Greece brings evildoers

Under the bright night, Lorne embraced Helen in his arms.

Looking at that frail figure and thinking of what he saw and heard along the way in Sparta, he couldn't help but feel a little sorry for this carefree little girl who used to like to follow him:

"It's me. I'm back. It must have been hard for you after so many years, right?"

Hearing the heartwarming inquiry from her lover, Helen's suppressed emotions rushed out of her rational defenses like a flood. She hugged Lorne's waist tightly, buried her head in his arms, and began to sob.

Lorne patted Helen's pink back and whispered comfort over and over again:

"It's okay, it's okay..."

I don't know how long it took, but Helen, who had been immersed in that warm embrace for a while, then remembered her two brothers who were left alone. She reluctantly got up, her pretty red face showing a trace of rare embarrassment and shyness, and she coughed and snorted. Say hello.

"Brother Castor, brother Pollux, you are back too..."

Hearing the word "ye", the already depressed twin brothers almost became angry and vomited blood.

The brother who co-authored Qing is the genuine product, and their two biological brothers are considered the additions?

However, seeing their sister's pitiful appearance, the two brothers stopped complaining and got to the point with serious expressions:

"Helen, what's going on with the father and the queen?"

"I don't know either..."

Helen shook her head, her face a little gloomy.

"Not long after you left, my father and my mother fell ill, and the situation became worse day by day. I invited many doctors and scholars to diagnose and treat my father and my mother, but they could not find the cause. Later, Lord Apollo even personally Coming and blessing are of no avail..."

"The Lord God's blessing is useless?"

"Well, everything seems to be destined, and no one can stop it..."

Helen nodded and spoke, with deep sadness on her face.

Her parents passed away, her sister married far away, and her brothers were no longer around. Those were the most difficult days for her.

Lorne on the side couldn't help but look surprised when he heard the conversation between the three brothers and sisters.

It shouldn't be. Apollo has partial authority over medical treatment and healing, and his blessing is theoretically the nemesis of disease.

Unless there is another hidden reason behind the death of the Spartan King and Queen...

Lorne's eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but think of Helen's sigh.

——Destined?

Thinking of this, his heart suddenly trembled, and he looked at Helen seriously:

"What happened next? What was the reaction from Ares Mountain?"

"I don't know either..."

Helen shook her head and added seriously.

"Because not long after that, they all disappeared, overnight!"

Lorne nodded slightly and continued to ask:

"Then, did they leave any message for you?"

"Yes! On the eve of the disappearance of the gods, an owl flying from the Ares Mountain sent me a message."

"What is it?"

Helen took a deep breath and slowly spat out the message that sounded like an exhortation and an oracle:

"[Wait], and hold [hope] in your heart..."

After Luo En listened, he closed his eyes and meditated for a moment, feeling like he had some enlightenment in his heart.

Now, he probably understood why the gods disappeared.

Some danger was brewing in Greece, and the death of the Spartan king and queen was a harbinger of it.

The people in Ares Mountain probably discovered some clues and were unable to deal with it, so they had to take some kind of evasive measures.

Sparta was the first place where problems arose, and Helen was the person who had the most contact with the King and Queen of Sparta, so they didn't even dare to take Helen with them, so they could only leave her behind and give a vague expression. The edict serves as a back-up arrangement.

——Waiting and holding [hope] in your heart?

Lorne lowered his eyes and looked at his palm, already having the answer in his heart.

There is no doubt that he is the [Hope] that the gods and Helen are waiting for...

But before he left, Ares Mountain had eleven main gods, three think tanks, Athena, Prometheus, and Thetis, as well as almost countless gods, monsters, gods and heroes... Such a luxurious lineup, He actually didn't make any resistance and chose to avoid the edge for the time being.

Moreover, this retreat means disappearing for two hundred years...

A leopard can be seen in a tube.

The crisis brewing in Greece was obviously so powerful that even the gods were afraid of it.

——Zeus?

Lorne thought for a moment, then shook his head and rejected the answer.

His Majesty the God King alone is not enough to make the entire Ares Mountain retreat. There must be other reasons!

After pondering for a long time, due to lack of information, Lorne still couldn't find a clue. He could only sigh helplessly and looked up at Helen:

"Then, did they leave any contact information for you?"

