The Dragon That Devours the World

Chapter 23: Can Theseus outrun the tortoise?

The mature hero walked into the bustling crowd and said loudly.

"The big wild boar on my body, does anyone want it?"

After shouting a few times in a row, the huge wild boar quickly caught the attention of the merchants. These well-dressed businessmen looked at the big wild boar on the hero's shoulders, with sharp and long fangs, and a huge ferocious head. The businessmen were surprised by its huge size and asked.

"Where did you hunt this wild boar?"

"It's in the valley not far away."

The hero said casually, and his answer caused the merchants to exclaim.

It's the man-eating wild boar in the valley of Lampea!

They talked loudly about this man-eating ferocious wild boar, talking about its strong fur and sharp teeth, and many young warriors who wanted to hunt but were killed by the wild boar.

"Young hero, please tell us your name."

The merchant bowed respectfully, and the hero spoke.

"I am Hercules of Thebes."

The hero's name once again aroused the exclamation of the surroundings. Compared with the wild boar, the great hero who was famous throughout Greece for hunting the lion of Nemea and the hydra Hydra was now more famous.

Legend has it that this great hero crowned Greece bravely and was so powerful that he strangled the invulnerable Nemean lion with his hands and cut off all the heads of the immortal Hydra with his sword.

Wherever he walked, many monsters were hunted and killed by this great hero.

Many young fighters and famous heroes around were discussing in low voices. Some people looked at this famous Greek hero with apprehension, while others were eager to try, their eyes full of desire to challenge.

However, there are others who get excited when they hear the name of Hercules...

"Huh? It's Hercules?!

"

Not far away, there was a voice suddenly, and then, the owner of the voice was still wearing leather armor and knocked away everyone in front of him, and then jumped in front of the hero.

"Plop..."

Jumping in front of Hercules from a high place, violent dust was raised, and the hero couldn't help frowning and took a step back.

What appeared in the dust was a young and handsome young man with curly black hair and bright eyes.

He looked curiously at the tall hero in front of him, and then showed joy, stepped forward, enthusiastically grasped Hercules' hand, shook it vigorously, and said eagerly.

"Are you Hercules? My name is Theseus, Theseus from Athens. Great hero, I am your super big admirer! I have heard all your stories, especially your bare hands I have heard the bards tell the story of the dead lion forty-two times, and I never get tired of hearing it every time. It’s beautiful! I’ve heard of its name a long time ago, but I didn’t expect to be able to see the real thing now. I heard that it’s invulnerable to swords and guns, water and fire, and impenetrable to anything. Is it true…”

The young guy who called himself Theseus was so excited when he saw Hercules, he talked incessantly, his tone was hurried, and his eyes were full of infinite enthusiasm.

Hercules frowned. He had seen many admirers like this. As he made more and more achievements, no matter where he went, he could have many admirers, but it was really rare to see someone as enthusiastic as the young guy.

"You are... Theseus, aren't you?"

Hercules pondered, then said.

"Yes! My name is Theseus!"

When the idol in his heart mentioned his name, the eyes of the young man named Theseus lit up, and he said excitedly.

"However, although Theseus is my name, I have already taken Hercules as my alias. Because my goal is to become the second Hercules, I want to make achievements like you !"

The young man named Theseus puffed up his chest and spoke proudly.

Hearing the young man's wish, the hero was slightly surprised, and looked at him carefully. The experience and instinct of the warrior made the hero aware of the abnormality of the young man.

The young man, who looks as handsome as a girl, has strong and well-proportioned muscles hidden under the leather armor. There are marks from years of practice on his fingers, wrists, and feet.

Keen intuition told Hercules that the young man in front of him was not simple.

"It's not easy to be like me."

The hero said casually.

The young man was not convinced, he blushed and muttered.

"I... since I left home, I have also defeated many robbers... By the way, there is also the Minotaur Minotaur of Crete. I killed this powerful tyrant myself!"

When Minotaur was mentioned, Theseus, who was originally lacking in confidence, suddenly became inexplicably confident and showed off to his idol.

"The Minotaur?"

The hero was surprised.

He knew the name and was said to be the king of Crete.

This king had a sad birth.

His father got a beautiful white bull. The sea **** Poseidon took a fancy to this bull, so he wanted the previous Crete king to sacrifice it to himself. The King of Crete was reluctant to part with this beautiful white bull, so he secretly replaced it with another bull.

In a rage, Poseidon cursed the king's wife and made her suffer from zoophilia.

The king had to fashion a cow out of wood and let his wife slip inside. The white bull was attracted by the wooden cow and made peace with him, and the queen became pregnant and gave birth to this sad half-man, half-bull monster.

