Chapter 257: Problem Children Have a Lot of Joy
At night, the fire was bright, and dozens of skinned and chopped wild boars, goats and other large prey were roasted on the campfire. Fat was dripping and the rich aroma of meat filled the air.
Chimera, Harpy, Sphinx, and Tome-Sousa looked eagerly at the gradually cooked food, swallowing their saliva more and more frequently.
Although it is the nature of animals that they want to rush forward, occupy all the food, and feast on it.
But when they saw the silver-haired two-legged beast slowly turning the grill in front of the fire, the restlessness in their hearts was dispersed by instinctive fear, and they squatted obediently around, waiting for the time to eat.
"Okay, eat."
Following Loen's order, the surrounding descendants of Typhon could no longer hold back and rushed forward in a hurry, wolfing down the labeled and portioned food, enjoying to the fullest the food they had earned with great difficulty.
Looking at the enjoying expressions of Typhon's descendants, Lorne nodded with satisfaction.
After this period of education, they have already shown some signs of being "tamed".
On the one hand, this was due to the token given to him by the Snake Mother, which allowed him to easily establish initial trust with these Typhon descendants;
On the other hand, although the descendants of Typhon are gods and monsters, most of them have intelligence and can communicate, which makes their domestication work very convenient;
In addition, if they encounter someone who is disobedient or uncooperative, they will show off their muscles and beat them up a few times, and then feed them purposefully...
With such a multi-pronged approach, the legendary ferocious descendants of Typhon have been subdued by him and now obey his orders.
Isn't it just the evolution from wolf to dog? This is much simpler than expected.
Just as Loen was feeling proud of himself, he heard the whispers of gods and monsters behind him.
"That guy laughed. As soon as he showed that expression, I felt a chill run down my spine..."
"Hehe, there's nothing to be afraid of when you laugh. You're so stupid!"
"Okay, you guys are smart."
The wise sheep head on the Chimera's back glared at the four chattering harpies and asked with ill intent.
"So, who can tell me what 3+4 equals?"
The harpies raised their hands excitedly and answered confidently.
“2!”
“3!”
“4!”
“5!”
As we all know, birds can rarely count to 7, and this group of harpies has obviously inherited the birds' poor counting and calculation abilities.
The snake head behind Chimera, representing cunning, poked its head out, as if asking casually.
"It's strange, how could this happen? Who made a mistake in the calculation?"
“It’s 5, definitely 5!”
"Nonsense, 4 should be correct!"
"3, it's obviously equal to 3!"
The four harpies with different opinions got into a fierce quarrel, which then turned into an internal fight under the instigation of the sheep head and the snake head.
For a moment, the field was filled with flying sand and rocks, and bird feathers were everywhere.
Loen looked at the dusty rabbit leg in his hand and his face darkened.
At this time, before the Chimera could be happy for too long after completing its instigation, the Sphinx, a lion-faced beast beside it, could not help but stand up, spread its claws, squeezed in front of the Chimera, and looked at his blood relative with burning eyes.
"I recognize your wisdom. Come and try my riddle: I have no past, and I will become the past. No one has ever seen me, and no one will ever see me. But I am the mystery of people's survival and breathing. What am I?"
"Shut up!"
When the three Chimera heads heard the messy riddle, their heads buzzed and they all roared angrily at the same time, trying to drive away the neurotic Sphinx.
“Why reject wisdom? Why choose ignorance? This world is too sick. I would rather die than live with ignorance.”
The Sphinx was quite injured. Her sorrowful female face looked tragic. She sighed in the tone of bardic poetry, then picked up a lion's head and jumped to the side of the valley.
"Crazy woman, why do you want to kill me?"
The Chimera, which had suffered its retribution, had its hair standing on end, and the lion head of courage at the front, the sheep head of wisdom on the back, and the snake head of cunning at the tail all roared and screamed.
boom!
The two monsters entangled and fought all the way, like falling meteorites, and finally smashed a conical pit several meters deep in the valley.
Loen didn't even look at the two descendants of Typhon who fell off the cliff, but just tried his best to rescue the pots and pans and the uneaten food.
At this height, they could fall seventeen or eighteen times without losing even a few hairs, and would definitely not die.
At this time, the evil fox Tomesos, who had not yet fully mastered the common Titan language, had just found a quiet place to take a nap on the ground after eating and drinking.
Unexpectedly, the four harpies who were fighting were either blown by wind or rained.
After Tomesos's fur was soaked and he was pawed by two harpies, his anger immediately skyrocketed.
