death, so I will kill Theron and the five elders and expose their despicable and shameless side in front of all the Spartans!" If the council doesn't agree, I'll kill all these old guys! β
Leonidas suddenly couldn't help but laugh, "Ha! It seems that this kid likes me and my people very much...... What do you say, Gorgo? β
The queen also smiled, "You are right, I think he seems to have a good impression of Sparta, where are you from, child?" β
Because of Sparta's practice of late marriage and late childbearing, coupled with hard training and harsh environment, kings over forty and queens under forty are a little old, and from the outside, they call Su Chen "child", which is really not wrong at all.
Su Chen was a little speechless, is it time to say these words? Don't take the topic away, okay! I've threatened to kill the elders and councilors, and you, as kings and queens, are indifferent?
Is that really good?
"Your Majesty, don't think I'm joking, if you don't believe it, I can prove it to you!"
Let's say it, Su Chen's arm shook slightly, and the two guns fell from the cuffs, and the muzzles of the guns were instantly aimed at the torches on the side, and in the "bang" sound, the palace suddenly fell into darkness.
Within seconds, a large number of guards burst in from outside, and soon someone re-lit the torches.
"Let's all go down." Leonidas and the queen frowned, and they were startled by the scene just now.
After the guards had left, the king glanced at the fragments of torches that had fallen to the ground, and said in a deep voice, "This is what you want me to see?" β
Su Chen nodded, "That's right! As long as I want, there is no one in this world that I can't kill! What are the five elders? Think it's safe to hide on a cliff? I could blow their heads one by one at the bottom of the mountain! β
"You want to go to war with Sparta?" The queen was also a little annoyed.
Su Chen shrugged, "What's in it for me?" I just want His Majesty the King to take back his rights and lead the Spartans into battle. If anyone gets in the way, no matter who he is, I'll kill him! β
"What are you doing this for?" Leonidas was confused by Su Chen, and he always felt that this child of unknown origin was confusing.
"I'm not a dirty politician, just a traveler who admires His Majesty." Su Chen put his hand on his chest, bent down and bowed very respectfully.
He wasn't lying, judging from Leonida's personal charm alone, Su Chen really longed to be such a man.
"Traveler?" Leonidas couldn't help but laugh, "I've never seen such a strange traveler, can you tell me about the weapon you just used?" β
"You say this?" Su Chen raised the gun in his hand, "This thing is called a pistol, each pistol has thirty bullets, one bullet can kill a person, and the effective range is fifty meters, but my two guns are specially made, and they can kill people from a distance of a hundred meters." If I want to solve further places, I also have a very long gun, effective at a distance of five thousand meters! β
The king and queen were confused, the two of them had limited knowledge, and they couldn't distinguish the authenticity and power of this weapon for the time being, but judging from the fact that Su Chen extinguished the torch with a pistol just now, it seems that the power of this weapon is very powerful, even more terrifying than that of archers!
After all, the bow and arrow can only shoot one arrow at a time, and it takes a few seconds before the second arrow is shot, and Su Chen just picked up the gun and snapped constantly, obviously in a short period of time, firing a lot of so-called "bullets" in his mouth.
"Is there still such a weapon? Can it be sold to Sparta? Leonidas and the queen looked at each other and immediately thought of the value of this weapon.
Su Chen was stunned when he heard this, and said slowly: "It's not impossible, but you really decided to buy it?" To be honest, this weapon is very powerful and rare, if the Spartans had it, there would be no need to shed blood in the fighting arena in the future, it would take more than ten years to train a qualified Spartan warrior, and it would take only three months to train a gunner! β
When Leonidas heard this, he hesitated.
Limited by his vision and knowledge, he is more inclined to a conservative attitude, in order to maintain the ridiculous law, even at the expense of his own death to wake up the Spartans, how could a man with such a character abandon the roots of the Spartan nation for an unknown weapon?
After all, the reason why the Spartan nation was so powerful and second to none in the entire Greek city-state was that it relied on rules that had been passed down from generation to generation since ancient times, starting with infants soaking in spirits to weed out weaker offspring from birth, to training in the fighting ring at an early age, and struggling to survive in the harsh environment of the wild when they left the group as a teenager......
It is no exaggeration to say that the entire Spartan nation was born a fighting nation!
Compared to the jokes on the Internet in the real world that the Russians are a fighting people, the Spartans are a real fighting people!
It is more difficult for a people like this to get them to discard their traditions and outdated ideas than to kill them.
Naturally, Leonidas did not mention the purchase of weapons again.
But not mentioning this matter does not mean that he approves of Su Chen's remarks and ideas of killing this and that, let alone exposing the true colors of the councilors and elders in public, which is quite a morale blow to the entire Spartan nation. (To be continued......)
PS: Today's first update~