Chapter 33: Hera's Oracle
"Amphias, is the disappearance of the goddess Hera really because of me, because of me, the son of Zeus?"
King Curtis waved his hand to stop the attack of the soldiers, Hercules and his gang had already snatched the carriage over, and they were ready to flee when they saw that the situation was not good, and everyone was engrossed in staring outside at this time, after all, this Amphiatsus said that King Curtis had moved, and it was not necessarily the old king's strategy to delay the army.
Hercules was confused in his heart, if he didn't know that his identity as the son of Zeus came through rumors, he was just an illegitimate son who didn't know his true father's identity, an orphan, and for a moment he really suspected that he was the mythical son of Zeus, Hercules.
"Three years ago, when we were expelled from Athens, I asked the temple of Delphi for an oracle on your behalf, remember that oracle?"
Amphiatus asked suddenly, Hercules was stunned, and then said slowly, speaking in a somewhat heavy voice at this time, "Hercules must accomplish his unfinished feats."
"That's right, the oracle was that you had to complete twelve trials so that Hera wouldn't trouble you anymore, and you were picking on your way. Since you witnessed the death of your wife and children three years ago, you are no longer so brave, you run away like a coward from your own battles, you run away from your life, and you are in inner torment every day, and I think if you still have to escape, even if you cross the Aegean Sea, escape the Black Sea, and come to a wild land where no one knows you, you still can't find true peace in your heart."
Amphiasios said in a tone of instruction, his gaze becoming unimaginably sharp as he spoke, and he whispered in Hercules' ear, "Perhaps it was you who escaped your own twelve trials, so that the goddess Hera disappeared, and the great goddess wants to trouble you again, this is a warning to your fate, and also a dissatisfaction with you."
"But, as we all know, I am not the son of Zeus."
Hercules's tone was a little weak, in the face of his friend's questioning, he no longer spoke so reasonably, facts speak louder than words, when the statue of Hera fifty or sixty meters disappeared, even any tough person did not deny the existence of the gods, would not deny the oracle, would not deny the suffering imposed on him by fate.
Whether he was the son of Zeus or not, the fate that the gods had arranged for him was to require him to accomplish twelve great feats.
"But the gods want you to complete the great trial." Amphiatsus said, William covered his mouth and couldn't help laughing, and Amphiatios and Hercules turned their gazes to him at the same time.
"I'm trained to never laugh, no matter how funny it is, unless I can't help it."
William held his mouth and laughed out loud, it was simply out of place on this serious occasion, but who made these people's inner drama too much, and for a while everyone's eyes were fixed on this child next to Hercules.
"Amphiasios of Argos, I have heard your name, you are the most famous prophet in all of Greece, I have heard you predict your own death, so can you prophesy for us once, for what reason our great goddess Hera left, and when will she return to our Thrace?"
Surrounded by soldiers, King Curtis approached and questioned the man with the spear in his hand, who he knew by his daughter, Princess Eguinia, that the man he had just spoken to was the most famous prophet in all of Greece.
In mythology, Amphiatus of Argos has the gift of an oracle bestowed by Zeus and is a king, but in reality Amphiatus is just a mercenary.
"I will only prophesy the heavenly opportunities that God sees fit to reveal." Seeing that the king who came over was still carrying his spear, Amphi said without losing the slightest hint of the wind.
"In other words, you don't know, you should know, I can kill you." King Curtis said with a serious expression.
"No, I know, it's just that I shouldn't give away the secrets." Amphiatus's tone was calm, as if he really knew why the statue of Hera had disappeared.
King Curtis frowned, just as he wanted to go mad
At this time, William spoke, "The oracle of the goddess Hera is that the right goal will be for Hera to reconcile with Hercules."
"Where are you from talking nonsense here?" King Curtis looked at William who spoke dissatisfied, he raised his hand as if he wanted to teach this little ghost who didn't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the sky to speak casually, but as soon as he raised his hand, he was pulled down by the other hand, "He is my son William, do you have any opinions?"
Hercules straightened his body and confronted King Curtis, and the confrontation between the two began at this instant, even with a high and powerful king with a large army on his side, Hercules still showed unimaginable heroism and did not fear this king at all.
The reason why Hercules was considered the son of Zeus by the whole of Greece was not only the credit of rumors and the story of Iolaus, but also the immense power of Hercules, who accomplished great feats that were unimaginable and impossible in the eyes of the world, so that there were legends and oracles of the son of Zeus and the twelve trials.
"Let go of Your Majesty's hand, don't you have the etiquette of meeting the royal family? Know that standing before you is the supreme ruler of Thrace, King Cortis."
General Scott grabbed Hercules' wrist and motioned for him to lower his monarch's wrist, while also issuing threats, but Hercules ignored them.
"Yes, that's right, this is the oracle, a correct purpose will bring about the reconciliation between Hera and Hercules, the disappearance of the goddess is to convey this oracle, and once the right purpose is achieved, the goddess will return, and will once she will protect Thrace and its king and royal family again."
Amphiatus was a clever ghost, and he was clever enough to sense the tension at this moment, and he uttered an oracle to King Cortis while looking at Hercules, feeling the persuasion of his friend.
Hercules lowered his hand, General Scott lowered his hand, and King Curtis said with displeasure on his face, "So, tell me, what is the correct purpose of the oracle?"
The hero does not suffer immediate losses, although Curtis asked himself to have a large army on his side, but in the face of the threat of force from the demigod, he chooses to accept the steps handed by the prophet Amphias.
At this time, Rysos's threat was still falling out with his helpers, which was not in his interest, and Princess Eginia stood up at this time and said, "I think I know that the right goal is to reconcile Hercules with Hera."
"The purpose of Hercules is to help King Cortis destroy the tyrant Rysos and save Thrace." Z.br>
Princess Eginia showed the beautiful political skills of a royal princess, and if the content of the oracle was directed in this direction, then in a sense, it was a good sign that Hera supported her father Curtis.
This is a good idea, King Curtis's eyes lit up, if he had said so, there would not have been such a move, thinking of this, he glared at his general fiercely, and hugged Hercules with a smile on his face, "Welcome, great Hercules."
"Honored, King Curtis." Hercules also embraced King Cortis.
The two are as close as real friends, only the parties know that after experiencing the scene just now, it is impossible for the two who have a gap in their hearts to trust each other at all.