tenedos island
"Shoot!" A hoarse roar came from the rain, followed by a sharp whistle. A harpy fell down in response, but there were many harpies, and they were extremely fast. They were just shadows at first, and in the blink of an eye Already in dive!
Prince Iphobus could see their pale faces, as well as the sharp claws under the wings, and the ears were like bears. It swooped down, its small eyes flashed with cruel eyes, staring at Prince Iphobus fiercely.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" The sailors hurriedly fired arrows, but did not hear the sound of the bows and arrows entering the flesh. The banshee quickly dodged the incoming arrows in the air. Several of the arrows were almost about to hit, but they were all missed. It was bounced away by their sharp giant claws.
"Dang" there was a sound of gold and iron intersecting. It was the collision sound of the banshee's sharp claws and arrows.
Then, several banshees flashed their sharp claws and flapped their wings rapidly, like an arrow from a string, quickly attacking the crowd on the deck.
"ah!"
"ah!"
With several screams, several soldiers failed to escape the attack of the harpy. One soldier's head was directly broken open by the harpy's claws and he died on the spot.
Several soldiers were caught and quickly thrown into the sea.
"Ah, they are not the children of the sea god Taomas and the sea nymph Elega. Why are they so smart?" someone screamed.
Humans are land creatures. In fact, they do not need to be killed directly in the ocean. As long as they are thrown into the sea, even strong sailors will be half dead.
A soldier who was thrown into the sea struggled to come up, and the harpy dived in response. This time, the soldier in the water had no resistance at all, and had no choice but to die - only to hear a scream, and his scalp was taken off, The blood immediately turned the sea water red.
In just one encounter, Prince Iphobus lost seven or eight soldiers. More importantly, several harpies had already surrounded his younger brother, Prince Troilus. hit.
"Banshee, I am the prince of Troy." Prince Troilus swiped his long sword, causing a splash of blood. A canvas on the ship was cut into two pieces. This was not to show off, but to say - Prince, you have With the blood of God, I am not a weakling.
But he was young after all, and this was the first time he encountered this scene. Another harpy took advantage of the opportunity to grab it, and suddenly there were claw marks on his shoulders. Even with the leather armor, blood was still spattered, and there were flaws. Several The harpies surrounded them, their eyes showing greed and cruelty. These are the descendants of gods, and they taste the best!
"Ares!" Prince Iphobus saw that the situation was not good, and he brought his brother out by himself. If he died here, he would be very responsible, so he roared and prayed.
In fact, he was not as weak as at the last sports meeting. After praying to God, a reddish light filled his body. This aura is not visible to ordinary people, but people who have received divine favor, especially heroes, often encounter this kind of light. breath!
Depending on the divine grace, one may be agile or fierce.
And Prince Iphobus was so fierce that he picked up a spear and threw it!
With a "pop", the spear fell down and penetrated a harpy. The harpy screamed, its face twisted, trying desperately to grab something, but at this time, although its claws were sharp, they were useless.
Then, Prince Iphobus had veins jumping on his forehead, his eyes were like angry bulls, he waved his sword and rushed out. A barrel that was blocking the road instantly collapsed into pieces under the swung sword, and he flew towards a harpy. Cut it down!
"Wow" suddenly screamed, and the harpies seemed to realize how powerful it was. They fluttered their wings and quickly retreated a few feet away. However, they did not leave, but circled and danced around.
"Damn it, they are not the descendants of the sea god Taomas and the sea nymph Elega, but the descendants of Typhon and the snake girl Ecena. Why are they so wise?" Prince Iphobus couldn't help but screamed, divine grace is With limited resources, how can I fight against the harpies in the sky
"Boom!" At this moment, there was a huge impact and the ship rocked violently. Prince Iphobus could not stand and fell down on the deck. The two sailors screamed and fell into the sea. Before they could call for help, they were The giant underwater shadow swallowed it up in one gulp.
"There's a kraken under the water hitting the ship."
"There's a Kraken attack."
The soldiers and sailors screamed, and Prince Iphobus rolled up. He was so depressed that he almost vomited blood. By now, he had lost half of his men.
I remember that half an hour ago, I was still very ambitious and vowed to make Paris look good.
The king had more than a dozen children. In the early years when Paris was shepherding sheep in Mount Ida, Deiphobus was the king's favorite son, although the king himself thought this son was reckless and violent.
Among the many princes, Hector was the most favored by his parents. He was brave, good at fighting, shrewd, capable, and responsible. He was praised by everyone, and he was also the unshakable future king of Troy.
No one has doubted this, and Deiphobus knew very well that he could not compete with Hector, but if he could not be the first, he would be the second. This was also the case originally, but Paris changed everything.
Paris's archery skills defeated Hector and even knocked him down. His longer, pretty face made many girls fascinated.
"Damn it, Paris, I want to prove that I am the strongest prince besides Hector." This thought was always in my mind. When I heard that the fleet was attacked by a sea monster on the nearby sea, and the fleet Many of them were merchant ships loaded with cargo. When they suffered heavy losses from the attack by the Kraken, Princes Iphobus and Troilus could not wait to respond to the call and took the ships out to sea to attack them and rescue the fleet on the way.
