Chapter 77 Everyone go first, I’ll be the last one to come!
Crete, in front of the coastal fortress.
King Minos, who had become the focus of the battlefield due to the sudden change, tore off the tattered robe that was in the way, revealing his upper body's muscles as strong as cast iron. With the other hand, he raised the golden scepter that represented the destiny of the Cretan kingship, pointed it at the dark sea where the tide of beasts gathered, and laughed heartily.
"Taros, my sword, my shield! Now that you have awakened, help me wipe out the enemies!"
"——As you command, my king!"
A cold response came from behind the coastal fortress, resounding around like rumbling thunder.
On the horizon, the hundred-meter-tall bronze giant that towered like a mountain looked down at the invading beast tide from the sea. It slowly opened its arms, and thousands of densely packed light patterns lit up one after another on the bronze shell, resonating with each other.
Buzz buzz buzz!
Twelve light wheels of different sizes were successively constructed on the bronze giant's arms, legs, head, neck, back, chest and other parts. Then, like the light rings of a turret, they automatically adjusted and focused towards the sea where the beast tide was gathering.
"——Gather the spirit particles, and load the divine power!"
The mechanical sound echoed again, and the twelve light wheels that appeared on the bronze giant's body reversed and sucked.
Suddenly, the spirit particles in the earth veins and the ether in the air condensed into a tangible magic tide, like a river rushing into the sea, madly converging towards the bronze giant.
In just a moment, the veins beneath the bronze surface, which were like human blood vessels, were filled with spiritual fluid concentrated from magic factors.
The surging [Golden Blood of God] converged towards the bronze giant's chest ventricle, which served as its heart, and under the joint tuning and focusing of the twelve light wheels, it finally turned into an extremely bright stream of light and shot out.
——Illusory fluid cannon, annihilation begins!
In an instant, a colorful band of light with a diameter of tens of meters tore through the thin night, crossed the vast sea, and plowed open a bottomless chasm.
After more than ten seconds, the divine torrent subsided, and the thousand-meter-deep crack in the sea, as if split by a sharp sword, was finally filled up by the receding surging sea water.
“Crash!”
Amid the roar of surging waves, the previously crowded and noisy sea surface suddenly became dull and silent; the groups of wriggling sea beasts in the center disappeared; the originally dark sea water was now stained with a scarlet red tide.
“Hiss~~!”
In the dead silence, all the living beings were shocked by the scene before them and gasped.
With just one strike, tens of thousands of sea beasts gathered along the coast of Crete were wiped out. Such power is simply terrifying!
I'm afraid only gods can do this easily!
Of course, they were not wrong in theory.
The one who achieved such a result was a genuine [Quasi-God].
After Loen looked back at the coastal fortress, the towering giant standing above the horizon, its origin emerged in his mind.
The bronze giant Talos belongs to the Bronze Generation. He has survived all the disasters and is still alive today.
His race is much older than the many demigods and divine-blood heroes who now establish and rule human city-states.
Legend has it that these former bronze giants were bronze giants cast from bronze and stone by Hephaestus, the god of fire and casting, at the command of Zeus, in a similar way to the creation of Pandora.
The purpose of their creation was to fill the gap left on the earth after the extinction of the original humans after the great flood and to appease the wrath of Gaia, the mother goddess of the earth.
Therefore, these bronze giants have bronze skin and human appearance, and have blood vessels like humans. The blood vessels are connected from the neck to the knees or ankles. These blood vessels are also the source of energy for the bronze giants' activities, and the spiritual fluid of God flows in them.
However, due to the lack of wisdom and expertise in combat, the bronze giants indulged in destruction and killing, gradually posing a huge threat to living things on the earth, causing increasing dissatisfaction with Gaia, the mother goddess of the earth.
Therefore, Zeus ended the attempt to recreate humans and ordered the craftsman god Hephaestus to destroy the bronze clan that was gradually getting out of control.
In that catastrophe, the bronze giant Talos was an exception because he had the blood of the Melia fairies in his body and possessed extraordinary rationality. He became the only survivor of the disaster.
Later, thanks to the blessing of Mother Earth Gaia, the new human beings represented by Deucalion and Pyrrha began to reproduce on the earth again.
Talos, alone, was taken to the holy mountain to serve the gods of Olympus.
