Chapter 243: Follow-up Plans and Sudden Encounters
"Humans are really ruthless with their own kind."
Zheng Shu looked at the fire burning in front of him, shook his head, and continued to throw the surrounding corpses into the flames: "Forget it, maybe I'm not qualified to talk about them." ”
Even though he had seen it many times, Zheng Shu still had to sigh at the chaos of the gods in Greece, and almost every day he would encounter villages that had been plundered by robbers.
Two weeks have passed since she met Apollo, the sun god, and a few days ago, Vera had also left for another city after saying goodbye to Zheng Shu.
After all, for Vera, his time is one day less, and being able to spend such a long time walking with Zheng Shu is already the limit.
Of course, during this time, Zheng Shu basically learned the basic information about magic from Vera, but Vera is not a talent who specializes in learning magic after all, and his knowledge of magic is quite limited.
Vera's knowledge of magic is crucial for Zheng Shu, but the number is not enough. However, after obtaining this magic knowledge, Zheng Shu at least no longer understands anything like a Muggle.
However, except for a few magic use skills, this knowledge did not have much effect on Zheng Shu's combat effectiveness.
In order to be able to improve his combat effectiveness as much as possible in a short period of time, Zheng Shu needs much more magic knowledge, and not only magic knowledge, but also various combat skills and strengthening templates are all he needs.
If you want to increase your combat power to the main god level, the best way is naturally to strengthen the template.
But to be honest, Zheng Shu is not very satisfied with the enhancement template that he has now, and if he can, it is naturally the best to obtain the enhancement template of Zeus, the strongest god.
And most importantly, Zheng Shu wanted to try it to see if he could bring his strength to the benchmark of the gods without fusing the rules of the world. After all, once the rules of the world are fused, the next time he crosses, he will have to start again from a baby.
If he made his combat power reach the god level through the superposition of other aspects and there were no fusion rules, even if it would be possible to strip the enhancement template after crossing the world, he would at least be able to retain the body of an adult.
Judging from the fact that the enhancement template changes in real time with his physical age, an adult body can at least allow him to restore his strength to its heyday as quickly as possible.
Of course, if you want to use a non-god-level template to obtain this level of power, even if Zheng Shu has the support of a plug-in, it will take a lot of time. Fortunately, according to the human concept of time, there is still a long time before that war.
And it seems that seeing Zheng Shu's thirst for magic knowledge, Vera also recommended a new direction to him before leaving: "As far as I know, there is a god who is good at magic in Colcas, and it is said that the other party has even reached the level of a magic envoy, if you are really thirsty for magic knowledge, you can choose to try your luck in that country." ”
After Vera's prompting, Zheng Shu immediately thought of this good place.
Hecate, the goddess of the road, is the master of ghosts and magic, the god of Kolkas, and the teacher of the famous traitorous witch: Medea.
Of course, Zheng Shu didn't think that his face could be big enough for the other party to teach him magic, even if he had been worshipping non-stop for so many years, after all, the goddess herself had an entire country to worship her.
However, Zheng Shu's sacrifice over the years is not useless, and if nothing else, he can at least ensure that he can access Medea with this relationship.
That's right, Zheng Shu's goal from the beginning was not Hekate, after all, it was too troublesome to deal with gods, especially goddesses.
But if you deal with Medea, it's much easier, after all, before becoming a betrayed witch, Medea's personality was actually quite good, and the betrayed witch's own magic knowledge was definitely not bad, if it weren't for being delayed by Iason, with her talent, it would even be possible to step into the realm of magicians.
But these are all things later, Zheng Shu's main itinerary now is to go to Nemea to find the lion. Although magic is important, his invulnerability body is also very attractive to him.
While thinking about these messy questions, Zheng Shu finished disposing of the corpse of the last robber. He threw large chunks of corpses into the fire to prevent the plague from happening, but the remaining residues and blood stains were more difficult to dispose of, but fortunately, if they were covered with unburned plant ashes, they would almost solve the problem.
