To be king [Greek mythology]

Let go of the hand holding the mongoose, the mongoose landed directly, and burrowed into the nearby bushes.

The cry became farther and farther away, and it disappeared completely within the range that everyone could catch.

Payris faintly felt that something was wrong, his eyes fell on the direction where the mongoose was leaving, and he couldn't see anything in the dark place, "What's wrong?"

"Something happened in the forest." Thurps glanced at Payris and frowned, "How far is it from the small supply station at the west entrance?"

"There's still some distance."

"Pray to the Sun God that nothing will happen..." Thurps took a deep breath, gave up walking and started running.

The last time he saw and heard the meerkat screaming like this was because the pack of wolves in the south couldn't find any food last winter, so they rushed into his cave and made a mess of everything, and the food reserves were also destroyed. Grab it clean.

At that time, when he heard the meerkat screaming like that, he felt something was wrong, so he went straight into the depths of the cave, and hid in a deep place along the wet and greasy exposed rocks beside the dark river.

After two days of freezing and shivering in the depths of the cold and damp cave, Thurpus was frozen stiff all over, and when he almost thought he was going to die, the mongoose jumped in from there with a piece of meat larger than itself in its mouth.

Thurpus just washed roughly in the dark river next to him, and then ate the big piece of meat raw. When he finally recovered and returned to the cave, the wolves had faded away.

I don't know what happened in the forest that made the mongoose so nervous.

"Oh my God, Poseidon bless—"

"This is the forest." Thurpus glanced at him, "You might as well pray like Artemis."

Payris shrugged his shoulders and said nothing, and the group ran to their destination sullenly.

Entrance to the west of the forest.

A warrior with brown curly hair held a torch, and the rustling in the forest became louder and louder.

He winked at his companion beside him.

The companion nodded, went back to the room, took out a cylindrical object, and broke it directly.

Crete, temple.

The high priest who was resting suddenly opened his eyes, got up and put on his clothes.

"Go and notify the other priests and prepare to assemble." He instructed the apprentices who came up to him, and then ran directly to the king's bedroom.

The city-state of Crete wants to occupy such a large and resource-rich island by itself, not just by relying on this city-state standing on the edge of the ocean with thick and high walls.

In the safe area of ​​the forest and other places, there are people stationed all year round.

Once something happens, the soldiers stationed will break off the things that the temple distributed to them as a warning.

This silent alarm method is common in all city-states that believe in gods, and it is also the reason why the four tribes of Attica can always respond and move quickly.

The chief priest rushed directly into the bedroom of King Crete.

The king opened his eyes suddenly, and after seeing the high priest, he glanced at the sky outside the window, then heaved a sigh of relief, and was about to fall asleep again in a daze.

The chief priest kicked him angrily.

The feeling of being awakened from sleep is not pleasant, and the chief priest did not want the king of Crete to experience the happiness of a peaceful sleep.

"What's wrong?" King Crete opened his eyes helplessly.

"There was an accident at the west entrance of the forest, and the warning stick was broken." Just as the chief priest was speaking, the main meeting hall not far from the sleeping hall was already lit up.

The temple priests have arrived.

The king of Crete finally stopped yearning for the warm bed, he stared at the high priest, "Really?"

"I'm not interested in harassing you old guy late at night." The high priest rolled his eyes.

The King of Crete got up and dressed, and ordered the warrior who was guarding the door but did not stop the chief priest: "Go and call the idle warriors to the main hall."

After he finished speaking, he paused and glanced at the high priest, "The entrance to the west of the forest?"

The high priest nodded.

"What the hell...call Minos over here." The King of Crete got up and put on his shoes, and before he had time to tidy up his appearance, he led the chief priest, who was also not as majestic and unattainable as usual, out of the dormitory and entered. main hall.

The warning baton will not be broken easily. Since the King of Crete ascended the throne, it is only once that the chief priest has seen such a hasty and nervous appearance.

That time it was because of the tsunami.

The King of Crete felt that he was really unlucky.

Ever since Minos was thrown into the forest by Radamandis and Sarpedon and disappeared, it seems that things have become complicated at any time.

Thurps had only been walking for a few hours this time, and something happened at the entrance to the west of the forest.

