I don't like the gods, I want to be a hero

"It's not that those who can do more work." Seleus smiled and sat down in front of Odysseus. "What's the matter?"

"Two." Odysseus held out two fingers. "First thing, King Agamemnon is dead."

"Why so fast?" Seleus was a little surprised. Although he knew that King Agamemnon would be killed sooner or later, he never thought it would be so soon. "How did he die? Didn't he just be sent back by us?"

"On the night I was sent back, I saw his wife having an affair with her lover. King Agamemnon, who had been hung up by you for so many days, had no strength to resist, so he was directly killed by his wife." Odysseus shrugged. "It was the soldier who sent him back who reported the news to me."

"Cough~ poof, poof, poof!" Seleus suppressed a smile. Although it was a bit unkind to say so, he was killed by his wife and sympathizers. Wang, I really can't help it. "And what about the second thing?"

"The temple is completed, and Priam has just sent me the news." Odysseus threw a letter signed by Priam to Seleus.

"I won't read it." Seleus threw the letter back again. "It's finally time to start the next step."

"The duel witnessed by the gods?" Odysseus stood up and stretched himself. "To be honest, I never thought that the famous hero Seleus would have such a close relationship with Hades, the king of the underworld. It was just a prayer, and Lord Hades sent so much treasure without even offering tribute."

Seleus didn't talk to him. When he was discussing with Achilles a year ago how to safely pass the war window, he thought of using various games to vent the soldiers' exuberant energy. As for how to motivate Soldiers participated in the competition, and Seleus, who had no possessions, had to ask Hades, the king of the underworld, to give him enough gold and jewelry, and entrusted Hades' snake to deliver a letter to Jason, asking him to help solve the problem of supplies and drinks.

The rewards and supplies are all there, and the rest is how to organize soldiers to participate in the competition. Seleus, who knows nothing about this aspect, immediately thinks of the wise general Odysseus.As expected, Odysseus did not disappoint Seleus. After arranging all the Greeks in place, he even sneaked to Troy halfway. After discussing with Priam, he successfully put the Trojans Also pulled in.

Although the soldiers on both sides had been at odds at the beginning, thanks to the efforts of Seleus, Achilles, and Hector, the small friction never turned into a vicious incident.After a period of competition, the soldiers of the two countries also slowly began to develop friendship.

And after Jason got the specific news here, he ordered the adjutant of the accompanying fleet to triple the price of the drinks without hesitation.Jason, who sees through people's hearts, clearly knows that it is relatively simple to obtain gold through winning the game, so whether it is for the purpose of showing off, or because the gold is too easy to get, these guys who don't have a long-term vision There must be no objection to the price of drinks.

The profits obtained were divided into three parts by Jason, one part was used to help Seleus continue to maintain the amount of bonuses; the other part was used to buy tin and copper from Troy, which was sold to Hector and the Priam received a favor; the remainder was sent home to be distributed among his people.

In short, everything went as smoothly as Serius imagined, and the temples of the gods have been built. The most critical step to end the Trojan War...

Chapter 78 Sudden Trouble

"Selius!" Odysseus found Seleus who was building the altar of Hades. "We've got a little trouble here."

"What's the trouble?" Seleus stopped his work. The hero who was so busy with the materials of the altar looked at Odysseus who was frowning in confusion. "The Greeks have made friends with the Trojans, why is there still trouble?"

In the eyes of Seleus, who has been a man for two lifetimes, the most precious thing for human beings is emotion, which includes all ideals, beliefs, creeds, and emotions in a broad sense; secondly, almost anything can be bought. The money has arrived.

But now the Greeks and the Trojans not only do not hate each other, but also formed a relationship like 'I can't understand you bastard, but if you die, I will be a little sad' in various competitions. This kind of competition has filled their purses to the brim.It never occurred to Serius that there would be any trouble.

"It's not the trouble caused by the Greeks and Trojans, at least not the ordinary Greeks and Trojans." Odysseus waved his hand. "It was Menelaus. He took advantage of the truce to go to the palace of Troy and demanded that Prince Paris of Troy must return Helen, but Paris refused him."

"Is that why he is clamoring for war everywhere?" Seleus felt his head ache. To be honest, he had already forgotten about this poor sufferer, and also triggered the real trigger of this war. Ask to forget.

King Agamemnon's arrogant and arrogant attitude, and the Greek coalition forces crushing Troy thirty times gave Celius an illusion-that is, Troy, who provoked the war, was a victim of aggression, and the one who pursued justice The Greek coalition forces are vicious invaders.

