Greece brings evildoers.

Chapter 315: Eat a Beautiful Girl to Calm Down Your Shock (5.8k)

Half an hour ago, in a remote house somewhere in the Royal City of Arcadia.

As the starlight floated, Hippomenes walked out from the bronze altar engraved with star patterns and Hermes characters.

Looking back at the blood energy gradually dissipating over the Arcadia Mountains, he couldn't help but feel deep fear in his eyes.

Thousands of artificial life forms that were born prematurely, as well as the blood and flesh accumulated from several battles on the scene, were going to be consumed so quickly? That guy was so powerful!
It seems that I have no choice but to make that move in advance!

Hippomenes confirmed that there was no one around, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, and he immediately put on the star-moon robe beside him, picked up the double snake staff in the magic circle, pulled up the hood to hide his face, and walked out of the courtyard with the barrier.

"Master? You're back!"

Several Hermes believers who were standing guard outside the door heard the noise, turned around and looked at the figure emitting a familiar aura, with expressions of surprise and admiration.

Among the major religious sects currently in existence in Greece, the Hermetic sect was one of the later ones and was not officially established until after the Olympian War.

In just a few years, the Hermetic sect was able to gain a foothold in Arcadia, a place full of vitality and development, and spread rapidly. The present Lord [Chief] played an indispensable role in this.

On the one hand, he had extraordinary attainments in alchemy, completing the two ultimate projects of "the fifth element" (philosopher's stone) and "artificial life" (holmcruise);
On the other hand, he enjoyed the trust of the King of Arcadia, and provided a convenient official environment for the development of the sect.

Coupled with his identity as a descendant of Hermes and his gentle and approachable attitude in daily life, the followers of the Hermetic sect highly admire and respect this leader.

But after a brief moment of excitement, the gatekeepers began to show some doubts on their faces: "Didn't you go to the Arcadia Mountains with your fellow believers to quell the beast disaster? Why are you the only one here now?"

Hippomenes said solemnly: "Something went wrong during the expedition. I must go to the palace to see His Majesty immediately!"

Upon hearing this, several Hermes believers suddenly looked stern.

Gathering all the God-blood heroes and magicians in Arcadia to fight against them, they still failed. Doesn't this mean...

"Why are you panicking? Things are not irreversible yet."

Hippomenes spoke calmly, then looked at everyone and asked in a deep voice.

"How are the preparations I asked you to make before departure going?"

The Hermetic believers around seemed to have found their backbone. They all straightened up and answered in unison.

“It’s all done!”

"Everything has been arranged according to your requirements."

"Moreover, in order to live up to your trust, we have mobilized almost all of our fellow believers."

Hearing the believers' enthusiastic speeches, Hippomenes nodded with satisfaction, but the corners of his lips raised under his hood revealed a cold sneer.

What a bunch of idiots!
He actually dug up his own grave with his own hands, thinking that it was a path to the light.

"You did a great job." Hippomenes praised calmly, then tapped his staff and took out several pottery bottles from the magic circle. He generously distributed them to the people in front of him and said with a smile, "Drink it. You deserve it."

Pulling out the cork and looking at the red liquid in the bottle, everyone was excited.

Fifth element liquid!
In the field of Hermetic alchemy, a kind of "invisible and intangible" fantasy substance was conceived a long time ago. Different from the four basic elements of "fire, air, water, and earth", it is called the "fifth element" and is closely related to the soul and the origin of life.

Legend has it that once an alchemist drinks this red liquid made from the fifth element, even if he cannot gain immortality, he can greatly improve his alchemical attainments and prolong his life.

At present, the only person in the entire Hermes Church who knows how to refine the fifth element is the leader in front of him.

Although he possessed this valuable wealth of knowledge, he never kept it to himself. Instead, he generously distributed the refined fifth element liquid to believers who had made contributions to the sect.

For example, this time, the leader gave a batch of the fifth element liquid that he had just refined to the Hermes followers who were preparing to go to the Arcadia Mountains to fight the beast disaster in advance, so that they could increase their strength.

It is because of this generous and selfless behavior that he is able to hold on to his current position and gain widespread support from Hermetic followers.

The believers looked at the precious fifth element liquid in the bottle, and under the expectant gaze of the leader, they excitedly drank it all.

However, they did not notice that there seemed to be some flocs like white larvae floating in the red liquid.

Hippomenes, who witnessed all this, sneered in his heart.

As he always emphasized, only life can be exchanged for life.

Similarly, only life can give birth to life.

