Greece brings evildoers.

Chapter 30 Chaos is the ladder

"So, you accepted the commission from the King of Serifos Island to explore the fleet of this abandoned temple on the sea?"

A quarter of an hour later, Lorne raised his hand to rub his chin, glanced at the middle-aged man in a felt hat, who was crying in front of him. The middle-aged man in the felt hat explained his origin and identity like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, and his eyes quietly narrowed.

Serifos? This name seems to have an impression, as if I have heard it somewhere...

"Little brother, I have said everything that needs to be said. I am just a leader."

Seeing that the other party had no intention of letting him go, Shuster begged with a mournful face. At the same time, in order to eliminate the other party's worries, he swore to the sky with a serious face.

"Don't worry, I understand the rules. I didn't see anything and I don't know anything!"

Lorne, who came back to his senses, couldn't help but feel a little happy when he saw this situation.

"Hey, expert, man, it seems that you have encountered this kind of thing often, right?"

Shuster coughed slightly to cover up his embarrassment, forced a somewhat flattering smile on his face, and leaned forward slightly at the same time.

"Ahem, isn't this all just for a living? There's no need to risk your life."

"so……"

Lorne drawled his tone leisurely and looked at the middle-aged man's hand that had touched his lower back with a half-smile.

"...How many people are still alive who believed what you said?"

It was discovered!

In an instant, Shuster's pupils shrank and suddenly bulged. His right hand pulled out a dagger from his waist as fast as lightning, and the blade slashed towards Lorne's throat with a whimpering sound.

The originally timid middle-aged man in the felt hat, at this moment, his movements were sharp and vicious, and his eyes were sinister and cold, just like a cheetah that suddenly showed its ferocious fangs.

Sure enough, how could the demigod descendants of Hermes be innocent and innocent little white rabbits, while the envoy they believed in was a famous fraudster and thief throughout Greece.

Not surprisingly, Lorne raised the corners of his lips, with a sneer on his face.

"Crack!"

The crisp sound of breaking echoed in the dense forest. Shuster's right hand holding the dagger twisted in several penetrating arcs, and three sections of white bone stubble broke through the flesh, exposing it.

"Ugh——!"

Severe pain hit him, and the sight of the blood descendant of Hermes went dark, and he almost fell to the ground.

"If you move again, even Zeus will not be able to save you..."

A faint voice sounded in his ears, and Shuest was agitated. He quickly bit the tip of his tongue, forced himself to wake up, stopped leaning forward, and stood still in place to avoid accidentally triggering the exploding rune under his feet.

"The reaction is very fast. He is worthy of being the blood descendant of Hermes, the God of Speed."

With a half-smile of teasing, Lorne started to approach, one hand gently placed on the other person's right shoulder, and the other hand took over the bronze dagger that slipped from the palm of the middle-aged man in the felt hat.

"I just wanted to make a joke with you. How can this little trick be as good as yours?"

Xuest endured the severe pain of the fracture, his facial features were almost twisted into a ball, and he squeezed out a weak dry smile, complimenting with a mournful face, while cursing in his heart.

What kind of monster was this that we bumped into today? Not only was he full of bad ideas, but his reaction speed was actually faster than that of the blood descendant of Hermes!
"If these are your last words, I'll just take it as a compliment."

Lorne squinted his eyes and smiled. The bronze dagger, which seemed to be quenched with poison, was blue on the blade and flew flexibly between the slender fingers.

As mentioned before, there is also a gap between demigods and demigods.

The bloodline of gods often becomes thinner with the iteration of descendants.

Although he is not very willing to admit it, he is also the first-generation descendant of Zeus, and the people he faced on the Sea of ​​Oceanus were all high-purity hybrid gods, monsters and Titans.

A demigod like this who is related to Hermes, has been in the mortal world for countless generations, and whose abilities are almost entirely focused on agility, is simply not enough to trick him.

As the blue blade approached his neck little by little, Shuster's face turned green, he couldn't help but tremble, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to defend himself.

"It was a misunderstanding just now! If you let me go, I can lead you. To be honest, the group of people in Serifos got a lot of good things from this island this time!"

Seeing that Lorne had no intention of being tempted by this windfall, the Hermes bloodline, whose forehead was soaked in cold sweat, simply changed his mind, gritted his teeth decisively, and showed his trump card.

"Well, let me tell you a secret: The King of Serifos Island sent us here this time not just to explore the temple. What he really wants is the legendary [Divine Blood], a kind of [Elixir] that can transform mortals and greatly extend their lifespan!
——Even a demigod will experience a qualitative leap in strength after taking it! "

In a daze, Lorne was startled, and fragments of information were intertwined in his mind.

[Divine Blood] that transforms mortals...[Elixir] that extends lifespan...

and...the island of Serifos...

In an instant, there was a flash of lightning in his mind, Lorne's pupils shrank slightly, and a name blurted out.

"Gorgon!"

"you know?!"

Shuster, who was opposite him, was also shaken and his expression was astonished.

Lorne didn't answer, his eyebrows were furrowed, and his thoughts were racing in his head.

He finally remembered why the "Island of Serifos" sounded so familiar, because it was the second home of Perseus.

——That is, the famous demigod hero of ancient Greece who will set foot on the invisible island in the future, slay the Gorgon Medusa, defeat Ceto, the mother of sea monsters, and save the Ethiopian princess Andromeda.

In terms of blood, this can be regarded as Lorne's half-brother.

According to legend, King Acrisios of Argos learned from a divine revelation that he would be killed by the son of his daughter Danae, so he imprisoned his daughter in a copper tower.