Zheng Shu's method of dealing with robbers is usually to kill them on the spot, after all, he knows very well that if he simply beats these people and lets them go, these villagers will suffer even more terrifying retaliation after he leaves.
So in the face of those robbers who wantonly kill villagers, Zheng Shu usually makes them taste the same fear.
But well...... Because of his strength, the scene of fighting with ordinary humans is always more tragic, so that many villagers will always misunderstand his profession.
…… Just like it is now.
As Zheng Shu turned around, the poor villagers behind him shook violently, and then took a step back in unison, even the hunters who had fought bravely against the robbers before looked trembling, and it seemed that these people seemed to be more afraid of Zheng Shu than the robbers.
"Is it necessary to be so afraid of me? I didn't do anything bad. Zheng Shu touched his face, feeling a little innocent.
After a commotion among the villagers, a figure who looked like he should be the village chief walked up to Zheng Shu tremblingly, and smiled cautiously: "This ...... Belch...... King? Our village is willing to offer you treasures. ”
"The king? What the hell is this called...... If I continue like this, am I going to be called the Demon King? Zheng Shu pinched the bridge of his nose helplessly.
Although he encountered many strange situations on the way to travel, including many villages that regarded Zheng Shu as a thief who wanted to eat black after he killed all the robbers, it was the first time that he was called the king.
Zheng Shu himself simply complained, but unfortunately the village chief seemed to be frightened by Zheng Shu's previous terrifying methods against the enemy, and immediately changed his words after hearing this: "Yes!" Be! That one...... Lord Demon King, as you can see, all the belongings in the village have been robbed by this group of robbers, and the things on them are the last treasures in the village. ”
Zheng Shu felt that his head began to hurt: "I'm not a demon king, that's just my complaint...... Never mind! In short, I'm just a passing hero, not a bad person. ”
Hearing this, the village chief's expression was obviously stunned for a moment, but soon he reacted again, and barely squeezed out a smile on his face:
"Got it! I understand, I understand! Thank you for your help, if it weren't for you, our village would have been slaughtered by these bandits. Rest assured, our village will help you pack up the spoils in no time, and if the reward is not enough, we have some food in our village. Of course, it can take some time to get food, and as you know, it's a bit chaotic in the village right now, and we need to clean up to get the food you need. ”
"Evil beasts! What the hell do you understand?! Looking at the village chief in front of me with a look that I understood, Zheng Shu wanted to reprimand loudly like this.
However, thinking of the fear of this group of guys about themselves, if they reprimanded him like this, it was very likely that the village chief in front of him, who was already trembling with fear, would go straight over, so Zheng Shu finally held back his desire to complain after hesitating twice.
Glancing at the smile of the man in front of him who looked like he was crying instead of laughing, Zheng Shu sighed helplessly, and raised his hand to stop the man's action of preparing to organize people to make food:
"No, I'm ...... Yes, I am a person who travels all over the world to proclaim the glory of the gods, and in order to show the benevolence of the gods, I do not need to be paid this time. …… You don't need the spoils of war, but take your possessions back. ”
It's not that Zheng Shu is high enough not to collect property, the main reason is that he has rescued too many people along the way, and if every village is paid, then he will have too much luggage.
However, Zheng Shu also knows the truth of Zilu being bullish, fortunately, he has experienced enough of this kind of thing along the way, so that he has found a better reason.
For such a world where gods exist, any outrageous behavior can be understood if the gods are used as a reason.
The village chief was so surprised that even the trembling of fear did not stop, after all, in ancient Greece, the name of a hero was not much better than that of a robber.
Suddenly met such a "saint" who didn't want anything but to help them, this middle-aged man didn't even know what to say for a while, he frantically searched for his usual life experience, but found that none of them could be applied.
"Is it really not needed?" Because his thinking was greatly impacted, the village chief even forgot his fear of Zheng Shu and began to ask questions in reverse.
"No, I said I was just here to spread glory."