Therefore, this elixir of immortality extracted from the Philosopher's Stone is actually the culture medium for nurturing artificial life young.

The reason why those Hermes followers in Arcadia were at his mercy and became his puppets to stop the enemy was because they had taken the fifth element liquid that was nurturing artificial life larvae before they set out.

There are not so many free meals in the world, and God's gifts are often marked with a price the moment they are given.

After quietly eliminating the potential hidden dangers, Hippomenes began to make arrangements in an orderly manner: "The situation is urgent, notify all believers to gather at the palace! By the way, summon the group of people from the Eleusinian Church as well!"

"The group of people from the Eleusinian Church?" The Hermes believer on the side looked puzzled.

"Yes, the situation has deteriorated. It is time for everyone to work together to overcome the difficulties. Give them my handwritten letter, and the Eleusinians will come."

As Hippomenes spoke, he took out a wax-stamped letter from the magic circle and handed it to a Hermetic believer who was in charge of the communication.

The reason for this certainty is that he is not only the [head] of the Hermetic Church, but also the [head] of the Eleusinian Church.

Just like the group of fools of the Hermetic sect, the Eleusinians could no longer resist the temptation of immortality from the moment he took out the Philosopher's Stone, and they unanimously elected him as the leader of the sect.

Unfortunately, he had only been in office in the Eleusinian Church for a short time and had not yet had the opportunity to personally preside over an Eleusinian Mystery.

Otherwise, when distributing the Hughes porridge to those idiots, he could pour in the pre-prepared [red liquid] containing the artificial life larvae.

Hippomenes shook his head, then stood up, walked out of the courtyard and headed straight for the palace.

As soon as he entered the door, the guards and maids welcomed him into the palace meeting hall with ease.

King Arcadia, who had been waiting for a long time, was already impatiently looking forward to him as soon as he entered the door.

"Master, medicine? Where is my medicine?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my inability..."

Hippomenes lowered his head, looking ashamed.

King Arcadia was shocked when he saw this, and his voice instantly rose several degrees.

"What did you say?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect there was a Typhon Temple buried in the mountains of Arcadia. With the protection of that demon ancestor, the strength of the [Beast Disaster] is far beyond everyone's imagination..."

"Where's your medicine?" I asked.

The King of Arcadia interrupted Hippomenes' explanation, grabbed his clothes and asked him questions regardless of the consequences.

At this moment, he could no longer hear any irrelevant sounds. His ferocious face was filled with madness, and insects the size of rice grains could be faintly seen swimming in his red eyes.

"I handed over the army to you, and those people to you. You will bring me the medicine so that I can become a god. You promised!"

King Arcadia fell into madness, roaring and gritting his teeth, and it seemed as if countless earthworms were crawling under his bulging skin and flesh, all longing for this transformation.

Looking at the completely distorted face that was beginning to reveal a strong murderous intent, Hippomenes spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, although I don't have any medicine right now, I have enough materials here. As long as you allow, I can make new medicine for you at any time."

King Arcadia followed Hippomenes' gaze and looked at the thousands of households in the royal city. He instantly understood what the leader meant, and a trace of struggle emerged in his eyes.

"This……"

"The crusade has been declared a failure, and the beast tide is about to return. You must not fall down at this critical moment. Only if you are alive can you save more people, right?"

Hippomenes spoke softly, his deep voice like a slippery snake, passing through the ear canal of King Arcadia and entering his brain, stirring constantly.

"This is a necessary sacrifice. Arcadia will remember their efforts..."

"Yes, this is all for Arcadia!"

King Arcadia murmured and nodded, then he took out a bronze seal with the moon emblem from the magic circle diagram and handed it to Hippomenes.

Every city-state has its own patron saint, and the gods will protect the country that believes in them.

Unless they give up voluntarily...

Hippomenes took the bronze elephant emblem, bowed playfully to King Arcadia on the throne, stood up and walked towards the hall, and came to the highest astronomical platform in the palace.

A group of Hermetic and Eleusinian believers had already gathered here, standing on different star maps.

Upon seeing this, Hippomenes stepped over the steps engraved with Hermetic characters, climbed onto the platform, raised his hand and crushed the bronze elephant emblem in his palm into powder.

The sacred fire in the Moon Temple went out with a puff, and the sky above the royal city suddenly cleared, as if some kind of barrier had been broken.

Hippomenes smiled with satisfaction, opened his arms, and chanted the ancient holy words with the believers gathered here.

"When the stars are in the right position, the circle of reason appears here, starting from the smallest and expanding to infinity. The celestial body is the void. The void is the void. The void is the God!"

