Chapter 257 Hercules...? One day later. Li You and his party encountered troublesome obstacles on their way forward. It was a pass full of soldiers from the Golden Country. In the area nearby, they mainly had the advantage. The soldiers here were not only well-equipped, but also of excellent quality. Each team was equipped with at least two hammermen and four archers as assault personnel. The skin and scales of the lizardmen were highly resistant to slashing attacks, so hammers or bows and arrows were needed to more effectively kill them. But the reason why the Golden Country soldiers here were able to fight back the lizardmen's attack was mainly due to another group of people in the team. They were several priests wearing brown robes and covering their faces with hoods. They had no other decorations except a pair of deer antlers on their heads. This group of priests have extraordinary abilities. They can cast spells to turn enemies into KunKun running all over the ground. They are also proficient in the magic of invisibility. Once they are approached by the enemy, they will use this to escape. They are very difficult to deal with. These people are the priests of the goddess Hecate.
The goddess Hecate, also translated as Hecate, has a very changeable identity in Greek mythology, and her power is related to many fields. Sky, earth, ocean, underworld, ghosts, magic, opportunity... These elements have been associated with her divine name. Even in Roman mythology, she is regarded as a side of the moon goddess Diana. However, these priests only mastered one aspect of her ability. For example, they here can only use the special magic of changing into a living Kun, and invisibility is standard. But Li You also knew that he would meet another group of Hecate priests later, who mastered the spell of awakening the dead in the form of skeletons. That is the matter of the next country, so there is no need to worry about it now. But at the moment, another group of lizardmen who came to attack became the victims of the priests' Kun magic. As the priests posed in slightly exaggerated poses, chanted spells and waved their hands, magic power formed a circular magic circle and was thrown out along the ground. All those who stepped on the magic circle, after a ball of white smoke exploded around them, turned into pheasants of different colors, clucking and fleeing in all directions. The soldiers of the Golden Kingdom did not let them go. They either bent their bows and arrows or wielded swords and hammers, taking advantage of the lizardmen remaining in the state of pheasants and unable to resist, and killed them all. Li You and others who were hiding in the ruins watched the whole process of the lizardmen from attack to complete destruction, and also saw the last lizardman, who couldn't understand why his companions disappeared and looked for him everywhere. The lizardman was quickly surrounded and killed by the soldiers, and Li You discussed the plan to deal with it. "That kind of spell was mentioned in the legend of Odysseus!" Xiao De didn't know whether he was excited or nervous. "Yes, Circe, the aunt of the witch Medea." Edge complained, "Everyone knows this famous story, so let's think about how to deal with them." Derby: "... It's rare that I want to learn from Panius to tell you a mythological story." Li You ignored him and drew a circle on the ground: "From the scene just now, those priests want to turn people into pheasants, so they must let people step on those magic circles. If so, they are not difficult to deal with." In fact, the best way to deal with them must be to use a sniper rifle with a silencer from a distance and call them out one by one. Although Li You is very interested in this kind of magic and wants to observe and study it closely, the premise of everything is to ensure safety, so he does not intend to hold back and directly takes out the anti-material sniper rifle. "Is there a time limit for this kind of Kun...chicken magic?" Li You still asked. Xiao Pa thought for a moment and said, "As far as I know, it depends on the level of the caster and the complexity of the magic circle. Judging from their actions, it should not be the type that will last for a long time." Li You also agreed with his judgment, so he said, "Then, there are three priests on the opposite side. I will deal with them remotely first, and then we will rush over in the chaos." According to the map provided by Xiao De and Xiao Pa, this pass is the last big obstacle in the next area. As long as it is passed, the road to Behemoth's territory will be opened.