Because of this sad birth, the half-man, half-bull king of Crete was a cannibal, and forced the neighbors to pay him tribute of virgin boys and girls.

Many hero warriors wanted to kill this monster tyrant who is half man, half bull. But the cunning king built a huge labyrinth, only he can enter and exit freely, while others will only be trapped in the maze and cannot go out, so many heroes are trapped to death in this endless maze.

Hercules knew that there was such a monster, and planned to destroy the monster tyrant after a while, but unexpectedly, he was preempted by the young man in front of him?

"How did you solve the maze?"

Hercules couldn't help asking.

The maze built by the half-man, half-bull tyrant is riddled with hallucinations and many dire dangers from which no hero, however powerful, can escape. Even for Hercules himself, he felt that it was difficult to deal with it, and he was very curious about how the young man in front of him solved it.

But faced with this question, the young man hesitated for a moment, scratched his head, and then blushed shyly.

"Actually...in fact, it's not entirely my fault. Because of...that, Minotaurus' daughter likes me, and she taught me how to get out."

The young man hesitated before telling the truth.

It turned out that the Minotaur had a beautiful daughter, and this beautiful and charming princess was attracted by the handsome Theseus. Princess Ariadne gave him a ball of golden thread, and asked him to tie a piece of the golden thread to the exit, and then he took the golden thread deep into the labyrinth, so that he could finally break the labyrinth of the Minotaur.

"Theseus!"

At this moment, a crisp voice sounded.

The young man looked together with Hercules, and saw a beautiful girl standing in the crowd not far away, and the girl looked at Theseus with anger.

"You sneaked away again, didn't you promise to wait for me where you are?"

It was only at this moment that Theseus suddenly realized, and with a hammer, he called out.

"Yeah, no wonder I seem to have forgotten something... Ah, I'm sorry, Ariadne, I forgot again..."

Facing the girl who walked in, the young man kept apologizing.

At this time, the girl also realized the tall hero in front of Theseus, and asked.

"This is…"

"This is Hercules, the greatest hero in all Greece whom I have been telling you about!"

Facing the girl's confusion, Theseus hastily introduced, his tone full of pride.

Only then did the girl suddenly realize that she had also heard the name of Hercules, but she was not as fanatical as Theseus, but bowed gracefully.

"Hello, great hero from Thebes, I am Ariadne of Crete."

"I'm Huai...Phaedra..."

Behind the girl, a timid voice suddenly sounded.

The hero heard the reputation and looked around, only to see a five or six-year-old girl hiding behind the girl's skirt.

The shy little girl held the skirt of the girl, and only dared to secretly look at the tall hero. Then, as if frightened by the height of the hero, he let out an exclamation and threw himself into the girl's skirt again, refusing to show his face.

"This is my sister."

Ariadne explained.

"Hercules of Thebes."

The hero nodded, and briefly said his name, which was regarded as acquaintance.

At this moment, there was another burst of piano sound.

"Zheng..."

The clear and high-pitched sound of the strings was accompanied by a singing voice with a smile.

"The gathering of heroes is like thunder and thunder, and it seems like a **** showing power, which makes people tremble, but how can this thunder and thunderbolt be as beautiful as delicate flowers..."

"Extraordinary flowers, stunning and eye-catching, why did they come to this dangerous place?"

Listening to the singing, a few people saw a pianist sitting leaning on the wooden railing not far away, and the elegant and calm pianist was looking at them with a half-smile.

Ariadne frowned, and took a step back calmly, approaching Theseus beside her.

"I am Theseus' fiancée, of course I am by his side. Strange piano player, who are you?"

After hearing that the beautiful woman in front of him was someone else's fiancee, the piano player replied with a smile after a brief astonishment.

"Then please forgive me, but I just saw that you guys are extraordinary, and you don't feel like ordinary people, so I came to talk to you."

"Of course, brother Theseus is very powerful!"

The little girl who was hiding behind the girl poked her head out and said in a childish voice, and then saw the piano player looking at her, and timidly hid behind her sister with a woo-wah.

Hearing the name of Theseus, the pianist was thoughtful, and then smiled ~www.readwn.com~ Was it Theseus who wiped out the tyrant of Crete? I heard that he is a rare young hero, but seeing him today, it is indeed true. "

When Theseus heard someone praise and flatter him, especially in front of his idol, he immediately beamed with joy, and his face was full of praise.

But the next moment, the pianist murmured.

"But... well..."

Saying that, the piano player shook his head and sighed deliberately.

It was a very simple strategy, but the young and energetic Theseus couldn't stand this kind of strategy, so he couldn't help asking.

"But what?"

"In my opinion, although Mr. Theseus is strong, he can't outrun the slowest tortoise."

A sly smile appeared on the pianist's face.

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