Then, the huge white fox jumped up, waving its claws, joined the battlefield, and fought with the four harpies.
But the most unlucky one was undoubtedly the Nemean lion that was tied up tightly on the ground.
A series of battle aftermaths, including wind blades, heavy rain, trampling, and collisions, fell on the big orange cat one after another.
But due to the restraints all over its body, it could not move and could only endure the abuse from its brothers and sisters over and over again.
In the chaos, someone broke the most critical suppression spell. The Nemean Lion immediately turned over and jumped up, its mane standing up, its neck raised and roaring, and with red eyes it rushed towards the Chimera that was stepping and scratching it.
For a moment, the original two-way duel turned into a three-way melee.
Melinoe sat on the bluestone not far away, gnawing on a rabbit leg while excitedly waving a cursed knife in his hand, looking like he was eager to cause chaos in the world.
"Fight, fight!"
Seeing the dinner party he had carefully prepared turned into a smoky duel scene, a brilliant smile appeared on Loen's gloomy face. He stood up from the fire, cracking his finger bones, and the golden halo behind him hummed and turned.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Half an hour later, the noisy descendants of Typhon fell to the ground in all directions, looking at each other with resentment, groaning and wailing. Melinoe, one of the participants, squatted on the ground, holding the big bump on his head, and drew circles with tears in his eyes.
After completing the violent suppression, Lorne returned to the campfire feeling relaxed and happy. While eating the rabbit leg he had snatched from Melinoe, he flipped through the booklet that the Snake Mother had given him before setting off.
Cerberus, the three-headed dog of Hell, is a silly dog who is happy every day. Apart from eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, and loving honey cakes and honey wine, and destroying the house, he basically has no pursuits.
The nine-headed Hydra is a gloomy and lonely girl who likes to hide in the water and never go out. But once provoked, she has a strong desire for revenge.
The two dragon creatures, the hundred-headed dragon Ladon and the fierce dragon Colchis, basically inherited all the shortcomings of the dragons. They like to guard treasures and sleep all day long.
Although the three-headed monster king Chimera has three heads with different functions: the wise sheep, the cunning snake, and the courageous lion, which can be said to be both offensive and defensive, the three heads always like to fight among themselves and encourage each other;
The Nemean lion is invulnerable and extremely strong, but has a defective intelligence and is more easily trapped;
The Sphinx has human-like intelligence, a rather neurotic personality, and likes to show off his cleverness with puzzles, trying to highlight his so-called uniqueness through these childish behaviors;
The four harpies are all chatterboxes who don't know how to read people's faces and situations. Although they are fast, they will actively approach once their curiosity is aroused...
The above is the general impression and summary of the snake mother Echidna on her children.
In order to allow Loen to successfully take her children back, she took the initiative to compile them into a book and sent it together with the snake scale as a token of trust to the temporary guardian she had chosen.
Add to that the rebellious Melinoe, and they are a group of problem children...
Loen sighed, took out a piece of parchment, and felt relieved when he saw that there were only a few targets left on it.
Although there were some ups and downs, the overall result was worthy of the snake mother's trust.
After all, there were actually only a few legitimate descendants of Typhon, and they could be counted on one hand.
Apart from those already in our hands, not all the rest can be taken under our control.
Cerberus, the three-headed dog of hell, is responsible for guarding the underworld and can also act as an insider, so there is no need to move him.
The fierce dragon of Colchis and the twin dragons of Troy are the guardian beasts of the two city-states. There are so many people and eyes that it is difficult to abduct them, so they can only step back a little.
The Caucasian Condor is currently being commissioned by Zeus to torture Prometheus, and is also not a target for abduction;
The hundred-headed dragon Ladong guards the Golden Apple Paradise, and there is also a formal organization to pass another one;
So after all the calculations, there is only one target left, the nine-headed Hydra.
If I remember correctly, that "little girl" should be staying in the Lernaean swamps of Argolis, waiting for the future Hercules to come and swipe her.
However, the Hercules probably won't be able to wait until that time.
After making up his mind, Loen finished eating the last piece of meat from the rabbit leg, stood up, left a few words of advice, and walked happily towards the cave to rest.
"Whoever destroyed the place will be responsible for cleaning up the traces. If you still can't do it before dawn, I will roast it for breakfast."
The descendants of Typhon shuddered at the sight of the devilish figure, hurriedly got up from the ground, and buried their heads in repairing the forest that had been destroyed beyond recognition.
(End of this chapter)
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