Li You took Aggie and climbed to the top of the temple ruins together. Li You set up a gun here, and Aggie held a telescope as his observer. "The first one is in the second tent from the left, the position of the bull skull hanging in the middle." The muzzle flashed, and the skull and the tent were pierced together, and the priest inside fell down. "The second one, go behind the two tents on the right, blocked by the pile of debris." "The third one, talk to the captain in the middle of the pass!" "I can see the last one." Li You complained, his hands were unambiguous, shooting the three priests one by one, and taking away the captain of the soldiers next to the third priest. "Now!" "Charge! Kill!" Druid, Xiaopa and Yuzu seized the opportunity and rushed to the pass. Li You and Aggie jumped on the top of the temple and followed. Everyone rushed into the gate, ignoring everything else and just focusing on passing through the pass! The action itself went smoothly. Although some soldiers reacted, seeing the deterrent appearance of Yuzu and the other two, the companions around them were panicked, so they did not come up to give up their heads. Seeing that Li You and his group were about to pass through the pass, but suddenly! A black shadow flew from a distance and hit the exit of the pass heavily! "Boom——!" Smoke and dust filled the air. The three Yuzi people on the ground, as well as Li You and Aiji who were walking on the roof of the tent, all stopped at this moment. They could all feel that in the smoke, there was a guy with terrifying strength, staring covetously at them! Soon, a figure parted through the smoke and appeared in front of everyone. Everyone lowered their heads and looked at the figure that was only about meters tall, but no one laughed. Although he was tall, the murderous aura emanating from that man was undoubtedly that of a top powerhouse! Although he is small, he is not a dwarf. Rather, he looks more like he has been shrunk to the same proportions as a strong adult man. He has tight muscles, wears an animal skin apron, has short dark brown messy hair, and a thick beard covering his face. The man looked around, then his eyes fell on Li You and Yuzi, and each looked at them twice. Compared with Li You and others, when the surrounding Golden Kingdom soldiers saw him, they all trembled and fled away without paying attention to the intruders. "It's that guy, he's here!" "Run quickly, run quickly——!!" The reaction of the soldiers undoubtedly added more pressure to Xiao De and Xiao Pa, making them stare at the man nervously while secretly guessing his identity. The man didn't even look at the others. He took a deep breath and suddenly laughed:
"Hahahaha! That's right!" "The one you are looking at is exactly that one! The one and only, the greatest and strongest among heroes, Hercules!!" Xiaode and Xiaopa were both shocked: "What did you say!?" "Impossible, absolutely impossible!" The little Hercules glanced at them and then said: "In that case, let's give it a try!" He moved his feet, rushed out suddenly, and was in front of Xiaode almost instantly! "Varied…" Even Xiao De and Xiao Pa couldn't react. And Hercules waved his hand and punched Druid! Druid only had time to raise the sledgehammer in his hand to resist, but Hercules broke the handle of the sledgehammer with one punch, and the remaining force hit him in the chest, throwing Druid away. "Deimos——!!" Pa shouted, raising his buckler and spear and going to help, but Hercules rushed in front of him and punched him as well. Because Xiaopa was on full alert, he reacted and raised his shield in front of him. Hercules did not hesitate and punched the shield in the middle! The next moment, Xiaopa also flew out upside down, and the deformed and dented shield was thrown into the air. Hercules didn't seem to be satisfied, or he understood the importance of last-ditch strikes, and then chased Pago again. Looking at the raised fist of Heracles who was rushing towards him, Xiao Pa's heart went blank. But at this moment, a hook flew over, grabbed Xiao Pa's waist, and dragged him away; while Hercules was entangled by a tentacle and a sword blade with a chain. He lifted his left and right hands and stopped in place. Li You took the little handkerchief, put it down, and said, "Go and see Xiaode!" Xiaopa immediately ran to the place where Xiaode fell, while Hercules looked at Yuzu and Aggie on the left and right, laughed again and said: "Okay, come on!" Then, he turned his hand, grabbed the iron chain on his left arm, and pulled hard, causing Aggie to stumble, and the sword hilt fell directly from his hand. He used his free hand to grab the tentacle on his right arm, shouted loudly, and pulled hard. Yuzu was actually dragged two steps in his direction! But Yuzu roared immediately, her feet sank, and she stabilized her center of gravity. He and Hercules looked at each other and pulled hard at the same time! Yuzu's tentacles were instantly tightened, but the two still refused to give in and exerted their own strength. With a "pop" sound, the originally tough tentacle couldn't withstand the strength of the two people and broke. Hercules staggered two steps, and his eyes lit up when he raised his head: "Okay, very good! Again..." Before he finished speaking, a figure flashed behind him, and Li You had already dropped from the sky with a fire ax and struck it down with one strike! Hercules reacted in time and immediately dodged sideways, but Li You changed his tactics temporarily and flipped the fire ax from chopping to smashing, hitting Hercules' arm hard from the side. Hercules' body suddenly flew out and crashed into the ruins nearby, and there was no movement for a moment. "Li You——!" Taking this opportunity, Xiao De, Xiao Pa, Ai Ji, and Yu Zi all gathered around. Aiji and Li You looked at each other and nodded with confidence. Li You immediately spoke: "Listen to me! Although Hercules' power is terrifying, his physical strength is not that exaggerated. This is our chance!"
