Give Me the Name of God

Beside the warm fire pit, the two people who had been entangled all night finally separated.

The tundra witch Ganlayani put on her clothes, patted Odysseus's cheek, and said with a smile: The poison you took is really rare. It tortured your body into this state. You could have reached dawn in one go. of.

Odysseus sighed and said, I know you can save me.

Ganlayani shook her head: I have the antidote, but I can't cure your eyes. There is a witch named Portia in Romulu country who can help you, but that witch is very weird. She lives in a cloud. In the winding valley, it is said that no one who enters the valley can come back alive, not even the gods can come back alive.

Odysseus smiled. As the news spread from mouth to mouth, it would always be distorted in an exaggerated direction.

Ganlayani is a fourth-level witch. If she had known that the leader of that valley was only a third-level witch and that his subordinates could not exceed the second-level, she would definitely not have described the Valley of Resentment as so terrifying.

I know the witch you are talking about, but unfortunately she is not in that valley, and she will not help me. I will find another way to deal with the eyes. Can you help me detoxify it first?

The witch kissed Odysseus on the cheek: My lover, after I help you detoxify, you will abandon me again, right?

I'm going to an extremely cold place. I would be grateful if you would accompany me.

Ganlayani frowned and said, What are you doing there again? Do you think your life is too long?

That's my mission. I'm going to civilize those ignorant savages, if they can still be called human beings.

Ganlayani brought some firewood and added it to the fire pit. Odysseus was curious: Where did these firewood come from?

The witch smiled and said: Some questions will never be answered. Every witch has her own secret. I won't tell you, just like you will never tell me what the purpose of going to the extremely cold place is.

The potion in the clay pot was boiling, giving off a pungent smell. Ganlayani picked up a spoon and stirred it in the clay pot, tasted it, and said with a smile: The heat is just right. Come on, my lover, it's time. Take medicine.

Odysseus stayed in the cabin for three days, and all of Medusa's venom was removed.

In the early morning, as he was about to hit the road, Ganlayani put a wolf fur coat on him.

This coat made Odysseus uncomfortable. It was thick, heavy, had an unpleasant smell, and he had to fasten half of the wolf's head on his head.

My cotton coat is thick enough, I don't need this thing.

Wear it, it makes you look more like a Ranno.

Odysseus smiled and said: Do you think I am afraid of the Rannos?

You should learn to be afraid, Ganlayani said with a smile, your luck will not always be so good.

Odysseus said nothing more, pulled the fangs on the wolf's head, covered his eyes, and continued to move forward in the snow.

Five days later, Odysseus reached the junction of the tundra and the arctic cold, where the Westire River flows quietly.

There was a dense pine forest on the other side of the river, which meant that he had finally escaped the barren tundra.

He knelt by the river, closed his eyes, and prayed to Athena. In this dark place without the sun, moon, or stars, he was about to enter the area closest to the edge of the world.

After praying, he took out a golden leaf from his arms. The leaf was only the size of the thumb. After throwing it into the river, it quickly turned into a small boat more than five feet long.

In an extremely cold place where dripping water turns into ice, the Westila River is not frozen, but Odysseus knows how deep the river is and how cold the water is. Even if he is an eighth-level believer, he can't hold on for more than ten seconds in the river. breath.

He sat on the boat and took out a branch about the length of his hand from his arms. The branch grew rapidly under the water of the river and soon turned into a paddle more than two feet long.

Odysseus lit the torch, rowed the boat, and crossed the five-hundred-foot-wide river. But as soon as he reached the other side, he suddenly heard a low roar.

Oops, it was a two-headed bear. The witch was right. This time, her luck was really bad. As soon as she crossed the river, she encountered one of the most brutal beasts in the extremely cold land.

Looking at the bare river bank, Odysseus couldn't find a hiding place for a while.

Rowing back? I'm afraid it's not that easy. According to past experience, it is best not to cross the Westila River twice in a row. This river is alive. Crossing the river twice in one day is a blasphemy. If you let it Sensing blasphemy, it will bury the person crossing the river forever at the bottom.

It seems that there will only be one fight this time.

With his strength, it is not too difficult to deal with a giant beast, but the current situation is special. He has been trudging in the snow for five days and five nights, and he is exhausted. If he wants to kill this bear, he must win with one blow. Otherwise, accidents are likely to occur.

