spartan ancestor

Jacintos couldn't help being silent for a while, and then said speechlessly: "There is no need to be so sure that we will not come back alive?"

——Oh, so what my father said just now was just sarcasm?

Austin breathed a sigh of relief.

"..." His Majesty Una glanced at them, and continued to argue on the topic of "whether alive or not".

He quickly withdrew his gaze, and said calmly: "I have been with Old Kesang in the conference hall for so many years, and I can guess a little bit about his plan. No matter which one of you came up with the idea to go to the Olympics, it is the right way. This time The Senate proposed declaring war on the Hilo people, and the old Xan 'enthusiastically' elected a candidate, Oss."

This simply puts the malice towards Oss on the bright side.

Oss's biological mother was a Hilo, and asking him to lead the army to launch a war against the Hilo was simply torturing him.

Oss just couldn't refuse, otherwise, the next step for old Xan would be to question Oss's loyalty to Sparta, doubt whether he was more inclined to the Hilos than Sparta, and then put all the traps he had planted before. Take it out and turn over the old account...

Una walked to the wooden cabinet, flipped through it casually, and took out a pen and paper: "It's a clever way to go to the Olympics."

Firstly, he jumped out of the predicament of being forced to lead the army, and secondly, it was difficult for the enemy to refuse.

After all, it would definitely be easier to assassinate all of Oss and Hyacinthus while taking advantage of Oss and Hyacinthus, rather than spending a lot of time using "declaring war with Heiros" as a springboard to attack in a roundabout way.

Moreover, the former's motives were somewhat too obvious, and as long as the latter refused to admit it, he could enjoy the good thing that the Yagiade family had no successors and another throne was lost to his own family.

"..." Oss's face was gloomy as if he was attending a funeral.

Compared to him, Hyacinthus seemed much more indifferent, and Oss couldn't tell whether this was the young brother's long-term disguise, and he got used to it naturally.

Jacintos even casually touched a bunch of grapes placed on the table, looked around for a while, didn't bother to peel them himself, and put them back: "Judging from the recent series of actions of old Kesang, it is determined Before I died, I fulfilled the long-cherished wish of the Eurypontides family to rule alone. I am afraid that war is inevitable. This time I am going to Elis, and I plan to use the opportunity of the Olympic Games to build relationships with businessmen who came from all over the world to watch the games. Let's see if we can get some weapons and armor."

Of course, there is another equally important thing not to forget, which is to inquire about the rumors about the magical olive tree.

His Majesty Una lowered his head and wrote a few strings of names and addresses on the paper, and handed it to Jacintos: "Your grandfather had many brothers, and there were a few well-connected people before he died. You can try these ways. Try, and teach your brother on the way."

Hyacinthus: "? Teach what?"

His Majesty Una: "Learn to be bad."

When will we be able to bring the indomitable deceitfulness of soldiers on the battlefield to reality?

Looking at his eldest son, who was in his thirties and still looked like an elm-headed man after he left the battlefield, the old father panicked.

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When Apollo was still there, Hyacinthus also accumulated some armor and weapons, but if he really went to war, the amount was just a drop in the bucket.

With this in mind, before leaving the house, Jacintos ran to Mount Parnon, took the jewels he had looted from the temple with him, and put them in the pouch on the horse's back.

When they set off, Old Kesang ran to see him off with great enthusiasm, more like his own father than His Majesty Una, who didn't even show his face.

He even dispatched his guards to escort him personally, and Hyacinthus accepted it with a face full of gratitude on the spot, and then when he passed through the Arcadia Mountains, when he encountered a "well-equipped robber" for the first time, he directly sent This group of guards who still wanted to stab their knives in the back were completely "used".

——The "use" here specifically refers to grabbing this group of guards who want to attack, and sending them directly to the knife edge of the "robbers" who are rushing, so that they can use up a wave of internal consumption first.

night time.

The chirping insects rang out in the Arcadia Mountains.

This was already the ninth day since Jacintos and Oss left Sparta, and it was also the fifth time they had encountered the "robber".

Among the dense forests, Hyacinthus stepped on the tree trunks as lightly as a swallow, as if he was wearing Hermes' boots, and moved in the jungle.

He jumped down from the top of the tree, and with the impact of the fall, he plunged the silvery blade of the dagger into the enemy's forehead. Before the groove was full of blood, he pulled out his backhand and threw it behind his neck, piercing through the Another "bandit".

The movements are crisp and agile, and if there are no other two enemies rushing behind him, it will be perfect.

——Fortunately, there is Os in the back.

Oss stood behind the two enemies expressionlessly, stretched out his hand, and pressed one of his heads with one hand, his arm muscles tensed.

"—"

After the sound of heads colliding, the limbs of the two robbers went limp with fatigue.

Oss couldn't understand until he let go of his hand.

I have encountered a lot of "bandits" these days. Logically speaking, they are all arranged by Old Kesang. The targets should be him and Yacintos, but I don't know why, every time this group of "robbers" are aggressive He rushed out, held up his knife in a dignified manner, and played a few words with them. His eyeballs were just like Chang Yacintos's, and he couldn't move them away.

It became more obvious when the fight started. Almost everyone held their knives and rushed towards Jacintos. Oss even encountered it a few times. He blocked the enemy, and the enemy bypassed him like an obstacle. , Just like the black bear who saw honey lost his mind.

Of course, occasionally there are a few more normal ones, but these normal ones will also be shocked by the bewildering behavior of their companions, and before they can react, they are immediately resolved by Oss.

