spartan ancestor

People have a rebellious mentality.

God is no exception.

Especially thinking about his younger brother's past love history, Artemis always felt that the change of this scumbag didn't seem very abrupt.

After all, the life of gods is long, how many years can human beings spend in their lifetime?Maybe Apollo suddenly gave up after thinking about this point.

Artemis suddenly showed disgust.

As the older sister of Apollo and one of the twelve main gods of Olympus, her pride made her unable to accept disrespect for her younger brother.

But as a virgin, she is quite disgusted with this kind of emotional perfunctory and infidelity, even if the scumbag is her own brother.

Contradictory psychology made Artemis stand in place, swaying for a moment, then raised his chin slightly, and thought tolerantly: If this human being is sensible enough to recognize his humble identity, obediently obey the oracle and come to Delphi, begging the gods Forgiveness, she may consider showing her kindness.

Artemis nodded in satisfaction, thinking about what kind of punishment she should make the other party accept, and then granting forgiveness, while striding out of the temple, preparing to descend on Delphi in person.

Apollo watched his sister leave with a compassionate expression, and then sat back on the bed.

why?With a serious face, he pondered: I always feel that there is something very important, but I just can't remember it.

I vaguely remember that this matter seems to be related to Hyacinth, and his relationship with Hyacinth, and it seems to cover the destruction of feelings...

Feelings... Love...

——!Cupid! !

Apollo jumped off the bed again, this time not wanting to join in the fun, but full of panic, he rushed back to the barrier in panic, and hammered again: "Al! Al! Oh Zeus! How could she go? It's so fast——" His eyes swept to the servant outside the door, and he seemed to grasp the straw of life-saving, "Hey! Please, can you do me a favor? Please help me find Cupid and tell him , Don’t mess around, don’t trouble Hyacinthus—tell him to do whatever he asks me to do, apologise? Apology? As long as he speaks!”

Zeus, why did he forget such an important thing? ?Apollo wished he could pump his head.

But fortunately, judging from the expectations of the believers, Cupid should not have succeeded, he still has a chance to save, Zeus bless, Hades don't go out, don't go out!

After praying nervously, Apollo leaned against the wall: "Please! This is really important! Be quick!"

"Okay, okay!" The servants were all frightened by his appearance, nodded instinctively, huddled together and left the temple quickly.

Of course they didn't really go to Cupid, Artemis was their main god.

After leaving the apse, they quickly contacted Artemis through the divine contract, and reported Apollo's sudden nerves to Artemis.

"...Okay, very good!" Artemis laughed angrily again, "I thought he was thinking about it before, but I didn't expect that for this human being, he actually learned to play tricks on me!"

Listen to what Apollo said, "Anything I'm asked to do. Apologize? Make amends? As long as he asks!"

That's Cupid!All over Mount Olympus, who doesn't know that Apollo and Cupid can't deal with each other?

Artemis was dizzy with anger, that damned human!forgive?

Forgive the ass!Just use his life to wake up Apollo who is dazzled by love!

·

Winters in the Mediterranean are generally mild and rainy.

Even with the rare snow this year, the chill didn't stay here for long.

Spring came not long after the snow melted, and with the first spring breeze came to the plain of Sparta, there was also a message from Delphi.

The Temple of Delphi, a unique sacred place in the minds of the Greeks.

People say that it is the navel of the world, a channel specially built by Apollo and the world.Apollo conveyed his oracle to the people through the mouth of the oracle.

Every year, countless Greeks rush there from various places to seek prophecy from the oracle.

Sparta was a city-state that was extraordinarily religious to its gods—in formal terms, at least, very religiously.

Before each war, they would go to Phocis on the other side of the ocean, go to the Temple of Delphi in this city-state, and ask for divination.Only when the oracle of Delphi said that it was possible to fight would they go out, and when the oracle said that war should not happen, they would actually retreat.

However, this piety, and the influence of the oracle on Sparta, can also make some people feel bad.

They will secretly have a relationship with the priests of the Delphi Temple, and through bribery, they will distort the prophecies given by the oracle.

Just like a few years ago, when Os was still a general, some Spartan nobles who wanted to get rid of him secretly dealt with the priests of Delphi, distorting every prophecy into the meaning of "going to war", and pinning their hopes on Os Si will lose his life on the battlefield, and it has been proved time and time again that they are only giving military merit to Osbert.

But this connection with the priest of Delphi was still preserved, so when the priest of Delphi really saw the arrival of "Apollo" with his own eyes and heard the oracle with his own ears, he thought about fulfilling the oracle and letting How troublesome it was for Sparta to hand over its own king to die. The priests chose to contact these old friends who had cooperated first, hoping that the other party could help with the management.

