Chapter 272: The Truth
Theseus was very friendly to Zheng Shu, not only because Zheng Shu and Hercules had a good relationship, but also because Theseus could clearly feel the power contained in Zheng Shu's body when he was in hell.
Although it is still far inferior to Hercules, it has surpassed the strongest hero in Athens.
Becoming the prince of Athens is naturally beneficial if you can have a good relationship with such a hero, even if you can't pull him to Athens, just maintaining a good relationship is a good gain.
In addition to taking out the medal to prove his identity, he also hopes to use it as a token to get in touch with Zheng Shu, even if he can't immediately drive the battle, it is a good result to have a drink and chat with each other first.
And contrary to Theseus's expectations, Zheng Shu's eyes suddenly lit up after seeing the medal he took out, and he snatched it away.
Although he was dissatisfied with Zheng Shu's rude actions, Theseus still showed his cultivation as a royal family, and seeing that Zheng Shu was so interested in this medal, he helped Zheng Shu explain the origin of the pattern on this medal:
"This is the medal of the city of Athens, and the carved pattern on it is the head of the monster named Gorgon, when the hero Perseus killed the sea monster Cetus with the severed head of Medusa, and when he returned, he presented the head to the hero's goddess of protection, Athena, who fastened it to the center of her shield or cuirass. To this day, the image of the head has been used in Athenian coats of arms, architectural ornaments, coins and even soldiers' shields. Of course, the only ones who can use this kind of avatar as a badge are the royal family......"
Bang!
Before Theseus could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a fist in the face.
Caught off guard, Theseus was hit by the powerful force transmitted from his fist and made a ghostly expression, and his whole body flew upside down, rubbing on the ground for several meters before stopping.
"You're talking too much, Theseus, it's time to stop." A deep voice came, and Hercules retracted his fists.
It was not Zheng Shu who interrupted Theseus, but Heracross, who was on the side, because he had already discovered that as Theseus said more and more, Zheng Shu's face became more and more ugly.
Hercules, who has a huge body, has a very delicate mind, although he doesn't know what the situation of his "junior brother" is in the same school, but his sense of responsibility as a "senior brother" still makes him stop Theseus's chatter regardless of the consequences that may offend the whole of Athens.
Theseus' first reaction was anger, but then he realized it immediately after seeing Zheng Shu's performance...... I've just gotten into trouble!
Zheng Shu's expression didn't look too angry now, and even seemed very calm. But everyone present could feel the anger rolling under the calm, as fearful as a volcano about to erupt.
Because Zheng Shu's emotions were too excited, the huge magic power in his body even resonated with the outside world, and the two pieces of manifold-looking cloaks behind the god's armament were windless and automatic, and were blown by the huge magic vortex, and all the creatures present could feel the terrifying oppressive force emanating from Zheng Shu's body.
Even the three-headed dog of hell that Hercules brought out of hell took two steps back cautiously, it was suppressed in the human world not small, in case this little thing in front of him went crazy, he couldn't beat it.
"Boom!"
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, Theseus suddenly thanked Hercules, looking at the state of the person in front of him, if it wasn't for the punch Hercules gave him just now, it is estimated that his head would have been split up now.
glaring at Theseus fiercely, Hercules silently covered the two with his body and stood in front of Zheng Shu.
After a little hesitation, Hercules was ready to protect, then reached out and patted Zheng Shu on the shoulder: "Zheng Shu? ”
"Don't worry about Senior Brother, I can still control my sanity." Zheng Shu didn't suddenly burst out and hurt people as they expected, but just spoke very calmly, but he didn't know when, his voice became extremely hoarse.
"Hmm......" Seeing that Zheng Shu could still speak normally, Herculos secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "You...... If you need anything, you can tell me and I will definitely help you! ”
"Thank you." Zheng Shu tugged at the corners of his mouth, as if he wanted to laugh to show that he didn't have any problems, but unfortunately failed.
"There's something going on in my house, so we might have to part here, sorry!"
After saying that, Zheng Shu didn't care about Hercules' reaction, and controlled the two cloaks behind the god's armament to unfold.
The two black cloaks, which didn't look too big, immediately stretched and lengthened after receiving Zheng Shu's command, and soon these two cloaks, which were originally only the size of torsos, grew to the size of two or three people.
The huge black cloak stretched out from the back armor of the battle armor, fluttering slightly with the operation of the magic power, and it looked like two huge black wings had grown from Zheng Shu's back.
With Zheng Shu's magic infusion, the cloak also became more and more tenacious, emitting a faint light. After the demonic power in the wings reached a certain amount, Zheng Shu only waved it slightly, and his body left the ground and flew out towards the sky.
Rumble!
An explosion came from high in the sky, Zheng Shu stretched his "wings" with all his strength after leaving the ground at a sufficient height, and under the impetus of the terrifying magic, Zheng Shu's whole person shattered the air in an instant, and disappeared into the sky with a white sonic boom cloud.
"He's ...... He flew? Theseus stared dumbfounded, at the white trail in the sky that Zheng Shu had left behind when he flew.
Regardless of the era, the magic that allows people to fly freely in the sky is the best, and in general, even the gods and goddesses are not able to fly freely at all, and must use special items or mounts.
"Yes, he's Teacher Charon's apprentice, my junior brother." Hercules looked at Zheng Shu who disappeared into the sky and nodded gently, his eyes revealing irrepressible worry.
"Let's hope you're okay......"
High in the air.
Zheng Shu followed the guidance in his heart and kept flying in one direction, and the magic power in his body kept pouring into the two cloaks behind him, making his flight speed continue to rise, rise and rise.
