After five days of traveling through the land of Sereli, the convoy was finally about to leave the land of Sereli, and now in front of them was the gateway to Sereli, and the most important passage connecting the north and south of Achaea - the Demobil Pass!

The convoy headed for the narrow passage ahead, with steep straight cliffs on the left and a narrow bay on the right, which split the mountains of Achaea like a sharp sword and connected the ancient Aegean Sea.

Achilles looked at the scenery outside the window, and was a little dizzy for a while.

If he remembers correctly, about seven or eight hundred years later, there will be a king from Sparta named Leonidas, who will be stationed here with 300 warriors against hundreds of thousands of Persian troops, and after a great battle, all of them will die in glory.

The Spartans were the backbone of all Achaeans, and even though they had lost to Athens and then to Thebes after centuries of glory, their natural fighting blood was undeniable.

I just don't know that in this world, after the vicissitudes of life, will there still be a battle of Hot Spring Pass?

The convoy passed through the Demobil Pass, but instead of continuing south, it headed in the other direction.

"Uncle Phoenix, where are we going?" Achilles asked in the car, and although his sense of direction was a little poor, the main road and the small road were still clearly distinguished.

"Your Royal Highness, I don't know. Phoenix shook his head, he wasn't the leader of the team anyway, just follow the front.

Not long after, the convoy stopped near a remote mountain village. Telamon and his son and Peleus got out of the car one after another, and Achilles followed.

"What are you bringing us here for, Telamon?" asked Peleus, apparently unaware of the purpose of Tramon's sudden change of direction.

"Big brother, I've been running on the road for a few days, I always need to take a break, right?" Telamon walked over with Ajax in the lead, "I heard that there is a hot spring here, so why don't you come over and take a dip and rest for a day before leaving." ”

Peleus frowned, and was about to speak, when Thetis smiled and said, "That's great, I've been on the road for so long, and I want to take a break." ”

Peleus immediately stopped talking, and since Thetis wanted to stay, of course he did so unconditionally.

The group walked towards the village, and the guards were vigilantly scattered on both sides to prevent danger that might occur around them at any time.

An old man who was basking in the sun at the entrance of the village saw a group of people coming "menacingly", and immediately stood up from the big stone in a panic and wanted to run towards the village.

Peleus and Telamon looked at each other, and suddenly felt a little helpless.

"Old man, don't be afraid, we have no ill intentions. "It's a good thing that Thetis is the only woman to come forward, otherwise their group would be funny.

Hearing that it was a very nice female voice, the old man reluctantly stopped. Looking back, a woman who was too beautiful to speak to was standing not far in front of him and looking at him with a smile, and suddenly her mood relaxed again.

"Old man, we are passers-by from the north, not robbers. Peleus followed along and explained.

The old man took a closer look, there were women and children in this group, and the armor of those soldiers was also very exquisite, and they really didn't look like bandits and robbers.

The old man walked over with courage, "A few distinguished guests, I don't know if you have come all the way to our village, is there anything going on?"

As soon as Telamon wanted to go up and explain, Peleus grabbed him, wouldn't he scare people to death if he was of his size?

"Well, we've been running around for a long time, and I've heard that you have a hot spring here, so I wanted to come and wash up. ”

Seeing that it was a handsome "young man" who looked upright, and the reason was so legitimate, the old man immediately relieved himself.

"It turned out to be a guest who came to our hot spring village to soak in the hot springs, so please come in. ”

Telamon turned back and instructed the soldiers to camp outside the village and not to go in.

The old man took Peleus and his party towards the village, and introduced: "A few guests, it's not my old man who brags about anything, the hot springs in our village are famous in the north and south, even if they are the hot springs in the mountains of Kiseron......"

"Village chief, who are these?"

As the old man was talking, the young men in the village immediately gathered around and asked.

"It's none of your business, these are guests from the north, you all go to my side. ”

The people around them scattered, but they still watched them from afar, discussing something with each other.

"You see that lady is beautiful!" said Thetis with a smile and said nothing.

"The gentleman next to him is also handsome......" Peleus smiled as Thetis smiled.

"You see that big man is like a bear. Telamon's face darkened considerably.

It's like a bear!

Haha, Achilles couldn't help but laugh at the expression on his face.