Then, Zeus, who was obsessed with sowing, transformed himself into a white bull and abducted Europa to Crete, where he made her the goddess on earth and allowed her to multiply his bloodline.
Considering that his mortal lover was too weak, Zeus gave Europa three gifts.
Namely, the bronze giant Talos, the golden hound, and a pot of golden arrows that never miss their target.
After some twists and turns, the goddess Europa gave the three to Minos, her son with Zeus, so that he could use them to defend his territory.
From then on, the bronze giant Talos became a subordinate of King Minos, patrolling Crete for him and making great military achievements in the early days.
As the Minoan civilization grew stronger, the bronze giant Talos gradually lost his use and faded from people's sight. Following the order of King Minos, he slept underground to avoid harming innocent people.
Unexpectedly, it has been a hundred years.
Because of the beast disaster from the sea, the bronze giant Talos, who once served as a guardian and weapon of war, was awakened again by King Minos and saw the light of day again on the island of Crete, showing his terrifying destructive power as a creation of God.
Monster! Monster!
At this moment, the three Siren sisters, who had escaped the disaster by virtue of their vigilance, glanced at the large pieces of flesh floating on the sea and the blood that had turned into a red tide, and looked far away at Talos, the bronze giant standing behind the coastal defense line of Crete, and could not help but murmur in fear.
“Aaaaaa!!!”
Soon, fear turned into anger, and the three Siren sisters, whose evil and ferocious natures were aroused by the bloody scene, sang in unison.
The group of sea beasts that were originally in chaos seemed to be energized and entered a state of madness and excitement. They swarmed towards the Island of Crete, trying to close the distance and destroy the horrible weapon of war.
At the same time, the rolling sea tide turned into a huge whirlpool, and countless flesh and blood floating on the sea were swallowed up and absorbed by it.
“Crash!”
After finishing its meal, Charybdis, the Great Whirlpool, used the blood and divinity it had absorbed to reconstruct a gigantic phantom of water.
The sea water mixed with organs and minced meat covered her body, revealing a bloody madness.
"die!"
Along with the unclear words, [The Great Whirlpool] Charybdis raised his right hand, gathered the dirty red tide, formed a bloody trident in his palm, and threw it hard at the long-attacked coastal fortress on the island of Crete.
Facing the fierce attack, Talos' eyes flashed red, and he quickly stepped over the coastal fortress, with his two crossed bronze arms protecting the front.
"when!"
With the sharp sound of metal clashing, the trident formed by the gathering of sea water was firmly blocked by the bronze giant.
Although it is a mixture of bronze and stone and is huge in size, Talos moves extremely fast due to the unparalleled craftsmanship of the god of craftsmanship Hephaestus and the blood of the Melia fairies.
Theoretically, he could easily patrol around Crete three times a day, and the entire coastline of Crete is more than 1,000 kilometers.
"roar!"
Unable to hit the target, Charybdis, the [Great Whirlpool], was swept into the shore by the waves and roared angrily. Its hideous face formed by countless broken limbs looked even uglier and more terrifying.
"Bang!"
Facing the ferocious sea monster, the emotionless bronze giant raised his fist without hesitation and punched into the face where countless sea beast corpses were floating.
“Crash!”
As the Great Whirlpool Charybdis stumbled back, the new wave of fierce tide suddenly collapsed and could no longer form an effective impact on the coast.
The night fades away and the morning sun breaks.
After a night of fierce fighting, the Minoans finally made it to dawn.
Looking at the bronze giant who repelled the Great Whirlpool Charybdis with one punch in front of the coast, and King Minos standing tall in front of the fortress, the surviving soldiers grabbed their weapons, beat their shields frantically, and cheered loudly.
"Μνωα (Minos)!"
"Μνωα (Minos)!"
"Μνωα (Minos)!"
Listening to the enthusiastic shouts like waves behind him, the old man felt as if he had returned to his youth when he rushed to the battlefield with sword and shield in hand and fought with foreigners.
As the hot blood surged in his chest, awakening the fighting spirit accumulated in this old body, King Minos simply threw the golden scepter in his hand to his daughter, snatched the bronze spear from his eldest son, pointed at the battlefield, and shouted loudly.
"The beast tide has been defeated, set sail! Go!"
“Crash!”
Meanwhile, in the sheltered harbor on the back side of Crete.
Clouds of white sails rise up, fluttering in the howling sea breeze.
