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Chapter 320 Brother, You Smell So Good (5k)

"Bang~!"

Two dull slaps hit the twin brothers on the head, and Loen's face turned black.

"What is she thinking about? She is drunk and fell asleep."

The two smelled the aroma of wine in the garden and saw the obvious blush on the Queen's face. The surprise in their hearts disappeared, and a feeling of boredom and disappointment came over them.

That's it? It's boring...

Looking at the two people who shook their heads regretfully, Loen's face suddenly turned darker.

Is he so hungry that he won't let go of any female?

Not to mention that this was Atalanta's biological mother and he had to consider the feelings of his students; from the perspective of charm alone, the Queen of Arcadia was not particularly outstanding among the women he knew, and was far from being enough to make him unleash his bestial nature.

After all, compared with those gods and heroes with excellent genes, this queen is unknown in the epic and is at most a pretty vase.

If she had not lived deep in the harem and had nothing to do with the great sacrifice of Arcadia, and had not been relatively sensible, and after the King of Arcadia's outburst, after the mediation of the Temple of the Moon, she was willing to acknowledge Atalanta's identity and work hard to repair the relationship with her daughter, it would be hard to say whether she could keep her title as queen.

Fortunately, the queen was able to see clearly and had been acting as her own mascot, which made Atalanta and Lorne feel more favorable and respectful towards her.

Therefore, the two sides had a few good interactions, but that was all.

"What are you standing there for? Call the maids outside and have them take the queen to the room to rest."

Looking at the two people standing motionless in front of the door, Loen reminded them in a bad mood.

The two brothers woke up as if from a dream and immediately followed the order.

As several maids and two priestesses of the Moon Temple rushed over after hearing the news, they hurriedly helped the queen into the house. Loen turned to look at the twin brothers and asked with a frown.

"You just said someone wanted to see me? Where is that person? Take me to see him."

Upon hearing the serious business, the twin brothers looked stern and hurriedly led the way.

The three of them walked out of the palace, and the twin brothers came to a remote old house somewhere in the city. They turned back and gave Loen a serious reminder.

"That person is inside. It feels very dangerous. You have to be careful."

Loen waved his hand to signal the twin brothers to leave first, while he looked at the obscure star patterns and double snake symbols on the wall, thoughtfully.

The stronghold of the Hermetic sect?
"Guests are here? Welcome, welcome!"

At this moment, accompanied by a brisk voice, a handsome young man with blond hair and blue eyes, wearing a brown sail hat, walked out with a friendly smile on his face.

"Come on, the food and drinks are ready, see if they suit your taste."

Listening to the familiar tone and feeling the other party's enthusiasm as he took the initiative to pull him into the house, Loen nodded with certainty.

Well, Hermes didn't run away.

After confirming the other party's identity, Loen followed him into the courtyard and sat down at a table filled with dishes and drinks, but did not touch the tableware. He tightened his cheeks and asked directly.

"Tell me what you want from me, Hermes."

The Messenger God was not surprised when his identity was revealed. Instead, he handed over the dishes with a smile, as if they were old friends who had not seen each other for many years.

"It's been so long since we last met, how about we chat while we eat?"

"Let's talk business first. Thanks to your descendant and your disciples, I have been very busy recently."

Loen didn't respond, but snorted coldly with an expressionless face.

"It's unfair!" Hermes cried out, his face full of grievance, "This is all Typhon's doing. It has nothing to do with me!"

"Hippomenes knows, doesn't he?"

"Not familiar!"

"He is the mastermind and your blood descendant."

"If we consider him as a grandparent, then wouldn't Father God also be related to him?"

"Then how do you explain the Hermetic sect's launching of a great sacrifice? These are all your most devout believers. Typhon descended because of them. Can I regard this as something you instructed, with the purpose of using Typhon's revival to help you and the Hermetic sect clear out the hostile forces in Arcadia?"

"Slander! This is blatant slander! The River Styx is my witness, I swear I didn't do it!"

