Greece brings evildoers

Chapter 318: Rider Mie Zu (5.7k)

The morning sun shines through the cracks in the window into a quiet bedroom.

Accompanied by a vague mumbling, Lorne on the bed wakes up leisurely and opens his eyes to look up.

Hmm, a strange ceiling.

Looking around, Lorne finds that the room he is in is warm in color and has a distinctly feminine style.

The landscape painting of swans playing in the water on the wall and the cute little sculptures on the windowsill reveal the owner's unfading childishness. Several illuminated fluorites are deliberately arranged into star-shaped geometric figures. The thickened mattress under the body and a set of soft and silky velvet quilts make this an ideal resting place.

As if sensing the movement on the bed, a little head sleeping soundly on the side of the bed suddenly pulled out of the soft quilt and looked at Lorne in surprise.

"You finally woke up!"

Looking at Helen who was so excited that she couldn't help herself, Lorne felt warm in his heart, nodded, and asked with a smile.

"How long have I been unconscious?"

"It's been three months."

Helen spoke in a deep voice, her eyes full of fear.

"After the abnormality in the royal city was eliminated, Sister Atalanta brought you back from the palace, but you have been unconscious, and your whole body seems to be about to crack. It looks so scary..."

Lorne listened quietly and roughly understood the ins and outs of the matter.

In the battle between him and Typhon's incarnation at the astronomical observatory, he used too much power beyond the limit, causing this body to be overwhelmed and on the verge of collapse.

Fortunately, Atalanta, who had solved the King of Arcadia, arrived in time and brought him back to this yard and handed him over to Helen for care. She herself rushed to the Arcadia Mountains without stopping to support her teammates who were resisting the beast disaster in the back, and finally successfully brought most of the crusaders back to the city.

After three months of recuperation, the cracks on Lorne's body have basically healed, and his consciousness has recovered.

Everything has ushered in a happy ending.

"Bang!"

Just as Loen nodded secretly, a dull roar came from outside the window, and the whole window was shaking slightly.

He couldn't help but feel nervous and asked with frowns.

"What's that sound?"

"Oh, it seems to be the city defense weapon made by the alchemists of Hermes."

Helen answered casually and added with a look of habit.

"Although the temple was destroyed and the main force of the beast disaster was eliminated, the influence of Typhon's divinity is still there. Those irritable monsters in the mountains always run out from time to time to harass nearby towns, so the confrontation between Arcadia and the monsters has not yet ended."

While speaking, there were several more dull roars and faint roars of beasts.

Loen was a little worried, so he got up from the bed and said, "Take me to see it!"

Helen nodded obediently and led Loen to the scene.

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At the same time, the north wall of the Royal City of Arcadia.

Hundreds of magical beasts crossed the wilderness, raising a cloud of dust along the way, and rushed to the Arcadia Royal City where humans gathered.

Looking around, in addition to the familiar faces such as magic wolves, wyverns, and magic pigs, there were also a few medium and high-level magical beasts such as two-headed dogs and chimeras with the characteristics of Typhon's descendants.

"Ichor Cannon, all gun ports, open!"

"Adjust the elevation! Shoot to capture! Release!"

The green-haired cat-eared female hunter standing on the top of the city saw the opportunity, immediately waved her arm down, and issued an order.

One by one, precious materials such as lapis lazuli, obsidian, and magic crystals were loaded into the grooves on the top of the bronze cannon by the alchemists and magicians with painful faces.

Then, the muscular warriors on both sides turned the wheel to raise the shooting range, and filled the muzzle engraved with Hermes with bronze giant arrows as thick as a baby's arm.

Under the chanting of the priests and the divine officials, the spells on the guns were activated, and the weapons that were blessed and enchanted were shot out of the city like worthless rags.

Halfway through, driven by the runes of disintegration and fission, these carefully crafted things instantly disintegrated and erupted with powerful ether tides.

Dense beams of light shot out in all directions, like sharp swords piercing the sky, tearing the two-legged flying dragons into pieces.

Amid the muffled sounds of flesh piercing and the shrill cries of beasts, dragon scales, bat wings, meat pieces and other monster parts were bloodily scattered on the ground.

In a short moment, dozens of two-legged flying dragons were slaughtered.

Lorne, who was watching the battle in the shadows, nodded with satisfaction at Atalanta's calm response, and then his eyes swept over the so-called city defense weapons and the young faces of several defenders wearing owl badges on their chests, and he immediately understood where these things came from.

Ichor Cannon, the magic weapon technology that the Minoan civilization learned from the bronze giant Talos, and once equipped it in the Minoan fleet.