Agee added: "And the key is, his weight is very light, which is basically consistent with his appearance." Xiao De and Xiao Pa immediately reacted: "That means...!" Although Xiaode was knocked away before, he activated his blood energy in time to resist, so he did not suffer any serious injuries. After listening to Li You's words, the two immediately ran to the pass nearby and dragged out two sledgehammers from the ruins. Yuzu's reaction was similar to theirs. He held the broken monk's naginata, and the biomass tissue began to grow, forming a dark red hammer head. Ai Ji was very straightforward. She directly picked up the shotgun handed over by Li You. The ruins shook for a while, and Hercules walked out steadily. His left arm was bleeding, but seeing that everyone was on high alert, he was not nervous at all, but still laughed: "Okay! That's it!" Li You stepped forward and pulled out the Thunder Moon Shadow. "——Do it!" "Bang——!!" Edge was the first to attack, and the shotgun in his hand sprayed a large piece of metal bullets, covering Hercules. But Hercules reacted very quickly, and dodged with a step forward, and was only touched a little. Instead, he rushed towards Li You and punched him! However, Li You did not dodge, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Facing the heavy punch swung by Hercules, he did not retreat but advanced and met it head-on! Although Hercules realized that something was wrong, he could no longer retract his fist and could only swing it with all his strength. At the moment of contact with his fist, Li You's figure suddenly turned into a ball of black mist, passed through his body, and reappeared behind him. Hercules was still a little dazed, and saw the black mist left by Li You after the shuttle suddenly burned up, and the flames enveloped him completely! "Ugh--!!" Hercules groaned, and Li You clenched the knife, and the moonlight blade slashed out. However, although Hercules was burned by the flames, he still did not lose his judgment. He suddenly jumped back, dodged the flying moonlight blade, and pulled away. But Li You had no intention of chasing him. Hercules jumped into the air, and the back suddenly darkened. Yuzu, Xiaode, and Xiaopa, each holding a sledgehammer, appeared behind him! Yuzu roared and swung the hammer without hesitation! Hercules barely punched in mid-air, and used his strength to mitigate the damage, but he was still smashed into the ground. Before he could stand up, Djokovic and Paco, who were carrying sledgehammers, appeared on both sides. Both of them were full of blood and energy, and raised their sledgehammers to hit him one after another! "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" Continuous muffled sounds echoed, and Hercules was swung by the two men with sledgehammers, like hitting a ball, and was hit back and forth. Although Hercules' physical strength was not bad, it was not proportional to his terrifying strength. He was hit by the two brothers with sledgehammers in turn, and he fell into a dizzy state.
