Chapter 166: Three Fetters of Fate
The two exchanged polite words, and Hercules immediately told him about the proposal, and Eurytus was already trembling when he heard the oracle, and he did not agree to how he would marry his daughter to him. In the end, Hercules, who was in a hurry, said with a sinking face: "Master, you also know what my Hercules is like, with my current reputation, can I still insult you?"
Eurytus was overwhelmed by him, and finally came up with an idea to ask the two to compete with each other. As soon as Hercules heard that this was his specialty, he immediately agreed.
Eurytos said don't be busy yet, the rules have to be up to me, I definitely can't compare to you in terms of strength, let's compare skills, whoever has the most difficult skills wins. He is quite confident in his skills, and his nickname is Little Apollo in White and Silver Arrow, which is to praise his superb skills.
Hercules immediately agreed, and went outside the palace to shout, telling the whole story of the game, and asking everyone to testify, as if the cow dung was being taken by Augeas.
When the two came to the school grounds, there was a crowd of people outside, all wanting to see what the result of the legendary master-apprentice competition would be.
Eurytos shot first, only to see him shoot an arrow quickly, and then move his hand and feel out another shot, and in less than two seconds shot out five arrows, forming the shape of a plum blossom on the arrow stack, which was very beautiful, and immediately attracted a round of applause from the audience.
Hercules walked over unhurriedly, holding five feather arrows in his right hand, and Eurytos' heart sank instantly when he saw it, this is a stunt he has always wanted to practice but has not practiced, and his heart said that he is afraid that this game will be lost.
Over there, I saw Hercules shouting, and five arrows came out with a whoosh, only to see that those arrows were only in the air in order, and they flew over one after another, one, two, three, four, five. Even more surprising was that the second arrow was nailed to the tail of the first, and the third was nailed to the tail of the second, and so on, and the five arrows were finally nailed to the target in a straight line.
The onlookers had never seen such a trick, and they clapped their hands desperately, and there was no need to ask, Eurytos had already lost.
"Master, now you have nothing to say, do you? Although your plum blossom five is beautiful, it can't be more difficult than my word in terms of difficulty, don't you say?" Hercules asked as he looked at the crowd around him.
"Yes!" said the crowd in unison.
Eurytos' face was flushed, on the one hand, he didn't expect that he was not as good as this apprentice in terms of skills, and on the other hand, he really couldn't find an excuse, could he really marry his daughter to him?
"Can't my daughter marry you?" At some point, the king came to the periphery of the school yard and parted ways.
When Hercules heard this, he said depressedly: "Master, I, Hercules, asked myself if I would not insult the lintel of your house, why do you just disagree?"
"Because you're insane, I don't want Iole to be another Megara, and who can guarantee that you won't go mad again?" said the queen as she stood there and said coldly.
Hercules suddenly felt that the world was spinning, this was his sore spot, and the sight of seeing the souls of Magala and his three children in the underworld some time ago immediately came to his mind again. With a gloomy face, he didn't say a word, and walked east without looking back.
"Father, mother, you should not repent of the bet, my sister likes him too. Iphitos stepped out of the crowd and said loudly.
It would have been embarrassing for Eurytos to break the contract, but at this time, he was counted down by his son, and his face could no longer be hung up, so he raised his leg and kicked Iphitos away, and yelled: "If you think he is good, follow him from now on, and I will raise your son for nothing!"
Iphitos pursued Hercules without looking back, and soon caught up with Hercules, only to see him wandering aimlessly ahead.
"Senior brother, I'm sure you won't go crazy again, and my sister believes in you, she'll be waiting for you at home!" said Iphitos as he ran in front of Hercules.
"Alas, what a fool you kid!"
Hercules sighed, smiled wryly and said faintly: "What use do you believe, now even I don't know if I will go crazy again, not to mention that this kind of thing can't be proved at all!"
Iphitos was a young boy of thirteen or fourteen years old, and how to persuade a good man, just followed him closely.
At this time, it began to rain, and the two of them walked wildly for a long time, and finally found a tavern at the foot of a small hill. Hercules, who had been a good drinker, was so troubled that he immediately drank in the tavern until it was almost dark when the rain stopped.
He was already seven or eight points drunk, and the mountain path was slippery and steep, and it took great effort for Iphitos to help him to the top of the mountain.
Hercules looked at the afterglow of the setting sun, and suddenly became arrogant, pointed to the red sun and said: "Iphitos, I will one day unify the world, and then you must let your father personally send his daughter to my throne and beg me to be his son-in-law." ”
"Well, I'm sure Big Brother will be able to do it!" Iphitos also said loudly.
Hercules was about to speak, when suddenly there was a flash of light in front of him, and Megara and the three children were not far away, and they ran towards them with a shout. He didn't run two steps when he heard a roar, and when he looked back, he saw a giant beside him, lifting a stone and going to smash Mogara and the child.
Hercules was so frightened that he knocked down the giant with one punch, turned around and ran towards Megara, and then fell asleep to the sound of Megara's songs. I slept until the third pole of the sun before I woke up, but when I opened my eyes and screamed bitterly, a mouthful of blood spurted out in an instant.