The birds and beasts in front of them fled for their lives after sensing the terrifying oppressive force emanating from Zheng Shu's body, and some villages that were relatively close to him would find that their villages could capture more prey suddenly.
Occasionally, when passing over the village, the villagers on the ground, after seeing Zheng Shu's figure flashing from the sky, would worship him as a god, and link the village's subsequent harvest to this god who did not appear.
Zheng Shu, who had caused all this confusion, didn't know about these things, and his face became more and more ugly during the flight.
Flying is never a simple thing for an individual, even with Zheng Shu's current strength, just after flying such a short distance, the vast sea of magic in his body is already on the verge of exhaustion.
Although even if he fell from a high altitude, Zheng Shu's current defense would not be harmed, for the sake of efficiency, the most important thing he should do now was to fall to the ground to rest and recover, and wait until his physical strength and magic power were fully recovered before proceeding to the next round of flight.
But for Zheng Shu, he has another better option.
"Panel, strengthen Hercules' latest reinforcement template to overwrite the original reinforcement template, and directly strengthen it to full!"
With Zheng Shu's will, the light blue light curtain trembled slightly, and several pieces of information quickly emerged:
[Instruction Received]
[Consume 50% of the Impact Factor to Strengthen]
[The impact factor has been consumed, and the body has been strengthened]
Progress: 250.32%→200.32%
The green light enveloped Zheng Shu's body, but the strengthening process that was supposed to be carried out in a quiet state was forcibly ignored by Zheng Shu.
"Ah!!h
Because he wanted to forcibly move in the process of strengthening, the already terrifying pain increased again, and even with Zheng Shu's endurance, he couldn't help but scream.
But even so, he still didn't give up and continue to fly, but continued to pour the magic power generated in his body into the cloak behind him, and the flying speed of the cloak with enough magic blessing increased to a new level.
In order to divert his attention, Zheng Shu began to think about what had happened before.
The moment he saw the Gorgon's head on the medal handed over by Theseus, Zheng Shu finally understood what it was that he had been feeling wrong in his heart since he completed the Divine Armament.
That's right! How could he ignore something so important?
Hercules is the great-grandson of Perseus, a hero who is also very famous in ancient Greek mythology, and his most well-known deeds have a "monster" figure: Medusa.
Hercules has grown so big, so naturally all the deeds that Perseus has experienced have been completed, that is...... He had already killed Medusa!
Moreover, the pattern on the medal of Theseus confirmed Zheng Shu's guess that even in the ancient Greek mythology of the Moon World, Perseus did kill Medusa.
So the question is, if Medusa was dead before he crossed over to the Moon World, then who was the Medusa he met on Nameless Island?!
Thinking about it, Zheng Shu's panel confirms that Steno, Yuri Ellie, and Medusa are all genuine gods, but the enhanced templates of these three gods named after the Gorgon monster cannot be fused with each other.
That means that there must be something wrong with one of these three people.
Thinking about it again, the moment Zheng Shu completed the divine armament, Zheng Shu felt the curse related to the gods that had been expelled from his body.
However, neither before nor after the curse was lifted, there were no significant changes to his body or memory. Combined with the fact that he had never realized that Perseus had accomplished his "great deed", it was obvious what the effect of Zheng Shu's curse had on him - this curse only affected part of Zheng Shu's ability to try to judge.
In essence, there is no harm to his body, but it simply makes him unconsciously ignore the information or memories related to Medusa's death. If it weren't for the divine armament to dispel this curse, I'm afraid that even if Zheng Shu saw the medal with the pattern of Medusa's head, he would have made up a new reason for his brain.
A curse that can only be issued by a god, and if you want to complete this curse without any gap in Zheng Shu, you must achieve it at a moment when he is extremely weak.
In this way, it is very obvious that the only people who can achieve such a condition and curse Zheng Shu are the two gods on the same nameless island: Yuri Ellie and Steno.
After figuring out this stubble, Zheng Shu also connected all the clues.
Whether in myths and legends, or in the pan-human history of the moon, only Medusa is special among the three Gorgonne sisters, and both of his sisters have the innate immortality of the gods, while Medusa is a "flawed product" that can die.
Legend has it that Perseus actually killed the remaining two goddesses, who were also the Banshees of Gorgon, but Yuri Ellie and Steno would immediately resurrect and attack him, and the only one he actually killed was Medusa.
On the other hand, the relationship between the three Gorgons sisters in the Moon World is actually quite good.
Although it seems that the two older sisters often bully Medusa, who is the younger sister, in fact, only Medusa was exiled to Nameless Island at first, but Steno and Eurie Ellie were also voluntarily exiled to the same island as her for Medusa.
As the masters of the rules of the world, the gods themselves have the ability to change the world with their own minds.
The slain Medusa, the three Gurgon sisters with whom they have excellent relationships, and the ability to change the rules of the world.
Connecting these three clues, combined with Zheng Shu's reaction, he combed through his memories and found that every time he could see Medusa, there would be two goddesses next to him, Steno and Yuri Ellie, so the result was obvious.
- Zheng Shu's experience on the nameless island is actually just a dream, a dream made by two goddesses who are unwilling to admit the truth.
"Steno, Eury Ellie." Zheng Shu endured the pain of body transformation, but his flight speed continued to rise in a straight line, "You two...... It's time to wake up!! ”
With Zheng Shu's heart-rending roar in the sky, he crossed the long distance, broke through the storm and fog on the sea, and saw the small island on the horizon in the distance.
(PS: A foreshadowing recovery at the beginning of this world.) )
(End of chapter)