Although King Agamemnon's ambition to conquer Troy was well known to every Greek and Trojan, on the surface, King Agamemnon did have the righteousness to avenge his brother.

After all, as a queen, Helen was abducted by Hector's younger brother Paris when King Menelaus entertained Troy's special envoy Hector who came to sign a peace treaty with Sparta. No one can bear this kind of shame and humiliation.King Agamemnon used this excuse to launch a war against Troy, which can indeed be said to be a just war.

"I wanted to let the two of them have a glorious duel with their lives under the witness of the gods." Odysseus looked at Seleus who suddenly covered his forehead with his hand, and his face also had a look of wisdom. It is extremely rare to be overwhelmed in the future.

"But if the two of them fight, Paris must be the one who dies. But the problem is that the relationship between the Greeks and the Trojans has just improved. Now, the prince of Troy suddenly died in the hands of the Greek king. I am afraid of the Trojans. The relationship with the Greeks has deteriorated again." Odysseus spread his hands at Seleus, who was suffering from a headache, which was a trouble that even he felt helpless.

"Although you and Achilles will easily suppress the troubled Trojan soldiers, the ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods is about to begin, and the eyes of the gods must be here. If the troubles of the Trojan soldiers arouse their attention Not fast..." Odysseus paused and didn't continue, because he knew that Seleus understood what he meant. "Not everyone is immune to divine punishment like you and Achilles."

'Even if I have to face God's punishment, only Achilles who saved Zeus's mother can avoid God's punishment. ' Sirius muttered in his heart, but he didn't show it.

"Fortunately, you didn't let the two of them fight. Otherwise, once the news of Menelaos' death is known to the Greeks, then even I would have no face to stop the Greeks again." Serius was very grateful in his heart, and the first time he fought The Greek just happened to witness the evil deeds of the Greek soldiers, so he fought with confidence.But if Menelaus was killed in a duel, he would have no face to stop the angry Greeks.

And if there is no accident, if Menelaos really fights Paris, it will definitely be Menelaos who dies.

"Why do you think it will be Menelaus who died?" Odysseus was puzzled. "Menelaus is a famous warrior in Greece, and Prince Paris of Troy is said to be just a waste of nothing but handsome appearance."

Celius heard some inside information from the Illuminati Prometheus, not to mention whether Hector, Priam and Cassandra would agree to a duel between Paris and Menelaus, even if they Agree to a duel, and Apollo will also appear and be ready to kill Menelaus the moment he strikes.

However, Seleus was not going to tell Odysseus these words. Knowing too many secrets of the gods would only put this man who always wanted to spend every moment with his wife happily in danger.

"What should we do now? King Agamemnon is dead, and the kings have earned enough gold. Now they just want to wait for you and Achilles to end this war so that they will not be punished for breaking their oath. Seeing that Seleus suddenly shut up and stopped answering his questions, Odysseus, who was smart and knew that Seleus had a relationship with the gods, instantly realized that something was wrong, and he hurriedly changed the subject. "However, Menelaus has been making trouble. If this continues, even if the kings don't want to fight, they will help Menelaus in order not to be accused of treachery."

Odysseus and Seleus discussed for a long time, but the problem returned to the original point.

"How much gold and treasure do we have?" Seleus suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and he hurriedly asked Odysseus who had been helping him with the ledger.

"It's unbelievable." When mentioning the gold sent by Pluto, Odysseus, who had seen it so many times, was still shocked. He gestured with both hands to see the amount of gold, but in the eyes of those who didn't know, he opened his eyes. His hands seem to embrace the whole world. "I think that gold could even buy the whole of Itak!"

Buying the whole of Itac is rhetorical hyperbole, but it still shows how staggering the amount of gold is.

"Take them all out, I will use them to hold a grand contest." Seleus said slowly to Odysseus who was still counting the amount of gold.

"What?" Odysseus suspected that he had heard it wrong. The man in front of him actually wanted to use so much gold to hold the competition without any hesitation?

"Take out all the gold, some are used to hire people to build a large arena. The wages must be paid enough, but they must be fast. As for the rest..." Serius said calmly, as if he Just planning to spend a few cents on black bread. "I want to use all of them as prize money for the competition!"

......

On Mount Olympus, the king of the gods was lying on the edge of the pool with his chin resting on one hand, watching the bustling scene of people busy on the plain outside Troy, he wanted to see the most proud part of his life. The heroic performance of the son of God in the trial, but the goddesses on the side forcefully replaced the content with Troy.

