Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 257 Hercules...?

One day later.

Li You and his party encountered troublesome obstacles on the way forward.

It was a pass filled with soldiers from the Golden Kingdom. In the area around here, they mainly have the advantage.

The soldiers here are not only well-equipped, but also of excellent quality. Each team is equipped with at least two sledgehammers and four archers as attack personnel.

The skin and scales of the lizardmen are highly resistant to slashing attacks, so you need to use a sledgehammer or bow and arrow to kill them more effectively.

But the reason why the Golden Kingdom soldiers here were able to fight back the lizard people's attack mainly relied on another group of people in the team.

They were several priests wearing brown robes and covering their faces with hoods. Apart from a pair of antlers on their heads, they had no other decorations on their bodies.

This group of priests has extraordinary abilities. They can cast spells and turn their enemies into Kunkuns running around on the ground. They are also proficient in the magic of invisibility. Once they are approached by the enemy, they will use it to escape. They are very difficult to deal with.

These people were the sacrifices of the goddess Hecate.

The goddess Hecate, also translated as Hecate, has a very changeable identity in Greek mythology, and her power is related to many fields. The sky, the earth, the ocean, the underworld, ghosts, magic, opportunities... these elements have all been associated with her divine name. Even in Roman mythology, she was seen as an aspect of Diana, the moon goddess.

However, these priests only mastered a certain aspect of her abilities. For example, they here only have the special magic of reanimating Kun, and invisibility is standard.

But Li You also knew that he would encounter another group of Hecate's priests later, who mastered the spell of awakening the dead in the form of skeletons.

That's for the next kingdom, don't worry about it yet. But now, another group of lizardmen came to attack and became victims of the priests' Kun-changing magic.

As the priests put on slightly exaggerated postures, chanted incantations and waved their hands, each magic power formed a circular magic circle and was thrown out along the ground by them.

Everyone who stepped on the magic circle turned into pheasants of different colors after a cloud of white smoke exploded around them, clucking and squawking, and fled in all directions.

The soldiers of the Golden Kingdom did not let them go. They either bent their bows and set arrows, or brandished their swords and sledgehammers. They took advantage of the fact that the lizard people remained in a pheasant state and were unable to resist, so as to kill them all.

Li You and others hiding in the ruins watched the entire process from the attack to the complete destruction of the lizard men. They also saw the last lizard man. They couldn't understand why their companions were missing and they were looking everywhere.

The lizard man was quickly surrounded and killed by the soldiers, while Li You discussed a response plan.

"That kind of spell was mentioned in the legend of Odysseus!" Xiaode didn't know whether he was excited or nervous.

"That's right, Circe, the aunt of the witch Medea." Aggie complained, "Everyone knows this famous story, so let's think about how to deal with them."

Druid: "...It's rare that I want to imitate Panius and tell you fairy tales."

Li You ignored him and stretched out his hand to draw a circle on the ground: "Judging from the scene just now, if those sacrifices want to turn people into pheasants, they must let people step on those magic circles. If this is the case, They’re not difficult to deal with either.”

In fact, the best way to deal with them is to take a sniper rifle equipped with a silencer from a distance and call them one by one.

Although Li You was very interested in this kind of magic and wanted to observe and study it at close range, the premise of everything was to ensure safety, so he did not intend to hold back and directly took out the anti-material sniper rifle.

"Is there a time limit for this kind of Kun...chicken magic?" Li You still asked.

Xiaopa thought for a while and said: "As far as I know, it depends on the level of the spell caster and the complexity of the magic circle. Judging from their actions, it should not be the type that will last for a long time."

Li You also agreed with his judgment, so he said: "Well, there are three sacrifices on the opposite side. I will deal with them remotely first, and then we will rush over while taking advantage of the chaos."

According to the map provided by Xiao De and Xiao Pa, this pass is the last big obstacle in the next area. As long as it is passed, the way to the Behemoth territory will be opened.

Li You took Aiji and climbed to the top of the ruins of the temple. Li You set up a gun here, and Ai Ji held a telescope as his observer.

"The first one is in the second tent from the left, where the cow skull is hanging in the middle."

There was a flash of gunfire, the skull and the tent were penetrated, and the priest inside also fell down.

"The second one, behind the two tents on the right, is blocked by piles of debris."