It was almost as if he was deliberately making trouble for him.

Of course, this is just a thought. The entrance to the west of the forest has had the most accidents in the history of Crete.

The reason for the warning over there was that nine out of ten times it was because of the beast tide, and one time it was because of other accidents.

There are two reasons for the formation of the beast tide. The first is that there is no food in the forest, and the second is that some powerful existence is preying in the forest. The survival instinct makes the beasts leave the forest and their homes and come to It is designated as a safe zone by humans, and there are few large predators to set foot in the west entrance.

The rumor that the son of Typhon lives deep in the forest of Crete is derived from the second type. Whether it is true or not, all the Cretans did not know until they saw Hydra.

The appearance of Hydra made the people of Crete finally know clearly that the rumors that arose hundreds of years ago turned out to be true.

However, according to Minos, Hydra has already left Crete with the fleet and headed for the Gulf of Argos, so the second possibility inferred is almost certainly impossible.

But autumn will never be a time when you can't find food.

Maybe some other accident?

The king of Crete, who was waiting for the arrival of the warriors, was sitting on the throne, watching the chief priest and other priests each murmur a prayer while holding a basin of sea water, with pious expressions on their faces.

When the warriors came in, they happened to see the sea water in the copper basin slowly rising and merging with the prayers of the priests, forming an upright water curtain in the main hall.

The warriors fell silent in an instant—the priests of the temple, whether they were civilians or nobles, always held an attitude of awe, because the priests could communicate with the gods and borrow the power of the gods.

Priests endow seawater with special power, which comes from Poseidon, the god worshiped by Crete.

Minos followed the warriors. He looked at the water curtain in the main hall, and his eyes fell on the King of Crete who was watching the change of the water curtain.

King Crete glanced at him, paused slightly, and waved to him.

Minos walked over and looked at King Crete with some doubts.

"There is an accident at the entrance to the west of the forest." As soon as King Crete finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to hold Minos who jumped up and was about to run out, and looked at the warriors who were stunned for a moment.

The people of Crete clearly knew what the accident at the entrance of the western forest meant—that is, a large wave of beasts was coming.

While the warriors were stunned, the water curtain suspended in the air finally moved.

What emerged on the water curtain was the current scene in the west of the forest.

Birds and bats rushed straight out of the dark forest with fluttering wings. The two warriors stationed in Crete held spears and torches in their hands, and were watching the movement in the forest nervously.

There was no sound from the water curtain, and only the shadowy forest under the moonlight could be seen. After a wave of birds and bats passed by, there was silence.

Minos' eyes were tightly locked on the water curtain, for fear of seeing that familiar figure in the next moment.

"Calm down, Minos." The King of Crete said in a deep voice, his big hand fell on Minos' shoulder, felt Minos' trembling, and sighed, "Believe that little slave of yours, didn't he subdue him?" Hydra?"

Minos glanced at King Crete and recovered a little.

Although he knew that Hydra actually withered in front of Typhon's teeth, but Typhon's teeth still have a considerable deterrent effect on monsters and beasts.

I just hope that the good tooth will not attract the covetousness of those monsters with wisdom.

After all, it is not difficult to really kill Thurps.

Hydra said that the function of Typhon's good tooth is "recovery and healing" rather than "regeneration". If the head is broken, it is also dead directly.

Thurps knows this, and he must protect himself well.

"Come back to your senses?" King Crete smiled while practicing his hands, and then he paused slightly, "Do you want to try to command a resistance to the beast tide?"

As soon as the King of Crete finished speaking, the warriors—even a few priests turned their heads, their eyes showed surprise.

This kind of life-and-death matter is often led by the most outstanding person—that is, the king. The king of Crete has been in power for almost 30 years, and he has led Crete to perfectly resist four animal hordes.

How to resist the beast tide is almost one of the necessary skills for the kings of Crete.

It is also something that every successor must learn.

Minos' eyes widened.

Of course he knew what the beast tide was like for Crete, and he also knew what it meant for the King of Crete to say this in front of the temple priest and so many people.

It means that the King of Crete has decided to make him the heir of the Crete city-state.

Minos couldn't believe it. You must know that before he came back this time, the King of Crete had almost no good looks towards him.