"That'...... Which deity do you want to spread the glory of? Our village will surely believe in this deity wholeheartedly in the future. Because he was so excited, the village chief even had a bit of a trilling voice when he spoke.
"Ahh Zheng Shu blinked, quickly went through the list of gods he had used before, and reached out to draw a unique symbol on his chest, "I am spreading the glory of Lord Hades, if you need it, I can help you carve out his gods and symbols." ”
In order to prevent being targeted by this group of cautious eye-eyed spirits in ancient Greece, Zheng Shu deliberately made a list of the names of the gods in his mind, and every time someone asked a similar question, he would take out an unused god name from the list and replace it.
Anyway, for these gods, it is of course a good thing that someone helps to promote their faith, as long as Zheng Shu rescues enough villages, each god can be "divided" into a village.
"Thank you, Lord Hades." Following Zheng Shu's example, he drew the symbol on his chest, and the village chief sincerely invited, "It would be great if there could be a statue and symbol number of Lord Hades, may I invite you to stay here for one night, it just so happens that it is getting dark." ”
Zheng Shu looked up at the sky, as the other party said, it was already approaching dusk, and if he left this village, he would probably have to camp in the woods today: "Then I will disturb you today." ”
"Then please come with me." The village chief bowed to Zheng Shu very respectfully and led him to the village.
On the way, Zheng Shu took out a money bag from his bosom as if he remembered something: "By the way, I want to spend money to buy some food in your village, and then hire the young adults in your village to help me make some things." ”
"You're polite, with your direct orders for the village, you don't need to spend money." The village chief looked a little panicked.
"Money must be collected! This is to make a sacrifice to the gods, do you want to rob me of my contribution to the gods?! ”
"I'm so sorry!" With such a big hat pressed down, the village chief was so frightened that he immediately accepted the money bag in Zheng Shu's hand, "Then may I ask, what exactly do you want to make?" ”
"Well...... Zheng Shu suddenly smiled, "The name of that thing is 'instant noodles'." ”
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Morning.
Zheng Shu waved goodbye to the villagers who were reluctant to send him away, and continued to embark on a new journey.
This time I had a good harvest in the village, not only did I promote my "instant noodles", so that I could summon "instant noodles" one step further, but also obtained information about Nemea.
"Hmm...... According to the information provided by the hunter, this forest in front of me should be the largest forest in Nemea, and this is also the location of the moonlight last night, so it seems that I should be not mistaken. ”
After driving at an astonishing pace, Zheng Shu stood in the middle of a jungle and gestured with a map drawn on parchment.
Because the map was too rough and the accuracy was very miserable, Zheng Shu finally confirmed that he had indeed arrived at his destination after many aspects of intelligence confirmation.
"Then let's camp here first, and then find the lion with the blessing of the moon god at night."
…… Zheng Shu originally planned to do so, but he suddenly found that his luck seemed to be good today.
"Roar!"
Just as Zheng Shu was about to collect the dry branches and prepare to light the bonfire, a roar came from the depths of the jungle. After a while, Zheng Shu saw a huge brown bear running out of the jungle in a hurry.
This brown bear is quite large, and its height has even reached two and a half meters, even if Zheng Shu has reached a height of two meters because of his age, he looks a little short in front of it.
Glancing at the brown bear's running route and the bloody wounds on its body, Zheng Shu had no intention of stopping it, but just stepped over and turned his head to look into the depths of the jungle.
Click!
With the sound of branches being trampled off, a huge lion appeared in his field of vision. This lion can reach a height of nearly two meters at the shoulders even when it is on all fours, and with its thick limbs and explosive muscles visible to the naked eye, every step brings an indescribable sense of oppression.
The golden hair on his body looked soft and gorgeous, obviously just walking around casually, Zheng Shu actually saw a reserved feeling from this lion.
"Gee, it looks like I've had a lot of luck these days." Feeling the amazing power of the lion, Zheng Shu smiled.
(PS: Tomorrow will be added.) )
(End of chapter)