Starting from the other world, I joined the chat group at the same time

"If that's the case, give him any of the things here. Tell Hector that even if it's forging farm tools, you have to use them before you can create better ones."

"You are a great craftsman. Not even the power of the God of Fire can deprive you of your wisdom." The young man looked at the various armors and weapons hanging in the workshop with an expression of admiration and desire.

He knew very well that all the weapons forged in this workshop were the strongest and best in all of Greece!

In Troy, only the strongest warriors and the noblest people could wear weapons comparable to those of heroes in legends. But he was not qualified.

"But Prince Hector wants to discuss the upcoming war with you?" The young man retracted his eager gaze and said respectfully.

"War? Hey... tell Hector I'll be there in a minute."

Xia Lang sighed, sent the young man away, and inevitably entered into his memories while continuing to narrate his experiences in the chat group.

As he had chosen, the first place he descended was the city of Pedas in Troy.

As a country located on a major transportation route, Troy had developed commerce, a prosperous economy, and a wealthy people's life. The city-state, which controlled several islands and cities, was one of the strongest countries in Greece.

As a city-state on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, Xia Lang's East Asian appearance was not considered to be particularly out of the ordinary here. At least he would not be caught and burned to death because he did not look like a local in some superstitious ancient place...

In short, he came to this strange world and city-state, and then started his own life.

His system comes with a local language system, which allows him to talk to the locals without any obstacles. In any case, it is not easy for a stranger to gain a foothold in the local area.

But fortunately, he has a system.

His keyword, Forging, endows him with the ability to create, and at the same time, it also gives him quite powerful forging skills.

With this skill, he first created advanced agricultural tools suitable for cultivating local fields in Pedas, and then made fishing nets that were tougher and more densely woven.

With these products, he quickly earned his first pot of gold and started to settle down in this strange place.

Of course, this process is not as simple as it can be described in a few words. No matter how civilized Greece is, it is a place where slavery is rampant.

Although the Kingdom of Troy was not a slavery country, it was still an extremely cruel place compared to modern times.

Xia Lang's foothold was accompanied by a lot of conflicts and blood, but because of the strong physique given by the system to match the forging, he gained basic respect from others through violence.

Then, you will gradually become rich.

Using the first pot of gold to gain the capital to stand on his own, Xia Lang began to delve into his own keyword forging, and discovered that this kind of forging also requires costs.

What matters is the change and impact that what you create can have.

Just like if you make farm tools, then the amount of land that can be cultivated by the tools will have an impact. If you create weapons, then the amount of killing that can be done by the weapons will have an impact.

These influences will allow him to gain points, which can then be exchanged for materials needed for forging.

This was a virtuous cycle, and Xia Lang soon began to forge sharp weapons and armor for the locals, and quickly became famous.

The Troy where he was located had forging technology that was consistent with historical facts. As a civilization in ancient Asia Minor, although it had developed the art of wrought iron in the middle Aegean civilization stage, it still remained at the primitive forging level, and its quenching techniques were extremely primitive.

The hardness and toughness of the basic weapon created by Xia Lang are roughly equivalent to those of modern household knives.

There is no doubt that the weapons forged by Xia Lang have overwhelming advantages over people of this era!

So soon, Xia Lang quickly became famous in Pedas, and people came to him to make weapons and various tools. Soon, his reputation spread to Tyrion, the main city of Troy.

He met the Trojan King Priam, Prince Hector, and the more famous Prince Paris, who was the direct cause of the Trojan War.

[Western Fantasy (Troy)]: It was here that I determined that I had traveled through something like a movie universe. After all...was that the Elf Prince?

Volume 88: Xia Lang's Various Travels: Chapter 85 . [Troy] Helen and the Beginning of the Dispute

When Xia Lang first saw the little prince Paris, his first reaction was - this guy is so damn handsome, no wonder he was able to trick Helen away in Sparta.

Then the second reaction was, damn, isn’t this Legolas?

After confirming that the face of the guy in front of him was Orlando Bloom, Xia Lang suddenly felt a burst of joy in a trance.

Haha, it’s safe!!!

He did travel to the Trojan War in ancient Greece, but it was not a terrible mythological world or some other messed up secondary Greek story!

It was a Hollywood movie called Troy, starring Brad Pitt.

Xia Lang suddenly felt relieved when he thought that even the most capable Achilles in this movie only showed mediocre fighting ability.

Phew, at least I don’t have to worry about being turned into ashes by a bolt of lightning that strikes from the sky for no apparent reason, right?

But I still can't relax.

“I heard that you are the blacksmith who has become famous in Pedas recently?”

At that time, the brave Prince Hector looked up and down at the stranger in front of him with a scrutinizing gaze and asked softly:

Hector's attitude is not overbearing, and even though it is not refreshing, it does not have the unpleasant arrogance of a superior.

