Greece brings evildoers

Chapter 315 Eat a beautiful girl to calm your nerves (5.8k)

Half an hour ago, in a remote house in the Royal City of Arcadia.

Accompanied by the floating starlight, Hippomenes walked out from the bronze altar engraved with star patterns and Hermes.

Looking back at the blood and energy gradually dissipating over the Arcadia Mountains, he couldn't help but feel deeply apprehensive.

Thousands of artificial life larvae that were born in advance, as well as the blood and flesh materials accumulated from several battles on the scene, are going to be consumed so quickly? That guy is so powerful!

It seems that he can only make that move in advance!

Hippomenes confirmed that there was no one around, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes. He immediately put on the star-moon robe beside him, picked up the double snake staff in the magic circle, pulled up the hood that concealed his face, and walked out of the courtyard with the barrier.

"Master, the leader? You're back!"

Several Hermetic believers who were standing guard outside the door heard the noise and turned back to look at the familiar figure with a look of surprise and admiration.

Among the major sects in Greece, the Hermetic sect was the last to start, and it was not officially established until after the Holy War of Olympus.

In just a few years, the Hermetic sect was able to gain a foothold in Arcadia, where everything is thriving and all things are competing, and was quickly spread. The [Head] in front of him can be said to have made an indelible contribution to this.

On the one hand, his alchemy attainments are extraordinary, and he has completed the two ultimate topics of "the fifth element" (philosopher's stone) and "artificial life" (Holmcrus);

On the other hand, he is deeply trusted by the King of Arcadia, providing a convenient official environment for the development of the sect.

In addition to his identity as a descendant of Hermes and his gentle and approachable attitude towards things on weekdays, the believers of the Hermetic sect highly respect and admire this head of the sect.

However, after a brief excitement, the gatekeepers showed some doubts on their faces: "Didn't you go to the Arcadia Mountains with your fellow believers to quell the beast disaster? Why are you the only one now?"

Hippomenes said solemnly: "There was an accident during the expedition. I must go to the palace to see His Majesty immediately!"

Several Hermes believers were shocked when they heard this.

They gathered all the blood heroes and magicians in Arcadia to go to the expedition, but they still failed. Doesn't this mean...

"Why are you panicking? Things are not irreversible yet."

Hippomenes said calmly, then looked at everyone and asked in a deep voice.

"How are the preparations I asked you to make before departure going now?"

The Hermes believers around seemed to have found their backbone, and they all straightened up and answered in unison.

"It's all done!"

"It's all arranged according to your requirements."

"In addition, in order to live up to your trust, we have mobilized almost all of our fellow believers."

Hearing the active speeches of the believers, Hippomenes nodded with satisfaction, but the corners of his lips raised under his hood outlined a cold sneer.

A bunch of idiots!

They actually dug up the graves that buried them, thinking that it was a road to light.

"You did a good job." Hippomenes praised calmly, then tapped the double snake staff, took out several pottery bottles from the magic array, and generously distributed them to the people in front of him, smiling and saying, "Drink it, this is what you deserve."

Pulling out the cork and looking at the red liquid in the bottle, everyone was excited.

Fifth element liquid!

In the field of alchemy of the Hermetic School, a kind of "invisible and intangible" fantasy substance was conceived a long time ago. It is different from the four basic elements of "fire, air, water, and earth", and is called the "fifth element", which is closely related to the origin of soul and life.

Legend has it that once an alchemist drinks this red liquid made from the fifth element, even if he cannot gain immortality, he can greatly improve his alchemical attainments and prolong his life.

At present, the only person in the entire Hermes Church who knows how to refine the fifth element is the leader in front of him.

Although he has this precious wealth of knowledge, he never keeps it to himself, but generously distributes the refined fifth element liquid to the believers who have contributed to the sect.

For example, this time, the leader gave a batch of the fifth element liquid he had refined in advance to the Hermes believers who were preparing to go to the Arcadia Mountains to fight the beast disaster, so that they could strengthen their strength.

It is precisely because of this generous and selfless behavior that he can sit firmly in his current position and gain widespread support from the Hermes believers.

The believers looked at the precious fifth element liquid in the bottle, and under the expectant eyes of the leader, they drank it all excitedly.

However, they did not notice that there seemed to be some kind of flocs floating in the red liquid like white larvae.

Hippomenes, who witnessed all this, sneered in his heart.

As he has always emphasized, only life can exchange life.

Similarly, only life can breed life.

