Chapter 266: The City of Thenaron
"This should be it, right?" Zheng Shu looked at the city gate in front of him and muttered to himself.
He is now in the city of Thenaron at the southern tip of the Peloponnese, where it is said that there is an entrance to hell, and it is said that Hercules entered the underworld through it.
The reason why he arrived here was also because of the information that Zheng Shu had heard on his previous trip.
The news of Al's village was indeed a bit backward, and after arriving in the city-state, Zheng Shu learned that Hercules had completed the eleventh trial given by Eurystheus.
Because of Hercules' prowess beyond human common sense, Eurystheus's previous trials not only failed to get rid of his hated rivals, but instead helped Hercules win greater honors.
Many people are grateful to Hercules and sing his name because he has spared people from many sufferings.
So the cunning king came up with the last adventure, a trial that no heroic hero could theoretically complete, and now Hercules has taken on the twelfth test: the capture of the three-headed dog of hell, Cerberus.
After all, no matter how powerful that hero is, the prerequisite for going to Hell is death. And it was originally the king's purpose to let Hercules die, so once Hercules took over this task, whether he could complete it or not, King Eurystheus's purpose had been achieved.
Unfortunately, Eurystheus's calculation might have succeeded if it had been in a later era, when the boundaries between the living and the dead were completely severed, and there was no other way to enter hell than death.
But in the age of the gods, as in many myths and legends, the so-called hell itself is deep underground, and theoretically if someone has enough patience to keep digging down, even if he is alive, he can reach hell.
It just so happened that there was a natural rift next to the city of Thenaron that could lead to hell.
In fact, Zheng Shu didn't plan to go directly to Heracross, he originally wanted to wait directly in the Tirens Kingdom, and wait for the hero who had completed the twelve trials to return and then obtain the new enhancement template on him.
But just after Zheng Shu learned the news that Hercules was going to hell, he suddenly had an inexplicable feeling.
Zheng Shu doesn't know where this feeling comes from, if it is an ordinary person, it may be regarded as his own illusion, but at Zheng Shu's level of strength, there will basically be no so-called "illusion", according to the more immortal cultivation, it is "whim". So he knew it was his instincts that were a reminder that in hell there would be things that would affect him a lot.
Therefore, Zheng Shu gave up his original plan and hurried to the city of Thenaron.
To be honest, Zheng Shu does not have detailed information on the whereabouts of Hercules, even if Hercules is the most famous hero in ancient Greece at this stage, it is quite difficult to obtain his detailed path with current science and technology.
However, after arriving in Thenaron City, Zheng Shu will be able to obtain more detailed information. After all, the rift that connects to Hell is the most important thing in the city, and there is even a special temple built next to it to guard it.
If Hercules wanted to go to Hell through this rift, there would be information circulating in the city.
So after Zheng Shu entered the city, he was going to find a tavern and prepare to inquire.
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Because of the characteristic "landscape" of the passage to hell, the city of Thenaron has done a very good job in commercial development, and the most prosperous area in the center of the city even gives Zheng Shu the illusion of living in a small city in his previous life.
Walking down the street, ignoring the surprise of the people around him about his figure, Zheng Shu found a tavern that looked more authentic.
The tavern was clearly a few years old, and even the sticking sign was a bit pulped, with a very abstract-looking wine glass on it.
The reason why Zheng Shu chose this tavern is because this small tavern looks very lively inside, and even during the day, you can hear the lively laughter from inside.
In such a place, the difficulty of Zheng Shu to inquire about information can be reduced a lot.
Arriving at the door of the tavern, Zheng Shu took off his hood and pushed open the door and walked in, the door in disrepair made a screeching sound when the door was pushed, and this sound was used by the people inside to welcome guests instead of the bell that had been completely corroded.
The bartender, who looked unusually strong behind the bar, couldn't help but stop his movements after seeing Zheng Shu come in, and his whole muscles fell into a tense state, and the originally lively tavern was also disturbed by Zheng Shu, a sudden outsider, and fell into a short silence.
After Zheng Shu's huge body barely squeezed into the door, looking at his height almost as tall as the roof and his arm muscles thicker than ordinary people's waists, there were several sounds of difficult swallowing in the silent tavern.
Because of his large size, Zheng Shu even blocked the light coming in from the door after entering the tavern, making the already small tavern have a dim illusion for a moment.