"I heard from the north?"

"Yes. ”

"Then they're really lucky!"

"yes, it's been a long time since anyone has been able to come. ”

......

As the villagers walked away, Achilles heard strange words, as if they were lucky.

What does good luck mean?

Achilles looked up at several adults, Peleus and Thetis were in front of him and he couldn't see them, but he obviously noticed something from Telamon's expression.

"A few guests, I'll take you to the hot springs first. It's almost noon, so if you don't dislike it, let's eat at my house. ”

"Then I'm sorry for you. Peleus thanked him and immediately glanced at Otto Medon, who was accompanying him.

Otto Medon immediately stepped forward, took out a money bag from his body, counted five silver coins, and handed them to the old man.

"What's so embarrassing about that?" the old man waved his hand firmly in refusal, although he was a little moved.

"Old man, there are so many of us, and we eat a lot at noon, so you should take it and buy us some food. Peleus immediately explained.

The old man looked at the fat and strong Tramon, hesitated for a moment and took it.

After walking for about a few minutes, the old man took them to a huge wooden house, turned back to them and said, "Guests, because the hot springs are a treasure given to us by the gods, we have built a wooden house to protect them. There are three pools in there, and you can see it when you go in from here. ”

After thanking him, Peleus walked in with a few men, and Otto Medon and Phoenix, who were with them, stayed outside, ready to be sent at any time.

Achilles and Ajax followed a few adults inside, and inside was a wooden corridor that led to several rooms, and the three hot pools were separate and not connected.

Peleus and Thetis chose the innermost one, the Telamon father and son chose the one closest to the gate and the largest, and the lonely Achilles chose the smallest one in the middle.

The degree of the hot spring is not high, about 50 degrees, of course, Achilles does not know if he is accurate, but in short, it is not very hot.

It was indeed very comfortable to soak in the hot spring, and after a simple rub of his body, Achilles squinted and lay down in the spring water to soak comfortably, feeling a little drowsy.

That is, he did not know a goddess of spring water named Aritusa, and his current appearance was exactly the same as that of Arethusa, who loved to sleep.

I don't know how long it took, but Achilles woke up in a daze and just happened to see Phoenix walk in.

"Your Royal Highness, it's noon. ”

"Oh, I see. Achilles slapped his face, forced himself to wake up, changed his clothes and walked outside.

Phoenix led him towards the village chief's house, never seeing anyone else, presumably all gone.

Sure enough, when Achilles arrived, Peleus and Telamon were already seated around the table.

Seeing Achilles coming, Thetis beckoned to him, "Achilles, come to me." ”

Lunch was bread and vegetable soup with some meat in it, and it looked pretty good.

Achilles sat down and tasted the soup...... Hmm, why does it taste so light?

Looking at the others, Peleus gulped down on the bread and was expressionless, and Telamon frowned slightly but didn't say anything.

Only Ajax frowned and refused to move the spoon.

Achilles had a plan in his heart, and shook his hand at the village chief, "Mr. village chief, did you forget to put salt in this soup?"

The old village chief walked over with an embarrassed face, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm really sorry, there is no salt at home." ”

"Then why don't you go to the house next door and borrow some?"

"The house next door...... Not anymore. ”

The old village chief had a bitter face, "To be precise, the whole village is out of salt, and the salt transport team in our village will not be able to come back until tomorrow." ”

Pelius was a little strange and said, "Old man, a little northeast is the Demobil Pass, and then to the east is the sea, why do you have to go somewhere else to transport salt?"

"We all know what you said about this guest, but no one dares to go to that place. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

The old village chief sighed, "Our village has always gone there to get salt before, but some time ago there was a little accident, a monster suddenly appeared on the mountain west of the pass, and from time to time it ran out to hurt people, and after several times in a row, we never dared to go there again." ”

Peleus nodded slightly, and when he crossed the border in the morning, he wondered why the Demobil Pass, the most important passage connecting the north and south of Achaia, did not even see a single caravan.

Thetis thought for a moment, "Old man, does that monster come out and hurt people every time?"

"Not really, beautiful lady, but seven or eight times out of ten you will meet them. The people in our village also said that it was good luck that a few guests didn't meet that monster!"