After the sinking of Crete, these technologies were passed to Athens and can be found in the Academy of Athens.

Obviously, the students of the Academy of Athens and the alchemists of the Hermes School in the crowd have made great contributions to the imitation of these finished products.

Humans are really a species that is extremely tenacious.

While Loen was sighing, the monsters had already rushed to the city.

But due to the loss of air combat units, these beasts with brute force can only rely on the power of the flesh to climb the high walls that have been reinforced by magic and divine words.

The Arcadian soldiers standing at various checkpoints and the heroes of divine blood from different city-states formed a strict Spartan phalanx, calmly holding shields and spears. Unmoved.

The twin brothers responsible for close combat estimated the distance, and a sneer gradually appeared at the corners of their raised mouths, and their right hands suddenly swung down.

Instantly, nets woven from monster tendons, javelins inscribed with Hermes, and grappling hooks coated with poisonous potions were launched one after another, tying up and killing the monsters that wanted to climb the high wall and jump into the city.

Then, Atalanta shot a whistling arrow to the sky, and the arrow towers distributed on the city wall successively heard the trembling sound of bowstrings, and several waves of arrow rain splashed on the monsters gathered outside the city wall.

Among them, there were not only explosive arrows that could explode, but also poisonous arrows with bottles of secret poisons from various sects hanging on them.

Whenever the monsters outside were splashed with these poisons, the affected parts immediately turned into pus, blood and bones.

Even the stone bricks of the city wall that were protected by various spells made a sizzling sound when they were affected, and bursts of white smoke rose.

As the breeze blew, the white smoke spread all around, and the monsters began to feel dizzy. The purple-red lines representing the poison spread to their hearts through the blood flow, causing purple-black blood to flow out of their seven orifices.

"Open the city gate! Raise your shield!"

"Magicians, cast a protective spell!"

"Priests and priests, prepare to dispel the secret ceremony!"

The twin brothers took the opportunity to give orders, and rushed out with the trained Spartan phalanx, facing the monsters that collapsed on the ground outside the city, one by one, and then pulled these monsters that were dead and could not die anymore into the city for division and processing.

For humans, the corpses of monsters are quite precious resources.

If used properly, this small-scale confrontation with monsters will not only not cause any losses to humans, but will make a lot of money.

As the situation settled, Atalanta and Medea, who was mixed in the magician group, saw Lorne smiling and watching them in the corner.

The two immediately rushed over excitedly and gave each a big hug.

"Teacher!"

"Senior Brother!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, wait a minute..." Two priestesses from the Moon Temple hurriedly followed Atalanta and shouted, looking helpless and wanting to say something.

"Queen?" Lorne looked at the student in his arms with curiosity.

Atalante blushed, and was also somewhat helpless.

"They insisted on me being the queen."

"This is the oracle of Lady Artemis." The older priestess corrected seriously and reiterated, "Moreover, your bloodline and identity have been certified by the queen, and everyone in Arcadia is willing to support you to become the new king of this country..."

Lorne listened to the discussion between the two sides and roughly understood the ins and outs of the matter.

Although the King of Arcadia died, he left a lot of mess behind.

In order to solve the subsequent troubles and prevent his holy land from falling into the hands of others, Artemis, after learning of Atalanta's royal bloodline, simply pushed Atalanta, his good apprentice who he had raised, to the front and let her succeed to the throne and become the queen of Arcadia.

Although it is rare for a woman to be king in the Greek states, Artemis is now competing with Ares on Paradise Island for the faith of the Amazons.

The Amazon tribe is precisely a group led by the queen, so Atalanta's succession to the throne as queen is not an exception in Artemis's view.

At the same time, Atalanta has been on the road to pacifying the beast disaster in Arcadia, interrupting the sacrificial ceremony of the royal city, and rescuing allies as promised... These achievements have long convinced the Arcadians and outsiders who jointly fought against the beast disaster.

When one's own strength and achievements reach a certain height, gender discrimination is naturally out of the question.

Therefore, with the support of the Temple of the Moon, the strong support of the crusaders and the two Spartan princes, and the personal certification of the Queen of Arcadia, Atalanta naturally became the Queen of Arcadia.

At first, Atalanta, who did not like being constrained, did not want to take over the title. However, the aftermath of the beast disaster had not been completely eliminated at that time. For the sake of the land where she was born and raised, Atalanta had to take over the defense of Arcadia and concentrate on restoring order.

But with the aftermath of the beast disasters that were defeated several times in a row, Atalanta's reputation grew day by day. After more than three months of running-in, she has been tacitly recognized by all parties as the new Queen of Arcadia.