The pretty waitress, who was constantly carrying drinks back and forth to the tables, and occasionally deftly dodging some groping pigs, showed her amazing professionalism after being stunned for a moment.
After delivering the last drink and putting down the tray in his hand at the bar, the waiter came to Zheng Shu with a professional smile: "Is the guest alone?" Want something? Our wine here is quite special. ”
The voice sounds a little hoarse and a little lazy, but it also sounds like a special feeling, if you use the words of the Internet in the previous life, it is probably the so-called "royal sister sound"?
The figure looks quite tall, and the chest bulges up to resemble a waiter's outfit, and the gap in the middle of the costume is just enough to allow people to see the depth in the middle but not too much.
The lower body is dressed even hotter, a pair of slender thighs are completely exposed, and the short skirt is already short enough to walk a little more violently to the point that you need to be hit with holy light.
However, compared to the other party's attention-grabbing appearance, Zheng Shu was observing other places.
Looking at the waiter standing in front of him who could still smile easily, Zheng Shu's eyes showed a flash of curiosity: "Arrange a table for me...... Can you stay here? ”
"Absolutely! Guests don't look at our small shop, our accommodation conditions are good in this city, not only the cost is low, but also can help you book a dinner......" Hearing what Zheng Shu said, the waitress's bright eyes narrowed with a smile, and her attitude became more enthusiastic.
While introducing, the waiter also took Zheng Shu to a table, stretched out his hand and swept aside the plates and wine glasses on the table, and immediately emptied most of the table.
And the few guests who were originally sitting at this table to eat looked at Zheng Shu's terrifying figure. didn't dare to say anything, and even took the initiative to help the waiter pull his plate aside, as much as possible to make a bigger seat for Zheng Shu.
"Don't bother, I'm just a person, just leave me a blank space, of course, it would be nice if you could wipe the table for me with a rag. Also, I would like to thank you for giving you a glass of your signature wine. Zheng Shu stopped a few people who wanted to continue to clean up, after all, if they continued to clean up like this, these people would probably have to eat at other tables.
He is not a wicked person, and he does not derive much pleasure from this oppressive behavior.
"Okay, please wait." The waiter was stunned for Zheng Shu's request, but he still bowed to him with a smile and walked to the back kitchen with his slender figure.
After all, in ancient Greece, people of Zheng Shu's size knew at a glance that they were the top-ranking heroes.
Ancient Greece did not have the kind of moral thought of ancient China, for them the oppression of the strong was a matter of course, and even if the strong only gave a little mercy to the weak, it was enough to call it a noble personality.
So not only the waiters, but even the guests at the same table who were forced to squeeze aside after Zheng Shu arrived, raised their wine glasses and smiled at Zheng Shu to show their gratitude.
And Zheng Shu's behavior also restored the lively appearance of the originally quiet tavern, after all, even a group of drunkards who have to drink during the day must learn to watch people cook in the current world.
After a while, the waiter slowly walked to Zheng Shu's position with a tray, and she first used specially prepared fur to help Zheng Shu carefully wipe his chair and the table in front of him, and then the waiter put a few glasses of cold-looking wine in front of a few guests.
Of course, even if he didn't order food for himself, Zheng Shu was also put in front of a glass of wine.
"This is our boss who invited you, and it is an honor for a hero like you to be able to patronize us here in our tavern. This is our specialty wine, with a unique cool taste that you can't taste anywhere else. The waiter bowed deeply to Zheng Shu again.
And he deliberately untied his neckline until Zheng Shu, showing his proud talent.
It's a pity that the waiter's careful thinking didn't work at all, Zheng Shu's attention was not on her at this time, looking at the wine in front of her, the corners of Zheng Shu's eyes twitched unconsciously.
If he hadn't missensed it, there would have been a hellish smell in it.
Of course, the breath is very light, even if ordinary people drink this wine, they will become a little weak at most, and with the help of alcohol, it will probably look like they are getting drunk a little faster.
Basically, there is no big obstacle to getting a good night's sleep, but if you drink too much of this alcohol, it is likely that the accumulated hellish aura will explode prematurely and lead to death when you are too old - the so-called orifu.
As for the cold taste...... The moment you come into contact with the breath of hell, it is equivalent to people dying of death, and of course they will feel cold.