Therefore, this elixir of immortality extracted from the Philosopher's Stone is actually the culture medium for breeding artificial life larvae.

The reason why those Hermes believers in Arcadia were manipulated by him and became his puppets to stop the enemy was because they had taken these fifth element liquids that bred artificial life larvae before they set out.

There are not so many free meals in the world, and God's gifts are often marked with prices at the moment they are given.

After quietly eliminating the potential hidden dangers, Hippomenes began to arrange in an orderly manner: "The situation is urgent, notify all believers to gather at the palace! By the way, call the group of people from the Eleusinian Church!"

"The group of people from the Eleusinian Church?" The Hermes believer on the side looked puzzled.

"Yes, the situation is getting worse now, and it is the time when everyone needs to work together to overcome the difficulties. Give them my handwritten letter, and the group of Eleusinian believers will come."

Hippomenes said, taking out a letter with wax from the magic circle map and handing it to a Hermes believer in charge of the communication.

The reason why he is so sure is that he is not only the [Head] of the Hermesian Church, but also the [Head] of the Eleusinian Church.

Like this group of idiots of the Hermesian sect, the group of Eleusinian believers could no longer resist the temptation of immortality from the moment he took out the Philosopher's Stone, and unanimously nominated him as the head of the church.

Unfortunately, he had only been in the position of Eleusinian for a short time, and had not yet presided over an Eleusinian mystery ceremony in person.

Otherwise, he could have used the opportunity to distribute the Hukeon oatmeal to those idiots and pour the [red liquid] containing artificial life larvae that he had prepared in advance into the bowl.

Hippomenes shook his head, then stood up and walked out of the courtyard, heading straight for the palace.

As soon as he entered the door, the guards and maids welcomed him into the palace meeting hall with ease.

King Arcadia, who had been waiting for a long time, had been looking forward to it, and as soon as he entered the door, he could not wait to rush over.

"Master, medicine? Where is my medicine?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my incompetence..."

Hippomenes lowered his head, looking ashamed.

Seeing this, King Arcadia was stunned, and his voice instantly rose several degrees.

"What did you say?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect that there was a Typhon Temple buried in the mountains of Arcadia. With the protection of the demon ancestor, the strength of [Beast Disaster] is far beyond everyone's imagination..."

"Where's the medicine?!"

The King of Arcadia interrupted Hippomenes' explanation, grabbed his clothes, and asked regardless.

At this time, he could no longer hear any irrelevant sounds. His hideous face was full of madness, and rice-sized insects could be seen swimming in his red eyes.

"I handed the army to you, and those people to you. You will bring me the medicine and let me advance to a god. You promised!"

The crazy King of Arcadia roared with gnashing teeth, and it seemed that countless earthworms were crawling under his bulging skin and flesh, and they all yearned for this transformation.

Looking at the completely distorted face, Hippomenes began to have a strong murderous intent, and spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, although I don't have medicine now, I have enough materials here. As long as you allow, I can make new medicine for you at any time."

King Arcadia followed Hippomenes's gaze and looked at the thousands of households in the royal city. He instantly understood what the leader meant, and a few strands of struggle appeared in his eyes.

"This..."

"The crusade has failed, and the beast tide is about to come back. You must not fall down at this critical moment. Only if you are alive can you save more people, right?"

Hippomenes spoke faintly, and his low voice was like a slippery snake, drilling into King Arcadia's brain through his ear canal and stirring constantly.

"This is a necessary sacrifice. Arcadia will remember their efforts..."

"Yes, this is all for Arcadia!"

King Arcadia murmured and nodded, took out a bronze emblem engraved with the moon emblem from the magic circle, and handed it to Hippomenes.

Every city-state has its own patron saint, and the gods will give protection to the country that believes in them.

Unless they give up on their own initiative...

Hippomenes took the bronze elephant emblem, bowed playfully to King Arcadia on the throne, stood up and walked towards the hall, and came to the highest astronomical platform in the palace.

A group of Hermetic and Eleusinian believers had already gathered here, standing on different star maps.

Hippomenes saw this, stepped over the steps engraved with Hermetic characters, climbed onto the high platform, raised his hand and crushed the bronze elephant emblem in his palm into a ball of powder.

The sacred fire in the Moon Temple went out with a "puff", and the sky above the royal city suddenly cleared, as if some kind of barrier was broken.

Hippomenes showed a satisfied smile, opened his arms, and chanted the ancient holy words with the believers gathered here.