It turned out that he was not holding his wife Megala, but a large tree, and there was a corpse beside the tree that had been broken to pieces, and it was Iphitos, the son of Eurytus, who believed in him very much.
After spitting out several mouthfuls of blood in a row, Hercules finally calmed down, knowing that he was being calculated again, but this madness was solid, and the image of his hard work to save the twelve great achievements collapsed in an instant, and no one would believe in himself in the future.
"Gods, is this the fate of my Hercules, and how shall I face Eurythos?"
Hercules sat on the ground, he had never been so depressed and blamed himself, if I hadn't drunk, if I had drunk less, if I had calmed down and thought about whether it was really Megara, there would never have been such a thing again!
After some pity, an arrogant feeling arose in his heart, and he scolded the heavens: "I don't know which damn god is yin me, don't you just want me to collapse?
After cursing for a while, he picked up Iphitos' body and walked towards Okaria.
Eurytus actually deliberately drove his son out, he knew that he was sorry for Hercules, so he wanted this little guy to follow Hercules, on the one hand, to leave a room for the two parties to turn around, and on the other hand, he also saw that Hercules would definitely do something, and wanted to take a ride, so that the younger son could also get some benefits, after all, he had no inheritance.
It's just that he never thought that his son would die in the hands of Hercules, and a violent anger instantly rose in his heart, and he took his son's body and immediately drove the murderer out.
"I've got to find someone to clear my name, or I can't do anything!" Hercules muttered to himself.
At this time, he suddenly thought of Neleus, the king of Piros, and said that this man had some friendship with him and should be able to help, so he immediately rushed to Piros.
When Nelius heard that the great hero Hercules was coming, he personally went out of the city to greet him, but when he heard that Hercules wanted to help him clear his name, and because he killed the son of Eurythos, he was furious and did not want to say anything.
It turned out that he had a deep friendship with Eurytus, and he also despised Hercules for not being able to marry the son of the murderous family.
Hercules was really at a loss for words, and if he lost his mind and killed him, he proved that he was insane, and normally it was murder! Then he suddenly thought of Delphi, the land of the gods, and said to me, go there and see, and ask the oracle to see how the gods punish.
When she came to the Temple of Light in Apollo at Delphi, the priestess saw that he was the one who drove him out, and she rarely exploded for the first time, saying that a murderer like you and a person with a red soul can roll as far as you like, don't come to defile our temple.
Hercules had long been holding back the evil fire in his stomach and had nowhere to go, and as soon as he heard this, he immediately became furious, and if it weren't for these damn gods, I wouldn't be like this. So he snatched the tripod out of the temple, saying that I will take this thing myself and ask the oracle to get it, and invite a bitch to be more competent than you.
So there was a miracle at Delphi, that is, Hercules actually put the three-legged tripod at the door of the temple of light, and he pretended to perform the ritual there.
This kind of behavior is ** naked slap Apollo in the face, of course Apollo didn't do it, so he ran from the Bright Shrine and scolded Hercules.
What kind of temper did Hercules have, how could he eat him, took out a big stick and was about to fight with Apollo, seeing that the two were about to fight, suddenly the sky thundered, and a lightning bolt struck between the two, and it turned out that Zeus had arrived.
Zeus looked at Hercules with a complicated expression, even if there were a hundred unwilling, he could not repent, because the killing of innocents must be washed away, it was his own customized law, Hera and the others were still gloating! ”
Zeus thought about it and asked Hermes to take him to sell himself, and Hermes sold him into slavery for three years to the queen of Lykia, Umphale. Hercules then asked someone to give the money to Eurytus, but unfortunately Eurythos said that he didn't want the money, and directly scolded Hercules, and then drove the messenger out of the palace.
Hercules is really hairy this time, this rotten thing is all because of your Eurythos's breach of the contract, Lao Tzu now gives you the money for selling his body, you don't want it, it's really shameless, the enmity between the two sides is completely over, and it has become an enemy from master and apprentice.
At first, Onfal did not know that he was Hercules, but later saw that he was powerful and promising, and that he was heroic and strong, and knew that this kind of person could not be an ordinary person, so he secretly began to inquire, and as soon as he heard that he was the great hero Hercules, he immediately ransomed himself and stayed in the palace, and she was lacking a male companion since the death of her husband.
Hercules, who had no ambition in the first place, was discouraged by this bad thing, and began to indulge in the pomegranate skirt of Onfal all day long, and lived a wine-colored life.
Zeus was also very angry when he saw that his plan was sabotage, he originally thought that Hera did it, but Hera had been with Athena recently, and there was no time to do it, and Hera wanted Hercules to help Iason avenge himself, and there was no reason to do so.
After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't think that it would be who could only stop, and then I remembered the annoying excellence, and said that the kid usually dangles in front of him with hatred, and at this time he really needs him but there is no trace, it's really damn. There is nothing he can do as a god king, so he has to wait for Hercules' three-year detention career to end before making plans!