The production method is also very simple, Zheng Shu speculates that it is likely that the barrel is added to the barrel in the process of brewing the wine from the entrance of the hell, in a sense this kind of wine is similar to the ancient Roman use of lead to make wine jugs.
It can only be said that it is fortunate that the villagers of the god are strong enough, as long as it is in modern society, any sub-healthy person who drinks this wine may have to enter the ICU.
"Don't be so polite, I follow the teachings of the gods and don't like to owe favors to others." Zheng Shu once again raised the unknown god as his protective umbrella.
He casually took out a silver coin from the pocket next to him: "Help me serve some more meat, I don't need to serve any more wine, I have something to do later, and I don't need to look for the rest of the coins." But I'd like to ask, is there any news in this town that is worth caring about lately? ”
In the envious eyes of the other guests, the waiter picked up the silver coin and stuffed it into the gap in his chest with a look of surprise, and threw several winks at Zheng Shu in a row: "Okay, the food will be prepared for you soon, wait a minute, I'll be back soon!" ”
Glancing at the departing figure of the waiter, several drunkards at the same table as Zheng Shu saw Zheng Shu's operation and gradually became bolder: "Little brother, you are very generous!" But you're at a disadvantage, the waiters here aren't as good as you see, and the only thing they want to do is empty your money bag! ”
"That's right, that's right, and if you want to hear new news, brother, you might as well find us, these waiters stay here in the tavern every day, where are we well-informed."
"Oh? Thank you for your suggestions, do you have any special news? Zheng Shu responded to the braggings of these people, and quietly handed over the wine glass in his hand.
Although the breath of hell didn't hurt him, he wouldn't really be so big as to drink this thing into his body and use it to buy these drunkards.
"Oh! Thank you! Little brother, you are so nice! ”
Seeing that Zheng Shu pushed the wine glass over, this group of drunkards was also unceremonious, and they all rushed to grab the glass of wine to their side.
In the end, one of the drunkards, who seemed to be the strongest of all of them, relied on his physical superiority to grab the wine glass, and then poured it into his mouth on the spot as if he was afraid of being snatched by others.
After putting down the cup and breathing a long sigh of relief, the drunkard smiled drunkenly at Zheng Shu: "Actually, the one that has attracted attention recently is naturally the Hercules who has completed eleven trials, but I heard that he lost his trace after taking on a new trial task, and I don't know if he escaped." ”
"Of course, little brother, you definitely didn't come here to listen to this kind of public news, if there is more eye-catching news in the city recently, it is probably a hero named Hemer." The drunkard ate a few bites of the side dish in front of him, and then took a sip of his own glass of wine.
"I've heard that he was so strong that he even defeated one of the city's guardian heroes, but he left here yesterday.
As for the other...... I heard that in the nearby city-state came a strange fellow, who claimed to be from the far east, if the name is ...... Like calling a car night cloud? ”
The drunkard was still babbling, but Zheng Shu was no longer in the mood to listen to his information.
Since there is no information about Hercules here, it means that Hercules has not yet arrived here, so Hercules should still be washing away his sins in the city of Eleusis in Attica, and learning the secret art of resisting the power of hell with the local priests.
In this way, it seems that Zheng Shu came in a relatively timely manner, but it is also normal, after all, even in the God Dynasty, a place like hell is not something that ordinary people can enter casually.
Even if they enter Hell as a living person through some tricky methods, it will not be long before ordinary creatures are corrupted by the laws and breath of Hell inside, and eventually become real dead.
Only creatures with a high enough divinity can be resisted, but even if they are true gods, if they are not gods of the underworld, they will be eroded to a certain extent if they stay in hell for a long time.
So even a hero as powerful as Hercules must find a way to resist the ravages of hell.
Fortunately, the erosion of the infernal aura is essentially the same as the law type attack, which can be transformed by Zheng Shu's divine armament, so Zheng Shu can directly save the time to seek the secret art and rush here in advance.
(PS: Okay, the Moon World has finally begun to enter the main story, congratulations, congratulations.) )
(PS2: Readers are invited to come and collect the two dragon sets themselves, and these two dragon sets have corresponding foreshadowing, you can guess.) )
PY Push Book: "I Built the Strongest Valhalla"
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