"When the stars are in the right position, the ring of reason appears here, with an extremely small origin and an infinite expansion. The celestial body is a hole. The hole is the void. The void is the God!"

Accompanied by the unison chanting, countless stars in the sky were lit up, and the intertwined lights constructed a dense and vast star map, covering the entire Arcadia Royal City from top to bottom.

The people in the city subconsciously stopped and looked up.

They were surprised to find that the stars in the sky seemed to be rotating constantly, and the intertwined and flowing starlight was like a huge vortex, swallowing their thoughts and sucking their souls.

Bang bang bang bang!

After a while, one figure after another fell to the ground, and tens of thousands of spiritual lights gathered towards the rotating starry sky.

The believers in front of the altar saw people in the city fall one after another, and they looked at the figure in the center of the altar in surprise.

Aren't we going to fight against the beast tide? Why is it different from what we agreed?

"Teach..."

The two closest Eleusinians were about to ask, but Hippomenes raised his hand and grabbed them in the air.

The bodies of the two men exploded and turned into a blood mist, gathering into Hippomenes' body.

And with this nourishment, Hippomenes cracked his mouth, revealing a hideous smile. In the eyes of the horrified crowd, he raised his hands and sang the last hymn.

"My Lord, rise up!"

In an instant, tens of thousands of spiritual lights turned into a strange blood tide, pouring down from the vortex of the stars and pouring into Hippomenes' body.

Under the blood infection, Hippomenes' body appeared densely packed with blood-colored light patterns, and black scales spread on his skin.

At the same time, the surrounding air gradually became extremely viscous, and the vast star map suspended in the sky fell to the ground, and it seemed to tear the surface apart during its operation. The cold and thick death gas gushed out from the cracked abyss several feet high.

Everyone looked around and saw red and black light fog gushing out from all over Arcadia City. Wherever they looked, the sticky blood-colored fog spread out, causing the surrounding air to twist and wriggle, and the scenery in front of them changed accordingly.

Dark red water seeped out from the dark cracks in the ground, gradually converging into five rushing rivers. In the red wilderness with blue phosphorescent fire, thousands of undeads were blindly patrolling on the plains full of daffodils.

Three huge bronze gates bound with chains stood at the end of the five dark red and muddy yellow rivers. Twisted and hideous faces were boiling and roaring in the rivers, turning into black branches like snakes and pythons, gradually spreading to the huge bronze gates and piercing the rune chains on them.

"Bang! Bang!"

Instantly, the dark golden chains that were tightly bound broke apart, and the three tightly closed bronze doors slowly opened. The cold breath that froze the soul, wrapped in the smelly yellow muddy flow and countless twisted ghosts mixed in it, rushed out of the abyss and surged.

Accompanied by the roar of the dragon, the soil squirmed, and the white skeletons of beasts, birds, and humans, which vaguely showed biological characteristics, woke up from their slumber with the breath of decay and death, looking for and cursing the living things in the world.

The door to the underworld is open!

If the abandoned old gods are not allowed to step on the surface and enjoy fresh life.

Then, pull this land into the underworld and let it breed new life in decay!

Looking at the bloody world in front of him and feeling the surging vitality in his body, Hippomenes took a deep breath, and his eyes opened again, turning into red and black snake-like vertical pupils.

Finally, he is back!

Then, let this be the first cornerstone for me to ascend the throne!

Just as Hippomenes was muttering, a golden band of light shot up from the southeast of the royal city, tearing a corner of the bloody sky and bringing a moment of light.

Dozens of figures on the street broke free from the vortex of starlight, suddenly regained their consciousness, and looked at the unrecognizable world in front of them in astonishment and horror, as well as the skeletons that were running towards them smelling the smell of living people.

"Bang!"

The dull sound of the door being pushed awakened dozens of people who were in a daze on the street.

"It's dangerous outside! Come in quickly!"

A beautiful blonde girl with a magic wand in her arms stood in front of the open door of a small courtyard and waved anxiously to the people on the street.

Everyone woke up as if from a dream, and rushed to the small courtyard shrouded in golden light.

Hippomenes on the astronomical platform frowned deeply when he saw this.

Aren't all the elites of Arcadia sent to assess the beast disaster? How can someone still stay awake in the alchemy array?

The power that interfered with the operation of the alchemy array just now seemed to come from the gods?

And that girl...

The red and black snake-like vertical pupils swept across the small courtyard emitting a faint golden light, and suddenly shrank. Hippomenes's face with red and black scales immediately showed a hideous smile.