However, since Atalanta is the spokesperson of the virgin goddess Artemis, the priestesses of the Temple of the Moon do not want their queen to have an overly intimate relationship with the opposite sex, so as not to violate the oath of keeping chastity for the goddess.

Atalanta was very annoyed by this, and naturally did not have a good face for the priestesses who surrounded her and emphasized the rules all day long.

"Okay, okay, you guys go back first. If you have any opinions, you can raise them to Lady Artemis when I preside over the sacrifice. If you still stay here, whoever wants to be the queen can be the queen!"

The priestesses could only leave in dismay after hearing this.

Seeing that the group of old ladies left her sight, Atalanta was visibly happy, hugged her teacher's arm, and snorted in anger.

"Teacher, when did you wake up? You didn't even tell us."

"That's right!" Medea, who was holding the other arm, chimed in.

"Look, I came to see you right after I woke up." Lorne explained, and then pulled out a witness, "If you don't believe me, ask Helen."

"Ah?" Helen in the corner heard the words, and came back to her senses in a trance, and quickly nodded and replied, "Oh, that's right."

Hearing this, the two were in a good mood and hugged their arms tighter.

"Brother, to be honest, Arcadia has really changed a lot in the three months you were in a coma."

"The palace and the Moon Temple have also been renovated inside and out, and can become a fortress of refuge when necessary."

Lorne heard this and urged with interest: "It seems that you have put a lot of thought into it. Then I have to take a good look."

Looking at the three people gathered together and talking and laughing, Helen, who was left aside, felt hurt.

Seeing that there was no place, the little princess was unhappy and left on the grounds of being unwell.

Lorne thought that the other party was tired from taking care of her, thanked her, and called the twin brothers to send their sister back to rest.

However, someone who turned around and talked and laughed with Atalanta and Medea did not notice that Helen's eyes seemed to be more resentful when she left.

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"Bang!"

After watching the two brothers leave, Helen could no longer hold back her resentment and slammed the door.

Why? It was me who had been guarding for three months, and it was obviously my turn first!

The little princess complained indignantly while ravaging the pillow in her arms.

But the more she did so, the more she thought of the intimate scene of the three people on the wall.

Finally, Helen, who had been tossing and turning on the bed, got up angrily and clenched her fists.

No! I don't want to lose to them!

Then, the girl jumped off the bed barefoot, took a deep breath, opened the magic circle, and three fragrant golden apples fell into the plate.

Looking at the coveted golden god in front of her, Helen swallowed her saliva and looked proud.

Humph, I'll give you the daytime time.

When it's night, with the treasure given to me by Lady Aphrodite, I will definitely be able to snatch back the person I like!

Thinking of this, Helen glanced at the sun that had just risen outside the window, and suddenly felt a little bored.

It was still early before nightfall, how could she get through most of the day?

The depressed little princess looked around and her eyes immediately fell on the bed where someone had lain, and her eyes gradually sparkled.

After a moment, Helen jumped onto the bed, hugged the velvet quilt tightly in her arms, buried her head and took a deep breath of the remaining smell in the quilt, her face full of comfort, as if her soul had been purified.

"Smell, hehe, his smell..."

The girl rubbed the quilt with her flushed face, and her mumbling gradually became unclear.

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At night, the three people who had been wandering in the city for a day finally returned to the courtyard.

Loen took out the homemade mead and gave it to the two to relieve their fatigue and thirst. He sat aside and recalled the news he heard from the two during the day.

Strictly speaking, this beast disaster crusade mission did not end perfectly because there were too many variables.

Although the Typhon Temple was destroyed and the will was expelled, the second generation of Typhon descendants he created spread to all parts of Greece with the invasion of the beasts.

Now, some surrounding city-states have begun to spread the news that monsters blocked the road and hurt people for evil.

This is an unprovoked disaster for the first generation of Typhon descendants who were forced to take the blame on the God of War Mountain.

But it's better this way. Let the second generation who are doing evil outside take the blame for the little guys in Ares Mountain, and they hide behind the scenes.

Even, they can secretly do something bad under the name of Typhon and throw the blame on those second generation.

After calculating the gains and losses, Lorne felt a little more happy.

At this time, Atalanta and Medea drank a few glasses of wine, and their stomachs couldn't help but growl.

Lorne came back to his senses and smiled.

"Hungry? Well, I'll cook tonight to reward you for your excellent performance in the past three months!"

Atalanta and Medea heard this and nodded happily, full of expectation.