You know, according to the rules of the sea, half of the cargo can be divided into this kind of rescue!
I didn't want to but ended up like this in a blink of an eye. Now this loss, even if I win, is not worth the loss.
"Brother, it's coming again." Not long after, Prince Troilus screamed. Although the ship was strong, it was crumbling under the attack of the sea monster.
At this moment, a huge head emerged, revealing a bloody mouth.
"Death!" Prince Iphobus breathed heavily, and slashed with a whistling sword.
"Boom!" When the sword struck, the sea monster screamed despite its hard skin. With a strong shake, there was only a "click" sound. The long sword broke, and the huge force was transmitted to Prince Iphobus. He had no He fought back and flew out, hitting the mast hard.
The mast suddenly broke, and some broken pieces flew into the sea. Prince Iphobus slowly slid down and spat out a mouthful of blood.
This is God's blessing. Otherwise, it would be very bad if he fell into the sea.
"Brother!" Prince Troilus screamed.
"Retreat, retreat to Tenedos Island." Prince Iphobus spit out another mouthful of blood and ordered: "Let the merchant ships get closer, quickly."
On the turbulent sea, the harpy swooped onto the ship again, and what was even more frightening was that the sea monster was still crashing into it.
The ships of Prince Iphobus and Prince Troilus merged with several merchant ships and fled in a hurry. Fortunately, they were not far away. After a while, they escaped to the beach of Tenedos Island.
On the beach, the sea monster felt the danger of being stranded, so it lingered and did not dare to go up.
Without the assistance of the sea monster, the harpy circled and screamed, but did not pounce directly.
"What to do, brother?" Prince Troilus asked.
"Hey, ask your father for help." Prince Iphobus said reluctantly after taking a look at the merchant ship full of cargo.
… …
There was a blur in front of him, and he could only see shaking figures and screams.
"Meleager!"
"Meleagros, hurry, hurry, hurry!"
The prince vaguely heard someone roaring, and the whole space was filled with fighting and screams. A wild boar, with blood-red eyes, hard bristles on its back, and tusks like ivory, was trampling in the crops. , devouring grapes and olives branch by branch.
The hunters were fighting, throwing spears and guns, which could only scratch the hard skin. The wild boar became wild and broke a tree with a "boom", then charged diagonally. One hunter was immediately stabbed to death by its fangs, and two others were also killed. After falling down, he was trampled on, only to hear a dent, and to see that he was dead.
"Poof!" A female archer arrived in time, bent her bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow at the wild boar, hitting its ear. The bristles were stained with blood for the first time.
Seeing the blood, everyone cheered. One person rushed forward with a sharp ax in both hands and was about to chop him to death. However, before he could hit the wild boar, the wild boar charged angrily and dug its fangs deeply into it, killing him immediately.
At this time, the prince threw two spears and hit the pig's back. The wild boar spit out blood and foam from its mouth. Then, the spear pierced the wild boar's neck. It struggled and fell in a pool of blood.
"Meleagros, what's wrong with you?" He killed the wild boar, but in a flash, the prince wailed in pain and rolled to death.
… …
"Ah!" Pei Ziyun woke up and looked at a spear on the pillow. The afternoon sun shone slantly in the room, and an indescribable feeling came to him. He carefully thought about it: "Is this grief and indignation?"
No need to close your eyes, no need to meditate, no need to remember, the core of Meleager comes to mind vividly.
Pei Ziyun understood the message and murmured: "Is he the son of King Oeneus of Calydon? He is really pitiful and hateful. He killed his uncle and was killed by his own mother."
The story of Meleager is very simple. He was a prince and led his men to kill a wild boar, but he fell in love with Atalanta (a huntress), so he gave her the pig's head and skin, which ended up being given to his uncle. After snatching it away, he went crazy and killed two uncles in a row.
Then his mother Althea avenged her brother, killed her son, and died in front of the fire.
This is a tragedy, but in fact Meleager himself bears a lot of responsibility. Is it wrong to kill his uncle directly if he snatches the prey
Isn't this too cruel
But Meleager and many people didn't think so. Perhaps it was this huge obsession and unwillingness that left its mark on the spear, which contained a lot of knowledge for Pei Ziyun to absorb today.
This prince who died while growing up had pretty good martial arts skills. To Pei Ziyun, it can only be said that he borrowed fighting styles and techniques from this world.
But after all, Meleager received a complete princely education. What is the greatest knowledge of royal education? In this world of gods, it is not politics or military affairs, but the understanding of the gods.
If you accidentally offend the gods, no matter how proficient you are in politics and military affairs, you will die immediately without any bones left - the wild boar cannot kill you, but the gods will directly descend to kill you.
Take the Battle of Troy. Achilles killed Hector, and the city of Troy had no resistance. It was the time when it was invincible - and then legend has it that Apollo shot Achilles directly!
If you don’t accept it, you can die!
Therefore, the most important thing for a prince is to understand the gods, treat them with respect, and not offend their taboos. Pei Ziyun absorbed the spear and supplemented the knowledge of the royal family to a great extent. Many things that he did not understand before suddenly became clear. .
"Gods? That's it." Pei Ziyun's eyes were blurred, he glanced at several items and muttered to himself.
(End of chapter)