Hermes was so angry that he jumped up and down. He first raised his right arm and swore, then shook Lorne's hand sincerely.

"It must be Typhon who is alienating us. You can't believe it!"

"What's the use of me believing it or not? The people of Acadia are the ones who are hurt. What matters is what they think."

Lorne spoke calmly, then mentioned it casually.

"I heard that due to the aftermath of the beast disaster, they have a lot of complaints about the Hermes believers recently..."

In fact, although the big trouble of Hippomenes and Typhon was solved, their remaining problems were far from over.

After being defeated in the decisive battle, the Typhon demon army in the mountains of Arcadia broke up into small pieces and scattered to various city-states, causing harm and causing evil, spreading endless harm.

Having caused such a huge mess, even if the Hermetic faction is not the main culprit, they can never clear themselves of the charges.

As smart as Hermes was, he certainly understood what Loen meant by that sentence. He had no choice but to open the magic circle diagram, took out a pair of feather boots decorated with silver wings, put them on the table with a painful look on his face, and smiled helplessly.

"I heard that the Queen of Arcadia had just ascended the throne and had always been protective of my followers. I am willing to forgive them for what they had done. This small gift is not enough to express my respect. Please convey my gratitude to the Queen on my behalf."

Hermes' words seemed soft, but they actually had other implications.

As the messenger god, he naturally had to inquire about the whole story and the current reputation of the Hermes sect in advance, so that he could know himself and the enemy well in the subsequent negotiations.

Although what Loen said was correct, as usual he only said half of it.

The Hermes sect was indeed involved in the revival of Typhon, but the Arcadian royal family and the Eleusinian cult were not clean either, and even the Moon Temple was guilty of negligence.

Therefore, in order to avoid arousing public outrage, all parties tacitly put all the blame on Typhon and Hippomenes.

Naturally, the bad things that the Hermetic sect did behind the scenes were also kept secret, and few people in Arcadia knew the inside story.

Therefore, although the Hermetic believers experienced several civil strife, suffered heavy losses and had a hard time, their situation was not as Lorn said, where everyone was calling for their destruction.

Now, after three months of adjustment, the Hermetic sect has made a lot of efforts to fight the aftermath of the beast disaster. It would be a bit impolite to dig up the past and lift the lid again.

Sure enough, a cunning man like Hermes would not bleed so honestly.

Loen glanced across, took out a broken red crystal, played with it in his hand, and praised it.

"In terms of merit, the Hermes sect is indeed not small. Not only did they restore the forbidden technology of the Bronze Age, they also extracted the Philosopher's Stone that can be used to transcend the limits of life. When I'm done with this, I will definitely ask Atalanta to commend you for your achievements. If you think Arcadia's popularity is not high enough, our Academy of Athens can also promote it for you for free. After all, it is a groundbreaking research result!"

However, Hermes' face turned green when he heard this.

If it turned out that the Philosopher's Stone was originally invented by the Hermetic sect, it would probably cost him his life.

Not to mention that he had violated the law of life and reversed life and death, which offended Hades and the Earth Goddess; even the gods and main gods of Olympus could spit at him to death.

On the one hand, these short-lived species on earth cannot resist the temptation of eternal life and will definitely set their sights on the Philosopher's Stone, thus targeting the Hermetic group;
On the other hand, what is the raw material for refining the Philosopher's Stone? Human life! If some old kings and demigods get these technologies and information, they may really go crazy and massacre the city and sacrifice to Typhon if they don't want to die of old age.

The decrease in the earth's population will inevitably lead to the weakening of the seal that imprisoned the old gods.

If similar things happen a few more times, it will not be the Hermes faction that will be doomed. The gods whose interests have been damaged will first promote him, the main god standing behind, or give him the treatment of a Tartarus.

So, this is not praise at all, it is clearly flattery!

Faced with such a vicious plot, Hermes was horrified and almost fell to his knees.

"No, brother! Dear brother! Aren't you pushing me into the fire pit?"

"How could that be? We are close friends, brothers and sisters..."