Finally, as Djokovic hit him hard from top to bottom, Hercules was smashed into the ground, leaving a shallow pit, and spider-web-like cracks spread out with him as the center. He was still struggling to get up, but Yuzu had already come in front of him and roared and smashed the sledgehammer down! "Bang!!" This time, Hercules' body was completely embedded in the ground and could never come out again. Li You came in front of him, looked at the enemy buried in the ground, thought for a while, and asked: "...Are you really Hercules?" Hercules' mouth was bleeding, and he said: "What do you think?" He did not answer Li You's question, but spit out a mouthful of blood, and said to himself: "...If you want to leave this land, kill me. Don't look at me like this, this body is also immortal. But...if I'm not wrong, you should be able to kill me, right?" Li You's eyes condensed: "How do you know?" Hercules laughed and said, "You are entangled with the resentment left by the foreign gods after their death. This is too conspicuous! People like us can see it at a glance." "Moreover, there is a special power in your body that is hard to explain, but it also makes me feel like a needle. So I think...you must have the ability to kill gods, right?" Li You suddenly realized. He was indeed a little scared just now, because he thought that Hercules in front of him saw through his system backpack and saw the Undead Slash inside. He couldn't help but be nervous. Could the gods find the system on him? But it seems not to be the case. And think about it carefully. If Hercules is himself, then the Undead Slash may not be effective against him. So Li You told the truth: "I do carry the resentment of foreign gods, but I killed him at that time with consumable props. Now there are no more, only substitutes." "If you are really Hercules, then I may not be able to kill you." Hercules said: "It doesn't matter, just do it." Li You thought about it, and did not refuse. He took out the Black Undead Slash from his backpack. Hercules took a look at the big sword and had an idea: "So that's it, a weapon that can destroy immortality... Not bad! Use your divine power and inject it into the sword body, and you can do it!" Li You pulled out the door as he said and put it on Hercules' neck, but he did not move further. Hercules responded quickly: "Don't worry, I won't let you waste your power in vain. You don't know how to use this power yet, right? If you kill me, I'll teach you how to control it. It's a good deal, isn't it!" Li You nodded slightly. This condition was acceptable, but he was still a little undecided. This guy who called himself Hercules was too weird. He was so reckless from the moment he appeared, and looked like a war maniac. But Li You saw from his subtle reaction that what he was pursuing might not be fighting, but death. Why is this? It can't be that Hercules is tired of living, right? And after all, if he is really Hercules, then it is very strange for him to appear here in this body. This is a question that is not explained in the game, but in this world, there must be a reason. "I have killed you, how can you tell me?" Li You asked at last.
"Even if you kill me, I will not die immediately. Don't worry, I swear in the name of Father Zeus!" Since he said so, Li You would naturally not question it anymore. He held the door upside down with both hands, injected the power of the Sakura Dragon in his body into it, and the black miasma suddenly rose from the blade. Li You aimed at Hercules' heart and stabbed it! "Puff--" With a slight sound, Hercules stiffened all over, and then stretched. Then, his whole body gradually turned into dry and hard yellow soil, disintegrated and shattered, and turned into a pile of dust. A translucent figure emerged from the dust, it was a man whose face could not be seen clearly. He looked at Li You and said sincerely, "Thank you!" "I am cursed, and at the cost of my body, I have trapped everyone on this land, and they cannot be freed. At the same time, once an enemy appears, I will not be able to control myself and will only think about killing them. "Now, I can finally go to the underworld, and you can leave this country." Li You was slightly surprised: "Then if you die, wouldn't the lizard man be..." The man smiled: "Don't worry, it won't be long before there will be a successor to replace me! So you have to hurry up." "However, you are obviously a foreigner, but you are worried about the people on this land?" Li You breathed a sigh of relief after hearing his words, and ignored his sarcasm. He just looked at the man's spirit and said, "So it seems that you are not Hercules?" The man just smiled and didn't answer this question: "It's up to you to imagine. Compared to this, this is the method of controlling divine power that I promised you, accept it. " The man stretched out his hand, and a light spot flew out of his hand and sank into Li You's palm. Li You felt that there was an extra memory in his mind, which was the method of controlling the power of the Greek gods. He wanted to ask the man a few more questions, but when he looked up, he saw that the figure had turned into light dust and sank into the earth. "... Well, it's really fast. " At this time, everyone else gathered around. Edge handed him the shotgun and said, "Done? Then let's go. The soldiers and lizardmen are back again." Li You nodded and put away the door: "Let's go, it's time to go to the country of Behemoth." As an aside, the author originally planned to make the fourth copy of the book as the final copy. Then the TV series started recently, and I took a look... It's hard to describe. It is recommended that friends who don't have a hobby of self-torture don't watch it, for fear of internal injuries. The current adapted TV series are really not worth looking forward to.