Plundering the Dao of the Immortal Journey Chapter 577: Achilles goes to battle
Skullos Island
The beautiful scenery of the island, shaded trees, and olive groves make the island of Skulos very civilized. At the same time, the island of Skulos is also rich in spices.
These properties make the residents of Skullos more affluent, and life is relaxed and comfortable.
Odysseus and the Greek prophet Kalkas are now on a sea boat to Skullos Island. After several months of long journeys at sea, they finally saw the outline of Skullos Island in their vision.
"It's almost here at last." Kalkas said, looking at the looming islands in the distance. Anyone who sails at sea for two consecutive months will express heartfelt joy when he is close to his destination at this moment.
Odysseus is full of worries: "The prophet Karkas, we go back and forth once, and it takes almost a few months. This is too tiring and a waste of time. Are you sure Achilles is here? On the island?"
"I'm sure." Kalkas said seriously. Not only did he know where Achilles lived, but he also knew the role that Achilles played in the Battle of Troy. This was all guided by God.
For Achilles, in fact, he has not been out of the sight of God, and any effort by Thetis is just useless.
As the two talked, the ship had approached the port of Skulos Island.
At this moment, there are seven boats on the sea in the port, and people come and go in the port. Most people come to Scuros to collect olives and spices.
When the ship reached the shore, Odysseus and Karkas got off the ship. Odysseus looked at the port with emotion and envy: "Sculos Island is really prosperous."
He saw the prosperous scene in front of him, and then thought about his Ithaca kingdom, he felt different.
"These are all merchants who come here to collect spices and olives. This is normal." Kalkas said, "Let’s go, and visit our old friend, Lycomeds."
At the moment, Odysseus and Karkas led a group of soldiers to the palace, and at the gate of the palace, King Lycomeds received the news and was waiting there.
Soon, the chariot that Odysseus and Kalkas were riding in appeared in Lycomides's line of sight.
When the two of them got out of the car, King Lycomeds greeted him and said enthusiastically: "Two distinguished guests, welcome you from afar. I have prepared a splendid banquet for you in the palace." /
"King Lycomeds, thank you very much for your warm welcome." Kalkas and Odysseus said, after speaking, they followed Lycomeds to the banquet hall of the palace.
In the banquet hall at this moment, Lycomods called all the princes of the kingdom to participate in this reception banquet, which shows that he attaches great importance to the arrival of Odysseus and Karkas.
The table in the banquet hall is also full of various barbecue wines.
Odysseus looked at the wine jugs on the table with gold inlaid, and the wine glass was also a bronze wine glass, could not help but think to himself: "The Kingdom of Scuros is really rich."
There was another envy in my heart, with a hint of jealousy.
Of course, Lycomeds didn’t know what Odysseus was thinking. He saw that everyone was seated, so he picked up the wine glass full of wine on the table and said: "Come on, everyone, toast and welcome Our guests from afar are Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and Kalkas, the Greek prophet."
After finishing speaking, after drinking it all, others responded and drank all the wine in the glass.
The atmosphere of the banquet was very warm. Suddenly, Kalkas raised his glass, stood up and said: "Dear King Lycomods, thank you very much for your warm hospitality. This time, we will serve as the commander-in-chief of the Greek Allied Forces. Gamenon’s order, I hope you can bring Achilles, the son of Peleus, back to Troy."
Lycomods heard Carcass request, shook his head, and said, "Peleus' son? No, I can swear to God that I have never adopted Peleus' son."
Lycomods's attitude was firm, not as if it were fake, so that Odysseus and Carcass were silent for a while.
He went on to say: "But the child you are talking about is only a girl. She grew up with my princesses and hasn't seen her for so long. I can't recognize her anymore."
Odysseus and Kalkas were overjoyed and expressed their intention to take a look at the girl.
Lycomods felt a little unhappy about the two people's request, but finally agreed, looking back and saying: "Go and call all the girls in my palace."
Lycomods summoned all the princesses to the banquet hall, letting Odysseus and Carcass distinguish themselves.
After a while, a group of princesses came over, all around fifteen or sixteen years old. Odysseus and Karkas left the table immediately, carefully looking at the numerous princesses, looking up and down, thinking about Some clues were found on these princesses.
However, no matter how sharp the eyes of the two heroes were, they still couldn't recognize which of them was Achilles in women's clothing.