Then, dozens of huge galleys sailed out from both wings of Crete, like angry dragons entering the sea, stirring up turbulent waves, and pounced on the front battlefield where a large number of sea beasts gathered.
The soldiers standing on the offshore fortress looked carefully and saw burly figures wearing bronze armor, holding swords and shields in their hands, with spears behind their backs and longbows on their waists. They were lined up neatly on the deck, exuding a cold and murderous aura from head to toe.
When everyone saw the double-sided axe and bull logo on the flag, the excited cheers became louder.
"The Divine Blood Guards! It's the Divine Blood Guards!"
The blood of God flows among humans, and the purer it is, the more outstanding warriors it can produce.
Therefore, the most elite troops in every city-state are often the royal guards composed of warriors with divine blood flowing in their veins.
Even though they are mixed-bloods of different generations, each of them is capable of defeating ten ordinary soldiers.
Once they appear on the battlefield, it often means a change in the war situation.
Now, with the defeat of the beast tide and the arrival of dawn.
This Divine Blood Guard, who had been gathering their strength overnight, suddenly charged out, undoubtedly stabbing two sharp knives into the enemy's heart.
At this moment, looking at the invincible fleet he had built on the sea, baring its fangs, dividing and surrounding the increasingly chaotic beast tide, and launching an orderly stranglehold, King Minos could not help but feel overwhelmed.
"Good! Let these beasts see who is the king of the offshore!"
Looking at the large brigs that were moving across the sea like dragons, quickly dividing the battlefield, and the hundreds of Divine Blood Guards on the decks that were like two rows of sharp spears, constantly cutting through the beast tide with ease, Loen was secretly amazed.
Although all the plans were discussed and formulated by him and King Minos, he also learned relevant information from King Minos about the bronze giant Talos, which was the key factor in winning, and the God's Blood Guards, which made their final appearance.
But seeing is believing.
Not only did he get surprised by the fighting power of the bronze giant Talos, but even the performance of the Divine Blood Guards under King Minos far exceeded his psychological expectations.
While fighting against the beasts at sea, he was able to repeatedly break through the formations of these ocean natives by relying on coordination. His combat skills were not inferior to those of the Atlantis Guards he had encountered before. It was simply incredible.
But after thinking about it carefully, Loen felt a little relieved.
In real history, the Minoan dynasty made full use of Crete's superior geographical location to develop the shipbuilding industry and establish a powerful fleet, which was one of the earliest navies in the world.
With this invincible fleet, the Minoans dominated the Aegean Sea and overwhelmed Athens, making Crete a link between the advanced countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Eventually, the Minoan dynasty was able to maintain trade with Egypt, Syria, Babylon, Asia Minor and other regions, thus becoming a maritime hegemonic country.
During the most prosperous period of the Minoans, that is, the reign of King Minos, all the countries in the Aegean islands paid tribute to Minos, and Athens also had to pay tribute to him.
Perhaps because they were beaten so badly, the city-states in the Mediterranean often secretly made up the dark history of the Minoans.
The legend of the Minotaur, the bull-headed man, probably arose during this period.
"Want to resist?! This is not Atlantis!"
The old man sneered, grabbed the bronze spear, slung over a bow and the bag of golden arrows he got from his mother Europa, leaped out of the fortress, and headed straight for the center of the battlefield where the three Siren sisters were trying to re-control the beast tide and counterattack.
Finally, I made it to the last step smoothly.
Well then, General!
At the same time, Loen, who had been holding his breath on the city wall, looked at the expected situation, drew out his bronze sword with a sense of relief, stirred the divine power in his body, followed King Minos, and attacked the three Siren sisters who were the command center of the beast tide.
But for some reason, the closer he got to the battlefield, the faster his heart beat.
It seemed that some uneasy factor still existed...
Loen's heart skipped a beat. He raised his hand and whispered to King Minos in front of him.
"borrow!"
"borrow?"
King Minos paused slightly, then followed the direction of Loen's finger, looked at the longbow and golden arrow at his waist, laughed, and threw them behind him without thinking.
"Haha, what are you borrowing? I'm giving it to you!"
Loen took the longbow and the pot of golden arrows, looked with sparkling eyes at King Minos who was rushing to the battlefield impatiently, wanted to say something, but finally closed his mouth.
On the sea, the figure falling behind quietly slowed down and gradually put some distance between itself and the former.
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