Helen shook her head, looking equally helpless:

"No, since the disappearance of the gods, the temples and priests of various city-states have made countless sacrifices and calls, but they have not received any response. Even the accompanying divine-blood heroes have no news. It seems that they really It’s like completely evaporating from this world.”

In order to verify the authenticity, Lorne also tried to use various media in the magic circle to establish a resonance spell, but the other end really did not respond, and the signal he sent disappeared like a mud cow entering the sea.

——To investigate the real crisis facing Greece on its own without any support.

——We also need to find your traces without alerting others...

Sister Ya, you really gave me a difficult problem.

Loen raised his hand and rubbed his aching temple, then his eyes fell on Helen again.

Since going straight won't work, he can only start from Helen.

"By the way, where is King Agamemnon? Didn't the old guy come to harass you after entering the city?"

"I am the chief priest of Sparta who exercises the kingship and divine power, not the spoils he robbed from other city-states. He dares to mess around in the temple unless he is ready to go to war with Sparta!"

Helen paused the wand in her hand, raised her smooth chin, and answered proudly.

Following Helen's gaze, Loen looked at the patrolling teams of the Blood Guards outside the Great Temple and the clergy who were almost full in several side halls, and a smile of approval appeared on his face.

"It seems that you did a good job during your administration and are very loved by these people."

"Well, it's not that good..."

Hearing the compliment, Helen blushed and waved her hand quickly.

"Compared to the great achievements you have created, everything I have done is just a tiny glow of firefly, not worth mentioning. Moreover, the changes I can bring to Sparta and the followers of those people outside are all because of your teachings."

As she spoke, Helen looked at Lorne with affection, and the worship and admiration in her eyes seemed to be a flame that would never go out.

If I used to be just a star-chasing girl who was moved by appearance, then now I am a seeker who strives to get closer to my idol.

Because the more I implement the teachings of this earthly shepherd, the more I can feel the greatness of that thought.

"Ahem..."    Seeing that the atmosphere in the temple became ambiguous again, the two light bulbs couldn't help but interrupt the eye contact between a couple of dogs and men with dry coughs.

"Speaking of which, where did Agamemnon go?"

"In the Council of Elders, they invited people in, so they are naturally responsible for entertaining them."

"They actually let outsiders into the city, what do they want to do?"

"What else can they do? They just saw that I have been in power for too long, and they want to use my sister's escape to unite with King Agamemnon who came to ask for punishment, and force me to step down."

Helen rubbed her temples, a helpless smile appeared on her face, and she told her not-so-good situation.

"The Council of Elders and those inspectors currently control more than 70% of the Spartan God Blood Guards. Although I have many followers in the city, they are basically ordinary people with mediocre qualifications and combat effectiveness. In addition to my brother-in-law and the elite he brought, the other side has completely overwhelmed the Moon Temple in terms of military strength. A rash conflict will only increase casualties, so I am sending people to borrow troops from the Ares Mountain to prepare to mediate this dispute..."

The Spartan twins were surprised when they heard this.

"Seventy percent? You have done a lot of good things for the country and the people, why do all those God Blood families stand on the side of the Elders?"

"Because the butt determines the head..."

Lorne said the key, and then continued to remind the two brothers who seemed to understand.

"If you don't understand, think about why Sparta was founded."

"Strong army?"

"Then what is the most important thing to maintain a strong army and let them have a steady stream of military merits?"

"War!"

The two brothers suddenly realized, and looked at their loving sister in unison, asking dryly.

"Helen, how many wars have you launched against foreign countries in the past two hundred years?"

Helen thought about it and slowly raised a finger.

The two brothers tentatively asked: "One hundred?"

Helen shook her head and retracted her finger awkwardly: "Not once."

The two brothers heard this and couldn't help but touch their foreheads in pain.

Sparta was founded on a strong army. Various cruel trainings and the tradition of universal military service turned the entire city-state into a war machine serving war.

Plundering wealth, plundering slaves, gaining military merit, and maintaining class mobility are all benefits that war can bring.

But since her sister came to power, she first implemented various policies that destroyed traditions, and then brought about a two-hundred-year peace, which was simply forcing the Spartan military merit class and the God Blood Family to death.