Odysseus sneaked up to Kalkas and said, "Is King Lycomods playing tricks, or Achilles is not among them?"
Odysseus is very good at manipulating conspiracies and tricks. It is easy to save others by himself. If something goes wrong, he feels that others are also fooling himself with conspiracy and trickery.
Kalkas looked at Odysseus and replied: "Dear Odysseus, King Lycomeds has no tricks. He does think that Achilles is a girl, and Achilles must be in it. , I lived and played with the princesses when I was only nine years old, so it’s not easy to tell."
"Furthermore, even if Lycomods concealed it, it is human nature. This is entrusted to him by Thetis, and he has to take care of it."
Thetis itself is not strong, just a secondary goddess, but she is the daughter of the sea **** Nereus and the sea goddess Doris, and she has also done meritorious service to Zeus. King Lu Comudes took care of her for granted.
"That's true, but it won't be easy to find Achilles." Odysseus said.
"Although it is not easy, but this time we are here, we must complete the task."
Odysseus nodded, and understood the particularity of this mission. This was a mission given by the gods. He couldn't tolerate rejection, and he had to do everything possible to complete the mission.
In less than a while, the banquet gradually dissipated, but Odysseus and Kalkas were still thinking of ways to find Achilles.
Looking at the princesses standing in the hall, Odysseus tricked Odysseus to make a sudden plan, and said to Karkas: "I have a plan to find Achilles, but I have to get Lu The consent of King Comides."
Kalkas was a little curious, and asked: "What strategy."
So Odysseus whispered his plan to him, but Calcas had to complete the communication with Lycomods.
After listening to the strategy, Calcas took a high look at this Odysseus again. He felt that although he was cunning and changeable, his intelligence was superb and he could often think of tactics that ordinary people could not think of.
He found Lycomeds and said: "Dear King Lycomeds, we will use the battle horn to find Achilles later, and hope that it will not affect your kingdom."
Although Lycomods felt unhappy, it was difficult to refuse Calcas' request.
"The great Greek prophet Karkas, you can just do it, and I will tell you to go on and it will not cause any impact."
"Thank you so much, King Lycomeds." After Kalkas said, he left, and told Odysseus the good news.
Odysseus was happy to hear that Lycomods had agreed to this practice.
He calmly took a spear and a shield and placed it in the hall, and ordered his entourage to blow the battle horn outside, and with the sound of footsteps, it seemed that the enemy had rushed into the palace.
With the sound of the battle horns, the princesses in the palace were shocked. The kingdom of the Greek city-state, a small country with only a few thousand people, the so-called palace is a relatively magnificent building, it is not impossible to encounter an attack, and they hid immediately. , Only one girl remained in place.
In order to protect the beloved princesses and to show her bravery in front of them, this girl resolutely picked up the spear and shield on the ground.
Odysseus and Karkas, who didn’t go far away, secretly looked in the corner. When they saw the battle horn blowing up~IndoMTL.com~The princesses all ran away, but one person picked up a spear and shield on the ground. , It was determined that this person was the Achilles they needed to look for.
The two ran out excitedly, and Calcas said, "Achilles, we found you."
"Your father, the great hero Peleus, once swore on the marriage of Helen, blessed by the gods, to protect the legal marriage from destruction. Now Prince Paris has broken the sacred marriage, and all the princes who swear Come to sign."
"Your father can't go when he is old, you must go instead of your father."
Standing Achilles listened speechlessly. He was too young to know these complicated conspiracies. Just now he really thought that the enemy had attacked the palace.
When my mother left, she repeatedly warned herself not to reveal her identity. Now it's all over.
"Are you coming to me to help you defeat your enemies?" Achilles asked bluntly.
Odysseus rolled his eyes and had an idea in his heart and said, "No, Achilles, it is impossible to defeat them by yourself. We just follow the oath and take you to Troy."
Although Achilles is not too old, he can't stand Odysseus's contempt, saying: "Don't worry, since you found me, I will go to Troy with you, and I can defeat Troy. Kill Prince Paris."
The corners of Odysseus's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a smile of conspiracy.
"I hope I can take my coach Fonix and my friend Patroclus with me when I go to Troy."
"We have fifty battleships."
"No problem." Kalkas said, and he glanced at Odysseus, delighted.
You know, there are only eight warships in Odysseus’s entire Kingdom of Itaq, and the industry left by the hero Peleus is not small!