According to Odysseus' plan, when the two-headed bear rushes out, he will immediately activate the skill to make the opponent forget the intention of attacking, and then pierce its heart with the branch in his hand.

You can't cut your throat or chop off your head. The two-headed bear has two heads, so you can only stab it in the heart.

But its skin is very rough and thick. If it can't be penetrated at this time, it will be in big trouble next time.

Will not miss, will never miss, this branch is a gift from Athena to him.

With the faint light of the torch, Odysseus looked quietly at the pine forest in the darkness. After a few breaths, the branches trembled and something ran out.

It wasn't a bear, much smaller than a bear, but two people, a woman and a child.

They were running hard, but they did not dare to cross the Westiley River and could only run along the river bank. In Odysseus' view, this was a purely suicidal act.

A two-headed bear over twenty feet tall rushed out of the woods and chased after him. This was a young male bear, but compared to its size, two humans were not much bigger than two mice.

What was it doing catching two mice? As food? I'm afraid this little bit of meat is not enough for two bites, and it's not worth it chasing him so far. If I'm not mistaken, it's more for the game.

It chased along the river bank for a moment, then slapped the woman down and turned her into a pulp.

The child also fell down and sat on the ground crying.

Very well, just keep crying like this. The cub shouldn't be in a hurry to kill him. The cry will keep attracting the bear's attention. Odysseus can escape smoothly before it has enough fun.

But things were different from what he expected. He put away the golden leaves and just took two steps when one of the heads of the two-headed bear suddenly turned around.

The other head was still looking at the little boy with interest, but this head was focused on Odysseus.

It wants to play with something fresh.

Don't come over, little one, don't come over. This is my advice to you. Stay where you are. It's good for you and me...

The two-headed bear didn't understand Odysseus' warning. After roaring for a few times, the two-headed bear reached an agreement, abandoned the little boy, and slowly walked towards Odysseus.

The two sides were nearly a hundred feet apart, but Odysseus had no intention of running away. He couldn't outrun the bear, and the further he ran, the more excited it would become.

Maybe Manda Cloud can outrun it. It's strange, why do you think of him at this time? Could this guy be using a spell to track him?

The two-headed bear came closer and closer. Less than ten feet away from Odysseus, it stood up and raised a pair of bear paws.

He was ready to attack Odysseus, but Odysseus stood motionless.

The bear's movements also stopped, Odysseus's skill had taken effect, and the bear forgot what to do.

However, this trick is very useful for people, but has very limited effect on beasts. Bears want to eat meat completely out of instinct, and it does not require much memory or thinking.

Odysseus should have killed the bear immediately, but he did not do it in a hurry.

And there were voices, just behind the bear, of people, lots of people.

In extremely cold places, killing a bear may become an unforgivable sin, and Odysseus does not want to take a unnecessary risk.

The two-headed bear also felt someone approaching from behind. One of its heads was watching Odysseus, and the other head was roaring behind it. It looked very fierce, but Odysseus understood that this bear was afraid. Worried about being flanked.

After roaring like this for a long time, the giant bear chose a target and was ready to attack the people behind it first. There were many people there and they were a greater threat than Odysseus.

It turned around, stretched out its arms and let out a muffled roar. Just as it was about to charge forward, it suddenly heard the person behind it raise a torch and shout to him in unison:

Kubaga! Kubaga! They seemed to be shouting a certain name. I don't know if the two-headed bear was afraid of the fire or the name. It lay down, turned around, and ran away in another direction. .

A group of people wearing heavy wolf skins came out. A man came to the crying child and gave the child two words of comfort in a thick voice: Don't cry, don't cry!

The child's cries became louder and louder. The man had no choice but to raise the ax in his hand and cut off an arm from the woman's body.

Eat! He handed his arm to the child, and the child immediately stopped crying, holding his arms and chewing.

These are the Rannos, followers of the Giant Bear Mother Goddess.

Two Rannos walked up to Odysseus and shouted: Who are you?

Ancient Tili language, the language of extremely cold places.

Odysseus responded in Tilean: I am Odasha!

Odasha? The two Rannos didn't seem to recognize him.

I am your tribe, have you forgotten? Odysseus replied calmly.

The scene was still, the air was frozen, and everyone was frozen in place.

The two Rannos turned back stiffly and said to a man: Odasha!

The man nodded and said, Let's go back.

In this way, Odysseus became one of them and followed them back to the cave where they lived, the sheltered place of the giant bear mother goddess.