Along with the chanting in unison, countless stars in the sky were lit up, and the interwoven lights constructed a dense and vast star map, covering the entire Arcadia Royal City from top to bottom.

Everyone in the city subconsciously stopped and looked up. They were surprised to find that the stars in the sky seemed to be spinning non-stop, and the interweaving and flowing starlight was like a huge whirlpool, swallowing their thoughts and sucking their souls.

Bang bang bang!

After a moment, one figure after another fell to the ground, and tens of thousands of spiritual lights gathered towards the rotating starry sky.

The believers in front of the altar saw people from all over the city falling down one after another, and they looked at the figure in the center of the altar in astonishment.

Aren't we supposed to fight against the beast tide? Why is it different from what we agreed?
"teach……"

Just as the two Eleusinians closest to him were about to ask questions, Hippomenes raised his hand and grabbed them in the air.

The bodies of the two men suddenly exploded, turning into a ball of blood mist that gathered into Hippomenes' body.

With this nourishment, Hippomenes cracked his lips into a ferocious smile, and amid the horrified gazes of the crowd, he raised his hands high and sang his last hymn.

"Arise, Lord!"

In an instant, tens of thousands of spiritual lights turned into a strange blood tide, pouring down from the vortex of stars and infusing into Hippomenes' body.

Under the infection of blood, dense blood-red light patterns appeared on Hippomenes' body, and black scales spread on his skin.

At the same time, the surrounding air gradually became extremely sticky, and the vast star map suspended in the sky descended to the ground, and it seemed to tear the surface of the earth apart as it moved. The thick and cold death energy gushed out from the cracked abyss to a height of several feet.

As everyone looked around, they saw red and black light fog gushing out from all over Arcadia City. Wherever they could see, sticky blood-red fog spread out, causing the surrounding air to twist and wriggle, and the scenery in front of them changed accordingly.

Dark red water seeped out from the dark cracks in the ground, gradually gathering into five rushing rivers. In the crimson wilderness with blue phosphorescent flames floating around, thousands of undead souls patrolled blindly on the plains covered with daffodils.

Three huge bronze doors bound with chains stood at the end of five large rivers of dark red and muddy yellow. Twisted and hideous faces were boiling and roaring in the rivers, turning into black branches like snakes and pythons, gradually spreading to the huge bronze doors and piercing the rune chains on them.

"Bang! Bang!"

In an instant, the tightly bound dark golden chains broke apart, and the three tightly closed bronze doors slowly opened. The cold breath that froze the soul, along with the smelly yellow mud and countless twisted vengeful spirits mixed in it, rushed out of the abyss and surged forward.

Along with the roar of the dragon, the soil squirmed, and the white skeletons of animals, birds, and humans with vague biological characteristics woke up from their slumber, bringing with them the breath of decay and death, searching for and cursing the living things in the world.

The gate to Hades is opened!
If the abandoned old gods are not allowed to set foot on the surface and enjoy a fresh life.

Then, pull this land into the underworld and let it give birth to new life in decay!

Looking at the bloody world in front of him and feeling the surging vitality in his body, Hippomenes took a deep breath and opened his eyes again, which turned into red and black vertical pupils of a snake.
Finally home!

Then, let this be the first cornerstone for me to ascend to the throne of God!
Just as Hippomenes was muttering, a golden band of light shot up into the sky from the southeast of the royal city, tearing open a corner of the bloody sky and bringing a moment of light.

Dozens of figures on the street broke free from the vortex of starlight, suddenly came back to their senses, and looked in astonishment and horror at the unrecognizable world in front of them, as well as the several skeletons running towards them smelling the scent of living people.

"boom!"

The dull sound of a door being pushed open startled dozens of dazed people on the street.

"It's dangerous outside! Come in!"

A beautiful blonde girl with a magic wand in her arms stood in front of the open door of a courtyard somewhere, waving anxiously to the people on the street.

Everyone woke up as if from a dream, and rushed towards the small courtyard shrouded in golden light.

Hippomenes, who was on the astronomical platform, frowned deeply when he saw this.

Aren't all the elites of Arcadia sent to assess the beast disaster? How come someone could still stay awake in the refining formation?
The power that just interfered with the operation of the refining formation seemed to come from the gods?
And that girl...

The red and black vertical pupils of a snake swept across the small courtyard that was emitting a faint golden light, and suddenly shrank. A hideous smile immediately appeared on Hippomenes' face with red and black scales.

Bloodline of the God King, descendant of Zeus!