As Lorne spoke, he looked meaningfully at the pair of feather shoes on the table.

Hermes immediately understood and hurriedly opened the magic circle diagram, took out a quiver, a dagger, and a cloth bag, placed them on the table, rubbed his hands, and spoke shyly.

"I was in a hurry to leave this time, so I didn't bring many things with me. Let Her Majesty take these first. If there's anything you need from me later, let me know and I'll make it up to you!"

Loen's eyes swept over several items one by one, and after playing with them for a while, he nodded with satisfaction.

The quiver can automatically absorb magic power from the air to generate arrows at regular intervals;

The short sword seemed to be made by Hephaestus, of good quality, and very suitable as a secondary weapon;
Inside the sack was a group of shrunken livestock, something similar to what Lorne had seen in the hands of Pan;
Together with the feather boots that can grant the user the power of extreme speed, Hermes has given away four artifacts with just one move. For a calculating god of business and travel, this is no longer just a simple loss of blood, but a direct loss of bones and flesh.

Loen looked at Hermes in front of him, who was about to faint from the pain but still forced a smile and begged him to accept the gift, and nodded with satisfaction.

"I thought about it carefully and found that the Philosopher's Stone is too complicated and its existence should not be made public."

"That's the truth!"

Having successfully silenced the person who knew the truth, Hermes was so excited that he almost cried.

"But..."

However, a sudden turn of words caused Hermes to suffer another cardiac arrest.

Luo En raised his hand and pressed it lightly, then spoke with a smile.

"Don't be nervous. I heard that some information and technologies about the Philosopher's Stone, and even some semi-finished products, have been quietly spread along with this beast disaster. If not handled properly, it will inevitably cause some disturbances."

Hermes breathed a sigh of relief and nodded quickly to assure him.

"Don't worry! I will definitely do a good job of cleaning up the mess!"

As the God of Messengers, handling crisis public relations is what he is best at.

Moreover, in his pursuit of the development of the Hermes sect, he had planted many hidden dangers, which resulted in his own sect being almost eaten away by a spokesperson for an old god, which in turn triggered a series of bad consequences.

Now is a good opportunity to take a thorough cleanup of the Hermetic sect.

"Okay, we've finished talking about Arcadia. Now it's my turn. My appearance fee is very expensive."

Just as Hermes was thinking about how to deal with those disciples who were causing him trouble, the silence on the other side almost made the God of Commerce and Travel cry.

"You want it too? There's nothing left, really nothing left~! If you don't believe me, just kill me!"

Looking at Hermes crying, Loen suddenly felt guilty and spoke helplessly.

"How about this, you owe me a favor and help me out once when I need you. To the best of your ability?"

"make a deal!"

As soon as Loen finished speaking, Hermes quickly shook his hand and confirmed the compensation plan.

At this moment, there was no trace of crying on the face of the God of Commerce and Travel.

Shit, I'm going to lose...

Luo En cursed inwardly, then snorted in frustration.

"You really know how to do business. You made me change my mind just by shedding a few tears. In order to clean up your mess, I almost sacrificed my own incarnation..."

Hearing this, Hermes smiled awkwardly and did not deny his little trick of showing weakness and playing pitiful.

In fact, among the four artifacts sold before, except for the feather shoes which were slightly more valuable, the rest were just ordinary things, far from being enough to make one cry out in despair.

What he was guarding against was that the person in front of him would continue to ask for too much and squeeze him dry.

The goal had been achieved, and considering that there was a basis for future cooperation, Hermes was very tactful and gave them a way out.

"How about this, I can give you a message for free. If there is anything you want to know, you can ask me now."

“Indeed, there is…”

Luo En's eyes flashed and he asked in a deep voice.

"How did the name [Toth] come about?"

In the eyes of Hermetic mystics and alchemists, the three divinities of Hermes, the god of speed, Hermes, the god of messengers, and Thoth, the god of wisdom, are mixed to form the "Triple Great Hermes".