As frequent visitors to Ares Mountain, they knew that their teacher and senior brother had inherited the heritage of the God of the Hearth Hestia and had superb cooking skills.

But since becoming the main god, the god of wine in front of him has been busy with government affairs and rarely cooks.

Now that they have the honor to taste his cooking, Atalanta and Medea feel excited just thinking about it.

"Okay, I'll go out to buy some food. You guys go to the next door to play with Helen first, and call her up when it's time for dinner. She's been guarding me for so long, and it's hard for her."

Lorne waved his hand, left a few instructions, and began to prepare for dinner.

Originally, the twin brothers should have been invited, but unfortunately, they just received news from the hunters that they were taking a team out of the city to the Arcadia Mountains to deal with a completed beast nest. It is estimated that they can only wait until later if they want to entertain these two.

Watching Lorne go out, Medea and Atalanta, who had nothing to do, came to Helen's door and knocked on the door gently, ready to communicate with the little princess of Sparta.

However, after waiting for a while, there was no response from inside the door.

Not here?

The two were stunned, and in a state of drunkenness, they raised their hands to push open the half-closed door, walked into the room, and activated the illuminated fluorite.

Unexpectedly, Helen was in the room, but she was sleeping soundly with the quilt in her arms.

At this time, the girl on the bed had a red face, her cheeks rubbed against the velvet quilt, her legs were sometimes clamped together, sometimes stretched straight, and she murmured vaguely, as if she was having a wonderful dream.

Seeing this, Medea poked Atalanta's arm and asked in a low voice.

"Do you want to wake her up?"

"Shh!"

Atalanta made a gesture to keep quiet and shook her head gently.

"She has been guarding the teacher by the bed for three months. She must be exhausted. Let her have a good rest. Besides, it's still early before dinner time, so there's no rush."

Medea nodded in understanding, and when she was about to leave quietly with Atalanta, their eyes were attracted by the three golden apples on the table.

They smell so good...

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"Crunch~Crunch~~"

A sound like a rodent grinding its teeth came into her ears, and Helen, who was sleeping on the bed with her head covered, was awakened and opened her eyes depressed.

Almost, she almost completed her coming-of-age ceremony.

Moreover, the protagonist was the person she had been thinking about.

"Crunch~Crunch~~"

The familiar gnawing sound came again, and Helen was angry. She immediately opened the quilt and looked at the two people at the source of the sound angrily.

"What are you doing at night?"

Atalanta and Medea stopped chewing at the table and looked apologetic.

"Sorry for waking you up..."

"This apple smells so good, we couldn't help it..."

Apples?

Helen was slightly stunned, and then looked at the golden-skinned fruit core in the hands of the two people. Suddenly, her eyes went dark and her heart and lungs stopped.

"You, you..."

After a pause of several seconds, the girl let out a trembling cry.

"My golden apple!"

Looking at Helen's heartbroken look, the two looked at each other.

"Isn't it just two apples? Although they taste good, there is no need to be so stingy, right?"

"How about this, where did you buy them? We will buy them for you later!"

Hearing this, Helen couldn't help but feel sad.

"Buy? Can you afford it?! That's..."

The words stopped here.

Helen realized that these things given to her by the god of love seemed a little shameful, so she could only purse her cherry lips and shed tears of grief and anger.

"You, too much!"

"Don't, don't cry! It's all because the apple is too fragrant, we couldn't help it!"

"Besides, we didn't finish it, and left one for you."

Atalanta and Medea said, and hurriedly handed the remaining golden apple to Helen.

Seeing the only remaining seedling being taken out of the arms of the two, Helen became even angrier.

"Get out!"

"Well, we..."

"Get out!!!"

The girl immediately jumped off the bed with a dark face, dragged Atalanta and Medea out of the house, and then slammed the door, holding the only remaining golden apple in her arms, and couldn't help crying again.

Looking at the closed door, Atalanta and Medea were dumbfounded.

"What should I do? Helen seems to be really angry?"

"How about looking for my senior brother? Let him coax her."

The two of them had to turn around and rush to the kitchen, ready to ask Loen for help.

But for some reason, the further they walked, the hotter they felt in their bodies, and their eyes became a little blurred, especially when they saw the busy figure in the kitchen, a switch in their bodies seemed to be suddenly turned on.

Indescribable impulse and hunger surged into their hearts, drowning everything.

"What's wrong with you two? Your face is so red?"

"Why are you jumping on me? The food is not cooked yet..."

"Wait, stop touching me!"

"Help, help!"

A whine was drowned out by the rough tearing sounds in the night.