—and then confused old friends.

"...This is indeed a secret letter from Delphi, isn't it?"

In a certain secret altar, a group of old immortals over [-] years old gathered together, pondering over a piece of letter paper.

They haven't been here since the last time the statue of the God of the West Wind was wiped out, and they pretended to be safe in front of Brother Yacinthos every day.

"Why didn't old Tucker come?" muttered one of them. "Didn't anyone tell him about Delphi's letter?"

Another person sneered: "Why didn't you tell me? It's just that the old guy has always been very nice. I sent someone to tell him to meet tonight, and he replied that I was unwell."

It's funny how the Spartan six-year-olds learn not to use sickness as an excuse for absence when they start training.

Old Tucker didn't want to be the first bird at all, and he was probably huddled at home at the moment, preparing to wait and see the situation.

The one holding the letter paper frowned, and didn't hear the episode about the old Tucker. He continued the previous topic: "Of course this is a secret letter from Delphi! Only the priests of the Delphi Temple can use paper made of this material." .”

The person next to him curled his lips and said in a sarcastic tone, "...'Only the priests of the Delphi Temple can use it', those money-grubs who are willing to distort the oracle's prophecy after taking silver coins, why should they monopolize this privilege?"

"Delphi is the navel of the world, and what the oracle conveyed is the oracle of Apollo," the nobleman holding the letter glanced at his companion sternly, then turned his gaze back to the letter and muttered, "But why, why Will the oracle suddenly prophesy that the gods hate His Majesty Hyacinthus, that His Majesty will destroy Sparta, and ask His Majesty to sacrifice himself?"

"Has His Majesty offended Apollo?" The companion guessed, "Or it is not Apollo who protects His Majesty, but some other evil god?"

One of them interrupted impatiently: "What's the reason? Isn't the point that we have hope again? This time we have the Temple of Delphi on our side, and Apollo behind us!"

"..."

There was a moment of subtle silence around the altar.

Everyone couldn't help thinking that these words sounded a bit familiar, and they seemed to think the same way when West Wind God appeared.

The result... um...

Hof, who was holding the letter, said in a deep voice, "Find some people and spread this oracle."

He was thinking in his mind that he couldn't directly confront Yacintos, but had to stir up the crowd before Yacintos and the others could react.

The people's hearts are the strongest and the easiest to shake. The Yacintos brothers used to rely on the people's hearts to get ahead, and now maybe it's time to accept the backlash.

Everything is arranged by the gods, Hof smiled slightly.

…………

Rumors spread silently and extremely quickly.

The person involved is often the last to know about this kind of private news. After all, when everyone is discussing, they will subconsciously avoid the protagonist of the rumor.

So, when Hyacinthus learned of this oracle, the matter had fermented to the point where a small group of people broke into the temple of Apollo at night and smashed up the troubled temple. The high priest of the temple came to the door and cried: "...Hate me? Will I lead to the destruction of Sparta? Only by sacrificing myself can I be forgiven?"

Hyacinth's eyebrows almost flew out, is this really what Apollo would say?

The high priest wiped away tears that didn't exist: "I think this matter is suspicious."

The high priest lowered his voice and said: "The Sun God himself sent down divine wrath to protect Helotes, which shows that he and your political views are the same! I wonder if it is possible that the Delphi Temple felt threatened and wanted to By messing with you, is actually messing with our Temple of Apollo?"

Hyacinthus: "..."

What's going on with your temple here.

The high priest straightened his waist and said proudly: "After all, it is no secret that the sun god has appeared in our temple several times and passed down the oracle by himself. Many city-states know that the god of 'God loves white marble' oracle..."

Hyacinthus: "...cough." He changed the topic, "I will arrange for someone to deal with the loss of the temple. Regardless of whether it was smashed in the temple or not, the nature of this behavior is still very bad, and it can be punished as it should be. at—"

"Oh," said the high priest, "I believe that the sun god will not be angry because of the law. After all, these believers are also affected by the damned, greedy, and hellish people of Delphi..."

The high priest uttered a barrage of adjectives in a venomous breath: "The blinding of the blasphemers of . . . !"

"...?" Hyacinthus kept smiling politely, "How do you say that?"

The high priest looked around and whispered in Jacintos' ear: "This matter is actually no secret among many nobles."

"Although Delphi is the site of the oracle, the priests who manage this site and help the oracle explain the prophecies are all mortals. Mortals always have weaknesses, such as greed. The priests of the Philippine Temple hooked up and spent money to manipulate the prophecy."

"Since these priests can do such blasphemous things for a little money, of course they will also be nervous because our temple threatens their status."

