The banquet of the Greek coalition went on for a long time, and everyone got up and left after they were full.
This banquet to celebrate Philoctetes' shooting of Cynos cleared away the long-term gloom of the Greek coalition and greatly improved the morale of the army.
After the meeting ended, Calchas stood next to Odysseus, looking at the back of Philoctetes who was gradually going away, a little disappointed: "I feel a little guilty about Philoctetes!"
Odysseus didn't seem to understand what Calchas said and asked: "Respectable prophet Calchas, what guilt do you have?"
Calchas glanced at Odysseus slightly and said: "Odysseus, King of Ithaca, a wise man favored by the gods, do I need to say more? You should understand."
"Dear Calchas, how stupid I am, I didn't understand what you meant." Odysseus said, although he knew very well in his heart, he still said that he really didn't understand anything.
Calchas looked at him again, shook his head, and said: "Odysseus, King of Ithaca, you are so good at disguise."
"Although Philoctetes was abandoned by you on a desert island and lived a very difficult life, at least he was not in danger of his life and could return to his hometown in the future. Now he has killed Cynos, the great sea god Poseidon ( Poseidon's son, do you think he can return to his hometown of Ota?"
Philoctetes was protected only by his friend Hercules, but a man who had just become a god was unable to fight against Poseidon.
So when Philoctetes came out of the desert island, his fate was already sealed.
In this regard, Odysseus remained silent. He could not change Calchas's view, and he was unwilling to offend Hercules by speaking out, but he offended Philoctetes so deeply that he could only feel at ease if he died.
Moreover, asking him to come to Troy to help the Greeks deal with Cynos was God's idea and had nothing to do with him.
Calchas looked at Odysseus' expression, understood his idea, and said: "Odysseus, you will have no friends like this."
After saying that, he turned around and left without saying a word.
Odysseus stood there, speechless for a while.
fog
Philoctetes walked forward step by step in the gray fog. He didn't know why he was here and how long he had been walking, but he felt that the fog would never end. Just when he was discouraged and about to give up, the fog fell. As we retreated, our eyes suddenly became clear.
Looking up, Philoctetes was shocked to find that this was Mount Ota, his hometown that he had longed for.
Why did you come back to your hometown
Although Philoctetes missed his hometown, he also knew that he was currently fighting in Troy and it was not the time to return to his hometown.
Now that he has returned to his hometown, Philoctetes plans to go back and have a look.
He lifted his feet and walked in the direction of Erta Mountain, but after walking for a long time, the distance to Erta Mountain in the distance did not shorten, but felt farther and farther away.
Philoctetes couldn't help but feel a little panicked. This was the first time he encountered this situation, but he did not give up and continued walking forward.
Just as he took a step forward, the scene in front of him changed again, and there was an open space in front of him, with a firewood pile in the open space.
What surprised him even more was that his friend Heracles was standing in the middle of the pile of wood.
"Heracles, my dear friend, haven't you already become a god? Why are you still on Mount Ota?" Philoctetes said.
Hercules did not answer Philoctetes' words, but remained standing in the center of the pyre.
Suddenly the fire burst into flames, but Hercules stood motionless in the center of the burning pyre.
Philoctetes was a little anxious, don't be burned to death by such a big fire, he shouted Hercules' name loudly, but Hercules remained indifferent.
After a while, wind and waves hit from nowhere. Although the firewood was not extinguished, there was sea water everywhere.
At this time, Heracles, whose body was burning with fire, suddenly spoke to Philoctetes and said: "My friend Philoctetes, I will come to pick you up."
Philoctetes was startled and woke up, realizing that he was still in the tent. He was a battle-experienced hero and felt that this was an ominous omen.
"Who sent me a dream and what did you want to tell me?"
"What does Hercules want to say? I should find a seer, especially Calchas, who will answer my questions."
But it was already bright, and there was a noise outside. It sounded like the Trojans were attacking the camp again.
"That doesn't make sense." Philoctetes thought.
I killed Cynos a few days ago. I thought that Trojans would be honest for a long time, but I didn't expect that it had only been so long before they attacked the camp again.
Thinking of this, Philoctetes could no longer sit still and get dressed. As soon as he left the camp, he saw a group of soldiers running towards the entrance of the camp with weapons.
Philoctetes took up his weapon and followed the soldiers to the door.
It was seen that the Trojans had already invaded the camp at this time, but because there was no Cynus, they had not entered the camp deeply, and the situation was not as dangerous as last time.
This time the fight between the two sides was fierce and in a stalemate.
