Hearing Agamemnon put the blame on Zeus, fate and the goddess of revenge, Thetis and her sisters were startled, a little unable to believe that Agamemnon said these words in front of everyone.
Although Thetis was sad in her heart, she still thought: "Agamemnon, although my son's life is short, your days are also short."
"How can you blame the gods and show your innocence?"
Agamemnon is digging his own grave, and the gods will be disgusted.
"Now, you are the commander-in-chief. The gods will not do anything to you, but when you are no longer the commander-in-chief, they will punish you. I have already seen your death date."
Agamemnon's words are not suitable to be spoken directly at any time. It can only be said that now in order to clear up his own mistakes and to allow Achilles to fight more satisfactorily, he has spoken unscrupulously.
When Achilles heard that Agamemnon was still sending gifts, he neither agreed nor objected. His current thoughts were actually just to avenge his good friend Patroclus, and he was no longer interested in Agamemnon's gifts. No matter how he cared, he replied: "Son of Atreus, it is up to you whether you give me the gift or not. In my conscience, I am more eager to fight on the battlefield."
"Only by killing Hector can my friend be buried with dignity."
The cunning Odysseus has been observing the development of the situation. He knows that this war cannot be without Achilles, and the role of Agamemnon is irreplaceable. He immediately stood up and suggested: "Achilles, please give everyone a little Time, let everyone carry out the funerals of the heroes and soldiers, and Agamemnon can send you gifts during this time, and give you a grand banquet in the big camp."
What Odysseus says makes sense, and funeral arrangements for these heroes and soldiers do need to be arranged.
It turns out that the corpses of these heroes and soldiers were impounded, and there was no way. Now Prince Paris has sorted them out and sent them back cleanly. If they are not buried first, then in the eyes of others, no outsider will treat the corpses of his own people attentively.
"You're right, Odysseus."
Agamemnon fully affirmed Odysseus's words. Odysseus always stood on his side. Whenever something happened, Odysseus would immediately make suggestions or wait for opportunities to solve the problem. So he He has always regarded Odysseus as his right-hand man.
Agamemnon shouted: "Greeks, you think that the Trojans' request for a truce and burial shows that the Trojans have felt the threat of destruction!"
"Find a bull and sacrifice it to the great Zeus first, and then continue with the funeral. Let the soldiers help cut down the trees and dig the grave."
Everyone agreed, so Agamemnon arranged for soldiers to go to the forest to cut down trees, collect firewood, and then put them together into piles of firewood. Ordinary citizens were cremated collectively and buried collectively, which was relatively safe.
But heroes and princes not only need to be cremated, but also have to hold a grand funeral. In order to let the dead rest in peace, they must be buried, otherwise the soul will not be able to enter the realm of Hades.
However, in order to take out the ashes and give them to the children of the fallen when they returned home, the remains were put into a box made of gold and silver for easy removal in the future.
After giving all these instructions, Agamemnon looked at Achilles and said: "Mighty Achilles, you can personally select a group of strong young men from among the soldiers and let them carry the gifts on my ship."
Almost all of Agamemnon's trophies were placed on the warship. After the last time the barracks was breached, his trophies would not be placed in the barracks. If the Trojans breached the camp again, all the trophies would be lost.
Agamemnon arranged for a group of people to build altars and offer sacrifices to the gods. As long as there were heroes who needed to be buried, altars must be arranged to offer sacrifices to the gods.
In this way, the soul of the hero can be protected.
After speaking, he said to his herald: "Herald Tartipios, go quickly and fetch a bull. We just said that we want to sacrifice it to Zeus and Apollo."
Although Agamemnon had just passed the responsibility to Zeus, fate and the goddess of revenge, it was subconscious and he would not forget the sacrifices to the gods.
The herald Tartipios quickly went down according to Agamemnon's instructions, and soon brought a bull.
The bull had lost some fat due to being frightened by the war and was not as fat as when it was first raised here, but this did not affect the sacrifice to the gods.
On the makeshift altar, the boar was slaughtered by the army priests and sacrificed to Zeus and Apollo, but no one took it, but this did not attract much attention.
It is normal because the gods do not use it.
Only the Greek prophet Calchas looked at it and shook his head, thinking: "Son of Atreus, what were you talking about just now?"
"Although you are a descendant of the great Zeus, the sins of the Tantalus family are so great. Even you have committed a new crime. If you were not the commander-in-chief of the Greek army, would the divine punishment have been imposed?"
Agamemnon was a member of the Tantalus family. Tantalus was the son of Zeus. He was favored by the gods at first. Later, Tantalus became arrogant and killed his son Pelops as food for the gods. The god was angry and a poisonous curse was placed on the family.
