twin.
To be precise, they are twins, a boy and a girl.
One man and one woman.
The boy was trained as a future general, as Iskandar's most loyal subordinate, and as an indestructible sword that could pierce all enemies.
The girl was trained as a magician, and as Iskandar's shadow warrior, she took all the damage for him and became a perfect shield.
The boy is Hephaestion, Iskandar's most trusted subordinate in the future.
The girl is the female warrior in front of you, who has been nameless all her life.
In philosophy, a name is a symbol of the self.
In the concept of mysticism, names are closely related to human destiny, and they are mutually causal and mutually influential. In magic, it is a taboo for others to know one's personal information. Even in some special rituals, just knowing one's name can increase the accuracy of the curse by dozens of times.
With a name, one has a self and an independent destiny. Only Wuming can completely become a shadow warrior, merge with the fate of his master, and resist all harm and curses aimed at the king named Iskandar.
Of course, there are times when it is inconvenient. Humans have long been accustomed to calling each other by name, and it is inconvenient to even talk without a name. Therefore, when necessary, the shadow warrior will borrow the name of his brother.
Olympias took this into consideration and gave Hephaestion this name, which seemed a bit strange at the time. According to ancient Greek customs, boys were usually named Hephaestion, not Hephaestion. This is a name that can be used for both men and women. There was also an Amazon queen named Hephaestion in history.
The name Hephaestion had another meaning at that time - a tribute to God.
Dedicated to whom
Obviously, it was not Zeus, the king of gods, who was gradually separating from humans and finding it increasingly difficult to interfere in the human world. Rather, it was Iskandar, the son of Zeus, who inherited the noble bloodline of the king of gods.
In this way, everything makes sense. From the moment the twins were spotted by Olympias, their fate was bound to Iskandar and they were loyal to him for life. In fact, both of them did this. Iskandar died at the age of 33, and the brother and sister died earlier than him.
It was solved, as clear as a scalpel, using the "eyes of discernment" that made countless magicians wary.
Through various clues and hints, as well as his own investigation and association with Iskandar, Waver finally uncovered the secret that the Shadow Warrior had kept for his entire life, a secret that had never been recorded in either official or unofficial history.
Just as the Law and Politics Department noted in his file—Disintegrator, a problematic individual of the highest order, a heretic in magic.
"But, but isn't this strange? The Stand and the Kagemusha don't look alike at all."
After listening to Weber's analysis, Gray couldn't help but ask. Whether it's novels or film and television works, the first criterion for a shadow warrior is similarity. Iskandar and the nameless female warrior have different appearances and genders, and the difference can be distinguished at a glance. How can they be shadow warriors
"The so-called shadow warriors do not need to look exactly alike, especially in ancient times when there were no photographs. At a time when the monarch's appearance was not widely known, who would know which one was the real one? With a little intelligence manipulation, it is easy to make the fake look real. The records of Iskandar's appearance in history books have shown that her or Olympias' intelligence manipulation was successful. Moreover, she should not be a shadow warrior in the usual sense. She is probably like the "substitute king" in ancient Mesopotamia; in order to avoid bad omens, she put an unrelated farmer on the throne and killed him after the disaster was over."
"—Hey, what are you doing?"
He was interrupted by a shout from the female warrior when he was halfway through his words.
Waver's reasoning was as charming as his lectures, and everyone present was listening quietly, including the female warrior Hater and Hateres. The only exception was Shinji, who leaned his sickle against his body and projected an image with his free palm. The burly figure, bulging muscles, and thick hair were the King of Conquerors, Iskandar, who was very familiar to both Kagemusha and Waver.
The boy did not rush to answer, but lifted up the image, overlapping the figures of Iskandar and the shadow warrior, before speaking.
"No, maybe they really look alike before they grow up."
"Hey, is there something wrong with your eyes? How is that woman similar to this big guy?"
The eyes on the sickle blinked, and a merciless mockery came out of the mouth. It was Yad.
"There is an old saying in the East that 'girls change a lot when they grow up', which means that girls will be very different when they are young and when they grow up. The one in your family will become unrecognizable when he grows up. In fact, boys are similar. Give me some time—"
As he spoke, Shinji's other hand began to poke and tap on the image, changing Iskandar's appearance bit by bit, or in layman's terms, "pinching his face".
Soon, the giant's burly figure gradually shrank, and his knotted muscles were smoothed out. In the end, a beautiful young man with regular features and outstanding looks appeared, who was not inferior to any woman present.
Then Shinji wiped off the excess hair on the boy's face, stretched out his red hair, and braided it into a pigtail similar to the Kagemusha's that fell to his chest.
"—and now?"
The audience was stunned. Yade, who was closest to them, opened his mouth wide and his eyes moved back and forth between the image of the shadow warrior and the boy.
"This this this this this this, this is also okay?"
"Why not?" Shinji asked back.
"You, you, you, you, how on earth did you do that?"
Shinji blew out a dull sound from his nose, and spoke in a vicissitudes tone that was inconsistent with a young man.
"I only know a little bit about the Chinese photo-editing technique, one of the four great evil arts in Asia. The master of it can turn Feng Jie, no, an extremely ugly woman, into the goddess Venus. Oh, it's all tears if I talk too much about it."
Everyone loves beauty. In this world where appearance is everything, "beauty" is the VIP pass of this world. In life, whether it is making friends, job hunting, or blind dating, as long as you show this card, you have the right of way. The "Four Great Evil Arts of Asia" are the terrible skills that can reverse beauty and ugliness. They are Chinese photo editing, Japanese makeup, Korean plastic surgery, and Thai sex change. Anyone who uses them, no matter how ugly they are, can instantly turn into a fairy. Even if the effect is not as good as the "Cinderella" that Orange cast on Kalina, it is not much different.
However, since it is called "evil arts", it is not the right way. Just like the one-night stand of "Cinderella", it will fade away after a while. What is false is false after all. No matter how the evil arts are used to make it real, it will not last long. It will be exposed one day, hurting others and yourself. Shinji suffered losses more than once in his previous life. This skill of photo editing was also mastered unconsciously in the anti-struggle.
The saying "too much talk is all tears" is not empty words, there is a profound story behind every word.
PS: Photoshop is fake after all, and will die when exposed to the light. There will be a day when makeup will be removed. How will you get along when you are bare-faced? The latter two, plastic surgery and sex change, seem to be stable and beautiful, but they also contain great risks. Sex change needs to be maintained by drugs, and plastic surgery also needs regular maintenance, and some fillers will be harmful to the body over time. Don't just look at the bright appearance and ignore the hidden dangers. Use Baidu, there are really many cases.