He possesses the above three aspects and knows the triple wisdom of the universe - alchemy, astrology and magic.

But logically speaking, the name of Thoth should not appear here, nor should it fall on Hermes, because he is an ancient Egyptian god.

At this moment, Hermes' eyelids twitched when he heard the question, and a rare look of difficulty appeared on his face.

"Can you not say it?"

"..."

"Forget it, it doesn't hurt to tell you."

Considering that someone still had the upper hand over him, Hermes sighed helplessly and murmured in silence.

"In fact, this god's name should come from a foreign land, or to be more precise, from another era of gods."

Although Loen already had a guess in his mind, in order to obtain more information, he pretended to be clueless and asked with a frown.

"Another Age of Gods? Are there other Ages of Gods besides the one we are in?"

Hermes nodded, pondered for a moment before choosing his words, and explained.

"True chaos is boundless, and it can give birth to more than one world. If we compare Chaos to a womb, our world is an egg follicle born from it. As the world continues to develop, our world will gradually cut off the nourishment of Chaos, present a real and stable side, and develop into an independent individual. Even in the distant future, our world may meet with its 'brothers and sisters', intersect, and build a brand new world."

"Why not now?"

"Because of the existence of the Sea of ​​Chaos."

Hermes shrugged, took out a nautical chart and spread it out on the table, explaining his findings to Lorne further.

"You should know that our world is surrounded by the Oceanus Sea, and beyond that is the boundless Sea of ​​Chaos, which greatly suppresses our power. Therefore, it is difficult for both the Lord God and the God King to pass through this barrier, so they naturally think that we are the center of the world.

But in fact, there may be more than one God Age world floating in the entire Chaos Sea, and we are just one of them."

"What's the reason?" Lorne looked skeptical.

"Do you remember the question you asked just now?" Hermes wrote Thoth's name in strange characters on the parchment and said quietly, "This is what I heard from the Sea of ​​Chaos. Although no one has ever crossed that restricted area, the wind is free and unrestrained. It brought me some news that does not belong to this Age of Gods."

Then, Hermes looked at the ambiguous words on the parchment and felt a little annoyed.

"Unfortunately, all I could get were some fragmented information. It took me a long time to piece together the information before I got the name of Thoth. I also learned that he was a god in charge of wisdom in another age of gods."

"So, you just used it?"

Lorne looked towards Hermes with a playful look.

"Just try it..." Hermes said with a wry smile, his eyes flickering.

After all, the main god who possesses the divine power of wisdom is very powerful in Greece.

Luo En naturally understood the other party's little thoughts, but did not say it out loud.

Hermes used the name of Thoth and naturally stole his faith and divine authority. It was impossible for the Egyptian god of wisdom to cross the Sea of ​​Chaos and come to Greece to ask for copyright fees. Of course, there was no need for Loen to be the bad guy.

Besides, he was curious.

As the king of the Greek gods, can Zeus be immune to the power of foreign gods?

It just so happens that there is a perfect test product right in front of me.

Thinking of this, Ron's gaze towards Hermes became enthusiastic.

However, the more friendly someone was, the more alert Hermes became. He couldn't help but hug his chest and move back.

"If you have nothing else to do, I won't bother you anymore."

"Okay, see you later. If you encounter any trouble in the process of recovering the Philosopher's Stone, you can ask the people from the Academy of Athens to send me a message."

Lorne smiled and waved his hand without stopping him.

Seeing the other party's kind attitude, Hermes felt relieved a little. Before leaving, he looked at this human shepherd, thought for a while, and spoke in a deep voice.

"I'll give you another piece of news for free. There seems to be some problems in Thessaly. It's even busier than Arcadia right now. If you're interested, you can go and take a look for yourself."

Looking at Hermes who turned into a gust of wind and ran away, Ron frowned.

Thessaly?
Just as Loen was deep in thought, the twin brothers came back and spoke seriously when they entered the room.

"We just received an oracle from Lord Apollo that we may have to go to Thessaly!"

(End of this chapter)