Zeus in the lower world turned into a golden rain and met Danae, giving birth to Perseus. The King of Argos was horrified when he learned that his daughter was pregnant and gave birth to a child. He put Perseus and his mother Danae in a box and threw them into the sea. But with the blessing of Zeus, the mother and son drifting in the sea made it safely through the wind and waves.

Finally, the box where they lived washed up on the island of Seriphos. The two brothers Dictys and Polydectes who ruled the island took in the mother and son and raised Perseus. big.

But soon, the elder of the two brothers, Polydectes, coveted Danae's beauty, and wanted to drive out Perseus, who was growing up, showing supernatural powers and posing a threat to him.

Therefore, on the day when Perseus presented him with a gift, the ruler of Seriphos maliciously expressed his wish to obtain the head of Medusa, one of the three Gorgon sisters.

As a result, Perseus was forced to embark on a journey, and this is the story behind.

However, if you think about it carefully, there seems to be a big discrepancy between the records in the myth and what Lorne saw before his eyes.

——The ruler of Serifos Island definitely did not make a temporary decision. In order to specifically make things difficult for his adopted son Perseus, he chose to let him go to the invisible island to hunt down the Gorgon Medusa and retrieve her head. But he himself has been coveting the three Gorgon sisters for a long time.

Of course, to be more precise, what he wants is probably the [Gorgon Blood] flowing in the three sisters!
In Greek mythology, [Gorgon] is the collective name of three Gorgons. They are: the eldest sister - "Daughter of Power" Stheno, the second sister - "Daughter of Flying" Euryale , and the youngest sister - "Daughter of Dominance" Medusa.

According to rumors, the blood on the right side of the bodies of the three Gorgon sisters has the miraculous effect of resurrecting the dead and extending the life span of mortals, while the blood on the left side contains poison that is quickly fatal.

Perseus set foot on the invisible island, and with the help of fate, killed Medusa, the only immortal among the three sisters, and took her head, but dedicated it directly to Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war. .

Athena fixed Medusa's head in the center of her sheepskin aegis, making it her emblem.

Later, the god of medicine Asclepius, the son of Apollo, obtained a vial of restorative blood from Athena and created a magical medicine that made people immortal. In the end, he violated the taboos of the gods and was punished by the god King Zeus. Thunder kill.

From this, the powerful effect of [Gorgon's Blood] can be seen. It seems that even the immortal gods are afraid of it, let alone the mortals who are trapped in the pain of birth, old age, illness and death.

Lorne had glanced at the humanoid sculptures he saw in the square of the abandoned temple. They were probably the human warriors who coveted the magical effects of [Gorgon's Blood].

These overestimating hunters misjudged their strengths and weaknesses, and instead became prey themselves. They all turned into stone sculptures on this island, waiting for time to perish.

Lorne glanced at the middle-aged man in a felt hat beside him, his eyes thoughtful.

It turned out that the king of Serifos and the adoptive father of the demigod hero Perseus had been harassing the three Gorgon sisters a long time ago.

However, his repeated attempts ended in failure, and he instead left the problem to his adopted son Perseus.

According to the process and results of the battle, it is speculated that Perseus at that time had to be promoted to at least a demigod to be able to stand up to Stheno and Euryale after killing Medusa, who was also a demigod. Chased by two god-level Gorgons, he escaped from the Sea of ​​Oceanus alive.

At least for now, Perseus has not grown to this point.

Unexpectedly, among the twelve mortal sons destined by Zeus, he, the fifth-ranked son of Semele, actually advanced to half-level earlier than the fourth-ranked son of Danae, Perseus. god.

It seems that his growth rate is indeed extraordinary, but for the sake of his own life, he should be careful to hide himself when entering the city in the future.

"So you know it too, that's even better!"

At this time, the Hermes blood descendant who was the first to come back to his senses suppressed the astonishment on his face and showed an expression of surprise.

Lorne smiled and stabilized the rotating blade on his fingertips, but did not pull away.

"The value of this bit of information is not enough to buy your life."

"no no!"

Shuster shook his head repeatedly, looked around with a stern look, and after confirming that no one was there, he whispered mysteriously.

"I want to say - I can help you get the [Blood of Gorgon]!"

At this time, upon hearing this unexpected good news, the smile on Lorne's face became even brighter.

What is the priesthood of Hermes?

——The god of fraud, lies, commerce, and theft.

If the opponent had this ability, the ruler of Serifos Island who issued a bounty would have got what he wanted long ago. What would happen to the future demigod hero Perseus?

If you are still not honest at this time, you might as well...

Just as Lorne's fingertips holding the dagger were slightly raised, the sound of huge waves came from the distant shore.

The familiar smell of sea that filled the air made his eyelids twitch.

"Boss Shuster, are you there? The goods are almost ready. The boss asked me to ask if you have encountered any trouble? When can we set off?"

At the same time, several trembling shouts came from outside the dense forest, and two Hermes believers, also wearing felt hats and cloaks, were cautiously walking inside.

Lorne's eyelids twitched a few more times, and he couldn't help but secretly curse in his heart.

There are wolves in front of us, tigers in the back, and there are three Gorgon sisters hiding somewhere on the island. What bad luck!

However, think about it differently.

Perhaps, crisis is brewing a turning point, and chaos may be the ladder!
Lorne's eyes swept from the front and back, and a bright and mysterious smile appeared on his face. He warmly stretched out his hand to hook up the Hermes bloodline's shoulder, and whispered in the man's ear.

"Do you want to do something big? For example, the two of us eat all the goods?"

"hiss!"

Shuster took a deep breath at such a crazy idea, then looked down at the poisoned dagger getting closer and closer to his neck, nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice, and made a choice very smoothly.

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(End of this chapter)