spartan ancestor

Torrential rains washed over Sparta.

Outside the Acropolis, in the barracks, most of the Spartan soldiers stayed behind.

They were not from noble families, so they were not selected by Old Xang and the others. They strictly followed the military orders, so Aizhi's hastily conveyed oral instructions were not approved by them.

This created an embarrassing situation. In the Acropolis, the two kings each led their troops to fight in full swing, but they squatted in the military camp outside the city and wandered in a daze:

There seems to be a fight in the city, should we enter the city?Who will help after entering the city?

They are like a group of forgotten children after their parents divorced. The difference is that ordinary parents are divorced and torn apart.

But the wolves don't care whether these soldiers are confused or at a loss.Following the call of the group, they rushed into the city screaming. Occasionally, a small group of dizzy escaped from the brigade headquarters and rushed into the barracks, causing a burst of chaos.

Yacintos, his elder brother and others hurried all the way here, originally full of anxiety and worry, when they saw this scene from a distance: "..."

"How could there be wolves?!" Oss didn't come home often, and he didn't know anything about the hole in his father's backyard. His face was ashen, "Old Kesang's vicious methods actually lured wolves into the city!"

"Cough," Yacintos raised his hand to cover his mouth, "It was brought by our father. Do you still remember that when I was a child, I always liked to catch some small furry animals? They were all sent to my father to raise."

Oss: "..."

Furry critters? ...Father is also very strange!Even if a normal person raises a dog, he won't raise such a scene?

General Oss once again felt out of place in this father-son relationship because he was too normal.

But he didn't slow down at all because of the emotions in his heart. After riding his horse into the barracks, some soldiers' eyes lit up as if seeing a savior, and they shouted happily: "General!"

Many soldiers turned their heads, and the first time they saw Oss, they all showed expressions of finding the backbone: "General Oss!"

In the barracks, if you want to ask who has the highest prestige, ten old Xanga together can't compare to Oss.

Soldiers in the barracks are the most realistic, and they will trust whoever can lead them to victory and walk them off the battlefield alive.

Oss tried his best to ignore Yacintos, who squatted down and picked up the wolf's belly, and said sternly: "There is an armed fight in the Acropolis, why don't you send troops?"

"..." The soldiers didn't have the good mentality of General Oss. They stared blankly at Yacintos as if he was rubbing a wolf like a dog, and they had strong doubts about their eyes or common sense of life.

Although these look a lot like wolves... But it's not like there aren't any dogs that look like wolves...

While hesitating, it was rare for a sober-minded soldier to ask tenaciously: "General, there is a fight in the city between His Majesty Kesang and His Majesty Una. Even if we get in, who should we help?"

This is the reason why they still stand still even after hearing the sound of killing and seeing the tide of wolves.

They have seen many life and death plots on the battlefield, but this is the first time they have encountered two kings of their own city-state fighting, how do they stand in line?

Oss glanced at him: "Two questions. Answer me, soldier, whose son am I?"

"..." The soldier choked.

The answer to the question Oss asked was so obvious that he was simply stating his own position.

And as far as the soldiers knew about Oss, he thought that the general would be in the same tangle as they were, undecided about what position to take!

The soldiers wanted to scratch their heads. They always felt that General Oss had come back from a trip, and he was not the same as before. The heavy and depressing things that were pressing on his body disappeared, and it looked a bit... a bit like : "His Majesty Una?"

Oss was expressionless: "The second question. On the side of old Xana, will Sparta still have a chance to win the war in 30 years?"

Soldier:"……"

grass!It was too realistic, and the soldiers almost couldn't help recalling the glorious resume of old His Majesty Xang - three expeditions and three defeats. Even heavy armor dared not touch it.

Almost all the soldiers were shocked by the "30 years" which sounded like an extremely long time limit, and stopped their movements in shock.

Their brains are thinking fast: if they stand on the side of Old Xanna, it means that their future military leaders will be held by Old Xanna and his son.

This pair of father and son is muddy and cannot support the wall. It is impossible to succeed. They can only count on the next generation. But until now, His Royal Highness Cleo does not even have a wife, let alone a child.

It will take at least two to thirty years for a child to grow up to be able to lead the army, right?What if this kid can't do it?

Wait for the next round?

Suffocation, after thinking about it, all the soldiers have only one feeling, which is suffocation.

Three to five years of war may destroy a city-state. Thirty years is enough to destroy Sparta six or seven times.

"I don't mean to force you," Oss said indifferently, "If you are willing to follow me to line up, you can stay if you don't want to."

