Chapter 30 Chaos is the ladder
"So, you are a fleet commissioned by the King of Seriphos to explore this abandoned temple on the sea?"
A quarter of an hour later, Loen raised his hand and stroked his chin, glanced at the middle-aged man in a felt hat who was crying and explaining his origins and identity in front of him, and his eyes narrowed quietly.
Serifos Island? I have some impression of this name, I seem to have heard it somewhere...
"Little brother, I have said everything I need to say. I am just a guide."
Seeing that the other party had no intention of letting him go, Xuester begged with a sad face, and at the same time, in order to eliminate the other party's concerns, he swore to the sky with a serious face.
"Don't worry, I know the rules. I didn't see anything and I don't know anything!"
When Loen came back to his senses, he couldn't help but laugh at this scene.
"Oh, you are an expert, buddy. It seems you have encountered this kind of thing many times, right?"
Xiuster coughed a few times to hide his embarrassment, forced a flattering smile on his face, and leaned forward slightly.
"Hehe, isn't this all just to make a living? There's no need to risk your life."
"so……"
Lorne spoke in a leisurely tone, looking with a smile at the middle-aged man's hand that had touched his lower back at some point.
"…How many people are still alive who believed your words?"
Discovered!
In an instant, Xiuster's pupils shrank, and he immediately jumped up. His right hand pulled out a dagger from his waist as fast as lightning. The sharp blade slashed towards Loen's throat with a whimpering sound.
The middle-aged man in the felt hat, who had been timid at first, became swift and vicious in his movements, with a sinister and cold look, just like a cheetah that suddenly showed its ferocious fangs.
As expected, how could the demigod descendants of Hermes be innocent and kind-hearted little white rabbits? The messenger of God they believed in was a well-known fraudster and thief throughout Greece.
Not surprisingly, Loen raised the corner of his lips, a sneer on his face.
“Crack!”
The crisp sound of breaking echoed in the dense forest. Xuester's right hand holding the dagger twisted into several creepy arcs like a twist, and three pieces of white bones pierced through the flesh and were exposed.
“Woo——!”
The severe pain hit this descendant of Hermes, and he felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground.
"If you move again, even Zeus can't save you..."
A faint voice rang in his ears. Xuester was startled and quickly bit his tongue, forcing himself to stay awake. He stopped his body from leaning forward and stood still to avoid accidentally triggering the explosive rune under his feet.
"Your reaction is quite fast. You are indeed the descendant of Hermes, the God of Speed."
With a half-smile in his teasing, Loen walked closer, put one hand gently on the other's right shoulder, and with his other hand took over the bronze dagger that slipped from the felt hat middle-aged man's hand.
"I was just trying to play a joke on you. How could this little trick of mine possibly compare to yours?"
Xiuster endured the severe pain of the broken bone, his facial features almost twisted into a ball, and he forced out a few difficult laughs, flattered with a sad face, and kept cursing in his heart.
What kind of monster did he run into today? Not only was he full of evil intentions, but his reaction speed was even faster than that of a descendant of Hermes!
"If this is your last words, I'll take it as a compliment."
Loen squinted his eyes and smiled. The bronze dagger, with a blue blade that seemed to be poisoned, flew flexibly between his slender fingers.
As mentioned before, there is a gap between demigods.
The bloodline of gods often becomes thinner with the generations of their offspring.
Although he was not willing to admit it, he was after all the first generation offspring of Zeus, and what he faced on the Sea of Oceanus were all high-purity hybrid gods, monsters and Titans.
A demigod like the one in front of you who is related to Hermes and has existed in the mortal world for who knows how many generations, and whose abilities are almost entirely focused on agility, is simply not good enough to be tricked.
As the blue blade got closer to his neck, Xiuster's face turned green, he shuddered, and hurriedly started to explain.
"It was a misunderstanding just now! If you let me go, I can lead you. To be honest, the group of people from Seriphos found a lot of good things on this island this time!"
Seeing that Loen had no intention of being tempted by this windfall, the descendant of Hermes, with cold sweat on his forehead, simply made up his mind, gritted his teeth, and showed his trump card.
"Well, let me tell you a secret: The King of Seriphos sent us here not just to explore the temple. What he really wants is the legendary [Divine Blood], a [magic medicine] that can transform mortals and greatly extend their lifespan!
——Even if you are a demigod, your strength will have a qualitative leap after taking it!"
In a trance, Loen was stunned, and fragmented pieces of information were intertwined in his mind.
The [Divine Blood] that transforms mortals... The [Elixir] that prolongs life...
and…Seriphos…
In an instant, a flash of light flashed through Loen's mind, his pupils shrank slightly, and a name came out of his mouth.
"Gorgon!"
"You know?!"
Xiuster on the opposite side also trembled and looked stunned.
Lorne did not answer, his brows were furrowed, and his thoughts were racing in his mind.
He finally remembered why "Seriphos Island" sounded so familiar, because it was the second home of Perseus.
——That is, the famous demigod hero of ancient Greece who would step onto the Invisible Island in the future, slay the Gorgon Medusa, defeat Keto, the mother of sea monsters, and save the Ethiopian Princess Andromeda.
In terms of blood relationship, this person can be considered as Loen's half-brother.
According to legend, King Acrisius of Argos learned from the oracle that he would be killed by the son born to his daughter Danae, so he imprisoned his daughter in a bronze tower.
Zeus in the underworld turned into golden rain, met Danae, and gave birth to Perseus.
