To be king [Greek mythology]

He continued to look at the surrounding branches, stood up and tried his best to reach them, judging whether the branch could bear his weight, "In fact, you should also be able to guess, Hydra's attitude towards me and Minos That's good, not because we beat it."

Payris said nothing.

He wasn't the only one who guessed this way, because when Xu Dela appeared on the pier, he didn't have any scars on his body.

This is not normal, not to mention that I have never heard of a demigod hero who can defeat terrifying monsters at an early age.

Payris is the person who taught Minos martial arts, and he knows how much Minos weighs.

Later, after Thurpus said that the mongoose was actually Hydra's child, Payris became even more suspicious of Thurpus's subjugation of Hydra.

"But... it's okay to try." Thurps jumped lightly, grabbed the branch above his head with both hands, straightened his back, turned over, and climbed directly onto the branch.

He didn't want to be held back by the beast tide. He couldn't judge the surrounding environment because the torches had been extinguished at night. Now that it was dawn, he had to try to find a way to move on.

If his vague feeling is correct, Miledus may really be staying in the forest where he doesn't know what is haunting.

Facing such a huge horde of beasts and large wild beasts panicking, even a pack of wolves can't get much benefit.

Similarly, Thurps didn't think that he could gain much benefit from going down the tree now. If he went down, he would be trampled into a pulp like those reptiles with broken legs.

Although the herd of beasts below all inexplicably avoided the trees where they were staying, Thurpus probably knew that this was the benefit of the treasure on his neck.

But he still didn't dare to bet his life on the deterrent effect of Typhon's Fang on the panicked herd.

But it is impossible to walk on the ground, but it is possible to walk on the tree.

"Let's find a way to go, you might be able to save the world if you get there sooner." Thurpus said and climbed another branch.

"Surpus..." Payis looked at him for a while, and finally sighed, "Your combat power is worse than Minos."

"Indeed, he was able to hunt a wild boar in less than half a month when he first met me." Thurps climbed up the branch, moved carefully to another tree, and looked back at Payris, "But you There is no choice now, Payris."

"You're right, but I can't watch you die." Pailles stood up and started to do the same movements as Thurps—but obviously, he was much more skilled than Thurps.

The other three warriors only looked forward to Paieris's lead. When Payris moved, they started to move.

"You can choose, we stay here and watch Crete being trampled by the beast tide, or we go into the forest, find the culprit, kill it and save the world." Thurps shrugged.

He was actually quite afraid of death, but he couldn't just sit back and watch such a big city-state be destroyed by the beast tide.

It is not an easy task for a city-state to rebuild.

And obviously, there are only a few of them who can enter the forest and struggle.

"Tsk." Payris glanced at him, "I feel like you're only going to hold us back."

"I'm more familiar with the forest than you." Surpus hummed twice, showing no sign of weakness.

"Aren't you afraid of death?" Payris taunted him.

"Some things are always more important than things like life and death—such as the entire city-state." Surpus gasped for breath, holding a branch, "I still have such a little awareness, I hope the King of Crete will come back after I go back." To be able to get that thing off my foot."

Payris smiled and began to point out Thurps' movements.

Surpus listened quietly, and slowly corrected the movements of climbing among the branches relying on his own comprehension or relying on brute force. His physical strength and endurance were not as good as that of Payris and the other three warriors. , you can never go wrong listening to Payris.

Thurpus actually felt quite hanging in his heart. Even after staying in the forest for two years, he knew that his combat power was not that strong. What he could rely on was actually the animal tooth hanging around his neck, and the animal tooth that might have died now. A mongoose confronting that monster.

Calculating this way, in fact, although his assistance is not much, all of them have quite a background.

Thurps doesn't think there is anything wrong with relying on the help of others to achieve his goals. Being able to find others and let them help him is also a kind of strength.

The reason why interpersonal relationships are so important in human society is that the strength generated by the unity of human beings because of connections is strong enough to counteract many things that cannot be accepted by a single person.

——Although what he relies on now is really not a human relationship.

One tooth, one mongoose.

Not even a human being.

Thurps felt a little tired at the thought of this.