Some time ago, the king of the gods who had been increasing the overall strength of the Greeks missed the good show of Seleus's single-handed siege and his battle with Achilles, so he didn't understand why the goddesses looked at it with excitement. Scenes where mortals build buildings.

"Why do we have to watch these? It's just a picture of a group of mortals building under the drive of money, which is nothing compared to the heroic figure of Hercules conducting trials." Zeus muttered dissatisfiedly. The behavior at this moment is like a middle-aged uncle whose wife took away all his private money.

Even though it was a whisper, the gods with extraordinary hearing could still hear it clearly.Zeus was surprised to find that all the gods who were still discussing something fiercely turned their heads to look at him, especially Hera who heard the two key words 'Hercules' and 'Trial', Zeus felt that the anger in her eyes seemed to burn him to ashes.

"You missed a few good shows." Hades, who was leaning against the pillar of the temple in black, glanced at Zeus who was comforting his wife with a smiling face. "Otherwise you will know why they are looking forward to the arena that mortals are building."

"Arena? Seleus and Achilles? The two of them will fight a duel and build an arena bigger than my biggest temple?" After promising Hera the next three Zeus, who never left Mount Olympus, looked suspiciously at the elder brother who explained to him.

"But let's not talk about that, I'm a little curious now, you are free to come to the banquet today? Didn't you say that there are a lot of souls going to Hades during this time?" Zeus suddenly realized that his elder brother was also at the party , which took him by surprise.

"The number of undead who died everywhere suddenly decreased a lot, and..." Hades, who had always been calm and steady, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth when he said this. "Thanks to the child Serius, a lot of work that I had expected has been reduced a lot."

"It's like who doesn't have an excellent child, Hercules is still my own!" Zeus retorted faster than his brain when his elder brother was stunned.But as soon as he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong, a white jade-like hand suddenly grabbed his shoulder from behind, feeling the strong murderous aura coming from behind, Zeus swallowed a mouthful of saliva in cold sweat.

"That's what I said, but I'm sure. If your request goes against the wishes of Hercules, then that child will definitely resist your request. But that child Seleus will never go against me, although I Just don’t ask for some embarrassing demands.” Hades looked at Zeus who kept making promises in front of Hera with a funny face.

"Besides, they were all watching the actions of Celius and didn't listen to your suggestion to go to see Hercules. Isn't it clear at a glance which child is better?" Hades suddenly felt that attending the banquet of the gods was a very important thing at this moment. Interesting thing, he finally doesn't have to endure Zeus showing off his child's behavior at every banquet.

The world is always so wonderful, and people will always live in a way they hate. God is astonishingly the same as mortals in this regard.At this moment, Hades absolutely could not have imagined how much his behavior had hit his brother.

Poseidon: "..."

"Shall we make a bet?" Hades suddenly thought of something. "Bet on the kid's solution to the war. How about it?"

"The way? Isn't it a duel between a small number of heroes, and then the winner will be determined according to the winner?" Zeus, whose confinement period was extended to seven months, collapsed on the floor tiles like a salted fish, and then Hera, who disliked him and blocked his way Kicked one side. "I was there when the kid asked Prometheus."

"I guess not." Hades smiled and looked at his hooked brother. "Are you going to take part in the gamble?"

"Of course!" Zeus got up. "If you lose, admit that Seleus is inferior to Hercules."

"Then what if you lose?" Hades looked at the confident Zeus with some playfulness.

"I can promise Celius a request that is not too much." Zeus laughed, he firmly believed that he would not lose.

"Let's wait and see..." Hades and Zeus looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

Poseidon: "..."

......

"I still don't understand, why did you spend so much gold to build an unnecessary arena?" Odysseus, Seleus's new treasurer, asked Seleu who was thinking about something while counting the books s. "Obviously we still have a big problem that hasn't been resolved."

"I'm solving that big problem right now." Seleus scribbled the words swimming and triathlon on the parchment with a pen, and added a sprint and a discus throw. .

"Only relying on an arena?" Odysseus was a little unbelievable. "You might as well buy Troy directly. You have this ability, and it sounds more reliable than building an arena."

"Odysseus, have you ever thought about what it means to be a hero?" Seleus suddenly asked Odysseus.

"?"

"Actually, every day after I broke through the walls of Troy, I was thinking about one question—that is, whether what I did was right or wrong." Seleus added a chariot to the parchment, riding a horse There is wrestling.

"How could it be wrong?" Odysseus felt that Seleus was a little baffled today. "Although it is inconsistent with the actions of normal heroes, you have minimized the loss of a war that would have killed tens of thousands of people. All the Trojans and the families of the Greeks will thank you."