The high priest believed in his own guess, and said with certainty: "Who doesn't know that the oracle's prophecy is always vague, like a riddle that is difficult to understand? Why is your oracle so clear that even a three-year-old child can understand it?" Understood, why did you say your name so firmly? I further suspect that it is very likely that your decree has threatened the interests of some people, and they have hooked up with Delphi!"

Hyacinthus: "..."

Sounds reasonable?

He was a little uncertain. For a while, he felt that there might be something wrong with Apollo, and for a while, he felt that the analysis of the high priest was very realistic and in line with human nature.

He thought for a while, and called Ai Zhi: "Send a message to Aka for me to see if there is a connection in the Chamber of Commerce or the Mercenary Association, and find out for me which priest said this oracle. By the way, let Noam leads the team to find out how this oracle spread in the Acropolis, and who is the messenger?"

The high priest was still swearing all over the place, and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, our temple will not let the blasphemers of Delphi succeed! We will immediately expose this conspiracy and tell everyone Believers who come to worship, let them not worry."

It must be done immediately, but not for His Majesty's reputation, but for the safety of the temple.If you don't express your position in time and draw a clear relationship with the Temple of Delphi, you may not know how many times you will be attacked in the future.

The high priest has a thorough understanding of human nature.

In today's Sparta, it can be said that apart from the group of ancient families, everyone is facing the Hyacinth brothers from top to bottom.Based on the benefits obtained, even if this oracle was really spoken by Apollo himself, I am afraid that a considerable number of people will doubt the gods with sorrow, shouting "Spartans will not even fear the gods! We will It will be remembered by history as the Twilight of the Gods!", vowing to protect Brother Yacinthos to the death.

It can be said that there is a tendency among common people to deify the brothers.

The achievements of Oss himself made people always say that he is a descendant of the demigod hero Hercules. In the previous succession ceremony, people almost tossed a "Jacinthus Festival". Personally rejected it.

Hyacinthus thought for a while, but still felt that it was unlikely that Apollo would reverse. Maybe it was really what the high priest said: "Since it is in accordance with the law, those who destroy the temple will be dealt with by you."

He paused, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, have you ever heard of a magical flower that looks like it's made of gold and looks very similar to a rose?"

"?" The high priest was stunned, "It looks like a flower made of gold? There is no story about it... But I think there should be many such strange flowers and plants in the garden of the gods? Why did you suddenly ask this?"

The high priest reasoned rationally: "Is there a shortage of money in the public treasury?"

Hyacinthus: "Well..."

In order to supply the construction of the entire city-state, there is a shortage of money every second, but he asked this has nothing to do with the treasury, but just remembered the previous dream.

The high priest spoke comfortingly and encouraged boldly: "The difficulty is temporary. As long as we can find out which family is colluding with Priest Delphi behind the scenes, are you afraid of lack of money?"

He even helped Jacintos figure out the plan. When the time comes, the property will be confiscated and thrown to the Delphi Temple for disposal. The money comes clean and is used happily.

·

It has been more than half a month since I sent a letter to contact my "old friend" in Sparta.The priests of Delphi still had not heard any news of "the king of Sparta departing from the city" or "Sparta was in turmoil."

On the contrary, according to reliable sources, Sparta has successfully connected business lines with three city-states. Argos and Athens, two old rivals of Sparta, have contacted them privately many times, urging them to do something , Hurry up to curb the signs of Sparta's development.

"How could it be possible that someone didn't respond to the oracle?" The Delphic reserve priest named Pal rode on the horse, casting doubtful and annoyed eyes on the Spartan Acropolis in front of him.

After several days of traveling, he finally arrived at the law office.

On the edge of the Acropolis, a large team was constructing in full swing. The workers brought in the excavated stones to build the city wall.

Since the establishment of Sparta, there has never been a city wall built from beginning to end.The so-called front and rear gates of the Acropolis are nothing more than two roads connecting the entire settlement.

There are many reasons for not building the city wall. For example, they think that it needs to invest a lot of financial and material resources, which is a waste of resources.For another example, they think that Spartan soldiers are the strongest walls, and where the spear points is the territory of Sparta.

But after the civil war, Yacinthos insisted on issuing the order to build the city wall as soon as he succeeded to the throne. After all, the group of mercenaries who helped old Xan could easily sneak into the acropolis because there was no city wall, and people would have to eat it. Learn a lot.

Pal's eyes swept across the newly built city wall, and his eyes couldn't help showing contempt: it really is a place where barbarians live.Did you build the city wall until now?

ha!How backward is this? Is there any city-state in the Mediterranean that doesn't even have a city wall?

He curled his lips mockingly, touched the token representing the Temple of Delphi in his arms, and clamped the horse's belly.