The gods resurrected Pelops and gave birth to three sons. The eldest son was Atreus and Thyestes. The two brothers were jealous of the youngest brother and killed him. This is the family of Tantalus. The second poisonous curse on his body.
Then Atreus got married and discovered that his wife had slept with his brother Thyestes. He invited his brother to a banquet, killed his brother's son, and cooked it and served it to his brother. This was Tantalus' third curse.
Agamemnon was a member of this glorious and sinful family, and now he had sinned against the gods.
It's just that Calchas sided with Achilles last time and had offended Agamemnon, so naturally he wouldn't say anything and just kept silent.
Soon after, the soldiers brought a large number of gifts from Agamemnon's ship. These gifts were trophies that Agamemnon had collected for a long time, including gold, bronze, agate, spices, etc.
Agamemnon looked at these gifts with a flash of heartache in his eyes, but in order to win this war, he had to contribute these.
Agamemnon pointed to these gifts and said to Achilles: "Great hero, Achilles, these are gifts given to you to make up for my mistakes. I hope you can accept them."
Achilles looked at Agamemnon with complicated eyes, but did not embarrass him and said: "Son of Atreus, I feel your feelings. I will accept your gift and completely forget the unpleasantness of the past. Let’s build a strong Greek coalition together.”
Achilles' words undoubtedly made Agamem very happy. Wasn't he making all these concessions just for Achilles to put aside his previous grudges and rejoin the war against the Trojans
Now hearing Achilles say this, Agamemnon breathed a sigh of relief.
The dialogue between Agamemnon and Achilles made the people around them understand that the Greeks were about to usher in a new era, and the conflict between the commander-in-chief and the powerful hero had been temporarily resolved.
Faced with the situation where the Greeks were united and shared the same hatred, the Trojans would not be able to resist.
"Everyone, let us welcome the return of Achilles, the greatest hero of Greece, with the warmest cheers."
"We are united as one, and I promise that we will never suffer the previous setbacks again. We will definitely let the despicable Trojans understand that the great Greeks are invincible. Even if he sometimes falls into a bad state, he can definitely come out of it quickly. And defeat all enemies.”
"The Greeks will win." Everyone cheered and shouted, for Achilles' return and for the coming victory.
Now that the matter had been discussed, everyone said goodbye and left.
Achilles carried the corpse bed back, on which Patroclus lay quietly as if sleeping.
Achilles looked at it for a long time and then said to the invisible Thetis: "Mother, looking at the body of Patroclus, my heart is about to break. I have decided to kill Hector." Ear."
Now killing Hector has become Achilles' obsession and he must be killed.
"However, the armor that God gave to our family could have made me invincible, but now it was taken away by Hector, and I need new armor now."
Achilles knew that it would be difficult to defeat Hector without good armor. After all, the armor was made by gods and was difficult to break.
Achilles could only obtain armor comparable to that pair of armor by asking the goddess Thetis, so that he could have the confidence to defeat Hector on the battlefield and avenge Patroclus.
"My poor child."
Thetis felt sad in her heart. She knew that Achilles' killing of Hector was the countdown to his life. But she saw that Achilles was determined and knew that it was useless to persuade him. This was fate.
"At sunrise on the third morning, I will bring you weapons and armor forged by Hephaestus himself."
"However, you have to remember that you must not fight before I come back."
Thetis told Achilles that although Achilles without the armor and weapons of the gods is very powerful, he may not be the opponent of Hector who wears the armor of the gods and holds the weapons of the gods.
"I will, mother," said Achilles.
After Thetis finished speaking, she called her sisters and sank to the bottom of the sea again, while she flew to the sacred mountain of Olympus to find Hephaestus, the god of craftsmen.
Not to mention this, Pei Ziyun, who was returning to Troy, felt that no gods were watching at this time, so he shouted: "System!"
A plum tree quickly appeared in front of me, and it quickly enlarged and turned into an information frame with a faint sense of light.
"Heroic Bloodline: Level 5 (358.6%)"
"Mission: Return the body of Patroclus, exchange the bodies of each other's fallen heroes, and give each other a decent burial (completed)"
Pei Ziyun looked at the system and pondered: "I killed seven heroes before and reached the middle of the eighth floor. I killed four more heroes yesterday. I can at least rise to the ninth floor."
"I have surpassed Hector."
Then he asked: "How many layers does Achilles have?"
"Tenth floor."
"Tenth level? Are you just a little short of entering the realm of God? No wonder you want to kill him." Pei Ziyun thought, and pressed on the task: "One more destiny point, now it is 21 o'clock, leaving the gods The oracle is only 4 o'clock away. Only when this oracle is issued can I be promoted legally."
"Now, where do I find my quest?"
(End of chapter)