"I have the best forging technology in the world, Prince." Xia Lang said proudly.

Here, he must be proud and must learn to be confident and even arrogant. After all, Greece and its derivative Western civilization have never regarded humility as a virtue.

"Even Hephaestus can't defeat you?" The little prince Paris laughed.

"If you can bring the God of Fire here, I'd like to compete with him." Xia Lang said with a smile

Perhaps it was Xia Lang's confidence that caused the old king Priamos, who had been stern until now, to smile and whisper:

"Then, stranger Xia Lang, can you forge armor for my sons to protect them and sharp blades to protect their families?"

"Anytime." Xia Lang chuckled.

Then he stayed in the palace of Troy for the next half month and carefully created his most outstanding work to date for the two princes.

[Western Fantasy (Troy)]: I made a set of armor from the Isu civilization for Hector - yes, the one in Assassin's Creed. I also copied a forged Broken Steel Sword for him, but of course it can't fire flares.

[Western Fantasy (Troy)]: As for Paris, I gave him an Isu-tech bow with a certain automatic aiming function and a whole bucket of arrows. Although he was very dissatisfied, I was too lazy to pay attention to him.

【Martial Arts (Jin Yong)】: So? Did you stop them from committing suicide?

[Western Fantasy (Troy)]: No... because I can't change it (sigh)

It is said that the cause of the Trojan War was that Paris abducted Helen, the queen of Menelaos, the King of Sparta, but in fact, neither the movie version nor the myth version is true.

The real reason why the Trojan War was launched in the movie was the greed of Agamemnon, the King of Mycenae. Helen was just an excuse for war, and even if Agamemnon didn't exist, he could have created one himself.

The Golden King Agamemnon in the movie version is completely different from the Agamemnon in the original book who is barely considered a hero. He is just a wild conqueror who just wants to conquer Troy and expand his territory, and revenge for his brother is just an excuse.

And if it was a mythological version - then it would be even more impossible to stop it.

In the Greek mythology, there are many causes of the Trojan War. For example, this protracted war was caused by Gaia, the mother of the earth, who felt that the earth's population was too large, so she asked Zeus to lead the war to reduce the population. In a more orthodox view, this war was planted long ago, a game of inevitable battle between the gods.

The cause of this war can even be traced back to the time when Zeus was pursuing the sea goddess Thetis. Because Prometheus predicted that Thetis's son would far surpass his father, Zeus not only put the brakes on but also did not allow any god to marry Thetis, and found a human king, Peleus, for her.

After all, if this offspring would merely surpass a mortal king in the future, then he would certainly not pose a threat to the rule of Olympus.

However, because Thetis informed Zeus when Hera rebelled during the Titan War, Zeus, who felt guilty towards his old lover because of these two things, held a wedding for Thetis and Peleus with great ceremony. However, all the gods were invited, except Eris, the goddess of discord.

So what follows is the well-known story of the golden apple.

Eris used a golden apple to stir up a dispute among the three most powerful goddesses of Olympus, and Paris, who was not smart, chose Aphrodite, who was the least cost-effective, and was therefore hated by Hera and Athena. The god of love also had bad intentions, and the most beautiful woman, Helen, was a trouble full of explosives.

Helen was also a child of Zeus. Once, the god king had sex with Leda, the princess of Sparta, and laid two eggs, one of which gave birth to the Gemini brothers, and the other gave birth to Helen and her sister.

Helen's beauty was known to the world, and she was even kidnapped by Theseus, the King of Athens. It was the Gemini brothers who rescued her, and thus Helen's fame spread throughout the Mediterranean, attracting countless suitors.

At that time, because the Gemini brothers ascended to heaven without descendants, the Spartan King Tyndares had a headache facing the princes and heroes of various city-states who were on the verge of a fight, because whoever Helen married would offend everyone else. At this time, a smart guy who was bored came among the suitors.

He knew that he could not marry Helen, so he decided to marry Tyndareus' niece. His suggestion was that all the suitors present must take an oath to help Helen when her chosen husband was hurt.

This is the famous Oath of Tyndareus, and this idle bastard who harms others and does not benefit himself is called Odysseus.

So this is why Agamemnon could easily bring together the entire Greek army after Helen was abducted, because this oath determined that this extraordinary battle was inevitable.

Although Xia Lang felt that this was a movie world, he could not be 100% sure that there was absolutely no possibility of gods.

After all, even in the movie, Achilles' mother Thetis appeared. Although it was not explicitly stated that she was a god, there were indeed vague hints...

There is nothing more foolish than to gamble your life on the odds.

In fact, if it was not impossible, Xia Lang would have already left the Mediterranean and found a place to hide.