Good! Very good! Use her as my first meal when I wake up!
Hippomenes raised his hand slightly, and several stunned Hermetic believers in the star map let out shrill screams, and twisted artificial life forms broke through their flesh and blood and crawled out.

"You, bring her back!"

"Roar~!"

Dozens of artificial life forms growled in response to the order, then jumped down from the astronomical platform. Their outstretched arms turned into a thin wing membrane, carrying them all the way to the courtyard that had yet to be breached by the alchemy formation.

Watching his hunters go out, Hippomenes suppressed the hunger in his stomach and sat on the altar with peace of mind, continuing to absorb the strange red tide hanging from the sky. The life breath in his body rose steadily, and the red and black scales gradually turned from virtual to real, spreading and growing on the surface of his skin.

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"careful!"

In front of the courtyard gate, Helen dragged the little girl who fell on the roadside behind her, raised the magic wand in her hand high, activated the spell bullet, and blasted a jumping skeleton into pieces on the ground.

"Thank you...thank you...you are such a good person..."

The girl's mother rushed over and hugged her daughter excitedly, and kept thanking Helen incoherently.

"Stop talking so much and come into the house!"

Helen hurriedly urged them on. Looking at the dozens of skeletons on the street that were attracted by the noise, sweat continued to form on her forehead and the hand holding the wand was shaking slightly.

Because the danger of the beast disaster was beyond their expectations, her brothers refused to take her to the Arcadia Mountains. So before leaving, they asked her to stay in the safer city, and in order to ensure their own safety, they also set up a protective spell for the courtyard.

Although Helen was somewhat reluctant, she still stayed obediently in the yard, waiting for the triumphant return of her brothers and the adult.

But because the process was too boring, she fell asleep unknowingly.

But when she woke up, she found that the entire royal city had changed beyond recognition, and the so-called safe area suddenly became full of dangers.

If it weren't for the protective spell outside, I might have been deprived of my spiritual power along with those people lying on the ground outside by the strange magic circle above?
Helen was frightened and looked at the thin golden light on the outermost side of the door, frowning slightly.

Strange, the aura of this magic circle doesn't seem to belong to my brothers, but...

"Help, help!"

Just as Helen was lost in thought, several frightened cries for help were heard on the street.

A mother holding a baby was stumbling and fleeing.

Behind them, dozens of white skeletons were chasing them relentlessly.

Seeing this, Helen gritted her teeth and screamed.

"Quick, come over here!"

When the mother in the distance heard the heavenly sound, her face was filled with surprise. She immediately quickened her pace and rushed towards the shelter that was emitting golden light.

However, in her haste, the mother made a mistake. She was too excited and accidentally stepped on a deep pit in the ground. She stumbled and fell to the ground, and the baby in her cradle started crying loudly because of the pain.

Suddenly, the sound of bones rubbing against each other was heard all around, and Helen's scalp went numb.

Perhaps, giving up on them was the best option. However, looking at the baby in the cradle, Helen gritted her teeth, rushed out of the door with her magic wand, stood behind the mother and child, and chanted a ritual spell to dispel the evil spirits at high speed.

A burst of pure white light flashed by, and a group of howling vengeful spirits and revived corpses exploded, one after another turning into specks of light dust and drifting away with the wind.

I didn't expect that I would comprehend the etiquette spell that I hadn't mastered for a long time at the critical moment.

Helen wiped the sweat from her forehead, quickly pulled up the mother and child on the ground, and prepared to retreat to the shelter behind them.

However, accompanied by dozens of sharp explosions, monsters that looked like piles of white wax fell from the sky, waving two arms that turned into swords and spears, and stabbed towards her.

Helen subconsciously raised her wand and set up a magic barrier.

However, the next moment.

"Crack!"

The sword-like arm pierced through the magic barrier effortlessly with a crisp breaking sound and stabbed towards her and the mother and child behind her.

Finished!

Helen's mind went blank and she was terrified.

"boom!"

At the critical moment, a ray of starlight fell, the earth shook, and thick smoke and dust rose into the sky.

The blazing white starlight that spread out became almost the only color that caught her eyes.

"For you are dust, and to dust you shall return..."

The decree was given immediately, and along with it, like the compassion of an elder and the sigh of a wise man, soft white light patterns rippled out with the incoming figure as the core.

"Puff puff!"

In an instant, dozens of artificial life forms exploded wherever the light patterns passed.

At the same time, the dirty mud on the ground was washed away, and the torn surface was stitched back together.

Everything returned to normal, peaceful and harmonious.

(End of this chapter)