He is very clear that no matter how swaying his words are, internal strife is not a battle of glory after all. Many soldiers may secretly think that they can first subdue Old Kesang and others to quell the civil strife, and then deal with the follow-up matters according to the law .

But he doesn't want to.

From the family feud accumulated by the old Akyad king to the old hatred of Alan who almost died and was robbed of his red cloak, Oss wanted to kill the old Xan here and now, and send down all the people involved in the conspiracy with his own hands. Hades.

The barracks was silent for a moment.

When all the soldiers were thinking about the trade-offs, two officers suddenly stood out from the crowd. One was older, and judging from the armor and temperament, he might still be a nobleman, and the other was very young, wearing old light armor.

Yacintos took the time to look up during the interlude between the wolves, and always felt that these two people seemed to have known each other.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, holding spears, the two walked to the open space in front of Oss and stood still with a brisk pace that was not muddled.

The older one raised his voice and said to Oss in an unnecessarily loud voice: "I am a nobleman. But I have a frontier lover and a half-breed son. Whether as a lover or as a father, I can't think of any The reason is to side with the Eurypontid family."

"I hope that in the future, I can be free to be with the people I love."

"I hope that every mixed-race soldier can come back from the battlefield alive, instead of dying on the battlefield without a name like in the past ten years."

The younger one looked at Jacintos, and also raised his voice: "As a Spartan civilian, I can't think of any reason to side with Eurypontides."

"Before today, they took away my family's land, and my brother lost the opportunity to become a real Spartan because the family did not have the financial ability to provide him with training."

"After today, who knows what they're going to take next?"

"..." The soldiers finally couldn't hold back, and whispered to each other.

Yacintos patted the wolf's belly, and suddenly realized: No wonder they look familiar, one of these two should be Aizhi's father, and the other is Noam's brother!

In the camp, the morale of the soldiers was completely shaken.

The reason why Old Kesang's companions didn't recruit these soldiers was because they were either born civilians or mixed blood, and there was an essential conflict of interest.

The words of Aizhi's father and Noam's brother made these soldiers think of themselves immediately, and thought of what kind of situation they would face as a commoner or a mixed race once Old Xang won the victory.

After a moment of commotion, the entire barracks moved into action. This movement was bigger than the wolves rushing from Mount Parnon. Tens of thousands of Spartan soldiers moved in full force, like molten iron flowing in a furnace, red and hot. Burning all the way to the Spartan Acropolis.

Hyacinthus did not act with Oss, he divided the armor into two parts, entrusted one part to Aizhi's father, and the other part to Nom's brother, and then took Aka and others around Mount Parnon, Dismounting in front of a certain mountain col: "I still have some armor and weapons in the mountain stream here."

It was obtained by collecting Apollo's temple back then. Although the number is not large, it is enough to equip a team of a hundred people.

Aka didn't seem to care about Jacintos' explanation, and just followed behind him, completely oblivious to his behavior at this time, which was not included in the reasons given before.

Pushing aside the lush and thick vines, Hyacinthus walked into the mountain stream.

Even if he didn't turn his head, he could still hear Aka's steady and familiar footsteps not far behind him. If the mercenary behind him hadn't yelled suddenly in the next second, he almost subconsciously wanted to tease Aka a few times. Sentence: "—what's your ghost name

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The mercenary was devastated: "Lion..." He finally regained his senses, staring at the crouching lion in the corner of the mountain without daring to blink, and said in a trembling voice, "Lion's den, what is this?"

Jacintos shrugged: "Just treat them as normal guards, don't be surprised."

He originally wanted to ask the mercenaries to quickly carry the armor with a cart, but he saw Aka staring at him motionlessly from the corner of his eye. The original urging turned into: "There is a mountain stream on Mount Parnon that leads directly to the backyard of the King of Sparta. This is a huge safety hazard, so we must keep some precautions, right? My father left a lot of 'guards' in the mountain stream, which is why I can safely hide these armor equipment here."

Aka's eyes turned away after Jacintos just said a few words, and now he calmly stared at the hole leading to the depths: "Yes."

Before Jacintos could ponder what emotions were hidden in the sentence "um", he reached out and took off the torch hanging from the mountain stream, lit it up with a hiss, walked into the dark cave entrance, and turned around after a few steps : "Not going?"

The fire was extinguished, reflecting A-Ka's black eyes, adding some warmth to the questioning eyes he cast.

It also silently and considerately dispelled the darkness of the road ahead.