"The third one, talk to the captain in the middle of the pass!"

"I can see the last one." Li You complained, with unambiguous movements, he shot the three priests one by one, and also took away the soldier captain next to the third priest.

"It's now!"

"Rush——!! Kill him!"

When Xiaode, Xiaopa and Yuzi caught it, they maneuvered and rushed towards the pass. Li You and Ai Ji leaped on the top of the temple and followed them.

Everyone rushed into the gate, paying no attention to anything else but just passing through the pass!

The operation itself went smoothly. Although some soldiers reacted, seeing the intimidating appearance of Yuzi and the others, the companions around them were panicked, so they did not come forward to kill them.

Seeing that Li You and his party were about to cross the pass, suddenly!

A black shadow flew from a distance and hit the exit of the pass heavily!

"Boom--!"

Smoke and dust filled the air.

The three Yuzi people on the ground, as well as Li You and Aiji who were walking on the roof of the tent, all stopped at this moment.

They could all feel that in the smoke, there was a guy with terrifying strength, staring covetously at them!

Soon, a figure parted through the smoke and appeared in front of everyone.

Everyone lowered their heads and looked at the figure that was only about 1.2 meters tall, but no one laughed.

Although he was tall, the murderous aura emanating from that man was undoubtedly that of a top powerhouse!

Although he is small, he is not a dwarf. Rather, he looks more like he has been shrunk to the same proportions as a strong adult man.

He has tight muscles, wears an animal skin apron, has short dark brown messy hair, and a thick beard covering his face.

The man looked around, then his eyes fell on Li You and Yuzi, and each looked at them twice.

Compared with Li You and others, when the surrounding Golden Kingdom soldiers saw him, they all trembled and fled away without paying attention to the intruders.

"It's that guy, he's here!"

"Run quickly, run quickly——!!"

The soldiers' reaction undoubtedly added more pressure to Xiao De and Xiao Pa, making them stare at the man nervously while secretly guessing his identity.

The man didn't even look at the others. He took a deep breath and suddenly laughed:

"Hahahaha! That's right!"

"The one you are looking at is exactly that one! The one and only, the greatest and strongest among heroes, Hercules!!"

Xiaode and Xiaopa were both shocked: "What did you say!?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

The little Hercules glanced at them and then said: "In that case, let's give it a try!"

He moved his feet, rushed out suddenly, and was in front of Xiaode almost instantly!

"Varied…"

Even Xiao De and Xiao Pa couldn't react. And Hercules waved his hand and punched Druid!

Druid only had time to raise the sledgehammer in his hand to resist, but Hercules broke the handle of the sledgehammer with one punch, and the remaining force hit him in the chest, throwing Druid away.

"Deimos——!!" Pa shouted, raising his buckler and spear and going to help, but Hercules rushed in front of him and punched him as well.

Because Xiaopa was on full alert, he reacted and raised his shield in front of him. Hercules did not hesitate and punched the shield in the middle!

The next moment, Xiaopa also flew out upside down, and the deformed and dented shield was thrown into the air.

Hercules didn't seem to be satisfied, or he understood the importance of last-ditch strikes, and then chased Pago again.

Looking at the raised fist of Heracles who was rushing towards him, Xiao Pa's heart went blank.

But at this moment, a hook flew over, grabbed Xiaopa's waist, and dragged him away; while Heracles was entangled by a tentacle and a sword blade with a chain. He lifted his left and right hands and stopped in place.

Li You took the little handkerchief, put it down, and said, "Go and see Xiaode!"

Xiaopa immediately ran to the place where Xiaode fell, while Hercules looked at Yuzu and Aggie on the left and right, laughed again and said: "Okay, come on!"

Then, he turned his hand, grabbed the iron chain on his left arm, and pulled hard, causing Aggie to stumble, and the sword hilt fell directly from his hand.

He used his free hand to grab the tentacle on his right arm, shouted loudly, and pulled hard. Yuzu was actually dragged two steps in his direction!

But Yuzu roared immediately, her feet sank, and she stabilized her center of gravity.

He and Hercules looked at each other and pulled hard at the same time!

Yuzu's tentacles were instantly tightened, but the two still refused to give in and exerted their own strength. With a "pop" sound, the originally tough tentacle couldn't withstand the strength of the two people and broke.