"But my actions have made the efforts of those Troy warriors who are desperate to protect their homeland a joke." Seleus said with some self-mockery. "The heroes ended the war with ease. What do those warriors who are determined to charge against an enemy thirty times their own think?"

"Maybe it's my hypocrisy. I think that heroes should represent the hope of mankind, and should be the proof of the value of human beings. But my actions have deprived those soldiers of their value." Seleus again in sheepskin Added Pancrasin to the paper. "I was quite lucky. Just when I was about to convince myself with a reason to prioritize things, you told me about Menelaus, and I thought of a remedy."

"Is that the arena?"

"That's right! It's the arena..."

Chapter 79 Seleus to Hold a Tournament

"Why do you want to build the arena? You need so much gold as a reward. Didn't you say that in the end, only Troy and the Greek heroes will have a duel, and then the result of this duel will determine the outcome of the Trojan battle?"

Odysseus felt that there were really many troubles in the past few years, and he always came to him one after another just when he was about to go home to reunite with his wife Penelope.First, he hid in the countryside but was still found by the envoys of King Agamemnon, and then he had to participate in this war that would last at least ten years.

As a result, not long after arriving in Troy, the pig teammate King Agamemnon kept looking for trouble, which caused the Greek coalition army to be defeated, and was almost beaten up by Celius who fell from the sky.However, the arrival of Seleus also made the Trojan War end in a very short time, and Odysseus did his best to help Seleus achieve his goal.Because the sooner the Trojan War ends, the sooner Odysseus can return to his wife.

After finally finishing everything, it was only a matter of Seleus and Achilles having a fight under the witness of the gods, and he could go back.Menelaus popped out again and got Seleus to build an arena...

By Zeus, he, Odysseus, just wants to hurry home.

"Then how to reflect the value of these soldiers?" Serius asked back. "The Greeks came to Troy with the purpose of revenge and gaining glory and spoils; the Trojans understood that this war must be fought, and they all made up their minds to fight to the death. In the end, the outcome of this war was decided It fell on one or two heroes so easily, what do you make those soldiers think?"

As Seleus said before, since the day he broke the city wall of Troy, he has been thinking about how to realize his own value in the age of gods and heroes.

Although the various realizations made by Hector and those soldiers at that time seemed ridiculous in the eyes of those who knew all the facts.However, without knowing Seleus' true intentions, the soldiers who rushed out to stop him with the determination to die really shocked Seleus a lot.This also made Seleus reflect on whether his behavior was as high as a god.

"I didn't expect you to care about what they think? But I think it's completely unnecessary." Odysseus stood up, he walked to Seleus's side and patted his big friend on the shoulder. "Everything in the mortal world has always been controlled by the gods, the rules of the human country are made by the king, and ordinary people have no ability to resist heroes. So you don't have to care about their thoughts at all, because they have long been used to being ruled by the superiors. decide everything about them."

"But I don't want them to get used to it all the time. You must know that not every king has a wise mind, and extraordinary heroes are always rare. As for the gods..." Seleus did not continue, but Odd Hughes vaguely understood what he wanted to express. "In short, human beings always have to learn to choose and even change their destiny."

"You should know that this is almost impossible." Odysseus shook his head and said in a very serious tone. "Even I, the king of Itak, can't help myself many times."

"But you always have to take the first step, right?" Seleus added Unrestricted Fighting to the parchment, and then handed the parchment on which he had written a lot to Odysseus. "I know this is not something that can be changed overnight, I just simply want to take this opportunity to give them a head start."

"It's good that you understand. But what is this thing, the competition between you and Achilles?" Odysseus took the parchment and glanced at it quickly.

"It's a competition between the Trojans and the Greeks. There is no limit to the qualifications, number of people, or number of times. Anyone who thinks they have the ability can sign up, but there will only be one champion." Seleus picked up another card The parchment, relying on his superb control over power and the memory of his youth, he drew an image of a middle-aged man full of divinity on the parchment.

"You want the Trojans to compete with the Greeks, and then rely on the number of champions to decide whether to win or lose the war?" Odysseus suddenly understood what Serleus was thinking, which surprised him very much. But he immediately realized something was wrong.

"But there is a question, can you and Achilles compete? If you compete, then all the other competitors will be a foil for the two of you, which runs counter to your purpose. But if you two If you don’t participate, the gods will have a hard time explaining it, and you must know that the competition of ordinary people is not in the eyes of the gods.” Odysseus raised his concerns. "Also, will the gods secretly provide contestants with..."