Blood of the God King, descendant of Zeus!

Good! Very good! Use her as the first meal for this king when he wakes up!

Hippomenes raised his hand slightly, and several stunned Hermes believers in the star map screamed miserably, and twisted artificial life forms broke through their flesh and blood and crawled out.

"You, bring her back!"

"Roar~!"

Dozens of artificial life forms roared in response, and then jumped down from the astronomical table, and the two arms that were spread out turned into a thin layer of wing membrane, carrying them all the way to the courtyard that had not yet been broken by the alchemy array.

Watching his hunters go out, Hippomenes suppressed the hunger in his stomach and sat on the altar at ease, continuing to absorb the strange red tide falling from the sky. The life breath in his body rose steadily, and the red and black scales gradually turned from virtual to real, spreading and growing on the surface of his skin.

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"Be careful!"

In front of the courtyard, Helen dragged the little girl who fell on the roadside behind her, raised the magic wand in her hand, activated the spell bullet, and blasted a jumping skeleton into pieces all over the ground.

"Thank... Thank you... You are such a good person..."

The girl's mother rushed over and hugged her daughter excitedly, and kept thanking Helen incoherently.

"Don't say so much, come in!"

Helen hurriedly urged, looking at the dozens of skeletons on the street attracted by the movement, sweating on her forehead, and the hand holding the magic wand was shaking slightly.

Because the danger of the beast disaster was beyond expectation, her brothers refused to take her to the Arcadia Mountains, so before leaving, they asked her to stay in the safer city, and in order to ensure their own safety, they also set a protection spell for the courtyard.

Although Helen was a little reluctant, she still stayed in the courtyard obediently, waiting for the triumphant return of her brothers and the adult.

But because the process was too boring, she fell asleep unknowingly.

When she woke up, she found that the entire royal city had changed beyond recognition, and the so-called safe area suddenly became full of dangers.

If it weren't for the protection spell outside, she might have been taken away by the strange magic circle above with those people lying on the ground outside?

Helen looked at the thin layer of golden light on the outermost side of the door with fear, and frowned slightly.

Strange, the aura of this magic circle does not seem to belong to the brothers, but...

"Help, help!"

Just as Helen was lost in thought, several panicked cries for help came from the street.

A mother holding a baby was stumbling and fleeing.

And behind them, dozens of white skeletons were chasing them relentlessly.

Seeing this, Helen gritted her teeth and shouted.

"Quick, come here!"

The mother in the distance was surprised when she heard this heavenly sound. She immediately quickened her pace and rushed to the shelter emitting golden light.

However, she made a mistake in her haste. The overly excited mother accidentally stepped on a deep pit on the ground, stumbled and fell to the ground, and the baby in the cradle also cried loudly because of the pain.

Suddenly, the sound of bones rubbing against each other was heard all around, and Helen's scalp was numb.

Perhaps, giving them up is the best choice. However, looking at the baby in the swaddling clothes, Helen gritted her teeth, rushed out of the door holding the magic wand, blocked the mother and child, and chanted the ritual spell of dispelling with high-speed divine words.

A burst of white light flashed, and a group of roaring ghosts and revived corpses exploded, turning into star-like light dust one after another, drifting away with the wind.

Unexpectedly, the ritual spell that had not been mastered for a long time was actually understood at the critical moment.

Helen wiped the sweat from her forehead, hurriedly pulled up the mother and child on the ground, and prepared to retreat to the shelter behind her.

However, accompanied by dozens of sharp explosions, monsters like white wax piles fell from the sky, waving two arms that turned into swords and spears, stabbing straight at her.

Helen subconsciously raised her magic wand and set up a magic barrier.

However, the next moment.

"Crack!"

The sword-like arm with a crisp breaking sound effortlessly penetrated the magic barrier and stabbed towards her and the mother and son behind her.

It's over!

Helen's mind was blank and she was terrified.

"Boom!"

At the critical moment, a starlight fell, the earth shook, and the diffuse smoke and dust rushed into the sky.

And the blazing white starlight that was vented almost became the only color that came into her eyes.

"You are dust, and you will return to dust..."

The law was issued, accompanied by the elder's pity and the sigh of the wise, the soft blazing white light pattern centered on the figure that came, and ripples spread.

"Puff puff puff!"

In an instant, dozens of artificial lives exploded wherever the light pattern passed.

At the same time, the dirty mud on the ground was also washed away, and the torn surface was stitched again.

Everything was restored to its original state, comfortable and peaceful.