When the King of Argos learned that his daughter was pregnant and had given birth, he was horrified and put Perseus and his mother Danae in a box and threw them into the sea. However, with the blessing of Zeus, the mother and son drifting in the sea safely passed through the storm.
Finally, the box they were living in was 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.
But soon, Polydectes, the elder brother of the two brothers, coveted Danae's beauty and wanted to drive out Perseus, who was growing up, showing supernatural powers and posing a threat to him.
Thus, on the day when Perseus presented him with gifts, the ruler of Seriphos maliciously expressed his desire for the head of Medusa, one of the three Gorgon sisters.
So Perseus was forced to embark on the journey, and this is how the story unfolds.
However, upon closer thought, there seemed to be a significant deviation between what was recorded in the myth and what Loen saw.
——The ruler of Seriphos Island definitely did not make a sudden decision to make his adopted son Perseus go to the Invisible Island to hunt down the snake-haired monster Medusa and retrieve her head just to make things difficult for him. Instead, he had been coveting the three Gorgon sisters for a long time.
Of course, to be more precise, what he wanted was probably the [Gorgon Blood] flowing in the bodies of the three sisters!
In Greek mythology, Gorgon is the collective name for three snake-haired monsters: the eldest sister, "the daughter of strength" Stheno, the second sister, "the daughter of flight" Euryale, and the youngest sister, "the daughter of domination" Medusa.
According to legend, the blood from the right side of the Gorgon sisters' bodies has the magical effect of resurrecting the dead and prolonging the lifespan of mortals, while the blood from the left side is a rapidly fatal poison.
Perseus set foot on the Invisible Island and, with the help of fate, killed Medusa, the only one of the three sisters who could not live forever, and took off her head, but presented it directly to Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war.
Athena fixed Medusa's head in the center of her sheepskin shield, making it her emblem.
Later, Apollo's son, the god of medicine Asclepius, received a vial of restorative blood from Athena and created a magical medicine that could make people immortal. However, he eventually violated the taboos of the gods and was killed by thunder by Zeus, the king of gods.
From this, we can see the powerful effect of [Gorgon's Blood]. It seems that even the immortal gods are afraid of it, not to mention the mortals who are trapped in the suffering of birth, aging, sickness and death.
Before, Loen took a glance from afar and saw a group of human-like sculptures in the abandoned temple square. They were probably the human warriors who coveted the magical effects of [Gorgon's Blood].
These overconfident hunters misjudged their own strength and became prey themselves. They were all turned into stone sculptures on the island, waiting to be destroyed by the passage of time.
Loen's eyes swept across the middle-aged man in a felt hat beside him, his eyes thoughtful.
It turned out that the king of Seriphos, the adoptive father of the demigod hero Perseus, had been harassing the three Gorgon sisters since a long time ago.
However, his repeated attempts ended in failure, and he turned the problem over to his adopted son Perseus.
Judging from the course and results of the battle, Perseus at that time had to at least be promoted to a demigod to be able to kill Medusa, who was also a demigod, and escape from the Sea of Oceanus alive while being hunted by two god-level Gorgons, Stheno and Euryale.
At least for now, Perseus has not grown to this point.
Unexpectedly, among the twelve mortal female heirs destined by Zeus, he, the fifth son of Semele, was promoted to demigod earlier than Perseus, the fourth son of Danae.
It seems that my growth rate is indeed extraordinary, but for the sake of my life, I'd better be careful to hide when I enter the city in the future.
"So you know that too, that's even better!"
At this moment, the descendant of Hermes who had come to his senses first suppressed the astonishment on his face and revealed an expression of surprise.
Loen smiled, steadied the blade that was turning on his fingertips, but did not pull it away.
"This bit of information is not worth buying your life."
“No no!”
Xuester shook his head repeatedly, looked around with a sly look, and after confirming that there was no one around, he whispered mysteriously.
"I mean - I can help you get the [Gorgon Blood]!"
At this moment, hearing this unexpected good news, the smile on Loen's face became even brighter.
What is the job of Hermes?
——The god of fraud, lies, commerce, and theft.
If the other side had this ability, the ruler of Seriphos Island who issued the bounty would have gotten what he wanted long ago, and there would be no chance for the future demigod hero Perseus.
If you are still not honest at this time, why not...
Just as Loen's fingertips holding the dagger were slightly raised, the sound of huge waves came from the distant shore.
The familiar smell of the sea that filled the air made his eyelids jump.
"Boss Xiuster, are you there? The cargo is almost loaded. The boss asked me to ask if you have encountered any trouble. When can we leave?"
At the same time, several trembling shouts were heard from outside the dense forest. Two Hermes followers, also wearing felt hats and cloaks, were walking in cautiously.
Luo En's eyelids twitched a few more times, and he couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart.
There are wolves in front and tigers behind, and there are also the Gorgon sisters hiding somewhere on the island. How unlucky!
However, think about it another way.
Perhaps, the crisis is brewing a turning point, and chaos may be the ladder!
Loen's eyes swept from front to back and both sides, a bright and mysterious smile appeared on his face. He warmly put his hand on the shoulder of the descendant of Hermes and whispered in the man's ear.
"Want to do something bigger? Like, the two of us take all the goods?"
"hiss!"
Xiuster took a deep breath at such a crazy idea, then looked down at the poisoned dagger that was getting closer and closer to his neck, nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice, and made his choice very smoothly.
Here comes a big chapter of 3,600 words. I have exceeded the target of 6,000 words today. I am asking for recommendations, sponsorship and votes.
I will continue tomorrow and try to reach the full quota of 6,000 words.
(End of this chapter)
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