Hercules staggered two steps, and his eyes lit up when he raised his head: "Okay, very good! Again..."

Before he finished speaking, a figure flashed behind him, and Li You had already dropped from the sky with a fire ax and struck it down with one strike!

Hercules reacted in time and immediately dodged sideways, but Li You changed his tactics temporarily and flipped the fire ax from chopping to smashing, hitting Hercules' arm hard from the side.

Heracles' body suddenly flew out and crashed into the ruins nearby, and there was no movement for a moment.

"Li You——!"

Taking this opportunity, Xiao De, Xiao Pa, Ai Ji, and Yu Zi all gathered around. Aiji and Li You looked at each other and nodded with confidence. Li You immediately spoke: "Listen to me! Although Hercules' power is terrifying, his physical strength is not that exaggerated. This is our chance!"

Agee added: "And the key is, his weight is very light, which is basically consistent with his appearance."

Xiao De and Xiao Pa immediately reacted: "That means...!"

Although Xiaode was knocked away before, he activated his blood energy in time to resist, so he did not suffer any serious injuries. After listening to Li You's words, the two immediately ran to the pass nearby and dragged out two sledgehammers from the ruins.

Yuzu's reaction was similar to theirs. He held the broken monk's naginata, and the biomass tissue began to grow, forming a dark red hammer head.

Ai Ji was very straightforward. She directly picked up the shotgun handed over by Li You.

There was a shaking among the ruins, and Hercules walked out steadily.

His left arm was bleeding, but he was not nervous at all when he saw everyone waiting for him. Instead, he still laughed and said:

"Okay! That's it!"

Li You took a step forward and pulled out the Thunder Moon Shadow.

"——Do it!"

"boom--!!"

Aggie was the first to take action, and the shotgun in his hand sprayed out large metal pellets, covering Hercules.

But Hercules reacted very quickly and dodged with one step, only being scratched a little. Instead, he rushed towards Li You and punched out!

However, Li You did not dodge, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Faced with the heavy punch from Hercules, he did not retreat but advanced and faced it head-on!

Although Hercules sensed something was wrong, he could no longer hold back his fist and could only swing it with all his strength.

The moment it came into contact with his fist, Li You's figure suddenly turned into a black mist, passed through his body, and reappeared behind him.

Hercules was still a little dazed when he saw the black mist left behind by Li You suddenly burst into flames, and the flames enveloped him entirely!

"Well--!!"

Hercules let out a groan, and Li You clenched his knife tightly, and slashed out with the moonlight blade.

However, although Hercules was burned by the flames, he still did not lose his judgment. He jumped back suddenly, dodged the flying moonlight blade, and kept distance.

But Li You had no intention of pursuing him at all.

Hercules jumped into the air, and suddenly darkness dimmed behind him. Yuzi, Xiao De, and Xiao Pa, each holding a sledgehammer, appeared behind him!

Yuzu roared angrily and swung the hammer down without hesitation!

Hercules barely punched out in mid-air, using force to slow down the damage, but his whole body was still smashed into the ground.

Before he could stand up, Xiao De and Xiao Pa appeared on both sides carrying sledgehammers. Both of them were filled with blood, and they raised their sledgehammers to hit him one after another!

"Dang——!" "Dong——!" "Dong——!"

Continuous muffled sounds echoed, and Hercules was swung back and forth by the two men with sledgehammers, like hitting balls.

Although Hercules' physical strength was not bad, it was not proportional to his terrifying strength. The two brothers took turns hitting him with sledgehammers and fell into a dazed state.

Finally, as Druid hammered down hard from top to bottom, Hercules was smashed into the ground, leaving a shallow pit, and spider web-like cracks spread around him.

He was still struggling to get up, but Yuzu had already arrived in front of him, roaring and smashing the sledgehammer down!

"Boom-!!"

At this time, Hercules' body was completely embedded in the ground and could never come out again.

Li You came to him, looked at the enemy buried in the ground, thought for a while, and asked: "...Are you really Hercules?"

Hercules had blood spilling from his mouth and said, "What...what do you think?"

He didn't answer Li You's question. Instead, he spit out a mouthful of blood and said to himself: "...If you want to leave this land, kill me. Even if you look at me like this, this body is immortal. But...I If you feel right, you should be able to kill me, right?"