The high priest of Delphi asked him to bring the oracle to Sparta in person, so now, it is time for him to meet the king of the cursed star who dared to defy the oracle, and bring the oracle himself.

"stop!"

The cold glow of a dozen or so spears and the sound of decisive shouting suddenly erupted, and they stabbed in front of the horse together, startling the horse under Paal to raise its front hooves.

"Ah!" Pal caught off guard and fell backwards, fell on his feet, the back of his head was so dizzy that his vision blurred.

"..." The eyes of the guarding soldiers suddenly became contemptuous and disgusting, just like when Pal looked at the Spartan Acropolis before, "Who is it! Take out your credentials!"

"What evidence..." Pal got up in pain, took out the token, and raised his chin proudly, "I am a preparatory priest from the Temple of Delphi, and the high priest sent me to convey the oracle of Apollo!"

He puffed out his chest, his heart filled with pride.

This pride and confidence was given to him by the Temple of Delphi. Even without looking at the expressions of the soldiers, Pal could imagine how surprised and respectful these barbarians were.I just cleared my throat and was about to say something more teaching.

"spit!"

"?" Paar opened his eyes suddenly, staring at the soldier in front of him.

Did he hear wrong just now?Why does it sound like someone took a sip?

He was full of disbelief, but the expressions of the soldiers in front of him confirmed that what he just heard was not a hallucination.

Logically speaking, the envoys from the Delphi Temple were not treated with courtesy wherever they went, but before Pal even had time to ask what was going on with the bah, he was pushed from behind by the soldiers: "See Your Majesty? Is it the bullshit oracle delivered by the person who sent you? Oh, the Temple of Delphi is getting worse every year now."

The soldier's eyes were bigger and fiercer than Paal's: "Why are you staring at me? Please, my lord envoy? Why, the priest who sent you to deliver the 'Oracle' did not predict that you would be here, in France. Is it the treatment you receive at all times? Speech!"

The high priest of the Temple of Apollo has made it clear that there are greedy moths in the city-state colluding with the priests of the Temple of Delphi.

One wanted His Majesty Lajacintos to dismount, and the other wanted to take the opportunity to obliterate the authority of the Temple of Apollo in Sparta, denying that Apollo had performed miracles and delivered oracles in France.

Pal was almost pushed and wrestled by the soldiers. He staggered a few steps and stood still. Just as he was about to scold, the soldiers on both sides couldn't bear to wait anymore. Pull the land into the city.

"You...you are crazy!" Pal struggled in vain. He never imagined that he would suffer such treatment. He cursed loudly, "You are disrespectful to priests! You are disrespectful to Delphi! The great sun god Apollo will bring down the divine punishment, the punishment— ouch!"

He let out a cry of pain and tightly closed his right eye.

Pal couldn't even react a little bit, what just happened.

As Delphi's envoy, how could he be treated disrespectfully by the soldiers, and even an egg was smashed by a woman?

But soon, the Spartan people gathered around after hearing the sound helped him realize the reality——

Eggs, vegetable leaves, and stones, Paal was beaten so painfully that he struggled to be dragged away by the soldiers, but now he wanted to hide behind those violent soldiers.

Are these people, these Spartans crazy too? !Don't they know they are defying the gods? !

Pal wanted to shout, but was smashed so hard that he could only scream in pain. The soldiers didn't know if it was intentional, and their pace was twice as slow as before.

Pal didn't know how long he had endured until the number of things that hit his head and face gradually decreased. When the soldiers dragged him to a stop, he shrank his neck subconsciously, thinking that this group of vile barbarians were planning to change to a new kind of weapon. Toss his way.

"..." Hyacinthus put down the pen in his hand and looked at the people who were escorted into the chamber by the soldiers, "Why did God make you look like you just crawled out of a pig trough?"

The soldiers escorting Pal lowered their heads, a little guilty: "When passing by the market, the God Envoy shouted his identity, and everyone may welcome him warmly..."

……fart! !Pal wanted to shout, but his head was still held down threateningly by the soldiers, and he couldn't even lift it up. All he could hear was another king who was sitting on the throne next to him snorted heavily and displeased.

Yes, that's right!There was hope in Pal's heart, and he tried his best to lift his eyelids to look at the wise king: scold these damned soldiers and punish them with the most severe punishment!

Oss looked at Pal unkindly for a while, then turned his head and turned to Jacintos on the other side: "The offense has already been thoroughly offended, instead of sending him back to sue, it is better to go all the way to the dark and leave him in the city It just happened to send someone to follow the line of this envoy to find out who is behind the incident, and it just so happens that we don't have enough manpower to build the city wall?"

Pal: "...???"

The author has something to say: This chapter is two in one~