No wonder the Elders would rather bear the infamy and bring outsiders into the city to force the palace, and no wonder nearly 70% of the God Blood Family in Sparta stood on the opposite side of the Moon Temple.

"I know this is a bit too much..."

Seeing the unpleasant faces of her two brothers, Helen faintly expressed her vision,

"But I have seen the cruelty of war in Thessaly. We have exchanged countless bloodshed and sacrificed for the dawn of peace, so I don't want the Spartans to bleed again because of war during my reign."

Then, she paused, and a deep sense of uneasiness flashed in her eyes.

"Moreover, since the gods disappeared, the city-states that had fought side by side have begun to attack each other, and many of the gods and blood heroes I know have died inexplicably in the war. So, I wonder if there is some kind of power behind this that is secretly causing the entire Greece to fall into disputes and turmoil, and they dare not rashly start a war..."

"Your idea is right."

Lorne patted Helen on the shoulder and gave a positive answer.

In fact, as early as the Sea of ​​Oceanus, he vaguely felt that the atmosphere of the entire Greece was not right.

The chat with the fisherman further verified his guess.

In the two hundred years since they left, plagues, famines, wars, floods and other natural and man-made disasters have emerged one after another, making the entire Greek people live in misery.

This familiar doomsday atmosphere made it easy for him to think of a person.

——Pandora, the witch of disaster!

As the number one war criminal under Zeus who destroyed several civilizations, most of the current chaos in Greece is closely related to her and the master behind her.

And in the legend, in addition to the ability to bring various disasters, the Pandora's Box controlled by Pandora also contains the [Hope] that can make the world stand up again.

Wait and hold [hope] in your heart...

The prophecy left by Athena may not only refer to him returning from overseas, but also a metaphor about "Pandora's Box".

At this moment, hearing Lorne's comfort, Helen's anxiety gradually disappeared, and she looked at the three arriving reinforcements with a bright smile.

"Just now, I was still worried about whether the courier could reach Athens safely and whether Ares Mountain was willing to mediate. But now that you are back, everything is no longer a problem."

As she spoke, Helen seemed to have been relieved of some kind of burden, with a sense of relief on her face.

Although she has been in power for two hundred years, to be fair, she doesn't like the feeling of scheming with outsiders. Now that the two brothers who have the right to inherit the throne have returned, she can't wait to put down this burden and be with the one she admires. The gods dwell together in two places.

"Don't be too happy too early. Our current identities are not visible to the public. I'm afraid you will have to sit in this position."

Lorne opened his mouth to shatter Helen's illusions and expressed his worries.

He has not yet figured out the mystery of the disappearance of the gods and heroes, as well as the potential crisis that makes even the God of War Mountain shy away.

Before the situation is clear, the enemy is hiding. If they want to take the initiative, they cannot be exposed prematurely.

When Helen heard the bad news, she couldn't help but look sad:

"The Divine Blood Guards in the city have been mobilized frequently recently, and King Agamemnon has also arrived. The Presbyterian Council will probably take action in these two days. But you can't be exposed now. Geguo's side will not be exposed for a short time. It’s a bit troublesome now that I can’t count on you.”

"What do you have to worry about with just a few divine-blooded guards? How about we help you kill all the Mycenaeans tonight? What hope can those old guys in the elders have!"

The twin brothers comforted her casually, and immediately transformed into murderous demons protecting their sisters.

"Don't go!"

Helen quickly grabbed the two brothers who were about to walk out of the hall while talking, and reminded them seriously.

"Mycenae is not as simple as you think. My brother-in-law seems to have some strange helpers around him. He is covered in black wings and black robes, and his face cannot be seen clearly. Ordinary divine blood heroes cannot be enemies with them! It is through With this power in the dark, Mycenae has annexed several regions in recent years, becoming the most powerful city-state in Peloponnese!"

Wearing black clothes and robes, you can't see his face clearly... This outfit sounds a bit familiar.

While Lorne was frowning and thinking, a change in the air flow made him suddenly narrow his eyes, look up at the roof of the temple, and shouted coldly:

"Who? Come out!"

In an instant, the power of the labyrinth covered the entire grand temple, turning the surroundings into a cage.