At the beginning, everything went according to plan, but starting from the next day, abnormal movements began to be heard in the Barrens, and they became more and more intense, and finally turned into a devastating shock.
In the eyes of the Thebans, the Barren Land was an elusive and forbidden land. Although many terrifying rumors spread, there had never been any danger.
Just when the civilians on the border of Thebia were worried about whether to send a message to the kingdom's senior officials for help, the Theban army appeared on the border at an unexpected speed.
From the unusual movement in the Barrens to the appearance of the Thebean army, it only took two days. No matter how fast the information was transmitted, it was impossible for the top management of Thebea to make a decision so quickly.
Smelling something strange, Arthas alertly urged the third prince to pack his things and leave. But just as they quietly left the village and walked on the hills, a devastating shock suddenly came from the barren land.
What happened next was a series of changes that caught people off guard. The coldness contained in the blowing wind became stronger and stronger, and in the end it was even mixed with mottled broken ice.
The Theban soldiers gathered in larger and larger scale, and finally formed a legion of ten thousand people. While the third prince, Assas and others were hiding from the cold wind and wind, they were discovered by a group of Thebean patrol cavalry and were brutally beaten.
captives.
As one of the instigators of all this, Kratos naturally knew that the third prince and Arthas had only suffered the same fate.
But he didn't say a word, looking seriously at the scenes that kept appearing in front of him but quickly retreating, as if he was thinking about something.
Entering the plains of Mesoudas, all you can see is peace and tranquility, which is completely opposite to the devastated scene of Thebia being flooded. When the silhouette of the gray gryphon passes through the sky of the village, some civilians will point with different expressions.
Give pointers.
Five days later, the outline of Tyrian City finally appeared in sight. Kratos did not dare to approach the gray griffin directly when he arrived here. He fell from the sky half a day away, and the three of them instead rode and fought.
The pigs are back outside Tyrion.
The third prince, Arthur Evans, stood at the front. Kratos held up the bloody giant's head on his shoulders. Starting from the main entrance, he slowly entered the royal city of Mycenae in the eyes of everyone in awe.
Soon, soldiers from the kingdom came from the city, and after taking the giant's head, it was immediately announced that the third prince, Arthur Evans, was the third person to complete the Ironman Triathlon and return.
After hearing this result, the third prince and Assass didn't have many thoughts, because being able to successfully obtain the head of the three-headed giant and return safely was the best result that was unexpected. As for the ranking, it was no longer within the scope of their requirements.
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But Kratos looked extremely serious and quickly returned to the third prince's mansion without saying a word, and immediately summoned Kohler, who he appointed as the head of the intelligence agency to which the third prince belonged.
At this time, Kohler had undergone a huge change from her previous appearance. Her whole body was wrapped in an airtight gray tight-fitting suit, and even her face was covered by a strip of cloth. Only her eyes that were exposed were always slightly squinted, making her
People can't see the expression clearly.
The escaped Kohler was originally a well-known thief in the Peloponnese continent. Almost no one had seen his true face. At this time, after being appointed by Kratos as the leader of the intelligence organization, he developed even more easily.
As soon as Kratos saw Kohler, he suddenly asked without any clue: "Is the general in charge of commanding the army at the border of the Eurotas River now a member of the second prince?"
Kohler's face hidden under the mask first showed an unknown expression of surprise, and then replied in a dull voice: "According to your instructions, I used money to buy off all the most humble laborers in Tyrian City, from those responsible for providing services to the kingdom.
I received information from the high-level noble councilors who were transporting food ingredients, and the mansion of General Tanatos, one of the three generals of the kingdom, drastically reduced the input of food ingredients twenty days ago."
Not to mention a general with the strength of a thousand enemies, even an ordinary officer is a powerful human being with strong energy and blood and a power of hundreds of horsepower.
The food they consume every day is several times or even dozens of times that of ordinary people, and the generals whose power exceeds thousands of horsepower consume immeasurable food every day. The input of food materials is suddenly reduced, and the meaning of this has changed.
It goes without saying that General Thanatos, one of the three generals, has obviously left Tyrian City.
The Kingdom of Mycenae has a total of three generals, not a pseudo-thousand-man enemy general like Mimas whose real power only reaches 800 horsepower.
But it is a real strong man who can defeat a thousand enemies, each with a power of more than 1,000 horsepower. Once Kratos had a conflict with Princess Aphra, and the old man Heinrich who easily rescued him in a few words was from the Kingdom of Mycenae.
Although one of the three generals did not take action at the time, Kratos can be sure that his strength is definitely higher than Mimas. Even now, he is probably not the opponent's three-in-one enemy.