"The last no-holds-barred fight is for the two of us, as the finale of the entire competition, but it is not counted in the score. Besides, I, Achilles and Hector of Troy will not participate. After Seleus finished drawing Hades in his memory, he drew a forging hammer and a blazing fire underneath. "Don't worry about those gods who intervene. If there are gods who intervene in the game, there must be gods who stop it. After all, the days of gods are always boring."

"Moreover, this competitive competition is held to prove the value of people. If someone is interfered by the gods because of their outstanding ability, and even can still win the championship position under the interference of the gods, then..." Seleus laughed up. "Why does he need the title of champion to prove his value?"

"Exactly." Odysseus nodded. "What about Paris and Menelaus? Also follow this?"

"For the two of them, three games are enough. If there is more, I'm afraid the gods will blatantly intervene. Besides..." Seleus handed the finished painting to Odysseus. "Go and make the medal issued to the champion. The pattern on the front is Lord Hades, and the reverse is the holy flame and forging hammer."

"Hades, king of the underworld? Why not the god king Zeus, almost all Greeks believe in Zeus." Odysseus was puzzled. "Because of your relationship, the Trojans also began to worship Zeus. Therefore, it will be more acceptable to print the statue of Zeus on the medal."

"Whose paid for the arena?"

"You."

"Who gave me my money?"

"Hades, Lord of the Underworld."

"Isn't that enough?" Seleus spread his hands. "Just tell them that the side with the most gold medals is the winner of this war, and the winner will get all the gold sponsored by Lord Hades."

"Okay, okay, I will inform all the Greeks and Trojans. If the reward is so much gold, no one will raise any objections." Odysseus rolled his eyes, and the organizers all He just threw money at people, what else could he say? "I will also inform Menelaus, who will be glad to have his wife back with his own hands."

"Then I hope things can go as he wishes..." Seleus offered his most sincere wishes for the poor sufferer.

Chapter 80 Preparation

After Odysseus announced the game to all the Greeks and Trojans, it caused a sensation instantly, because before that, no god or king had ever held such a huge game, And also with so much gold as a prize.

Whether it is the Greeks and the Trojans, whether it is the king or the soldiers and the people, everyone is discussing this upcoming athletic contest enthusiastically.

Odysseus explained in detail the requirements of the competition, the qualifications for the competition and the events of the competition for all the kings who asked him.However, when explaining to the kings, Odysseus did not limit the qualifications and the number of people as requested by Seleus.Instead, each king is required to select suitable candidates from his own soldiers in advance, with a maximum of two for each item.

Unlike Seleus, who has less experience in the world, Odysseus, who has experience in managing the country, thinks more: once this kind of competition with extremely generous rewards does not limit the number of people and qualifications, there will be countless people who are attracted by the rewards In this case, it will take several days just to count the number of people who signed up for the competition, and there will definitely be some guys who have no strength and just come here to try their luck.

These indiscriminate contestants, in addition to prolonging the competition time and increasing the difficulty of supervision and statistics, will seriously reduce the excitement of the competition.

Because it is foreseeable that there will be gods watching this competition, if the gods are angered by the poor performance of these lucky contestants, thereby incurring divine punishment for Greece and Troy, Odysseus feels that he has nothing to reason with. nothing.

After figuring out everything they wanted to know, the kings of Greece called their soldiers and began to prepare for the competition.They first organize soldiers to conduct internal selection directly according to the competition items, and then do their best to provide these selected contestants with the best training conditions they can create, so as to increase the chances of the contestants winning the championship.

The kings of Greece also discussed privately that after Greece won the final victory, they would divide the gold ownership according to the number of gold medals won by each country.

Unlike the Greek kings, who had only soldiers by their side, King Priam of Troy had more options.Although it is understood that this contest seems to be a competition between Troy and Greece, it is actually a country of Troy against a union of more than a dozen city-states.

Troy's odds were slim, but Priam did not give up.After the old king handed over the task of selecting the army to his eldest son, Hector, he personally received the applicants from the people. To increase Troy's winning rate.

Just when Greece and Troy were preparing for the competition like tea, Troy's prince Paris couldn't get into the atmosphere at all. Knowing that he was going to fight Menelaus that savage bear for three rounds After the match came to decide Helen's fate, he had been in a state of panic.

Paris wanted to turn to his father and brother for help, but the two were busy with their own work when they knew that Paris was not in danger of life.Paris, without the support of his father and elder brother, was a little disappointed, but thinking of the beautiful Helen, he still mustered up the courage to practice bow and arrow and sprinting, which he was best at...