However, after returning to Crete, Minos can still be counted.

Minos is still growing, but he will not be so weak in the future. Surpus dare not think about the world after death, but the future throne of Crete can give Surpus a lot of help.

At least if he wants to return to Attica, he still has to rely on the power of Minos.

Crete.

The roughly cooked food was sent to the city wall, and the soldiers ate up the meat that was not as delicate as the usual food and some vegetables and fruits specially obtained by the King of Crete under the heavy smell of blood.

Until the beast tide came again.

The sun god seems to be in a good mood today, the sky is clear and cloudless, the sun is shining hot on the ground, and he doesn't feel the shade that autumn should have.

It wasn't until noon that the second wave of beasts showed signs of subsiding slightly.

Minos raised his head and squinted at the sun in the sky.

He began to be a little worried that under such intense sunlight, those corpses that were too late to clean up would rot and cause plague.

The King of Crete had the same worry as him, but after Minos told him, the King of Crete could only shake his head.

To prevent the plague, only burning the corpses can prevent it. In the past, the beast tide happened in winter, and the winter was cold, and the corpses would not rot quickly. The longest beast tide survived for half a month, and the corpses would not rotted to a particularly severe degree.

The number of dead bodies is not so much.

Minos frowned.

The King of Crete glanced at him, and it was really not easy for Minos to think of such things as the plague.

"Why, Thurpus didn't tell you how to prevent the plague this time?" King Crete was a little unhappy that Minos always emphasized Thurpus' teachings in one night and one morning, and asked half-jokingly. road.

"..." Minos glanced at him silently, "...that's really good."

King Crete choked.

"It's going to take a long time, though, because a new trench needs to be dug. Thurps calls this a 'firebreak.'" Minos shrugged.

Because most of the city-state of Crete is surrounded by forests and plants, in the past, after the beast tide ended, in order to prevent fires, they would pack up the corpses and burn them in the seaside open space.

The firebreak refers to separating the fire source from the combustibles. The easiest way to prevent forest fires is to shave all the plants at a distance. This method can minimize the damage of forest fires.

But obviously not for Crete.

It is also possible to dig new trenches to separate the fire from the forest and Crete.

"Can't this one be in the city?" King Crete frowned.

Minos shook his head, "I'm worried that if the wind blows, it will burn to the city gate."

"It doesn't matter if the city doesn't fall." King Crete waved his hand very freely, "Besides, the light of the fire can also deter those beasts."

Minos shrugged and ran down the city wall to find the warrior who had rested all morning.

King Crete looked at his back, then turned his head to look towards the direction of the forest.

If Crete had such a method in the past, they would not have to worry about the beast tide.

If only I had found that Thurpus sooner.

The king of Crete rested his chin and thought for a while, watching the second wave of beasts coming to an end, he handed over the matter on the city wall to the temporary leader of the warriors.

As for himself, he turned and walked towards the temple.

Chapter 29

Minos stepped down from the city wall and sighed as he looked at the warriors who had been bitten by the beasts that had crossed the ditch and climbed up the city wall.

The beasts that come out of the forest are a bit bad. They are no different from those in the jungle. Many of the animals living in the forest are good at climbing trees. This side is not a smooth city wall made of stones. Climbing up is easy for them.

If it weren't for worrying about the plague, Minos would have even forgotten the fact that open flames can disperse wild animals.

If a wall of fire can really be ignited in the ditch in front of the city, then there is really no need to worry too much about the beast tide in the future.

Minosto gnawed at the food left over for him, thinking.

We'll have to discuss it with Thurpus when he comes back.

By nightfall, Thurps had tasted the bitter fruit of the road he had chosen.

He was so tired that he lay on the rough tree trunk and gasped for breath, unable to even utter a word.

Except that when there are few wild beasts below, they will go down the tree to catch a certain distance, most of the time they stay in the tree to learn the behavior of Tarzan the ape.

It's not nice at all.

However, after a day's struggle, at least they joined the two warriors stationed at the west entrance.

Payris handed him a fruit he picked by chance, and laughed at him casually.

Thurps rolled his eyes and bit the fruit