Philoctetes found his friend Cleodorus on the battlefield and said: "Hey, my venerable friend Cleodorus, I will shoot a secret arrow at the despicable Trojans, you have to help me get it Arrow?"
"With pleasure." Cleodorus said. Of course he was willing to help Philoctetes deliver arrows and fight with spears on the battlefield. After all, there were risks, but helping Philoctetes deliver arrows was The risk was low, and he agreed to Philoctetes' request without a second thought.
Philoctetes took an arrow from Cleodorus, nocked the arrow, and drew the bow to aim at a Trojan captain on the battlefield.
"call out."
The arrows of the bow and arrows shot at the ten-capion commander who was fighting hard at an extremely fast speed.
"Pfft." The captain did not expect that a cold arrow would fly from the battlefield. The arrow hit the captain's throat, killing him with one blow.
Philoctetes had a proud smile on his face, showing that he was very satisfied with the effect of his archery.
Not long after, he took the arrow from Cleodorus again, bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow at the unsuspecting Trojan captain in the distance.
"puff."
Another arrow shot into the eye socket of the ten-capion commander. The ten-capion commander was not dead for a while. He was rolling on the ground in pain. The condition was terrible.
In this way, Philoctetes relied on the power of bows and arrows to kill more than ten Trojan captains on the battlefield, causing confusion among the Trojans in a nearby area.
Pei Ziyun noticed something unusual, but because he was far away, he didn't rush over for a while.
At this time, with a bronze sword in his hand and a bow and arrow on his back, he rushed towards Philoctetes quickly. As soon as he reached the area, Philoctetes discovered him.
Philoctetes was deeply impressed by Prince Paris, who had killed several heroes of the Greek coalition. At this time, he discovered the traces of Pei Ziyun, how could he let it go.
"My dear friend, hand me the poisonous arrow quickly, and I will shoot that hateful Paris, who is the source of all trouble."
Philoctetes didn't always shoot arrows soaked in the poisonous blood of Hydra. He used ordinary arrows against the decathurs and centurions. When he saw Paris, he wanted to use poison. The arrow was shot, but just before shouting, he suddenly heard a muffled groan.
Philoctetes turned around and saw that Cleodorus, who was handing him a poisonous arrow, had an arrow stuck in his shoulder, and he was furious.
This despicable prince of Troy actually shot the arrow first and wounded his friend. He vowed that he would not let go of the hateful prince Paris.
Cleodorus was hit by an arrow and retreated slightly, using his spear to protect himself from being shot again.
Although Cleodorus had taken decisive measures to protect himself, he still misjudged the terror of Paris's archery.
"Hey." Another arrow pierced the sky and shot at Cleodorus.
Cleodorus found that the spear in his hand had no effect at all, because the arrow was too fast, and he could only watch the arrow being inserted into his heart.
"Poof." Blood flowed out from the heart of Cleodorus, staining the ground red in an instant, and the body fell heavily to the ground.
Killing with one arrow, the power is terrifying.
Philoctetes saw all this and was furious. He really didn't expect that Prince Paris could shoot his friend under his nose. He immediately picked up the poisonous arrow, drew the bow and nocked the arrow, He stretched his bowstring and shouted: "Death to Paris."
The arrow shot out with a "swish" sound, very fast, and shot towards Pei Ziyun like lightning.
Pei Ziyun shot Cleodorus who was delivering an arrow to Philoctetes to death, and was already on guard against the arrow shot by Philoctetes. When the arrow struck, he moved half of his body and narrowly avoided it. Fired by Philoctetes' poisonous arrows.
But Pei Ziyun didn't want to give Philoctetes a second chance to shoot an arrow. He quickly bent his bow and reflected the arrow, and the whole movement was smooth and smooth without any hindrance.
"Poof." An arrow hit Philoctetes between the eyebrows. At this time, his face was still full of astonishment, as if he couldn't believe that Prince Paris's archery skills actually surpassed his own.
"Bang." Philoctetes' body fell to the ground and hit the ground, sending up a puff of smoke.
According to the rules of this era, murderers can strip off the clothes and weapons of the deceased, especially the divine bow of Hercules. Pei Ziyun still remembered that it was this bow that finally cost Prince Paris his life, and he immediately pounced on him. Go up and seize it.
Several Greeks roared and were about to pounce. Pei Ziyun came up with a spear, killed several people in a row, and took the bodies to the chariot.
"Killing Philoctetes is already a reward in itself. I don't want to get the divine bow in return." Pei Ziyun thought, and just raised his hands to thank: "Gods, thank you, Cynos, look, I have already Revenge for you."
(End of chapter)