Hyacinthus took it for granted, squatting on the ground and looking at the enemies piled up into a small mountain with a smile on his face: "Old Xan really doesn't know what it means to give up, right?"

"..." Oss looked at the younger brother's happy expression in silence for a while, "I need to search quickly."

With a puzzled mind, he moved the dead branches he had picked up and started a bonfire.

When he was assassinated for the second time, Jacintos explained to him that it was because of his appearance.The Spartans paid more attention to strength than appearance, so they didn't feel much about his appearance, but for some people who coveted beauty even more, it was as hard to resist as an aphrodisiac.

Oss felt that this explanation was as nonsense as old Xan's love of peace.

He has been fighting abroad for so many years, where has he not seen famous beauties, even the most popular courtesan in the Temple of Beauty?It's not that exaggerated.

Fortunately, I found a mask from the enemy before. Oss turned on the fire and suddenly remembered: "Where is the mask? Put it on."

"Relax, there is no one here except you now. Don't be so nervous as if I am a little girl who may lose her virginity at any time." Hyacinthos sat down cross-legged indifferently, and groped and rummaged happily. It was filled with all kinds of odds and ends.

Money bags, combs, poison sacs, hidden weapons... Of course, the most common thing is that every mercenary will have one or two rewards in his pocket.

Basically, it is the prey they think can be solved, so they take the reward and take it with them, and when the assassination is completed, they can use the reward and a certain part of the prey to claim the reward.

Yacintos dismissed the reward for painting the low-profile portraits of himself and his brother indifferently, weighed the purse, and whistled: "I feel like we can get rich with this."

Oss: "..."

Yacintos counted the silver coins in the purse, and said casually, "I really don't know why we didn't get along very much before, obviously we cooperated very well."

Oss thought that this was another chat that didn't need an answer, but Jacintos stopped what he was doing, raised his head, and his eyes were rarely serious: "So, why?"

Why did you never go home after your mother passed away?So much so that for a while, he had a kind of self-doubt, suspecting that there was something wrong with him, which caused his brother to have opinions on him.

Not only him, everyone thinks so.

Later, Hyacinthus pretended to be romantic for Apollo, and people automatically added fuel to this argument, swearing that it was because General Oss could not understand Hyacinthus, who had such a good background, but indulged himself, let He has been conscientious like a joke.

"..." Oss didn't expect Jacintos to suddenly ask this question seriously, and after a while, he slowly frowned again.

He didn't seem to be able to figure out how to explain it, so he absently poked the newly lit bonfire and sat down on the floor.

At least some of those rumors are true, that is, Oss really cares about his origin.

Most of this concern comes from his deceased mother. Before she passed away, he repeated to Oss heartfeltly that he must recognize his identity, remember to be humble at all times, and be cautious in every way...

Oss finally explained in a more tactful way: "I thought you didn't like me going back."

This "thought" also originated from his mother.

When he was very young, his mother had imagined many bad situations terribly, and often grabbed him and said: "Your Majesty Una is the king of Sparta, and the Senate will not allow him and me to continue living like this." Go on. One day, sooner or later, he will accept the arrangement of the Senate, marry a Spartan woman who is worthy of his status, and then give birth to a pure-blooded crown prince—Os, don’t take His Majesty’s love for you now as a A natural thing, remember my words, when your younger brother is born, remember to obey him, don't fight with him, try to keep a distance from him, so that you can live your own stable life..."

It was difficult for him to say these words to Hyacinthus.In his bones, he is also half of Spartan blood, and he is full of resistance to his mother's "obedience".

The mother even said, "Compared to that pure-blooded younger brother, you must realize that you are inferior", "Even if he is friendly to you, he must look down on you from the bottom of his heart" and so on. At such a high position as a general, he still couldn't get rid of the things his mother instilled in him over and over again in his childhood.

Thankfully, most of my mother's fears did not materialize.

Queen Lytes was good to him, a respectable woman, whom he regarded as his half-mother.The younger brother also looks so innocent that people love him. Most of the time every day, he is obediently being fed by Queen Lutes to become chubby...

In short, he didn't want to "obey" or fight, so after the death of Queen Lutes, he chose to obey his mother's advice and keep a distance.

Jacintos was much more straightforward than Oss. He looked directly at Oss and said, "Are you trying to say that I think I will look down on you and not treat you as a family member? So you think there is no reason for you to go home ?”

"..." Oss was once again speechless by the young brother's bluntness, his lips fought for a long time, and he couldn't say a word, so he had to talk about him, "I have always been very grateful to the queen for inviting me every now and then. Dinner. The queen is gentle."

"I thought you would say that she has a tough wrist." Yacintos complained about his mother rudely, then stared at Oss and said, "The day after my mother was buried, I originally wanted to invite you to dinner. Learn My mother cooks and burns the kitchen down."

"..." Oss was dumbfounded.

Of course he also remembered that day, it was his father's guard who came to help deliver the invitation, but he did not accept it due to various complicated psychology.

Later, in the military camp, I heard that the young crown prince burned his house down. He also complained to Yacinthos for a while, destroying the kitchen where the most traces of the queen's life remained, leaving him with nowhere to go home to miss.

Thinking about it now, Jacintos should be in a worse mood than him.

"..." Jacintos leaned back strategically, staring at Oss, "Why are your eyes red, don't you want to cry?"

Oss: "..."

The double chin was squeezed out by Yacintos, and the whole expression was filled with "disgust", "trouble", and "resistance".

"...No." Oss silently packed and collected his touch.

If he had to talk about what he had learned in the past few days with his younger brother, it was that in front of Yacintos, being sentimental had no chance of survival and development.