He couldn't leave because his mission was to help Troy win the victory and defend the country's cities, or in other words, to hold out until the Greek coalition forces were defeated.

[Western Fantasy (Troy)]: Because I have to complete this mission, so I have to stay here. I watched Paris and Hector leave Troy, but when they came back, they brought back a beautiful woman and a ship full of treasures...

[Baki (H)]: Tsk tsk tsk, he not only stole someone else's wife but also took his money. This Paris is really a minotaur!

[Western Fantasy (Troy)]: Do you think I don't want to kill this idiot with a brain full of sex? But now that things have come to this, let's eat the food first (sigh)

[Martial Arts (Jin Yong)]: You don't have to be nervous, don't we have you? If it doesn't work, we have the only designated big daddy in our group - the big daddy of the Dragon Ball world!

[Western Fantasy (Troy)]: Well... Anyway, I'll just live my life first and talk about it later.

With a helpless mentality as if he was going to a grave, Xia Lang left his workshop. In front of the door, the young man had respectfully prepared a luxurious chariot.

After getting on the chariot, the horses immediately headed towards the palace. Soon, they arrived at the palace built on the highest mountain in Troy.

As he entered the palace, a row of priestesses stood up beside him and respectfully sprinkled flower petals and dew on him, and all the other Trojan powers in the hall also looked at him with awe and hope.

Why? Is it because of Xia Lang's powerful forging ability?

Yes, but not entirely. Xia Lang knew that the fundamental reason why he was respected by these people was just because of the inexplicable title of the son of Hephaestus.

Xia Lang walked through the golden-green aisle without changing his expression, and when he arrived at the balcony, the family of the King of Troy was already seated there.

Sitting on the middle chair was an old man with a hunched body, wrinkled face and a peaceful and kind expression. He was the Trojan King Priam.

On the left stood a man wearing a shining Isu armor and carrying a high-tech two-handed sword. He had a heroic face, a tall stature, and two obvious scars on his face.

He is the greatest hero of Troy, Prince Hector. The beautiful woman playing with the baby beside him is his wife Andromache.

On the right was a young man who looked very similar to Hector, but more handsome and androgynous. Next to him was a blonde, blue-eyed, and extremely beautiful woman.

The source of disaster, Paris and Helen.

"My Godsmith, my son of the God of Fire!"

Priamos happily opened his arms and hugged Xia Lang intimately, smiling and said

"The weapons and armor you forged for my sons won them victory!!!"

Xia Lang silently looked at the proud Paris and his woman, and said faintly

"Does victory mean taking away the queen and the king's wealth?"

As soon as Xia Lang said this, the warm atmosphere here suddenly became much colder. Paris showed a look of surprise, but before he got angry, Priam stopped him.

"Don't say that, Xia. Helen came to Troy. I believe this was the guidance of the gods and the blessing of Aphrodite to Paris."

"Just as Hephaestus guided you to Troy, we treated you like family, so we will treat Helen like family too."

The king showed a compassionate and pious expression, which made Xia Lang even more depressed.

He is a good man, but not a good king! He is so pious to God, but will God love him?

Xia Lang didn’t know whether there were gods in this world. At least he had asked Paris about the story of the golden apple, and his response had always been to play dumb!

"Your weapons amazed all the heroes of Greece, and they thought I had received a gift from Hephaestus!"

Paris proudly opened his Isu bow and said proudly:

"I won the glory, I became a hero! And I took Helen away because we loved each other and because I was better than her husband!"

Xia Lang's expression became more and more silent, while Hector beside him said quietly

"But brother, you also brought war to us."

He and Xia Lang had the same deep gaze, staring at Helen beside Paris. Such a gaze seemed to anger the prince, and he blocked their sight and said angrily:

"So what if there's a war? Sparta won't be our opponent!"

"But we still have to deal with Agamemnon and all the city-states in Greece." Xia Lang said quietly.

"Your Majesty, and the princes, you summoned me here not to reminisce about the past, right? The war is about to begin, right? So, you need me?"

"The matter is settled. Even if Helen is sent back now, it won't stop the war." Hector said in a deep voice.

"We must protect the people of Troy, Xia, and we need you to forge more weapons for us!"

In the frozen atmosphere and under Paris's nervous gaze, Xia Lang closed his eyes for a moment and exhaled slowly.

"...As long as the gods don't come, my weapons can destroy all the enemies that come to Troy."

Suddenly, the king and the prince smiled with joy, Helen also burst into a smile as bright as gold, and even Hector smiled.

Yes, they believed in Xia Lang, and they respected Xia Lang. Even though he had never claimed to be so, he was already the son of the God of Fire in everyone's eyes, as he had forged so many incredible tools, powerful weapons, and armor.