Chapter 44: Marrying Heber

Cleomemonus II had a surprised expression on his face, as a Spartan, especially a Spartan king, he had never heard such arrogant words, so that for a moment he felt that he had heard it wrong, and then when he saw the equally surprised expressions of the people around him, he already knew that it was not that he had heard it wrong, but that Hercules had said it.

"Do you think of yourself as a god?"

With a mocking expression on his face, Cleomemoni II had privileges that belonged to gods in Greece, and perhaps not necessarily to the Greek gods, such as in distant city-states such as Thebes next door, and even temples dedicated to the sun god Ra.

However, Greek heroes, even demigods, such as Achilles in Homer's epic poems, are also human, and only gods are eligible for sacrifice by city-states and humans, and if there must be exceptions, they are also human heroes who are elevated to constellations after death.

"Get out! I can now treat what you say as if I didn't hear it, and if you weren't the king of Thrace, I could kill you at any time in the name of blasphemy."

Cleomemonus II came to Hercules and said almost closely, that every king of Sparta was traditionally a soldier of military origin, the commander-in-chief of the army, and the priest of the gods Ouranos and Zeus.

"Kill me, kill an undead god?" Hercules didn't care about Cleomemoni II's threat in the slightest, he just smiled heartily and pointed to his chest, "You can kill me, you can try."

This attitude of no one simply angered Cleomemoni II, who imitated King Leonidas during the Greco-Persian Wars and exclaimed, "This is Sparta."

"I'm fighting Sparta!"

It was too late, then fast, Hercules finished speaking, and a punch smashed directly into Cleomeny, and the king of Sparta, who was originally standing in front of him, would have a kite with a broken line drifting into the distance and finally landed on the steps of the palace gate, and the Spartan Janissary soldiers who were guarding the king reacted at this time and surrounded Hercules and his party with spears, and at the same time, there were soldiers calling, and the originally peaceful city instantly "lived", and the soldiers began to surround it.

Alius watched all this with fear, but Iolaus had a kind of excitement on his face, Sparta had less than 10,000 troops to dominate the Peloponnese and suppress the Athenian city-state.

All the city-states of Greece united to form a Panhellenic League to fight against the Persian army, and Athens and Sparta were the leaders of all Greece, but the de facto leader was Sparta.

Sparta in this era is the American imperialism of later generations, and Sparta is the most famous Spartan warrior under the militaristic system.

Hercules actually wanted to challenge Sparta and challenge Spartan warriors in the royal city of Sparta, which is simply crazy when you think about it.

"Soldiers, do you want to come along?"

Hercules said to the Spartan warriors with his hand, and he motioned to his friends who were following him, keeping an eye on the two children, picked up the shield and sword handed by Otolikos, and one of them rushed in.

The Spartan warriors held a shield in one hand and a weapon in the other to form a battle formation, slowly advancing, magnificent, although there were only a hundred people, but there were thousands of troops, the Spartan army was the best army of this era, even against a person did not have any meaning to take lightly.

Hercules threw away the sword in his hand, picked up the shield and rushed over, the ox charm shone brightly, Hercules rushed towards the battle array like an angry bull, and there was a loud bang, as if the whole city was shaking and shaking.

Bang!

The Spartan warriors who had formed a battle formation were all rushed into the sky, and the soldiers guarding the royal city seemed to want to support, but at this time, Hercules' eyes were shining with thunder and lightning, and they fell directly on the ground of the palace.

It's flying.

In Greek mythology, with the exception of creatures with wings, flying was a privilege belonging to the gods, regardless of which one and a half of the myth existed

God, no hero, no matter how powerful he is, he cannot fly.

"Throw!"

Although the Spartan warriors were shocked, and even suspected that Hercules was a god for a while, under the inertia of the army order, when the commander shouted the order to attack, everyone picked up their spears and threw them.

The Spartan warriors threw their spears, and the spears instantly rained down on Hercules, stabbing him in the body, if it were an ordinary human, it would be absolutely impossible for him to survive such an attack, but how could Hercules, who could fly in mid-air and stroll leisurely, be an ordinary person.

The magic of the dragon spell and the pig spell unleashed at the same time, and Hercules, floating in mid-air, was like a turret moving in the air.

The spears exploded in the air, and the Spartan warriors looked at the vanished spears and then at the laser cannons falling from the sky.

In the palace of Sparta, King Archidamus III of Sparta was in a meeting with his ministers in the palace at this time, thinking about the battle for the third holy war for the temple of Delphi, and he had decided that if necessary, he would persuade the Council of Elders to personally go to Italy to lead the army.

Although Sparta was the most powerful city-state in all of Greece, the king of Sparta was the least powerful monarch in all of Greece.

Sparta's unique political system, the dual monarchy system led to the Spartan king's royal power was divided into two halves, the two kings came from two family lineages, which meant that if the two kings had the same opinion, they could also suppress the Council of Elders, if they had different views, the two kings could only contain each other and pull each other's back, which was also the original intention of the design of the two-king system.

Sparta maintained political stability with checks and balances between the two royal families.

The throne of the king of Sparta was not so much a title as an official position, and the name of the king of Sparta in Greece was "Barcelus", which means consul, and later became the name of the Eastern Roman emperor.

The king of Sparta had the privilege of banquets, festivals, and the highest table in peacetime, the privilege of double monthly grain and food, and the general command of the military in time of war, but he had no dictatorship over the affairs of the city-state, let alone diplomatic power.

The king of Sparta, in addition to the privilege of sacrifice in time of peace, and the privilege of military commander-in-chief in time of war, was in fact an empty king, and even then the king's power was divided into two.

If the king of Sparta wants to intervene in the politics of Sparta, he can only do so through the Council of Elders, because according to tradition, the Council of Elders has a total of 30 seats, of which there are 28 elders, and the remaining two are two kings, so the main way to gain power as a king in Sparta is to establish influence through war, so as to overwhelm another king.

"What's going on?" The king of Sparta suddenly heard a noise outside, and then looked at the Spartan warriors swarming outside, and was stunned, and then saw the Spartan warriors carrying another king, and was about to say something, when he saw a burly man walk into the palace like this.

With every step forward, the Spartan warriors took a step back until there was no way back.

"Who are you?" The king of Sparta asked.

"Hercules, son of Zeus, fiancé of Heber, goddess of youth." The man briefly introduced himself, then looked at him and said, "I have received an oracle from Hera, only if I complete the twelve merits, the queen of heaven Hera will not continue to persecute me, and only after the twelve merits are completed and the whole of Greece is unified, I will be able to marry Hera's daughter Heber."

"Are you sure you're going to stop me?"