Kohler did not waste any time explaining, but continued: "Tannatos is a supporter of the second prince Aktruman. This is not an obscure secret among the entire upper class of Mycenae."
Initially, Kratos was just making uncertain guesses, but now after hearing Kohler's information, he is completely sure that the second prince Aktruman was involved in the sudden war between Mycenae and Thebia, if not the instigator behind the scenes.
One of the main promoters.
Thinking of this, Kratos couldn't help but marvel in his heart. King Agamemnon's son is indeed not simple. The eldest prince Alubond is powerful in military force. He is also a favored one who listened to the oracle of Apollo, the sun god. If it weren't for Kui in the triathlon,
Thos intervened, and I am afraid that Geryon, the ancestor of the three-headed giants, has become his forbidden wife.
The second prince Aktruman is known as the owl of the Peloponnese continent and has the title of wise man, but Kratos has never had the opportunity to see him before.
Now that the second prince has first appeared, Kratos was truly shocked. During the triathlon, the second prince, who had not shown his face, actually reached out to other places.
Although the hidden secret is not clear yet, it can be roughly guessed that when Kratos and the eldest prince were entangled with each other, the second prince had already sent people to reap the benefits of the fishermen and secretly took away one of the giants.
Because the third prince Arthur Evans had an accident behind him, the second prince took the lead and completed the triathlon in second place.
Despite this, the second prince, Ak Truman, did not violate the rules at all. The meaning of the triathlon is to test the strength, speed and wisdom of the challenger.
If the eldest prince Arubond is the representative of strength and speed, then the second prince Aktruman is paranoid and brings his wisdom to the extreme.
Kratos thought of Arthur Evans, the younger brother of the two talented men. Even though he had sighed thousands of times, Kratos couldn't help but feel a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart again.
Kratos took a deep breath, and didn't know whether he was talking to himself or to Kohler beside him, and murmured in a leisurely tone: "The war is about to break out..."
All three princes successfully completed the triathlon, but ironically, due to the sudden outbreak of the war with Thebea, everyone's attention shifted to the other side of the Eurotas River.
And on the third day after Kratos and the others returned, the battle report from the front line was also sent back to Tyrian City by the False Griffin.
Also sent back with the battle report was the bloody head of General Mimas of Thebia. When he heard the news, Kratos couldn't help but feel shocked. It was only then that he realized that there was something behind this war.
Hidden cruelty.
No matter when it started, the top leaders of the Mycenaean kingdom kept silent. Even the speaker of the parliament stopped all discussions about the war. All decisions were made directly by the king without any hindrance.
are executed one by one.
As for the reason why this war started, it has been completely forgotten by people, or in other words, no one dared to ask.
For a moment, the entire Tyrian City fell into an eerie silence, with only battle reports constantly coming back from the front lines of the war.
Although the Mycenaean army took advantage of the surprise attack and broke through the border defenses before the Kingdom of Thebia was fully prepared, they encountered stubborn resistance after they invaded the hinterland.
The hilly terrain of the Kingdom of Thebia made it difficult for the Mycenaean cavalry to take advantage of their maneuverability, and the sudden flood disaster unexpectedly became a protective umbrella for the Kingdom of Thebia. The torrent almost penetrated the territory of Thebia, destroying it all.
Divided into two.
Just when the war between Mycenae and Thebea was temporarily at a stalemate due to the interruption of the torrent, news that shocked the entire continent also reached the city of Tyrian.
The wife of Iphicles, the general of Tiryns, suddenly died suddenly in the Kingdom of Thebes. When the news reached Iphicles’ ears, the general who commanded an army of ten thousand people was furious.
Immediately mobilize his troops and at the same time make a request to King Tiryns to launch a war.
I don’t know what secret happened. The king of Tiryns actually agreed to Iphicles’ request and persuaded neighboring Argos to send an army. The two countries formed a total of 100,000 troops.
The coalition forces officially launched war against Thebes.
"Kratos, what should we do? Why did Tiryns and Argos suddenly start a war? Thebes has sent a request for help to our Mycenae, and now the parliament is discussing whether to send troops."
The third prince, Arthur Evans, walked back and forth in the hall anxiously, as if the war between the two countries had some inevitable relationship with him.
Kratos was also shocked by the sudden war launched by the alliance of Tiryns and Argos against Thebes. He vaguely felt that the Peloponnese continent, which had been peaceful for nearly a hundred years, was suddenly affected by frequent wars.
The war is spreading, and there seems to be some unknown secret hidden in it. (To be continued)