Li You's eyes narrowed: "How do you know?"

Ignoring the blood pouring from his mouth, Hercules laughed and said, "The resentment left behind by the death of a foreign god is wrapped around you. This is so conspicuous! People like us can see it at a glance."

"Moreover, there is a special power in your body that I can't explain, but it makes me feel like a needle prick. So I think... you must have the ability to kill gods, right?"

Li You suddenly realized.

He was indeed a little scared just now, because he thought that Hercules in front of him had seen through his system backpack and saw the Immortal Slash inside.

He couldn't help but feel nervous. Could the gods discover the system on his body?

But that doesn't seem to be the case.

And if you think about it carefully, if Hercules were himself, the Immortal Slash would not necessarily be effective on him.

So Li You told the truth: "I do carry the resentment of a foreign god, but at that time, I relied on expendable props to kill him. Now there are no more, only substitutes."

"If you are really Hercules, then I may not be able to kill you."

Hercules said: "It doesn't matter, just do it."

Li You thought for a while, but did not refuse and took out the Black Immortal Sword from his backpack.

Hercules took one look at the Odachi and already had some idea: "So, a weapon that can destroy immortality... Not bad! You can do it by channeling your divine power into the sword body!"

Li You pulled out the door and placed it on Hercules' neck, but made no further movement.

Hercules reacted quickly: "Don't worry, I won't let you consume your divine power in vain. You don't know how to use this power yet, do you? You kill me, and I will teach you how to control it. It's a good deal!"

Li You nodded slightly, this condition was acceptable, but he was still a little undecided.

This guy who calls himself Hercules is so strange. Ever since he appeared, he has been extremely reckless and war-mad. But Li You could tell from his subtle reaction that what he was pursuing might not be fighting, but death.

Why is this? It can’t be that Hercules is tired of living, right?

And after all, if he was really Heracles, it would be weird to be here in this body.

This is a question that is not explained in the game, but in this world there must be a reason.

"I've already killed you, how can you tell me?" Li You finally asked.

"If you kill me, I won't die immediately. Don't worry, I swear in the name of Father Zeus!"

Now that he has said so, Li You will naturally not question it again. He held the door upside down with both hands, and the Sakura Dragon divine power in his body was injected into it, and black miasma suddenly rose from the blade.

Li You aimed at Hercules' heart and stabbed him with a knife!

"Pfft-"

There was a soft sound, and Hercules stiffened, then relaxed.

Then, his entire body gradually turned into dry and hard loess, disintegrated and turned into dust.

A translucent figure emerged from the dust. It was a man whose face could not be seen clearly. He looked at Li You and said sincerely: "Thank you!"

"I am burdened with a curse, at the cost of my body, trapping everyone in this land without the possibility of escape. At the same time, once an enemy appears, I will not be able to control myself and just want to kill them.

"Now, I can finally go to Hades, and you can leave this country."

Li You was slightly startled: "Then if you die, wouldn't the lizard man..."

The man smiled: "Don't worry, it won't be long before there will be a successor to replace me! So you should hurry up."

"However, you are obviously a foreigner, but are you worried about the people in this land?"

Li You breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what he said, and ignored his sarcasm. He just looked at the man's spirit body and said, "So it seems that you are not Hercules anymore?"

In response to this question, the man just smiled and did not answer: "It's up to your imagination. Compared with this, this is the method of controlling divine power that I promised you, accept it."

The man stretched out his hand, and a point of light flew out of his hand and fell into Li You's palm.

Li You felt that there was an extra memory in his mind, which was the way the Greek gods controlled their divine power.

He wanted to ask the man a few more words, but when he looked up, he saw that the figure had turned into light dust and disappeared into the earth.

"...Well, he went really fast."

At this time, everyone else gathered around. Edge handed him the shotgun and said, "Done? Let's go. The soldiers and lizardmen are back."

Li You nodded and closed the door: "Let's go, it's time to go to the country of Behemoth."

　As an aside, the author's initial plan was to use Four of Swords and Fairies as the final copy of this book. Then the TV series started airing recently, and I went to watch it...it was so hard to describe. It is recommended that friends who are not interested in self-torture should not read it, for fear of internal injury.

　　The current film and television adaptations are really not worth looking forward to.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)